A duel of magic across the distance, each displaying their divine abilities (part one) (5,000 words offered

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Cheng Xinzhan left Luofu Mountain and headed straight west, crossing the Lingding Ocean.

However, he neither returned to Cloud Ladder Mountain nor went ashore on the western coast. Instead, he rode his lion down onto an unnamed islet some thirty feet across in the western Lingding Ocean.

It was a solitary peak of an island, its rocks a deep black, barely large enough for the lion to lie down and rest. Cheng Xinzhan swept away the dust with a spell, then sat cross-legged, leaning against the lion. He wanted to see just what tricks the lurking fiends intended to play.

Ever since that stirring of the embryo, an inexplicable sense of danger had lingered in his heart. Rather than hide here and there and go about his affairs in fear, he thought he might as well await his enemies at ease, meeting every change by remaining unchanged, and see what those people could manage.

After sitting down, he brought forth a Fire Lotus and placed it in the sea. It turned into a red carp and vanished with a flick of its tail. Then he brought forth the Eight-Treasure Cloudlight Handkerchief, turning it into a hazy sea mist that enveloped the island.

Having finished these preparations, Cheng Xinzhan began to meditate.

Southern Sea, Penghu Island, Wave-Stilling Cave.

Egui Zi truly looked no different from a malicious ghost now. His face twisted, his teeth clenched, his scarlet eyes fixed unblinkingly on the altar before him.

He was utterly exhausted in both body and mind. The Green-Robed Ancestor had told him to keep watching for that wretched Daoist, but who would have thought this vigil would last a year and a half!

Where in the world had that little bastard hidden himself?!

Egui Zi