Splitting the Heavens - Chapter 1287: Defeat

Shang Xia had a deep impression of Gao Qin’s tyrannical battle style. He has never forgotten it ever since he saw it in the Essence Ping World.

Facing her aggression, Shang Xia didn’t even think of retreating.

It wasn’t as though he couldn’t retreat, but he knew that from her battle style, the moment he took a step back she would immediately follow up with a stronger move, eventually forcing him into a corner. He would fall into a passive state if he didn’t fight back…

As she drew closer, Shang Xia released his domain and unleashed a palm strike he couldn’t be more familiar with. It was the first martial intent he ever comprehended, the Chaos Essence Lightning Palm!

Lightning bolts tore the space their attacks clashed and the forceful might contained in her punch was quickly broken down by his marital intent.

He stopped her first move, but he didn’t remain in his original spot. Instead, he started to fly backwards.

Flying back on his own accord was different from retreating. He didn’t lose his ground when fighting her. He was at a slight disadvantage when using his Chaos Essence Lightning Palm to greet her first round of attack, but it was enough.

What was more, his true intention wasn’t to end the battle in a decisive exchange. He wanted to send a warning to Lu Wuzi stationed in Star Beast Nest No.1, and destroy the Ruined World if possible.

Even though he had already prepared himself to fight Gao Qin, he was shocked by her aggressive and tyrannical battle style now that he had to face its full might head-on.

What he didn’t know was that she was even more surprised.

Several years ago, Gao Qin once came to blows with Shang Xia outside Star Beast Nest No.1. Back then, both sides were probing each other out, but they got a pretty good gauge on each other’s strength.

It had barely been several years, but she could feel a sharp spike in Shang Xia’s abilities. In fact, she could already tell that Shang Xia’s cultivation had already surpassed her!

One couldn’t see how she obtained the advantage during their first exchange, but she knew that she only managed to do so because he didn’t use his strongest moves.

She found it even harder to accept the fact that he received her attack earlier with his bare hands. She wore a battle glove that was at the level of a divine artifact when fighting, and it might be so thin that the outline could barely be seen, but it was there. However, Shang Xia simply sent out a Chaos Essence Lightning Palm without the support of any artifact!

She knew that his main weapon was a Holy Artifact, and it only showed how he hadn’t even gotten serious.

Why isn’t he fighting me with all he got?

He knows that I didn’t come alone, and my companions are heading to the Star Beast Nest… Shouldn’t he be trying to end this as quickly as possible so that he can help them?

Actually, Shang Xia might have made a massive show of trying to warn the Star Beast Nest, but from his actions, it seemed as though he was buying more time for himself…

Why is he buying time here?!

The Ruined World wasn’t too far away from the Spirit Faith World and True Immortal Sun should have been killed by him. That would mean that they had a run-in before…

That would mean that True Immortal Sun discovered something and was silenced by Shang Xia! Is the Spirit Luxuriant World also after the Ruined World?

They definitely set up something there and True Immortal Sun was discovered spying on them… That would mean that there is a huge batch of people in the Ruined World and he’s buying time for them to escape!

With great confidence in her deduction, Gao Qin knew that even if Shang Xia was stronger than her, it was difficult if he wished to end her life.

She felt that she was right, and from how Shang Xia was holding back, he most likely didn’t wish to defeat her so quickly so that she would call more people over for help.

Moving decisively, she decided to leave.

How could Shang Xia not know what she was thinking about? As she tried to turn to run, he yelled, “True Immortal Gao, where are you going?! I still have a few more moves I hope you can give me some pointers on!”

Since he couldn’t keep her there any longer, he decided to just go all in to see if he could injure her to weaken her combat abilities in case they ran into each other again in the near future.

Shang Xia’s Stone Rod appeared in his hand and with a quick shake, countless phantom Stone Rods appeared in the air to seal off her escape routes.

He unleashed his second move of his Six Harmony Rod Technique, Starry Disorder!

Unfortunately, how could it be so easy to stop a high-level True Immortal who was determined to run away?

“Break!” Gao Qin yelled and shattered the phantom rods in her surroundings, creating a path for herself.

Shang Xia was no fool. He knew that he wouldn’t be able to stop her with just that but all he wanted to do was to disrupt her momentum and to ensure she ran in a certain direction.

Wherever she struck was definitely going to be where she tried to escape from. As such… His goal was achieved!

As soon as the path was created, Shang Xia pushed the Stone Rod into the void, unleashing his third move, Void Emptiness!

It pierced through hundreds of miles of the void and went straight for her back.

At the very last second, Gao Qin twisted her body unnaturally and used both fists to strike at the Stone Rod.

With a loud blast, Gao Qin grunted in pain as she shot out with even greater speed from the impact. In an instant, she managed to put thousands of miles between herself and Shang Xia.

Shang Xia wanted to give chase, but she shattered the void with a single punch as she made her escape. Everything turned into chaotic streams of space and he quickly lost track of her.