27: Chapter 27: The War Begins

Time passed bit by bit.

The night grew deeper, and the Black Fiend Mountain Range was shrouded in heavy darkness, with only a few scattered lights in the distance.

About an hour passed.

From the direction of the back mountain, a dull roar suddenly erupted!

Immediately followed by the shrill, angry howl of Blood Child, and the hoarse, violent shrieking of some kind of Yao Beast!

Even from such a distance, the fluctuations of the battle could be clearly felt; it was a collision at the Peak of the Golden Core level!

The Jade Slip in Liu Meier's hand paused.

She looked up toward the back mountain, her eyes flickering uncertainly.

Xiao Ran also opened his eyes at the right moment, a look of worry appearing on his face.

"Senior Brother Eight... seems to have started fighting?"

"Judging by the noise, yes."

"Lord Ninth Demon Child does not seem too worried."

Liu Meier said softly, her gaze landing on Xiao Ran.

For some reason, she felt that the Demon Child Lord before her, who had only joined the sect a few months ago, was extremely terrifying.

It was not just the terror of his talent, but more so his mind.

There is a saying in the cultivation world: a young Genius is not terrifying, but a young Genius with a brain is truly terrifying.

"I am naturally worried."

"But with Senior Brother Eight's strength, dealing with a Demon Spider at the last stage of Golden Core should..."

Xiao Ran sighed and said.

Before the words had even faded.

Another even more violent explosion came from the direction of the back mountain!

This time, it even caused the entire main Peak to tremble slightly!

A ray of blood light soared into the sky, and one could vaguely see the figure of Blood Child dodging within it in a sorry state.

However, Tu Gang's figure was nowhere to be seen; it seemed he was done for.

Blood Demon Son was fleeing for his life.

Behind him, eight spider legs like blood-colored spears broke through the mountain wall, pursuing madly!

"That, that spider..."

"It is not at the last stage of Golden Core! It is at the Peak!"

Liu Meier's pupils shrank sharply.

The Peak of the Golden Core and the last stage of Golden Core—a difference of two words, but the difference in strength was like heaven and earth.

Xiao Ran also wore a look of shock at the appropriate moment.

"What? When I encountered it, it was clearly..."

He did not finish his sentence, because the next scene made everyone gasp.

One of Blood Child's arms was entangled by a blood-colored spider silk and violently torn off!

Blood sprayed everywhere!

"Ahhh!!! You beast!"

Blood Child let out a shrill howl of pain and rage, the blood light around his body surging and turning into a sea of blood, temporarily forcing the Demon Spider back.

He fled toward the main Peak without looking back!

And that Blood Jade Demon Spider was clearly unwilling to give up, its eight long legs crawling rapidly among the rocks, pursuing relentlessly!

"Run! Run quickly!"

Before Blood Child arrived, his shrill warning had already arrived.

The surrendered soldiers on the plaza immediately fell into chaos.

Liu Meier's face turned pale, and without hesitation, she summoned a flying shuttle Magical Artifact, preparing to flee.

But just at this moment... Xiao Ran suddenly moved.

His originally withered aura instantly returned to stability, and was even more solid and thick than before!

His cultivation at the Peak of the Early Stage of the Golden Core was released without reservation!

"Senior Sister Liu, where are you going?"

Xiao Ran's voice was terrifyingly calm.

Liu Meier's body stiffened, and she turned her head abruptly, meeting Xiao Ran's bottomless black eyes.

"You... your injuries..."

"Injuries?"

"Just a little trick."

Xiao Ran smiled.

He raised his hand, and Guixu Demonic Light condensed in his palm, turning into a gray-black vortex.

"Senior Brother Eight seems to have encountered trouble. As fellow sect members, shouldn't we... help him?"

The moment the words fell, Xiao Ran's figure disappeared from where he stood.

The next moment, he appeared behind Liu Meier, a hand blade striking her nape precisely.

Liu Meier didn't even have time to react before everything went black, and she collapsed to the ground.

Xiao Ran threw her into a corner and casually set up a Restriction.

Then he turned his head to look at the Blood Child, who was fleeing back in a sorry state, and the Blood Jade Demon Spider pursuing closely behind.

"It is time to close the net."

He whispered to himself, his figure once again turning into a blood shadow, silently merging into the darkness.

...

Blood Child was currently in a miserable state.

Blood was dripping from his severed arm, and there were three claw marks on his chest deep enough to see the bone, his Devilish Qi in complete disarray.

He fled back to the plaza, seeing Liu Meier lying to the side and Xiao Ran nowhere to be seen.

He was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage.

"Xiao Ran, you dare to plot against me?!"

But the Demon Spider had arrived behind him!

The Blood Jade Demon Spider's eight scarlet eyes locked onto Blood Child, and it opened its mouth to spew an overwhelming blood-colored spider web!

Blood Child gritted his teeth, his single arm forming a seal, and summoned a blood-colored bone shield to block in front of him.

The spider web stuck to the bone shield, emitting a hissing, corrosive sound.

The Demon Spider seized the opportunity to pounce, its two front legs like blood-colored scythes, slashing down fiercely!

"Clang!!!"

The bone shield shook violently, cracks appearing on its surface.

Blood Child was shaken back several steps, spitting out another mouthful of blood.

A look of madness flashed in his eyes as he bit his tongue and sprayed a mouthful of essence blood onto the bone shield.

The bone shield's blood light flared brightly, temporarily blocking the Demon Spider's offensive.

But Blood Child knew this would not last long.

Although his Bloodthirsty Demonic Technique could recover quickly by devouring essence blood, he had no chance right now.

Unless...

His gaze swept over the trembling surrendered soldiers of the Blood Fiend Sect on the plaza, a fierce light appearing in his eyes.

But just as he was preparing to act and devour the surrendered soldiers to recover his injuries.

A gray-black light appeared silently behind the Demon Spider.

The light was only the size of a needle tip at first, but it instantly expanded into a rotating vortex, emitting a heart-palpitating sense of return to nothingness and annihilation.

The Demon Spider keenly sensed the danger and turned around abruptly!

But it was too late.

Xiao Ran's figure emerged from the shadows, his right hand pressing into the air.

"Guixu Demonic Light."

The gray-black vortex erupted with a boom, turning into a beam of light that crashed fiercely onto the Demon Spider's back armor!

"Hiss!!!"

The Demon Spider let out a shrill cry of pain, its back armor eroded by the Demonic Light into a basin-sized pit, green blood splashing!

It waved its long legs frantically, sweeping toward Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran's figure drifted back like a ghost, pushing Blood Shadow Escape to the limit, weaving between the shadows of the eight legs.

Occasionally attacking, he would unleash a Guixu Demonic Light, precisely striking the Demon Spider's joints, eyes, and other weak points.

He did not fight head-on, but only skirmished and harassed.

And the Demon Spider's rage gradually shifted to this newly appeared enemy.

Seeing this, Blood Child was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed.

He realized that Xiao Ran was helping him contain the Demon Spider, and although he didn't know why this kid had suddenly recovered and offered help, he had no time to think about it now.

"Junior Brother Xiao, hold it off! Once I recover for a moment, we will join forces to slay this beast!"

Blood Child shouted while frantically operating his Cultivation Technique, devouring the blood Qi in the surrounding world to recover his injuries.

Granulation tissue wriggled at his severed arm, actually beginning to slowly regenerate.

A cold sneer curled at the corner of Xiao Ran's lips.

This was the moment he had been waiting for.

The Demon Spider, constantly harassed by Xiao Ran, was completely enraged, its eight eyes all lighting up with scarlet blood light simultaneously!

A terrifying pressure spread out; it was about to use its inherent Divine Ability!

Xiao Ran suddenly withdrew and retreated, shouting at Blood Child at the same time.

"Senior Brother Eight, strike quickly! It's about to use its ultimate move!"