"Strike me with your saber!"
Nian Kong's voice was calm, as though he were speaking of something that had nothing to do with him.
But Chen Lin sensed his unwavering resolve. Without hesitation, he drove the Cold Moon Saber to its full power and slashed!
Saber light flashed, and the black qi around Nian Kong immediately surged, carrying boundless malice as it tried to force his body to evade. But Nian Kong suddenly exerted himself and slammed the Buddhist Prayer Beads in his hand into the space between his brows.
Golden light and blood-red light erupted together, making the black qi falter once more.
At that moment, Chen Lin's saber light descended, striking the top of Nian Kong's head with unparalleled might.
With a bang, Nian Kong's body instantly exploded.
Amid the flying flesh and blood, a golden sphere wrapped in black qi floated out, trembling incessantly within its dark shroud.
One moment, the sphere's golden light broke through the black qi; the next, the black qi suppressed the golden light. The two intertwined, neither able to overcome the other.
Seeing this, Chen Lin immediately circulated the Diamond Body-Refining Technique and unleashed a strand of Burning Lotus True Fire.
After Nian Kong's body exploded, no passage appeared beneath his seat. If the demonic qi destroyed this object that seemed to be a reliquary, Chen Lin might never escape this secret chamber.
Although the Burning Lotus True Fire had never risen in grade, it was still something that countered demonic thoughts. Once it landed on the reliquary, the black qi covering it immediately weakened considerably.
Seizing this opportunity, Nian Kong's reliquary suddenly trembled, then burst with a deafening bang!
It had actually detonated itself!
The energy released transformed into a mass of dazzling golden light, too brilliant to look at directly.