"Clan Leader Mu, are you... planning to test my methods?"
Jinxuan slowly rose to his feet. His purple python robe stirred without wind as a powerful aura locked onto Mu Mingce.
Feeling that vast surge of true qi, not the slightest bit inferior to his own, Mu Mingce showed no fear. Instead, a flicker of burning battle intent lit his eyes.
He rose as well. The Sleeping Dragon Sword gave a low hum, as though a slumbering dragon were about to awaken.
"I have long heard that Grand Eunuch Jinxuan is a peerless genius. Today, Mu shall have the honor of witnessing it!"
Before his words had faded, the air between them violently twisted and exploded!
There was no clash of techniques, no flash of sword light. Without prior agreement, the two had chosen the most dangerous and direct method—competing in true qi!
In an instant, two terrifying currents of true qi, utterly different in nature yet equally boundless as the sea, crashed together like raging dragons!
One was supremely yin and soft, concealing needles within silk and slipping through every opening; the other was deep and obscure, tyrannical yet restrained, as steady as the Abyss!
"Bzzz—!"
The restriction runes on all four walls of the chamber instantly blazed with dazzling light, groaning under the strain!
The ground trembled faintly, and the teacups on the table shattered with a crack! The two currents of true qi frantically twisted, eroded, collided, and scattered within the small space. Even the aftershocks were enough to severely injure an ordinary Carefree Heavenly Realm expert!
Mu Mingce stood as steady as a rock. Though the Sleeping Dragon Sword remained sheathed, sword qi naturally arose around him and merged with his true qi, forming an impregnable barrier. He was secretly shocked. *This eunuch's Empty Embrace Technique