The gray wyrm's razor-sharp claws raked toward the blood-colored beast's head, while the beast refused to yield, snapping its jaws at the wyrm's chest.
Boom! The blood-colored beast took a heavy blow. Spiderweb cracks spread across its body, then burst apart, shattering it into pieces.
The gray wyrm's body shuddered under the beast's impact, but it still rallied and charged toward Lu Xiaotian.
"Seven-Level Pagoda!" Lu Xiaotian raised one hand, and seven small towers spun rapidly above his palm.
Each tower shone with a different light. The Black Heaven Supreme Saint cast down a watery night, spreading across a thousand miles. Within that darkness appeared a Buddhist image modeled on Lu Xiaotian, dressed in black with silver hair. It swept one palm across the sky, and the watery night continued to spread, expanding at astonishing speed until it covered a radius of several thousand miles.
At the same time came the Universal King of Light, the Vajra Seal, the Demon-Slaying Mantra, the Vajra Dharma Body, the Battle-Monk, and the Venerable Light Pagoda.
The light radiating from each Demon-Suppressing Tower covered several thousand miles. The seven lights interwove, appearing to form a seamless whole, yet also seeming to create seven distinct dimensions of Buddhist domains before the eyes.
Lu Xiaotian stood with one hand supporting the towers. As he took a step, every Buddhist image modeled on him within those seven domains converged toward him.
Each Buddhist domain gathered into a lotus petal. The petals joined together, forming a seven-petaled lotus seat that floated beneath Lu Xiaotian's feet.
Fleeing at full speed, Lord Ji Yuan glanced back in panic. He saw the seven different auras intertwining in the void, all of the same origin. They seemed distinct, yet also as though they had merged into one, creating the uncanny impression of