Reunion with Yun Yun

The blood-red palm imprint came crashing down with the force of Burning Heaven and Splitting Earth. Wherever it passed, the air sizzled as it was scorched by violent Dou Qi. A thick, tangible stench of blood spread outward, intertwining with the chilling aura within the secret chamber and adding an even more terrifying savagery.

Before the palm imprint even reached him, its crushing pressure had already caused the patterns on the surrounding stone pillars to flash violently. Even the clattering of chains came to an abrupt halt.

Faced with this killing blow, powerful enough to severely wound an ordinary Dou Zun, Xiao Ling remained calm, as though the attack roaring toward him was not fatal at all, but merely a breeze brushing against his face.

His right hand, which had been behind his back, slowly rose. His index finger curled slightly, and a thread of pale golden Dou Qi gathered at its tip. It was condensed as a needle, yet it radiated an overwhelming, world-dominating majesty.

"Hiss—"

A soft sound rang out, like clashing metal, yet sharp enough to pierce the heart. Xiao Ling flicked his finger, and that thread of pale golden Dou Qi turned into a streak of light, striking the core at the center of the blood-red palm imprint with unerring precision.

A bizarre scene suddenly unfolded!

The previously unstoppable blood-red palm imprint froze in midair the instant it was struck, as though it had been hit by a binding spell.

The roiling blood-red Dou Qi upon it instantly solidified. The sizzling scorch of energy abruptly ceased, and even the thick scent of blood seemed to have been dispersed by an invisible force. Only the frozen palm imprint trembled slightly in the air, as though resisting some irreversible fate.

The vicious smile on Blood River Heavenly Venerable's