A Desperate Last Stand

Huang Zhongguan dared not hesitate. He pulled out a dark red pill from his person and swallowed it in one gulp. Only then did the flush on his face swiftly return to normal. No one knew what that pill truly was, but it restored Huang Zhongguan's severely depleted spiritual energy to its original state in an instant—making it even stronger than before!

From that brief exchange, Huang Zhongguan had inferred from the extent of his opponent's spiritual energy output that Ye Tian's cultivation could be no higher than the Nascent Soul Early Stage. If he had guessed correctly, this man could not have broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm long ago. After all, traces of the spiritual energy methods commonly used by Core Formation Stage cultivators still remained in his output. For Huang Zhongguan, that was probably the only good news.

"Ice Domain, Thousand-Mile Sword River!"

Huang Zhongguan gave a low shout and flashed forward, heedlessly closing several steps toward Ye Tian. He raised a hand and seized his azure jade sword. With a swing through the air, after blocking the strike that had broken open Ye Tian's ring of ice, he actually used his azure jade sword to latch onto Ye Tian's Azure Decision Cloud Piercing Sword!

Immediately afterward, frost spread densely across his azure jade sword. With lightning speed, it rapidly froze Ye Tian's Azure Decision Cloud Piercing Sword as well!

Only then did Huang Zhongguan let out a breath. Just as the corner of his mouth began to curl up, his pupils suddenly contracted, and a flash of terror crossed his eyes!

The Azure Decision Cloud Piercing Sword, already frozen in ice, suddenly erupted with countless rays of sword light. They pierced through the frosty chill emanating from the azure jade sword, and like a blazing