Pitch-black power instantly enveloped He Ao. He immediately raised the ice sword in his hand, blocking the gray radiance flying straight at him.
But in an instant, a white radiance abruptly appeared before He Ao, blocking the incoming gray glow. Before it could reach him, most of its force was dispersed and deflected aside.
Yet even that faint deflected force cleaved the mountain beneath He Ao in two, tearing apart space itself and spreading pitch-black cracks through the surroundings.
He Ao looked up. All around him were storms formed from the remnants of divine power.
He looked toward Andaweier, but all he could see was spreading wind and snow, and a chaotic storm.
Then, in that instant, he suddenly realized something and turned around.
Behind him, a storm formed by raging wind, snow, and disturbed divine power was swirling wildly.
Rampaging divine power swept through the area. Whether through ordinary sight or mystical perception, his vision was limited to only a few dozen centimeters ahead.
Kaila was gone too.
Without hesitation, he gripped the ice sword and charged into the storm behind him.
Within the hazy blizzard, Kaila raised her head and looked at the storm around her, which obscured both sight and perception.
She gently raised her hand, and fine ice crystals abruptly formed before her, linking together into a barrier.
But only an instant later, an invisible force swept across the sky. The ice crystals before her suddenly shattered, scattering into countless wisps of mist.
At that moment, the space before her abruptly contracted.
Space and time, heaven and earth, seemed to reverse at that instant. Kaila was clearly standing on the ground, yet she felt herself naturally "fly" upward and begin to "fall" toward the sky.
As she "fell," condensed ice crystals gathered into sharp ice