After obtaining the black blade in his hand.
In but an instant, the "Black Shadow," who had just been entangled with his opponent, saw his strength soar by leaps and bounds. He directly gained the upper hand over the middle-aged man and easily forced him back.
"This is a Tongtian demonic treasure. I never expected you to still have something like this!"
Seeing how formidable the Demonic Blade in Black Shadow's hand was, the middle-aged man's eyes also flashed with disbelief.
Hearing this, the Black Shadow opposite him looked at the black blade in his hand and sighed with some regret.
"You do have a discerning eye.
Unfortunately, this treasure's power is incomplete.
Otherwise, that strike just now would have already scattered your soul and extinguished your spirit."
"Not necessarily!"
Faced with Black Shadow's mockery, the middle-aged man sighed softly. He then raised a hand in a spell gesture and drove the Earth Origin Banner in his hand directly into the ground below.
The moment the banner struck the ground, the surrounding earth began to quake violently.
The next moment, Heaven and Earth Vitality from throughout the secret realm rapidly flooded into the great hall, gathering on the ground into seven circular sigils that enveloped both the middle-aged man and the Black Shadow not far away.
The formation took shape in an instant. The scene around them shifted, and they arrived in a void where countless stars glittered.
"The Heavenly Origin Star-Dipper Formation!"
"I never thought you had left such a profound formation within this spirit treasure.
It seemed that the jade box with greater power was merely a decoy. This was the true contingency you left behind.
No wonder I did not trigger the restrictions here when I took this item away."
Hearing Black Shadow's words, the middle-aged man