Zhanguo's figure appeared out of thin air less than a hundred feet from Shen Luo. With a lift of one hand, a sharp black gleam shot from his fingertips toward Shen Luo's head.
But he was immediately struck by the power erupting from the Heavenly Register. He merely staggered back two steps before steadying himself, though the black-light attack in his hand dispersed as well.
At that moment, dark clouds suddenly pressed down overhead, silver serpents darted wildly through them, and a pressure of heaven and earth descended. It seemed to herald the imminent arrival of heavenly lightning.
"What is this..." The black demonic head glanced at the sky, then at Shen Luo and the Heavenly Register in his hand. The bloody light in its eyes flickered.
A flash appeared deep within the pillar of light shooting into the heavens, and a hazy humanoid silhouette swiftly descended. In a flicker, it merged into Shen Luo's body.
Brilliant golden light suddenly flared around Shen Luo, and the aura he emitted surged all the way from the Early Out-of-Body Stage, reaching the True Immortal Realm in an instant.
The pillar of light and the phantom of the Heavenly Register vanished in a flash, and the immense power surrounding him receded as well.
Seeing the astonishing transformation in Shen Luo, the black demonic head immediately opened its mouth and spat out a ball of purple-gold light, which flashed and vanished into Zhanguo's body.
Zhanguo's three-headed, six-armed body underwent another drastic transformation. Purple-gold demonic patterns emerged all over him, and the aura around him surged again. At the same time, his six hands grabbed at empty air, each producing a ball of purple-gold light that condensed into six heavy weapons—a hammer, a mace, an axe, and more.
The next moment, he took a great