This woman, whose existence was now only as a primordial spirit, seemed to have a compulsive obsession with cleanliness. She left Joe Di in the Spirit Marrow Pool for several hours without touching him.
Because of the Spirit Marrow Pool's effects, faint shadows appeared around the ninth pattern in Joe Di’s sea of consciousness, filling him with joy.
The hardest thing for cultivators to improve is their spiritual sense. Advancing in cultivation does not necessarily mean their spiritual sense grows as well. Most cultivators’ spiritual sense lags one or two levels behind their cultivation; for example, an ordinary Ascendant’s spiritual sense is usually at level seven or eight. Only the top experts have spiritual sense that matches their cultivation.
Joe Di was only at the early stage of the Void Spirit Stage, yet both his sea of consciousness and spiritual sense were at level eight. Furthermore, thanks to his training in the Soul Tempering Technique, his spiritual sense was even more refined—something extremely rare. In fact, Joe Di’s spiritual sense surpassed that of many Ascendants.
With such powerful spiritual sense, Joe Di still found himself powerless before this woman. He suspected her spiritual sense exceeded level ten. Perhaps her sea of consciousness had shattered, and that was why she needed his. If her sea of consciousness had not been shattered, just how terrifyingly strong would her spiritual sense have been?
Such formidable spiritual sense made Joe Di wonder if his Riftblade could even strike her. After careful consideration, Joe Di decided to play it safe. Titan's Step was useless against her, but by using it, he had vaguely touched the edge of spatial law. If his next strike could carry a hint of spatial law, then even if this woman’s spiritual sense was overwhelming and she sensed his ambush in advance, his attack should still land.
After waiting several more hours without being swept away by the woman, Joe Di simply floated in the Spirit Marrow Pool, continuing to strengthen his sea of consciousness and spiritual sense while mentally rehearsing how to deliver his strike.
After another hour passed, Joe Di sensed a force sweeping over him, pulling him out of the Spirit Marrow Pool.
Still in midair, Joe Di knew his chance had come. He dared not release his spiritual sense; to this woman, he should appear as someone with a shattered sea of consciousness. If he extended his spiritual sense now, she would instantly sense it.
As soon as the primordial spirit’s silhouette appeared before him, Joe Di gathered nearly all his true essence and spiritual sense. Cosmic Flame clung to the Azure Veil Blade, transforming into a tearing azure arc that he slashed downward.
This slash carried a trace of spatial aura; the azure arc ignored the distance between Joe Di and the primordial spirit woman. Feeling the hint of spatial law he had comprehended from Titan's Step manifest itself, Joe Di was ecstatic. As long as his blade struck, the opponent would be severely wounded, and her spiritual sense would be endlessly weakened.
To deal with someone who existed only as a primordial spirit, the first priority was to endlessly weaken her spiritual sense.
No matter how fast Joe Di's sneak attack was, in the eyes of this woman who was only a primordial spirit, it was as slow as a toddler learning to speak.
“Not bad, you have another trick. In that case, you can die...”
Before the primordial spirit's silhouette could finish speaking, she stared in shock as the azure arc slashed down atop her head.
“This is absolutely impossible...” the primordial spirit's silhouette cried out in disbelief.
It truly was impossible. Though she lacked a physical body, her mental strength was at its peak; no matter how strong this ant called Joe Di was, he should not have been able to break through her mental defenses and harm her.
In other words, even if she stood still and let Joe Di strike first, he would never be able to catch her off guard. In fact, she had no idea how Joe Di's blade had pierced through her mental defenses.
“Ah...” A shrill, anguished scream rang out as Joe Di’s Azure Veil Blade slashed directly down from the top of the primordial spirit woman’s head. Her sole primordial spirit shadow was split in two, and Cosmic Flame ignited. No matter how strong her willpower was, she could not endure such unbearable agony.
Boom! After the Azure Veil Blade split the woman’s primordial spirit shadow in half, it left a mark on the hard ground.