Too fast!
So fast that, through their divine sense, many distant Golden Core cultivators saw only Qing Chen's figure flicker on the Immortal Severing Platform. The next instant, the tip of the Blood River God-Slaying Spear had already thrust into the protective azure light before Xie Xuanwei.
Even quite a few Nascent Soul True Lords felt their hearts jolt at that moment.
They could tell that this thrust was far more than merely fast.
Five Elements Escape Void made Qing Chen seem to move through the gaps between the spiritual energies of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. His Yang Spirit intent hung high above, commanding the spear's momentum with his powerful divine sense and making the blood-red spearhead change seven times in the instant it struck.
Each change avoided the thickest parts of Xie Xuanwei's protective azure light, targeting only the gaps in the circulation of his qi mechanism.
More vicious still, a fine layer of Primal Magnetism Divine Light coiled around the spearhead.
That magnetic origin power did not seek to crush Xie Xuanwei head-on. Instead, it specifically disrupted the flow of magic power around him, the spiritual energy of his physical body, and the turns of his sword qi.
Against an ordinary Nascent Soul late-stage cultivator, disrupting his protective spiritual light for even half a breath would have let this thrust pierce straight through his brow.
This thrust was fast, vicious, precise, and insidious, without a single wasted word.
Azure-white dao light suddenly blazed in Xie Xuanwei's eyes.
He had indeed lost the initiative.
Just as the Blood River God-Slaying Spear was about to pierce his protective azure light, the previously inconspicuous wooden sword behind him abruptly left its sheath.
The wooden sword was exceedingly plain, even resembling a dead branch snapped from an ancient tree.
Yet