More than four hundred thousand li west of Heavenly Jade Island lay the fringes of a sea ravaged by storms and thunder.
Overhead, thunderclouds black as ink pressed heavily down, as though they would devour heaven and earth.
Violent waves swept along lightning like shattered gold, smashing again and again against the shoreline rocks and cliffs with deafening roars.
Yuji True Person stood upon the waves, true essence surging around him;
it was the profound cultivation he had forged through three hundred years of painstaking practice of the Jade Pivot Jade Heart Spirit Concentration Art.
In an instant, twelve streaks of azure spiritual light appeared around him, forming a ring-shaped barrier that firmly suppressed the Scarlet Blood Demon Lizard at the early Golden Core peak stage.
His hands whirled through seals, true essence pouring from his body and gathering in his palms;
it transformed into several crystalline Jade Heart Soul-Slaying Blades that radiated a chilling cold.
These blades were manifestations of a high-grade Earth Grade spell, runes flickering along their lengths.
With a sharp cry, Yuji True Person sent the Jade Heart Soul-Slaying Blades slashing toward the Scarlet Blood Demon Lizard.
Despite its sturdy flesh and powerful sinews and bones, Yuji's slashes tore its hide open, leaving it drenched in blood.
He spared a glance at Xin Bairen several hundred zhang away;
Xin Bairen was doing his utmost to cut through the defensive formation of several hundred demon soldiers on the perimeter.
Xin Bairen wielded the low-grade magic treasure, the Jade-Blood Treasure Saber, with a fair degree of method;
with every slash, Geng Metal qi and blood baleful intent transformed into phantom tigers that roared toward the demon soldiers.
The demon lizards' venomous fangs and sharp claws shattered under the phantom tigers' onslaught, and even their formation could barely withstand