Although the Heaven-Supporting Sect cultivators knew of the Scaled Flood Dragon's existence, no one had ever fought it before, so no one knew what this Serpent Demon was truly capable of.
Until this moment!
Feigning weakness, the Scaled Flood Dragon had lured the Heaven-Supporting Sect cultivators dozens of zhang away before suddenly unleashing its might. Its earlier poor performance had merely been to draw its enemies beyond the Grand Array's protective range.
Several bolts of lightning struck down, halting the Spell Cultivators' attacks. At last, the Scaled Flood Dragon had a chance to catch its breath. It opened its maw toward the dense streams of controlled artifact light swirling around it and spewed out a mouthful of emerald-green serpent mist.
Cries of alarm rang out. The Weapon Cultivators and Ghost Cultivators who were controlling artifacts to kill their enemies discovered in horror that their connection to the Spiritual Artifacts they controlled had been severed.
The reason cultivators could control artifacts was that, after reaching Tier Seven, they could control Spiritual Power outside their bodies. They would store Spiritual Power in their Spiritual Artifacts beforehand, release it when needed, and manipulate it—that was artifact control. Of course, this was the method used by Spirit Stream Realm cultivators. Once cultivators grew powerful enough, they would develop divine sense, and there would be no need for such trouble. Those great Divine Sea Realm cultivators controlled artifacts directly with divine sense, making them more powerful and more flexible.
Thus, the key to artifact control for Spirit Stream Realm cultivators lay in manipulating the Spiritual Power stored within their Spiritual Artifacts.
But that emerald-green serpent mist was far too corrosive. Even the Heaven-Supporting Sect's Protective Grand Array could barely withstand it, let alone those Spiritual Artifacts of varying quality. The instant they were enveloped by