The heavens and earth changed color. Chaos Qi surged like a tide, and Jiang Yun's blood energy shot into the sky, as though a primordial war god had descended.
He wielded the Chaos Battle Halberd. Every swing stirred the laws of heaven and earth into resonance. Its blade tore through space, leaving a trail behind him that stretched across realms for hundreds of millions of miles.
Where the halberd's shadow passed, space shattered like fragile glass. Vast gashes opened, exposing the dark, fathomless turbulence of spacetime within. Even the distant heavens dimmed.
Yet atop the Illusory Altar, Dao Ancestor Gui Du and Dao Ancestor Hua Sheng were wreathed in black mist, like demon gods from Jiuyou.
Bolstered by the altar, their auras climbed without pause. Their strength had undergone an earth-shaking transformation.
Their attacks clung like rot to bone, growing several times more venomous and vicious.
Every spell carried an uncanny rhythm. No matter how Jiang Yun twisted and dodged, strands of ink-black power pierced space from unexpected angles and struck straight for his vital points.
Dao Ancestor Hua Sheng tapped a fingertip. Ghostly green runes slithered out like spirit snakes, corroding countless tiny holes through space wherever they passed.
The runes held a terrifying power that corroded one's Dao foundation. Once they touched someone, they would cling like maggots to bone and steadily eat away at the roots of cultivation.
Behind Dao Ancestor Gui Du, a gleaming silver Soul River appeared. As its waters churned, countless vengeful ghosts shrieked. Wherever the river's power passed, life vanished in an instant, like candle flames scattered by a fierce wind.
For all Jiang Yun's extraordinary strength, the two uncanny forces caught him between them and dragged him into a bitter struggle. Wounds gradually appeared across his body.
"Break!"
Jiang Yun threw back