Cen Chuan saw the flying sword coming to kill and did not dare be careless. He once more released the Skyborne Divine Refinement, while the three-lobed golden leaf flew out as well, joining it in guarding against attack.
Yet when he saw the sword light approach, it did not charge headlong or strike fiercely. Instead, it continuously circled outside, flashing past like thunderbolts and lightning from time to time, faintly giving him a powerful sense of danger. At any moment, it might pierce through and kill its way in.
He felt this could not continue. His divine abilities and mystic arts determined his way of fighting. His preferred strategy was to wear down his opponent; so long as he could hold his defenses without losing ground, the chance of victory would stand on his side.
He could allow Zhang Yu to freely employ divine abilities and spells, for that would also drain Zhang Yu's mental strength. But he could not permit the use of a flying sword. Under the flying sword's suppression, he would instead be forced to employ divine abilities and Daoist arts for defense, completely reversing the situation.
Moreover, though the memories of that previous battle were gone, the magical treasures he had used before still knew, for the traces of magic power remained there.
He could sense that both of these magical treasures had been used in the last battle, yet his phantom body had still been slain by the opponent. Thus, this time, he would not rely solely on these two magical implements.
As his thoughts turned, he immediately activated a mystic ability upon himself.
This mystic ability was called Dust-Enshrouding Abyss. It could be considered a rare and superior mystic ability. Once activated, it could conceal its user and cause all manner of confusion in