Judging solely by the aura revealed by the Skull-Headed Blood Bat, it was already close to the Immortal Lord level, even if it had not quite reached it.
No one knew how many years the creature had lain dormant here. It was all that damned Grand Firmament Sword Immortal's fault. He had clearly been strong enough to fight them and settle things in a proper battle, yet he had used their power to open the Blood Altar instead.
As soon as they entered the altar, their group had been scattered in every direction. Yun Gu had been lucky enough to end up relatively close to Nan Yun Dao.
But even joining forces, the two of them were no match for the Skull-Headed Blood Bat. Their battle had barely begun when the formidable Nan Xuan Dao was killed, and his heart torn out.
Yun Gu had more life-saving methods than Nan Xian Dao, but by now she had nearly exhausted them all.
If she had not encountered the Lotus Avatar, and the Skull-Headed Blood Bat had not diverted some of its attention to attack him just now, Yun Gu would already have been doomed.
Once she came to her senses, Yun Gu hurried to the Lotus Avatar's side. The enemy she had fought to the death moments ago had now become her only hope of survival.
More than a dozen blood pillars came slashing toward them in succession. Yun Gu raised both palms and summoned an amber-colored orb, clouds swirling within it. In an instant, more than a dozen cloud pearls the size of fists shot out, striking the blood pillars at the last possible moment.
The blood pillars were simply too powerful. The cloud pearls struck them but did little harm, and were sent rebounding away. Apart from making the