A breath after, Saint Guard, who hovered over Sun Yixie's head, struck down again with a move called "Taishan Mountain Presses Down."
Looking at the situation, even if Sun Yixie were to strike back upwards with his trident, it wouldn't resolve the problem because even if his weapon could pierce through Saint Guard's belly, it wouldn't stop the opponent's descent. Once the tip of the trident pierced in, Saint Guard would still smash down like a "skewer" along the shaft, pressing towards Sun Yixie.
And it wasn't even certain if such a development would kill the Saint Guard, but even if it did, Sun Yixie wasn't willing to take the risk of "mutual destruction, perishing together."
So, in less than 0.3 seconds, Sun Yixie almost instinctively made another decision—to retreat a full ten meters and scattered a handful of iron caltrops where he had just been standing.
