Qi Shuming and Xun Lanyin had plunged into the Blood Sea one after the other. Whether because the interval was too short or because the Blood God Child secretly controlling everything intended it, they were not completely isolated and separated as Ascetic Dhuta had been. They could still see each other, though some distance lay between them.
The moment they entered the Blood Sea, boundless seawater battered them from every direction. The protective divine light of these two Fifth Realm True Persons could not withstand it at all. Like fish amid the waves, neither could control their movements.
Of the two, Xun Lanyin fared worse than Qi Shuming. Though the Mandarin Duck Thunderbolt Swords circled her as two streaks of lightning, they were weapons of attack, with no outstanding defensive capabilities. The Geng-Jia flying needles were the same. As for other protective treasures, Emei had always valued attack over defense, so even as the Sect Leader's wife, Xun Lanyin possessed no high-grade protective Immortal Treasure. Anything below the level of an Immortal Artifact lacked the grade to resist the Blood Sea's corrosion. Her protective sword light had barely held for a moment before it neared collapse.
Qi Shuming, by contrast, had served as Emei's Sect Master for several hundred years and lingered at the Fifth Realm peak for a long time. Only because he had to oversee and complete Emei's great rise had he kept suppressing his cultivation, refusing to become an immortal and ascend. Thus, he performed far better now. His protective sword light was bright and pure, majestic and vast, almost on par with Ascetic Dhuta's. It scarcely looked like something of the Fifth Realm. Though it swayed under the Blood Sea's pressure, there was no immediate danger of its defenses breaking.
"My wife!"
Seeing Xun Lanyin rush