In accelerated time, everything became so slow. By the time Ji Liu had carved a bloody path through, the blocker at the very edge—split into two from the middle—had not even had time to fall.
Ji Liu did not look back. He gave himself no time to catch his breath.
Blood Flame surged once more.
He smashed through the walls before him, his great halberd driving forward layer by layer, unstoppable as splitting bamboo.
Only when he felt that enormous Spiritual Substance reaction close at hand, as though he had slammed into a formless wall, did Ji Liu erupt in wild delight. He had found it!
The outer defenses of the Secret Ritual Central Hub!
Within the slowed time, he had no leisure to care about the turmoil and attacks behind him. He entrusted all his faith and his life to his companions, charging forward without looking back.
He raised both hands. Torrents of blood and fire surged forth, winding around the axe-halberd and great halberd. In the end, no flames remained visible; only mottled crimson rust covered the blades.
All destruction and ruin had been placed within them.
His eyes flew wide, crimson light emerging within his pupils and silently igniting.
"OPEN—UP!!!!"
At that instant, the piercing roar was so immense that even telekinesis could not block it. Countless streaks of crimson appeared amid the axe blade's sweep, gathering together before, at the end of its mighty arc, it slashed down!
It sounded like a bubble bursting.
Screams, chaos, terror.
A Spiritual Substance barrier materialized out of thin air, then shattered. Another appeared, yet it still could not withstand the impact. Under the assault of [Battle Hardened Tempering], paid for with his very self, the Secret Ritual Central Hub's defenses shattered in response!
Cracks suddenly spread across Ji Liu's