Chapter 1735: The Proper Way to Use the Dark Moon Pearl

Zhao Hongxue was enveloped by a sea of crimson flames. As seawater approached within a hundred feet of her, it immediately turned into thick mist, unable to harm her in the slightest. She knew very well that if this continued, she would be in danger.

Zhao Hongxue changed her incantation. Dense crimson runes emerged on her body, and a dazzling crimson fire light shot towards the sky. Her entire body erupted in crimson flames, causing the void to vibrate and distort. Crimson runes suddenly appeared one by one, then blurred and transformed into crimson fireballs. Tens of thousands of crimson fireballs converged, forming an immense sea of crimson flames, and the temperature sharply rose.

Instantly, everything visible was ablaze in crimson. Fierce flames rolled violently, vast amounts of seawater evaporated, and the sea began to boil. The astonishing heat nearly warped space itself.

Burning mountains and boiling seas! This was the first time Zhao Hongxue had unleashed this divine ability in a life-or-death battle; normally, she would hold back. The astounding heat caused large quantities of seawater to evaporate, yet strangely, there was no sign of the sea diminishing; instead, it continued to churn violently.

The crimson sea of flames surged violently, transforming into a thousand-foot-long crimson fire python that, radiating immense heat, lunged towards the boiling seawater.

*Boom!*

Three Kui Water Strongmen exploded, dissolving into countless blue water arrows that shot towards Zhao Hongxue. However, as the blue water arrows approached within a hundred feet of her, they instantly evaporated. The seawater churned violently, and a blue giant over three hundred feet tall emerged from the surface – a Kui Water Strongman. This particular strongman was three times more powerful than the previous ones.

It moved its arms, striking the void towards Zhao Hongxue. The sea surged fiercely, raising a colossal wave that rapidly moved and transformed into two blue water dragons, each hundreds of feet long, heading straight for Zhao Hongxue. Zhao Hongxue's expression turned cold. The small red mirror in her hand emitted thousands of red glows, enveloping all the seawater and the two blue water dragons.

"Shatter!"

Zhao Hongxue changed her incantation, and the crimson sea of flames suddenly burst apart, transforming into tens of thousands of crimson fire blades that slashed out in all directions.

*Booming sounds!*

The seawater suddenly exploded, and this entire world seemed on the verge of collapse. Soon, however, specks of blue mist emerged in the void, and the world returned to normal.

The seawater churned violently, raising a giant wave over a hundred feet high. Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan stood atop the wave, their expressions calm. Wang Ruyan began to play, and a series of melodious pipa notes suddenly resonated.

The Underworld Moon Pearl was one of Wang Changsheng's trump cards, but this magical treasure required skill to use. His previous attempt with the Underworld Moon Pearl had been a failure. Although he cultivated water-element techniques, he couldn't directly control the Underworld Moon Water. He could only use Ten-Thousand-Year Black Jade and Grand Yin Divine Crystals to encapsulate the Underworld Moon Water and launch a surprise attack.

Zhao Hongxue was too difficult to deal with. Wang Changsheng was not confident of victory in a short period and intended to deploy the Underworld Moon Pearl. With the experience from his previous failure, he now knew how to use it.

He raised his right hand high and grasped at the void. The seawater surged violently, forming a blue tornado over a hundred feet tall, heading directly for Zhao Hongxue. Initially, there was one blue tornado, but soon a second, then a third appeared... In less than ten breaths, twenty blue tornados emerged on the sea surface, all rushing towards Zhao Hongxue. Wang Changsheng flicked his sleeve, and an Underworld Moon Pearl flew out, submerging into the seawater.

The Kui Water Strongman reached towards the seawater below. Countless streams of water rose, forming a five-hundred-foot-long blue spear. A light blue orb, seemingly unremarkable with no spiritual energy fluctuations on its surface, was embedded in the spearhead.

Zhao Hongxue frowned deeply. She took out an ancient-looking red lotus lamp. After infusing it with spiritual energy, the lamp suddenly radiated intense red light. Its wick ignited automatically, emitting astonishing heat and overwhelming spiritual energy, clearly indicating it was also a spirit treasure. She cast an incantation, and the red lotus lamp emitted a sky-shattering bird cry. With a flash of red light, a vast expanse of crimson flames swept out. After blurring, they transformed into a crimson fire sparrow over a hundred feet in size. All the crimson flames surrounding Zhao Hongxue surged towards the fire sparrow.

The crimson fire sparrow's size rapidly increased, suddenly becoming a gigantic crimson bird ten miles wide, like a moving volcano, as it charged forward.

*Rumbling!*

The crimson fire sparrow collided with the twenty blue tornados. The tornados burst apart into a thick mist. Wherever the fire sparrow passed, the seawater boiled, and the void vibrated and distorted. The crimson fire sparrow crashed into the Kui Water Strongman. The strongman instantly dissolved into countless white mists, and the Underworld Moon Pearl fell into the seawater. The crimson fire sparrow, with overwhelming momentum, flew directly towards Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan.

Before they could evade, a swath of red light descended from the sky, enveloping Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan's bodies. The crimson fire sparrow seized the opportunity and crashed into them. With an earth-shattering roar, a ten-thousand-foot-high tidal wave erupted from the sea surface.

"A clone!" A hint of surprise appeared in Zhao Hongxue's eyes. The Green Lotus Immortal Couple's clone was so realistic that she hadn't detected it.

A piercing saber hum rang out, and hundreds of blue saber energies, each over a hundred feet long, assailed Zhao Hongxue from all directions, as if to chop her into minced meat. Zhao Hongxue performed an incantation. The Li Yan Shield rapidly rotated, while raging flames erupted around her, protecting her entire body. A series of booming explosions ensued, as she blocked all hundred blue saber energies.

A hazy green sound wave swept forth, instantly reaching Zhao Hongxue. Zhao Hongxue's expression shifted slightly. The crimson sea of flames around her churned violently, transforming into a hundred-foot-long crimson fire python that met the green sound wave. An astonishing scene unfolded: the green sound wave collided with the crimson fire python. The fire python's body completely shattered, dissolving into countless crimson flames. The green sound wave bypassed the Li Yan Shield, pierced through Zhao Hongxue's protective spiritual light, and swept past her body.

She felt a sharp pain in her internal organs, as if someone had forcefully squeezed them. She opened her mouth and spat out a large mouthful of blood. It was fortunate that her defenses had weakened the sound wave's power; had she faced it directly, she would surely have died.

A whooshing sound echoed, and hundreds of blue ice fists flew towards her. Even before they drew near, an bone-chilling cold permeated the air. Wherever the blue ice fists passed, seawater froze, and flames dissipated.

"Heavenly Blue Snow Crystal!"

Zhao Hongxue's brows furrowed tightly. She dared not take the attack head-on, but before she could evade, an unbearable pain surged through her sea of consciousness, as if someone were striking her head with a long awl.

Soul Splitting Thorn!

By the time she recovered, hundreds of blue ice fists had already reached her, successively smashing into the Li Yan Shield and Zhao Hongxue's protective spiritual light. The blue ice fists exploded upon impact with the Li Yan Shield, transforming into a large expanse of blue ice shards. When the blue ice fists struck Zhao Hongxue's protective spiritual light, they also shattered, and her protective spiritual light froze.

After a series of muffled thuds, Zhao Hongxue's protective spiritual light was shattered. A black orb shot out from the ice shards and suddenly exploded, transforming into countless black liquid droplets. The temperature plummeted as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and all the crimson flames around her dissipated.

"Underworld Moon Water!"

Zhao Hongxue exclaimed, her body radiating intense fiery light as she tried to use a fire escape technique to flee. At that moment, however, another wave of excruciating pain surged through her sea of consciousness. A large expanse of Underworld Moon Water splashed onto Zhao Hongxue. Her body visibly began to freeze, and the ice layer was black. Before her entire body could be frozen, her physical form suddenly burst apart. A miniature Nascent Soul flew out of her body, its face filled with panic.

A gigantic red pagoda descended from the sky, emitting a swath of red light that enveloped the miniature Nascent Soul and drew it inside. The black liquid fell into the seawater, which rapidly froze, with the ice layer spreading quickly.

*Boom!*

With a tremendous roar, this world collapsed, and Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan saw the light of day again. Wang Changsheng held a red storage ring in his hand, his face filled with joy. As expected, the Underworld Moon Pearl worked best when combined with the chilling aura of the Heavenly Blue Snow Crystal; simply deploying the Pearl directly wouldn't achieve a surprise attack. They had destroyed Zhao Hongxue's physical body and obtained two spirit treasures. Unfortunately, one of the spirit treasures had been tainted by the Underworld Moon Water and was destroyed, which was indeed a pity.