Lu Xueqi and Bi Yao (81)

"Buzzz—!"

The Jing Lei Sword let out a joyful hum. Purple lightning flowed across its blade, radiating a heart-palpitating aura of destruction. Zhao Jinglei and the sword in his hand seemed to merge as one, as though he had transformed into a god who commanded thunder.

"Take this sword strike of mine—Thunder God Descends!"

Zhao Jinglei took a step forward, merging man and sword into a dazzling streak of purple lightning. At a speed beyond the limits of sight, he thrust straight at Su Han! The air along its path was ionized with crackling explosions, while the arena floor was plowed open into a charred gully!

This strike was already Zhao Jinglei's full-power attack! He had driven his Thunder Dao Body to its limit, drawing upon the thunder of heaven and earth for reinforcement. Its power was infinitely close to a strike from the Spirit Abyss Realm!

Facing this earth-shaking sword strike, Su Han closed his eyes.

He was not giving up. He was gathering all his focus, will, and sword intent.

After yesterday's battle with Yin Kui, at the boundary between life and death, his understanding of the Star Moon Sword Dao had deepened another level. Stars and moons seemed eternally tranquil, yet they contained the most fundamental powers of creation and destruction in the universe. Stars were born, grew, declined, and exploded; the moon waxed and waned, while tides rose and fell... All of it contained the profoundest "Dao."

And his Primordial Star Power was the source power of the stars from the beginning of Heaven Opening and Earth Splitting. It inherently possessed the dual qualities of "creation" and "ending."

"Stars and moons revolve; life and death are impermanent..." Within Su Han's mind, an image of stars and moon flowing in cycles, of life and death turning in