Before her words had faded, a thunderous boom rang out. The deck shattered into a skyful of splinters, and a figure shot straight up into the Nine Heavens from below!
It was none other than Golden Toad Granny.
But where was even a trace of her earlier bedraggled state now?
Blazing red light enveloped her entire body. Her left arm had clearly been broken by their combined attack, yet now it was as good as new.
Strangest of all was her forehead-a bead the size of a longan was embedded there, so dazzling that no one dared look straight at it.
The bead spun, and three-colored light surged out of it, forming a Three-Colored Fire Lotus above her head. With each revolution, the Blood Sea within a hundred-zhang radius boiled a little harder.
"Now," Golden Toad Granny said, "even if you wanted to leave, I would not let you go!"
Li Hanyi's pupils abruptly contracted. Sensing that oppressive aura, his heart sank.
Among the current members of the Nine Nether Aristocratic Clan, he had only witnessed such an imposing presence from one person-Dugu Yifang, head of the Dugu Household, a supreme figure ranked thirty-seventh on the Heavenly Gang Ranking!
Yet he, Li Hanyi, ranked only ninety-ninth on the Heavenly Gang Ranking.
"Retreat!" he roared, his voice like exploding thunder. "Retreat at once!"
But how could there still be time?
Golden Toad Granny spread her hands, palms facing upward. Two streams of flame gushed from her palms like two solid fire dragons, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws as they swept in every direction!
Wherever the flames passed, bloody water evaporated, blood mist dispersed, and space twisted!
Crackling explosions rang out.
Tuoba Ye was relatively close. His expression changed drastically, and he barely had time to activate the Great Wilderness