The old man had been immersed in ancient scrolls, his mastery of the Sword Dao sufficient to support this strategic ambush. Pei Ye firmly believed that the opponent had confidently stepped above the "Intention" realm.
Yet the old man had not given him much of an opportunity to compete in the realm of "Intention"; stripping away the Mysterious Qi, he pressed him beneath the sword strokes.
This was perhaps the greatest effort he could exert. After everyone else had been barred from entering Sword Belly Mountain, a Xuanmen Grandmaster had laid out the formation, killed, and taken the jade pearls that elaborately... yet he was still defeated by the distant maiden in the mountains.
It also proved that, without the separation of formations... the opponent lacked the confidence to face Liuli.