Chapter 192: Jade Slip

"Before you break that net," Lin Yuan said, his voice dropping into a register of chilling authority that carried a promise of total annihilation, "I suggest you consider very carefully how Emperor Tianxu will react when he sees the contents of these slips."

The invisible grid of the Heaven as Net, Earth as Web formation groaned under the suffocating pressure of Chu Kuang's Half-Step Transcendent aura. Arcs of violent purple lightning snapped across the his skin, scorching his armor, but the physical pain was entirely secondary to the sudden, freezing spike of dread that pierced his Dao Heart.

Chu Kuang halted his swing. His blood-red aura flickered, the immense physical strength leaking out of his arms as his manic, bloodthirsty eyes locked onto the two glowing jade slips held between Lin Yuan's flawless fingers.