Although Su Wenzhou's life-bound treasure had not been destroyed, the terrifying black slime had still damaged it. A life-bound treasure was a life-bound treasure: while it could unleash a cultivator's strongest attack, its sudden destruction would also immediately inflict backlash on its owner.
The sharp pain tore a scream from Su Wenzhou. Although the backlash did not make him cough up blood, it shook his entire mind, mingled with utter disbelief.
At that same moment, the Three-Colored Feather above Li Yan's head vanished, and Li Yan disappeared as well. Holding a snow-white dagger, he had already arrived before Su Wenzhou, just as the latter's mind reeled and his eyes filled with disbelief.
Li Yan had eerily closed in on him. With the snow-white dagger in his right hand, he viciously stabbed at Su Wenzhou's dantian.
Bang!
The snow-white dagger struck Su Wenzhou's defensive barrier. Even though his mind had faltered and the damage to his life-bound treasure had injured him through backlash, the spiritual power barrier around his body still defended him instinctively.
As Su Wenzhou's mind reeled, a hair-raising sense of danger suddenly struck him. Before he could react, he felt a jolt at his dantian. He did not even have time to withdraw his divine sense. With his life hanging by a thread, he gathered all the magical power in his body without hesitation.
At the same time, he tried to unleash all of his dwindling purple-gold tendon light at once. Li Yan had failed to pierce his defenses directly, but that was within his expectations. Demon Beasts had always been renowned for their strength and formidable defenses!
Su Wenzhou's cultivation was genuinely powerful, too. Even when several people suddenly joined forces to ambush him, his reactions remained extremely swift, allowing him to fend off the successive surprise