Boom!
Then the vast tide of sword qi stirred up by the Cloud Emergence Sword inside the Sword-Suppressing Tower exploded and scattered.
All of this happened in an instant.
Xu Taiping's body had not even moved.
"This..."
Zhu Huai, Zhang Tianze, and Qiu Shanyuan were all among Youyun Heaven's foremost cultivators, so naturally they could see the change in Xu Taiping.
They could also guess that Xu Taiping's last strike had borrowed the power of the expert backing him.
But precisely because they could see it, they were all the more astonished.
"Without thousands, or even tens of thousands of years of cultivation, it would be impossible to control the power of qi and blood and true essence with such precision."
Zhu Huai murmured, his face filled with horror.
It was not just them. At that moment, Xu Taiping was just as profoundly shaken.
For as Zhu Huai had said, Fairy Lingyue's attack had involved no earth-shaking technique, much less any true essence aura beyond what his body could bear.
She had merely made her control of blood qi and true essence more precise.
"Taiping, ask him to come downstairs again. If he knows what's good for him, I won't bother suppressing him with sword intent."
Fairy Lingyue's voice rang out in Xu Taiping's mind again.
What if he doesn't know what's good for him?
Xu Taiping asked inwardly, somewhat curious.
"Hmph, if he doesn't, I'll make sure he tastes what it's like to have his spirit body crushed by sword intent!"
Fairy Lingyue gave a cold snort.
Hearing this, Xu Taiping hesitated no longer. He cupped his hands in salute once more and called out:
"Disciple Xu Taiping of Qingxuan respectfully asks Senior Cloud Emergence to come downstairs!"
Unlike before, the Cloud Emergence Sword did not answer immediately.
Clearly,