Chapter 1048: Two Paths
Clang!
The violet-gold thunder axe spun in the hand of the towering Ghost King clad in a Hell Transformation Dharma robe.
The Ghost King shifted his feet.
Whoosh.
The violet-gold thunder axe spun through the sky and fell back before Yu Ren Yue.
At the same time, the Ghost King spread his pale hand.
His oval, rough violet-black nails pressed down slightly, and threads of the Great Dao emerged in midair.
Creak!
The yin-yang millstone in the void turned and tightened.
Countless threads fully manifested, ringing with the sonorous Dao tones as the millstone revolved.
Yu Ren Feihe's stationary body was bound by soul-hooking chains, which squeezed into his flesh and carved bloody, skin-splitting marks into him.
Thirty-six talismans stretched, interwove, and gathered into Dao markings of the Path of Life and Death. They rooted themselves deeply, seeking to completely pull out the soul whose lifespan had run dry, hidden within the six-zhang golden body.
Creak!
Flesh split open, tendons and bones cried out.
Beyond his shock, Yu Ren Feihe's eyes—golden crystals containing a vast, boundless starry sky—were fixed firmly on the Ghost King wearing a Heaven-Leveling Crown.
The other party was a genuine Dao Monarch. Yet they were both at the One Flower realm—how had he slipped silently into the Yu Ren clan's blessed land and appeared before him?
"Fellow Daoist, impressive methods!"
Yu Ren Feihe lowered his head to glance at the deep wound stretching down from his chest.
He had been careless in this strike.
But it was not entirely carelessness. He had intended to sell an opening and catch all five Saints in one net, which was why he had suffered this blow.
He had never expected another Lord of the Great Dao to be lurking nearby, poised to strike.
Yu Ren