Chuckling a little, Jian Shen used more strength than before and pushed Xu Long back to obtain a little breathing space.
Not holding his chest in agony despite clearly sensing how much his soul hurt every time he defended against an attack from Xu Long, Jian Shen felt that he had no choice but to reveal his true strength and the end the battle as soon as possible.
After all, it wasn't as if he could just take the physical attack head-on and escape the soul attack.
In fact, even if Jian Shen felt confident in withstanding Xu Long's attack with the spear, which he didn't due to it being upgraded with the parts of a dragon, his soul would still continue being injured due to which it meant taking two attacks instead of just one.
So, the best solution in the current situation was for Jian Shen to use long-ranged attack and not come in contact with Xu Long or anything he held.
Unfortunately, as someone who wielded dual swords Jian Shen other than close combat skills only had techniques like the Wings of Kun Peng and so on which served as auxiliary techniques.
Therefore, Jian Shen could either try throwing his swords and hope to injure Xu Long or use something else.
Something like the Ten Elemental Sword Domain which he finished created just a few days back.
Having always wanted to increase the capabilities of his domain and not limit it to just being a fire-based domain, Jian Shen who had a lot of free time finally managed to complete this domain he always wanted to.
"I can no longer afford to exchange blows with you, Xu Long. So let's just put an end to this."
Not bothering to hide anything, Jian Shen surprised everyone by sheathing both of his swords on the sides of his waist and closed his eyes.
"What is he doing? Did he give up already?"
Feeling weary and not gloating because he met Jian Shen last night, He Xing looked warily towards Jian Shen who knew his secret as the world around him and everyone felt like it just shook a little.
Opening his eyes in a flash, Jian Shen's white eyes flickered with various colours as he began controlling the various elements of Heaven and Earth around him.
"The Ten Elemental Sword Domain."
While Jian Shen only whispered those words softly and didn't shout out loudly, once he finished saying those words the air which was trembling around turned dangerously silent before everything began.
Fire, wind, water, lightning, darkness, destruction, diamond, space, metal and despair.
Condensing all of these ten elements from the air around him, Jian Shen created a huge dome which not just covered him and Xu Long, but everyone who was spectating the fight as well inside it.
"What is... "
Without bothering to answer Xu Long who looked too stunned to even properly speak, Jian Shen who was used to seeing this beautiful but dangerous dome as its creator snapped his finger.
As soon as he did that, a bolt of lightning struck down from the vibrant and colourful dome around them onto Xu Long.
Hastily stabbing his spear into the ground and letting go of it the very moment the lightning struck the spear, Xu Long had a pale face from just thinking of what would've happened if that lightning had struck him.
"This... I guess I should've expected an ascender like you to have a few hidden aces up your sleeve."
"That was just the beginning. If you don't give up, I'll have to show you the true strength of my domain."
"Humph! You can't scare me!"
Thinking that Jian Shen was bluffing, Xu Long reached for his spear and began running towards Jian Shen to try and force him into close combat once again.
Unfortunately, things didn't go his way this time.
Once again snapping his fingers, Jian Shen who enjoyed how cool he was looking doing something like snapping his finger to attack used a stronger attack this time.
Instead of attacking Xu Long with just the basic nature of any of the elements, Jian Shen accumulated the element of fire and condensed it into one thin and long sword which flew towards Xu Long.
Looking at this sharp sword which was burning with flames, Xu Long felt that he could easily evade it and dodged to the side.
But, before he could continue running towards Jian Shen the flaming sword also changed its direction and began moving to where he was now at.
"Shit!"
Hastily stopping and raising his spear, Xu Long tried his best to deflect the flaming sword which didn't travel straight and instead kept on slithering like a snake.
Always evading the spear, the flaming sword under Jian Shen's control kept on trying to attack Xu Long and strike his body.
After a while, Jian Shen found out that it was impossible to land an attack with a single sword due to how nimble Xu Long was and therefore conjured a second sword.
Creating this one out of lightning, Jian Shen used it to surprise Xu Long who didn't expect a second one and slashed him on the shoulder to leave a cruel and deep gash.
"Aaaaaa..!"
At the same time since he finally lost his concentration, the flaming Sword struck him in the straight in the chest and blew up as it threw him into the air with a loud explosion.