As the Painting Spirit Race transformed into an ink-wash painting shadow, its aura erupted madly the instant it flew out, surging from the early Sixth Stage all the way to the peak of the Sixth Stage.
Its soul power and speed increased by geometric multiples as well.
Even its divine soul had astonishingly reached the Seventh Stage.
Like a streak of lightning flashing past, it arrived behind Zhou Hao in an instant.
It grew larger and larger, about to swallow Zhou Hao like an unfurling painting scroll.
"Watch out!" Ye Jingcheng's Scarlet Spirit Sword once more became a streak of sword light and slashed toward it.
As for Venerable Origin Toad, Ye Jingcheng truly had no way to interfere at this moment.
He could only provide support. Naturally, he could not allow the Painting Spirit Race to affect Zhou Hao, their strongest combatant.
Clang!
Before the crimson sword shadow could strike the Painting Spirit Race, it was blasted away with a thunderous boom by a spirit tongue.
Under that terrifying lash of force, even Ye Jingcheng's divine soul attached to the Scarlet Spirit Sword seemed about to be scattered.
Ye Jingcheng fixed his gaze ahead and saw that, at some unknown moment, a pitch-black toad covered in poisonous pustules had appeared in the void, glaring at him with bulging eyes.
Before long, the toad's belly began to swell as well. Familiar with the Spirit-Hearing Toad's methods, how could Ye Jingcheng fail to realize that this Seventh Stage Highly Venomous Black Toad intended to spew poisonous toad fluid?
And its target was clearly him as well.
"Go!" Ye Jingcheng had no time to concern himself with Zhou Hao now. He did not believe Zhou Hao could not even withstand a Sixth Stage Painting Spirit Race.
The Scarlet Spirit Sword traced an