80: Crushing the Bloody Night, Taiyi Sect Returns (Large Chapter)

Blood Night stood atop the churning Xue Yun, his crimson pupils like two blood moons, coldly overlooking the shattered battlefield below.

When his gaze swept over Charm Without Color's charred, incomplete corpse, an extremely violent and malevolent Qi suddenly erupted from his eyes!

Succubi were Peerless Grade beauties among humanoid demons, considered by countless male demons to be dream companions. And this Charm Without Color was an unrivaled beauty even among the Succubus Race!

Blood Night had coveted her graceful and enchanting Physical Body for a hundred years, expending great effort but always failing to obtain her, like a cunning fish repeatedly escaping the hook.

Now, this long-desired beauty had been burned to charcoal by this Human Race Cultivator before him. How could he not be enraged, how could he not be furious?!

As for Xiao Zhuo, who killed Charm Without Color? Blood Night felt only cold killing intent, not a trace of fear!

Although Charm Without Color was also a Dominator, when it came to direct combat power, Blood Night could fight ten of these battle-averse Succubi!

Dark red Devilish Qi, like boiling magma, surged wildly around Blood Night. He stared intently at the tiny figure below, his voice like a chilling wind from the Nine Heavens, carrying a strong scent of blood as it assailed them, making the gravel on the ground rattle and fallen leaves flutter like butterflies: "Despicable Human Race! Choose your method of death!!!"

Facing this overwhelming might, Xiao Zhuo merely casually brushed his sleeve, a hint of undisguised mockery on his lips: "What? Want to avenge that demoness?"

This contemptuous attitude completely ignited the furious rage in Blood Night's heart!

"Die!"

With a sharp roar, the Devilish Qi around Blood Night boiled, instantly manifesting countless sinisterly sharp, dark red blood thorns!

The next second, these blood-colored thorns rained down like a torrential downpour, tearing through the air with a mournful, wailing sound like ten thousand ghosts, covering the sky as they shot towards Xiao Zhuo!

Every blood thorn contained terrifying power capable of piercing mountains!

Xiao Zhuo's eyes showed even greater disdain; he didn't even bother to draw his saber.

He casually flipped his right palm and struck out in mid-air!

Swoosh—!

A dazzling, hundred-zhang silver lightning Saber Qi appeared out of thin air!

Where the Saber Qi passed, the countless blood thorns raining down seemed to collide with an invisible barrier, exploding and annihilating, turning into dark red dust that sifted down! The residue splattered onto the ground, corroding countless charred holes into the rocks with sizzling sounds!

"Don't bring out such ticklish probes to make a fool of yourself!" Xiao Zhuo's indifferent voice rang out, but even before his words finished, his figure had transformed into a golden lightning bolt tearing through the sky, ignoring the rain of blood and debris, bravely charging towards Blood Night above the Xue Yun!

Blood Night's brows were tightly furrowed, clearly not expecting the opponent to break his blood thorn rain so easily.

He suddenly clapped his hands together, and ten crimson, demonic star-like glows instantly appeared beside him!

"The Blood River surges, burying Heaven and Earth!"

The ten star-like glows exploded with a boom, transforming into ten dark red Blood Rivers, imbued with overwhelming bloodthirst and endless resentment!

The Blood Rivers spanned Heaven and Earth, like ten blood-colored evil Dragons from the netherworld, surging and twisting with terrifying power to devour all things, rushing towards Xiao Zhuo's rapidly approaching figure!

The most terrifying aspect of the Blood River technique of the Blood Demon Race lay in its insidious power of defilement! It could not only corrode the Physical Body but also corrupt Divine Weapons and Magic Treasures!

With Blood Night's Middle Stage Dominator cultivation, an ordinary Divine Sea Realm expert would be turned into pus and blood, leaving no bones, within three breaths if caught in the Blood River!

However, facing this terrifying Blood River that could make even a Myriad Manifestation Expert change color, Xiao Zhuo did not dodge or evade, his speed undiminished, plunging directly into the surging, roaring blood-colored torrent!

In an instant, blood waves surged to the sky! At the convergence of the ten Blood Rivers, crimson giant waves, dozens of zhang high, were forcefully churned up!

"Utterly foolish! Seeking your own death!" A trace of cruel mockery flashed in Blood Night's eyes, as if he had already seen the opponent's fate of wailing in agony and turning into dry bones within the Blood River.

But after only a few breaths, the mockery on his face suddenly froze! He clearly felt a terrifying, irresistible force erupting wildly within the Blood River!

"Not good!" Blood Night's expression changed drastically, and he frantically waved his hands, attempting to manipulate the ten Blood Rivers to coil back and compress, to tightly trap the point of eruption!

Unfortunately, it was too late!

"Boom—!!!"

Countless golden fist shadows, condensed to the extreme, exploded from the core of the Blood River like a volcanic eruption!

The violent power instantly tore a huge gap in the viscous Blood River!

A golden, radiant figure, like a mad Dragon breaking through the water's surface, appeared abruptly before Blood Night, accompanied by a rain of flying blood, at a speed surpassing lightning! It was the unharmed Xiao Zhuo!

"Hmph!" Blood Night was furious and shocked, but his reaction was also extremely fast! A set of dark red demon armor covered with sinister bone spurs instantly enveloped his entire body!

He roared, condensing all his Devilish Qi into his right fist, and unhesitatingly slammed it towards Xiao Zhuo, who was within arm's reach! Where the fist wind passed, space itself twisted!

Xiao Zhuo's eyes were cold, and the muscles in his right arm instantly bulged like coiling Dragons. He met the attack with an equally unadorned punch!

"Bang—!!!!!"

The moment the two fists collided, it was like two stars crashing into each other!

A visible white shockwave suddenly exploded!

"Crack!"

A teeth-grinding sound of bone fracturing rang out! Blood Night's right arm, covered by the demon armor, along with his shoulder behind it, shattered inch by inch like fragile porcelain under the immense force, turning into a rain of dark red flesh and bone fragments!

He himself was sent flying backward like a blood-colored meteor at a terrifying speed, as if struck by a divine mountain, slamming heavily into a low mountain tens of zhang high in the distance!

"Rumble—!!!"

The mountain wall instantly became covered with huge, spiderweb-like cracks from the violent impact, deeply dented! Blood Night's entire body was almost embedded within the mountain!

He had not yet struggled free from the indentation—

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! ..."

Golden fist shadows, imbued with the force of wind and thunder, had already enveloped him like a sudden storm!

Deafening roars exploded wildly within the mountain wall! The entire low mountain trembled violently, and gravel rolled down like raindrops!

In just a few breaths, Blood Night's incredibly defensive demon armor had been completely shattered by the violent fist force, turning into countless fragments!

His demon body beneath was even more gruesome, limbs and torso completely shattered, leaving only a relatively intact head letting out painful roars amidst the rubble and dust!

Golden light burst from Xiao Zhuo's eyes, and his final punch, carrying the will to end everything, struck out fiercely!

"Puff!"

Blood Night's grotesque head exploded with a boom like a ripe watermelon! Red and white matter splattered everywhere!

The lingering power of this punch was undiminished; the terrifying force passed through the body, actually completely piercing and blowing up the entire low mountain! Smoke and rubble soared into the sky!

However, an unexpected change suddenly occurred!

The countless dark red blood scattered and splattered did not dissipate; instead, as if drawn by an invisible force, it instantly converged frantically towards the sky!

Buzz—!

A terrifying demonic shadow, a thousand zhang tall and composed of pure, viscous blood, suddenly condensed and formed in the sky!

The demonic shadow exuded overwhelming bloodthirst and ferocity; it was Blood Night's ultimate Divine Ability, activated with his vital essence blood—Heavenly Law Manifestation · Blood Demon Aspect!

"Roar—!!! Human Race ant! You seek death!!!"

The thousand-zhang Blood Demon Aspect let out a roar that shook Heaven and Earth! The sound waves transformed into a tangible, bloody hurricane, causing the clouds within a hundred-mile radius to churn like boiling water!

Below, in the vast forest, countless leaves were shaken off by this terrifying sound wave, as if a green downpour had fallen!

At the same time, a sticky, blood-red Domain, like a celestial curtain, descended from the Aspect, instantly enveloping Xiao Zhuo!

The Domain was filled with a nauseatingly sweet smell and terrifying suppressive power!

Facing this sky-obscuring Blood Demon Aspect and the giant foot stomping down, Xiao Zhuo's expression remained as calm as water.

"Heavenly Law Manifestation? Are you the only one who can do it?" A cold sneer rang out.

Xiao Zhuo formed hand seals, and the true essence within his body erupted like a dormant volcano! Dazzling golden light instantly engulfed him!

A set of golden divine armor, flowing with lightning, rapidly condensed on his rapidly growing body!

In the blink of an eye, a golden armored Aspect, also a thousand zhang tall and wreathed in destructive golden lightning, stood proudly between Heaven and Earth!

Its imposing presence was as grand as a Heavenly God descending, actually suppressing the overwhelming bloodthirst by several points!

Heavenly Law Manifestation, the signature Divine Ability of a Myriad Manifestation Expert! The Physical Body transforms into a giant, power increases a hundredfold, and offensive might likewise skyrockets!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—!

Two towering giants engaged in the most primitive and violent clash in the clouds!

Each collision of fists and feet unleashed world-destroying shockwaves, completely shattering the flowing clouds within a several-hundred-mile radius!

The sky seemed to have been repeatedly ploughed, revealing a deep darkness!

Xiao Zhuo's Tiangang Saber Domain also unfolded, with countless tiny golden Saber Qi swirling around his golden armored Aspect!

But under the suppression of that viscous and terrifying blood-colored Domain, the Saber Domain's range was compressed to its limit, barely able to cover the Aspect's Main Body, and the Saber Qi even emitted a strained "crack" sound, as if it could collapse at any moment!

However, Xiao Zhuo didn't care in the slightest. His entanglement with Blood Night was merely an opportunity to test his own limits, and to integrate his rapidly increased power with his many Divine Abilities and secret techniques. To slay this Demon, for him, was as easy as flipping his palm!

The two exchanged thousands of earth-shattering blows!

Xiao Zhuo's Golden Armor Aspect was completely unharmed, its golden light still dazzling! In contrast, the thousand-zhang Blood Demon Aspect was riddled with holes, its massive demonic body covered in cracks, with viscous blood constantly falling off!

Blood Night let out an unwilling roar, and his huge blood-red hand suddenly gestured!

The ten remaining blood rivers scattered on the distant battlefield seemed to be summoned, instantly coiling back and fusing into a thousand-zhang blood-red giant sword emanating monstrous malevolent Qi, which landed in the Blood Demon Aspect's hand!

With the giant sword in hand, the Blood Demon Aspect's ruptured wounds began to heal at a visible speed, and a surge of even more ferocious and violent Devilish Qi erupted!

"Blood Prison Slaying God!!!"

The Blood Demon Aspect raised the giant sword with both hands, bringing with it a terrifying power that seemed to cleave open the heavens, and slashed down towards Xiao Zhuo's Golden Armor Aspect!

Where the sword's edge passed, the space itself was torn open with pitch-black cracks!

Facing this world-destroying sword strike, Xiao Zhuo's Golden Armor Aspect remained unhurried. Its massive golden palm met the sword's edge, grabbing it with defiance!

"Clang—!!!"

A clang of metal reverberated throughout the universe!

That thousand-zhang blood-red giant sword, powerful enough to cleave mountains, was firmly gripped by Xiao Zhuo with just one giant palm!

No matter how the Blood Demon Aspect roared and exerted force, the giant sword remained motionless, unable to be pressed down even an inch further!

"Wh... What?! Impossible!!!" Blood Night's giant face, formed of blood on his Aspect, finally showed unprecedented shock and disbelief!

He finally clearly realized the immense chasm that existed between himself and this Human Race monster before him!

"Enough! It seems you don't even have the qualifications to make me use my full power!" Xiao Zhuo's cold voice, like a judgment, echoed through heaven and earth.

The Golden Armor Aspect's five fingers suddenly tightened!

"Crack—!!!"

That thousand-zhang giant sword, condensed from the essence of ten blood rivers, shattered inch by inch like fragile glass! It transformed into a sky-filling waterfall of viscous blood, crashing down onto the earth!

At the same time, Xiao Zhuo's other giant palm, with fingers joined like a saber, slashed down at the Blood Demon Aspect, which was stunned in shock!

"Azure Heaven Thunder Blade!"

A brilliant thunder blade, imbued with the majestic might of the heavens and seemingly condensed from the Heavenly Tribulation lightning of the Nine Heavens, tore through the sky. Carrying the power of judgment that purifies all defilement in the world, it struck down with a speed beyond thought!

Blood Night was scared out of his wits, hastily condensing all his remaining demonic malevolence onto one blood-red palm, desperately trying to block the world-ending thunder blade!

Swoosh—!

There was no earth-shattering boom, only a soft sound like a hot knife slicing through butter!

That giant blood-red palm, which contained Blood Night's last vestiges of power, along with the latter half of his Blood Demon Aspect's body, was instantly split in two by the majestic thunder blade, as if it were cutting tofu!

Rumble—!

Terrifying thunder power erupted at the severed point! The greater part of the Blood Demon Aspect that was struck was instantly evaporated and purified, turning into a sky full of drifting blood-red smoke!

The next moment!

"Myriad Blood Shadows! Flee!"

Innumerable tiny blood shadows, like a swarming locust plague, burst forth from the remaining half of the Blood Demon Aspect, frantically fleeing in all directions, both in the sky and underground!

Each blood shadow emitted a faint but undeniably real aura!

Xiao Zhuo's figure instantly shrank, returning to its original state, his brow slightly furrowed: "The Blood Demon Race's life-saving escape technique indeed has some tricks."

Before his words finished, with a thought, his Soul Perception talent instantly activated!

Buzz!

Invisible perception swept over the hundreds of blood shadows flying across the sky, instantly locking onto a dozen of them—only these blood shadows contained the Soul Origin of Blood Night's fragmented escape!

"You... cannot escape!" The platinum light in Xiao Zhuo's eyes bloomed as if substantial!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh—!

Dozens of "Thorns of Nothingness," completely condensed from pure Divine Soul Power, appeared out of thin air beside the dozen blood shadows carrying Soul bodies, like specters coming for their lives!

"Divine Soul attack?!" Blood Night's fragmented Soul bodies, scattered in escape, simultaneously felt a fatal chill, their hearts filled with dread!

He possessed secret techniques for Divine Soul defense, but at this moment, his Split Soul was fleeing for its life, and his Divine Soul power was dispersed to the extreme. Even if he activated defense, its effect would be less than one in a hundred!

"Blood Soul Guardian!" A thin blood-red runic light shield instantly covered the Split Souls within the dozen blood shadows, attempting a final struggle.

However—

Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!

The Thorn of Nothingness was silent and incredibly precise, effortlessly piercing through the fragile blood-red light shield and fiercely plunging into the core of the Split Souls!

"No—!!!"

A wave of despair echoed between heaven and earth!

In an instant, the dozen blood shadows carrying Soul bodies all paused, then, like popped bubbles, silently exploded! Blood Night's last trace of remnant Soul was completely annihilated!

"Killed one Dominator Rank Blood Demon, gained 98,487 Attribute Points."

A cold notification sounded in Xiao Zhuo's consciousness.

He pondered slightly. This "Soul Perception" talent, which he initially hadn't paid much attention to, had today become key to locating the Blood Demon's Split Souls. Otherwise, to precisely eliminate his Soul among these hundreds of indistinguishable blood shadows would have truly taken some effort.

Xiao Zhuo stood in the air, looking down at the forest below, which had been polluted by blood rain and turned into a dark red ruin, and shook his head slightly.

This battle, aside from these nearly one hundred thousand Attribute Points, was truly a loss.

The Physical Bodies of two Dominator Rank Demons were destroyed without a trace, not even their primordial elixir remaining.

Just as he was about to leave, his Divine Sense swept over the place where Charm Without Color had fallen, and he saw a bone chain, made of pale white bone segments, lying quietly on the scorched earth. It was Charm Without Color's natal demonic weapon.

Xiao Zhuo's figure flickered, and he had already taken the bone chain into his hand.

The bone chain felt cool to the touch, faintly emitting a weak Devilish Qi fluctuation. It was clearly made of extraordinary material and could change its form at will.

He had found Demon Heaven's demonic weapon strange before, and now he had another one. In Jizhou City, no one could forge such bizarre weapons.

Perhaps Xiao Changkong's bronze ancient sword, which could freely extend and retract, could provide some clues.

Putting away this sole trophy, Xiao Zhuo lightly tapped his toe in the Void Realm, and his figure transformed into a streak of light and disappeared.

Half an hour later, Xiao Zhuo's figure appeared outside the Taiyi Sect's mountain gate, followed by seven Human Race Divine Sea Realm Cultivators with unstable auras and injuries.

These were all Juniors or capable subordinates brought by Sun Yu, Xu Wuji, and others, all outstanding individuals of the younger generation, whom Xiao Zhuo had rescued while clearing out the remaining King-rank Demons when they were stranded outside.

Their auras were not concealed, and Myriad Manifestation Experts like Laughing Sword One and Sun Yu had already sensed them, coming out of their respective residences to the grand plaza of the Taiyi Sect.

"Junior Martial Uncle!"

"Master!"

The seven Divine Sea Cultivators were excited to see their respective elders and quickly gathered around them. Although they had experienced great danger, they were not without gains.

The Cloud Heaven Realm had been sealed for two thousand years, and they had found many thousand-year Spirit Medicines and rare Ores that were hard to find in the outside world.

Just then, a figure appeared silently in the center of the plaza.

"Greetings, Senior Azure Heaven!"

"Greetings, Senior Azure Heaven!"

...Everyone bowed in unison, their tones respectful.

Immortal Master Azure Heaven slightly raised his hand, and a gentle force lifted everyone. His voice remained indifferent, yet it suppressed a trace of imperceptible excitement: "The Demon Abyss has been eliminated, and the matter here is concluded. Soon, this Immortal Master will move the Taiyi Sect's mountain gate out of the Cloud Heaven Realm. All of you may depart on your own."

"Thank you, Senior, for your great kindness! This time, thanks to Senior and the Taiyi Sect's protection, the Sword Pavilion, from top to bottom, will never forget it!" Laughing Sword One, representing everyone, once again bowed solemnly in gratitude.

The others also expressed their gratitude again.

Xiao Zhuo's gaze, however, was fixed intently on Immortal Master Azure Heaven, filled with anticipation.

He was incredibly curious how this vast mountain gate, stretching for a thousand li, had been moved into this Cloud Heaven Realm as a whole back then, and what kind of earth-shattering Divine Ability would be used to move it out now.

Immortal Master Azure Heaven's figure floated up gracefully, soaring straight up until he hovered above the main peak of the Taiyi Sect.

He raised his hands, his fingers flying, and began to form abstruse and unfathomable hand seals!

Buzz—!

Above the firmament, the situation changed abruptly! An incomparably huge spatial portal, like the eye of a deity opening, suddenly appeared in the Void Realm!

The portal was initially ten thousand zhang tall and rapidly expanded and spread at a visible speed!

In the blink of an eye, a massive, sky-obscuring spatial passage had already enveloped the entire Taiyi Sect's mountain gate!

At the other end of the passage, faint phantom images of mountains and rivers from the outside world were vaguely visible!