Just as Huang Yi was about to have his head pierced through in a single strike, a red light suddenly flared beneath him. A Bloodthirst Banner appeared out of nowhere, wrapped around him, and pulled him inside.
The black steel spike struck the blood banner, only denting its surface inward without piercing through it.
Instead, after taking the blow, the Bloodthirst Banner blazed with bloody light. Its body suddenly spread open and surged back toward He Qianshan.
Rolling blood qi swept backward as the Bloodthirst Banner slipped free of Huang Yi and closed in around He Qianshan instead.
Seeing this, the latter frowned deeply and let out a roar. He swept one arm before him, sending more than a dozen black steel spikes flying forward in a fan-shaped spread. They struck the Bloodthirst Banner one after another, forcing it back slightly.
Before He Qianshan could breathe a sigh of relief, he sensed what seemed like a swath of Moon Shadow spilling down from overhead. Shen Luo's figure abruptly swooped down, the Pure Yang Sword Embryo somehow already drawn to his hand.
He loosely gripped the golden sword embryo in one hand, formed a hand seal with the other, and shouted, "Pure Yang Burning Sword!"
As his voice fell, crimson flames blazed across the Pure Yang Sword Embryo. Fiery sword phantoms emerged all around it and rained down upon He Qianshan below like a violent storm.
Within the Bloodthirst Banner, He Qianshan's movement was restricted. He could only raise his cyan round shield over his head and withstand the sword edge's might head-on.
"Rumble, rumble, rumble!"
Explosions rang out continuously beneath the darkening night sky. Crimson sparks scattered in every direction, while the whirlwinds on the cyan round shield were constantly shattered, and the cyan glow on its surface grew increasingly