"Die!"
Xue Mei cried out, thrusting out her slender hand.
Boom!
Blood Lamp Great Dao Power erupted, turning into blood-red chains that merged directly into the surrounding void.
In an instant, it was as if those chains had sealed off the entire valley.
The chains did not strike at the Star Ghost Lord's body. Instead, they coiled toward the black altar beneath him.
If the altar was destroyed, the Star Ghost Lord's breakthrough would be interrupted, and he would suffer a backlash. By then, it would be too late for him to flee.
The Star Ghost Lord frowned. He was at a critical point in his breakthrough.
If he forcibly stopped, he would fail to break through at best and suffer a backlash from his Great Dao Origin at worst.
But if he did nothing, Xue Mei's attack would interrupt his breakthrough all the same.
Either way, death awaited him.
Damn it!
The Star Ghost Lord gritted his teeth as Ten Thousand Ghost Dao Power churned violently around him.
But just as he prepared to forcibly halt his breakthrough—
Whoosh!
A figure suddenly appeared in front of the black altar.
Sword in hand, all thirteen Battle Marks on his body lit up at once, and golden Crystal Luster covered him from head to toe.
He slashed once. The onrushing blood-red chains were severed by that single stroke, dissolving into a haze of blood mist.
Xue Mei's expression changed, and she immediately retreated several steps.
"Who are you?"
Xue Zongshan and the tall, thin man in blood-red robes narrowed their eyes.
The Star Ghost Lord stared at the figure shielding him, surprise flickering across his face. "Lu Chen?"
Lu Ren did not look back. "Focus on your breakthrough. Leave these three to me!"
At those words, the expressions of Xue Zongshan