At first, Huang Xiao had harbored grave misgivings, unsure whether his Northern Darkness Absorption Method could actually succeed.
After all, Tuoba Ao was different from other experts. Being able to absorb Wu Longfeng's power did not mean he could successfully absorb Tuoba Ao's.
Whatever else might be said, Tuoba Ao was a Half-Step Martial Realm expert.
But Huang Xiao had no other choice. He had now played every trump card he had, all to fight for that faint thread of survival. His Eldest Senior Brother's earlier words had stirred something within him, and that stirring might just be a sliver of hope.
Although Heavenly Demon Disintegration shattered Huang Xiao's meridians, as long as he remained within its duration, even with his meridians shattered, the forcibly enhanced power did not pass through his meridians at all. Instead, his true qi circulated directly through his flesh and blood. Of course, Huang Xiao had not yet shattered all the meridians in his body; at least those in both hands were still connected to his dantian.
It was precisely because of this that Huang Xiao could still employ the Northern Darkness Absorption Method, continuously drawing in Tuoba Ao's true qi.
"What bizarre true qi!" Although Huang Xiao had drawn Tuoba Ao's true qi into his dantian, he discovered that he actually could not neutralize and assimilate it immediately.
In fact, during their exchange just now, Huang Xiao had already sensed that Tuoba Ao's true qi was far from ordinary.
This true qi was not only bizarre but also immensely powerful. After all, it was the true qi of a Half-Step Martial Realm expert.
The true qi drawn into his dantian was extraordinarily violent, and Huang Xiao's rate of Fusion Dissolution could not keep up at all. As more and more of Tuoba Ao's true