Above, golden realm lightning surged. With a crack, it struck the back of the Dragon of the Abyss, layering dark-red power over its body and granting it formidable defensive strength in this battle of the Transcendent Tier. Of course, as with Barbatos, it could withstand the aftershocks unharmed, but directly taking an attack from the Transcendent Realm was another matter entirely.
When they first met, Shadow of the Dark Tide had possessed a vivid-red aura, and her abilities had leaned toward the time system. In this clash, however, only the long spear in her hand remained scarlet. Her aura had transformed into the darkness of the abyss, signifying that her abyssal power had fully awakened.
Pitch-black abyssal lightning formed spears and shot toward Barbatos. Before they could hit him, they were swallowed by the falling wall of realm lightning.
For a time, the sky was split evenly between golden realm lightning and dark abyssal lightning. Two wyverns circled overhead, while countless "Bloodspears of Annihilation" shot across the battlefield, chasing Barbatos. They were not attacking him; Su Xiao had accumulated them by using Blade Domain to slaughter the abyssal army.
More than a thousand bloodspears shot toward the Dragon of the Abyss. They pursued it through the air, and just as they were about to strike one after another—
Sizzle~
Like metal wires being pulled, Shadow of the Dark Tide swept her scarlet spear sideways. Countless nearly invisible threads of time connected to the incoming bloodspears, causing them all to regress into their original life-force forms before dissipating.
With pitch-black eyes and scarlet pupils, Shadow of the Dark Tide began calculating Barbatos's flight path. Just as Barbatos flew across an area—
'Instant Return.'
Light blossomed from the scarlet spear in Avila's hand, Blood-Crying Oath. A white glimmer appeared along the spearhead.