The wind spilling out around them swept upward, rolling back the rain of blood pouring across the sky. Crimson gales sprang from nowhere, surging in every direction and covering every inch of space.
Amid their passage, a silver spear stood perfectly straight, the crimson winds swirling around it to form a vast vortex.
Red flowers gradually drifted from the vortex. The silvery-white spear kept growing as Ye Buyu poured power into it, and bloodlike petals floated lightly through the Karmic Fire.
They landed on the many Calamities.
[Fear] was familiar with this and reminded [Darkness] beside her.
"Don't resist. It will hurt, but it can also override the Karmic Fire's judgment. Then we'll strike with everything we have."
[Darkness] reached out to catch a drifting petal, and her lips instantly grew a shade paler.
"Fighting poison with poison? She really doesn't do things the usual way."
Weier accepted that power out of habit, then began gathering her strength.
Seeing the Four Seats of Judgment calmly accept it, [Plague] had no objections.
As for the two elders from the Primordial Beginning Tower, it was purely a blessing.
Saying they felt bathed in a spring breeze would have been no exaggeration.
[Withering] did feel the Karma receding, but the sense of indebtedness lodged straight in the throat, making for an unbearable, maddening discomfort.
"Talk about double standards."
Ying Ruxing sneered. "If you can't even take a few scratches, how are you supposed to fight [Sinful Karma]?"
[Withering] chuckled a few times and swept a gaze over the Salvation Hall of Fame's Calamities, discovering that these Calamities had suffered negative effects just as they had.
That immediately made things feel much better.
"So this Hall Master of yours doesn't treat you all that well either."
Ying Ruxing bared her blade. "Why do you