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Click.
The lightning flickered, casting the world in a ghastly pale light.
Countless dark clouds converged behind Li Chengyi, and as he raised the Golden Longsword upward, the clouds sped up their rotation, forming a massive vortex.
An indescribable solemnity mixed with an evil majesty emanated from him.
His silver hair whipped about, his robes billowed, and the black sword pattern on his brow now faintly glowed with a silver light.
"Is that... Bai Lu??!!"
Kui Ling, standing below, looked up at Li Chengyi, whose appearance had drastically changed, showing an expression of incomprehensible shock on her face.
Such an image, such power... it couldn't possibly be something Bai Lu, with only the Four Seals or Five Seals, could create...
But now... the reality was right in front of her eyes.
The vast crack in the sky, formidable enough to rival Huo Qingkong, was emitting a terrifying black qi, darkening the skies, slowly turning day into night....