"Cough, cough..."
Countless clouds of dust filled the former battlefield, with wisps of gray flame and remnants of purple lightning flickering within them. Nothing could be seen even at arm's length. Only a faint cough drifted through the silence.
Xiao Yu lay sprawled on the ground, his entire body covered in dust. As he coughed weakly, blood occasionally spurted from his mouth.
His handsome young face was filthy, with blood and sand plastered across it.
He was in terrible shape. His Dou Qi was so depleted that he could barely maintain the middle-aged appearance conjured by the Myriad Transformation Flame. His soul was exhausted, his whole body ached, and his head swam.
The Astral Fiend Great Handprint was a Dou Technique formed from origin flame divine thunder. Since that energy had been born within Xiao Yu himself, it could not harm him.
But the terrifying compression and explosion caused by the enormous palm's impact were another matter entirely. Had Xiao Yu not used his last scraps of Dou Qi to shield himself with golden light, he might have been flattened.
After recovering a little strength, Xiao Yu shakily rose to his feet and surveyed his surroundings with his naked eyes.
There was nothing but smoke.
I wonder if that damned thing is dead...
Xiao Yu laboriously wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, unable to keep the thought from surfacing.
He had prepared this Heaven-Shrouding Astral Fiend Great Hand Seal specifically for Protector Wu, as insurance against the worst-case scenario.
Back when he had awakened purple extreme astral thunder, Xiao Yu had already felt that it would be perfect for dealing with those fellows from the Soul Palace.
Otherwise known as Soul Clan Happy Thunder.
Later, when he began researching Dou Techniques, he had not forgotten to study