An array of energy-based attacks like this isn't wholly unfamiliar to Luo Binghe, but it is the kind of thing he'd expect to face from an accomplished cultivator -- far more than he was expecting from this guy. And without his own spiritual sword, he's finding his capacity to resist it limited. This time he tries to evade it, but Estinien goes from one move to the next so swiftly that the second one ends up blasting Luo Binghe back against the craggy stone wall a short way behind him.

Estinien was right: that did hurt! Binghe's teeth are gritted as he pushes himself up, eyes blazing with hate. He stops partway through to spit up blood.