Wherever the energy reached, more Giant Trees in the mountain forest were blasted to pieces. Even a hill in the distant woods was sheared away, losing more than half its peak beneath the impact of that mighty force.
But before the energy could completely dissipate into heaven and earth,
the sword shadows that had shattered the fist shadows abruptly changed direction, shooting straight toward the East Sea Fist Emperor himself.
As the sword shadows intertwined, an invisible force seemed to spread outward, drawing in the energy that had yet to fully dissipate. It was instead absorbed into the sword shadows, replenishing the energy they had expended.
From the shattering of the fist shadows in the air to the sword shadows absorbing the lingering force and targeting the East Sea Fist Emperor himself, everything had happened in the blink of an eye.
"Th... how is this possible?"
Seeing the scene before him, the East Sea Fist Emperor's eyes widened in shock. He could no longer spare a thought for rage; his gaze held only horror and disbelief.
His desperate, all-out strike had actually been broken so easily by his opponent.
And the sword technique his opponent had used was merely a sword art employed by Nascent Soul cultivators. It could not even be considered a spell...
Such an outcome was difficult for the East Sea Fist Emperor to accept.
Watching wave after wave of sword shadows rush toward him, he wanted to circulate his cultivation to block or evade them. Yet when he had unleashed that move just now, he had held nothing back. At this moment, nearly ninety percent of the True Yuan within his body had been depleted.
With the remaining True Yuan he could muster, he had no means of resisting the sword shadows before him, nor any