The instant the first purple stream of flame blasted out from the Soul Splitting Purple Fire Bell, the counting Spiritual Lights above the heads of Great Sage of Sea Quelling and First Island Master Yin Yi simultaneously turned into thirty strands.
"Thirty breaths. Time's up!" Great Sage of Sea Quelling practically roared the words.
Before his words had even left his mouth, the long-prepared Great Sage of the Sea and Sea Breaking Great Sage charged out at the same time. The Sea Covering Command Flag abruptly transformed into a streak of light and shot toward Ye Zhen.
The Sea Covering Command Flag was fast, but faster still was the black, ribbon-like radiance that shot from Sea Breaking Great Sage's chest. In virtually an instant, those black ribbons filled the entire sky.
They swiftly coiled around the series of purple streams of flame blasting toward Ye Zhen.
Each purple stream of flame suddenly slowed under the black ribbons' entanglement, then violently burst apart, perishing together with the black ribbons.
Yet no matter how swiftly Sea Breaking Great Sage and Great Sage of the Sea acted, they were still a little too late.
At the very last instant, with time running out anyway, Yang Beng fired ten purple streams of flame in rapid succession, intending to kill Ye Zhen outright.
Of those ten purple streams of flame, Sea Breaking Great Sage intercepted five.
By the time Great Sage of the Sea's Sea Covering Command Flag swept over, it was already too late. Two purple streams of flame had completely swallowed Ye Zhen, and the Sea Covering Command Flag could only sweep away the remaining three.
"Fourth Brother!"
Great Sage of the Sea let out an earth-shattering cry of grief, instantly drowning out the miserable screams of the thousand-plus Yin Yang Island martial