In the air around his arm, fist-sized red spirit inscription projections emerged like a field of stars, ninety-eight in all. With his arm roughly at their center, they formed a design resembling the spell pattern diagram in Wang Yu's Divine Sense Sea.
Within the projected design, the many spirit inscriptions flickered incessantly, dazzling the eye. Staring closely at them even induced a sense of dizzy disorientation.
The next instant, a sharp hiss rang out.
A thick pillar of red light shot skyward from his arm. After roiling and condensing high above, it became the Sky-Piercing Giant Blade, over a hundred feet long, with his arm as its hilt.
Though the immense red blade was initially indistinct, countless threads of red light formed from fire spiritual power emerged in the surrounding air the moment it appeared, pouring into the blade of their own accord like a rising tide.
In just a few breaths, the once-blurry blade became clear and solid. Crystalline light shimmered across it, and astonishing waves of fire radiated from it, bathing half the sky in crimson.
"A ninety-eight-inscription spell!"
The Long-Haired Youth opposite him had remained expressionless until now. But once he saw the number of spirit inscriptions flickering around Wang Yu's arm, his eyes went round as though he had witnessed something utterly terrifying, and he cried out involuntarily.
He immediately recovered, however, and hastily slapped his waist with one hand. A thick stack of talismans appeared in his hand, and without a second thought, he slapped them all over himself.
The next instant, seven or eight layers of multicolored light screens lit up around him. Most were first-tier protective spells, but one blue light screen was distinctly thicker and brighter than the others-a second-tier water attribute defensive spell.
At the same time, the Black Sand Cloud