When Bai Xiu saw that sharp sword-light leap through the air toward him, he immediately summoned the Crescent Moon Divine Wheel that had just been knocked aside. With a turn, the magical artifact chopped head-on toward the Cicada Cry Sword.
Among offensive magical artifacts, flying swords stood foremost in speed, whether striking from afar or fighting at close quarters. Even the few that could surpass a flying sword usually followed strange and unpredictable paths, and few could be used for direct assault.
His Crescent Moon Divine Wheel naturally could not match a flying sword in pure speed when flying through the air to kill. Yet, just as Tao Dingfu had anticipated in his letter to Zhang Yu, he had already cultivated Inner-Outer Illumination. Moreover, his mind was linked with the moon wheel, and his magical power flowed through it with perfect ease, making up for this deficiency.
To the spectators, there was only a flash before their eyes. Then the two magical artifacts collided in midair, and blazing light burst forth.
Not only that, everyone felt waves of tremors arise around them. A sound like muffled thunder rolled through the clouds, while the sea below visibly caved inward into a swirling current.
Zhang Yu's movements did not stop. The power attached to the sword surged several degrees higher in an instant. Yet he quickly sensed that fresh power was likewise being poured into the Crescent Moon Divine Wheel.
Thus, after the two objects rebounded apart, they struck together once more. The spectacle this time was even fiercer; the radiant aura and thunderous boom instantly drowned out the disturbance from before.
This was the first true collision between the two men's Heartlight Seal power. Bai Xiu had been avoiding such a situation all along, but because this was an aerial long-range