"Tsk, looks like this fellow really is approaching the level of an Upper-Rank Earth Supreme. Otherwise, there's no way he could have come through that move unscathed..." While Long Nixian was still reeling in astonishment, Xiao Yan gained a more accurate measure of his strength. Although his ruler strike had driven Long Nixian back, it had actually inflicted no damage at all, merely leaving him looking somewhat bedraggled.
Still, that level of strength remained within Xiao Yan's ability to handle. Besides, he did not need to defeat Long Nixian; he only needed to stall until his body could no longer withstand an Earth Supreme's energy. Thus, after unleashing the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, Xiao Yan stopped attacking and continued using the Demonic Lotus Burial Step to evade Long Nixian's attacks.
As time dragged on, more and more bloody cracks appeared across Long Nixian's body, signaling that the body he had taken through Body Possession had reached its limit. He stared at Xiao Yan opposite him, his expression hideously twisted. "Can you do nothing but scurry around and hide like a rat? If you have the guts, stop and fight me head-on!"
"What a crude attempt to goad me." Xiao Yan shook his head and said, "Still, I'll take your bait."
Long Nixian paused at those words. Then, seemingly realizing something, he hurriedly looked up and scanned his surroundings. Xiao Yan shifted his hand seal slightly, and dazzling rays of light suddenly lit up the space within tens of thousands of feet around Long Nixian. Countless illusory strands of light intertwined in midair before spreading outward, resembling an enormous array of light.
"A Spiritual Array?" Long Nixian's expression darkened as he looked at the strands of light around him. He could sense that this Spiritual Array was immense, far beyond an