359: No blood in the night

Outside the Eastern Frontier Ancient City, the Qi between heaven and earth suddenly became oppressive, as if even time had frozen at this moment.

Scarlet blood surged like a tide, less than a hundred thousand miles from the Ancient City, like a bloodthirsty Vicious Beast, opening its gaping maw, intending to devour the entire Ancient City.

Heaven and earth were dim, the wild wind howled, and blood surged like a tide, as if the end of the world had arrived.

“Elders, proceed as planned!”

Xu Yuan stood at the pinnacle of the Ancient City, his gaze like lightning, his voice deep yet carrying an undeniable authority.

He held an ancient jade talisman in his hand; faint runes circulated on the talisman, emitting a heart-palpitating aura.

“Good!”

The two Elders responded in unison, then their figures flickered, transforming into two streams of light, one gold and one white, soaring into the sky.

The golden light was like the sun, the white light like the moon; the two colors intertwined, instantly obscuring half the sky, pressing down on the surging blood.

“Impudent beast! How dare you be so presumptuous!”

Elder Huang roared, his voice like thunder, shaking even the Void Realm.

He formed hand seals, his cultivation erupting like a volcano; nine golden lights shot into the sky, transforming into nine Formation Flags, instantly setting up his renowned masterpiece—the Nine Heavens Demon Trapping Formation.

The grand Formation, like a net, enveloped heaven and earth, trapping the scarlet blood tightly.

“Kill!”

Elder Li followed closely, his white longsword unsheathed, its light like a rainbow, cutting through the sky, striking directly at the core of the blood; wherever it passed, the blood melted like ice and snow, dissipating.

“Roar!”

From within the blood, a world-shaking roar erupted, as if an enraged ancient Vicious Beast.

Immediately after, six gigantic blood-colored demonic claws stretched out from the blood; each demonic claw contained world-destroying power, fiercely grabbing at the sword light.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

The sword light and demonic claws collided, unleashing terrifying shockwaves; the Void Realm instantly fractured, and heaven and earth lost their color.

Elder Li’s white longsword let out a mournful cry, its light dissipated, and he himself was shaken, spitting out fresh blood, his body staggering.

“Old man Li!”

Seeing this, Elder Huang’s expression changed drastically, and he hastily activated the grand Formation to stabilize the situation.

However, the blood did not stop; instead, it became even more violent and gradually condensed, finally forming a terrifying creature three thousand zhang tall, surrounded by blood-colored runes, its aura so strong it was suffocating.

“Half-step Dao Monarch!”

Elder Li’s pupils constricted violently, his voice tinged with disbelief.

This strange entity had actually broken through its Realm in such a short time, reaching the Half-step Dao Monarch level!

How was this possible?

“Hehehe! I wonder if you are satisfied with this gift from me?”

On the distant mountaintop, the black-robed man sneered coldly.

That strange entity being able to Break through in such a short time was naturally due to his intervention!

“Roar!”

The strange entity roared to the sky, its sound waves like a tide, shaking the Nine Heavens Demon Trapping Formation violently; the eastern part of the grand Formation even showed cracks, and the Formation was on the verge of collapse.

Elder Huang’s expression was solemn; he rapidly formed hand seals, and streams of cultivation transformed into celestial pillars, injecting into the grand Formation, quickly repairing the cracks.

“Nine Heavens Demon Extermination, Golden Dragon Descent!”

Elder Huang roared, and the nine Formation Flags burst forth with dazzling golden light, intertwining to form a gigantic Golden Dragon; its Dragon roar shook the heavens as it pounced towards the strange entity.

“Roar!”

The strange entity waved its four demonic claws, battling the Golden Dragon.

Although the gigantic Dragon was formed by the grand Formation and possessed immense power, the strange entity was, after all, a Half-step Dao Monarch existence; with each wave of its demonic claws, heaven and earth fractured, and the Void Realm collapsed, making the battle extremely fierce.

Elder Li also stabilized his injuries and once again wielded his longsword; the sword transformed into countless blades, forming a torrential sword rain, striking at the strange entity, gradually suppressing it!

In the distance, Nanshan stood with his hands behind his back, the nine Great Domain Lords behind him looking solemn, their gazes fixed on the battlefield.

They knew that this battle concerned the entire Eastern Saint Domain and might even affect the entire Eastern Ghost Dao Province.

And within the Ancient City, Xu Yuan’s gaze was stern, the jade talisman in his hand trembling slightly.

He murmured in a low voice, “Revered Master, Disciple will borrow your power today to suppress and kill this beast!”

Before his words finished, he suddenly crushed the jade talisman, and a dazzling light shot into the sky, piercing the clouds.

Between heaven and earth, an invisible power seemed to be awakening; the entire Eastern Frontier Ancient City trembled at this moment.

“Are they using their trump card?”

Watching this scene, the old man with wild hair and beard flashed a cruel smile at the corner of his mouth.

Let’s talk about the Eastern Frontier Ancient City!

The moment Xu Yuan crushed the jade talisman, the space between heaven and earth suddenly fell silent, as if even time had paused for an instant.

Immediately after, a dazzling green light shot up from the jade talisman, piercing the clouds, transforming into a phantom of a green-robed old man, towering above the sky, like a Daoist Cangsong standing tall, majestic and dignified.

The old man’s hair and beard were all white, his face benevolent yet carrying supreme majesty, his eyes as deep as stars, as if they could penetrate all things in heaven and earth.

He merely stood there, yet he exuded an ineffable sense of oppression, as if even heaven and earth had to submit to him.

“This is… that old fellow’s aura!”

At this moment, many ancient existences in the Canglan Dao Domain awakened, their gazes crossing layers of the Void Realm, looking towards the Eastern Ghost Dao Province.

“Dean!”

Elder Huang and Elder Li were excited!

“Revered Master!”

Xu Yuan looked at the phantom and bowed to him.

Regardless of the purpose, since he had become a Disciple, Xu Yuan would not forget this Revered Master-Disciple bond.

The green-robed old man nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over the battlefield below, then he raised his hand and waved; an invisible power, like a celestial river pouring down, struck at the strange entity in the grand Formation.

The strange entity was originally entangled with Elder Huang and Elder Li; caught off guard, it was fiercely struck by this power, its massive body instantly flew backward, blood-colored runes shattered, and its aura withered, clearly suffering severe injuries.

“Good opportunity!”

A glint flashed in Elder Huang’s eyes; he exchanged a glance with Elder Li, and the two simultaneously formed hand seals, preparing to unleash their killing move to completely suppress and kill this strange entity.

However, at this critical moment, an unforeseen change occurred!

“Boom!”

The Void Realm suddenly cracked, and dozens of black-robed figures stepped out from the crack; each of them exuded a terrifying aura above the Dao Lord Realm.

The leader was none other than the Elder of the Eternal Night Clan—the mysterious black-robed man!

He wore a black robe, his face sinister, his eyes as dark as an abyss, surrounded by a dense power of darkness; his cultivation had astonishingly reached the Half-step Dao Monarch Realm!

“Elder Ye Wuhen!”

Elder Huang’s expression changed drastically, his voice tinged with shock and anger.

“Hehehe!”

The black-robed man sneered coldly, raised his hand, and struck with a palm; the power of darkness surged like a tide, instantly slamming into the Nine Heavens Demon Trapping Formation.

The grand Formation trembled violently, then with a “crack,” the eastern Formation Flag completely shattered, and the entire grand Formation collapsed with a roar.

“Pfft!”

Elder Huang and Elder Li simultaneously spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, their bodies staggering backward, clearly suffering serious injuries.

“Elder Ye Wuhen, how dare you interfere in the affairs of my Canglan Dao Domain!”

High in the sky, the phantom of Daoist Cangsong, after pulling Elder Huang and Elder Li to the rear, glared at Elder Ye Wuhen.

Elder Ye Wuhen sneered disdainfully, and said indifferently, “A mere Canglan, does it deserve to make my Eternal Night Clan wary? If I hadn’t intentionally provoked a great war, your Cangwu Dao Academy would have long been annihilated! How could I let you, old dog, bark in front of me?”

“Bastard!”

“If the Dean’s true body were here, would you dare to bark?”

Daoist Cangsong himself wasn’t much affected, but Elder Huang and Elder Li were shocked and angry upon hearing this, and they reprimanded him!

Upon hearing this, Elder Ye Wuhen’s eyes turned cold.

If Daoist Cangsong’s true body were indeed here, he would certainly not appear; after all, Daoist Cangsong was very close to that Realm, and although they were both Half-step Dao Monarchs, it would not be difficult for the other party to kill him.

It was just that although the other party had hastily come out of seclusion last time, recent investigations by his inside sources revealed that the other party had long since entered a death seclusion.

If he were to Break through, he would naturally receive news!