In the deepest part of the Azure Dragon Cavern, yin and yang light tore the vast underground cavern in two.
One half blazed with brilliant golden light, upright and unyielding; the other sank into a deep, deathly still blue-black abyss.
Two wills of law, born of the same source yet utterly opposed, circled and strangled each other soundlessly in midair. Like a pair of enormous eyes, they looked coldly down on the bloody gamble unfolding below.
There was no retreat.
Li Xiang gripped the dark-red Ghost-Slaying Blade. No surging Ghost Qi from his red wedding robes surrounded him, nor did the Groom's domain reject heaven and earth.
He had deliberately suppressed the forbidden power of the Ghost-Slaying Blade's Second Seal at the junction of its sheath and hilt.
"Those small fry aren't worth half my life."
A faint azure light flowed through Li Xiang's eyes. At that moment, the traits of his [Dharma Eye] and [Clear Sword Heart] overlapped perfectly.
In his vision, the entire battlefield broke apart into countless threads woven from energy and qi.
The seemingly indestructible Yin-Inscribed Armor on the Red-Rumped Ghost Apes, and the Netherworld Realm's yin power flowing beneath their flesh, revealed nodes of qi and weak seams of every size under this almost dimension-reducing, microscopic gaze.
"Skrr—"
The blue-green mineral rock beneath Li Xiang's feet gave a faint scrape.
Driven by the Warrior's [Coiling Dragon Tendons], the explosive force of [Eight Steps Chasing the Cicada] and the elusive footwork of [Nether Spring Steps] carried him into Guo Kai's fight.
Guo Kai was having a miserable time.
He was holding off two Red-Rumped Ghost Ape Warriors alone. Though the earth-yellow [Sky-Supporting Force] offered astonishing defense, the inner cavern was saturated with death qi and nether yin power, draining his Martial Force at a terrible rate.