The heavens split apart, and the entire Fighting Heaven Secret Realm seemed on the verge of collapsing into ruin.
The Silver-robed Man stood in the void. His voice was not loud, yet it traveled clearly into the depths of the God-Demon Blood Pool.
For a time, the pool, whose waters had been surging and churning, suddenly fell silent.
It became a pool of dead water.
Deep beneath its surface, the faintly visible figure gradually approached the water.
The mirror-still, blood-colored surface was crystal-clear and pristine, slowly reflecting that figure with increasing clarity.
It was unmistakably a woman.
Her long snow-white robes were exceptionally striking within the blood-colored pool, while her fiery crimson, blood-colored hair swayed like waterweed beneath the surface.
"One move short, and already too late?"
A low, hoarse voice came from the White-Clothed Blood-Haired Woman. "I do not understand."
The Silver-robed Man rubbed his nose. "In the past, Burning Lamp Buddha could use Su Yi to shatter the karma power covering his body because Su Yi was not yet all that terrifying at the time."
"But things are different now. The moment even the Luck Dice obeyed him like a grandson, I knew you had no chance."
As he spoke, he sighed. "If you insist on acting, I would even worry that you might die an ugly death."
"Why do you say that?"
Beneath the God-Demon Blood Pool, the White-Clothed Blood-Haired Woman's voice was icy.
"Instinct."
The Silver-robed Man said, "You need not accept it, but I am doing this for your own good."
Splash!
The calm surface of the God-Demon Blood Pool churned, and the White-Clothed Blood-Haired Woman stepped out atop the waves.
She was tall and slender, her white robes purer than snow. Her blood-colored hair, cascading to her waist, was crimson as blazing flames, and