Chapter 254: Shattering Shackles (1/2)
With a swing of her hand, a bronze mirror shot out from Hu Han’s palm.
The mirror emanated precious light under the night sky, and in only three breaths of time, it surpassed Nie Tian and stopped in front of him.
Floating facing Nie Tian, the bronze mirror suddenly began to shine with a dazzlingly bright light, before the light spread out and formed a large, transparent wall, blocking Nie Tian’s path of escape.
BOOM!
The moment Nie Tian’s five-meter radius chaotic magnetic field made contact with the mirror-like light wall, the perfectly smooth surface of the light wall immediately grew twisted.
As one ripple after another was created on the surface of the light wall, Nie Tian’s reflection appeared within the bronze mirror.
It was at that moment that a strong restrictive force was born within the mirror, binding Nie Tian’s reflection.
However, it seemed that what had happened within the mirror was also happening to Nie Tian himself. He felt as if he had been frozen, and every movement of his limbs became extremely difficult.
An alarmed expression could be seen on his face as his dashing momentum was stopped.
FIZZ! FIZZ!
Numerous bright sparks were created from the area where the magnetic field met the spiritual energy wall, while subtle fissures could already be seen on the light wall.
Hu Han gradually approached Nie Tian and said with a soft voice, “I hope you don’t blame me, Hua Tian. I’ve no other choice. The Dark Moon has my brother. I have to do things I despise for them to trade for his freedom. Since you mean a great deal to Li Ye, I assume they might just use you to get some information from Li Ye. I don’t think they’re going to kill you.”
Hu Han seemed to be explaining her difficult situation to Nie Tian, but she was actually trying to convince herself so that she didn’t have to live with a guilty conscience.
She was well-aware that Ma Jiu was cruel and merciless. If he couldn’t get what he wanted from Li Ye, he would definitely kill Nie Tian without blinking.
However, this was already not her concern, after seeing her brother’s severed finger.
Not to mention Nie Tian, she was even willing to sacrifice her own life to save her brother.
As Hu Han stepped closer to Nie Tian, one of her eyebrows rose and surprise appeared in her eyes.
“What?!”
She noticed that the spiritual power wall her bronze mirror had created was being compromised by the mysterious magnetic field that surrounded Nie Tian.
Parts of the energy wall had already broken, and the magnetic field was spreading towards the floating bronze mirror.
Nie Tian’s reflection in the mirror was grave, yet calm.
Upon seeing this, Hu Han secretly took a dark-red, fist-sized ball from within her bracelet of holding. Raging flames could be seen at the core of the ball, where there seemed to lie endless flame power.
Hu Han was both an equipment forger and a cultivator, and fire was her main cultivation attribute.
She was controlling the bronze mirror with her spiritual power, along with a secret psychic magic.
Upon seeing that her bronze mirror was failing, she hastily resorted to her fire incantations in the hopes of capturing Nie Tian before any new complications came up.
Standing surrounded by his magnetic field, Nie Tian stared straight into the bronze mirror.
He had a strong feeling that there was a mysterious connection between his reflection in the mirror and himself.
It seemed that the moment his figure had appeared within the mirror, the mirror had began to influence his soul and lock down his body in some mysterious way.
More to his surprise, his chaotic magnetic field completely failed to stop the process.
“Psychic lockdown!” Nie Tian took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, and then focused his mind on the seven fragmentary stars in his soul, each and every one of which was shining brightly and gloriously.
It was the middle of the night. A large number of bright stars lit up the dark sky.
While Nie Tian was about to stimulate the power of the fragmentary stars, he suddenly noticed that he was actually covered in a fine network of extremely fine strings that were almost invisible.
Nie Tian pondered for a moment, and soon reached a shocking conclusion: Hu Han had stealthily planted those strings long ago, perhaps when he had deactivated his magnetic field after finishing fighting off Cai Yuan’s enemies, or perhaps even earlier.
Nie Tian gritted his teeth. “The woman bore these thoughts from the start!”
Hu Han must have known that since there was a significant gap between their cultivation bases, she wouldn’t be discovered if she only acted when Nie Tian was distracted.
Enraged by this new realization, Nie Tian sent out a thought, and countless rays of starlight shot out of the seven fragmentary stars.
As soon as the rays of starlight that were as sharp as blades made contact with some of the fine strings, they were severed.
Hu Han, who was stepping towards Nie Tian, instantly sensed the anomaly. Her pupils shrunk as a pained expression appeared on her average-looking face.
“He actually destroyed my psychic shackles with his Lesser Heaven stage strength?!”
While Hu Han was astounded, Nie Tian let out a cold harrumph and madly summoned flame power from his spiritual sea.
As his entire body became wreathed in a flaming aura, the invisible strings over his body were scorched and became fragile.
At that moment, Nie Tian thrashed his body.
BAM! BAM!
Sounds inaudible to the naked ear came from his arms and legs as every string that Hu Han had planted on him broke into shreds.
It was also at that moment that Nie Tian’s reflection in the bronze mirror began to grow blurry, which meant that he had already broken free from Hu Han’s restrictive spell.
WHOOSH!
No longer bound to his position, Nie Tian gathered his power in his fist as he lunged towards the bronze mirror.
When the mirror was within his arm’s reach, he bombarded it with his fist that was now like a fiercely burning hammer!
CRUNCH!