At the foot of the mountain, the Blood Butcher's eyes burned red as he stared at the impenetrable tortoise shell light barrier, reinforced by the earth's veins. He glanced at the Blood Fiend Corpse King, who had been pushed back and was now weak, the last trace of gloom in his eyes completely consumed by madness.
"The power of the earth veins… Heh, so what if you can draw upon it?"
"Today, this Hidden Profound Sect, I will crush it!" He bit down hard on his tongue, and his Vital Essence Blood, hot and sweet, gushed out. Blood mist filled the air, carrying a dense life force and the most evil and foul energies, erupting with a boom. With a flip of his withered hand, the diamond-shaped crystal, condensed from the blood of countless living beings, was now in his palm, radiating an eerie red glow.
"With my Vital Essence Blood as the guide, ten thousand souls as the sacrifice, the Blood God descends!" The Blood Butcher's face twisted, looking like a madman, as he sprayed all of his Vital Essence Blood onto the Crimson Banner, which was fluttering in the wind. At the same time, his other hand pressed the blood-red crystal firmly into the center of the banner! Buzz—! The banner, like a starved demon encountering rain after a long drought, suddenly erupted with intense blood-red light that devoured all light.
In an instant, a hundred-foot radius turned into a viscous, blood-red purgatory, the air filled with a nauseating stench of blood. On the banner, countless hideous skulls came to life, their hollow jaws opening and closing silently, emitting a soundless roar that shook the soul. The crimson crystal, like an Evil Heart that had just awakened, thumped "thump-thump" in the center of the banner.
It greedily drew the Blood Butcher's Vital Essence Blood and spiritual energy, and his figure visibly shriveled a notch, his face as pale as paper. Not only that, the crystal forcibly pulled countless Specters and Vicious Souls, recently deceased and filled with resentment, from the void! The blurred and distorted shadows of the souls emitted shrill screams, struggling to squeeze out of the banner, each in different forms, some still retaining their pre-death appearance. As soon as these soul shadows appeared, they brought endless resentment and hunger, and pounced toward the Blood Fiend Corpse King, who had struggled back up in the distant forest!
"Roar—!!!" With the Myriad Souls Blood Sacrifice upon him, the Blood Fiend Corpse King let out a deafening roar that almost tore the air apart, causing the mountains to rumble and stones to fall! Under its originally dark red skin, countless strange blood-red patterns rapidly wriggled, spread, and bulged, soon covering its entire body.
These patterns emitted an ominous, dark light, containing the deepest malice in the world. Its body expanded again, its bones creaking under the strain, its strength, speed, and resilience all increasing at a terrifying rate. In its crimson eyes, the last trace of confusion disappeared, leaving only pure violence and the will to destroy, with no trace of intelligence!
Even more alarming, it suddenly opened its maw, and a mass of viscous, ink-like, black-red Demonic Flames coalesced. These Demonic Flames radiated a soul-searing, bone-corroding heat, spewing forth like a poisonous dragon's breath, viciously slamming into the Seventy-Two Layer Earth Fiend Tortoise Shell Formation's light barrier!
Hiss—! The black-red Demonic Flames touched the tortoise shell light barrier, which flowed with a green, watery light, erupting in a sharp, corrosive sound, like hot oil splashing onto a branding iron. The light barrier vibrated violently, the green, watery light on it dimming at an astonishing speed. The replenishment speed of the earth's spiritual energy was even struggling to keep up with the burning of these bizarre Demonic Flames! The thickness of the formation's light barrier was rapidly thinning!
"Not good!" Chen Changqing's expression changed drastically. That scorching and foul aura penetrated the formation's barrier, causing his chest to churn with qi and blood. He dared not be the slightest bit negligent, pushing the Great Purity Water Essence Scripture to its limit. The true essence within his body flowed like a dam bursting, continuously pouring into the formation's eyes, desperately maintaining the stability of the light barrier. However, the power of the Blood Fiend Demonic Flames was simply too terrifying, clinging to the bone like a maggot, constantly eroding and consuming the formation's power.
"Senior Brother!" Seeing this, Lin Wanqing's pretty face instantly lost its color. She gritted her teeth, unleashing the Green Frost Sword Qi without reservation. The cold, sharp sword light transformed into streaks of green light, continuously washing over the black-red Demonic Flames attached to the light barrier, attempting to dispel that foul and evil force. Just then, the Blood Fiend Corpse King roared again, and another, even more condensed mass of Blood Fiend Demonic Flames spewed out! This time, its target was clear, directly aimed at Chen Changqing, who was unable to be distracted as he was fully focused on maintaining the formation!
Fast! Too fast! The angle was also extremely tricky! Chen Changqing's mind was mostly consumed by the operation of the vast formation, and it was too late to dodge!
"Senior Brother, be careful!" At this critical moment, Lin Wanqing let out a short, startled cry. Almost out of pure instinct, her petite figure stepped forward, resolutely standing in front of Chen Changqing. The Green Frost Sword in her hand blazed with light, and she swung it with all her might, attempting to intercept the fatal Demonic Flames!
Pfft! Although the Green Frost Sword Qi was extremely sharp, when it encountered these demonic flames, it was like the last snow of spring meeting the scorching sun, instantly melting away. A small wisp of black-red flame brushed past the trembling sword, splashing onto her snow-white left arm!
"Ugh!" Lin Wanqing let out a suppressed cry of pain. An indescribable agony, accompanied by the pain of flesh being burned by strong acid, instantly swept through her body! That wisp of flame, though small, was extremely vicious. The instant it touched her snow-white skin, it made a "hissing" sound. Her smooth and delicate arm instantly turned black and festered, even revealing the ghastly white bone! A thick black aura, along with the hideous wound, snaked its way into her body like a venomous serpent, spreading deep into her meridians!
"Wanqing!" Chen Changqing's pupils contracted to the size of needles, and boundless fury, as if frozen for ten thousand years, exploded in his chest! His usually calm eyes were now filled with bone-chilling coldness and brutal killing intent! He could endure his own pain, endure the pressure from strong enemies, but he absolutely could not tolerate his junior sister suffering such injuries to protect him!
Blood Fiend Sect! Blood Butcher! Blood Fiend Corpse King! You... all seek death!!!
"Suppress!" Chen Changqing roared, his voice like thunder, holding nothing back! With a thought, the Seventy-Two Layer Earth Fiend Tortoise Shell Formation's light surged ten thousand zhang! Within the formation, the seventy-two vague and majestic Earth Fiend Star Lords' phantoms simultaneously let out a roar that shook the heavens. They no longer defended separately, but instead concentrated all the formation's power, along with the vast earth vein power that had just been added and not yet completely refined, into a single point! A golden pillar of light, thicker, more condensed, and more dazzling than any previous attack, tore through the night sky, like a divine spear of heavenly punishment descending upon the world! The light pillar, carrying the imposing heavenly might to suppress all evil and purify everything, fiercely blasted towards the still-rampaging Blood Fiend Corpse King!
"Arooo——!" The Blood Fiend Corpse King seemed to sense the impending doom from the golden pillar of light, letting out a roar of both shock and fury. It instinctively crossed its thick arms in front of its chest, the blood-red patterns on its body flashing wildly, attempting to withstand this world-destroying blow.
BOOM——!!! The golden pillar of light slammed squarely onto the Blood Fiend Corpse King's crossed arms! Unimaginable, terrifying energy erupted! Pure yang energy and the heavy power of earth vein suppression, with the force of a landslide, instantly tore apart the corpse king's tough Blood Fiend Defense! Crack! A crisp and piercing sound of bone cracking clearly entered everyone's ears! The Blood Fiend Corpse King's sturdy arms, capable of withstanding ordinary magic treasures, were actually broken by this attack that concentrated the formation's full power! Its huge body flew backward like a tattered sack, heavily crashing into the forest behind, stirring up the sky with dust, broken wood and stones, and fell silent.
One strike, severely wounded!
However, just as Chen Changqing's eyes were splitting with rage, preparing to pursue the victory at all costs and completely annihilate this fiend. The Blood Butcher down the mountain, not only showed no sign of shock or anger on his face, but instead, spread a very strange smile, that was filled with a morbid excitement.
"Heh heh heh… Finally willing to use your full strength? Very good… very good…" He chuckled hoarsely, not caring at all about the Blood Fiend Corpse King's life or death, which he had spent countless efforts to refine, as if he had been waiting for this moment to arrive.
In the next instant, Blood Butcher abruptly raised his hand. In his palm, he held a crimson jade talisman. The talisman was etched with bizarre, intricate patterns far more complex and wicked than those on the Crimson Banner, a sight that caused one's soul to tremble and a sense of foreboding to arise just from a single glance. A flicker of resolute determination flashed in his eyes as he crushed the jade talisman without hesitation!
Crack!
The talisman shattered, transforming into countless tiny crimson motes of light, like bloodthirsty fireflies. Following this, a terrifyingly thick blood-red pillar of light shot up from the inconspicuous Black-Canvassed Boat beneath Blood Butcher's feet! The pillar of light tore through the dense clouds, piercing the black night sky, aiming to reach the highest heavens!
An aura a hundred million times more terrifying than the Drought Demon's remnant soul, the enhanced Blood Fiend Corpse King, or even Blood Butcher himself, began to descend along this pillar of light that pierced the heavens and earth! It was a terrifying aura from the deepest depths of the Nine Nether Purgatory, ancient, evil, filled with death and despair, causing souls to freeze and shudder!
This was Blood Butcher's true trump card! Sacrificing to the demonic banner, strengthening the Corpse King, even allowing him to be severely injured by Chen Changqing—all of it was a smokescreen! His true objective was merely to force out Chen Changqing's trump cards, to drain his mental energy and strength, and to buy enough time and opportunity for this ultimate, most terrifying summoning!
Some indescribable, terrifying entity was about to cross the boundaries of worlds!
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