Yun Chang was downstream on the Flame River, while the high-grade divine artifact Long Staff was upstream. Moving upstream meant enduring increasingly powerful pressure.
Without Duanmu Jie's attacks, Yun Chang's current control over the Flame Chaos Origin and his own strength would have been more than enough to withstand that mounting pressure.
He could even have reached the high-grade divine artifact Long Staff faster than Duanmu Jie.
But Duanmu Jie attacking from upstream was another matter. Yun Chang had to withstand his attacks, the pressure of the Flame Chaos Origin, and the increasingly searing heat of the flames all at once.
A three-pronged assault!
Even Yun Chang could not withstand it.
More importantly...
Once he started retreating, Yun Chang found it difficult to stop. Not only was he being driven backward, but he was also beginning to plummet.
"Kick you while you're down and finish you off! Die, brat!"
Duanmu Jie had already steadied himself. At the sight, he felt delight rather than alarm. Without question, Yun Chang was another formidable contender for Ancestral God Lingchang's Ancestral God Inheritance. If he could eliminate Yun Chang now...
It would be a tremendous boon to Duanmu Jie.
Before Yun Chang could steady himself, while he was still retreating and falling, Duanmu Jie immediately slashed at him again.
In Yun Chang's current state...
If Duanmu Jie's saber struck him, Yun Chang would surely plunge into the Flame River, which surged with the Flame Chaos Origin.
Never mind Yun Chang—even Qin Hao would likely meet a grim end if he fell into it.
"Damn it..." Yun Chang was both shocked and furious, but there was nothing he could do in this situation.
Whoosh!
Just then, a fierce streak of sword light suddenly shot toward them from behind. It was so fast that even Duanmu