Before the Seven-Colored Demon Radiance, the power of two colors would collapse within a few breaths. The defensive line would be pierced through, and those still cheering behind him would, like that cultivator before, not even have time to scream before their entire bodies turned to dust.
Even three colors would be a struggle; the defensive line would inevitably be torn open by a gap.
Only upon reaching Four Colors could he barely hold the line in this silent contest.
As for five colors.
Xu Changqing understood. If he could gather all five colors and reach the level where all five elements were complete, he would be able to wield the true Five-Colored Divine Radiance.
That was not a simple stacking of five Laws, but a complete cycle formed after the five elements generated and restrained one another. Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—the five primal forces linked end to end, Endless Vitality, forming a complete closed loop of Laws.
At that point, he would be able to face Kong Fang's probing with composure.
The Five-Colored Divine Radiance was far stronger than Four Colors. The cycle between every color would make its defense more stable and its might more formidable, leaving the opponent no opening to exploit.
Yet the fifth color—the primal force of the Metal-Element Law—was still nowhere to be found.
Among the five elements, metal governed slaughter. It was the sharpest element, and also the hardest to control.
Over two hundred years of cultivation, he had encountered opportunities in earth, wood, water, and fire alike: the primal source of the Defiled-Earth God, the mark of the Azure Emperor's Inheritance, the Primordial Heavy Water within the Profound River, and the Nirvana Heartfire in the Night-Cry Secret Realm. Behind every primal force lay an opportunity.
But an opportunity related to