"Life Lotus!"
"Cloud Crane Shadow!"
Xiao Fan and the soul form unleashed their power, laden with tremendous Dou Qi, simultaneously attacking the Hall of Souls expert between them.
In the Chaos Flame's first appearance in battle, the crane shadow he unleashed transformed into a black crane in flight. Like a black swan, it radiated heart-stopping fluctuations. Beating its nimble wings, the crane shadow hurtled toward the Hall of Souls expert's back.
As though he had anticipated this, the Hall of Souls expert did not turn around. Cackling sinisterly, he sent the chains within the black mist stabbing viciously toward the soul form's attack ahead like agile flood serpents. He raised his other hand, and a black palm imprint several dozen feet across appeared out of thin air behind him, facing Xiao Fan. Even the crisscrossing lines on the palm were clearly visible as it slammed toward him.
Boom!
Cloud Crane Shadow smashed into the pitch-black palm. The explosion from their collision unleashed an immense shock wave, blasting Xiao Fan diagonally out of the air toward the ground. Pitch-black flames scattered through the sky with the shock wave before falling like a shower of black lotus blossoms scattered by a fairy.
Xiao Fan adjusted his posture in midair and landed on both feet, driving the Spear in his hand into the ground. Even then, he could not dissipate the force of the impact. He plowed three deep furrows more than ten meters long through the earth, and even the Dou Qi Armor he had summoned around himself was left in tatters, on the verge of falling apart.
"Ugh... pfft!"
With a muffled groan, Xiao Fan spat out a mouthful of blood. Ignoring it, he raised his head toward the center of the explosion. Had their combined strike managed to wound the