"A pity. Borrowed power is still just borrowed power. Nothing more than a flash in the pan."
His tone remained placid, but his movements were as swift as a phantom's. With a flicker, he left a faint afterimage and rapidly closed the distance to Qin Xuan.
The Green Blood Longsword thrust silently toward Qin Xuan's throat, moving faster than his Divine Sense could react.
Although Qin Xuan had used the power of the Demon Pill to temporarily reach the Purple Mansion Tenth Level, drastically boosting his reflexes and Spiritual Power circulation, he still struggled to keep up with Lu Hanzhou's eerily unpredictable sword speed.
He had no time to cast any complex magic. With a single thought, a turtle shell-shaped Sword Talisman on his Lifebound Longsword flared to life.
"Profound Turtle, defend!"
An Ink Jade Turtle Shield, covered in ancient and mystical patterns, quietly materialized before him.
