"Fellow Daoist Tian, you can see what's happening below. What happened?" the Grand Elder asked anxiously.
"Nine-Headed Insect is using an enormous blood-colored pearl to attack the restriction. Demonic energy churns inside it like a towering sea. It seems to be a demonic treasure," Shen Luo said quickly as he continued breaking the restriction.
"A blood-colored pearl? This is bad! Nine-Headed Insect brought out the Buddhist treasure Sarira too! He obtained that pearl from Golden Light Temple in Jisai Kingdom and refined it with his blood essence and demonic energy. Its power is boundless! Drive the formation at full strength, regardless of the cost, or the yellow clouds below will never withstand a second strike!" Ba Serpent cried out in alarm. She spat a stream of blood essence into the main formation flag before her, and her demonic power surged into it like a tide.
Seeing Ba Serpent so distraught, Poison Lady and the other two dared not take any chances. Ignoring their injuries, they hastily mustered all their magic power and poured it into the auxiliary formation flags.
The spiritual radiance over the Heaven-Earth Profound Restriction Grand Formation blazed once more. The yellow clouds, grievously damaged by that single strike, swiftly recovered, restoring more than half their strength in an instant.
Nine-Headed Insect frowned and spat a stream of bloody light into the Blood Sarira.
The bloody light and demonic energy on the Blood Sarira's surface swelled dramatically, condensing into crimson arcs of lightning, while muffled thunder rumbled within.
"Break!"
Nine-Headed Insect formed a hand seal and pointed. The Blood Sarira shot out with a thunderous roar, turning into an immensely thick bolt of blood-colored lightning that slammed into the same spot on the yellow clouds.
The yellow clouds shook again, twice as violently as before. The entire cloud