"What?"
Shen Botian's sudden change, after his initial screams, left everyone present, including Sphinx and Wang Batian, momentarily stunned.
"If that old immortal from Brad Base had come alone today, you might have had a chance... but unfortunately..."
"Hah!"
Before Shen Botian could finish speaking, Sphinx bit his tongue, spat out a mouthful of blood, and rapidly formed a hand seal.
Instantly, the blood-red chains binding Shen Botian erupted with strange black runes, and more blood-red chains appeared on Sphinx's body, merging with the previous ones... wΑp.kanshu伍.net
But no matter what Sphinx did, the spikes on the blood-red chains could no longer penetrate Shen Botian's body.
Not only that, but a faint green light began to emanate from Shen Botian.
"No... impossible... you were sealed by the Blood Seal Marks... you shouldn't be able to mobilize Arcane Energy..."
Sphinx looked incredulous.
"I never said this was Arcane Energy!"
Shen Botian replied calmly, then looked at Wang Batian. "Your lightning-infused attack just now was indeed powerful, but it wasn't a Heavenly Punishment, merely an imitation!"
"The reason it's called Heavenly Punishment is because it carries the power of heaven and earth!"
As he spoke the last sentence, Shen Botian's eyes narrowed. "Heart of Jade!"
With that, a beam of extremely green light erupted from Shen Botian's chest, rapidly expanding.
"This..."
The moment the green light appeared, Ye Feng's pupils contracted, his heart filled with shock.
He felt an incredibly powerful pressure, a pressure he had only experienced once before at the edge of the desert when encountering Heavenly Punishment.
The green light flashed, and Shen Botian's body instantly returned to its original state. His previously disordered aura became deep and long, and the wounds that went bone-deep, the scorched flesh, all vanished...
"Bang~! Crackle!~"
Shen Botian's body trembled, and the blood-red, spiked chains wrapped around him shattered instantly.
He then removed the Blood Seal Marks from his chest, joints, and other areas – black nails engraved with strange runes.
"Attack together!"
Sphinx roared, formed a hand seal, and a blood-red greatsword instantly appeared. He charged at Shen Botian first.
Wang Batian said nothing, his body already launching forward like a cannonball towards Shen Botian.
Facing the ferocious assault from Sphinx and Wang Batian, Shen Botian made no move to dodge, standing his ground.
Just as Sphinx's blood-red greatsword, countless spiked chains, and Wang Batian's crackling great hammer were about to strike Shen Botian, his eyes narrowed. A flash of light appeared in his right hand, and a red wooden sword materialized instantly.
"Whoosh!"
The red wooden sword flashed with a crimson light, instantly cleaving Sphinx's blood-red greatsword and countless blood-red spiked chains. It was about to slice Sphinx in half at the waist.
At that moment, Sphinx's remaining blood-red chains suddenly changed direction, pulling Wang Batian to his side to block in front of him.
"Pfft~ Hiss!"
Wang Batian's chest was instantly pierced, but his lightning-covered great hammer also struck Shen Botian.
"Boom!~ Zzzt!~"
A dull impact sound and the crackle of electricity erupted. Amidst a flash of lightning, Wang Batian's body, just like before, began to emit red light from the inside out, clearly preparing to self-destruct again.
"Boom!"
Seeing this, Shen Botian's eyes narrowed slightly. Green Arcane Energy surged from his left hand, sending Wang Batian flying.
At the same time, the red wooden sword in Shen Botian's right hand unleashed a red slash towards Wang Batian. With a "Zzzt~" sound, it instantly sliced off the greater part of Wang Batian's right shoulder, leaving it hanging precariously...
"Ah!~! Ah~!"
Wang Batian, sent flying backward, let out a piercing scream in mid-air. Sphinx, seizing the opportunity, retreated back into his Blood Futu mecha.
"Bang!~"
After Wang Batian landed, the explosive red light on his body receded. He reached out with his left hand to grip his rapidly detaching arm, attempting to reattach it.
But the next second, his expression changed drastically, because his broken arm did not recover as quickly as he had expected. Furthermore, the wound at the fracture had ignited, and no amount of slapping could extinguish the flames...
"This sword is made from the wood of a parasol tree where a phoenix once nested. The fire it cuts is not mere flame!"
Shen Botian glanced at the wooden sword in his hand, which glowed with a faint red light, and said.
"Good grief..."
Ye Feng, witnessing this scene, was dumbfounded.
After all, only a few breaths ago, Shen Botian had been severely injured and on the verge of death. Now, not only had he fully recovered, but he had also instantly killed Wang Batian...
Even though Ye Feng had initially suspected Shen Botian had been holding back some strength, this was far too outrageous...
"Blood Art: Netherworld Blood Coffin!"
At this moment, Sphinx's voice, suppressed by immense pain, rang out.
As his voice fell, Sphinx's Blood Futu mecha suddenly tore apart. Sphinx, now positioned between the mecha's components, looked like a bloody figure, with a large amount of blood energy and blood droplets drifting in the air.
The Blood Futu mecha components, upon contact with Sphinx's blood, instantly emitted an eerie red light, and a large number of strange runes emerged.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!~"
The next moment, all the Blood Futu mecha components streaked towards Shen Botian. The eerie red light and blood-red runes flickered, and combined with the mecha components, they instantly formed a blood-red coffin, wider at the top and narrower at the bottom, enveloping Shen Botian.
The blood-red coffin bore a striking resemblance to the vampire coffins seen in old vampire movies, especially with an inverted cross on its upper surface.
"Blood Art: Dark Burial!"
Sphinx roared, forming another hand seal.
"Buzz!~"
The blood-red coffin vibrated violently. A blood-red ripple spread across the sky, seemingly distorting space itself, sending a sense of heart-pounding dread to Ye Feng and Shen Yun Yao in the distance.
Starting from the cross, the blood-red coffin's eerie red color began to deepen to a blackish red, finally turning completely black. Liquid began to seep rapidly from its black surface, dripping downwards – it was bright red blood...
"Urgh!~ Hah!"
Shen Botian's muffled groans, suppressed by immense pain, emanated from the blood-red coffin suspended in mid-air.
"Shing~ Clang~!"
"Sizzle!~"
Subsequently, strange cutting and impact sounds, accompanied by burning noises, echoed from within the blood-red coffin, which had turned completely black and was dripping blood.
Soon, cracks began to appear on the blood-red coffin, revealing dazzling fire-red light from within...
The fire-red light pulsed and grew, and finally, with a "Boom crackle~ Whoosh~" sound, the blood-red coffin shattered...
"How... how is this possible? This... this is the power of the Blood Ancestor..."
Sphinx, his face pale and devoid of color, muttered to himself, utterly disbelieving.
...