The sharp edge flashed before his eyes and arrived in an instant. Xiao Heng thrust out with his sword, its flowing light streaking past, tearing through the black energy and shooting straight for Hun Yan's head.
At the very last moment, Hun Yan twisted aside. A strand of white hair was severed, and a mark was left on his cheek. But that was all.
A ribbon of Dou Qi came hurtling at him. Xiao Heng hurriedly raised his sword before himself, yet the immense force still sent him flying several hundred zhang.
Hun Yan touched his cheek and wiped away a trace of crimson. Turning to look at Xiao Heng, his expression darkened. "Not bad, but this is as far as you go!"
As the words fell, Hun Yan struck down with his palm. Dou Qi condensed, and black energy formed a gigantic energy palm that shot toward Xiao Heng.
The next instant, Xiao Heng was struck by the enormous energy claw and vanished.
"A Dou Qi clone...!"
Dou Qi clones were nothing unusual, but most were of little use. Xiao Heng's was much the same, though confusing his opponent for an instant was enough.
Hun Yan turned around and saw Xiao Heng behind him, forming hand seals before his chest. Behind Xiao Heng, a phantom tens of thousands of zhang tall emerged, making the same gesture.
"Yellow Springs... Heavenly Wrath...!"
"Shriek...!"
A piercing sound rang out as Soul Power violently spread, charging straight into Hun Yan's Sea of Consciousness and stirring up towering waves within.
With a Heaven Realm soul at great completion, wielding a high-grade Heaven-tier Dou Technique—even if his opponent's soul was also at Heaven Realm completion, so long as it had not reached the Emperor Realm, he would have to be silenced for a while.
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