Having unleashed the sword art a second time and driven Purple Cloud Surging Waves, Su Shi'er had already exhausted every ounce of his strength.
Now that his sword move had been broken, his entire cultivation had been completely drained. He had no idea how long it would take even to recover.
Facing the fierce onslaught still sweeping toward him, he had no strength left to resist.
He had thought that in risking his life for one desperate struggle, he could at least fight for a sliver of survival.
He had never expected it to end like this.
Even Su Shi'er could not help feeling despair and helplessness in such a situation.
At that moment, Ye Qingxue's beautiful eyes widened, and the terror on her face turned to grief.
She wanted to do more for Su Shi'er, but her cultivation and strength were lacking. The powerful sword momentum in the field alone had already pressed her until she could barely breathe.
It was precisely at this hair's-breadth moment.
Within a hundred li, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi underwent a startling upheaval, stirring wind and clouds into transformation.
Amid the sudden change, a mighty sword light came racing in from beyond the heavens.
Though launched later, the sword light arrived first. Its tremendous power was condensed into a single line, and wherever it passed, the Snow Plum Sword Qi along its path was pierced through and scattered.
"Clang!"
A crisp ring of clashing metal followed. The incoming sword light struck Tan Taiqing's Snow Plum Sword squarely on its tip.
In terms of the energy contained within the sword move, this incoming sword light was far inferior to the move Tan Taiqing had unleashed.
Yet its highly concentrated power gave off a feeling of invincibility, as though nothing could withstand it.
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