Besieged on All Sides

Song Wen watched the wisp of magical power shoot toward him as several blood-red tentacles extended from his back.

One tentacle shattered the wisp of magical power, then swept toward Blood Firmament alongside the others.

Blood Firmament narrowed his eyes slightly.

"This blood mist actually isn't an illusion. It was produced by Yinshuo's Blood Escape Technique. Yinshuo knows the Blood Escape Technique too!"

Blood Firmament was inwardly astonished, but his movements did not slow.

He redirected the blood-red killing intent swirling around him, shaping it into a giant tiger a hundred feet tall that lunged at the incoming tentacles.

The blood tiger's attacks were formidable. The blood-red tentacles could not withstand its onslaught; they were either bitten through by its sharp teeth or knocked back by its massive claws.

The blood-red tentacles had no chance of approaching Blood Firmament.

Unable to break through the blood tiger's blockade, Song Wen's expression darkened.

Blood Firmament's expression was equally grim.

He was injured and had little magical power left, but the blood-red killing intent he commanded should have been more than sufficient to deal with a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator. Yet he still could not subdue "Yinshuo."

Meanwhile.

Blood Firmament discovered that his control over the Crimson Flying Sword was gradually slipping.

His connection to the flying sword was steadily weakening.

Upon realizing this, Blood Firmament feared the flying sword might suffer damage and dared not continue pursuing Blood Brow. He could only circulate his magical power and make the sword unleash countless streams of Sword Qi, seeking to shred the black liquid clinging to it.

Yet the black liquid clung tightly to the blade like a festering sore embedded in bone, proving impossible to clear away quickly.

Blood Firmament had no choice but to recall the flying sword.

The flying sword