Long Chen had never encountered an attack while actually being on the staircase path. The bone blade came out of nowhere and was deathly silent before suddenly erupting right as it was about to strike them. A berserk and violent aura exploded. It was vaguely possible to see runes interweaving atop the blade.

Long Chen’s heart turned cold. Due to being with Sovereign Yun Shang, his guard had dropped quite a bit. He didn’t even have his divine ring or battle armor summoned. He gripped Evilmoon tightly.

However, before he could attack, Sovereign Yun Shang extended a hand. The bone blade suddenly stopped in the air, caught by his hand.

Long Chen jumped in shock. That terrifying blade was easily caught by Sovereign Yun Shang’s bare hand, and Long Chen didn’t even sense his aura fluctuating, meaning that doing this had not taken any effort.

Sovereign Yun Shang pressed with his thumb. Long Chen saw a flash of light appear on it.

The blade snapped. With another wave of his hand, the void was torn open, and a figure was...