As Chu Feng steadied himself, the Killing Intent Woman was momentarily stunned. She subconsciously turned her gaze toward the White-Robed Woman.
She realized that her control had been seized. She could no longer sense what was happening inside, nor could she manipulate the forces within. She had truly become nothing more than a spectator.
And the one who had taken her control away could only be this White-Robed Woman.
She hadn't seized it earlier, nor had she waited until later. The timing was precise — right after Chu Feng clashed with Sha Hun Haotian and fell into a disadvantage.
Clearly, this was the White-Robed Woman's answer.
She truly did not want the Killing Intent Woman to intervene.
Whoosh— At that same moment, Sha Hun Haotian soared up from the distance and arrived before Chu Feng in the blink of an eye.
Just as before, that iron mace cleaved downward from above, once again aiming straight for Chu Feng's head.
Every single strike was lethal — he truly intended to take Chu Feng's life.
Chu Feng continued to dodge by turning sideways while simultaneously raising the divine weapon's great blade to slash at the arm gripping the iron mace.
The opponent repeated his earlier technique. Just as he was about to close in on Chu Feng, he shifted his stance midair, converting the downward chop into a horizontal slash, and while spinning delivered a roundhouse kick aimed straight at Chu Feng.
Chu Feng again raised his blade to block, except this time, he aimed the blade's edge directly at the incoming foot.
The reason Chu Feng hadn't done this before was simply to gauge his opponent's true combat strength — he had deliberately taken that one strike.
Having gained some understanding of the opponent's capabilities, he now knew how to respond.
He absolutely could not meet force with force.
Even using his weapon to parry the opponent's attacks would put him at a disadvantage. He either had to dodge every strike or prevent the opponent from attacking in the first place.
Facing the blade aimed at his leg, the opponent was forced to retract his kick, but Chu Feng's great blade was already sweeping toward him, leaving him no choice but to keep dodging.
However, when Chu Feng's follow-up assault came, he had no option but to explosively retreat, putting distance between himself and Chu Feng.
But Chu Feng pursued him relentlessly, shadowing his every move, leaving him no opportunity to shake him off.
In that moment, all he could see was a sky filled with blade shadows, like a furious storm, slashing toward him ceaselessly.
Each strike came at an impossibly tricky angle, as though predicting the direction of his evasion in advance. Sha Hun Haotian had no way to counterattack at all — he could only keep dodging, and when he couldn't dodge in time, he was forced to use his iron mace to block.
"Realizing he can't go head-to-head, he turns offense into defense."
"A clever strategy, but Sha Hun Haotian is no ordinary fighter. He'll adapt to Chu Feng's offensive quickly, and once he does, it will be Chu Feng who can't keep up."
"Chu Feng, he can't afford to drag this out."
The woman with the killing intent sighed.
The white-robed woman said nothing, merely watching in silence.
And indeed, things unfolded exactly as the woman with the killing intent had predicted.
Sha Hun Haotian adapted to Chu Feng's offensive in short order, shifting from attack to defense.
When Sha Hun Haotian was on the defensive, it was fine. After all, as long as he blocked Chu Feng's broadsword with his iron mace, he wouldn't be in any trouble—he just needed to block.
But once he shifted to offense, and Chu Feng could no longer dodge everything and had to use his divine weapon broadsword to counter the iron mace, things became extremely difficult for Chu Feng.
Every time the iron mace slammed into the divine weapon broadsword, Chu Feng felt his entire arm go numb.
This was the gap in combat strength!!!
After just a few exchanges, Chu Feng's movements became sluggish, unable to withstand the impact force of his opponent's iron mace.
And Sha Hun Haotian seized an opportunity, thrusting the iron mace straight toward Chu Feng's head.
The woman with killing intent looked toward the white-robed woman once more.
She knew that this strike was one Chu Feng could not evade. If nothing was done now, Chu Feng would likely lose his life here.
But seeing that the white-robed woman showed no reaction, she said nothing more.
After all, everything had been the white-robed woman's decision to begin with. She was merely following orders.
Splat— Sure enough, the iron spike pierced through Chu Feng's head.
But Sha Hun Haotian's face was filled with shock.
Chu Feng's head did not spray blood. Instead, it dissipated into strands of barrier force that scattered in all directions.
At the same moment, Sha Hun Haotian felt an intense killing intent strike him from behind.
Before he could even turn to look, Chu Feng's divine weapon blade was already chopping into the back of his neck.
But this strike from Chu Feng felt as if it had hit something utterly indestructible.