The calculations in battle might have sounded slow when described, but they had all happened in the blink of an eye.
Just as Ji Shaoqing raised a finger, Jiang Wang's falling figure shot upward again.
He shattered the Azure Cloud beneath his feet. Even under the suppression of Heaven Gate Supernatural Power, he took a single step and appeared before Ji Shaoqing.
In the secret realm, Gu Huaixin shot to his feet and blurted out, "So it was an Immortal Art!"
He pivoted, and vanished.
The era when the Nine Immortal Palaces had dominated the world was long past. So long, in fact, that it had nearly been forgotten by the world. Even Gu Huaixin, a True Insight expert, hadn't recognized the origin of Walking on Azure Clouds at once.
Only when he saw that Heaven Gate Supernatural Power couldn't suppress Jiang Wang did he make the connection—and lose his composure.
Looking at the board, where nothing could turn the tide, Xu Xiangwan suddenly sighed. "In the past, when Boundless Prison fell and Futu died, I thought that was when we began to decline from our peak. But now, it seems Qi State's Prodigies are still emerging one after another. It's still in its prime, like the sun at high noon. We have nowhere left to retreat... but perhaps we've been too hasty?"
No one could answer him.
On the End of the World Terrace, under the gaze of countless spectators, Jiang Wang finally drew his sword.
Clang!
The cry was fierce beyond compare, resolute beyond compare.
It was a killing intent suppressed for far too long, held back for far too long.
That single sound sent a chill through everyone who heard it, as though they had fallen into an icy pit!
The sword's cry revealed the intensity of