A great quantity of blood suddenly gushed from Wei Gu's body.
The blood surged skyward, forming a pillar dozens of zhang thick that shot straight into the heavens.
The blood pillar collided with the gigantic sword, and heaven and earth abruptly changed color.
Wherever the sword's edge passed, the blood pillar burst apart, turning into a rain of blood that scattered through the air.
Yet blood continued to pour from Wei Gu's body. The blood pillar seemed endless as it repeatedly battered the gigantic sword.
The gigantic sword's descent immediately slowed.
"Heavenly Sword Exterminates Evil!"
Outside the formation, Jian Xiao let out a thunderous roar.
At his call, the other five once more changed the hand seals they were forming.
The gigantic sword changed with them. Countless runes emerged across its blade, bursting with dazzling radiance.
At that moment, it seemed as though only this sword remained between heaven and earth; even the blazing morning sun paled before it.
The gigantic sword abruptly accelerated, piercing through the ceaselessly surging crimson flood. Just as it reached three zhang above Wei Gu and Gong Tianzong's heads, a piercing shriek rang out and spread across the wilderness.
Upon hearing it, Jian Xiao and the other five felt as if a soul-seizing demonic sound had drilled into their ears. It was like countless steel needles violently stabbing into their brains, shaking their seas of consciousness and causing unbearable agony to their souls.
"Not good! A divine-sense attack!"
Jian Xiao roared and hurriedly summoned a palm-sized bronze bell.
The bell swayed gently without making a sound, yet an invisible barrier formed around Jian Xiao, blocking the piercing shriek outside it.
Jian Xiao could withstand the soul attack, but the others could not. Bai Wei, for instance.
Bai Wei was only at the Integrated Body Early