A pool of liquid-like blue light appeared beneath the Tear Demon's feet. Her body instantly melted into it and vanished. A moment later, blue light flashed on the ground some two or three dozen zhang away, and she emerged from it.
But the crimson sword streak flickered and vanished, then appeared above the Tear Demon's head as though it had teleported, its sword light blazing.
In an instant, a piercing rush of air rang out!
Hundreds of crimson sword shadows appeared out of thin air and descended on the Tear Demon like rain.
Enraged, the Tear Demon opened her mouth and spat out a mass of blue ice flames. It swelled rapidly, expanding to several dozen zhang across in the blink of an eye and engulfing every sword shadow.
But just then, white formation patterns flashed into view on the ground beside her feet. White light flared before her eyes, and she, too, appeared within the white space, right near Zen Master Bao Xiang and the others.
The vast expanse of blue ice flames was also drawn into the white space, where it swept down over Zen Master Bao Xiang and his companions.
"The Tear Demon!" At the sight of her and the vast blue ice flames, Zen Master Bao Xiang was greatly alarmed. His golden monk's staff blazed with golden light, and he struck at the ice flames five times in lightning-fast succession.
Amid thunderous crashes, the space beneath the blue ice flames rippled. Five golden phantoms of the monk's staff, each as large as a pavilion, appeared out of thin air and collided with the flames.
Five masses of golden light erupted like blazing suns, tearing all the blue ice flames apart. But the five staff phantoms also collapsed and vanished.
The others reacted a little more slowly,