If things were really as Yu Mang claimed, if he could keep launching slashes from the seventeenth level, he would have cut him down long ago.
What did he mean, he did not want to damage the integrity of the Spirit Root Divine Willow fragment? It was nothing but a deceitful trick.
If he could truly attack at will...
Then locking onto Sikong Jing and killing him without damaging the Divine Willow fragment would certainly be simplicity itself.
"Yu Mang, I wasn't raised to be frightened."
Sikong Jing's wild hair flew in disarray as the jade-green vortex reappeared, and the whirlwind rose once more.
"You little bastard..."
Yu Mang let out a heaven-shaking roar. Clearly, Sikong Jing had struck the mark. That attack just now had also taken him a long time to prepare. He was chained up—bound tight beyond escape.
On the seventeenth level, he could unleash power at the Emperor level, but once it left the seventeenth level, that was no longer possible.
His power would weaken; he might not even have enough accuracy.
"Mystic Jade, take a slash from me!"
Suddenly, Yu Mang roared in fury as though he could no longer endure it...
His voice poured down from the seventeenth level, but his attack was aimed at the Mystic Jade Emperor, who was likewise on the seventeenth level.
The Mystic Jade Emperor immediately answered, "Yu Mang, you actually want to hold me back and let the monsters descend... You would rather see the Spirit Root Divine Willow fragment destroyed than let it return to Vast Cosmos?"
His voice brimmed with rage.
Yu Mang spoke wildly, "That's right, I betrayed them. I want to become an Emperor of the Primordial Cosmos Great World."
"Without the Divine Willow fragment, I cannot break these locks."
"Then let the Vast