At the same time!
Another current of yielding force, invisible and intangible yet impossible to resist, sprang into being. Carrying the tremendous might of overturning mountains and seas, it pressed lightly against the Black Demon Blood Armor on Qing Chen's chest.
"Thud!"
A muffled impact rang out like a heavy hammer striking a drum!
Qing Chen's forward charge came to an abrupt halt. Dark red light flickered wildly across the Black Demon Blood Armor as it groaned beneath the unbearable burden!
He felt a bone-chilling yet boundless force penetrate his body!
Even with his formidable early Immortal Realm physique bolstered by his Devil Aspect, together with the high-grade armor repaired by the Iron Household, his qi and blood churned, and a sweet taste rose in his throat!
"Urgh!"
He grunted, staggering backward through the air uncontrollably. His feet plowed two dazzling wakes hundreds of zhang long through empty space before he barely steadied himself, his halberd-bearing arm faintly numb.
He abruptly raised his head, frowning as he looked into the depths of the poison miasma that shrouded dozens of li outside the city.
There, space rippled like water, and a figure slowly stepped out.
The newcomer wore elaborate, luxurious attire from the Southern Yue Miao Territory, its brilliant colors embroidered with sinister insect and serpent totems, yet it exuded a cold, malevolent air.
His face was so handsome it bordered on the uncanny. He looked little more than thirty, his skin pale from long deprivation of sunlight;
within his long, narrow eyes were eerie vertical pupils, gleaming with a faint golden light.
Merely standing there, his aura was as unfathomable as the sea, as though he formed a forbidden domain of death unto himself.
The oppressive presence he brought was far stronger than Black Miasma True Lord's had been! It