As the two fought with growing madness, their battle became ever more exhilarating, Sword Qi exploding endlessly between Fang Xuan's hands.
Having withstood Old Man Chuiyun's full-force strike, the boundless fist intent, imbued with vast evil demon power, nearly shattered above Fang Xuan's head.
The black Dharma manifestation stamped down with one foot, instantly leaving a massive crater in the ground.
Old Man Chuiyun assumed a fist stance brimming with Killing Intent, one palm facing the sky and held across his chest, the other clenched into a fist and resting heavily upon that palm.
He threw a punch.
Heaven and earth collapsed, space burst apart, and thick black streaks came smashing down from the skies.
Like raindrops, they all crashed into the crater, endless black light pouring down upon Fang Xuan's head in an unbroken torrent.
Black radiance surged in Old Man Chuiyun's eyes. As he threw his final punch, thunder seemed to gather in space, madly converging within the black Dharma manifestation.
The black Dharma manifestation swiftly formed hand seals, and a profound, powerful array rapidly took shape between its hands.
At last, an abstruse black pattern formed where its clasped hands met. Endless black evil demon power gathered into a gigantic black axe that came crashing down upon Fang Xuan's head.
That evil demon power had already contained incomparably immense energy. Now that it had been strengthened by the array, it became even more formidable.
Old Man Chuiyun tugged at the corner of his mouth, clasped his hands behind his back, and cast a sidelong glance at Pei Maoyuan on the platform. "Maoyuan, I found the true Great Dao path for the Tai Xuan Sect. Why did you awaken? Why did you defy your master!"
On the platform.
Pei Maoyuan's face was filled with grief.
Within the black