The dark-gold giant centipede roared. Countless silver-gray astral threads, barely visible to the naked eye, suddenly shot from the tips of its hundred legs, weaving a net that instantly enveloped Yun Che. An eerie light capable of slicing souls flickered along the threads, each one sharp enough to tear space apart.
Yun Che's pupils contracted slightly. He immediately swept the Divine Flame Battle Axe across, only to find the threads extraordinarily resilient. For every thread he severed, three more coiled around him, almost threatening to shred even his divine power.
Little White roared at the sight, its draconic body suddenly swelling as lightning formed a cage around the giant centipede, attempting to force it to withdraw its threads. However, its opponent clearly intended to fight to the death. Its hundred legs plunged deep into the void, and it endured the scorching lightning as its threads grew denser still. Even Yun Che's second Soul Guard began to develop fine cracks.
"Hmph, I underestimated you. First Soul Guard, Pioneer, come forth!"
Pioneer flashed and vanished. A suit of Silver Wings Thin Armor instantly appeared on Yun Che, and a streak of bright silver appeared in his previously aqua-blue hair.
"Bestow Dragon Qi, activate!"
"Mapo Nine-Turn Great Axe, nine turns, out of the pan-burnt!"
Yun Che shouted, and the silver battle axe erupted with dazzling light. Divine Flame Power surged out like a volcanic eruption, gathering into a spinning vortex of blazing flames along the axe's edge.
This strike brought together his ultimate understanding of the Mapo Nine-Turn Great Axe Technique. Wherever the axe's radiance passed, space burned and warped.
Before these raging Divine Flames, the dark-gold giant centipede's World-Guarding Astral Threads snapped inch by inch like fragile spiderwebs. The searing axe radiance mercilessly cleaved into its already cracked carapace.
-Boom!
An earth-shaking