Seeing Ye Jingcheng reach toward him with a claw, Xuanmu Ancient Jade Venerable was so terrified that he nearly fell out of the air.
His hands frantically began forming spell seals. To resist Ye Jingcheng, he even spat out green light like a cultivator and brought out his Soul Jade.
An eerie, wood-green spirit pattern appeared before him. The moment it emerged, it radiated an overwhelmingly domineering wood-green spiritual light and sucked in the surrounding energy like a whale drawing in water. Even the wood spiritual energy inside Ye Jingcheng began to churn!
After absorbing energy for a moment, the spirit pattern transformed into an azure mysterious shield, radiating terrifying azure light. For a time, it shone like a blazing azure sun, eclipsing everything around it.
Ye Jingcheng had activated the Great Origin Golden Body, channeled his spirit beasts' power, and driven the Dragon Essence Tyrant Blood Armor. His physical body rivaled that of a Void Refinement Middle Stage body cultivator.
Yet the lethal claw strike he unleashed could not shatter this wooden shield.
Instead, the wooden shield continuously drained the vitality from Ye Jingcheng's body.
"You're only at Early Void Refinement. If I fight to the death to kill you, you won't come out unscathed either. Besides, this is Jade Soul Race territory. Don't do anything foolish!" Xuanmu Venerable roared, his face flushed and his spiritual form flickering between dim and bright.
Of course, only he knew how terrifying his opponent's last strike had been.
This special spirit-pattern divine ability came from an incomplete immortal art he had obtained in his early years. He had spent all these years comprehending it, but had mastered little and could only execute half a move.
Yet it was so powerful that even many late seventh-stage members of the Jade Soul Race struggled