Deng Bagu had poured far too much painstaking effort into her Earth-Piercing Divine Needle. She believed it could pierce even the earth's crust, and that whatever protective Magic Treasure he possessed would shatter under a single strike.
She also knew this was her last chance. With her discerning eye and experience, she could naturally tell that Shi Feiyang had yet to use his full strength. Had they been fighting to the death, she would already have suffered a crushing defeat; even if she escaped with her life, she would have had to flee in disgrace. Now that matters had reached this point, she knew she had to break his Iron Umbrella to salvage some dignity. Otherwise, her centuries of cultivation and the formidable reputation she had earned as the "Female Calamity Deity" would all become a laughingstock!
Shi Feiyang wanted to convince her in both heart and mind, so he first let her attack ferociously with the Earth-Piercing Divine Needle for an entire hour.
Deng Bagu tried every means at her disposal and exerted all her strength. In the end, she even brought out her Flying Sword and the Soul-Snatching Great Method of the unorthodox sects. Shi Feiyang merely defended with the Iron Umbrella and let her do as she pleased.
Only when he saw that she had exhausted her repertoire did he activate the precious umbrella, sending it spinning at high speed. The three hundred and sixty Cosmic Cycle Talismans upon it blazed with light, and a ring of Jin-colored heavenly talismans flew out, forming a cylinder of Jin-colored light that enclosed Deng Bagu.
The turning of the Circumcelestial Cycle possessed its own marvels of confounding yin and yang and reversing the five elements.
Deng Bagu was like a cat that had crawled into a tumbling washing machine. At