The moment the middle-aged man in black caught Zhao Min's "Cross Slash" on his blade, a hidden force nearly fifty percent stronger than the surface of the blade erupted in an instant.
Like a fierce tiger lying in wait, it tore into his body.
The sudden turn of events caught the man in black off guard. Though he had already overestimated their combat strength, it was clearly still not enough.
His reaction was extremely swift. The instant the hidden force invaded, the spiritual power within him surged back like a tide, blocking the violent attack aimed directly at his internal organs.
However, once the power within his body was diverted, Li Yan immediately felt the pulling force around his arm lessen greatly.
His wrist twisted and yanked fiercely within the other man's body. The ripples beneath his toes spread even faster, and with a "swoosh," his figure shot backward like lightning.
In a single flicker, he appeared six hundred zhang behind the middle-aged man in black.
Having landed a blow, Zhao Min likewise drifted backward in fluttering white robes, her arms spread like those of a giant bird.
Though her appearance remained ordinary as she hung in the air, she gave off the graceful air of an immortal maiden amid the clouds.
The middle-aged man in black did not pursue them. He remained standing motionless in midair.
His body trembled slightly, and dim light flowed over him as large clouds of green smoke rose from his ice-crystal-covered body.
Then, with a "pfft," he spat out a gray object the size of a pellet.
The instant it came into contact with the spiritual energy outside, it let out a "sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..." as clusters of decayed gray aura continuously spread outward.
After glancing at it, the middle-aged man in black swept