"Illusory Light Divine Slash" could strike directly at an opponent's spirit and mind. In a flash of bright light, it instantly shone into Daoist Ji's consciousness.
With Zhang Yu's current cultivation and mana, if his opponent had no guard against this divine ability, a single blow could claim their life.
But Daoist Ji could no longer be considered truly human.
The minds of chaotic monsters were usually not gathered into one, nor did they endure without end. Their thoughts and consciousness were constantly collapsing and changing, with new awareness emerging at every moment. This was why chaotic monsters appeared so muddled in thought to outsiders.
Yet if all thoughts and intentions turned toward one source and pursued the same goal, then even if their consciousness changed constantly, the differences would not be so apparent. Daoist Ji was now in precisely such a state. Thus, this attack had not extinguished his mind, merely leaving him briefly dazed and blank.
Zhang Yu had never expected to kill him in one move. He merely meant to create an opening. At the same moment the divine ability was unleashed, the vast, surging Heartlight Seal around him pressed down upon the man as one.
While Daoist Ji was still distracted, the Heartlight Seal crashed into him, and he instantly burst apart into a mass of black mist that nearly blanketed the entire mountaintop.
But immediately afterward, countless tentacles and arms emerged from the mist. These bizarre things swayed together, blocking the Heartlight Seal outside. Nor was that all—several of them even pierced backward through the Heartlight Seal and extended toward Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu stood unmoving. Though the tentacles were advancing toward him, every step forward became more difficult. Before they had even reached halfway, they were ground away by the dense radiance. Yet more