After unleashing this technique, An Zang's body stiffened for an instant. His face was pale, and a thread of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. Heavenly Tides used his own Profound Qi to mobilize the Spirit Profound within his range of control; even he could barely bear this all-out strike.
The next moment, beneath the mist, the man forcibly seized this cloud of profound mist.
His Spirit Body, suffused with Profound Qi, was still being wounded by Heavenly Tides, but once this Profound Qi reached him, even if it carried poisoned blades, someone at the third step could still grip it firmly with bloodied hands.
Xiao's chilling killing intent instantly surrounded An Zang. With just this instant to catch his breath, the man's counterattack was about to pour forth.
But An Zang paid it no heed. Standing motionless in midair, he held his longsword across himself and instead began gathering his third attack.
For at that same moment, the mist behind the man suddenly broke open. Owl Shadow swept past, and the sword light of [Jade Tiger] shone clear in Wu Dong's hand. Without a profound scripture as sophisticated as those passed down by Heavenly Mountain, the old man simply thrust his sword straight forward, bristling with killing intent. The entire bank of mist grew colder.
Almost every Crane Inspector active on the Immortal Platform's front lines had risen from the lowest reaches of the Jianghu through countless dangers. Even in the higher realms of the Profound Gate, they remained among those most adept at fighting to the death.
The second "sparrow in the mist" entered the fray, and half the profound mist immediately surged toward him, breaking the tug-of-war between An Zang and the man just as An Zang was falling behind. The killing force the man