"Li Xian!"
The manifested Golden Core cultivator's gaze was complicated.
"Why couldn't you keep a lower profile... even if you'd quietly cultivated to Golden Core, none of this would have involved me..."
He sighed inwardly, but his hands did not slow in the slightest.
A river formed entirely from True Essence and Magic Power took shape beside him, rapidly spreading out and sweeping toward Li Xian.
As the long river appeared, it also generated vast quantities of mist, shrouding dozens of li of space. At first glance, the mist seemed unremarkable, but it did more than obscure vision; it could even confuse Spiritual Sense.
Even a cultivator's True Essence and Magic Power would grow sluggish under the mist's interference, greatly slowing the casting of spells.
"Hm?"
Li Xian stared at the mist, a trace of surprise on his face.
"Sword Intent Minor Achievement?"
This mist was clearly an apparition produced by combining mental illusions with Sword Intent Minor Achievement, which could affect physical matter.
This was the first cultivator with Sword Intent Minor Achievement he had encountered since making his debut.
"That makes sense. Once outside cultivators reach Golden Core, the limits on spell layers often lead them to focus on forging Dharma Treasures and honing Sword Intent. This Golden Core cultivator's aura is aged; he's probably lived eight or nine hundred years. After so many years of refinement, reaching Sword Intent Minor Achievement isn't surprising."
Against cultivators whose mental cultivation was insufficient, this world of mist formed from illusions and Sword Intent...
Was simply a guaranteed kill.
Unfortunately...
"Had you come just two months earlier, a trick like this might have impressed me. But now..."
A sharp gleam condensed in Li Xian's eyes, piercing the mist like a keen sword and landing directly on the Golden Core True Person