Impossible to fight head-on!
This was the truest feeling in the white-haired old man's heart at that moment.
Before today, he could never have imagined that a newly promoted Moon Jade Realm cultivator could possess such terrifying strength. By all reason, even if the environment had affected him and greatly suppressed his power, he should not have been reduced to such a miserable state against someone who had only just advanced to the Moon Jade Realm.
Yet in their brief clash just now, he had practically been crushed. In an instant, three of his Magic Treasures had been destroyed—one offensive Magic Treasure and two defensive ones.
The offensive one was naturally the Five-Yang Pearl, a full six-star quality treasure.
The shattered pendant Magic Treasure was only four-star quality, but it was defensive in nature and possessed extremely powerful protective abilities.
And there was also... the robe he wore beneath his clothes!
It was a five-star protective robe, its material incomparably tough and capable of providing him with considerable defense.
Yet it had still been split apart by the other party's single slash. Had that robe not protected him, his physical body alone would likely have been cut in two!
A massive gash stretched across the old man's chest and abdomen, blood streaming from it. The stimulation of pain cleared his muddled thoughts somewhat.
Then it suddenly dawned on him. No matter how profound the foundation of a newly promoted Moon Jade Realm cultivator was, he could not possibly have beaten him so thoroughly that he had no means to fight back. It was the saber in that boy's hand!
That blade was simply far too sharp. A long saber capable of effortlessly cutting apart four-star and five-star defensive Magic Treasures had to be of an absurdly high quality!
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