"For a woman-and that woman must be highly accomplished at the qin.
"So, to please her, you practiced until you exhausted every last ounce of strength.
"Unfortunately, what good did all that practice do? You wouldn't surpass her even if you practiced for another hundred years," Tang Wen said.
"You..." Shen Wu flew into a rage and struck with his palm. His True Essence roared like an azure dragon, hurtling straight at Tang Wen with tremendous speed.
Tang Wen spread his wings and flung He Tian several hundred meters away, then drifted behind Shen Wu.
Shen Wu was momentarily stunned by Tang Wen's wings. The next instant, however, he sneered and sent a backhanded palm strike whirling around.
Three dragon phantoms immediately emerged, surrounding Tang Wen from above, the middle, and below as they charged in to kill him. He Tian drew his saber.
"Just watch. I can handle him," Tang Wen told He Tian through voice transmission.
His Telekinesis shot out, thrusting between the three dragon phantoms and binding them directly.
The dragon phantoms were formed from True Essence and possessed over a hundred thousand jin of force. Telekinesis Threads with a binding strength of only a few tens of thousands of jin naturally couldn't restrain them.
Still, they tugged the phantoms off course. Roaring, the dragon phantoms clawed through several nearby trees, which crashed to the ground.
Shen Wu paused in surprise when he failed to catch Tang Wen.
The next instant, he flicked his hand, and his True Essence actually transformed into a towering tidal wave that surged toward Tang Wen.
Tang Wen stood amid the tide, his Golden Scale Jade Garment gleaming with the light of scales as the water slipped past his body.
The Golden Scale Jade Garment not only beautified its wearer's appearance but