"Boom!"
With a thunderous crash, the wooden palm slammed into Constellation Venerable's light shield. Dou Qi surged out of him to sustain the dazzling, starlit energy barrier before him. Then star-like markings swirled in his eyes, and boundless starlight poured forth, rising to hold up the enormous black wooden palm.
Just as Constellation Venerable marshaled all his Dou Qi to resist the sky-supporting palm, an exquisitely brilliant silver beam suddenly appeared. As though it had cleaved through time and space, it arrived before him in an instant with a sharp hiss.
"Supreme Yin Divine Light!"
The beam moved so swiftly that even Constellation Venerable could not react. Caught off guard, he had no time to defend against it.
The Supreme Yin Divine Light struck the energy barrier before Constellation Venerable, yet no explosion rang out from the collision of energies. Instead, it passed straight through the barrier and invaded his body.
Constellation Venerable's body shuddered violently as the Supreme Yin Divine Light entered him. The circulation of Dou Qi within him instantly fell into utter disarray, and crimson blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, but that was all.
The divine light was not particularly powerful, nor did it inflict any significant injury on Constellation Venerable, but Hun Changqing had made it that way deliberately. By sacrificing its destructive power, he had given the Supreme Yin Divine Light terrifying speed and greater penetrating ability. The moment he released it, it injured Constellation Venerable and disrupted the circulation of his Dou Qi. With that, Hun Changqing's objective had been achieved.
As Constellation Venerable's aura faltered, the brilliant starlight supporting the black wooden palm instantly dimmed. Meanwhile, as Hun Changqing continuously poured Dou Qi into the wooden palm, the black mist rising from it grew deeper and darker, its aura colder