The gray-robed elder's expression changed drastically. He struck his chest with one hand and spat out a mouthful of essence blood with a pfft. After he swiftly formed several incantations, the essence blood turned into blood mist and merged into the Giant Tower.
The Giant Tower emitted a dazzling red light. Countless flames swirled across the surface of the barrier, which suddenly stabilized and stopped flickering.
Joy rose in the elder's heart. Just as he was about to act, a thunderous boom rang out, and the fiery-red Protective Barrier shattered inch by inch!
"Stop, fellow Daoist! I concede!" Seeing the sword net about to descend on him, the gray-robed elder retreated at full speed while shouting desperately.
At that moment, the heavily bearded man from the Great Martial Sect suddenly erupted with bloody light. It then contracted into his body, and his entire figure became a streak of blood.
With a whoosh, he broke out of the encirclement of the Qingxu Sect Daoist and the Covering Moon Sect man, then shot into the distance and vanished in the blink of an eye. His escape speed was actually comparable to Bloodshadow Escape.
Earlier, the heavily bearded man had noticed that the Daoist and the Covering Moon Sect man were attacking him relentlessly, plainly intent on killing him. This was no sparring match, but a fight to the death.
He had barely held out for a while when he glimpsed that unfamiliar face shattering his senior brother's Magic Treasure and breaking through his defenses with a single move. Horrified, he had unhesitatingly unleashed his life-saving secret art. Escaping came first.
The bearded man had acted so swiftly, and his escape technique was so fast, that the two men from the Covering Moon Sect and Qingxu Sect could not intercept him. He escaped