The Blind Swordsman fell silent.
He "looked" at Qi Wu, something seeming to stir within his hollow eye sockets.
"Your laws surpass mine..."
He murmured the words again, then scoffed.
He raised his hand and pointed his sword at Qi Wu.
"Boy, I take back what I said."
"You're not just stronger than Xiao Tiance was back then-"
"You might even hold your own against Xiao Tiance as he is now!"
"But that's exactly why I must kill you here!"
Before his words had faded.
His figure vanished in an instant.
Qi Wu's Six Eyes shifted their focus.
There!
He spun around.
At that same instant, the Blind Swordsman appeared ten meters behind him.
His sword was already descending.
The strike was impossibly fast.
Qi Wu's pupils abruptly contracted.
An invisible barrier unfolded behind him.
Against an Awakening-level opponent, his Limitless defense was far from mindlessly invincible.
Whether it could stop the attack.
Depended on the contest between the "quality and quantity" of the laws extending into their Cursed Techniques.
Clang-!
Sword and barrier collided with a piercing roar.
A shock wave spread in all directions.
The clouds were instantly shredded.
But the Blind Swordsman did not stop. He kept swinging.
Each strike was faster than the last.
Each strike was fiercer than the last.
Every strike held enough power to cleave a mountain range.
Qi Wu's [Limitless] worked furiously.
His automatic defense unfolded the instant each strike fell.
But the pressure kept mounting.
The Blind Swordsman's sword was too fast.
Every time he swung, Qi Wu had to predict where the slash would land.
Then he had to concentrate the power of his laws at that spot to counteract the Blind Swordsman's.
This puts me on the defensive!
"Boy!"
The Blind Swordsman's voice came from every direction.
"Your defense