This time...
It was actually real?! ⊙∀⊙!
"Hiss—"
The thought flashed through Jieyin's mind. Even without Taiqing Laozi's warning, he had sensed it!
A chill immediately ran down his spine. What was going on?!
"Squelch—"
The next moment, before he could even turn around, violet lightning tore through the air and a cold gleam flashed. The muffled sound of a blade slicing through flesh suddenly rang out!
"Arghhhhh—"
Immediately afterward, Jieyin's Sage's Dao Body was sliced open. A bloody gash deep enough to expose stark white bone appeared across his back, and his scream was heart-wrenching!
Scalding Sage's Blood sprayed across the sky in an instant, deepening and brightening the color of the already crimson heavens above the Sea of Blood!
"TONGTIAN! You traitor of the Profound Gate, I'll kill you!!"
Shrouded by the aura of death, Jieyin rapidly retreated. Once he had withdrawn to a safe distance, he shielded Taiqing Laozi before him and glared fixedly at the immortal figure in azure robes, roaring viciously.
That strike had not merely torn open his Sage's Dao Body—it had also severed a portion of his Sage origin!
How could he not be enraged?
His lungs were practically bursting with fury!
"Tongtian! He actually... really came?!"
At that moment, time seemed to freeze as countless shocked gazes focused upon him.
Tongtian rode the Kui Ox and arrived bearing the Four Swords of Immortal Slaying. He stood proudly above the Sea of Blood, his sword might towering into the heavens and striking fear into all!
Though he had abolished his Sage status and severed his Dao Fruit, leaving him with only the cultivation of a first-level Hun Yuan Da Luo Golden Immortal—and an unstable realm at that—
The sword intent surrounding him was stronger than ever!
"Rumble—"
His sword qi transformed into gale-force