(Beautiful illustration of Ye Guyi)
Long Xiaoyao struck first.
He opened his jaws, unleashing a beam of darkness wrapped in cold fierce enough to freeze the air. It hurtled straight toward the Nine Heavens Eighteen-Horned Tongboluo Dragon.
The enormous deep-blue dragon did not dodge. All eighteen horns released Heavenly Nets of Restraints at once,
layering them before its body. They stripped the silver-white beam of its force until it vanished.
The Nine Heavens Eighteen-Horned Tongboluo Dragon counterattacked. Its tail swept sideways, tearing through the air toward Long Xiaoyao.
Long Xiaoyao twisted aside and raked his claws forward, leaving three deep gashes in the deep-blue dragon's tail.
The two dragons grappled in the sky. Their roars, the rush of their movements, and the thunder of colliding restraints mingled together, churning the Flood below.
The Holy Spirit Cult's worshippers and elders joined the battle.
They included the Fourth Worshipper, Crow Douluo Wu Yun, and the Fifth Worshipper, Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng,
along with Nether Thunder Douluo, Netherworld Douluo, Myriad Souls Douluo, Abomination Douluo, Mask Douluo, and Nightmare Douluo.
The elders came out in force, each releasing his Martial Soul as they pressed toward the Jade Void Sect through the gap between the Flood and the Heavenly Nets.
On the Jade Void Sect's side, the Fourth and Fifth Worshippers, the Harmony Twin Gods, moved to meet them first.
The pair of divine generals were almost identical, standing shoulder to shoulder, one on each side.
The Left God held a Lotus Jade Ruyi, while the Right God carried a Jewel Fruit Box. As if joined by an invisible thread, the two moved in perfect sync.
Crow Douluo Wu Yun waved his hand, sending a vast swarm of dark feather blades flying toward them.
The Left God gave the Lotus Jade Ruyi a gentle