Chapter 232: First Floor (2)

The Immortal Cloud Step had carried Lin Yuan across the fifty-pace distance during the duration of her descent. He materialized directly in front of her, entirely inside the defensive radius of her whip.

"The Steadfast Stage implies an unyielding defense," Lin Yuan murmured softly, his deep purple eyes locking onto her bottomless, pitch-black gaze. "But against absolute force, everything yields."

Lin Yuan did not swing the sword. He merely thrust the pommel of the Primordial Sovereign Sword forward, striking the Phantom Guardian squarely in the center of her chest.

He used the raw monstrous physical strength of a Rank 10 Ancient Beast Body.

The impact sounded like a siege ram shattering a fortress gate.

The Phantom Guardian's ribs caved in instantly. The sheer kinetic force of the blow bypassed her Qi barrier completely, violently disrupting the internal array matrix that sustained her physical form.