Thick blood clouds easily enveloped the entire mountain range, spreading and engulfing Black Seal City, swallowing it all.
For a moment, the entire Black Seal City was gripped by panic. As the inhabitants looked up at the blood-red clouds overhead, fear welled up in their hearts.
What a sight! Blood clouds blanketed the world, streaks of blood-red lightning loomed, occasionally intertwining. Instead of the expected thunderous roar, a boundless blood-red light erupted. The already gloomy sky was instantly stained with blood. As the blood-red light shone, an endless hue filled the air.
The sight of the people of Black Seal City revealed a strange, blood-red world, a repressive aura permeating this world, creating an unparalleled sense of oppression!
Whether they were Dou Ling masters or Dou Wang warriors who stumbled upon Black Seal City, all felt a suffocating, death-defying sensation beneath this divine might. The Dou Qi coursing through their bodies began to stagnate, and a throbbing from the depths of their souls caused their bodies to tremble slightly.
"Run!"
someone shouted from the dense crowd, and the black mass of people suddenly became chaotic, scrambling to escape the city.
At this moment, the advantages of high Dou Qi cultivation were apparent. Several figures transformed their Dou Qi into wings, transforming into streams of light and fleeing Black Seal City first.
"You're courting death! Get out of here!" A burly man, his eyes gleaming with a fierce glare, and with his massive fist, shimmering with a yellowish-brown halo, he unleashed a punch at the person in front of him.
"Bang!"
The head of the person in front of the burly man instantly exploded like a watermelon, splattering red and white all over those around him.
Yet, the burly man's actions seemed perfectly normal in the throng of people. Long before the man's actions, a significant number had already begun their brutal rampage, desperate to forge a path out of Black Seal City.
In a matter of moments, the streets of Black Seal City were littered with broken limbs and corpses, gurgling crimson blood, and the thick, bloody odor filled the air.
A bloody world, bloody clouds, bloody energy, a "sea of blood"—a hellish scene that intensified the people's madness. Some of the most bloodthirsty individuals simply gave up on escape, giving themselves up to the bloodbath and launching indiscriminate attacks.
Meanwhile, within the Yu Pavilion of Black Seal City, a tranquil scene contrasted with the sea of blood and corpses outside. A burly, powerful man stood outside the ornately decorated gates. "
I hope he's alright!" the burly man, known as Tiewu, muttered to himself.
He raised his head slightly, gazing at the blood-soaked sky, his face filled with solemnity. Even as a Dou Huang, he felt a sense of powerlessness in this blood-red world. He felt insignificant, like a lone boat in the vast ocean, where even a single wave could plunge him into irretrievable doom!
Suddenly, a white-haired elder hurried to Tie Wu's side, a look of panic on his face.
"Fourth Elder, several deacons in the hall are getting restless. They're saying we should evacuate Black Seal City first and make plans after the storm has passed. I'm sure the Pavilion Master and the others will understand."
Tie Wu felt this made some sense. Furthermore, blocking the Feather Pavilion, he could only hold it in check temporarily. Over time, the deacons would inevitably unite and flee. In this moment of life and death, their loyalty to the Feather Pavilion would be nothing to the people of the Black Horn Territory!
Honestly, upon witnessing this apocalyptic scene, his first instinct was to flee. However, the soul seal deep within his soul constantly reminded him that defending offered a glimmer of hope, while fleeing would spell certain death!
Pavilion Master… Tiewu's expression was uncertain, but he ultimately ordered everyone to evacuate, taking the pavilion's precious belongings.
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"Boom!"
Outside Black Seal City, a sudden, muffled thunder erupted. The blood-red lightning within the blood cloud mingled with increasing intensity, and intermittent flashes of blood-red light flashed across the sky, as if something terrifying was brewing within the blood cloud.
Simultaneously, a blood-red curtain, vast enough to cover the entire world, slowly descended, silently enveloping the entire Demon Flame Valley, the Black Emperor Sect, and others.
When Mo Tianxing realized everyone present was enveloped by the blood-red barrier-like curtain, his expression darkened. He had initially harbored a hope that the six-winged blood shadow in the sky would not affect the Black Emperor Sect as well, but now it seemed clear that it was intent on wiping them all out!
"Everyone, unite and charge out! Otherwise, we'll all die!" Mo Tianxing roared, then took the lead. A chilling golden light shot out from his sleeve, slamming fiercely onto the blood-red curtain.
"Bang!"
A blood-red ripple spread, and the blood-red curtain's color dimmed slightly under the impact of the golden light, but quickly returned to its original state as the blood energy surged.
Mo Tianxing naturally noticed this change, and a flicker of joy crossed his face. There was hope! If they all combined their attacks to strike the blood-red curtain, they should be able to create a gap in it, enough for them to escape!
"Hurry!" Mo Tianxing turned and shouted to the crowd.
Everyone also noticed the changes in the blood-red curtain and, without hesitation, unleashed their fighting skills. Energy attacks of various colors instantly formed, gradually converging into one, and blasted towards the blood-red curtain.
At this moment, something unexpected happened!
Two old figures suddenly appeared in front of the giant, multicolored energy pillar formed by the convergence of numerous attacks.
As Su Qian and Old Man Yingshan waved their hands, an abnormal spatial fluctuation emerged above the multicolored energy pillar. The distorted space, with a suction force, swallowed up the energy above the pillar.
At the same time, Su Qian spun his palms slightly, and a powerful fighting spirit gushed out from his palms, shaking the space slightly. With a sudden wave of his sleeves, a powerful stream of fighting spirit suddenly appeared out of thin air and shot towards the multicolored light pillar.
At the same time, Old Man Yingshan also made a move. A sharp handleless dagger appeared in his hand. As his gray-white nails flicked on the dagger, with a crisp sound, a silver-white light wrapped in the power of space crossed the space and collided with the multicolored light pillar together with the fighting spirit released by Su Qian.
"Bang!"
A massive energy explosion erupted, unleashing a deafening, blood-red wave of energy that destroyed every tree and rock in its path.
Within this wave of energy, a thin, multicolored beam of light struck the blood-red curtain without causing any pain, stirring only a subtle ripple before dissipating.
"Su Qian, Elder Yingshan, it's time now! Even if there's a huge grudge between us, we must escape this blood-red barrier first! Do you intend for us all to perish here?" Mo Tianxing's face shone with an uncontrollable rage. If it weren't for these two men's interference, he might have already escaped!
Su Qian sneered, his eyes filled with amusement, but he didn't explain to Mo Tianxing and the others that the moment Liu Yu appeared, he had already secretly signaled to him to join forces and stop these people from the Black Emperor Sect and the Demon Flame Valley!
Elder Yingshan's face remained expressionless. His situation was similar to Su Qian's. As he hesitated, a voice suddenly echoed in his mind. It was Liu Yu, naturally, trying to recruit him. If he agreed to become a guest elder of Yu Pavilion, Liu Yu would promise to help him advance his Dou Qi cultivation, even reaching the realm of Dou Zun, the pinnacle of Dou Qi Continent power!
Although somewhat surprised that Liu Yu was a member of Yu Pavilion, after careful consideration, Elder Yingshan accepted Liu Yu's invitation. There was a deeper reason behind this: while observing Liu Yu's battle with the Earth Demon Elder, he had sensed a flash of indescribably terrifying soul power. He knew that the
Earth Demon Elder could never possess such power, so it could only be Liu Yu! In terms of soul power, especially the application of soul power, Elder Yingshan boasted that even high-level alchemists could not match him, which was why he could sense that hidden yet powerful soul power.
Therefore, he understood Liu Yu's terrifying power more clearly than anyone else present. Even the Seven-Star Dou Zong-level Earth Demon Old Ghost might not have survived his clutches, let alone those of them, low- and mid-level Dou Zongs! Abandoning the dark and joining the light was the best option!
Meanwhile, in the center of the blood-colored world, Liu Yu's six blood-colored wings unfurled, adorned by two divine wheels emitting an unfathomable aura. Three thousand silver threads fluttered in the wind, and his deep, brilliant red eyes shone with boundless blood. A strange, blood-colored glow flickered within, drawing
people in like a spell. As the creator of this blood-colored world, Liu Yu was fully aware of every move within the Blood Realm.
When he unleashed the blood thunder of his Blood Thunder Sky Wings, he hadn't anticipated that its concentration required the formation of a domain—the Thunder Blood Domain!
The Thunder Blood Domain was the Blood Thunder Sky Wing's hidden, unique ability, unleashed only when blood thunder was concentrated.
Sensing the blood thunder still brewing within the endless blood cloud, Liu Yu also turned his gaze away. An invisible force gathered in his eyes, as if endowed with "clairvoyance." His gaze pierced through the blood-colored curtain, traversing layers of void space, and settled on a vast mountain range in the northern reaches of the Black Horn Territory.
He had already marked the Earth Demon Old Ghost with his soul mark during their battle. With his current mid-level spiritual realm, as long as the Earth Demon Old Ghost didn't escape the Black Horn Territory, he could find him wherever he hid. Just as he had predicted, the Earth Demon Old Ghost had fled back to the Devil Flame Valley.
"Thousand Illusionary Bodies!"
Liu Yu thought, and an identical Illusionary body, as his form vanished, appeared in the center of the Blood Realm. With Liu Yu's current strength, while he couldn't condense a thousand Illusionary Bodies, he could certainly condense dozens, and condensing just one was even easier.
This phantom possessed only 50% of his strength, its primary purpose serving as the Thunder Blood Domain's "driver" and "power source." As for the battle, the situation had now reached a stalemate. He needed to first deal with the "treasure-delivering boy," the old demon. Otherwise, if he were to take all the treasures from the Devil Flame Valley, it would be self-defeating.
...
The Devil Flame Valley was nestled within a vast valley nestled in a mountain range in the northern Black Horn Territory.
Deep within the Devil Flame Valley, within a cave hidden behind a stone wall, within a storeroom, a blood-haired old man, his aura slightly weakened, was continuously looting the storeroom's various treasures. In a short while, he had emptied the vast storeroom, save for four quaint wooden boxes at the far end.
The blood-haired old man, the Earth Demon Old Ghost whom Liu Yu had deliberately let flee, after performing Spatial Blood Escape and sensing that the person who had broken his palm hadn't caught up with him, immediately returned to the Devil Flame Valley, intending to collect its treasures before escaping the Black Horn Region.
As for the Devil Flame Valley, the Earth Demon Old Ghost had naturally given up on it. As long as he was alive, he could easily make a comeback.
With a soft sigh, a flicker of regret flashed across the Earth Demon Old Ghost's sunken eyes. But now that things had come to this, he could only survive.
Looking at the four ancient wooden boxes before him, shielded by a faint light barrier, the Earth Demon Old Ghost's gloomy mood eased considerably. His withered hands quickly formed hand seals, and with the emergence of a strange spatial fluctuation, the light barrier surrounding the four ancient boxes slowly faded and vanished.
This was a spatial protective barrier he had created with his own unique method. Only he could open it; forcibly destroying it would only destroy the contents within.
After retrieving the wooden box, the Earth Demon Old Ghost attempted to flee the Black Horn Territory. The moment he turned, an invisible nail silently pierced his forehead. Without even a scream, he was plunged into endless darkness.
Meanwhile, Liu Yu slowly emerged from the storeroom and glanced at the Earth Demon Old Ghost, lying facedown on the ground, his heart unmoved.
This "Soul-Destroying Nail" is a soul-destroying technique from the "Xuantian Soul Art." It directly targets the soul of another, obliterating its very essence. The Earth Demon Old Ghost was practically dead.
Using his soul power, he absorbed the ring from the Earth Demon Old Ghost's withered finger. The immense soul force instantly obliterated the soul mark on it, and he retrieved four pristine wooden boxes.
The first box contained two impressive silver scrolls: one containing the intermediate-level Earth-rank thunder-attribute technique "Benleijian," and the other containing the accompanying combat technique "Jingzhe Thunder Method," also at the intermediate-level Earth-rank.
These two volumes, both containing intermediate-level Earth-rank thunder-attributed combat techniques, are truly rare treasures. Their appearance in even Zhongzhou would cause a huge stir! They could serve as a valuable asset for Yuge.
After putting them away, Liu Yu opened the second wooden box, revealing a crimson scroll. "Flame Manipulation Technique"—as Liu Yu unfolded it, three fiery red characters came into view.
Liu Yu imagined this to be an upgraded version of the Flame Manipulation Technique, allowing a single person to condense a "fake strange fire." It was a truly rare treasure. While Liu Yu wasn't particularly interested in it, it could serve as a valuable asset for Yuge.