What put the most pressure on Chen Shenxiao was this.
Su Yuan had yet to raise his cultivation by five stages. From beginning to end, he had only raised it by four.
What did that mean? It meant no one had ever forced Su Yuan to reveal his true limits.
In his battle against Chen Xianzhou's Astral Consciousness Projection, Chen Shenxiao had only barely exhausted his opponent by using Nine-Prohibition God Hunt.
Had Chen Xianzhou's Astral Consciousness Projection not run short of astral power and astral consciousness at the last moment, Chen Shenxiao would probably have lost.
And Su Yuan? Within mere minutes of the opening, he had swiftly defeated Chen Xianzhou's Astral Consciousness Projection, using a method he had not shown in their previous battle, aided by that longsword.
That longsword was clearly another of Yuan's trump cards.
As Chen Shenxiao considered this, the pressure in his heart grew heavier.
Yuan has gained another heaven-defying method since last time, and he's still holding back his Star-Consciousness Martial Techniques. My chances of winning this battle are tiny. Beating him is almost impossible.
Unless I go all out from the very beginning and defeat him quickly, before his breathing method provides much of a boost.
But is that even possible?
So far, no one had ever determined how many times Yuan could instantly replenish his reserves and heal his injuries. On top of that, he had an incredibly powerful body.
After he endured Nine-Prohibition God Hunt a few times, its effectiveness would surely diminish until he could withstand this ultimate killing move completely.
Every factor worked against Chen Shenxiao. Su Yuan's array of methods overwhelmed him on every front.
If he failed to defeat Su Yuan at the outset, all that awaited Chen Shenxiao was being gradually suppressed, until he was