"Quick, raise your defenses! Don't let the sea of blood affect you—he's devouring our blood essence!"
Xuan Qing shouted urgently. At the same time, he forcibly suppressed his surging blood and qi, true essence erupting around him as he tried to block the countless blood-red threads writhing like a nest of snakes.
The others all unleashed their power at once, trying to withstand the blood sea's devouring force.
The Crimson Flame Tiger let out a roar, flames blazing as they destroyed thread after thread of blood. Yet it still could not stop their blood essence from leaking away.
The blood-colored giant stomped down. Heaven and earth shook violently, and all five spat blood and were sent flying once more. Their defenses collapsed in an instant.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Blood threads shot into their bodies like venomous snakes burrowing inside. The five let out agonized screams as the snakes began madly devouring their blood essence.
"It's over. We're going to die here today!"
Despair filled Xuan Qing's eyes. He wanted to erupt with power, but the blood threads had entered his body and suppressed him. He could feel vast amounts of blood essence, law origin, and even his Primordial Spirit being torn away.
The Xuan Qing Sword was also wrapped in blood threads, like a tree trunk tangled in vines. It could only remain helplessly bound, unable to break free.
The Xuan Qing Sword surged wildly with sword energy in an attempt to escape, but whenever it severed blood threads, even more wound themselves around it.
The giant stood in the sky, the blood patterns across his body resembling living ghosts as they flickered and devoured the energy flowing in from the sea of blood.
Excitement and greed filled his blood-red eyes.
"Let's risk it all!"
Xuan Qing suddenly gritted his