This!
Bai Zihe's pupils contracted sharply.
He stared intently at the wisp of black energy, not daring to let his guard down in the slightest.
This thing...
Appearing within a spatial rift, within the Haotian Tower, it was certainly no ordinary object.
Bai Zihe had a premonition.
This thing...
Might be the most terrifying thing he had ever encountered.
"Swish!"
The next moment.
The wisp of black energy seemed to have detected Bai Zihe's location and actually drifted towards him.
"Swish!"
Without a second thought, Bai Zihe immediately moved away from his original position.
However...
The strange black energy actually followed.
Although its speed wasn't very fast, comparable to an average person's running speed, this thing could track!
If he didn't get rid of it.
Even if he ran out of the cave, it would pursue him.
By then...
Even if Bai Zihe managed to escape, if the others couldn't, it would absolutely be a disaster.
Thus, Bai Zihe decided to destroy it.
"Swish!"
Bai Zihe brandished the Zhutian Sword and unleashed a sword strike without hesitation.
The same move.
The same "Rainbow Piercing the Sun" technique.
But this time.
Upon hitting the strange black energy, it only managed to cleave the wisp of black energy in two.
After the sword energy raged...
The strange black energy immediately reassembled itself.
It was as if the sea was split apart, only to return to its original state within a few seconds, completely unaffected.
Unless...
A powerful electric current was used to electrolyze a portion of the seawater into hydrogen and oxygen, only then would the total volume of the sea decrease.
"This..."
Bai Zihe felt a slight headache.
He should not have been so curious and come in to investigate in the first place.
It was too late to say anything now.
"Swish!"
Bai Zihe struck out with his sword again.
This sword strike...
Although it was still the "Rainbow Piercing the Sun" technique.
Bai Zihe converted all his gathered True Essence into fire elemental energy.
Fire elemental energy...
Often had miraculous effects against strange entities.
However, after being cleaved by the sword, the strange black energy immediately recovered, exactly as before.
"Swish!"
Water elemental sword energy!
"Swish!"
Wood elemental sword energy!
"Swish!"
Metal elemental sword energy...
In a short period, Bai Zihe had tried all five elemental energies, but none could destroy this thing.
On the contrary...
As the strange black energy pressed closer, Bai Zihe was forced to retreat continuously, now having reached the cave entrance.
If he retreated further...
The strange black energy would escape the cave.
At that time...
It would be much harder to eliminate this thing.
High in the clouds.
Qi Tianhe had not left.
He was still observing Bai Zihe's actions, unchanged.
However...
After Bai Zihe entered the cave, he could no longer see him, only able to faintly envelop Bai Zihe with his divine sense.
But the moment the strange black gas emerged.
Qi Tianhe's expression changed drastically.
"Black anomaly..."
"It's it, it's really it!"
This thing...
Bai Zihe was unaware of its origin.
But.
As one of the immortal sects that had existed in Great Xia for thousands of years, the Xuanyuan Palace had witnessed countless things over the millennia.
And this black anomaly...
Was something that struck fear into the hearts of everyone in the Xuanyuan Palace.
Even the entire immortal cultivation world of Great Xia trembled in fear, unwilling to mention its name.
This thing.
Could grant immense power to any life form.
It was like a catalyst, pushing humans, beasts, and all other creatures to their peak strength.
The price was...
The permanent loss of soul and sanity.
However.
It did not turn them into mindless killing machines, but rather allowed them to act in an organized and disciplined manner, as if an unseen hand was orchestrating everything.
As for who this unseen hand was.
No one could ascertain.
However.
Since the last great war.
The black anomaly had disappeared, not reappearing.
Qi Tianhe and the people of Xuanyuan Palace had believed that the black anomaly had been thoroughly eradicated.
But they never expected.
To encounter it today on this unnamed island.
This was an ominous sign!
"Swish..."
In his shock, Qi Tianhe immediately took out a jade token.
This was a sound transmission jade slip.
A treasure used by cultivators in the immortal realm for long-distance communication.
When used, one only needed to infuse True Essence into it, and the other jade slip in the connection would receive the message.
Much more magical than a mobile phone.
"Unnamed island, black anomaly discovered."
Qi Tianhe immediately sent this message to Ji Xian Yuan, the Palace Master of Xuanyuan Palace.
This was a matter of grave importance.
It no longer concerned only him, but the entire Xuanyuan Palace, and even Great Xia, the entire world!
At the cave entrance.
Bai Zihe had made up his mind.
He could not let this thing spread.
He had a premonition.
This black anomaly was catastrophic, destructive, and must not appear in the human world.
"Swish..."
Bai Zihe tightly gripped the Zhutian Sword with both hands and began to gather his strength.
"Buzz!"
"Buzz buzz!"
"Buzz buzz buzz!"
Streams of radiance began to converge on the Zhutian Sword.
In less than three seconds.
The Zhutian Sword became extremely dazzling, radiant, so much so that even Bai Zihe had to squint slightly to avoid being blinded.
"Buzz!"
"Buzz buzz buzz!"
But Bai Zihe did not stop.
He continued to gather his strength.
The light on the Zhutian Sword grew even more brilliant, and the soaring sword energy was almost enough to pierce the cave roof and shoot straight into the sky.
"Whoosh..."
Just then.
The black anomaly darted out from within.
Thirty feet.
Twenty feet.
Ten feet.
Its speed was not fast, but it was constantly approaching, exuding an invisible pressure.
A cold glint flashed in Bai Zihe's eyes.
"Since you've come..."
"Prepare to dissipate completely!"
The next moment.
Even more profound True Essence was injected into the Zhutian Sword.
The five colors rotated, wind and thunder moved.
Dragon and elephant manifested, lightning surrounded.
It was already a myriad of phenomena, boundless power!
What surprised Bai Zihe slightly was.
The strange black gas seemed to sense the power of Bai Zihe's sword strike and inexplicably slowed down, showing a hint of fear.
This.
Bai Zihe's eyes twitched violently.
The move he was currently gathering was precisely "Heaven Opening and Earth Splitting"!
When he was in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
He could easily defeat Qin Changsheng in the Integration realm with it, and even sever his distant本体 (original body) miles away through divine sense.
This demonstrated its unparalleled power.
However, the side effects at the time were also severe.
After unleashing it, Bai Zihe completely lost consciousness and slept for a long time before slowly waking up.
And this time...
He was going to use this move to destroy this black anomaly!
"Swish!"
At this moment, the light on the Zhutian Sword had condensed to its peak.
And the wisp of black anomalous gas actually turned and fled, clearly realizing the power of this force!
"Run?"
A cold light flashed in Bai Zihe's eyes as he swung his sword down: "Die!"