Even as they spoke, the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord violently shook both sleeves, and the dozens of remaining layers of Body-Protecting Golden Light around Cloud Crane True Lord shattered all at once.
But the instant Cloud Crane True Lord's Body-Protecting Golden Light shattered, a burning bamboo slip appeared out of thin air before him.
And just as the Ghost Water Azure Flame was about to engulf Cloud Crane True Lord's body, four large, gilded characters suddenly burst from the burning bamboo slip-
"Return What Belongs to Its Original Owner."
In an instant, all the True Essence and Qi and Blood that Cloud Crane True Lord had expended, along with all the Spiritual Power the Golden Cloud Grand Formation had consumed, were restored.
Golden light and clouds once again enveloped Cloudrise Tower.
Not only were the shattered layers of Body-Protecting Golden Light around Cloud Crane True Lord restored, but the magnificent sight of the Cloudrise Sea-Connecting Tower appeared once more before his overlapping palms.
Those four characters, "Return What Belongs to Its Original Owner," formed one of the strongest true utterances the Pearl Relic House Master could unleash by drawing on the power of the Sage's Bamboo Slips.
Like Cloud Crane True Person's "Cloudrise Sea-Connecting Tower," this four-character true utterance, "Return What Belongs to Its Original Owner," was a trump card the Pearl Relic House Master had never revealed.
That was precisely why the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord had been unprepared.
"Bang!"
Caught off guard, the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord suffered a violent jolt to the Sword Intent he dragged with both sleeves as the enormous cloud tower suddenly appeared and slammed into it.
That single jolt not only nearly scattered the Sword Shadow dragged by his sleeves, but also abruptly halted his previously terrifying Sword Intent.
And this was the very moment Cloud