Liang Ji poured all his strength into driving the Thirty-Three-Tiered Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda down. Even the Ninth Rank Thunder Sovereign had no choice but to halt his return and raise the Thunder Hammer once more to meet the attack.
At that moment, even with his Star God form fused with the Ninth Rank Dragon Soul, and even fighting with everything he had, Liang Ji might still not have been a match for the Ninth Rank Thunder Sovereign.
But they were both Ninth Rank. Under Liang Ji's full-force attack, the Ninth Rank Thunder Sovereign couldn't simply ignore it and let the blow land on him.
Otherwise, even after devouring the remaining essence of the Thunder Marsh Spirit Lord, even with his strength among the very best in the Spirit God Realm, the Ninth Rank Thunder Sovereign would never have been able to withstand Liang Ji's full-force strike.
Even if he didn't fall on the spot, he would certainly suffer grievous injuries.
And with the Star Alliance now throwing all its strength into the assault on the Spirit God Realm, if the Ninth Rank Thunder Sovereign were gravely wounded, the Star Alliance's other Ninth Rank Star Lords would never let the opportunity slip by. Even if they had to abandon the Beast God Star Domain, which they had already entered, and the River of Realm Protection, which they had already breached, they would still pull back as many Ninth Rank fighters as possible to surround and attack him.
Their goal was to encircle and kill him—to crush him utterly.
After all, with the Star Alliance and the Spirit God Realm now locked in total war, killing even one more Ninth Rank being from the Spirit God Realm would greatly widen the Star Alliance's advantage once again.
That would