This curtain of light was condensed from the qi of Highest Purity, pure and sacred. The intent to save people within it clashed with the very nature of the Blood Sea, filling the evil god with loathing.
The bloody water churned as two sharp edges crossed once more, tearing straight through the curtain of light and twisting toward Yu Chen in a killing strike.
Yu Chen held the Jade Radiance Wish-Granting Scepter in one hand while forming seals with the other. Highest Purity qi transformed into myriad forms, unfolding all manner of wondrous arts. Bend, flick, tap, point—in the blink of an eye, he had exchanged tens of thousands of blows with those sharp edges.
As their auras collided, endless transformations arose. For a time, neither side could gain the upper hand.
By now, the battle between Yu Chen and the evil god was no longer confined to the existing Cosmic Light and void. Their wills collided, continuously evolving layer upon layer of illusory worlds and real realms upon droplets of Blood Sea water, between existence and nonexistence in the void, as they waged a new round of battle.
For the moment, neither side could spare a hand to interfere in anything else.
Elsewhere, Tongtian rose smoothly from his seat within the Dao Palace. He first glanced toward the Blood Sea Demon Formation in the Central Plains.
At this moment, Tongming's single blast from the Divine Thunder Cannon had shattered the formation's foundation, exposing its core.
Then, under the joint assault of Horned-Head Immortal, Spirit Fang Immortal, Black Cloud Immortal, Golden Hoop Immortal, A Lu, and Dong Ye, nearly all nine demonic embryos within the Blood Lotus had been destroyed.
It was at this time that Lu Gui made his move, attempting to draw away the blood water in the