"Does this man truly have no sect backing him? How dare he act so recklessly!"
Liu Du's heart sank, and an intense sense of mortal danger instantly enveloped him.
He had actually been using his Divine Ability, [Oblivion Calamity], all along, trying to unsettle their minds without either of them noticing.
Yet this Divine Ability, powerful enough to send an ordinary Dao Master into qi deviation, vanished without a trace the moment it reached Ye Li, like a clay ox sinking into the sea!
For all his talking, he had only managed to anger Cangyuan with his words.
Against Ye Li, he had achieved absolutely nothing!
"Not good!!"
With death bearing down on him, Liu Du could no longer spare a thought for dignity.
He retreated frantically, sweeping his broad sleeve without hesitation to fling out a streak of clear, radiant light!
Hum!!
The radiance swelled in the wind, transforming into layer upon layer of towering mountains around Liu Du in the blink of an eye!
An immeasurably vast, green-scaled serpent coiled atop those undulating mountains.
The serpent and formation united, instantly exuding an immovable, weighty presence!
His defenses had only just taken shape.
Ye Li, clad in white, was already standing before Liu Du!
There were no unnecessary words.
Ye Li lowered his body and settled into his stance.
Terrifying golden light surged over his clenched fist, powerful enough to tear apart the Star Sea!
During their brief earlier encounter, he had already gauged the approximate strength of this cultivator from [Green Snake Mountain].
Around the eighth level of the Dao Fruit Realm!
In the [Sea of Nine Harmonies], which had only four Dao Masters, someone with such cultivation was an absolutely formidable presence.
Moreover, even after learning that Ye Li had escaped unscathed from that streak of transcendent