Under the augmentation of the Dark Vault Scepter, Qin Yan's mind jolted violently.
The spiritual power barrier between the early and mid-stages of the Eighth Rank shattered beneath the impact of that overwhelming Darkness Force.
His spiritual power broke through its restraints like a flood bursting through a dam, climbing all the way until it stabilized at six hundred and thirty hertz—the Mid-Stage Eighth Rank.
The aura of the entire Dark Emperor Golden Body surged once more. The Darkness Force swirling around it grew denser and deeper.
Qin Yan raised his head, his gaze passing through the star-filled void to fall upon the distant Ice Phoenix and World-Purifying White Lotus.
Battle intent boiled in his eyes.
"Screech—!"
In the void, the Ice Phoenix wreathed in starlight and Mystic Ice power moved first.
It let out a phoenix cry that pierced the heavens, its icy-blue phoenix eyes locked firmly onto the Dark Emperor Golden Body.
With a fierce beat of its wings, its enormous body transformed into a streak of blue-white light, crashing toward Qin Yan like an icy meteor falling from the sky.
Wherever the Ice Phoenix passed, the extreme cold and stellar power around it tore the surrounding space apart inch by inch.
Countless fine black Spatial Rifts spread along its flight path.
In the blink of an eye, the phantom Ice Phoenix had crossed several thousand zhang and appeared before the Dark Emperor Golden Body.
Its crystalline talon, capable of easily tearing apart a mountain, carried a chilling gleam as it viciously clawed at the Golden Body's head.
As its claws sliced through the void, they left behind five icy-blue trails, each radiating a terrifying chill capable of freezing an ordinary Grandmaster into an ice sculpture.
Qin Yan's expression did not change. The Dark Emperor Golden Body's massive