In the blink of an eye, the sword light had cleaved through the sky and flashed in for the kill!
Even before it reached her, the supremely keen aura spilling from it made flesh and bone ache, as though ten thousand naked blades crossed at the neck, murderous intent surging against the brow!
Yet faced with this descending sword, Wei Daofu did not employ an escape art to dodge and yield before its edge.
Only at the instant before the sword light struck did a streak of golden light fly from her sleeve, knocking the incoming sword light askew with a piercing metallic clang.
Chen Heng looked over and saw that the golden light was a lustrous golden pellet the size of a hen's egg. Patterns of flowers, birds, fish, and insects adorned it, shining brilliantly. It was clearly a Talisman Artifact of considerable quality.
It was locked in a fierce, evenly matched struggle with the Sword Qi.
Had this been before,
subduing it through Swordsmanship alone would have required some thought.
But now, Chen Heng's Sword Dao had reached the fifth realm, "Sword Qi Thunderclap." Its killing power was no longer what it had been-it had multiplied several times over!
Though this golden pellet Talisman Artifact possessed some wondrous qualities, able to keep pace with the sword light and skirmish with it, intercepting its killing moves,
every collision with the sword light inflicted considerable damage. Golden dust fell in showers, and its trembling hum never ceased.
Finally, after only a few breaths, a sound like tearing silk rang out. The golden pellet suddenly shuddered, then split into several pieces, lost its spiritual essence, and fell from the air.
But those few breaths of delay had given Wei Daofu time to finish her preparations.
Yet the Wei Spirit Sect had