The air was thick with tension. Chen Haotian's sword qi roared like thunder, colliding with the black vortex of the robed man in black and triggering a violent explosion. Space began to twist, and the surrounding void seemed to plunge into the Abyss in that instant, everything pinned down and rendered immobile by the surging energy wave.
Chen Haotian stood firmly suspended in the air, his longsword still gripped tightly in his hand. Blue light flashed along the blade, and his sword qi seemed to merge seamlessly with the spiritual qi of heaven and earth, radiating an overwhelming might. At this moment, he was no longer that green and inexperienced youth, but a cultivator tempered through countless brushes with life and death, possessing a power strong enough to shake the heavens and earth.
The robed man in black's expression darkened; clearly, he had not expected Chen Haotian's sword qi to pierce his defense. That vortex seemed to be buckling under the strain as dark energy began to bleed away rapidly, the violent tremors causing the surrounding void to emit a piercing roar.
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