The Heavenly Demon Immortal-Slaying Sword was charging through a net of a million Taiyi Divine Thunder bolts. The explosions shattered its sword rainbow and scattered its sword qi, sending it tumbling back down from the sky.
As it fell, bloody light flashed over its sword body, and its sword qi and sword rainbow sprang forth anew. Once again a thousand-zhang blood rainbow, it parried the Purple and Azure Swords as they seized the opportunity to attack.
High in the sky, Blood God let out a long howl. As gust after gust of fetid wind grew fiercer, blood rain began to fall, bean-sized drops of fresh blood spilling down through the air.
Li Jingxu knew Shi Feiyang would arrive shortly. He had also divined that Deng Yin's return to seize the demon sword was abnormal, and surmised that Shi Feiyang must have some deeper purpose. Thus, he did not intervene.
But neither did he stop the Emei Sect from acting. Seeing that the Blood Demon and the Heavenly Demon Immortal-Slaying Sword were about to become one, they believed they absolutely could not allow it. Otherwise, nothing under heaven would ever be able to restrain them again. They therefore did everything they could to prevent it.
The Three Immortals and Two Elders possessed formidable magical power, while the remaining Emei disciples held all manner of rare treasures, making their attacks fearsome indeed. Three times the Heavenly Demon Immortal-Slaying Sword rose into the air, and three times Deng Yin descended, only for their spells to stop them and keep them apart.
Deng Yin, too, grew furious. He made all the raindrops falling through the sky stretch out and transform. Every drop became a blood figure, seeking out the nearest Emei Sect member and lunging straight at them!
"Look out!" Li Jingxu, the Three