Compared to the stern-faced Han Xiangming, who stood beside the stream murmuring with his eyes lowered, the silver flame hurtling from the Demon Deer's head toward him was blindingly fast.
Han Xiangming, who had only just entered the Divine Ability Realm, did not dodge. He simply let the silver flame strike his body.
This time, however, the silver flame did not explode into a pale-white fireball and engulf him as it had before.
It simply vanished without a trace.
In that instant, time seemed to stand still.
Even the air stopped flowing.
Then a sound like something shattering came from behind Han Xiangming.
Countless pale-blue ice crystals appeared behind him, as though winter had suddenly descended upon the world. The air behind him shattered like glass as the frozen crystals spread.
Void Balance.
Han Xiangming's innate divine ability.
His divine ability dissolved the heat within the flames, replacing it with an equivalent amount of extreme cold, which Han Xiangming then released outside his body.
The Demon Deer had clearly realized something was wrong.
I'm no match for this man!
A glint flashed through the Demon Deer's golden eyes as the creature swiftly assessed the situation.
Run!
Demonic energy surged, and the Demon Deer turned into a streak of silver light, attempting to fly away.
But just as that silver streak rose into the air, Han Xiangming lifted his eyes, and the fleeing Demon Deer suddenly froze in midair.
Turning death into life.
Turning heat into cold.
Turning motion into stillness.
This was the power of Han Xiangming's innate divine ability, Void Balance.
The Demon Deer's suspended form was like a frozen painting. No matter how fiercely the demonic energy surged within the creature's body, the Demon Deer could not move.
Only the Demon Deer's thoughts remained clear.
Then the Demon