"Boom!" As understanding dawned in Xiao Yan's heart, the fierce battle outside was also nearing its end. In little more than a dozen breaths, Qingtan was already showing signs of defeat and had even sustained serious injuries. Looking at the utterly composed Third King Hall, her hand trembled slightly around her massive black scythe. She had never imagined that his strength would reach such a terrifying level.
"Though we have both reached the Threefold Reincarnation Tribulation, defeating you is hardly difficult." The Third King Hall sneered and lightly clenched his fist. Dense demonic energy gathered over it, finally forming a layer of black crystal. Then he hurled a vicious punch at Qingtan, crushing the surrounding space into nothingness.
Facing the Third King Hall's terrifying strike, Qingtan immediately mobilized her Origin Power to form a defense around her body. But that defense could not withstand his assault at all. Just as the fist shadow broke through and was about to strike her, a pale black, chilling Origin Power suddenly surged from within her, transforming into a black Ice Lotus several dozen feet across that sheltered her within it.
The instant the Ice Lotus appeared, a terrifying chill erupted, directly dispersing the attack the Third King Hall had gathered. Not only that, but even he felt a bone-piercing cold beneath that freezing current. His expression shifted repeatedly as he stared at the black Ice Lotus. "This power... why is it so much like the Ice Master's ability? But didn't the Ice Master die long ago?"
In truth, Qingtan herself was just as surprised as the Third King Hall. It was not the source of that chilling Origin Power that surprised her, for it had always been her own ability. She possessed the fiendish demon body, and throughout her cultivation as a young