"Chen Fangqing!!!"
Gurgle, gurgle!
Bloodlight blazed, and crimson tides flowed.
The Blood Sea, boundless since time immemorial, suddenly boiled. A vast stretch of it evaporated in an instant, and a scream rang out from within!
Then countless strands of will converged into a blood-red face!
The face, twisted with rage, rose inch by inch from the bloody waters, as though a colossal giant were about to stand up from the sea!
The boiling blood battered its surroundings, thinning the nearby space. Through the walls of space, on the verge of dissolving and shattering, faint stars came into view.
"You completely dissolved my vital blood and swallowed the Ancient God's Skeleton I nurtured for over two thousand years! Chen Fangqing! You deserve to die!"
The will of the Blood Sea churned, its venomous hatred growing ever stronger.
"Since you refuse to hand over the Journey West, I have no choice but to..."
He was still roaring when something stirred in his heart. His furious face stiffened, and he looked toward a corner of the Starry Sky in startled suspicion.
"Could it be..."
"When all is said and done, how deep a grudge could there be between Master Soaring and me? Even if I plotted against him once or twice, no real harm came of it. Besides, this time I only watched from the sidelines. I never even made a move!"
At the edge of the Northern Kuru Continent, amid seas of cloud and mountains of mist, Shen Gongbao turned into a shadow and streaked away!
The spectral form of a black spirit leopard flickered around him. He had clearly driven his Divine Ability to its limit!
Behind him, a sharp, cold gleam followed close, shattering clouds and mist and slicing through space. Everything in its path, tangible or not, was annihilated!