A Clash of Strength

Among the thirty-six branches of the Demon Sect, the Essence Devouring Lineage stood alongside the Blood Demon lineage, the Soul Devouring Lineage, and the like as a Fierce Demon Path. The core tenets of its martial arts were largely to harm others for one's own gain, absorb essence and seize qi, their power unorthodox yet astonishing.

What Black Robe had unleashed was his signature supreme art, the Body Breaking Essence Absorbing Skill. Once used in conjunction with the spiritual qi of heaven and earth, all spiritual qi within a radius of thirty meters answered his command, squeezing Xiang Yang's flesh. Even the true qi within Xiang Yang's body stirred restlessly, nearly dragged out of him.

Xiang Yang, suspended in midair, abruptly faltered. As Black Robe struck from afar, he sensed something wrong with his true qi and swiftly retreated.

The true qi in his Qi Sea transformed into the nature of the Wedding Dress Divine Skill. His perfectly rounded martial body had reached great completion; body, soul, will, and true qi fused as one, unmoved by external force. With this reinforcement, he shattered Black Robe's demonic art.

In his shock, Black Robe felt his Body Breaking Essence Absorbing Skill return without results. Faintly, he was instead jolted by a powerful counterforce. What martial art was this? Could it be that if Xiang Yang could restrain Blood Spirit Child, he could restrain him as well?

The instant Xiang Yang retreated, Liao Hui also seized the chance created by Black Robe's Body Breaking Essence Absorbing Skill. With a sweep of his great hand, the rolling chill between heaven and earth condensed into more than a hundred enormous blocks of ice that shot toward Xiang Yang. Each was like a cannonball, incomparably powerful.

As an Ice Demon Path innate master, Liao Hui received