As soon as the words left his mouth, Chu Mo closed in. Nether light glimmered in his hand, turning all heaven and earth into an Underworld of ghosts as the pressure of his divine ability swept in every direction.
Sikong You felt his entire body stiffen, seized by the sense that he had nowhere to hide. In his panic, he spat out a mass of Five-Colored Flame, which turned into falling stars that filled the sky, trying to block the attack.
But at that moment, half his consciousness was suppressing those Beast Taming entities, while the other half resisted the strange corruption. He could neither command the Beast Taming entities nor draw upon their collective power...
With all these factors stacked against him, eighty or ninety percent of his strength vanished in an instant. How could he possibly confront this man head-on?
Boom-
Light and flame shattered and scattered, their aftershocks sweeping in every direction. As the two attacks collided, a figure was sent flying backward and slammed heavily into the ground.
Sikong You staggered to his feet, his face deathly pale. Clearly, that brief exchange had left him badly injured.
He stared fixedly at the black-robed figure and said through gritted teeth, "Otherworldly immortal seed, where exactly did you come from?"
"You'll find out soon enough." The black-robed man smiled mysteriously, then moved again. Fathomless darkness instantly shrouded heaven and earth, cutting off all contact between inside and outside.
Sikong You's pupils contracted sharply.
Time slipped quietly by. No one knew how long had passed.
A ray of spiritual light shone from the Myriad Spirits Diagram, took human form, and landed to one side. Sikong You glanced back at the scroll and beckoned it back into his body. Then he pushed open the palace doors and looked toward where