Chapter 579: Hundred Li of Cinnabar (II)
As the seawater rained back down, a deep and foreboding silence settled over the ocean. Only the soft patter of raindrops on the surface could be heard.
Li Xuanfeng remained steady, bow drawn and ready. A veteran of countless battles, he knew better than to assume the beast was dead.
Sure enough, moments later, a streak of white light shot upward from the ocean, soaring like a gull toward the horizon. But another arrow was already loosed, striking the white light dead center and shattering it into a mist of crimson.
Red rain cascaded from the heavens as Li Xuanfeng approached, his dark armor glinting ominously. The crimson mist spread, staining the sky and ocean alike with its vibrant hue.
The crimson mist spread across the sky, thick and vibrant, like fresh blood dripping into water, rapidly diffusing outward. Against the backdrop of pitch-black storm clouds, it created an unsettlingly horrific sight, enveloping the sea and the heavens above in a suffocating red hue.
A resounding boom shattered the silence as a bright silver lightning bolt streaked across the sky. Li Xuanfeng raised his hand, the black-gold gauntlet he wore now tainted with streaks of crimson, giving it an even fiercer and more menacing appearance.
"Cinnabar…" he muttered.
The expansive crimson fog blanketed an area of a hundred li in every direction. Even the market island nearby was dusted with this eerie red powder. The blood-colored mist blotted out the sky and sun, dyeing the sea an unnerving shade of red. Fish leaped and thrashed about in agitation, their movements creating ripples across the stained waters.
The water ape had tried to shield its head with mana, intending to use its escape technique to flee. However, it was struck down by Li Xuanfeng's arrow, its body dissolving into a vast expanse of cinnabar that concealed the heavens. Mercury-like droplets hovered amidst the crimson mist, propelled by residual mana, their translucent white-gray brilliance shimmering in the red haze. The scene was a breathtaking yet chilling spectacle of red mist interspersed with silver sparks.