99: Mysterious Yin Netherworld Dharma Body, dancing across a hundred miles of heaven and earth

"Three days have already passed."

In the small courtyard, Yu Xuzi looked up at the sky.

He could see that Lei Huo Mountain was about to collapse.

However, he naturally didn't feel the same panic as the other Cultivators; he could flee at any time.

He only stayed here out of a desire to watch the excitement, wanting to see if any other variables would appear.

"Rumble!!!"

The deafening roar continued throughout the night. The Crimson Blood Demon King tirelessly bombarded the Formation with its body, wings, and blood flames.

Venerable Huixing's myriad souls malice banner stirred up a hundred-mile Xuan Yin evil cloud, eroding the Formation barrier day and night, as countless vengeful souls and fierce ghosts shrieked incessantly.

The light of the Mountain Protecting Grand Formation flickered unsteadily, with subtle cracks appearing in many places. It was only held up by the underground Spiritual Vein, the massive hoard of Spirit Stones, and the magic power of The Two Sages of Lei Huo.

The Marketplace was already in a mess.

Low-level Cultivators suffered many casualties, panic spread, and feelings of despair continued to ferment.

Chaos began to breed, and the situation started to spiral out of control.

The Marketplace Guard Team, which used to be so powerful, now looked as if they had lost their parents, no longer possessing their former glory.

Those from the Xuan Yin Palace were hardly good people; they were capable of slaughtering living beings and performing blood sacrifices on Cultivators!

Who wouldn't be afraid?

Meanwhile, Yu Ting and True Man Yu Yan no longer made any strong statements. They simply kept their faces grim and reinforced the Formation to hold their ground. Facing Venerable Huixing's increasingly foul insults and provocations, they refused to step out of the Formation by even half a step.

Going out meant death; holding on still offered a chance of survival.

The third day.

The setting sun once again dipped in the west, dyeing the clouds at the horizon the color of blood. Interwoven with the Xuan Yin evil clouds filling the sky, it looked exceptionally eerie.

The Crimson Blood Demon King gathered its strength once more. Its massive body coiled up, its shadowy wings fully spread, and a dazzling radiance flowed over its crimson scales, gradually spreading from its tail to its neck.

Clearly, it was brewing an unprecedented heavy strike.

"Roar—!!!"

The Crimson Blood Demon King opened its giant maw, and a pillar of blood-colored snake breath, over twenty zhang thick and stretching for more than ten miles, gushed out. In an instant, it slammed directly into the Formation.

"Crack—!"

A crisp, loud sound rang out. The spiritual light of the Formation began to dim rapidly, and visible cracks gradually spread across more than half of the barrier. The expressions of The Two Sages of Lei Huo changed drastically.

"Not good!"

"Hold on quickly!!"

They once again mobilized the little magic power left in their bodies. The veins on their foreheads bulged as they worked together, pushing upward with both hands!

"Lei Huo Dharma Shield! Rise!"

A massive spiritual shield, three hundred zhang in diameter, rose Heaven-Defyingly. Layers of thunder and fire quickly spread, covering the sky as it held against the Crimson Blood Demon King's pillar of light.

"Rumble~~~"

A dark red mushroom cloud instantly exploded!

Rolling airwaves swept across dozens of miles. Many vengeful souls and fierce ghosts attached to the surface of the Formation also suffered collateral damage, wailing as they turned into green smoke and dissipated.

The blood light was constantly obliterated, as astral winds, thunder, and fire blazed fiercely.

The Mountain Protecting Grand Formation, which was on the verge of shattering, gained a brief moment of respite. The cracks gradually faded, and the light shield began to slowly repair itself.

A hint of impatient coldness appeared on Venerable Huixing's face.

"Two Loose Cultivator ants, this seat will no longer play with you."

With a wave of his hand, the Xuan Yin Evil Qi that had spread across a hundred miles of sky quickly retracted, all of it pouring into his own body.

"Awoo~~"

Venerable Huixing let out a non-human roar, and his body began to grow wildly!

Three zhang... ten zhang... fifty zhang... in just a few breaths, he transformed into a towering giant a hundred zhang tall, clad in black armor with chains wrapped around his arms.

Crimson blood qi swirled around his body, and a frantic, burning aura instantly erupted, turning into visible dark red waves of air that swept across the world.

This technique was named: [Xuan Yin Nether Dharma Body].

It was an extremely sophisticated and pure Physical Body Cultivation Spell, belonging to a certain Legacy scripture of the Xuan Yin Palace.

As the overlord power of the Xuan Yin Continent, the Xuan Yin Palace's foundation, Dao, and Divine Ability were naturally extraordinary. When cultivated to its highest level, this technique could forge a Physical Body strength at the Peak of the fourth rank, allowing one to clash head-on with a Demon Emperor of the same rank without being disadvantaged.

Refining corpses, nurturing souls, controlling Evil Qi, Body Refining... and so on; these were all famous Daoist arts of the Xuan Yin Palace, and no one in the entire Cangmang Realm could surpass them!

"Go to hell for this seat!!"

Venerable Huixing roared. The black chains wrapped around his arms were suddenly unleashed. He grasped one end of the chain with his right hand and began to swing it wildly above his head.

The infinite strength within the Dharma Body converged here, and his surging blood qi rushed through his veins like a great river.

"Whoosh— Whoosh— Whoosh—"

The Heaven And Earth Spiritual Essence within a hundred miles completely rioted, gathering incessantly and dancing along, forming a massive vortex that blotted out the sun.

In the blink of an eye, the chain had extended to a thousand zhang!

Its head turned into a hundred-zhang-wide metal hammerhead, which slammed down violently toward the Formation below!

"Clang————!!!"

Accompanied by an earth-shattering roar, the Formation covering the entire Lei Huo Mountain shattered.

"Hahaha! Let's see where you can run!"

Venerable Huixing laughed arrogantly.

His hundred-zhang body descended from the sky, using his body as a weapon, and crashed down toward the Peak of Lei Huo Mountain!

"Boom!!!"

The entire Lei Huo Mountain seemed to jump.

Blood light soared into the sky at the mountaintop, countless rocks rolled down, and dust rose ten thousand feet high.

The Formation was broken, and The Two Sages of Lei Huo... had fled!

At the moment the Formation shattered, pillars of thunder and fire soared into the sky before Venerable Huixing could descend.

The light of Third Rank flight Talismans erupted, mixed with the blood light of a blood-burning escape technique, as they sped toward the eastern horizon.

That direction was the Taihe Sect.

They had actually abandoned Lei Huo Mountain!

This Daoist sanctuary they had painstakingly managed for hundreds of years, the Third Rank Spiritual Vein, the massive amount of Spirit Stone Resources, and even the tens of thousands of Cultivators, were all thrown directly to Venerable Huixing.

They intended to use this as bait to trade for a slim chance of survival.

"Humph! Fleeing?"

"Let's see how long you can run!"

Venerable Huixing sneered. The Nether Dharma Body was dismissed, and with a flick of his sleeve, he retracted the myriad souls malice banner.

The sky-blotting Crimson Blood Black Snake Demon King let out a hiss. Its massive body suddenly twisted, and its black wings stirred the clouds as it carried him, turning into a streak of black light to pursue them.

He only wanted the earth core fire lotus!

As for the things in the Marketplace, he would come back to collect them after he killed those two... Two thousand miles east of Lei Huo Mountain.

The Two Sages of Lei Huo were fleeing for their lives.

Their magic power was becoming more depleted, their essence blood was gradually consumed, and their flight Talismans were used up. Their speed naturally became slower and slower.

"Brother! That Crimson Blood Demon King is too fast; at this rate, we'll be caught sooner or later."

True Man Yu Yan sent a message with an anxious expression.

The Crimson Blood Black Snake was a descendant of the Tengshe true spirit. Its flight speed was already peerless among those of the same rank, not to mention their current physical condition was so terrible.

"Hold on a bit longer!"

"Why don't we just give up the earth core fire lotus—"

"No!"

True Person Yu Ting refused decisively. "This earth core fire lotus is the perfect treasure for you to Breakthrough to the Late Stage cultivation. If we give it up, you might never encounter such an Opportunity again in this lifetime!!"

"Only after you become a Late Stage Great Immortal Master can you help me plan for a treasure to Breakthrough. Then, with our combined strength, we might even have a day when we can be called True Lords!"

"But brother..."

True Man Yu Yan choked up for a moment, not knowing what to say.

The bond between the two brothers went without saying, and he knew his brother was doing it for his own good. But right now, their lives were almost gone; what was the point of saying all this?

"Brother, don't panic. You take the earth core fire lotus and go first—"

Before True Person Yu Ting could finish, True Man Yu Yan interrupted with a pleasantly surprised voice: "Brother, look!"

He pointed forward with his hand.

A speck of light lit up there without any warning.

Then, in the blink of an eye, it streaked across the sky, turning into a pure, majestic, and boundless rainbow-colored light!

"Hahahaha~"

The Lei Huo brothers laughed loudly and unrestrainedly.

At this moment, Venerable Huixing was only thirty miles behind them.

But these thirty miles were the distance between life and death.

They had survived.

"Fellow Daoist Minglou, save me!!!"