In the span of a hurried exchange, after five blades crossed, Ying Wuji had already gone ice-cold all over. In that instant, his body involuntarily tilted backward, leaving his center wide open.
In his field of vision, a long saber stabbed straight toward him.
He could neither dodge nor evade.
The injuries he had suffered earlier in Return Heaven Valley, along with the price of activating his Secret Technique, had greatly slowed his reactions. Faced with this strike, he was utterly powerless to resist.
At the start of their clash, Ying Wuji had been shocked by the strength Lu Ye displayed, feeling that they could fight on equal footing.
Yet in the span of merely two breaths, that self-assured equal footing had turned into utter suppression...
He frantically drove his protective Spiritual Power, watching helplessly as the long saber pierced toward his chest. A glimmer of light burst from the black blade, and faint, intricate, profound patterns flashed by.
The Double Sharpness Spiritual Pattern empowered it!
His already-chaotic Spiritual Power could not provide much protection in such haste. Under this strike, his protective Spiritual Power was directly shattered, and the Crag Mountain Saber stabbed into Ying Wuji's chest.
Lu Ye raised his brows. At the instant the blade struck his opponent's body, he sensed that something at the man's chest seemed to block the saber's advance, accompanied by a light clang.
This Ghost Cultivator in the Black Cat Mask wore some treasure akin to a Heart-Protecting Mirror.
"Pfft..." Borrowing the force of the impact, Ying Wuji's body shot backward. He could not help spitting out a mouthful of blood, though this was not from Lu Ye's blow, but because he had already been injured.
After rapidly pulling several yards away, Ying Wuji no longer had any thoughts of fighting Lu