Oh crap, I overdid the taunt.
Huai Shi's vision went dark for what seemed like the umpteenth time today, and he immediately felt an icy sensation in his abdomen. When he looked down, he saw a hard, jointed limb impaling his torso.
In that moment, as ripples of blood spread, both were blasted away.
Right after, they saw Qi Yuan raise his hands, responding to the black blood in the sky, and violently push down. Countless blood droplets converged into a cloud, from which numerous blood arrows shot down, indiscriminately enveloping everything within a ten-meter radius.
Even the sturdy columns were pierced with large holes by the blood arrows, and from those holes sprouted various plants that didn't look decorative, all writhing and clawing.
With no leverage mid-air... As if! Huai Shi pointed, and a rope shot out, winding around a column behind him, violently yanking him out of the AOE's attack range.
Fooled ya? I'm Spiderman!