But that didn't make sense either!
The timing didn't line up!
Because Black Star had clearly said earlier, "In the past that I have yet to fully remember, you had already caused me immense trouble."
If the two of them had truly met and fought, then no matter what, it should have happened in the "future that has yet to occur," right?
After all, Lu Li had no equipment or items capable of traveling through time, much less any divine authority related to time.
How could he possibly travel back to the past and form such a grudge with this powerful Brocade Boots general?
Lu Li was filled with uncertainty, but his hands did not dare pause for even a moment.
He instinctively raised his blade and slashed, unleashing a perfected Mountain-Splitting Cleave!
The blade tore through the air and struck Black Star's strange spear.
Though it carried the force of a thousand pounds and an overwhelming momentum, it only pushed Black Star back slightly.
The opponent's bizarre force-dispersing technique redirected most of the blade technique's destructive power onto the barrier!
If the golden-ringed broadsword's innate properties had not been restricted by the rules within the Challenge Barrier, preventing them from taking effect, Lu Li would have genuinely worried that this strike might split the barrier apart.
"Still not enough!" Black Star laughed softly, his cyan eyes filled with mockery.
"When you hunted me down back then, you didn't use such a weak blade technique!"
"Where's your madness? That madness that struck fear into people's hearts?! Where did it go?!!"
The strange spear rose and swept out, smashing viciously against the flat of the golden-ringed broadsword!
Violent tremors surged wildly along the blade, numbing Lu Li's palm until he nearly lost his grip.
"You really have gotten weaker! You don't