And then!
"Rumble!" A bolt of red-light lightning over a hundred thousand zhang long, formed from more than a dozen converging bolts, churned and spun with heaven-shaking force. Endless threads of red lightning rippled outward, piercing the boundless void of Chaos Space and tearing it open in waves of spatial astral wind, before slamming straight into that vast barrier of five-colored spiritual light...
Endless red ripples hummed and surged outward, stirring a boundless red storm through the void that scattered in every direction... The light curtain of five-colored spiritual light twisted and shook violently...
In an instant!
"Bang!" A sharp, heaven-shaking explosion erupted. Staggering torrents of five-colored spiritual light splashed outward as the protective barrier over the Jade Towers of the Miniature Immortal Court Divine Artifact shattered outright... The red-light lightning, already reduced by a third, struck straight down toward Zhang Hong...
At the sight...
Li Xiaoya, already tense, blanched and nearly lost control of the urge to step in and help Zhang Hong...
But!
"Go!" Zhang Hong now wore a suit of Golden Light Armor inlaid with countless red-light runes. Boundless red-light flame erupted from her entire body, while endless red spiritual light surged and quivered around the Vermilion Bird Fire Spirit Sword in her hand. A mass of red-light flame tens of thousands of zhang across gathered within it, spinning ceaselessly. With a sharp cry, Zhang Hong thrust the Vermilion Bird Fire Spirit Sword toward the heavens...
In an instant...
"Scree!" An exquisitely clear cry rang out, shaking heaven and earth. Waves of boundless red-light flame burst from the entire Immortal Court of Jade Towers. As Zhang Hong thrust the Vermilion Bird Fire Spirit Sword skyward, a Vermilion Bird formed from red-light flame, tens of thousands of zhang across, shot into the heavens. It tore straight through the