The Blood Sea suddenly contracted, transforming into a giant.
Its body, ten thousand miles tall, rose from the earth. Its feet sank deep into the ground, while its head nearly reached the tribulation clouds.
It lowered its waist, clenched its right hand into a fist, and threw a full-force punch.
Before the scarlet giant fist arrived, a howling gale swept forth first, churning the tribulation-cloud vortex so violently that it seemed about to shatter.
Yet the tribulation lightning that burst through the cloud vortex was unaffected in the slightest, striking straight down upon the blood fist.
A heaven-shaking boom rang out.
White light exploded from the point of collision, a hundred times more brilliant than the blazing sun, engulfing the entire world in silver-white radiance.
In the next instant, the mountain-like giant fist abruptly shattered.
The tribulation lightning drove straight downward, pulverizing the blood giant's arm, body, and legs along the way before blasting deep underground.
Deep beneath the earth, where the blood giant had originally stood, Song Wen was enveloped in Heaven-Destroying Divine Light and Five Decays Yellow Springs Qi. Holding the Nine Calamities Measuring-Heaven Sword, he rose into the sky and charged directly toward the tribulation lightning.
The first to bear the brunt was the Heaven-Destroying Divine Light that covered a hundred-zhang radius around him.
The instant the tribulation lightning entered the green spiritual radiance, its power and momentum diminished layer by layer.
Immediately afterward, Song Wen gripped the sword hilt with both hands and raised the Nine Calamities Measuring-Heaven Sword high.
Dark-black sword light surged and flickered without end, leaving behind a pitch-black rift wherever it passed.
"Boom!"
The sword edge collided with the lightning.
The Nine Calamities Measuring-Heaven Sword flew from his hand, and Song Wen was hurled backward as well.
Though the tribulation lightning visibly