Boom!
Hundreds of chains all surged toward Sikou Lan's sword. In an instant, the sound of clanging and snapping rang out. The chains he had thought unbearably fragile suddenly made him pay for his carelessness. When his sword struck the first one, he cleaved it straight into several pieces. But when the second, third, and then hundreds upon hundreds came at him, he realized that my sevenfold Dao lineage was terrifying beyond measure—it had stopped him outside, leaving him unable to come even a step closer!
The first ghost of the Five Elements Realm truly was extraordinary, far beyond anything in the Four Symbols Realm. If he had been in the Four Symbols Realm, that strike would have left him dead without even a grave! But even so, that brief delay gave the black-furred hou an opening, and it suddenly charged over. This thunder bomb was even more powerful than the last. With a thunderous boom, it blasted sand and stones into the air and blew a huge crater into the ground around us!
All my Immortal-Chasing Chains were shattered by the thunder bomb, and I was almost sent flying as well. Fortunately, I was immune to thunder. The protective astral shield around my body blocked the physical impact, while the thunder was entirely absorbed back into me. That was the only reason my own dog hadn't injured me.
Sikou Lan was not so lucky. His soul-form body had taken such a fierce assault that several huge holes were blown through it. He glared furiously at the black-furred hou, then drifted far away. Seeing Unlucky Bear standing in front of me, he began thinking about how to bring me down.
"This kid is very strange. It's normal that you can't beat him. As long as you don't let him draw