"Extreme Yin, what are you trying to do?! Aren't you afraid that Patriarch Yuan Rong will trigger the Sword Qi inside you and shred your dantian and Nascent Soul?" Shangguan Ren was both shocked and furious.
Tian Ming was likewise horrified and enraged, but unlike Shangguan Ren, she did not waste her breath. She summoned a Soul-Breaking Awl, which, wreathed in black qi, shot straight at Song Wen's face.
Song Wen's head was shredded by the Soul-Breaking Awl, yet not a shred of flesh or bone splattered out. Instead, his entire body exploded into a rain of blood.
"Heh heh heh, if Yuan Rong wants to kill me, he first has to know what happened here. Surrounded by my Blood Sea, you can forget about escaping. Just lie down and die." Song Wen's voice came from the surrounding Blood Tide; his voice could be heard, but his body was nowhere to be seen.
Before his words had faded, the Blood Tide suddenly began to churn, pressing in from all directions.
In order to successfully surround the two of them, Song Wen had sent the Blood Tide through the stone walls and rocky ground on either side.
The stone walls and ground shattered first. Countless fragments of rock struck Tian Ming and Shangguan Ren's mana shields, producing a rapid series of bangs.
"Fellow Daoist Shangguan, you focus on breaking the Blood Sea. Leave the defense to me."
As Tian Ming spoke, she had already summoned a shield.
The shield stood over ten feet tall and radiated azure spiritual light. It conjured three phantom shields, protecting Tian Ming and Shangguan Ren completely.
Shangguan Ren, meanwhile, summoned a flying sword.
Its sword light blazed brilliantly, dazzling as the sun.
The moment they finished their preparations, the Blood Tide closed in.
Shangguan Ren's flying