But now the plan had changed.
Since he had decided to have Tian Ling snatch the Sea God Godhood from under Tang San's nose, there was a more suitable soul beast available.
Barely a few seconds after Qian Xunji stopped, he keenly sensed Bo Saixi racing toward him through the sky behind him at full speed.
He did not turn around. He merely lifted his left foot and lightly stepped on empty air.
Hum-
A ring of brilliant golden divine power spread rapidly outward from where his foot landed. Like an enormous transparent bowl turned upside down, the golden light instantly enveloped the entire Ring Sea and the waters beneath it, forming an indestructible barrier of divine power.
The instant the barrier closed, a streak of red light descended from the sky and slammed into that invisible wall.
Bang!
An irresistible recoil hurled Bo Saixi back more than ten meters before she barely managed to steady herself. She hastily halted her charge and raised the Sea God Scepter, intending to force her way through the obstruction.
But the next instant, as she examined the barrier, the scepter froze in her hand.
Bo Saixi's eyes widened. She lightly touched the golden barrier, her lips trembling as she murmured:
"Divine power..."
Inside the barrier, Qian Xunji paid no attention whatsoever to the stunned Bo Saixi outside.
He focused on the churning surface of the Ring Sea below, opened his right hand, and made a grabbing motion toward the depths.
The previously calm seawater erupted into turmoil.
Whoosh-!
A towering column of water shot skyward.
Under the brutal pull of the enormous hand of divine power, a gigantic shark more than twenty meters long, with a streamlined, whitish body, was forcibly dragged from the seabed and out of the water.
It was none