Luo Yunji and the Beast God used the most basic staff techniques and swordsmanship—fundamental moves that even ordinary martial artists knew. Yet in their hands, these moves unleashed power no weaker than that of many mystical arts.
The onlookers atop Heaven-Reaching Peak began to question whether their years of cultivation had led them down the wrong path. They had pursued ever-greater power, yet long ago they had abandoned and forgotten the most basic things.
The deadly battle between Luo Yunji and the Beast God was teaching them more than just one lesson!
As the two clashed with their most fundamental staff techniques and swordsmanship, they gradually began infusing their moves with malice and spiritual power.
The swirling black mists of malice corroded everything they touched, while the icy blue spiritual light left a layer of solid ice wherever it reached. It was as if their battle had split heaven and earth in two: one half was pitch-black and choked with mist, the other a pale blue suffused with a shimmering glow.
A world of dark clouds and a world of ice and snow refused to yield to each other. One side sought to consume, the other to expand. And on either side, Luo Yunji and the Beast God fought with ever greater ferocity, wounds already beginning to appear on both of them.
The Beast God's black, mist-like malice touched Luo Yunji's Mysterious Gauze robes, and they immediately began to burn away like silk singed by fire. The black mist clinging to his body showed no sign of diminishing, so Luo Yunji simply cast off his Mysterious Gauze. Where it touched his exposed arm, the mist ate into his flesh like a corrosive poison, leaving his skin charred and ulcerated.
Meanwhile, the Beast God's brightly colored outer robe had been sliced