The rocks on either side swept rapidly backward. The burly man's flying escape was so fast that all the scenery became ribbons of streaming light, impossible to distinguish clearly. It reminded him of what he had seen when his master brought him back to the sect from Rotten Peach Mountain while true baleful intent was surging through his acupoints.
Feeling the intense pain in his shoulder, he gathered his thoughts and calmed himself, turning countless ideas over in his mind as he racked his brains for a way out.
Sword techniques, talisman arts, incantations, thunder arts, wind arts, the five elements-he had many methods, but this opponent's realm was too high. It seemed no wondrous technique would work.
Thinking of suppression through superior realms, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and came up with an unconventional method. Whether it would work or not, he could only treat a dead horse as though it were still alive.
He suddenly opened his mouth and spat a ray of bright light ahead.
Shang Sansi noticed immediately and reached to grab it, but caught nothing, as though nothing were there.
Yet a cloud ridge suddenly appeared ahead of them, with a magnificent Celestial Palace atop it.
"An illusion? Mirage clouds? Boy, don't tell me you think you can trap me in an illusion?"
Shang Sansi laughed loudly.
But just then, in Shang Sansi's eyes, several lights flashed within the Celestial Palace above the clouds. One descended from the clouds and abruptly expanded in midair, unleashing the Heavenly Dharma Manifestation divine ability. Upon landing, it became a deity that towered between heaven and earth.
This deity wore splendid garments, a crown of golden pearls upon his head and a vermilion robe upon his body. Intricate patterns covered the robe, auspicious clouds gathered thickly, and