Truth and Deception

Song Wen's towering corpse body moved swift as lightning, closing in on Blood Firmament in the blink of an eye.

His hands curved like iron hooks. One clawed at Blood Firmament's face, while the other thrust toward his waist and abdomen.

As Blood Firmament watched the colossal corpse blot out the sun and sky, a powerful sense of oppression surged within him.

He abruptly retreated, widening the distance between himself and Song Wen, while simultaneously activating his shield and conjuring a phantom shield wall before him.

Bang! Bang!

The giant corpse's two sharp claws struck fiercely against the shield, producing two dull booms that rang through the heavens.

The shield's phantom rippled violently, yet it remained unbroken.

Instead, Blood Firmament used the force of the impact to further widen the distance between himself and Song Wen.

Blood Firmament traced through the air with his sword fingers, and a crimson flying sword shot forth, slashing down at Song Wen's head.

A surge of blood qi rose from Song Wen's body, transforming into a massive Blood Year hand that fiercely slapped toward the flying sword.

The blood hand collided with the flying sword.

The blood hand scattered.

The flying sword was also knocked aside, grazing past Song Wen's body.

No sooner had Blood Firmament shaken off Song Wen than he sensed another cloud of blood mist rising behind him, from which countless tiny black needles shot out.

He instinctively assumed that Blood Brow had used the Blood Escape Technique to appear behind him and was about to launch a sneak attack.

Thus, he immediately turned his shield around to guard his back.

Yet the moment those tiny black needles struck the shield, they vanished without a trace.

"Illusion!"

Blood Firmament's pupils contracted as he sensed a faint sound from overhead.

Sweeping out