"You can test how much ability I have."
Xu Taiping spoke expressionlessly, his hand resting on his blade's hilt.
"A hundred feet."
Just then, Ye Xuan suddenly stopped and raised the sword in his hand.
At that moment, roughly a hundred feet separated him from Xu Taiping.
"This is the Ten Directions Sword of my Heavenly Wolf Imperial Clan. Within a hundred feet, whoever approaches must die."
As Ye Xuan spoke in an icy voice, he pointed his sword's edge at Xu Taiping.
The instant the sword pointed at him, Xu Taiping's heart instinctively clenched. Without hesitation, he condensed a layer of Profound Ice Armor over his body.
"Clang!"
Almost at the very instant he formed the Profound Ice Armor.
A flash of sword light stabbed toward his chest at a speed Xu Taiping could not perceive at all.
"Bang!"
The Profound Ice Armor shattered at the sound.
Xu Taiping flew back several steps before coming to a stop.
"Clang!"
But just then, another sword cry rang out, followed by another streak of sword light stabbing straight toward his chest, giving him no chance to form the Profound Ice Armor again.
"Riiip!"
Although Xu Taiping had dodged swiftly, the sword still struck his arm, leaving a wound dripping with blood.
"Clang!"
Before Xu Taiping could steady himself, another sword cry rang out.
Ye Xuan's longsword stabbed toward Xu Taiping's chest like a flash of lightning and sparks from flint.
"Bang!"
Xu Taiping raised his blade and slashed at the sword light, but he was still too slow. His slash struck the ground.
With a ripping sound, the sword carved a deep wound across his chest.
And this was only the beginning.
"Clang!"
After those probing sword strikes, another sword cry rang out, and Ye Xuan's figure suddenly vanished from where