Yinshuang was also reassessing Tie Wuya. The power of those two sword strikes far exceeded what an ordinary Transcendent Stage Realm Late Stage fighter should possess. Tie Wuya's sword intent was pure and seasoned, every strike aimed straight at a vital point without any unnecessary flourishes.
And he was clearly considerably older than she was, so his combat experience could only be greater. In a head-on clash, the outcome was uncertain.
But her goal had never been to defeat Tie Wuya. It was to hold him back. Once the Dream-Eroding Eerie Mother finished devouring and the millions of Eerie in Jiangcheng awakened at once, even heaven-defying swordsmanship would leave Tie Wuya powerless to turn the tide.
She formed hand seals again. This time, what condensed was no longer a storm of ice crystals, but nine enormous ice spears.
Each ice spear was dozens of yards long, its tip as sharp as a needle and its shaft covered in densely packed runes of extreme cold.
The nine ice spears fanned out behind her, their tips all aimed at Tie Wuya.
"Nine Nether Ice Spear Formation."
With a low cry from Yinshuang, all nine ice spears shot forth at once.
Before the spears reached him, their chill had already frozen the air around Tie Wuya into white mist.
Tie Wuya stepped back half a pace and gripped his sword with both hands, its tip pointing toward the ground. The instant the ice spears were about to strike him, he jerked his sword upward. A crescent of Sword Aura burst from its tip and collided head-on with the nine ice spears.
The Sword Aura and ice spears exploded together in midair. Shattered ice and fragments of sword energy poured down like a torrential rain, riddling the buildings below with pits.
Without waiting for