378: Red Mist Formation, Gou Chen arrives in person

Outside the Blood Demon Realm boundary, a dense red mist had silently spread at some unknown time, noiselessly engulfing the entire battlefield.

Its appearance was without warning.

From the moment the looters realized something was amiss until the red mist completely sealed off the battlefield, the entire process took no more than ten breaths.

"What in the world is this thing?"

"Who cares what it is! Attack together, don't let this mist get close!"

Countless factions instantly sensed the danger, temporarily abandoning their siege of the Blood Demon Realm's seventeen Golden Immortals and thirteen major cities.

In an instant, thousands of Divine Abilities and techniques rained down on the eerie red mist.

However, all attacks were like a stone sinking into the sea, passing through without exception.

The red mist seemed to be merely an insubstantial illusion, having form but no substance.

The red mist surged forward, silently compressing space.

In just a dozen breaths, it forced countless looters to retreat repeatedly, eventually gathering them into one place.

Unaware of the mist's true nature, everyone could only huddle together for self-preservation.

Various barrier lights frequently lit up, attempting to block it, but were easily penetrated like thin paper.

"Damn it! Immortal power and demonic essence are useless?!"

"Why are we retreating! We have millions of Immortals and Demons here, are we afraid of this mere strange mist? Break out!"

Someone could no longer hold back, and, protected by their immortal light, plunged into the mist, their figure instantly swallowed and vanishing without a trace.

This scene made everyone's pupils contract.

"Where did he go?!"

"Look! Those natives are gone too!"

A silver-armored Heavenly General, with eyes like lightning, saw this situation and decisively shouted, "Gouchen Heavenly Army! Follow this general into the mist!"

"Yes, sir!"

Shaking the cosmos, the Heavenly Army soldiers responded in unison.

At this moment, many discerning individuals had already grasped the crux of the matter.

"This red mist is a spatial reception medium! Stepping into it will cause one to be drawn away by a Formation!"

"Go! Millions of Immortals and Demons will break through the Formation together! I want to see what this Formation can do to me!"

More and more looters no longer waited for the mist to close in, instead gathering their forces and actively charging into the surging crimson.

Inside the red mist, heaven and earth were all crimson.

Divine Sense was firmly confined within the body, making it impossible to move an inch.

A team of about a hundred purple-robed figures, like trapped beasts in a labyrinth, moved blindly through the thick red mist.

They had tried to attack to break the situation, but the Divine Abilities they released were strangely twisted and shifted by the Formation, eventually rebounding from all directions!

In horror, they could only stop attacking and maintain a straight path, hoping to stumble upon the elusive Formation core.

"Big Brother, this Formation is unheard of! Divine Sense cannot leave the body, and it also contains the ability of spatial displacement. If we can't find the Formation core, we might be trapped here forever!" A purple-armored man approached the stern-faced, square-jawed middle-aged man in the center of the team, his voice filled with anxiety.

How could Ling Rongsheng not know?

It was just that this Formation was truly mysterious and unpredictable, and he was at a loss.

Seeing panic gradually arise within the team, he could only calmly reassure them, "Although this Formation is strange, its lethality is limited. As long as we don't rashly attack, we will be safe. So many powerful individuals have come for the Blood Demon Realm's upgrade, hundreds of thousands of Immortals and Demons are trapped, how can it last long? Even the Immortal-Demon Realm may not have such a capability! This Formation, most likely, won't last too long!"

"Big Brother is absolutely right!"

"If it could trap so many Immortals and Demons for a long time, wouldn't this Formation be the number one trapping Formation in the boundary realm?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's minds settled slightly.

Around the Blood Demon Realm, deep within six dead stars, six figures clad in blood-red imperial robes sat like abysses.

Their bodies were covered in profound Formation patterns, and vast demonic essence surged like rivers, continuously pouring into the suspended Formation diagram, maintaining the operation of this enormous Formation.

"Haha, fortunately, this Supreme had made arrangements early, otherwise, before the Luck was fully absorbed, the boundary realm might have already been breached!" A blood-robed figure looked towards the Void Realm, a cold arc appearing at the corner of his mouth.

However, his cold laugh had not yet dissipated when it suddenly froze.

Outside the Blood Demon Realm, above the churning red mist, a massive spatial rift silently tore open.

A figure, clad in a profound black Dragon robe with golden patterns and wearing a tall crown, stepped out.

Boom—!

A vast and unparalleled Divine Might, like the collapse of the heavens, pressed down, covering an area of tens of thousands of miles!

The tangible yet insubstantial red mist was actually forced back and dispersed by this pure pressure!

"Heh, a somewhat interesting Formation." The newcomer lowered his gaze, scanning the crimson mist permeating the boundary realm, a faint smile playing on his lips.

He casually flicked a finger.

Om!

The red mist covering tens of thousands of miles, as if wiped away by an invisible giant hand, instantly dissipated! Dozens of silver-white warships that had been trapped within were revealed.

The reaction on the ships was incredibly swift, the Formation lights flared, seizing this fleeting gap, and instantly rushed out of the red mist cage.

The newcomer did not continue to break the Formation, merely watching the red mist churn and close, then his gaze turned to a higher point in the boundary realm.

There, a blood-red light sphere, comparable to dozens of small planets, was emitting heart-palpitating fluctuations, and terrifying energy collisions that shook the galaxy continuously emanated from within.

"Just entering the Immortal King realm, yet he can simultaneously contend against fourteen Immortal Kings? Truly remarkable!" He murmured to himself, his tone carrying a hint of admiration, which then turned into cold regret, "What a pity. Daring to attempt the Great Thousand World upgrade under the very noses of the Immortal-Demon Realm, and to share the Luck of our realm... there is only death!"

The moment his words fell, he lightly waved a single arm.

A brilliant starlight wheel appeared out of thin air, initially only three zhang wide, but in an instant, it expanded to ten thousand zhang!

The light wheel rotated, slashing towards the blood-red world, its size still rapidly growing! As it approached the blood-red world, its scale was already nearly indistinguishable from that massive light sphere!

There was no deafening roar, no piercing light that tore through the Void Realm.

The light wheel sliced into the blood-red world like a hot blade cutting through solidified grease, silently tearing open a terrifying gash in the blood-red sky, so vast it was despair-inducing!

Inside the blood-red world, Xue Tian had just controlled a blood-red giant blade, spanning heaven and earth, erupting with immeasurable blood light, and fiercely repelled the combined attack of two Immortal Kings.

A fatal warning suddenly pierced his Soul! His figure exploded in place like a phantom, instantly reappearing at the other end of the boundary realm.

At the same moment he vanished, the starlight Divine Wheel that tore through the sky, carrying an aura of universal destruction, descended upon the very spot where he had just stood!

The Divine Wheel, having completed its mission the moment it shattered the world, then collapsed with a roar.

The fourteen Immortal Kings and Xue Tian, who were in fierce combat, all froze.

Everyone's gaze, incredibly solemn, turned towards the hideous wound in the sky.

This attack... was from a Quasi-Saint! Absolutely the work of a Quasi-Saint!

The hearts of all the Immortal Kings present instantly sank to rock bottom.

Among the group of Immortal Kings, Startling Bear saw the starlight wheel that tore through the sky, and his face drastically changed.

The moment the light wheel disintegrated, he unhesitatingly transformed into a streak of light, escaping the blood-red world, and appeared before the figure in the profound black Dragon robe.

He knelt on one knee in the Void Realm, his head deeply bowed: "This subordinate is incompetent! Failed to take this realm! Please punish this Emperor Lord!"

The newcomer was none other than the master of the Heavenly Court's Emperor Imperial Palace, the Supreme of Ten Thousand Stars—Emperor Emperor Lord!

Emperor Emperor Lord's gaze swept over Startling Bear, a hint of understanding flashing in his eyes: "Startling Bear. A report came the other day that the aura of your vital Soul lamp suddenly weakened. Now it seems, your Dao of Combat was actually crippled by someone?"

"This subordinate... is incompetent!" Startling Bear's voice was low, filled with deep shame, yet without a single word of explanation.

"Forget it." Emperor Emperor Lord's tone was indifferent, yet it carried an undeniable majesty, "One who can cripple your Dao must at least be a Quasi-Saint. This is not your fault. This debt, this Emperor will personally reclaim for you another day."

He turned his gaze to the Blood Demon Realm, "This place is left to this Emperor. You, go retrieve the Origin of this realm for this Emperor!"

"As per Imperial command!" Startling Bear bowed and accepted the order. With a flash of his figure, he had already led the Gouchen Heavenly Army, who had just escaped, like a silver torrent, directly towards the Blood Demon Realm!

Blood Heaven's pupils constricted, his face extremely grim.

The remaining thirteen Immortal Kings also looked incredibly displeased.

A Quasi-Saint had personally arrived! And it was the notoriously fierce Emperor Emperor Lord!

This situation was already beyond their control.

Although Emperor Emperor Lord had only entered the Quasi-Saint realm for just over a hundred thousand years, still in the Initial Stage, his stellar Divine Abilities were overbearing and unrivaled, and his combat power was considered top-tier among those in the Initial Stage Quasi-Saint realm!

Let alone these Immortal Kings, even ordinary Quasi-Saints might not gain an advantage against him.

It seemed that most of the benefits from this Blood Demon Realm upgrade would fall into the Emperor Imperial Palace's hands.

"Emperor!" Blood Heaven put away the dilapidated blood-red world, his figure exploded from his original spot, then reformed a hundred zhang away from Emperor Emperor Lord, his voice hoarse and deep, containing bone-chilling killing intent, "Do you truly wish to be my enemy?"

"Haha!" Emperor Emperor Lord, upon hearing this, not only wasn't angry but let out a light laugh, with a hint of playfulness, "Junior! How many years has it been since this Emperor heard such a threat? You are indeed... quite interesting."

His laughter abruptly ceased, and his voice suddenly turned icy cold, as if it could freeze time and space: "Who gave you such confidence? Is it the temporary blessing of this Great Thousand World Heavenly Dao? Or is it... that weak saint position within you?"

The moment his words fell.

A voice, seemingly originating from the ancient primordial era, carrying an invincible will, resounded throughout the entire boundary realm with a boom:

"Confidence? Does this Supreme... count?"