The Heavenly Bridge's fifth level.
The Gatekeeper was a Controller wielding a strange Crystal Shuttle. Flowing Light swirled beneath his feet, and nine wafer-thin crystal shards floated around him. As they danced through the air, they carried not only tremendous Lockdown power but also a hint of Strangulation! Though these aspects of Lockdown and Strangulation were nowhere near a fraction of the complete Space Lockdown and Space Strangulation, they were still far beyond what Qin Zhao could handle right now!
The next moment, the surrounding space seemed to turn into invisible blades, slicing toward Qin Zhao from every direction.
The pressure surged!
Qin Zhao pushed his movement technique, domain, and saber technique to their limits. Under his opponent's superior control of space, the range of his Black Stone Prison domain shrank to just a few meters around him. He swung the Nine Dust saber technique again and again, resisting the omnipresent force of Space Strangulation.
He could feel that the Gatekeeper on this level had a far deeper understanding of the Law of Space than he did. In particular, he had barely begun to analyze the essence of Strangulation.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
Though Qin Zhao did everything he could to dodge and block, the invisible force of Space Strangulation still left wound after wound across his body. The pain of his virtual body was crystal clear. After holding out for about a minute, a crystal shard honed to the utmost sharpness pierced his domain defense and swept across his neck.
"Failed to clear the fifth level!"
His consciousness was ejected from the Heavenly Bridge.
Qin Zhao's figure reappeared in the plaza. His face was slightly pale and his breathing uneven, but his eyes shone startlingly bright. His successive challenges, especially the fierce battles on the fourth and fifth levels, had