Amidst the violent tremors, gravel from the cave roof plummeted like raindrops. Hu Yuan raised his hand and waved "Ghost Fragrance," creating a protective barrier. The rubble slammed into the barrier, erupting with a harsh roar.
Within the pitch-black mist, the scarlet vertical pupils suddenly expanded threefold, and chains as thick and viscous as asphalt lashed out, carrying a foul stench. The barbs on the surface of the chains shimmered with an eerie purple light; wherever they passed, the air seemed to be sliced apart by an invisible blade, producing a scalp-tingling tearing sound. The snow-white fur on Xiaobai's entire body stood on end, her seven tails tracing defensive arcs in the air, but her weak shriek was completely swallowed by the sound of the chains piercing the sky.
"Fairy Hong!" Hu Yuan let out a fierce roar, the golden radiance of the Tiangang Sword surging by three feet, yet the blade twisted bizarrely just as it was about to touch the chains. At the critical moment of life and death, a rune-engraved Go stone came hurtling through the air, forming a formation diagram. Hongxia stood suspended in the air, her dark hair whipped wildly by the aftermath of the battle. As her jade fingers flicked lightly, the formation diagram transformed into golden chains that entwined around the black ones. The moment the two forces collided, space cracked like a mirror, and amidst the blinding glare, countless tiny lightning bolts darted wildly between the fissures.
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