Sand continually gathered and scattered around him as Yi Zichen fought fiercely against the abyssal monsters.
Every gathering of sand embodied his unwavering determination to protect the Federation; every scattering symbolized the abyssal monsters' ferocious counterattack.
His body was already covered in wounds large and small. Blood streamed from them, mingling with the sand and leaving trails that were shocking to behold.
Abyssal Turbid Qi corroded those wounds, sending waves of stabbing pain along his meridians like electric currents through his entire body, making every inch of his skin tremble and every nerve tighten.
An Abyssal Lord far larger than ordinary abyssal creatures lurked silently amid the tide of abyssal monsters, like a moving black mountain.
Its eyes gleamed with an eerie green light as it stared fixedly at Yi Zichen, waiting for a gap in the fluctuations of his domain's power.
At last, the opportunity came!
The Abyssal Lord smashed through the sand wall like an arrow loosed from a bow, its enormous horns gleaming coldly as it rammed toward Yi Zichen with the force to topple mountains and overturn seas.
Wherever those horns passed, they tore tiny fissures through space, letting out piercing whistles.
Startled, Yi Zichen hastily summoned sand and earth into a defensive shield. The surrounding sand rapidly converged, forming an enormous Earth Shield.
The Earth Shield's surface was uneven, yet it radiated an ancient, weighty aura, bearing the power of the earth.
But the Abyssal Lord was far too powerful. With a thunderous crash, the Earth Shield instantly shattered like fragile glass, sending countless fragments of sand and earth flying everywhere.
That tremendous force sent him flying, his body tracing an arc through the air like a kite with its string cut.
He lost control of his body, and directly behind him was the Abyss