"Fine."
This time, Mo Ke Ghost Emperor did not decline again. Instead, he took a stone from his sleeve.
"A Shadow Stone?"
The instant he saw the stone, Immortal Shaman Ma Fangen's eyes lit up. In the era he had lived in, Shadow Stones had been exceedingly rare. Only when the Great Dao manifested would Shadow Stone mines appear.
"Activate!"
Ghost Emperor Mo Ke said nothing, merely forming Hand Seals at high speed.
Hand Seals merged into the Shadow Stone one after another. Along with their fusion, the aura emanating from the Shadow Stone grew stronger and stronger, while rings of Dao Pattern ripples spread around it. The sealed aura leaked out bit by bit, and a savage, primordial, ferocious aura drifted from the stone.
Whoosh!
A scarlet eyeball appeared before everyone.
ROAR!!!
A deafening roar rang through the heavens.
Blood light flashed.
It brought out a dark red blood trail through the Air. When they looked around again, they had somehow arrived at another place. As far as the eye could see, the world was a vast expanse, resembling the sea yet somehow different. There was no land, no sky—only a pure stretch of azure.
A hippo-like demon beast coiled in mid-air. Its body was extraordinarily massive, nearly a hundred meters long, and dense black scales covered its entire body. Nine scarlet eyeballs grew from its back. The scarlet eyeball they had seen earlier was one of the eyes on this giant hippo monster's back.
Splurt!
Sword radiance transformed into light and streaked past again. Only then did everyone see clearly that the roaring monster was covered in crisscrossing Sword Marks. An indistinct shadow kept flashing around the body; every time it flashed, another Sword Mark appeared on the monster.
"Huanyu Sword!"
Another streak of sword light tore through