At some point, a small white bag had appeared beside Shen Luo. It was the Nine-Yin Bag, and a beam of bitterly cold white light shot from its mouth, wrapping around the drooping-browed old monk's yellow Demon-Subduing Jade Pestle and Elder Tang Shi's Azure Precept Saber.
A thick layer of white ice crystals instantly formed over the Demon-Subduing Jade Pestle and Azure Precept Saber, arresting both magical artifacts.
Shen Luo swept his right hand, activating the Heavenly Register's capturing ability once more. A golden shadow flashed over him, and the yellow Demon-Subduing Jade Pestle and Azure Precept Saber vanished into thin air as well.
His left hand was not idle either. Red light flashed in his palm, revealing a crimson feather fan-the Five-Fire Fan-and he swung it fiercely at Elder Tang Shi.
The seven spirit feathers on the Five-Fire Fan blazed with brilliant light, spreading like a peacock's tail. Then a pillar of five-colored fire shot from the fan and slammed into Elder Tang Shi.
The golden light around Elder Tang Shi flickered wildly, showing signs of giving way. A power of extraordinary heat radiated from the five-colored fire pillar, pouring into his body.
Elder Tang Shi's expression changed drastically. He drove the Vajra Demon-Subduing Great Art with all his strength, and the golden light around him thickened and stabilized.
But just then, a thread of crimson sword qi as fine as a steel needle shot from the fire pillar. With a hiss, it pierced his protective golden light and struck his forehead.
Elder Tang Shi's body was incomparably tough at that moment, and the sword qi snapped on impact. Yet a translucent, dark-red flame shot out of it-a wisp of Red Lotus Karmic Fire-and darted into the space between his brows like a viper flicking its tongue.
It felt