At the same time Mu Guiqing was dueling Qi Yaotian, news of the situation reached both the Puyang Clan and the Yuchi Clan.
The two imperial clans displayed an astonishingly identical attitude:
"Looks like Mu Guiqing's relationship with Jiang Feng is anything but ordinary. She actually dared to duel a fourth-level True God Realm expert for Jiang Feng's sake!"
"Tell the spies not to act rashly. This is an opportunity to probe the strength of the forces backing Jiang Feng!"
Clearly, they both believed that Mu Guiqing was no match for Qi Yaotian.
Once Mu Guiqing was defeated, Qi Yaotian would certainly make a move against Jiang Feng.
At that time, the hidden experts behind Jiang Feng would inevitably step in.
Only after confirming the true strength of the hidden force behind Jiang Feng would they dare make further plans.
In the air, the sword radiance and the blade shield remained locked in stalemate.
Within the blade shield, Qi Yaotian sensed a threat.
He had not expected Mu Guiqing to drive the power of a divine skill to such a degree!
He frantically channeled his divine power. Endless blade radiance interwove, continuously replenishing the blade shield's expenditure.
Urged on by him, the blade radiance tore at the sword radiance that had already pierced into the blade shield.
As the sword radiance pushed forward, tearing through layer after layer of blade shields, it too was rapidly being consumed.
The two forces continuously canceled and weakened one another through their mutual attrition.
By the time the sword radiance completely tore through the blade shield and pointed straight at Qi Yaotian, it had already weakened to the extreme.
The blade shield shattered. With a thought, Qi Yaotian erected a divine power barrier and blocked the sword radiance that had reached him.
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