Han Canghai stood on the battle platform, his body towering like an iron pagoda.
The power of laws at the peak Titled True Monarch level poured ceaselessly out of him, pressing fine, spiderweb cracks into the Black Mystic Stone Slabs beneath his feet.
Chen Changqing glanced at him.
The old fellow's cultivation was more than a notch above those three small fry from earlier. But that was all.
"Junior, you killed my disciple, Ji Wugou—"
"I didn't kill him. Just knocked him out," Chen Changqing corrected lazily.
Han Canghai choked for a moment, then his expression darkened.
"You gravely wounded my disciple and severed his foundation in the Dao! That is no different from killing him! Today, I will obtain justice for him!"
Before his words had faded, the gray-black chain at Han Canghai's waist shot out.
Rather than attacking Chen Changqing, the chain rapidly unfurled in midair, transforming into an enormous gray-black net a hundred zhang across and enveloping the entire central section of the battle platform.
Buzz!
A strange fluctuation spread from the chain net.
The Immortal-Slaying Sword on Chen Changqing's back immediately let out a muffled, mournful cry, and the dark golden sheen on its blade visibly dimmed.
It was not just the Immortal-Slaying Sword.
The Heavenly Thunder Sword, the Haotian Hammer, the Dragon Pattern Sky-Splitting Spear... the spiritual resonance of every Immortal Artifact in the Heaven Treading Ring was firmly suppressed by an invisible force.
The Primal Chaos Immortal-Locking Chain!
Chen Changqing's gaze shifted slightly.
He had seen scattered references to this object in the Heaven-Treading Immortal Emperor's inherited memories. It was a binding treasure forged in ancient times specifically to counter Immortal Artifacts, capable of briefly sealing the spiritual functions of every Immortal Artifact within a certain area.
"What a dirty trick."
Aboard the Shushan