A New Stronghold

Xu Wuyi's rules could suppress Domain-level opponents because their minds and bodies were separate.

But against a Divine Intent powerhouse, his rules were like using a small knife to chop down a great tree. It was not that he could not cut through it, but that it would take far too long.

In battle, he did not have that kind of time.

He could only rely on his body to endure it head-on.

Liu Yunshan's second palm strike had already arrived.

This time, it struck straight at Xu Wuyi's chest. The wind of the palm howled, carrying a force that made bones tremble.

Xu Wuyi did not take it head-on. His body retreated at high speed as his Long Spear swept sideways, the shaft smashing toward Liu Yunshan's waist with a shriek of wind.

Liu Yunshan's palm changed direction and struck the spear shaft.

The shaft jolted violently. Xu Wuyi felt immense force travel through the spear into his hands, numbing the web between his thumb and forefinger.

Yet his feet remained nailed firmly to the ground. He did not retreat a single step.

Liu Yunshan's eyes lit up slightly.

"Good body," he said, with a hint of praise in his voice.

"I suppressed my energy level to thirty percent below yours. By rights, I should be slightly weaker than you in raw strength. Yet that spear strike of yours was stronger than I expected."

Xu Wuyi said nothing, because he was circulating the power of Order with all his might, trying to find a way to break Liu Yunshan's "vibration."

The essence of that vibration was resonance born from the union of mind and body.

It was neither a purely physical attack nor a purely mental one, but an entirely new form of power created by their fusion.

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