The wind hissed.
Deep within the black smoke, the wails and furious roars of myriad ghosts mingled with the clamor of battle, now above, now below, now east, now west.
Their positions shifted unpredictably, like a surging torrent crashing in every direction.
Chen Heng and Yue You stood facing each other, watching one another. For a time, neither struck first.
Fortunately, I refined a Coiling Smoke Flying Festival Banner. Otherwise, with those two Netherworld Flood Dragons protecting him, merely defending without attacking, in my present wretched condition, things would probably go wrong even if I managed to meet Chen Heng.
The black smoke churned ever more violently.
Amid several piercing dragon roars, countless scorching currents seemed to fill the air, setting the surrounding plants and rocks ablaze in an instant, as though nothing could escape being burned.
Yue You shifted his spiritual intent, repeatedly sending billowing black smoke over them to extinguish the fire spirits, lest the raging flames finally roar into one great blaze, burn through the territory deliberately enclosed by the Coiling Smoke Flying Festival Banner, and destroy the Sealing Array.
He silently calculated that the banner should last another twelve to fourteen hours. There should be no trouble.
He inwardly sighed at his good fortune, then grew unusually solemn.
Against Mountain Pot Elder, whose strength roughly rivaled the Lesser Golden Core realm of the orthodox Immortal Dao-
He had won, but the price had been grievous.
He had lost nearly half the magical power he had painstakingly accumulated.
And after refining the Coiling Smoke Flying Festival Banner, a Heterodox Evil Artifact, the hidden dangers had grown greater still.
Rapidly creating a secret artifact through evil methods not only damaged his blood and vital energy, but also impaired his Dao Foundation.
Had an ordinary Cavern Mystery Refiner refined