Therefore, Supreme One Chongming had no intention of confronting Lin Chuan head-on again. Instead, he prepared to receive Lin Chuan's attack defensively before launching a counterattack.
After all, Lin Chuan's Three-Colored Susanoo only had three faces. Supreme One Chongming had already dealt with two of them. If he eliminated the last one as well, Lin Chuan's technique would essentially be finished. It would be impossible for him to recover to his peak state and fight again anytime soon.
Having made up his mind, Supreme One Chongming temporarily put away his heavy sword and took out a handheld dark shield. Golden patterns flowed across its surface, radiating an unimaginably heavy and terrifying pressure that warped even the surrounding space.
When spiritual energy at the Supreme One True Spirit realm was poured into it, the grade of this sacred artifact instantly rose to that of an immortal artifact, its power undergoing a qualitative leap. Breaking through the shield's defenses would be extremely difficult even for an expert of the same level, let alone Lin Chuan.
Supreme One Chongming had suffered earlier not because he lacked strength, but because he did not understand Lin Chuan's methods and had been somewhat careless. Now that he was defending with all his might, it was practically Absolute Defense.
"You shameless old bastard!"
Chen Xuanyi, who had rejoined the battle in the distance, glanced over and cursed outright.
Hearing that, Supreme One Chongming's cheeks could not help reddening slightly. What he was doing truly was rather shameless. Facing Lin Chuan, whose cultivation was two major realms below his own, he had actually cowardly pulled out an immortal artifact for defense and completely abandoned offense. It really was rather disgraceful.
But with his life nearly at risk, who cared about pride?
The less he suffered at Lin Chuan's