Back then, Lu Xiaotian, Xiang Qingcheng, and the six Guigui had been trapped inside the Ice-Fire Demon Barrier, and even they hadn't been able to break free easily. Only after Lu Xiaotian used Brahma Rakshasa True Flame to disrupt the barrier's balance of yin and yang had they managed to escape.
Now Zhao Yuandu had broken through Xun Hong's Ice-Fire Demon Barrier in the blink of an eye.
"Take this!" After his shock, Xun Hong erupted in fury. He pointed, and a massive pillar of ice and fire suddenly appeared between heaven and earth. From afar, it resembled a colossal demon octopus with a human head. Demonic energy roiled around it as countless tentacles formed from ice and fire lashed out.
Zhao Yuandu gave a cold snort. The sapphire-blue round mirror flashed, and a blue beam struck him. The beam burst outward like fireworks, spreading in every direction. Each beam that flared into being reflected an image of Zhao Yuandu.
Countless tentacles of ice and fire lashed about. The ground—and even the entire expanse of sky—shuddered under their blows. The blue light shattered. Meanwhile, the crystalline-blue beams Zhao Yuandu sent out struck the ice-and-fire tentacles again and again, and a great many fragments of ice and fire exploded across the sky.
"Is that all you've got?" A voice that sounded at once near and far, real and unreal, rang out from every direction.
Inside the formation, dragons surged and tigers leaped. Dark Nightmare and the Blood Ape Ghost King had already been completely swallowed up in the fray. From time to time, the enraged roars of the two Ghost Kings rang out.
For now, Dark Nightmare, the Blood Ape Ghost King, and Xun Hong weren't at a disadvantage, but the longer they fought, the more alarmed they became. Xun Hong