At that moment, the dark red halo in the sunken hollow of Saren's face suddenly contracted rapidly.
Song Chen felt a sharp pain in his chest. An extremely fine strand of psychic energy pierced the Silver Radiance Battle Armor's defenses and stabbed straight into his heart.
This was a ninth-rank killing move, compressing psychic energy until it was almost solid.
It pierced straight through an opponent's armor and energy defenses to attack from within.
But Song Chen had already pushed his Eternal Body to its limit. His pierced heart healed within a single breath.
He snapped his head up and flicked the Falling Star Blade, knocking Saren's finger blades aside, then used that force to flip backward.
He landed on one knee, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, but the wound in his chest had already healed.
He slowly stood and wiped the blood from his mouth.
Seeing this, Saren frowned slightly. "Not bad. Your regenerative ability is stronger than your cultivation level."
Song Chen's thoughts raced.
He was at a disadvantage in a ranged exchange, and Saren's strength was no less than his in close combat.
Where was his advantage? Speed.
Although Saren was adept at traversing space and changing direction, he fell far short of the ninth level of Void Traverse.
He needed to put some distance between them, but not too much.
Song Chen activated Void Traverse again. This time, instead of charging straight ahead, he repeatedly tore open spacetime wormholes as he moved.
He traced a seemingly chaotic path.
Saren flicked his six fingers in succession, sending spears of light tracking after him, but Song Chen's movements were utterly unpredictable.
A wormhole opened on the left, and he appeared on the right. Another opened behind him, and he appeared beside Saren.