On the arena.
"Is that so..."
Gu Qingchen's expression remained unchanged.
She assumed Ye Li was merely bluffing.
She had seen far too many people who liked to talk tough before a fight.
The Yin-Yang Sect had a permissive culture, and disputes between its disciples had always been direct.
She had heard provocations far nastier than Ye Li's words more than once.
Obscene demands about what she would have to do after losing, for instance, or last-minute additions to the stakes from opponents who thought victory was assured...
In the end, it made no difference.
Every one of them had fallen to her!
She had forcibly stripped away their precious true spirits with her heavenly law.
Their cultivation and foundations in the Great Dao had also become resources to fuel her continued progress.
"It seems you have no last words either."
Gu Qingchen exhaled softly and raised her eyes toward Ye Li. Both instantly turned pure white!
She said coldly:
"Then let's begin!"
As her words fell.
The pure white radiance hovering above her brow suddenly spread!
Second-Rank Heavenly Law, [Spirit-Severing Truth]!
Hum!
The entire floating island shuddered.
An elusive white power swept in all directions like a storm, bypassing flesh and so-called protective immortal essence to charge straight toward Ye Li's brow, where his true spirit resided!
Outside the arena.
Even with the laws of the Path Opening Realm separating them from the battle, many cultivators still felt stabbing pain in their true spirits.
"Here it comes!"
"Senior Sister Gu's Second-Rank Heavenly Law!"
"No matter how strong Ye Li's body is, or whether he fears dragon might... he can't possibly withstand an attack targeting his true spirit and soul!"
The Yin-Yang Sect disciples immediately rallied.
"..."
Gu Qingchen's plan was actually very simple.
First, she would shake Ye Li's