When a Void Step master made his move, it was nothing ordinary.
As the Buddhist chant reverberated, the once-turbulent energies of heaven and earth stabilized, forming a "tortoise shell" that shut out Su Che's influence.
True, in his understanding and application of the Nine Heavenly Human Arts, the Void Step cultivator below could not compare with Su Che, who had come from a renowned school and received guidance from masters of every stripe along the way.
But with his higher level of divine will and far more abundant spiritual power alone, he could still stake out his territory and keep Su Che's influence at bay.
At the same time, a domineering Five-Elements Great Hand Seal came crashing down, aimed straight at the source of Su Che's manipulation of the laws: the bright moon hanging high in the sky.
Five Elements arts had once swept through the cultivation world in the Ancient Era. But as they became widely used, more and more ways to counter them emerged. Few cultivators now practiced Five Elements spells exclusively.
Almost everyone, though, knew a move or two.
The Five-Elements Great Hand Seal had evolved from an Ancient Era divine art called the Five-Element Five-Colored Great Peacock Divine Light. It held the mysteries of the Five Elements' cycles of generation and restraint, and excelled at capturing opponents whose spiritual power fell short of its wielder's.
The Void Step master inside the Cloud Ark had also seen that this Reverted Elixir Ghost Cultivator was a troublesome foe. So he dispensed with every other variation and relied on sheer spiritual power to seize him.
What he had never imagined was that while the mantis stalked the cicada, the oriole waited behind it.
A faint sword hum passed through the air.
The Separation and Reunion Pavilion's Immortal Sword Cultivator