The golden body covering Shi Qingyun had already been broken, but it had blocked most of the damage for him.
Watching Kuang Xu continue charging toward him, he dared not rush forward rashly either. Taiji Dao Imprints emerged in his eyes and began spinning at extreme speed.
Specks of red light escaped from his eyes. He had already reached his limit.
Yet under this very strain, he caught sight of an elusive figure in the void.
Extreme Yang and extreme yin power coiled around the Twin Swords in his hands. The blood flames spilling from his body surged ever higher, and the figure of a Kunpeng behind him seemed about to manifest in the world.
Watching the greatsword swing toward him, he raised his Twin Swords to meet it.
Shi Qingyun swung the Twin Swords in his hands again and again, but Kuang Xu blocked every strike with attacks like a raging storm.
Only when the Kunpeng phantom appeared behind him could he match Kuang Xu's speed. The Taiji Dao Diagram had barely emerged before a sword strike, fierce as a charging tiger, cleaved it to pieces.
The Taiji Dao Imprints spun rapidly in his eyes, and the essence blood within him burned swiftly. Even so, he could hardly withstand a True One expert fighting for his life.
Off to one side of the void, Shi Qingyun's white robes had become blood robes. Dense wounds covered his body, blood streaming from them.
Watching Kuang Xu come blasting toward him again, a trace of resolve appeared in Shi Qingyun's eyes, and he raised his slightly trembling right hand.
"I really have reached the end of the road."
"It hurts to part with it, but there's no other choice."
The next moment, a Trident gleaming with cold light appeared in the void