A lake, not particularly large, rippled with golden scales of light, as though formed from countless Sword Qi or saber rays. Just looking at it gave the illusion of being pierced through the heart by ten thousand swords and blinded by billions of rays.
From time to time, streaks of light—some deep blue or emerald, others pure azure or golden, still others scarlet or blazing white—shot up from the lakebed and spiraled through the air, displaying their ferocity. Once they had vented their fury, they returned to the lake to be nourished.
This was the Jade Lake, the one and only Jade Lake in the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds!
Not far away, a blood-red figure slowly emerged. Its gaze burned as it took in the scene, as though everything here would soon belong to it. It was none other than the Blood Sea Rakshasa, who had vanished without a sound during the battle just moments ago!
The Blood Sea Rakshasa's body was indistinct, with rippling waterlight flowing through it. It seemed to be formed from overlapping Blood Shadows, each of which gave off a feeling of ferocity, cruelty, pain, and venomous resentment.
Something about him seemed to have changed considerably, but he still carried the thin Blood Transformation Divine Saber in his hand.
"The Haotian Mirror Core Shard, the Eastern Emperor Bell Shard... They'll all be mine..." The Blood Sea Rakshasa spoke in a low voice and strode forward, trailing indistinct Blood Shadows. He dodged and weaved swiftly among the streams of ferocious light in different colors, seeming to predict each one in advance and evade the Divine Weapons' attacks and the Magic Treasures' bombardment at just the right moment.
The closer he drew to the Jade Lake, the higher the grade of the Divine Weapons and Magic Treasure