Mo Lin and the Abyssal Sage King both possessed senses capable of ignoring obstacles, and they had kept each other's position locked on at all times.
Mo Lin had gained the upper hand in the first exchange, but that alone could not decide the victor.
Both of them had used only their own power in the first move, making it little more than a probe. What came next was the real battle.
The Abyssal Sage King could not tolerate the setback from that first exchange. His fury surged at once, and the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd blazed with a layer of flame-like purple energy.
As he drew upon the power of the abyss, the Abyssal Sage King's presence instantly rose several levels, utterly incomparable to before, directly overwhelming Mo Lin's dragon might.
Striking while the iron was hot, the Abyssal Sage King flashed behind Mo Lin and thrust his halberd straight at Mo Lin's heart.
Mo Lin showed not the slightest hint of tension or panic. The six soul rings of the Non-Aggression martial soul instantly shattered and merged into both the martial soul itself and Mo Lin's body.
This was the Mo Family's Ring Sacrifice technique. Although Mo Lin had not focused much on it in recent years, with the growth of his strength and control, fusing six soul rings posed no problem at all.
He took a small sidestep to the right and turned, and the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd passed right across his left shoulder.
The Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade swept horizontally beneath the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd, slashing toward the Abyssal Sage King's chest.
Because his previous thrust had been too forceful and Mo Lin's counterattack came so swiftly, the Abyssal Sage King had no other choice but to gather abyssal power at his chest and take