Chapter 2285: Lurking In The Shadow (1)


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    The pocket dimension trembled violently, its boundaries threatening to copse under the strain of the opposing powers. The crowd outside, their faces etched with terror, watched as the shimmering barrier flickered and warped, its stability hanging by a thread.


    Within the dimension, the sh reached its climax. The me of Annihtion, its energy depleted by the Great Law of Death, finally sumbed, its light extinguished in a final, desperate burst.


    BOOOM!!


    The shockwave from the collision rippled through the pocket dimension, shattering its boundaries and releasing the twobatants back into the ravaged avenue.


    The crowd gasped, their eyes wide with disbelief as they beheld the scene before them.


    Huo Yanzeng, his body broken and his spirit shattered,y sprawled on the scorched earth, his mes extinguished, his God Mark dimmed. He was a shadow of his former self, his once- mighty power reduced to a mere ember.


    Yun Lintian stood over him, his figure radiating an aura of absolute dominance. His eyes, now returned to their normal golden hue, were filled with a cold, unwavering resolve.


    It was his first time defeating a True God head-on. However, there was no joy in Yun Lintian''s heart.


    The Sacred me God was strong, but he wasn''t as meticulous as other True Gods. If Yun Lintian hadn''t confined him inside his own pocket dimension, it''s hard to say whether he could have defeated him.


    Moreover, Yun Lintian had to resort to the Great Law of Death in the end. Without it, he definitely couldn''t have defended against Huo Yanzeng''s final attack.


    This battle gave him precious experience.


    Yun Lintian let out a long breath, but his vignce didn''t decrease in the slightest. His intuition told him this wasn''t the end.


    He looked at Huo Yanzeng and raised his hand, his aura surged.


    However, just as Yun Lintian was about to finish Huo Yanzeng, the shadow beneath him suddenly distorted, and a sharp ck w shot out, heading straight for his heart.


    "I knew you woulde," Yun Lintian uttered coldly and mmed his fist toward the oing w.


    BANG!


    The ck w was sted away and shattered into shadow fragments.


    At the same time, a figure emerged from the shadow. It was none other than Yin Ye.


    "I must say, I''m impressed," Yin Ye chuckled, his voiceced with a yful arrogance. "You''ve certainly grown stronger since ourst encounter."


    Yun Lintian looked at Yin Ye with a frown. This Yin Ye was entirely different from the one he met in the Divine Light City. Without a doubt, this was his true self.


    Yun Xue raised her brow slightly. She had to admit that she couldn''t detect Yin Ye at all previously.


    The air crackled with tension as Yun Lintian and Yin Ye locked eyes, their auras shing like opposing tides. The remnants of Huo Yanzeng''s power lingered in the air, a testament to the fierce battle that had just transpired.


    "I could say the same for you," Yun Lintian replied, his voice steady and controlled. "It seems you''ve finally shed your disguise and revealed your true nature."


    Yin Ye''s grin widened, his eyes gleaming with a predatory light. "Indeed," he admitted. "I was merely toying with you back in the Divine Light City. But now, I''m eager to see the full extent of your power."


    He extended his hand, his fingers dancing with shadows that writhed and coiled like serpents. "Show me what you''re truly capable of," he challenged, his voice dripping with a chilling anticipation.


    Yun Lintian''s mind raced. He didn''t think Yin Ye''s purpose here was to fight him. There must have been something else.


    "Tian''er..." Yun Wushuang cried out anxiously. She could see he had spent a lot of energy in the previous battle. It would be unwise to fight Yin Ye now.


    Yun Lintian nced at his mother and then at Yun Xue. "Please protect her."


    Yun Xue didn''t say anything. Her silence was taken as a tacit agreement. She also wanted to see Yun Lintian''s depths further. Especially how he defeated Huo Yanzeng earlier was still a mystery to her.


    Yun Lintian took a deep breath, gathering his strength and focusing his will. The three divine beast bloodlines within him roared to life, their energies surging through his veins, their mes zing with a newfound intensity.


    "As you wish," Yun Lintian dered, his voice echoing with an unwavering resolve.


    He lunged forward, his movements a blur of motion as he closed the distance between them. He unleashed a torrent of attacks, each infused with thebined power of the Golden Crow, the Divine Phoenix, and the Vermilion Bird.


    Yin Ye met his assault with a graceful fluidity, his body swaying and twisting, his movements as elusive as the shadows themselves. He deflected Yun Lintian''s attacks with ease, his fingers dancing with an otherworldly precision.


    The twobatants exchanged blows, their powers shing in a mesmerizing disy of light and darkness.


    The Golden Crow me, aze with a blinding radiance, battled against the encroaching shadows, their energies intertwining and repelling in a constant struggle for dominance.


    Yun Lintian, his movements a blur of motion, pressed his attack, his mes surging and his spatial maniptions warping the very fabric of reality. He created spatial rifts that threatened to swallow Yin Ye whole, his Golden Crow me seeking any vulnerability in his opponent''s defenses.


    But Yin Ye was unfazed. He moved through the shadows, his body flickering and disappearing, his attacks appearing from unexpected angles. He countered Yun Lintian''s spatial maniptions with his own mastery of the Law of Shadow, bending and twisting the darkness to his will.


    The battle raged on, the twobatants locked in a deadly dance of fire and shadow. The crowd watched in breathless anticipation, their hearts pounding in their chests as they witnessed the sh of titans.


    "Come on," Yin Ye said with dissatisfaction. "Why are you still holding back?"


    Yun Lintian didn''t respond and continued to attack Yin Ye. He was looking for a chance to trap Yin Ye in a pocket dimension.


    The battle raged on, the twobatants locked in a deadly dance of fire and shadow.


    Yun Xue, narrowing her eyes in concentration, observed the battle with a keen eye. She discovered that Yin Ye was even stronger than thest time she saw him. Clearly, something wasn''t right here.


    Yin Ye effortlessly avoided Yun Lintian''s attack and said, "Since you''re not willing to use your true strength, let me force it out."


    As his voice fell, he vanished into thin air, his form dissolving into the surrounding darkness...