The passage was only about three meters wide, no larger than a bedroom at most. Grand arrays that concealed auras surrounded it on every side. Faced with Zu Xinghai's sudden appearance, I felt an overwhelming pressure.
Zu Xinghai seemed to have gained tremendous power, and a faint smile appeared as he stroked his sword. He looked different to me now, full of vigor, with black energy steaming from his body. The red glow that had been in his eyes was gone, too. It really looked as though he had devoured Qi Tianyang.
"We don't know who'll live and who'll die yet. Come fight!" I pointed my longsword at him and swiftly began chanting. "A thousand peaks, ten thousand peaks, joined across the distance. Laughing, I stride into the sky and clear the dusty haze. A streak of time becomes a sword of clouds, flying beyond the heavens, heedless of the years! Heavenly One Dao! Sword Dance of Time!"
"Xia Yitian, you're still far too arrogant. You don't understand that there's always a higher heaven, always someone stronger! Very well, I'll teach you what it means to be the true sovereign of immortals! One point in the mysterious heavens shines clear, an immortal drifting free and at ease. Fortune turns, and glory passes on the wind; banished to the mortal world, I become a green lotus! Divine Immortal Dao! Green Lotus of Creation!" Zu Xinghai sneered, drawing an earth-immortal talisman from his sleeve. He blew gently on it, and a jade-green lotus instantly flew out of the paper, spinning toward me!
I dared not hesitate and immediately increased the power of my Dao lineage fivefold. Zu Xinghai's weaknesses were obvious: he wasn't particularly quick at chanting, and his spells weren't especially powerful compared with Di Xianchen's. But breaking through the arrays