Leaves upon leaves fell onto the Nine Heavens Exquisite Pagoda, colliding like iron and stone and producing an unbroken series of crisp clangs.
The Nine Heavens Exquisite Pagoda, which had originally stood as steady as a mountain, began to shake violently.
Su Shi'er exerted himself to circulate his cultivation, attempting to steady the pagoda, only to feel the Immortal Essence within him draining away at an even more alarming rate.
"What a Xuan Yuan Sword Sect. Their methods truly are remarkable! With the formation's enhancement, this sword move is likely already close to that puppet's all-out strike just now."
Su Shi'er sighed inwardly, yet his face remained calm and unruffled.
His gaze swept over the mountain of sword qi trapping the puppet, as well as the two green peaks at the heart of the formation. A thoughtful glint flashed through Su Shi'er's eyes.
He knew full well that with the sword formation's enhancement, the female cultivator not only expended far less true essence when circulating her cultivation and unleashing moves, achieving twice the result with half the effort, but her strength had also increased.
By contrast, trapped within the formation, he was getting half the result with twice the effort.
Whether he stalled or fought head-on, he would remain at a disadvantage.
If he wanted to defeat his enemy, he had to break the sword formation first.
Yet the formation eyes were two Spiritual Treasure Flying Swords. Such an arrangement made breaking the formation especially troublesome.
And this... was precisely the key reason Wangshu Sword Spirit did not think highly of Su Shi'er.
Gales howled within the formation, the wind growing fiercer and fiercer, while the Nine Heavens Exquisite Pagoda's consumption of Su Shi'er's Immortal Essence continued to intensify.
Knowing a prolonged battle would do him no good, Su Shi'er