The moment An Qingyu sensed that something was wrong with the scepter's feel, he immediately tried to pull it from the dark mire. But in that instant, a streak of sword light cleaved down at his head!
An Qingyu immediately dodged to the side, but the hand gripping the scepter was still a step too slow. It was severed by the sword light. His brow furrowed as the King's Treasure Sword in his other hand swept behind him, and a burst of frigid air instantly froze half the sky solid!
Amid the freezing snow and ice, a pitch-black humanoid outline shot forth, transforming into Lin Qiye in an instant. One hand reached for the King's Scepter!
The King's Scepter's ability was exceptionally troublesome. Whoever could use it to draw away the other's divine power first had essentially secured victory in advance.
An Qingyu understood this as well. A burst of blood-red light suddenly erupted beneath his ribs, and a ferocious bloody hand crawled out of his body, reaching for the other end of the scepter as well.
The two hands simultaneously seized either side of the scepter!
As An Qingyu activated the King's Scepter's power, a faint golden glow bloomed from its base. At the same time, a flicker of magical radiance passed over Lin Qiye, restoring him to his original form as strands of Karma Threads immediately coiled around him!
For a time, the light on the King's Scepter's surface rapidly flickered between bright and dim, like a broken lightbulb.
Lin Qiye narrowed his eyes. The Karma Threads bypassed the King's Scepter and stretched toward An Qingyu. The latter's gray eyes sharpened as his other palm suddenly erupted with deep-purple lightning, smashing down onto the scepter's surface!
Boom—!!
A massive ball of lightning exploded in midair, and the King's