He couldn't block it head-on.
Nor could he withstand it.
Xu Wuyi's body was instinctively sending out warnings. His Heart Phase Core was trembling violently—a natural reaction when facing the crushing pressure of higher-level Rules.
But he didn't retreat.
He had nowhere to retreat to.
This was Shen Jin's sea of consciousness, and the Sword Intention avatar took up most of the space. His only path to survival was to defeat his opponent.
'I have to take a gamble.'
Xu Wuyi closed his eyes.
Within the sea of consciousness, the vast, dark-golden expanse began to "breathe" with an unprecedented rhythm.
It wasn't a uniform contraction and expansion, but a chaotic, seemingly out-of-control, violent fluctuation. The Golden Crow Illusion circled frantically at the expanse's core, its Flame sometimes erupting, sometimes receding inward.
He was simulating.
