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Pu~
Amid wave after wave of spatial tides, Elder Tian She's hair was disheveled, his appearance utterly miserable.
Yet he was stubbornly resilient, forcing himself to resist while biting his tongue hard, spitting out a mouthful of essence blood.
"Open!"
His cane struck forward with all his strength.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
With the explosion of his essence blood, it dispersed into a mist of crimson, and the space ahead began to twist and distort. Eventually, a vortex gradually formed.
Using the spatial power within the spatial tides themselves, he had forcibly opened a faint spatial wormhole once again.
"Not bad." Black Dragon spoke with mocking amusement.
This Elder Tian She, although merely at peak Dou Zong, seemed to have delved rather deeply into the study of spatial power.
Unfortunately… it was useless.
One must understand, at his prime, Ah Da was a peak Nine-Star Dou Zun powerhouse!Playing with spatial power in front of someone like that?
That's no different from waving a toy sword in front of Guan Gong.
Black Dragon lazily extended a single dragon claw and clenched it lightly from afar.
Woom~
An invisible surge of spatial power rippled outward once again.
The spatial wormhole Elder Tian She had painstakingly opened hadn't even fully formed before it was already on the brink of collapse.
"No, no, no!"
Elder Tian She's face was filled with terror. In desperation, his gaze turned fierce as he roared angrily, mobilizing every last drop of Dou Qi, biting his tongue once more to spit out another mouthful of essence blood, forcing it into the spatial wormhole.
The essence blood instantly melted into it, dyeing the pitch-black wormhole a layer of crimson.
Elder Tian She stared expectantly—he knew if this failed, he was completely finished.
"Showing off before an expert." Black Dragon sneered coldly.
When it comes to mastery over spatial power, this isn't something effort and study can replace.
Dou Zong is Dou Zong, and Dou Zun is Dou Zun.
They are not comparable. The gap in levels was simply too vast. Even ten peak Dou Zong experts combined couldn't rival a single Dou Zun when it came to control and manipulation of spatial power.
Not to mention… Ah Da was an ancient powerhouse who had lived for countless years.
Of course, the Ancient Void Dragon Clan would be an exception to this rule.
Black Dragon's claw clenched once more, this time applying just a bit more force.
Instantly, a far more terrifying wave of spatial power swept out. Wherever it passed, space became viscous like mercury, directly crushing the spatial tunnel into complete collapse.
Pu~
Elder Tian She groaned, spitting out another mouthful of blood as spatial backlash surged through his body, his aura instantly weakening by a significant margin.
He turned around with great difficulty.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Xian'er, Du Jiao, and the now fully human-formed Ah Da formed a triangular encirclement, completely surrounding him.
Around them, spatial power remained thick and oppressive, viscous like mercury, weighing down on Elder Tian She as though he had sunk into a quagmire.
On his aged face, he forced out an awkward, strained smile and said: "Haha… Venerable One, this is all just a misunderstanding. I was reckless."
"Let's let this matter go, shall we? My Ice River Valley admits defeat. We won't pursue any losses."
"I also humbly ask that, for the sake of my Valley Master, you show mercy and allow me to leave."
Elder Tian She lowered his stance, even giving a slight bow to display his respect.
Ah Da stood atop the void, his broad black robe fluttering violently in the wind.
He glanced at Elder Tian She with cold indifference, and a chilling, emotionless voice slowly emerged from beneath the shadows of his hood: "Your Valley Master? Who does he think he is? Back when this Venerable roamed the continent unhindered, your so-called Valley Master probably hadn't even been born yet. A mere junior dares…"
Elder Tian She's face instantly darkened. This… was a bit too arrogant, wasn't it?
"Venerable One jests. My Valley Master is a seasoned Dou Zun powerhouse—who on this continent hasn't heard his name? Our Ice River Valley holds countless experts. Offending us brings you no benefit."
"Moreover, my Valley Master has already received my transmission and is rushing here as we speak. I urge you to spare me for now. Once he arrives, he'll surely give you a satisfactory explanation."
"You… threatening this Venerable?" Ah Da's laughter turned strange and eerie, "Jie jie jie… such courage."
With a light step forward, ripples spread beneath Ah Da's feet, and his figure flickered—vanishing like a ghost.
When he reappeared, it was as if he had teleported—he was already standing right before Elder Tian She.
At the level of a Dou Zun, such a short distance… meant nothing at all.
A pitch-black palm, as if condensed from raging black gales, slowly reached out from the wide sleeve, lightly grabbing toward Elder Tian She's head.
For Elder Tian She, this seemingly light grasp was no different from Mount Tai collapsing upon him. A chilling, suffocating aura of death descended instantly.
His pupils shrank sharply. After living for so many years, he naturally understood—begging for mercy would be useless here.
His face turned vicious, and he roared angrily: "Don't think that just because you're disguising yourself so well, I can't see through you! You're nothing but a soul body! A soul body at the Dou Zun level!"
"If the Hall of Souls finds out about you, you can imagine the consequences! And besides, our Valley Master will never let you off!"
Elder Tian She's voice echoed far and wide.
Immediately after—
He let out a furious howl: "Fine! Then I'll fight you to the death! Ice Zun Force, Frozen Heaven Palm!"
Reversing all of his Dou Qi and essence blood, Elder Tian She's pale face instantly flushed red. An overwhelming surge of energy erupted, shattering the spatial restraints around him as he unleashed a full-powered palm strike.
Boom!
An immense wave of icy energy exploded outward. Wherever the palm wind swept, even the surrounding spatial force seemed to freeze; layers of frost rapidly spread in all directions.
"Futile resistance!" Ah Da's palm shifted from grabbing to slapping forward.
BOOM!
Their palms collided.
A muffled sound like rolling thunder exploded between heaven and earth.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The void itself shattered inch by inch.
Ah Da remained towering and immovable, not even his arm trembling in the slightest.
Elder Tian She, on the other hand, was violently thrown backward, his feet stomping so hard that deep cracks appeared in the very fabric of space beneath him.
Pffft!
He opened his mouth, spitting out a mouthful of dark-red blood mixed with fragments of his organs.
An unstoppable force surged from Ah Da's palm straight into Elder Tian She's body, rampaging like a wild beast.
This energy was bizarre—at once icy cold and scorching hot, vicious beyond compare. It not only crushed Elder Tian She's Ice Zun Force with ease but also destroyed his five viscera, shattered his meridians, and drained away his very life force.
"You…" Elder Tian She's pupils contracted into needlepoints, his face filled with disbelief mixed with confusion.
He couldn't understand. The opponent was clearly a soul body—so why was his attack so sharp, his energy so overwhelmingly brutal?
It felt as if Ah Da possessed an actual physical body, indistinguishable from the real thing. The light in his eyes rapidly dimmed as darkness consumed his consciousness.
"Y-you…" His trembling hand weakly pointed toward Ah Da as he murmured hoarsely, "Our… Valley Master… will never… let you off… You… you're a soul body… Even… the Hall of Souls… won't… forgive you…"
"Hmph, Hall of Souls?" Ah Da sneered coldly.
In a single step, he instantly appeared before Elder Tian She, gripping his throat with one hand.
Staring into Elder Tian She's fading eyes, he leaned down and whispered into his ear: "Using the Hall of Souls to scare me? Heh… Let me tell you a secret. We just killed a Hall of Souls member not long ago—one at the Dou Zun level. Jie jie jie~"
Elder Tian She's eyes widened, his pupils dilated, and then… the last trace of life left them.
Ah Da licked his lips, raised his hand, and lightly tapped the corpse's forehead.
With a forceful pull, a faintly glowing soul body was ripped straight out—it was Elder Tian She's own soul, now unconscious and powerless.
Ah Da took out a jade bottle and, grinning with satisfaction, quickly stored the captured soul inside.
"A peak Dou Zong soul body… What a rare delicacy," he muttered happily. "This one, I'll savor slowly."
Then, he pressed his palm against Elder Tian She's lower abdomen and grabbed once more.
A fist-sized cluster of icy energy, white with faint traces of blue, was extracted directly from his dantian.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The moment the frigid energy appeared, the surrounding temperature plummeted drastically.
Ah Da's eyes lit up, staring intently at the cluster of cold energy.
This ball of icy essence seemed alive, writhing gently in mid-air, emanating terrifying waves of extreme cold.
Even with Nine Serene Wind Flame protecting his body, Ah Da could still clearly feel the bone-piercing chill it radiated.
"This is… a heavenly treasure?" Ah Da murmured in surprise, "Seems even stronger than Heavenly Cold Qi and Nine Nether Cold Qi… What a good find!"
Wooo~
The Nine Serene Wind Flame circling around him trembled lightly, releasing a wave of yearning.
"Cough… Xiao You, calm down," Ah Da said, quickly producing a jade box and carefully sealing the icy essence inside, "You just devoured my Nine Nether Cold Qi and haven't even finished digesting it yet. We'll save this one for later."
After finishing, Ah Da patted his sleeve gently, soothing the restless Nine Serene Wind Flame within his body.
He coaxed softly: "If you eat too much now, it'll make our future fusion even harder. The stronger you get, the harder—and riskier—it'll be for me to fully refine you. So be good, Xiao You… Be patient. When we finally become one, I'll give you all the tasty things you want."
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