Boom!
Shattered stones collapsed.
The tide surged backward and crashed down.
The translucent blood-red shell faded and dispersed.
In his sea of qi, Morning Dew Blue Light flashed repeatedly, yet its restorative effect was far inferior to when it had not fully dried up.
Exiting his Spirit Transformation state, Liang Qu's heart pounded violently. His sea of qi, physical strength, and mental energy had all been drained dry. He bobbed in the water and rested where he was for over a quarter of an hour before recovering a little strength.
The great hand of Vortex Water suddenly clenched around the corpse that still retained traces of life, along with its weapon, dragged them into the depths of the underground river, and buried them in a pit.
The Golden Winged Centipede understood at once. It detached from his wrist, turned into a blue ball, and hid within a crevice.
The divine abilities of the True Image Realm were impossible to guard against.
Aside from the Martial Saint Jade Token, Liang Qu had used Slaying the Flood Dragon twice in total, cutting the Northern Territory Eagle down from his horse. In that razor-thin instant between life and death, Ba Er Si Tai had barely displayed any of his methods. Given his status, Liang Qu suspected that he had at least one special ritual he had not used.
The Imperial Astronomical Bureau's intelligence records stated that Ba Er Si Tai had once made Daheitian open its eyes.
Either he had not had time to use it, or he had gathered considerable intelligence on Liang Qu's Victorious Fighting Buddha and had simply abandoned the ritual.
In any case.
Neither the Vortex Waterway nor the Vortex Palace could be exposed. He feared some special method might leave traces behind along the way.
For now, Liang