A moment later, the Darkness Force began to subside.
The black mist blanketing the arena receded like the tide, dispersing in all directions.
The dark ripples in the void weakened ring by ring before vanishing completely.
Space also stabilized from its earlier turmoil and no longer trembled.
A wisp of black flame floated out from that area, drifted through the void once, then leisurely settled atop the Darkness Altar.
The flame flickered twice atop the altar, then fell still, returning to its original appearance.
Qin Yan paid the flame little attention. He immediately extended his mental strength into that area and carefully sensed Xiao Han's condition.
Then he was utterly stunned.
Xiao Han was still standing there.
He stood tall upon the arena, his expression calm and his entire body completely unharmed.
His robes were intact, without a single tear; his hair was neither disheveled nor scorched; his skin was smooth, without any burns.
Even the arm that had previously been burned to the bone by the black flames was gradually recovering.
The only difference was that a faint golden radiance now covered his entire body.
How was that possible?!
Qin Yan could not understand it.
He knew the power of his Abyss Fire Lotus.
Little Black had personally evaluated it as "no weaker than the full-force strike of an ordinary Grandmaster."
Yet Xiao Han had emerged completely unscathed?
Qin Yan understood his Darkness Altar.
Even among Mental Manifestations, it stood at the absolute pinnacle.
For ordinary Mental Strength Cultivators, a Mental Manifestation was merely a phantom capable of using a few simple skills.
But Qin Yan's Darkness Altar not only provided amplification—it also possessed an innate skill!
An innate skill—this was an ability only exceptionally powerful Mental Manifestations could possess.
Not every Mental Manifestation had an innate skill.
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