A Pawn's Passage

With Spirit Guard Jia Chen personally leading the way, they did not encounter any dangers. Even when they came across some yet-to-be-taken strongholds, Spirit Guard Jia Chen did not mind taking action himself.

The first line of defense at Wuxing Mountain had already begun to collapse as the Divine Central Guards were being annihilated.

The one who felt this most directly was none other than Madam Qi.

The formation on the mountain’s outer perimeter that restricted her was rapidly weakening. It was not set up specifically to counter Madam Qi but rather to block all kinds of teleportation techniques, such as the Yin-Yang Gate or the Five Elements Escape Methods. This would prevent the enemy from bypassing defenses and directly entering the mountain’s interior.

Now that the formation was on the verge of collapse, this was undoubtedly good news for Madam Qi. Forcing a Banished Immortal to engage in close-quarters combat against a Martial Arts Practitioner was clearly a matter of using one’s weakness to challenge another’s strength. Although there were many growth paths for Banished Immortals, and some, like Zhang Yuelu, specialized in close combat, Madam Qi’s strengths lay in spells.

Soon, the Owner sensed it too. He recalled the last time Madam Qi had banished him thousands of kilometers away, and his expression darkened noticeably.

For the Owner, being banished did not harm his life. But it was certainly unpleasant. By the time he struggled back, everything would likely already be settled.

Of course, he could theoretically use his void-shattering punch to break apart the small world in which he was trapped in during the banishment, but that was not something he could just unleash at will. It required a charging process, and before he could complete it, Madam Qi would have finished her sequence of steps to banish him. By the time he finally smashed the small world, he would have already been sent hundreds of kilometers away. In fact, the small world would often collapse on its own after a short time.

Charging in advance was possible, but it came with difficulties. The buildup was not subtle, and Madam Qi could have easily spotted it. So by the time the charge reached its peak and he had no choice but to release the punch, Madam Qi would have been prepared to banish him, and he would not be able to resist it.

Unless he became a Manly Immortal, capable of shaking the void at any moment.

This was the awkward truth when Manly Immortals faced off against Heavenly Immortals. Theoretically, a Manly Immortal could indeed kill a Heavenly Immortal, as the destructive power of shattering the void was immense. But the problem was actually landing the hit. How could a crawling insect threaten a gracefully flitting butterfly? Thus, Manly Immortals often found themselves in the embarrassing position of having tremendous strength but no way to use it. All it took was a single misstep for them to be toyed with in the Heavenly Immortal’s palm.