Almost by instinct, Zuo Ren's entire body suddenly surged with a mass of illusory liquid.
This was the Hate Curse Technique Luo Yan had previously used to neutralize Shadow Kill. At that moment, the mass of illusory liquid around Zuo Ren was similarly murky and pitch-black.
It looked like sludge from the bottom of a swamp.
However.
When the black crescent came crashing over, Zuo Ren discovered that although the illusory liquid had entangled itself around the crescent, it could not pull and draw in his opponent's attack like Luo Yan had.
The illusory liquid around him had only just entangled itself around the black crescent when it was sliced apart. The crescent then slammed into the scales covering his body.
But those scales were just as fragile, utterly incomparable to the Black Scales covering Luo Yan's body.
The scales shattered at the slightest touch from the crescent. Only then did Zuo Ren let out a roar, circulate his cultivation technique, and use his own power to resist the crescent.
Light and shadows flickered across his body. In the next second, Zuo Ren returned to his original appearance.
Yet he soon discovered that even after using his own power, he still could not stop the crescent from burrowing deeper.
The pitch-black crescent was like a black hole. No matter how much power he released, he could not push it away.
It was as if all power was being absorbed by it. It was unbelievably insatiable!
Thus, Zuo Ren clearly felt the black crescent slicing through his skin, tearing apart his flesh and bones, severing his blood vessels, and cleaving through his bones.
Finally, the black crescent brushed past Zuo Ren and vanished into the air.
Zuo Ren stood motionless.
His eyes stared ahead in disbelief.
He watched Luo Yan dispel