While riding the Profound Departure Sword, his purer magic power had already brought his flying speed close to that of a Foundation Establishment late stage cultivator.
Now that he had switched to the Wind-Evasion Boat, he was like a tiger given wings. His speed reached eight hundred li per two-hour period, far exceeding that of a Foundation Establishment late stage cultivator.
An ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator could fly roughly three hundred li per two-hour period in the early stage, four hundred in the middle stage, and six hundred in the late stage.
Xiao Chong and Dugu Wenjian seemed to have some expertise in flying on artifacts, making them slightly faster than ordinary Foundation Establishment middle stage cultivators.
But faced with Liu Yu flying at full speed, they could do nothing but watch him draw closer and closer.
The oppressive weight of his spirit pressure also grew stronger.
Before long, Liu Yu overtook them despite setting off later and moved ahead of the pair.
Expressionless, he formed several hand seals and, with a wave, sent out the high-grade spirit artifacts, the Profound Departure Sword and the Netherworld Soul-Severing Cone, to strike across the path of the two streaks of escape light behind him.
If he wanted to bring these rogue cultivators into his ranks, he first had to demonstrate absolute strength. Everything else could wait.
I can't meet this head-on!
Sensing the power of the Profound Departure Sword, Xiao Chong knitted his brows tightly. Under the immense pressure, beads of sweat appeared on his somewhat handsome face.
He could only bring his escape light to an abrupt halt to avoid the enormous red sword.
Fortunately, the Profound Departure Sword did not continue its attack and simply hovered in midair.
Dugu Wenjian, on the other hand, chose to take a strike from