Song Wen lightly kicked off with the sole of his foot in midair.
In an instant, a blood-colored raging tide surged forth beneath his feet. Like a flood bursting through a dam, it swept toward the bat demon beast below.
The demon beast had clearly sensed the terrifying power borne by the Blood Tide, and its pupils abruptly contracted.
Its wings beat frantically, whipping up gust after gust of sinister wind to meet the rushing Blood Tide.
It did so partly to halt the Blood Tide's advance, and partly to stop its own upward momentum so it could turn and flee.
However, it had clearly still underestimated the Blood Tide's might.
The gusts of sinister wind it had whipped up struck the Blood Tide, doing nothing more than raising ripples upon its surface. They did not slow its descent in the slightest.
Moreover, the distance between them was too short. Before it could react further, the Blood Tide had already closed in.
The Blood Tide roared past, instantly swallowing the bat demon beast's entire body.
It struggled desperately within the Blood Tide, its wings and four claws flailing madly. But not every demon beast was like the Ghost-Faced Demon Serpent, possessing pure True Dragon bloodline and a body comparable to an eighth-rank demon beast.
No matter how it struggled, it could not break free from the Blood Tide's restraints.
Instead, the Blood Tide crushed in from all directions, shattering its body, internal organs, skull, soul...
By the time he dealt with that troublesome beast, Lü Ling had also been unable to withstand Shadow Void's divine-sense assault and had already fainted.
Song Wen did not linger. Wrapping Lü Ling up, he plunged straight downward and swiftly departed.
Before long, he returned to Yin Spring Cave and arrived beside the Yin Spring