This turn of events had taken place far too quickly for Tang Wulin to react properly, but he was instantly able to understand that the scythe blade had changed its trajectory as it had borrowed the power of his spear strike.

This was the first time that Tang Wulin had ever encountered an opponent with such exceptional minute control. Huang Zhengyang had most likely performed this maneuver by manipulating the scythe blade with the chain, and just the thought of the complexity of such a maneuver was giving Tang Wulin a headache.

In the eyes of those who knew what to look for, they could see that in the instant that Tang Wulin's Blue Emperor Spear had struck the Scythe of Despair's blade, the chain that was connected to the latter had been abruptly flicked, causing the blade to sweep toward the side. As it did so, it just so happened to come into contact with the first streak of light that had been released, and it was...