The sword light blazed, indestructible. As the razor-sharp sword intent fell, nearly half of the rainbow-like karmic threads above his head were severed. Yet the remaining threads merely trembled violently and still lingered overhead.
Zhang Shuai had not expected these karmic threads to be so resilient. A fierce glint flashed through his eyes as true essence surged like a breached flood, pouring without reservation into the Heaven-and-Earth Boundless Sword in his hand!
In an instant, the Heaven-and-Earth Boundless Sword let out a clear cry. Its radiance surged, as though it had transformed into a miniature blazing sun of chaos. Countless fine, rain-like sword qi burst forth, incomparably sharp, rushing with apparent sentience toward every remaining karmic thread!
Where the sword qi passed, those resilient karmic threads snapped and shattered one after another beneath the destructive sword qi Zhang Shuai had unleashed with all his strength. They turned into the most primordial void dao rhythms before vanishing completely!
With the karma severed, that unseen force of pulling and locking onto him immediately lost its precise coordinates and dissipated unwillingly.
But Zhang Shuai knew this had only temporarily cut off Xu Hong's power to trace karma. Xu Hong had already locked onto his current location and would arrive soon.
And since Xu Hong was so concerned about Han Chen, how could Zhang Shuai not understand? The destiny mark on Han Chen was immensely important to Xu Hong. Thus, no matter what, even if it meant sacrificing his avatar today, he had to protect Han Chen and could not allow him to fall into Xu Hong's hands. Otherwise, Xu Hong would become even harder to defeat!
Having understood this, Zhang Shuai turned into a streak of light, traversed the boundless expanse of space, and instantly returned to the hidden cave abode protected by