Li Wuyang moved like lightning. Ignoring his unhealed injuries, he forcibly drove his mana and raced toward the Star Infusion Pool. Xuan Nü's true body's broken yet urgent warning echoed in his mind—"The shell has been contaminated," "It must not come into contact with the star core"!
The awakened "Xuan" really had gone wrong! Was it because of that hidden aura that had tried to touch her earlier? What was this contamination? And what would happen if she touched the star core? Endless worry and rage filled his chest.
Passing through layer upon layer of halls and corridors, the area containing the Star Infusion Pool was already within sight. Even from afar, he sensed an unusual energy fluctuation coming from the pool. Mixed within it was an exceedingly obscure chill and chaos, utterly out of place amid the pure, tranquil stellar spiritual energy around it!
"Not good!" Alarm bells rang in Li Wuyang's heart, and he accelerated again!
However, just as he was about to reach the pool, an abrupt change occurred!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Several pitch-black shadows, swift as ghosts, shot out without warning from the surrounding Void Shadows, targeting Li Wuyang's vital points! These shadows had no physical form, as though they were made entirely of dark energy. Their attacks were vicious and unpredictable, radiating the frigid aura of Golden Immortals!
"An ambush!" Li Wuyang's eyes turned cold as he instantly realized this was a diversion! Someone did not want him approaching the Star Infusion Pool!
"Annihilation Star Net!"
Though his injuries had yet to heal, his combat instincts remained. He flicked his fingers repeatedly, and countless fine gray sword qi blossomed like a spreading peacock's tail, accurately meeting the black shadows!
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!
The sword qi collided with the black shadows, producing corroding sounds. The shadows