Just as Ao Hong was about to be beheaded, a golden staff suddenly thrust out from the side and swept across the bloody light. Shen Luo had rushed over and saved Ao Hong's life.
With a metallic clang, the bloody light shattered under the blow. The Mysterious Yellow Unity Staff did not stop, however, and continued forward, striking fiercely at the ground from which the bloody light had shot out.
With a thunderous boom, a crater more than ten zhang wide was blasted into the ground. Yet a figure had already fled out before the strike landed—it was Ao Yu.
Shen Luo was not at all surprised by her appearance. Ao Yu had pretended to be sent flying by Ao Hong earlier, clearly intending to hide herself and seize the chance to ambush the two of them.
He let out a loud shout, and a vast wave of sound spread forth, mixed with bursts of powerful ethereal tones. Ao Yu's gaze immediately turned hazy. It was the Soul-Shaking Secret Art, and it was far more powerful than before.
Golden light flashed through the air behind Ao Yu, and the Heavenly Fiend Corpse King appeared out of nowhere. Sharp yellow radiance glinted from all ten of its fingers as it clawed viciously at Ao Yu's head, leaving black scars in the void wherever its hands passed.
However, black light flashed over Ao Yu's body, and that black figure appeared from nowhere, punching out with both fists. With a boom, it blocked the Heavenly Fiend Corpse King's attack.
Ao Yu was swept away by the storm unleashed by the collision, but she also used the opportunity to regain her senses. Her face was filled with exhaustion as she leaped aside.
Shen Luo's several waves of attacks had been linked seamlessly together. Though