Yi Yang could feel the tremendous force behind Xue Muci's punch against his flesh from far away.
Before the fist came anywhere near him, its astral energy had already compressed the surrounding air into a stifling mass. Debris on Stony Slope trembled and rolled to either side.
Yi Yang's mental power had concentrated the instant his opponent gathered his force.
The Heart Ape Mind Guarding Art began circulating. Inside his spiritual altar, the Golden-Furred Ape stared wide-eyed, dissecting the path of Xue Muci's punch inch by inch.
The fist thrust diagonally upward from the lower right.
Its target lay between his chest and abdomen.
Three feet beyond the fist, his opponent's astral energy had sealed off his escape routes.
If he dodged left or right, the sweeping astral energy would still strike his shoulders and back.
As for raising his saber to block it head-on, their previous clash had already supplied the answer.
If he continued fighting with third inner qi cultivation, he would likely fall to this punch as well.
His powerful mental power helped Yi Yang simulate the situation in his mind.
If I can't evade it, I won't try.
Yi Yang's thoughts moved exceedingly fast, and as he made his decision,
The true astral force he had concealed within his dantian for so long surged into his meridians, coursed through his sinews and bones, and flooded his entire body.
Boom!
The aura of the true astral realm surged over Stony Slope.
A thick membrane of energy formed around Yi Yang. Broken stones rose beside his feet, forming a barrier between the two men.
The force of Xue Muci's punch pierced the curtain of stone, leaving only three feet between his fist and Yi Yang's chest.
With true astral force powering Treading Water to Cross the River,
Yi