Boundless bolts of lightning tore through space and ionized the air. The stretch of water around Ren Tao had become a barrier that living creatures could scarcely approach.
Like a waterfall of lightning descending from the heavens, it joined sky and sea. Thick smoke billowed all around it, with flames occasionally flaring up.
From outside, it looked perilous beyond measure.
The Sea Witch raised the Sea God's Light, protecting the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts beside her as she stared blankly at the flashes in the sky.
Shui Ling'er and the others were also dumbstruck, at a loss for words.
If the Sea Witch had not come to meet them-no, if Ren Tao had not told them to leave-they would most likely have been reduced to charcoal by now.
Still, Ren Tao might yet pull through.
After all, this was someone capable of "sacrificing himself," a darling of the sea. Since a miracle had happened once, there was no reason it could not happen again.
"Do you think the Sea King will be all right?"
Everyone wanted to ask, but no one spoke.
Lightning tore through space, blasting Ren Tao's outer coat of Soul Power apart. The golden crown on his head was not spared either; the first furious bolt shattered it into pieces.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's resistance to lightning was so weak it might as well not have existed, and the Evil Orca King was just as utterly vulnerable to it. The only thing Ren Tao could rely on, ironically, was his blood sea pagoda domain.
The evil-aspected power within the Dragon Blood Killing Array attracted lightning, while its inherent viscosity also impeded it.
The Golden Body Pagoda possessed even greater toughness and resilience. It surfaced over Ren Tao's body, effectively blocking the damage.
Even so, Ren Tao