"Great Fortune Star Official Xu Yuan."
Li Bai used the full formal title, then continued:
"The Palace of Lingxiao has issued a mission of the utmost importance. You must hold the enemy off until I succeed."
His words fell.
Xu Yuan sensed it at once.
Li Bai had issued the mission in his capacity as the one who held that position in the Palace of Lingxiao.
As an appointed official of the stars, Xu Yuan would earn a great Merit Fruit if he completed it!
That showed just how important the mission was.
It was also Li Bai's way of looking after a newly ascended immortal like him.
Xu Yuan sighed and drew the Youhuang Sword.
He stepped out of the shadows of the ruined Fortress and walked toward the battlefield.
With things as they stood—
"Night Rain Sealed Cage."
He spoke under his breath.
Boom!
Thunder cracked across the sky.
Rain began to fall.
Soon,
the familiar dense chorus of ding-ding-dang-dang-ding-ding rang out.
Xu Yuan sighed.
Every lesser monster on the field wore armor better than anything the Human Race had. The Youhuang Sword could not cut through it.
But
Xu Yuan's gaze sharpened.
Rain poured down in torrents.
A fierce killing aura suddenly surged from his body.
He tightened his grip on the sword and slashed hard through the air—
In an instant,
blood sprayed, staining the snow red.
Screams rose one after another.
A line of faintly glowing text flashed before Xu Yuan's eyes:
You activated "Peerless." For one second, no Magic Treasure or power can harm you. At the same time, your attacks ignore all Magic Treasures and powers and will inflict true damage.
That one second was enough!
Screams rang out near and far, then fell silent.
Great swaths of lesser monsters lay