It was Zhou Yang's first time directly using the God Slaying Sword to attack a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator's Nascent Soul.
Although he had used this move several times against enemies before, he had only done so after their Nascent Souls had escaped their bodies. That was entirely different from the current situation.
When a cultivator's Nascent Soul remained within their body, it was shielded by the flesh and protected by the Violet Palace Dao Palace. Its resistance to divine sense attacks was far greater than when the Nascent Soul had escaped.
Even though Zhou Yang's divine sense had now reached the level of a Late Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, he could not directly slay a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator this way. Instead, he might suffer backlash himself.
That was why he had never done this while an enemy's physical body still remained.
But the circumstances were different now.
His Nascent Soul was now protected by a Primordial Spirit Secret Treasure, and he could use the Secret Treasure's power to nourish and restore his damaged Primordial Spirit. Even if he suffered backlash, he did not need to worry about losing his ability to fight again.
Thus, his sword pierced into the Illusion Demon Dao woman's Violet Palace Dao Palace and stabbed straight into her Nascent Soul's chest, piercing her clean through.
Yet a Nascent Soul was not corporeal. Although this sword heavily wounded the woman's Primordial Spirit, it failed to destroy it outright.
But when the woman's Primordial Spirit suffered such grievous injury, it was reflected in her body. As she fled at high speed, she cried out miserably and fell toward the ground like a swan struck by an arrow.
Bang!
The woman's snow-white body crashed heavily onto the ground, smashing out an enormous crater.
Fortunately, a Nascent