Shen Luo's heart ached terribly. He withdrew the Mysterious Yellow Unity Staff into his body to nourish it, while the golden and azure spiritual light on his arms flared. He was about to unleash Wingspan Thousand Li, intending to put some distance between himself and his opponent first.
The black wooden bird had only used the third of its Gale Nine Flashes, yet he was already beset by peril. If he kept fighting, he would almost certainly die.
But just then, a black shadow flashed above Shen Luo's head. The black wooden bird appeared without warning, its two iron talons descending to tear effortlessly through his protective spiritual light and seize his shoulders.
Shen Luo's heart tightened. Black light flashed above his head, and the Bloodthirst Banner appeared. With a shake of its fabric, a vast expanse of black yin fire spewed forth, forming a wave of flame over ten feet high that surged toward the black wooden bird.
Brilliant golden light also appeared on his arms. With a sudden crack, they thickened, and he flattened his hands into blades, chopping savagely at the wooden bird's talons. Blade-like golden light formed along the edges of his palms.
Boom!
The black yin fire slammed into the wooden bird, but like waves crashing against a rock, it instantly shattered and scattered. It failed to inflict any damage on the black wooden bird.
Shen Luo's eyelids twitched at the sight. His palms struck the black wooden bird's talons at that same moment, but it felt as though he had chopped into thick, slippery tallow. His hands slid involuntarily to either side.
The enormous black talons knocked Shen Luo's arms aside and clamped onto his shoulders like lightning.
Agonizing pain shot through Shen Luo's shoulders, and his shoulder bones were almost crushed. Yet he