Beneath the Flame Soul Crystal, Xu Tiancai and the Black-robed Man exchanged blows in close combat, their swords whistling through the air. Their figures moved like ghosts, darting and clashing amid the scorching brilliance and swirling dust. With a move called "Stellar Brilliance Piercing the Heavens," Xu Tiancai transformed the Stellar Sword into numerous sword images, resembling falling stars from the night sky, and thrust them with fierce murderous intent toward the vital points all over the Black-robed Man. The Black-robed Man waved his hands like churning ink clouds, gathering Dark Magic Power into a shield. Upon it, eerie lights flickered and ghost faces faintly appeared, resisting the piercing sword images while he occasionally thrust out withered claws to counterattack. As the claw wind swept past, the space seemed to be torn apart, bursting with fine black lines.
As the fierce battle reached its height, the altar runes suddenly burst with intense light. One after another, ancient and mysterious patterns broke away from the surface, circling and intertwining in the air like agile silver snakes to construct a chaotic curtain of light that enveloped Xu Tiancai and the Black-robed Man. Within the light curtain, time and space were disordered. Xu Tiancai felt the scenery before his eyes instantly distort; the moment before, the Black-robed Man was right in front of him, but the next moment he had vanished. The surrounding heat faded away, leaving only a dead and gloomy …
Chapter 297