High in the sky, the Dao protector's face darkened. "Little Qi, you've gone too far. Let me see just how strong you've become over the years!"
At that moment, his blood energy surged skyward, shaking the junction of the three provinces. Countless experts from great sects raised their heads and looked in his direction.
Space split apart beside him, the cracks spreading for untold miles and reaching beyond the world. The entire world seemed on the verge of shattering.
He no longer looked aged. His skin became luminous, his back straightened, and black hair cascaded from his head. In an instant, he became a young man brimming with vitality.
"Interesting. It seems the ageless divine liquid really worked. This is a good chance to test the power of my Eight-Nine Heavenly Art," Qi Daolin said calmly, unafraid of the clan's Dao protector.
Boom!
Qi Daolin stood beyond the world, his golden Daoist robes snapping in the wind and one hand behind his back. Boundless mist rose around him, and sacred radiance illuminated the world.
He unleashed the Eight-Nine Heavenly Art. The eight or nine supreme treasured techniques he had mastered bloomed simultaneously, merging and releasing a deafening divine resonance of the Great Dao.
Heaven and earth became a vast blur. Lightning shot into the heavens, a True Phoenix cried out amid flames, a giant roc spread its wings, an azure dragon roared, and stars joined together, forming ripples that spread terrifying Dao light outward.
The Eight-Nine Heavenly Art revolved with a terrifying aura, fusing and layering the treasured techniques to produce world-shaking visions!
Pfft!
In the end, the Dao protector coughed up a mouthful of blood and was sent flying. His strongest Divine Ability had been shattered, leaving him severely wounded.
Crack!
At the critical moment, he used a life-substitution