Falling Short at the Last Step (Requesting Monthly Votes) Boom! Boom! Boom! White jade fragments shot across the sky.
Sharp astral qi exploded outward, tearing a long bloody gash across the old man's face. Blood spattered! The undiminished mass of astral qi crashed into the water, ripping out streak after streak of white current before blasting open the mud.
At the same time, one staff strike shattered the Heaven Sword. The Coiling Dragon Great Pillar did not slow, churning the layered clouds overhead and carrying a sky full of wild wind as it smashed down again! Heaven toppled and earth split.
The Immortal Palace pillar fell.
The sun-blocking shadow stretched from short to long. Sky light pierced through the water pillar, and shimmering gold danced upon the surface.
An immense crisis descended in an instant!
A second-realm Great Demon!? Not good!
Those two thoughts flickered through his mind in succession. Yi Jing's heart jolted in terror, and without the slightest hesitation, he plunged into the water to flee!
Boom! Without the slightest warning, the instant he entered the water, another water pillar struck upward from below, blasting straight into his face! Yi Jing had been tense and prepared. He leaned back, exerted every ounce of strength to catch the water pillar, then swept it aside as though turning Tai Chi.
Yet the underwater pillar strike had only been a feint. As Yi Jing poured forth his strength, strange glittering light flashed behind him, and an even stronger sense of danger surged into his heart.
He could not be touched! Yi Jing's temples throbbed violently. Reversing his cultivation method, he suddenly burst forth with a dense blood mist from the surface of his body. His figure shot upward by a section as if flickering, narrowly evading the surging glittering light. Wherever