Blocking Qiangu Qingfeng

Just as the chaos and artillery fire in the Research Department's core area gradually subsided, and the remaining Shrek attackers were either captured or fled in disarray, a silent yet even deadlier contest was raging high above the clouds dozens of miles away.

Boom—!

Each clash between the two sides did not produce earth-shaking explosions, but rather a dull hum as space was compressed to its limit by ultimate power.

Accompanying those thunderous sounds were two figures radiating powerful Soul Power fluctuations. On one side, brilliant light and darkness converged into dragon claws that tore through the heavens, carrying the domineering aura of intertwined radiance and shadow. This was Light-Dark Douluo Long Yeyue's signature power—the Light-Dark Twin Dragons.

Yet the power she possessed as a Limit Douluo, strength ordinarily capable of leveling mountains and splitting peaks, was firmly restrained by a deep purple-black halo as profound as an abyss.

The purple-black halo seemed alive as it flickered through the night sky. Its source was the pitch-black, grotesquely shaped halberd in the hands of the black-robed man standing opposite her—the Purgatory Halberd.

Dark runes slowly flowed across the halberd's shaft. With every swing, immense power stirred ripples through the air, silently annihilating Long Yeyue's claw shadows that could have torn space apart.

Moreover, relying on his formidable spiritual power, the black-robed man's movements were not only powerful but also clean and decisive. He weaved through Long Yeyue's storm-like assault with simple, precise motions and not a single wasted movement. Every strike of his halberd cut off the edge of her offensive at exactly the right moment, making her vast power feel as though it were striking cotton, unable to fully unfold.

"Who exactly are you? How dare you stop me?" Long Yeyue's voice pierced through the Soul Power-charged air, carrying the