In the mountain forest.
Jiang Ning stood bathed in golden light, like a god descended to earth.
Facing the full-force strikes of four veteran grandmasters, blood surged through him as he drove his Indestructible Vajra Body to its limit.
Dazzling golden light spread outward, tinting everything around him with a faint golden sheen.
Against that radiance, he looked like a celestial deity.
Boom—
As the four killing moves struck, a thunderous blast erupted. The golden light protecting Jiang Ning flickered, then steadied.
That thin layer of light stood before Shangguan Guyun and the others like an impassable chasm.
All four faces changed.
"Run!" Shangguan Guyun shouted, retreating swiftly with his three-foot sword in hand.
Even though he saw blood slowly seeping from Jiang Ning's wound, he had no will to fight.
Together, the four had barely broken through the protective golden light, leaving only the shallowest of scratches on Jiang Ning.
Their full-force attack had scarcely pierced his defenses. How could they fight him?
In that moment.
Shangguan Guyun finally understood why Jiang Ning had spotted them with his extraordinary eyes yet neither retreated nor dodged, instead waiting for them to come to him.
Jiang Ning had brought the Indestructible Vajra Body, Vajra Temple's signature art, to a level of mastery Shangguan Guyun could not begin to comprehend.
The protective golden light alone made him all but invincible.
Against such formidable defenses, there was no fight to be had.
Shangguan Guyun retreated quickly, but Water-Blue Fairy Aunt was quicker still.
Her renowned Bone-Melting Blood-Transforming Palm had struck Jiang Ning's arm, yet it had only made the golden light over his skin flicker. She had not even pierced it, falling far short of the power of Shangguan Guyun's sword.
Sensing something wrong, she pulled back before Shangguan Guyun could speak.
Just