Tens of thousands of cultivators in the plaza felt their shoulders grow heavy in an instant, and with horror they discovered that their bodies had become as sluggish as if pressed beneath a mountain, their limbs rendered utterly immobile.
Han Li, however, swept his spiritual sense across the entire black-and-white domain in a flash, then let out a cold laugh. Behind him, the three-headed, six-armed Brahma Saint Golden Body shimmered with light and transformed into a streak of purple-gold radiance that soared into the sky. After circling once, it plunged straight into Han Li's body.
With a thunderous boom, golden light erupted across Han Li's surface, and his form morphed into a colossal three-headed, six-armed purple-gold ape.
The ape slammed all six arms against its chest, and its body swelled wildly amid countless swirling silver-white spirit patterns, growing to a height of seven or eight thousand zhang in the blink of an eye — a truly heaven-and-earth-supporting colossus.
The silver-white spirit patterns that had been writhing around its body flashed and then fused into silver-white rune arrays that merged seamlessly across the ape's entire form, as though they had been innately inscribed upon it from birth.
The giant man's expression grew grave at the sight. Without a second word, he drew a finger downward in a solemn arc, swiftly tracing a circle through the air.
A thunderclap rang out through the black-and-white domain, and a black-and-white ring a thousand zhang in diameter materialized out of thin air around the ape's body. It then contracted, clamping down upon the colossus like a torture device.
The ape's three heads dipped low, and six cold gazes swept across the black-and-white ring in unison. A trace of frigid contempt curled at the corners of its mouths.
The ape's shoulders gave a violent shrug, and every strand of purple-gold fur bristled upright. The silver-white rune arrays hummed and blazed with blinding radiance, while a tremendous invisible force surged outward from within, crashing into the ring like a tempest.
The black-and-white ring shuddered with alarm, and with wildly flickering light, it was forcibly pried open.
The six arms then moved as one, six massive hands reaching downward to seize different sections of the ring before wrenching with all their might.
The black-and-white ring let out a mournful wail and shattered into countless fragments.
The giant man high in the sky, who had been channeling the technique, flushed crimson. Unable to hold back, he opened his mouth and spat out two wisps of pale silver essence blood.
Shocked and terrified, he hurriedly suppressed the backlash of the law force, preparing to unleash another technique against Han Li.
But by then, the three-headed giant ape within the black-and-white domain had already struck first.
The ape thrust all six arms skyward, and silver patterns swirled around its fists, each manifesting over a dozen silver rune arrays that condensed and fused into a single unified construct atop each fist.
With a deafening boom, all six furry fists blazed with blinding light, and as the ape's three heads roared in fury simultaneously, they transformed into a storm of fist shadows that hammered upward into the sky.
A deafening hiss filled the air!
The fist shadows flickered and resolved into countless silver threads of light, striking the pitch-black sky with inconceivable speed. Amid piercing shrieks, they tore the void apart.
The entire black-and-white void flickered violently several times before crumbling apart inch by inch.
The sky above the plaza reverted to its original appearance.
The cultivators who had been laboring under the crushing weight felt themselves lighten in an instant, their freedom of movement restored. Overjoyed, they all looked skyward.
There, the countless silver threads paused, then converged in the air to form a silver giant hand over a hundred zhang long. Without the slightest hesitation, it swung downward, smashing toward the giant man below.
The giant man's face changed drastically, a flicker of panic visible in his eyes. But a fierce look quickly replaced it. He grabbed the jade fan once more and swept it viciously at the giant hand, sending seven-colored radiance billowing forth.
At the same time, he opened his mouth again, and a pitch-black rectangular treasure flew out, expanding with the wind into a brick dozens of zhang long.
A deafening rumble shook the air!
The seven-colored radiance and the black giant brick struck the hand almost simultaneously.
With a heaven-shaking boom, the sky trembled.
The silver giant hand merely closed its five fingers, and the black brick was smashed to powder and sent flying. The seven-colored radiance was likewise torn apart in a flash of silver light.
The silver giant hand flickered once and appeared directly above the giant man, pressing down without the slightest hesitation.
Seeing both of his treasures utterly powerless against the giant hand, the giant man's heart lurched with terror. He would never dare take the blow head-on, and without a moment's thought, his figure flickered and vanished from the spot.
The distant ape saw this, and its central head let out a cold snort before hurling a fist forward into the void before it.
With a muffled thump, a silver fist shadow shot from its hand and vanished in a flicker.
An instant later, dozens of zhang away, the giant man's form flickered into view within the void.
But almost simultaneously, another disturbance appeared behind him, and the silver fist shadow pierced through in a flash.
The giant man's heart seized with alarm. He tried to tear through space and evade, but it was too late.
With a thunderous boom, blinding silver light exploded behind the giant man. His black battle armor shattered under the impact, and his entire body was sent hurtling away. In midair, he could no longer maintain his enlarged form and shrank back to his original size in a flicker.
The moment the giant man steadied himself, he felt a sweetness at his throat and could not help but spurt out another mouthful of essence blood. The aura about his body plummeted by nearly half in an instant.