The Red Lotus Holy Lord was dead.
Her heart and kidneys had been burned through by variant force as scorching as molten lava, leaving vast hollows behind. This formidable master, whose fearsome name resounded throughout the Demonic Path, had died a gruesome death.
Her dying counterattack had left scorch marks on Hong Yuan's fist, but the instant that blazing, violent variant force invaded his body, his Six Voids Force divided, devoured, and dissolved it. It had caused him almost no trouble.
Whoosh!
The Illuminating Veneration Envoy had still been gathering his force to join the Red Lotus Holy Lord's attack. How could he have imagined that, within a single breath, the Venerable Envoy of Annihilation would be captured and the Red Lotus Holy Lord killed? It had happened so quickly that his mind trembled, and even his figure, as elusive as flowers in a mirror or the moon in water, faltered slightly.
Shocked to his core, he lost all will to fight. His figure flickered as he tried to turn into a phantom and flee.
He had escaped once already. He felt no shame in escaping again.
Yet this time, the Illuminating Veneration Envoy had only darted a few yards when his shoulder suddenly grew heavy, forcing his body downward. Looking closely, he saw a long, fair hand, perfectly proportioned in flesh and bone, resting on his shoulder.
Hong Yuan leaned close like an old friend and said with a smile, "I let you leave last time. This time, we really ought to get better acquainted..."
The Illuminating Veneration Envoy pushed off with his feet, trying to break free. At the same time, he made a blade of his hand and slashed diagonally toward Hong Yuan's approaching chest with a sharp hiss.
Hong Yuan did not even look. The hand