If Li Yan faced a mid-stage Body Integration cultivator, he felt he would, at best, only have a certain chance of escaping.
That was also why, after seeing Yan He appear earlier, he had immediately chosen to kill him, even if he could not learn why the other party had been tracking him.
These were two Body Integration sword cultivators. Now that the silver-haired old man behind him had appeared again, Li Yan knew the man's realm completely: mid-stage Body Integration!
Yet after their brief clash, Li Yan discovered a problem. The silver-haired old man's strength also seemed to be impaired.
But a sword cultivator was still a sword cultivator. Among those of the same realm, their attacks were incomparably sharp. Gui Water spiritual power circulated rapidly within Li Yan's body, swiftly grinding apart the sword qi that had already penetrated his body and was wreaking havoc within.
That sword qi had already twisted his flesh and meridians into a tangled mess and was rapidly advancing toward his internal organs. At the same time, another strange force rose within him, rapidly restoring his physical body!
With a body comparable to that of a Body Integration cultivator, Li Yan could actually have endured another strike from the silver-haired old man.
However, he had already sensed feedback from his natal magic treasure. The Nascent Soul of that severely wounded young sword cultivator had been shattered by a single blow.
Naturally, he no longer needed to buy time for the remaining attack. Borrowing the force of his retreat, he simultaneously used deft force to deflect that peerlessly sharp sword qi.
"Junior Brother!"
Just as Li Yan retreated, an incomparably furious cry rang out.
Zhu Hongyi watched the short-haired youth retreating with a ferocious, savage expression still on his face. His eyes were splitting