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Whoosh!
Suddenly, Gu Chen's figure emerged from the void beside him and he launched a punch directly at the face of the barbarian tribe's high priest, Saranguis.
"Hmph!"
With a cold snort and a look of disdain on his aged face, Saranguis lightly tapped his black wooden staff downward. In an instant, the heavens and earth around them rippled like the surface of a lake brushed by a light breeze.
And it was at this moment that Gu Chen felt a powerful resistance, as if the entire cosmos around him was repelling him.
"Break!"
But the very next moment, Gu Chen let out a light shout. The 108 acupoints on his body glowed, breaking through the obstruction with unstoppable force.
Bang!
Gu Chen's punch connected, but without any feeling of impact, Saranguis before his eyes dispersed into a cloud of black mist, having been but a clone.
"Soul Locking Skill!"
A sinister and aged voice echoed in Gu Chen's ear, chilling to the bone like a ghoul's whisper.
"Hm?!"