By the time his brain processed what had happened, it was too late. Darius’ attack came at him faster than he could react, and all he could feel was a blast of cold air. It seemed to stab him, and the darkness slowly started to lift.

The man had built a globe of darkness around Darius with his energy, and when he saw that Darius was starting to break out of it, he had no choice but to give it up. If he didn’t, Darius could follow the trail of his energy to its source.

This was a highly dangerous thing. All enlightened martial artists stored their energy in the same spot, and under normal circumstances, one wouldn’t be able to access the other party’s energy.

He couldn’t allow Darius to do anything of the sort, so he waved an arm and forcibly broke off the connection between his energy and the globe of darkness. Then, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and the globe of darkness wrapped around him, forming a dark cloud.

He slowly raised his head to look at Darius, who returned the look