(An extra chapter for Dragon Soul, a fellow reader...)
The Senior Brother of Mysterious Light Island felt a hum shudder through his eardrums. His head swam, and the sword in his hand slipped out of control.
Then a Solar Ghost-Slaying Talisman exploded in Tang Changsheng's hand!
The talisman had been drawn with the fire qi of the sun, and slaying ghosts was not its only use.
Now, as Tang Changsheng used it, that fire qi erupted. Dazzling light flooded the area.
Ordinary people could not even see or sense this light. Only skilled cultivators, accustomed to sensing their surroundings with spiritual perception or heavenly sight, would fall prey to it.
Tang Changsheng was prepared. The swordfighter was the only one unlucky enough to be caught.
The man had locked on to Tang Changsheng's qi and followed his sword straight in. Yet even with his blade nearly upon Tang Changsheng, he had enough sense not to kill someone over a disagreement. He only meant to teach him a lesson.
As his sword reached Tang Changsheng, he began to pull the strike back, holding some of its force in reserve.
But at that instant, a flash stabbed into his Sea of Consciousness. He could see nothing, and worse, he could sense nothing at all.
It lasted no longer than a blink, but the Senior Brother of Mysterious Light Island panicked. He had already checked his once-unstoppable strike, and now his sword hand faltered too.
His sword no longer posed much threat to Tang Changsheng!
For a master like Tang Changsheng, whose strengths leaned more toward spellcraft, physical attacks were the most dangerous.
The hail of bullets in his own world, the volleys of arrows in this one, and Sword Cultivators like this man all posed grave threats.
If the man had panicked