With a mouthful of fresh blood spraying into the sky, Chen Tianyang was sent flying backward by a heavy impact. He hit the ground and lay there completely motionless, leaving it unclear whether he had merely fallen unconscious or truly died.
In reality, however, Chen Tianyang was gritting his teeth against the excruciating pain throughout his body while quietly gripping the talisman sword in his left hand, channeling his inner true qi into it.
Just as Yong Yin had previously noted, the talisman sword's spiritual energy was already almost entirely depleted. He had pulled it out not with the expectation of killing Yong Yin, but simply hoping to startle him into backing off and buy himself a chance to escape.
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