Ye Tian immediately understood.
In other words, this power had been gained by burning away one's lifespan.
At such a rate of depletion, even if Ye Tian did not kill this Song Divine Guard, he would probably perish on his own within half an hour at most.
Of course, a secret art capable of buying such an enormous increase in power with one's life was already powerful enough in itself.
In other words, these Song Divine Guards could basically be regarded as terrifying Death Warriors jointly cultivated by Immortal Dao Mountain and the Song Kingdom's imperial family!
It had to be said that this Song Divine Guard had originally posed no threat whatsoever to Ye Tian.
But now that he had reached the Void Returning peak, he could cause some trouble.
The Song Divine Guard also knew that after using this secret art, every moment was worth its weight in gold. Beneath his now blood-red mask, his gaze was wild and crazed. Without a word, he threw a punch at Ye Tian.
Ye Tian threw a punch as well.
With a bang, powerful spiritual energy collided and exploded. Ye Tian took a light step back, while the Song Divine Guard slid more than a dozen zhang away.
Yet Ye Tian was still dissatisfied with that result. Shaking his head, he struck out with his palm!
Rumble!
A shriek tore through the air as a huge illusory palm print flew heavily toward the Song Divine Guard.
Facing Ye Tian's proactive attack, the Song Divine Guard neither retreated nor dodged. He stepped forward and used the illusory red skeleton covering his body to forcibly take Ye Tian's illusory palm print head-on.
A violent explosion rang out. The Song Divine Guard actually smashed the illusory palm print to pieces with brute force, then