"Damn you, little thief!"
A furious shout erupted from the source of the bloodline river.
On Mona's side, the bloodline river fully integrated with the help of Lilith's genes.
A phantom appeared, and a blood-red whip rose from the bloodline river, lashing toward Mona.
Even across two dimensional spaces, it still exerted a pressure Yu Yuan could barely withstand.
This pressure was on an entirely different level from the Gold Tier Blood Clan attack he had endured before.
"Beyond Gold! He's the Blood Grand Duke."
Yu Yuan understood at once.
The blood-red whip was about to strike Mona.
But ripples of deep purple intertwined with dark red were already radiating from her.
"Merge!"
Her clear voice rang out.
The enhancement was complete.
Suppressed by the real world, the spiritual dimension and the bloodline river began to pull away.
Yet this still could not stop the blood-red whip. Worse, a dense barrage of whip shadows followed behind it.
All those whip shadows had transformed into pure mental attacks, carrying powerful spiritual contamination.
Yu Yuan's expression changed.
He had no doubt that even one of those whip shadows would kill Mona outright if it struck her.
Right at that critical moment—
Buzzz—
A barrier rose from the Life Altar, forming a hemispherical dome of light around it.
Bang—
The blood-red whip struck the barrier, sending ripples across its surface.
Crack—
Several fractures appeared in the barrier. A second later, under the onslaught of whip shadows, the barrier raised by the Life Altar shattered and dissipated in the air.
But that was enough.
In the brief moment the barrier bought her, Mona had already moved.
She raised both hands above her head and swung them sharply toward the bloodline river that was about to disappear.
A layer of mist enveloped the upper reaches