Actually, he should have been the one to step forward.
But Annihilation Patriarch was no fool. He knew whoever stepped forward would face certain death-or be crippled even if he survived. He found countless excuses to shirk the task and finally pushed it onto Prison-Suppressing Immortal Emperor, who had come into close contact with Xiao Ying!
He had even been the one to mention that Xiao Ying possessed the Sacred Wood, Five-Aggregate Purple Thunder Bamboo. That was why they had paid an astronomical price to enlist Void Buddha Emperor. Now, the facts proved that Void Buddha Emperor was indeed in deep trouble!
Rumble...
Thunder shook heaven and earth. The entire world trembled, not merely the space around them.
Countless thick, mysterious rays of profoundly unfathomable light suddenly appeared in the sky, like an interwoven Heaven-and-Earth Net, or the points, lines, and planes that wove the world together!
"Great Soul-Summoning Art!"
As the world manifestation with a human torso and fish tail waved its hand, a thick ray of light descended with a roar, like a dragon entering the world. It plunged into the blood mist, more than half of which had been annihilated, and spread through it. An eerie, profound sound wave rippled outward, shaking every soul.
A faint, indistinct human figure slowly coalesced. Yet it was exceedingly thin, and immediately began dissipating again, like a blood-colored shadow...
"Huh?!"
Tianzhi Baize and the other emperors of Nine-Dragon Island, who were watching anxiously, exclaimed in surprise and stared at the blood-colored phantom in bewilderment.
"This is..."
Even many of the Great Adepts watching in secret were utterly puzzled.
Although the blood-colored phantom was extremely faint and blurred, emperor-grade Great Adepts had eyesight keen enough to envision its complete appearance. It clearly was not the Sky-Supporting High Priest!
"That's impossible... Perhaps this