All Xia Nishang had been doing was tying down Great Dream Adept, making it impossible for him to fight comfortably while leaving him with the constant sense that she might strike when he was off guard.
This strategy could not be called the best. Logically, she should have joined forces with Ji Busheng and first tried to kill Qianshan. Then the three Golden Cores could turn around and besiege the Ten Directions Platform's leader. Killing him would be difficult, but defeating him would be easy.
Still, it was not wrong for her to tie down Great Dream Adept. Once he was injured, the entire operation of the Ten Directions Platform would be affected. With a great enemy at the gates and no one in charge, it was well worth it from a strategic standpoint.
At the very least, Great Dream Adept saw it that way. Especially since Xia Nishang had the Karmic Fire Red Lotus—he did not know whether she had any left, but if that thing struck him, he basically would not survive it.
So he could only keep circling, waiting for the other Golden Cores of the Ten Directions Platform to come to his aid.
In truth, he was not sure whether any Golden Cores would come. A few disciples had sent warnings, but he had long made arrangements for the overall situation. Most Golden Core True Adepts each had their own responsibilities, and especially at a time like this, nothing could be thrown into disorder.
He had guarded against this and that, yet never expected Xia Nishang to launch a Divine Sense spike directly at Qianshan.
Divine Sense attacks were the hardest to guard against. Even a frontal attack was difficult to block, let alone a sneak attack.
Qianshan also knew how formidable Xia Nishang's Divine Sense