967: Chapter 968 Blood Demon Lord

The Escape Light dissipated, revealing Ming Qianye' face, which was as pale as paper. He was forcibly suppressing his churning blood and Qi.

Traces of blood remained at the corners of his mouth, which he hadn't wiped clean; it was clear he was suffering from a significant backlash.

Behind him, Sha Wuji was in an even more wretched state, covered in blood and his aura withered to the extreme.

He was like a flickering candle in the wind. To save his life just now, he had burned his precious Origin; it was a stroke of luck that he hadn't fainted outright!

The expectation on Xin Yingying's face froze instantly, turning into shock and disbelief as she cried out,

"Uncle Ming! Protector Sha! This... what happened at Blood Sea City? You... how did you get so badly injured?!"

Ming Qianye didn't answer immediately. Instead, he quickly swallowed a blood-red demon core.

After closing his eyes to regulate his breathing for a moment, a trace of color finally returned to his face.

He opened his eyes, a hint of shock, anger, and lingering fear remaining in them. His voice was low and raspy.

"That Gray-Robed Man... is no ordinary sect Elder! He is the newly-risen Daoist Seed of the Yin Yang Sect—Yao Delong!"

"Yao Delong?!" Xin Yingying's heart sank abruptly, an ominous premonition enveloping her entire body.

"I didn't hesitate to damage my own dao foundation to forcibly activate the third secret technique of the [eternal night bell], [Eternal Long Night]..."

A flash of heartache and humiliation crossed Ming Qianye' eyes.

"I was just about to completely refine him... who would have thought he actually possessed a [Myriad Worlds Void-Breaking Talisman]!"

"Once he crushed the Talisman, those five old fogies from the Yin Yang Sect... actually all came at once!"

His tone was filled with frustration and resentment.

"Supreme Elder Ling Juechen! Huo Yuntian! Huang Feizi! Fairy Shui Rou! Jin Yuanzi!"

"With all five arriving... I was unable to hold them off alone. Zhu Wuneng... fell on the spot! If Sha Wuji had been even a bit slower, he would have likely perished there as well!"

Boom!

Xin Yingying felt her vision go dark, as if a thunderclap had exploded in her mind.

All five Grand Elders of the Yin Yang Sect had arrived?! Zhu Wuneng had fallen?! The Blood Sea City plan had completely failed?!

A cold wave of despair instantly seized her.

With such strong intervention from the Yin Yang Sect's upper echelon, Blood Sea City... would likely never be taken!

"Trash!"

Just as Xin Yingying's mind was reeling, a sharp, mean, and mockingly charming female voice rang out in the tent like a venomous snake's hiss.

"Giggle... Old Ming, oh Old Ming, you've really become more useless as you've aged!"

That bone-meltingly charming yet mocking voice was like an invisible venomous snake.

It coiled around Ming Qianye' heart, making his already pale face turn even darker.

The voice seemed to pour in from all directions, carrying a playfulness as if toying with prey.

"One of the Three Grand Ancestors of the Heavenly Demon Sect, wielding the creation dao artifact [eternal night bell], and you couldn't even take down a junior at the Void Refining Peak?"

"Tsk tsk tsk... and you were even forced to burn your Origin, fleeing back like a stray dog?"

"Hahaha... if this gets back to the Heavenly Demon Sect, the face of us Demonic Path giants will probably be dragged to the bottom of the Nine Serenity Yellow Springs by you alone!"

Every word was like a poisoned needle, stabbing deep into Ming Qianye' dignity.

The fury in his eyes could almost incinerate everything. His fists were clenched so tight his knuckles turned white.

They emitted soft cracking sounds as his chest heaved violently.

Yet strangely, he gritted his teeth, a beast-like low growl suppressed in his throat, and didn't retort with a single word!

He even lowered his proud head slightly, avoiding the direction the voice was coming from!

Shua—!

The air in the center of the tent seemed to be torn apart by invisible claws!

A thick, pungent, and sweet-smelling blood-colored tornado exploded out of thin air!

The gale swirled with a heavy scent of blood, causing the tent's curtains to dance wildly. Demon cultivators with lower cultivation felt their Divine Souls dazed by the impact of the blood-fiend aura.

At the center of the tornado, a bizarrely beautiful figure slowly condensed and emerged.

It was an existence that could make any man's heart sway, yet make all living creatures tremble instinctively.

She wore blood-colored gauze that clung to her graceful curves, light as nothing.

It hazily outlined her breathtaking peaks and slender waist, partially revealing and partially concealing, the height of temptation.

Her exposed skin was white to the point of being nearly transparent, like high-quality mutton-fat jade.

Yet it faintly emitted an inhuman, sickly glow, as if one could see the blue veins and vessels beneath the skin.

Adding a touch of eerie beauty. A head of pale purple long hair...

...like the most luxurious satin, cascaded down like a waterfall to her waist, fluttering gently in the blood-wind.

Most heart-pounding of all were those eyes!

A pair of pure, eerie golden vertical pupils!

Those were not eyes a human should have, but rather those of a predator from the abyss.

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Cold, indifferent, and filled with extreme disdain and cruelty toward life. Wherever her gaze passed, even the air seemed to freeze and solidify.

Now, these golden pupils rested on the disheveled Ming Qianye and the dying Sha Wuji with blatant contempt.

In her delicate hands, she casually held a hideously shaped weapon that emitted a sky-blotting malevolence—a massive crimson blood scythe!

The blade's edge seemed forged from solidified blood, with dark red light flowing over it.

Faintly visible were the illusory shadows of countless struggling Souls, drifting and wailing within the light.

A destructive wave that made one's scalp tingle and Divine Soul feel as if it were tearing apart radiated continuously from the scythe.

Its terrifying power was not at all inferior to the creation dao artifact [eternal night bell] that Ming Qianye was famous for!

Blood Begonia! One of the true foundations of the Heavenly Demon Sect, a "femme fatale" who combined charming allure with deadly poison!

Her beauty was like a poppy, tempting people to sink into ruin; her aura, however, was like ice from the depths of the Nine Serenities, enough to freeze the Soul!

"Aunt Xue!" Seeing this figure, a burst of ecstasy at finding a way out of a desperate situation erupted in Xin Yingying's eyes!

As if grasping her only lifeline, she immediately stepped forward and bowed, her voice trembling with a hint of determination.

"Aunt Xue! The situation is critical! The Blood Sea City plan... failed at the final hurdle! That Yin Yang Sect Daoist Seed Yao Delong brought in powerful reinforcements, and Uncle Ming... was also heavily injured!"

"Now, we can only trouble you to take action personally! Tianlan City must be taken!"

Hearing this, Blood Begonia's stunning face, capable of infatuating all beings, instead curled into an even more enchanting and bloodthirsty smile.

She extended her blood-red tongue tip with a spine-chilling charm,

lightly licking the cold edge of the scythe, which seemed to still carry the aura of countless departed Souls.

"Giggle..."

The laughter was like silver bells, yet carried an echo from Hell.

Her golden vertical pupils swept over the grief-stricken Ming Qianye and the withered Sha Wuji.

Finally, they fixed on Xin Yingying's face, which was filled with anxiety and resolve. Her smile deepened, full of the confidence of one in total control and a cruel excitement.

"Little Yingying, what's the rush?"

Her voice was lazy and dangerous, as if discussing an interesting game.

"It's just a Blood Sea City. Plans... can never keep up with changes."

Blood Begonia's golden pupils narrowed slightly, flashing with the wise light of one who understood the battlefield.

"Hasn't Baisha City to the east already been reduced to ruins beneath our feet? Tianlan City is the main course of this feast!"