Behind Shen Luo and Chi You, Sun Wukong had also returned to his normal size and was riding the Somersault Cloud in hot pursuit.
"Dark Realm Descent." At that moment, Chi You suddenly let out a thunderous shout.
Shen Luo's vision immediately went dark, and the sky around him abruptly shifted from daylight into darkness.
At first, Shen Luo thought he had been swallowed into some strange space. But he soon realized he could still feel the wind and hear the waves rolling across the sea, so he knew that was not the case.
Yet when he continued using his escape technique, he discovered in horror that he had completely lost his sense of direction. Even with the Shrinking Earth Ruler, he could not travel along his intended course.
Like a headless fly, he whirled aimlessly through the boundless darkness.
"Let's see where you can run now," Chi You's voice rang out behind him.
Then the darkness receded, and a streak of black light slashed down from the heavens. Cold radiance burst from the incomparably massive axe blade as it tore through space toward Shen Luo with overwhelming pressure.
Alarm bells blared in Shen Luo's heart. It was clearly too late to flee or use a divine ability to defend himself.
At that critical instant, he grabbed the Blood-colored Claw Spike in one hand, raised it above his head, and thrust it straight at the descending giant axe blade.
The moment Chi You saw his own Origin-Bone Demonic Artifact, he forcibly halted the axe's downward swing. Only an uncontrollable blast of force crashed down, crushing a trench dozens of miles long and a hundred zhang deep into the sea.
Seeing that Chi You was holding back for fear of damaging the artifact, Shen Luo was overjoyed. Taking advantage of Chi