Seeing An Chen trapped, Yu Tianyao hurried to act. He clenched his dragon-transformed right hand into a fist, blue and purple lightning coiling around it, and punched the black substance covering An Chen.
A thunderous boom rang out, followed by a continuous crackle.
But the black substance encasing An Chen remained completely unscathed, even with arcs of electricity still dancing across it.
Yu Tianyao frowned slightly and gathered power in his right hand again, preparing to strike.
An Chen's exposed eyes shifted.
Yu Tianyao looked in the direction An Chen indicated and saw the seven men already charging toward them.
His gaze sharpened. Then he dispersed the lightning on his hand, hoisted the human-sized black object beside him onto his shoulder, and turned to flee in another direction.
Meanwhile, in midair on the other side, the blood-red storm gradually subsided, revealing a man dressed in blue, patterns like a flowing galaxy coursing over his body. He held both hands out before him, a spherical space forming around his body to protect him from harm.
Once the storm died down, he dispelled the repulsive force around his body and scanned his surroundings from the air. Then he spotted Yu Tianyao fleeing in another direction.
He immediately flew through the falling rain of blood, pursuing Yu Tianyao, who was carrying a black human-shaped figure.
Just then, he noticed the seven men also giving chase behind them and descended to join them.
"Have you put away the iron sheet? Were you affected?" Standing before them, he asked calmly.
A voice came from behind the group. "It's put away."
The blue-robed man glanced at the iron sheet in the hands of the man at the very back, then turned toward the fleeing Yu Tianyao.
"Let's go. He came into contact with that thing. He'll