69: Chapter 69 The Border Pass is Broken

The center of the Hundred Lotus Mountain Range.

A deep red figure sat cross-legged on the blood-colored lawn, surrounded by ripples of crimson Daoist halos. Any Yao Beast that stepped into the range of the red light became exceptionally violent without exception.

"Just a little bit more, and I'll have gathered enough of the required souls and blood energy."

The woman's voice was crisp and pleasant. Her fair hand flicked out a Spell, and those violent Yao Beasts, as if receiving an order, simultaneously turned around and surged toward the Guangling Border Pass.

Suddenly, the woman clicked her tongue, and her figure vanished instantly, transforming into a cloud of blood mist.

Almost at the same moment she disappeared, the spot where she had been exploded with a bang!

Thunder rolled and the wind swept away the clouds, kicking up a sky full of dust and mist.

A young man stepped out from the dust, his face as dark as water.

His Divine Sense covered a wide area, yet he found nothing; the woman had long since vanished without a trace.

"Ran away again, damn it! Which bastard is it?"

The young man's fists clenched as he watched the surging beast tide charge toward the Guangling Border Pass once more.

After a moment's thought, he resolutely chose to continue searching within the Hundred Lotus Mountain Range.

The Guangling Border Pass could hold back the beast tide, though many would die. But as long as he could catch the culprit who incited the tide, such a small sacrifice would be nothing. Great Wei would remember and thank them for their devotion.

At this moment, blood energy soared to the skies at the Guangling Border Pass. The city walls were in ruins, and the corpses strewn everywhere could not be cleared in time.

Every face was etched with exhaustion.

They had finally managed to get a moment's breathing room, but before they could rest for even a second, the trampling sound of a surging beast herd echoed once more from the Hundred Lotus Mountain Range.

The soldiers and Cultivators at the border pass cursed on the spot, forced to pick up their weapons and begin another round of slaughter.

This beast tide was even more violent than the previous ones.

The beast herd seemed to have lost all sense of pain and fear. Ignoring the mountain of their kin's corpses piled in front of them, they smashed through the Formation barriers with their Physical Bodies, continuously slamming into the tottering city walls.

The defenders were exhausted to the extreme, their spiritual power nearly depleted, and their arms so sore they could barely lift their weapons.

The border pass was littered with corpses. The sky was obscured by soaring blood energy and rolling smoke, resembling a living hell on earth.

Suddenly, the blood on the ground rose into the air. An inexplicable sense of palpitations filled everyone's hearts, as if an invisible sharp sword was hanging over their heads.

The moment this strange sensation emerged, the Yao Beasts that were still charging brutally suddenly stopped, the blood-red color in their eyes quickly dissipating.

As if sensing the arrival of a great terror, they scattered and fled in panic.

Watching the beast herd recede like a tide, the soldiers and Cultivators at the border pass were bewildered.

Just as they were about to breathe a sigh of relief, a woman's frantic laughter echoed through the clouds.

Buzz!

Blood converged in the air, forming a blood-red, eerie Formation in the dim sky. A terrifying pressure suddenly descended, like an invisible heavy hammer slamming down.

The remaining soldiers and Cultivators on the border walls felt as if they had been struck by lightning. Their already overextended bodies could no longer hold up, and they spat out blood, forced to their knees by this immense force.

"This... this is a Formation?"

A blood-stained Cultivator stared at the Blood Formation in the sky with eyes nearly splitting, his gaze filled with confusion and fear.

Why was the border pass enveloped by a Formation? What kind of Formation was this?

A sudden sharp pain came from his body, and he looked down.

He saw his hands, legs, and torso turning into droplets of blood, surging into the Formation along with the torrent of blood shooting into the sky!

Intense pain suddenly swept through his entire body. The Cultivator let out a heart-wrenching scream. Everyone around him was in the same miserable state. Even the Yao Beasts that had scattered in flight were collapsing on the ground, struggling in agony as their bodies turned into blood droplets at a speed visible to the naked eye...

"It's done! It's done! Hahahahaha!"

The woman's excited and frantic laughter shook all directions. Her figure stood atop the Blood Formation, her body rippling with deep red halos.

The Blood Formation refined all living beings, transforming them into cultivation to feed back to her.

The woman's cultivation aura surged wildly. She spread her arms and laughed loudly, her beautiful face showing an expression of immersion and enjoyment.

"Damn it! So the one who incited the beast tide was you!"

A roar came from the Hundred Lotus Mountain Range, and a young man's figure sped toward her like a rainbow. "Qi Fang! As a member of the Great Qi imperial family, you actually practiced a Demonic Technique!"

"It's you old fellow again."

Qi Fang clicked her tongue, her expression full of disdain. "You've tried to ruin my plans repeatedly. If it weren't for today, you would have been dead long ago, old man!"

Wei Chuan's face was grim. Seeing the hellish scene below, his body trembled with rage, and vast spiritual power erupted from him.

"Your Great Qi has crossed the line!"

Wei Chuan's voice was icy, and killing intent overflowed from his eyes.

The two countries were separated by the Hundred Lotus Mountain Range, and both sides had minded their own business. Yet it turned out that the beast tides over the last ten years had been secretly incited by the Great Qi imperial family.

Not only did they harm many lives in Great Wei, but they also used a Demonic Technique to refine Great Wei's living beings. They simply did not take Great Wei seriously!

Qi Fang laughed loudly upon hearing this. "So what?"

"Then die!" Wei Chuan's face was distorted with rage. His spiritual power exploded, and the light and shadows of his Daoist arts illuminated the mountains and rivers.

Qi Fang's laughter did not stop as her entire body bloomed with deep red light.

The two figures were submerged in the collision of terrifying Spells, the vibrations spreading for a hundred miles!

The Hundred Lotus Mountain Range collapsed instantly. The explosions were deafening. Countless Yao Beasts fled in terror, and trees and giant rocks were ground into powder under the vast energy.

The power of a Golden Core Cultivator was terrifying to the extreme. Their battle pierced through more than half of the Hundred Lotus Mountain Range.

When the aftermath of the Spells dissipated, two blood-stained figures appeared in the sky.

Wei Chuan's eyes were bloodshot. His chest had been pierced by Qi Fang's fair hand, and her blood-stained palm was now squeezing a beating heart.

A few streaks of blood adorned her exquisite and beautiful face as she wore a morbid smile.

"Speaking of which, I have to thank your Great Wei for helping me eliminate that Golden Core Great Demon in the Hundred Lotus Mountain Range. Otherwise, it would have been quite troublesome for me to kill it alone. More importantly, it would have been easy for your Great Wei Cultivators to notice something was wrong."

Qi Fang stuck out her pink tongue and licked the blood from the corner of her mouth.

She leaned into the ear of the dying Wei Chuan and whispered, "Perhaps you don't know yet? That Great Demon's offspring was actually released by me."

"I thought I'd let that Great Demon fight with your Great Wei, and then find an opportunity to place this Blood Formation to help me reach Major Achievement in my Demonic Technique."

"Although there were some issues during the process, the result is the same."

Qi Fang's laughter was full of irony. "I didn't expect your Great Wei to be so insidious. On the surface, you helped the Great Demon find its offspring, but you set an ambush when returning it. No wonder the Yao Race says humans are cunning and treacherous; they are talking about people like you."

"Heh..."

Wei Chuan's eyes nearly split upon hearing this. He opened his mouth to say something, but his heart was crushed by Qi Fang with a squelch.

"Without you old fellow, Great Wei is finished~"

Qi Fang's laughter continued to echo through the shattered mountains and rivers.

Countless fleeing Yao Beasts tore through the forest barrier, like an uncontrolled blood-colored torrent, trampling the earth and destroying the Guangling Border Pass. One wave of the beast herd headed toward the direction of Qingyuan County...