191: Space vs. Yin and Yang

“I haven't thanked Brother Lin for taking care of Tang Fu and the others.”

“No need!” Before Li Xiangyun could finish, Lin Ye said, “Speaking of which, in the dense forest, when you comprehended the Law, you could say you saved my life.”

“However, I am determined to obtain this Netherworld Darkfire, so Brother Li, I apologize.” Lin Ye cupped his hands and said with a solemn expression.

Li Xiangyun took a deep breath and calmly said, “Then let’s fight!”

“It just so happens that I also want to experience Brother Lin’s Space Dao Intent.”

The ice lotus suddenly grew ten zhang taller, and the edges of its petals condensed into inch-long ice spikes, their tips flickering with a faint blue cold light that could freeze space.

The sunlight fell on his well-defined profile, making his jawline appear as sharp and cold as if carved by a knife. Only the un-melted ice beads on his eyelashes reflected a fragmented cold glow in the light.

High in the sky, the confrontation between star and ice plunged the entire world into an eerie balance.

Lin Ye’s dark green robes flapped in the star wind, and the star mark on his forehead lit up simultaneously with the lotus lines on Li Xiangyun’s wrist.

One stirred the celestial orbits, the other froze ten thousand meters of Void Realm. An invisible Aura collided in mid-air, exploding into countless shattered light fragments.

“So do I!”

Lin Ye’s fingertip traced the star map in front of him, and the seventh star of the Big Dipper suddenly lit up, transforming into a silver star spear about a zhang long.

The spearhead was wrapped in a rotating spatial vortex, creating a sharp tearing sound as it pierced through the Void Realm. The surrounding Netherworld Qi was drawn into the vortex, condensing into strings of pitch-black Qi cyclones.

He lightly tapped his toes on a spatial node, and his figure instantly split into nine Clones. Each Clone activated a different star orbit, and nine star spears thrust towards Li Xiangyun on the ice lotus from nine directions.

Li Xiangyun pressed his left palm against the ice lotus, and in an instant, tens of thousands of ice spikes erupted from the lotus heart, meeting the star spears like a torrential downpour.

The moment the ice spikes crashed into the spatial vortex, they actually froze the rotation of the vortex with the Law of Ice. The starlight on the silver spears was enveloped by a faint blue ice flame, emitting a sizzling, melting sound.

“Brother Li, be careful!”

Lin Ye’s true body suddenly stepped out from the star map behind Li Xiangyun.

The moment he formed a hand seal, the surrounding black mist suddenly surged violently.

The black mist spanning several li was forcibly compressed by his Space Dao Intent, condensing into a pulsating black-red star core in his palm, its surface entwined with countless stellar runes.

“What a domineering Space Dao Intent!” Li Xiangyun was somewhat surprised, but only to that extent.

The moment he looked up, tens of millions of ice threads descended from the Void Realm.

The Law of Ice displayed terrifying dominance at this moment; wherever the ice threads passed, even spatial fluctuations became sluggish.

He pointed his right hand at Lin Ye, and the ice threads suddenly wove into a net. Law runes condensed at the mesh openings, attempting to freeze Lin Ye and the surrounding space together.

However, the spiritual power foundation of a Middle Stage Nascent Soul was indeed powerful. The star orbits beside Lin Ye reversed, and the moment the ice net collided with the star orbits, it was shattered by spatial power. The ice fragments fell, but were wiped away by an invisible force in mid-air.

Lin Ye seized the gap in the shattered ice net and hurled the Netherworld Star Core.

As the star core passed through the Void Realm, black mist clung to it like a persistent disease, transforming into a sky-obscuring star python. Its scales were shimmering stars, and its eyes were spatial black holes that devoured light.

The star python opened its enormous mouth and bit towards the ice lotus. Where its fangs tore, even the surrounding Netherworld Qi was completely devoured.

Li Xiangyun watched this scene, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. He had to admit that Lin Ye was indeed exceptionally talented; not only was his Space Dao Intent powerful, but he had also thought of turning the black mist in the Heavenly Abyss to his own use.

But he remained fearless.

Instead of retreating, he advanced, his figure transforming into an ice-blue streak of light that crashed into the star python’s belly.

The ice lotus behind him erupted with dazzling cold light, and the Law of Ice flowed upstream along the star python’s star core Meridians.

Wherever it passed, the silver star scales froze inch by inch, and the spatial black holes were frozen into faint blue ice caves.

Lin Ye felt his spiritual power circulation stall and hastily detonated the star python’s remains. Countless star core fragments, mixed with the frozen Netherworld Qi, exploded, forming a ruin of ice and stars in the Void Realm.

Before the smoke and dust dispersed, Lin Ye had already appeared a hundred zhang from Li Xiangyun’s side, but fresh blood was seeping from his left shoulder.

Evidently, when he had reversed the Law earlier, although Lin Ye had used Space Dao Intent to avoid vital points, he was still frostbitten by the residual power of the Law.

However, he was not feeling well either.

After all, the difference in Realm always existed. If it weren't for the Law of Ice, he would probably have already been defeated.

But even so, the cost of driving the Law was extremely high. Li Xiangyun’s dark robes were torn in several places, and layers of thin ice condensed on the exposed skin.

Ultimately, while the power of the Law was strong, it was not a power he should possess at his Realm.

If he couldn't defeat Lin Ye within a short time, he would have to abandon the Law of Ice and use his Domain to fight.

The black mist gathered again between the two, stirred by the aftershocks of the star python’s remains like boiling ink.

Lin Ye wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth, and the star orbits in his indigo pupils rotated faster: “Your Law still can’t suppress my Dao.”

He raised his hand, drawing on the Netherworld Qi from deeper within the darkness. This time, the star map was no longer in a defensive stance, but transformed into a rotating star wheel. The rim of the wheel was a blade that cut through space, grinding towards Li Xiangyun.

Li Xiangyun looked at the approaching star wheel and slowly closed his eyes.

When he opened them again, the cold pool in his eyes was completely frozen, and even the last trace of ripple had disappeared.

The Law of Ice was no longer limited to offense, but spread with his breath. Wherever it passed, the black mist condensed into ice crystals, the Netherworld Qi turned into ice beads, and even the Void Realm showed fine ice cracks.

It was hard to imagine that he, with his Golden Core Peak Cultivation, had frozen this section of the Heavenly Abyss Void Realm, which Cang Lanzi had isolated.

The moment the star wheel collided with the ice Domain, the entire space seemed to still for an instant.

Then, a deafening roar echoed through the darkness. Silver starlight and faint blue ice flames exploded in the Void Realm, tearing the surging black mist into countless fragments, revealing the dimly visible distorted tendrils within the darkness.

“So strong!”

Everyone swallowed hard, their faces full of shock, their eyes fixed on the battlefield, afraid of missing any detail.

A moment later, the aftershocks receded like a low tide, revealing two staggering figures.

Lin Ye knelt in the Void Realm, his blood-stained hand pressing firmly on a fragment of the star wheel. His left arm was twisted at an unnatural angle, and his sleeve had long been frozen into tattered ice shards by the cold.

Dark red blood foam constantly overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and each breath was accompanied by broken gasps. Only the pupils, where star orbits flowed, still burned with an unquenchable light.

When the star wheel collapsed earlier, the spatial backlash made his internal organs feel as if they had been kneaded and reassembled, and a needle-like sharp pain came from his Meridians when his spiritual power circulated.

This showed the power of the Law, that even just touching it could force Lin Ye, who Cultivated Space Dao Intent, to such a state.

However, Li Xiangyun’s condition was not good either.

He leaned against a half-broken ice lotus, his dark robes torn into several pieces from his left shoulder to his waist, revealing skin covered in spiderweb-like bloodstains, with fine ice crystals condensed at the edges of the bloodstains.

He pressed his right hand to his chest, each rise and fall pulling at the pain of his Golden Core vibrating. His hair, which originally flowed with an ice-blue luster, was now dull, and only the occasional faint glow of the Law flashing on his fingertips proved that he had not yet exhausted his last strength.