Yan Chihuo thought, Strike first and gain the upper hand; strike late and suffer disaster. With a shake of his body, he transformed into a Double-Eyed Bird and pounced at an Evil Ghost. Xuan Ming had long been prepared. Mana surged into the Yellow Flame Crystal as he once more unleashed Refining Sword into Silk.
Yan Chihuo had anticipated this as well and had devised a countermeasure. He transformed again, taking on Three Heads and Six Arms, then flashed straight through the sword threads. Though assuming Three Heads and Six Arms tripled the Double-Eyed Bird's power, his cultivation was only at the mid Dao Integration Stage. Moreover, he could not wield the various spirit treasures and transformed spirit treasures, including the Seven Absolutes Cold Mist Sword. If he forcibly endured Xuan Ming's Refining Sword into Silk, a spirit-linked divine ability, he would likely suffer. Thus, he simply used an escape technique to accelerate and evade the strike.
Xuan Ming had never imagined that Yan Chihuo had such a move, much less that a cultivator at the mid Dao Integration Stage could charge head-on and still evade his Refining Sword into Silk. Seeing Yan Chihuo swoop toward the Evil Ghost covered in Snake Scale, he hastily formed a hand seal. A gleaming cage appeared out of thin air.
The cage enveloped an area several miles across, protecting the Seven Soul-Refining Ghosts within. It was precisely a metal-element defensive spirit-linked divine ability—Iron Prison Copper Cage!
Yan Chihuo extended both bird claws and, beneath the gazes of the eight Evil Ghosts, slowly yet resolutely pressed them into the cage! Xuan Ming inwardly cried out in alarm, knowing that the Iron Prison Copper Cage would not be able to hold him back.
An idea flashed through his mind. *Once both his claws enter the