Thunder and fire danced wildly through deep purple clouds, lighting this sea of eternal polar night with the savage brightness of day.
The step Chu Bai took weighed like a thousand tons.
It was "heavy" in the truest sense. As the earth vein essence within him was continuously transformed into pure earth-phase gravity, every footfall brought a dull cracking sound from the ten-thousand-year-old mystic ice beneath him.
Within a hundred feet, shattered ice rose against all reason under gravity's pull, slowly revolving around him like planetary rings.
"If you want this essence, let's see whether your life is tough enough to withstand it."
Chu Bai's voice echoed amid the broad sword's purple-gold radiance. The heavy sword seemed to have become an extension of the earth vein, its slightest tremor setting the surrounding seawater resonating.
Gu Sheng stood on the skiff woven from leg bones. His pale lips curled slightly into a cruel, greedy smile.
He swept his withered hand down, unleashing the overwhelming pressure of the Foundation Establishment middle stage like toppling mountains and surging seas. This was his core Dao foundation—[Profound Yin Water].
"Such brute strength is nothing but fine nourishment before my profound yin heavy water!"
Gu Sheng sneered and flicked a fingertip. Black water vapor instantly spread.
Heavy as mercury and carrying a yin chill that corroded the divine soul, the vapor wove into ponderous whips in the air and lashed viciously at Chu Bai.
Chu Bai neither dodged nor retreated. He swept the Golden Embryo Broad Sword in his right hand upward.
Under its tremendous weight, his movement looked sluggish and slow, yet carried an unstoppable dominance.
The instant the broad sword struck the profound yin heavy water, a visible ring of gray ripples erupted through the air—the law of gravity clashing head-on with an utmost-yin