Chapter 1901: The Power of the Moon God! (2/2)

Song Yuanyi, Xie Guangting, the Myriad Ghost Ancestor, the Black Yin Ancestor, the Bone Devil Ancestor, Wang Zhongsi, Zhangchou Jianqiong… all these experts together, bringing together both sides of the martial arts world and the imperial court, represented almost the entire strength of the Central Plains.

Before this battle, no one would have believed that this sort of strength could be stopped.

But not only had Khatabah stopped them, he had completely suppressed them.

”Hmph, useless! No matter where you run, what tactics you employ, or how you try to expend my Stellar Energy… you cannot defeat me! I'll end your delusions here and now!”

Khatabah's voice echoed through the air as he raised a massive arm over his head. Boom! Space exploded as a vortex took form, and above this vortex was another world.

It was a golden world awash with majestic energy.

Rumble!

A massive beam of energy descended from the heavens, rumbling into the Ifrit's body. The somewhat weakened Ifrit instantly swelled in power, recovering all of its lost Stellar Energy and reaching an even higher level.

Its aura could swallow the seas and flood the heavens. It was even more frightening and domineering than before!

Everyone, including Wang Chong, felt their hearts sink.

They could have slowly worn down the Ifrit through attrition, but now, the Black Flame Ifrit had Khatabah's power. Once it ran out of energy, it could open a passage to the higher dimension of the Subtle realm and absorb energy. How could they fight against it in that situation?

Their hearts trembled and their faces paled.

None of them had imagined that they would face such a terrifying foe.

But at this moment, something surprising happened.

Thwish!

Perhaps because they were frightened by the Ifrit's strength, several master archers suddenly fired their arrows at that pillar of energy.

In this chaotic battlefield covered in a sandstorm, any sort of large disturbance could draw the attacks of both sides. Ten-some arrows was far too common of a sight. But when lightning was crackling overhead, the ten-some arrows created a surprising chain reaction.

Boom!

In a blaze of light, at least three thick lightning bolts cracked down on the arrows, and then the lightning proceeded down the pillar of energy to strike the Black Flame Ifrit below.

The Ifrit did not have a physical body and feared no attacks. Not even Wang Chong's Lightning Flash had been able to deal any substantial harm to the Ifrit.

But at this moment, no one except Wang Chong noticed that the Black Flame Ifrit's body momentarily froze. It was extremely brief, less than one-tenth of a second, but Wang Chong noticed.

”Mm?”

Wang Chong's heart thumped upon the discovery of this strange point.

In battles between experts, every second mattered, and even the smallest detail could influence the outcome. In Wang Chong's eyes, this subtle change in Khatabah's condition revealed a wealth of information. The Ifrit did not fear lightning, so why did the Black Flame Ifrit momentarily freeze?

Something's up!

Bzzz! Wang Chong immediately entered the world of energy, and all the sand around him faded away.

Where Wang Chong was standing was a blazing black flame, its tyrannical energy drowning out everything around it. In these circumstances, Wang Chong could see nothing.

Moreover, after reaching the Subtle realm, Wang Chong had gradually begun to realize that Subtle realm experts had an exquisite and subtle control over energy, and attempting to find their flaws through the world of energy was extremely difficult.

Though he was rather surprised, he was not dejected. His eyes flashed as he activated his True World ability.

Wang Chong immediately noticed something different.

Deep in the Ifrit's mind were three black items, radiating faint glows, their energy completely different from the Ifrit.

It's the moon god's power!

Wang Chong's body trembled in realization.

What had created the reaction to the lightning was not Khatabah or the Ifrit, but the Moon God Tree and the Moon God's Forbidden Ring.

Khatabah had fused these items into the Ifrit to create the even stronger Black Flame Ifrit, but these two items were both made of metal, and metal could easily attract lightning!

The momentary freeze had been caused by the lightning striking the Moon God Tree and Moon God's Forbidden Ring in the Black Flame Ifrit's body.

Buzz!

Upon understanding this, Wang Chong immediately had an idea.

”Junior Guardian, Li Junxian, lend me a hand!