111: Swallow it!

This news...

It originated from the Seven Stars Sect!

When the Elders of the Seven Stars Sect went to the Flying Origin Palace for help, they were horrified to discover that the entire Flying Origin Palace was already deserted!

They had actually evacuated the Seven Stars Province long ago!

"How... how is this possible?!"

Guo Chengdao felt as if he had been struck by a bolt of lightning.

He was completely stunned, his mind a blank.

These past few days, he had thought of countless reasons why the Flying Origin Palace had not acted, but he never imagined that they had already evacuated the Seven Stars Province!

"The Flying Origin Palace is the governing power of the Seven Stars Province. Although their rule over the Seven Stars Province isn't absolute, they are still its rulers. They... they just abandoned the Seven Stars Province?!"

Guo Chengdao simply could not accept this fact.

He had been waiting for the Flying Origin Palace to use their secret artifact to resolve the crisis in the Seven Stars Province.

He had waited for so long... only to find out that the Flying Origin Palace had already fled.

"Flying Origin Palace!"

Guo Chengdao's eyes instantly turned bloodshot, the flames of his fury seemingly about to burst from his eye sockets.

The veins on his neck bulged.

Only at this moment did he realize that from the very beginning, they, like the Seven Stars Province, had been abandoned by the Flying Origin Palace.

The Flying Origin Palace hadn't even notified them during their evacuation, completely disregarding their lives.

This enraged Guo Chengdao beyond measure.

Just then, he suddenly thought of the safety of Jin Yun City.

Given that there was no possibility of a secret artifact annihilating the numerous evil spirits, the formation of a Ghoulish Spirit was now a certainty.

Guo Chengdao's expression immediately changed.

He immediately took out his communication device, intending to notify the three Elders to quickly lead everyone to evacuate.

He just happened to hear Elder Qiao's transmission.

"The Ghoulish Spirit has formed!"

Guo Chengdao's expression changed drastically, his pupils contracting violently, and he urgently transmitted:

"Take the Crimson Tiger Totem and evacuate Jin Yun City!"

...The colossal Ghoulish Spirit, like a towering mountain, stood forty miles outside Jin Yun City.

Just seeing it from afar filled everyone's minds with a sense of insurmountable power.

The three Blood Martial Realm Elders looked solemn.

The moment they received the Sect Master's transmission, the three of them immediately made arrangements.

"Everyone, listen up!"

"Prepare for evacuation!"

Over the past three days, they had already prepared for the worst.

Evacuation routes and other arrangements had been made three days prior.

After issuing the command, the three of them went to three different locations within Jin Yun City.

Simultaneously, they raised their hands and pressed them to the ground.

Boom!

Powerful fluctuations simultaneously emanated from their bodies, forming crimson patterns that spread across the entire Jin Yun City at an incredibly fast pace.

It was as if they were unlocking something... In an instant, a dazzling crimson light shone forth from Jin Yun City, dyeing the sky above Jin Yun City red.

Clouds churned, and a colossal crimson vortex appeared in the center of Jin Yun City.

Within the vortex, something seemed to be gradually rising, propelled by the three Elders.

"This is..."

The disciples of the Red Tiger Sect all watched this scene in astonishment.

Even the Director of the Night Watch Department, who had been stationed in Jin Yun City for many years, was dumbfounded, never having imagined that something of critical importance was hidden within Jin Yun City!

Only the Sect Master Guo Chengdao and the three Blood Martial Realm Elders knew that deep beneath Jin Yun City, their most important Crimson Tiger Totem had been nurtured.

It could be said that this was the Red Tiger Sect's most crucial possession!

It was their very foundation!

Years ago, for some reason, the Red Tiger Sect's ancestor chose to bury the Crimson Tiger Totem deep beneath Jin Yun City and set up a nurturing array there.

It had been continuously nurtured through this underground array.

Based on Sect Master Guo Chengdao and the three Elders' understanding of the Crimson Tiger Totem, they knew that it was not only their foundation but also related to a major secret!

It was also the Red Tiger Sect's reliance for its future rise.

When the Sect's ancestor buried the Crimson Tiger Totem, it was already in a weakened state.

It needed to be nurtured here for a hundred years to recover.

Once the Crimson Tiger Totem recovered, the Red Tiger Sect would immediately undergo an astonishing transformation!

Even replacing the Flying Origin Palace would be an easy feat.

However, there were still twenty to thirty years left until the hundred-year mark.

Taking it out now would render all their efforts futile.

This was also the real reason why Guo Chengdao was unwilling to abandon Jin Yun City until the very last moment!

What he cared about was not this city, but the Crimson Tiger Totem beneath Jin Yun City!

Once Jin Yun City was abandoned, it would be impossible to continue nurturing the Crimson Tiger Totem.

Decades of effort would be wasted.

However, in the current situation, they had no choice but to take out the Crimson Tiger Totem and leave.

After all, with the Flying Origin Palace's evacuation and no secret artifact to annihilate the evil spirits, the Seven Stars Province was bound to fall. They, too, had no choice but to evacuate the Seven Stars Province, and naturally, they had to take their most important Crimson Tiger Totem with them.

Rumble!

Within the gigantic crimson vortex, the Crimson Tiger Totem was slowly rising from beneath the ground, bit by bit.

At the same time, the colossal Ghoulish Spirit, like a mountain in the distance, began to move.

The eyes on the tentacles behind the Ghoulish Spirit stared intently at Jin Yun City in the distance, indicating its target.

Boom!

As it moved, in a single step, it appeared several hundred meters away.

It stirred up a circle of black ripples that spread in all directions, impacting all the nearby evil spirits, causing them all to mutate amidst low growls.

With each step the Ghoulish Spirit took, it would stir up a circle of black ripples.

And each step often covered several hundred meters, its speed incredibly astonishing.

It rapidly approached Jin Yun City.

On the city walls of Jin Yun City, everyone watched the approaching Ghoulish Spirit, their scalps tingling, their hearts exploding with fear!

"It... it's coming!"

Many people cried out in alarm, trembling with fear.

As it drew closer, the Ghoulish Spirit in their vision became clearer.

They could already see the numerous mouths, big and small, on the Ghoulish Spirit's long skirt.

The chewing sounds and screams emanating from these mouths became even clearer, sending shivers down everyone's spines.

The fear in their hearts grew stronger, and they only wanted to escape this place as quickly as possible.

The three Blood Martial Realm Elders also noticed the Ghoulish Spirit's approach.

A strong sense of urgency rose in their hearts. However, it would take some time to retrieve the Crimson Tiger Totem from underground. Until then, they could not leave.

They could only accelerate the retrieval of the Crimson Tiger Totem, trying to get it out before the Ghoulish Spirit arrived.

However, the Ghoulish Spirit's speed far exceeded their expectations.

In less than ten breaths, the Ghoulish Spirit had already appeared less than twenty miles from Jin Yun City.

On the city wall, the Red Tiger Sect disciples were in a complete panic.

With their faces drastically changing, many even had the thought of jumping off the city wall and fleeing.

However, they also knew that with the city below swarming with evil spirits, even if they jumped now, it would be a dead end.

Without the three Blood Martial Realm Elders to clear a path for them, they couldn't possibly break out.

One by one, they looked anxiously at the three Blood Martial Realm Elders, wanting to urge them but not daring to.

They could only watch the colossal Ghoulish Spirit continuously approach in this torment.

In an instant, the Ghoulish Spirit was less than ten miles from Jin Yun City.

In everyone's eyes, the entire Ghoulish Spirit was like a moving mountain, its body taller than the entire city wall of Jin Yun City.

It brought an extremely strong sense of oppression. The increasingly loud chewing sounds constantly exploded in their ears, further increasing everyone's psychological pressure.

Their breathing became more rapid.

The Night Watch of the Entering Martial Realm had all collapsed to the ground.

The Inner Sect Disciples of the Qi Martial Realm also felt their limbs go weak.

Xiao Shi gazed at the continuously approaching Ghoulish Spirit, feeling immense pressure.

He knew that even the three Blood Martial Realm Elders were no match for this colossal Ghoulish Spirit.

If this continued, what awaited them would likely be total annihilation!

"Perhaps... I need to act and take a gamble!"

A sharp glint flashed in Xiao Shi's eyes.

He quietly withdrew from the crowd... In less than a moment, the distance between the gigantic Ghoulish Spirit and Jin Yun City was only five miles.

The height of Jin Yun City's city walls only reached the Ghoulish Spirit's chest.

Such a colossal Ghoulish Spirit, even if it merely crashed into the city, could easily cause the entire Jin Yun City to collapse.

The numerous dim, eerie eyes on the black tentacles extending from the Ghoulish Spirit's back all fixed upon the many Red Tiger Sect disciples on the city wall.

Under the gaze of the tentacle eyes, the Red Tiger Sect disciples all felt a jolt in their brains.

Warm blood simultaneously flowed from their noses and mouths, their brains throbbing as if countless steel needles were wantonly stirring inside their heads.

At the same time, these tentacles retracted like springs, then shot forward with a "swish," instantly darting out like long, pouncing snakes, flying straight from the Ghoulish Spirit's back, continuously extending in the air, and sweeping towards the many Red Tiger Sect disciples on the city wall at an astonishing speed.

An extremely intense sense of mortal danger instantly enveloped the minds of every Red Tiger Sect disciple.

Just then, a hum!

Within the crimson vortex in Jin Yun City, after the efforts of the three Blood Martial Realm Elders, the Crimson Tiger Totem from underground was finally retrieved.

It was a Crimson Tiger stone statue, about ten meters long, exuding an extraordinary and sacred aura!

It was exquisitely beautiful and lifelike. Every single Crimson Tiger hair on it was clearly visible.

Furthermore, an indescribable majesty emanated from this stone statue.

The moment it appeared from the vortex, a tiger roar echoed in everyone's ears!

Under this tiger roar, the numerous Night Watch of the Entering Martial Realm all felt their blood surge and churn, and a low tiger roar also emanated from within their blood.

The Qi Strength of the other Qi Martial Realm disciples also uncontrollably rushed out, emitting tiger roars.

Everyone from the Red Tiger Sect, at this moment, let out tiger roars.

This scene... was as if, under the long roar of the tiger king, the entire Red Tiger clan also let out roars to respond to the tiger king's call.

Amidst these roars, the negative effects brought by the tentacle eyes were directly dispelled and cleared.

At the same time, the numerous black tentacles flying towards the Red Tiger Sect disciples also stopped dead in their tracks under this tiger roar.

However, they only paused for about a second... Swish! Swish! Swish!

These tentacles continued to shoot forward, but their target was no longer the Red Tiger Sect disciples, but... the Crimson Tiger Totem suspended above the vortex!

"Oh no!"

The three Blood Martial Realm Elders' expressions simultaneously changed.

They immediately acted to block these tentacles.

All the eyes on the tentacles instantly fixed upon the three Blood Martial Realm Elders.

Although the impact these eyes had on the three Blood Martial Realm Elders was far less severe than when they targeted the Qi Martial Realm disciples, when all the eyes fixed upon them, their power surged!

Even the three Blood Martial Realm Elders bled from their noses and mouths, their brains throbbing.

In this state, they were completely unable to stop the numerous black tentacles.

They could only watch helplessly as the numerous black tentacles wrapped around the Crimson Tiger Totem.

If this were the Crimson Tiger Totem in its prime, these black tentacles would likely have been incinerated into ash before even getting close.

But the Crimson Tiger Totem was still in a weakened state, rendering it defenseless.

After being entangled by the numerous black tentacles, swish!

The black tentacles retracted, immediately pulling the Crimson Tiger Totem back.

"Damn it!"

The three Blood Martial Realm Elders' eyes were bloodshot with rage.

The Crimson Tiger Totem was the most important possession of their Red Tiger Sect!

It absolutely could not be taken away by the Ghoulish Spirit like this.

Even if it meant death, they would snatch it back.

Terrifying fluctuations immediately emanated from the bodies of the three Blood Martial Realm Elders. They all, at all costs, endured the throbbing pain in their brains and unleashed terrifying power.

Even if this caused them to bleed more from their noses and mouths, and their injuries continued to worsen, they did not care.

These black tentacles also seemed to sense the powerful fluctuations emanating from the three Blood Martial Realm Elders, and they all detached from the Crimson Tiger Totem, leaving only one tentacle wrapped around the Crimson Tiger Totem, continuing to retract.

The remaining black tentacles all whistled and struck the three Blood Martial Realm Elders.

The three Blood Martial Realm Elders roared in anger.

With their attacks, these black tentacles were directly shattered!

Booming sounds continuously erupted. They seemed to transform into war gods, unstoppable, causing many black tentacles to explode on impact with their attacks.

However, the number of these black tentacles was simply too great.

Even if they shattered all these black tentacles, they wouldn't have time to stop the black tentacle that was pulling the Crimson Tiger Totem back.

In an instant, this black tentacle, carrying the Crimson Tiger Totem, returned to the colossal Ghoulish Spirit.

A monstrous, gaping maw suddenly opened on the Ghoulish Spirit's long skirt.

The black tentacle released the entangled Crimson Tiger Totem.

The entire Crimson Tiger Totem immediately dropped, and was swallowed whole by this monstrous maw!

"It's over!"

The three Blood Martial Realm Elders instantly turned ashen.