After Po Qiong's warning, Ling Tian gripped his heavy halberd and planned to use its momentum to escape Tian Xin's Phenomenal Domain. Then he'd be free as a bird in the open sky. He already knew that the domain was heralded by a flurry of feathers, so he was confident he wouldn't be caught off guard again. Besides, he had his halberd and could use the same trick as before. Even if he got trapped again, he thought it would be fairly easy to escape.
As he'd imagined, the heavy halberd swept through the ice mirror without resistance. Ling Tian stayed close behind You Ye, hoping to ride its momentum out. But halfway through the swing, just as he was about to pass through the mirror, the ice suddenly solidified. He felt a powerful force resisting him, and the mirror's insubstantial quality vanished.
You Ye's strike carried immense weight and astonishing force. It smashed the ice mirror before him with ease, sending ice fragments flying. But before Ling Tian could even smile, the fragments that had been knocked away doubled back and quickly reformed into another ice mirror.
Worse, another ice mirror abruptly appeared right in front of Ling Tian. He slammed into it like a boulder crashing into a mountain peak. A vast energy surged, and Ling Tian felt the entire world shudder. Then dizziness washed over him.
The ice mirror was solid as could be. Its tremendous recoil sent Ling Tian stumbling back several steps, and he even lost his grip on the halberd. The Buddha Image Phantom behind him trembled violently. It showed no sign of dispersing, but had dimmed slightly; clearly, it had expended a great deal of energy to absorb the rebound.
Ling Tian didn't come to his senses until a moment later. He looked