When Xiao Yan left the Sky Luo Continent, he had still been at the peak upper-rank Earth Supreme level. After this period of cultivation, however, his spiritual power had smoothly broken through to the Great Perfection Earth Supreme level. If not for his plans to enter the Ancient Sacred Abyss, he would probably already have begun preparing to break through to the Heavenly Sovereign realm.
Spiritual power was not actually Xiao Yan's greatest strength. To ordinary experts, it was naturally indispensable, but even without it, Xiao Yan could still rely on his soul force to fight. Even if his soul force proved ineffective, his physical body alone could unleash formidable combat strength, just as it had now.
After breaking free, Xiao Yan did not attack. He could sense that even though he had escaped the Saint Buddha Tower's restraints, his spiritual power remained sealed. The Buddha Ancient Clan truly deserved its place among the five great Ancient Clans of the Great Thousand World. Such an ability was indeed extraordinarily uncanny.
"Heavenly flame body." Though his spiritual power was sealed, he could still use his Dragon Phoenix Art. Xiao Yan immediately used it to transform into Little Yao's heavenly flame body state, then activated the Emperor Flame to refine away all the crystalline spiritual power that had invaded his body. Only then did he break the seal.
Otherwise, even with the many trump cards he still held in reserve, facing an opponent like this without being able to use his spiritual power would probably have been quite troublesome.
"You actually broke free of my Saint Buddha Tower..." Qing Yanjing watched Xiao Yan, a slight flicker crossing her expression as though he had startled her. Yet when Xiao Yan took a few steps forward, he felt the surrounding space suddenly grow unbearably