High-Level Martial Era

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Mo Hu had no choice; fleeing in any other direction would only lead to a quicker death, given the physical qualities that Li Yuan had displayed.

"Trying to break into the Relic Divine Palace?" Li Yuan unleashed his full combat power, his legs suddenly exploding with force, and in one leap, he charged toward Mo Hu, pursuing him fiercely.

Boom! An invisible fluctuation swept through, a spiritual shock spread out, causing Mo Hu's form to be slightly affected once again.

"Hmm, my spiritual shock, although it can't completely incapacitate him, it can still slightly affect his strength each time." Li Yuan's eyes were ice-cold.

Able to affect even a little of his strength was very important at critical moments.

That his opponent could withstand his spiritual shock did not surprise Li Yuan too much.

After all, Li Yuan had already revealed his Flying Heaven level soul techniques earlier; if Mo Hu did not have a certain confidence to withstand it, why would he dare to come?

Moreover, Li Yuan clearly remembered that his teacher Li Yang back then, when he was at level 29 of spiritual power, had withstood his spiritual shock... From that moment, Li Yuan understood that spiritual power was never the key in a life-or-death battle between the strong.

The main use of spiritual power was always auxiliary cultivation, sensory inquiry, and the like.

Not frontal combat.

The stronger the spiritual power, the stronger the willpower, the faster the cultivation speed would be.

But the world is real, and to commandeer great physical strength, one must have an extremely strong soul and tough will... Pure soul and willpower are not that useful.

Can the spirit interfere with reality? Extremely difficult!

That is why, like Bai Shan Semi-Divine, Dean Hai, they paid close attention to Li Yuan's skill level, spiritual power, willpower, and the like, and cared even more about his innate Star Meridian, but they almost never asked Li Yuan to train in spiritual secret techniques.

Dean Hai only asked Li Yuan to practice 'defensive mental mystic techniques,' simply being able to defend was enough.

Because, these powerful beings all understood, in the true clashes of the same realm, the role of the spiritual secret technique was very small.

For Li Yuan to be able to use spiritual shock to slightly affect his opponent's strength was already very rare.

As for helping the others like Alicia, Kres with spiritual secret techniques?

The positions where they were fiercely battling were at least several hundred meters away from Li Yuan's nearest point, and Li Yuan's divine sense range was only just over a hundred meters, so he couldn't sense that far. (Divine sense range = spiritual attack range, as previously established in the text)

"Clang!"" Clang!"

The repeated clashing of weapons.

The two exchanged blows like flashes of lightning; Li Yuan's Spear Technique had completely changed, no longer seeking the absolute power of grand swings but instead, like a whirlpool, frantically entangled Mo Hu's combat saber, significantly slowing his attempt to flee.

"How could his Spear Technique be so difficult to contend with?" Mo Hu grew increasingly alarmed as they fought.

Whenever their weapons collided, Mo Hu could feel a mysterious pull within Li Yuan's Spear Technique.

It was as if he was being completely devoured, extremely difficult to deal with.

To this point.

With Mo Hu's perspective, he could now fully confirm that what Li Yuan was using was a 'True Intent move'.

"It's merely a Fifth Stage intermediate rank skill, his actual proficiency should be much lower than mine, so how could he comprehend a True Intent move?" Panic took hold of Mo Hu.

Even among the peers of his level from the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom that he knew, none could achieve this.

How could a Fourth Level Civilization give rise to such a terrifying genius?

Boom!

After successive chases, with only a dozen exchanges, Li Yuan had already seized the opportunity. Using his greater Burst Speed, he abruptly moved ahead of Mo Hu.

Effectively blocking his path.

"Whoosh!"

"Rushing water sounds~" Li Yuan's Long Spear in hand roared, instantly blossoming like a tide, resembling the explosion of countless stars, blocking Mo Hu's path head-on.

"Rumbling~" A series of collisions ensued, and Mo Hu was like an insect caught in a spider's web, his speed directly reduced by over ninety percent, completely hindered by Li Yuan.

"Kill!" Mo Hu gnashed his teeth and roared, desperately stimulating the rotation of the Star Meridian within his body.

"Whoosh!"

Li Yuan did not bother to exchange words with him any further; his Spear Light surged like a flood, entangling him tightly, preventing him from breaking into the Relic Divine Palace.

The True Intent move 'Galaxy River Whirl' was not particularly adept at killing opponents, but whether for defense or frontal interception and binding of the enemy, its might was extremely terrifying.

Coupled with Li Yuan's already superior physical quality and repeated spiritual shocks,

Mo Hu's body was continually injured.

As for Li Yuan? In reality, such an intense clash would also inflict certain injuries on him, but he had long since taken medicine from his Storage Treasure with a mere thought.

His injuries were rapidly healing.

In an instant.

The two battled and rushed over a thousand meters, exchanging over a hundred blows, drawing ever closer to the entrance of the Relic Divine Palace.

But Mo Hu was feeling death approaching; his body was frequently damaged, his injuries deepening, and defending against Li Yuan's attacks was increasingly difficult.

Mo Hu's heart was filled with unwillingness.

He regarded himself as a Semi-Divine level genius, and having brought valuable treasures, he came with the thought of 'easily winning to get the reward'... but the opponent was strength was far more than reported in the intelligence.

Erroneous intelligence leads to death.

"Seven Stars people, let me go! Let me go!" Mo Hu roared and howled as he struggled to resist, "Otherwise, we'll both die together."

Awaiting him.

Boom!

Was yet another fierce spear shadow; Li Yuan had no intention of wasting any more words with him but remained vigilant in his heart.

A mutual destruction?

Did this Immortal Ruins Civilization's Semi-Divine level genius have some hidden trick up his sleeve?

Thwack~

One spear thrust passed, thoroughly piercing Mo Hu's Sword Technique defense, cutting through his Origin Power Battle Suit, with copious amounts of blood spraying... his left arm was thrown flying into the air.

With at most two more strikes, Li Yuan believed he could finish him off.

Just at that moment.

"Hmm? What is that?" Li Yuan's pupils dilated, for in the instant that Mo Hu's left arm broke off and was thrown away, he let go of the combat saber in his right hand, and immediately after, his Origin Power Battle Suit surged, delivering a piece of technology directly into the palm of his hand.

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