The blood-red lotus blasted toward Chen Wang, its thick, sinister aura making it hard to breathe.
Chen Wang's face had gone pale as well. The Blood God Son had originally been best suited to deal with such sinister things, but even if the Blood God Son awakened now, it would likely be swallowed by this blood lotus in an instant.
Thus, after only a moment's thought, Chen Wang activated the Haotian Divine Sword.
Countless stars flowed across the Haotian Divine Sword's pitch-black blade, blazing like a whirling river of stars.
Vast azure Sword Qi swept forth. This strike cleaved the blood lotus apart without the slightest suspense.
More than that, the divine power clinging to the blade made the blood lotus twist violently.
A deathly pale human face emerged from within the blood-red lotus.
The lotus had been split into two halves from the middle. Fortunately, that face had hidden within one side rather than the center; otherwise, it would have been cleaved in two by now.
It was a completely naked man. His skin was white, a sickly pallor, as though he had never seen sunlight.
His eyes were narrow phoenix eyes, but he had no eyebrows, nor any hair anywhere on his body. He looked bizarre and chilling, covered from head to toe in a layer of slime, as though he had just hatched from some kind of eggshell.
The sudden sight of such a man sent chills through everyone.
Chen Wang sensed the strange, netherworldly aura emanating from the pale-skinned man. Fu Qu noticed it as well, and her face darkened, filled with disgust toward him.
She threw a punch at him, simple and direct, without a trace of flair.
The surging spiritual power contained in that punch struck the man, slamming him savagely downward. He fell