Gu Sheng slowly raised a hand and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. The gravity in his eyes had not lessened, but his resolve remained utterly unshaken.
He looked up at Bone Chi, his voice calm to a terrifying degree.
"Today, the one who dies... will probably be you."
"Arrogant!"
Bone Chi was thoroughly enraged. No longer trying to shake Gu Sheng with words, he repeatedly drew and released the black short bow, Erosion Star. Dark red blood arrows flew one after another like death warrants, shooting endlessly toward Gu Sheng!
He had made up his mind. He would no longer pursue a one-shot kill, but would use this Saint Realm divine weapon's ranged advantage to constantly wear Gu Sheng down, suppress him, and grind this physically monstrous opponent with astonishing recovery to death! As long as he exhausted Gu Sheng's true qi and blood vitality, or let his injuries accumulate past the point of rapid recovery, victory would eventually be his!
For a time, the area around Gu Sheng was covered by dense annihilating blood arrows. He could only devote most of his focus to dodging and blocking the deadly ranged attacks, unable to quickly break through Bone Chi's blockade and rush toward the main hall. The battle seemed to have reached a stalemate unfavorable to Gu Sheng.
While Gu Sheng and Bone Chi fought fiercely, Yuwen Ruo and Mei Qi, the woman from Heavenly Charm Sacred Land, had already relied on their earlier start and faster escape techniques to arrive first at the source of the pure white-gold radiance—the deepest part of the ruined main hall.
This was an incomparably spacious hall. Its vaulted ceiling had long since shattered, exposing the pale purple sky of the secret realm outside. At the center of the hall