Cloud and mist poured into Hong Yuan's palm like a tide. The perilous peak, once lost in a white haze, stood beneath clear skies in an instant.
Hum!
At the same moment, the Nine Spirit Apertures within Hong Yuan blazed, their light echoing the changing heavens. Six shone brightest, like burning stars. True Qi surged from them and gathered into Astral Qi.
The might of heaven and earth for miles around!
Six layers of Astral Qi united!
That vast power gathered between his fingers and palm. He struck lightly, without the slightest trace of Firework, without stirring so much as a whisper of wind.
Heavenly Baleful was the opposite. His roar drove wind and thunder, setting off an unbroken chain of collapsing mountains and roaring snow. The sound shook the land for dozens of miles.
During the battle on Redscale Island, Heavenly Baleful had revealed a glimpse of his Heavenly Baleful Demon Body against the killing formation of Li Qingqiu and four other Qi Refiners.
But its form had been indistinct then. The power he displayed now was several times greater. He looked like a savage Ghost God descended into the world to turn the mortal realm into hell.
With a roar, the towering Heavenly Baleful Demon Body moved. Despite its size, it was swift as lightning, crashing forward like a pillar of heaven.
Hong Yuan's palm struck the demon body. With a series of sharp cracks, fissures spread across it, only to fill at once with baleful qi.
"Is that all you can do?"
"If so, what was all the caution I showed you these past days for?"
Heavenly Baleful's savage laugh came from within the demon body, which stood over seventy feet tall. Then its great hand reached out, making the void tremble and heaven and earth sway.