The greatest difference between Soul Wave Suppression, the First Volume of the Spirit-Shaking Art, and Qin Hao's use of Sword Heaven and Earth Pressure to achieve Soul Suppression...
...was that Soul Wave Suppression contained not only Sword Heaven and Earth Pressure...
...but also a trace of Qin Hao's Divine Soul.
That was something Qin Hao could not have done before.
But now...
With Soul Wave Suppression circulating under the Spirit-Shaking Art, Qin Hao could fuse part of his Divine Soul into that thick rod of Sword Heaven and Earth Pressure.
As his Divine Soul merged with it, delight flashed across Qin Hao's face.
Once he completed these two steps, he would be able to unleash Soul Wave Suppression.
However...
At that moment, something went wrong.
The instant part of his Divine Soul entered the rod of pressure, Qin Hao felt it shudder violently, completely beyond his control.
"Not good!"
Qin Hao's expression changed. "The pressure is too strong. I can't suppress it."
He tried to control the rod with his Divine Soul and force it down, but nothing he did worked.
Instead, he sensed an intense threat emanating from it.
"Sword Heaven and Earth!"
Qin Hao decisively gave up trying to suppress the rod and summoned Sword Heaven and Earth around himself. At the same instant, the rod slipped entirely beyond his control and exploded with a boom.
The explosion was invisible to the naked eye. Even so, Qin Hao felt a vast wave of pressure slam into Sword Heaven and Earth.
The whole of Sword Heaven and Earth shook violently.
Then cracks spread through it!
Fortunately, after the exploding rod broke through Sword Heaven and Earth, its immense pressure began to dissipate.
Qin Hao gave a muffled grunt, but managed to withstand it.
"That was close." Fear lingered in