Just as the tip of the bronze sword reached the Soul Lamp, Star Sand erupted from the cracks in Su Jiuli’s spine. The grains coalesced into a tortoise-shell shield, its surface engraved with a Taotie pattern that clamped down on the blade. Sparks showered into the deep sea, illuminating a crisscrossing network of bronze gullies on the seabed—a Star Orbit scaled down ten thousand times!
The phantom of the First Generation Patriarch let out a cold sneer that tasted of rust.
The sword twisted, and the seventy-two Soul Lamps shifted in response. Within the flames, residual souls wailed and coalesced into chains. The ends of the chains lashed around the Female Infant’s neck, carving bloody star-shaped scars into the tribulation mark on her forehead. Su Jiuli’s pupils contracted violently; the arrangement of those marks was identical to the puppet-spell seal that had once scarred Lin Xuan’s spine.
Chapter 86