267: Kill the incarnation and destroy the demon lord!

The blood-red pillar of light, which had been wantonly arrogant and seemingly in control of life and death, now flickered violently and unreliably like a candle in the wind.

The blood-red net covering the heavens and earth emitted a series of unbearable, piercing sounds. Cracks rapidly spread, and the suffocating resentment and bloody stench that had filled the air began to wildly recede and dissipate.

"How could this be?!"

The Great Priest's avatar could no longer maintain his previous composure and arrogance. His outstretched arms froze in mid-air as he roared in fury.

The immense blood-red light gathered around his body became chaotic, sometimes expanding, sometimes collapsing. Even his wide black robe began to appear illusory and transparent, as if it could dissipate into the wind at any moment.

He looked up at the collapsing blood-red sky, the shadows beneath his hood churning violently, letting out a roar filled with shock, anger, and a trace of unbelievable fear.

"Great Priest! What's going on?!"

Beside him, Second Demon Lord, who had been complacent and ready to reap the fruits of victory, now turned pale with fright.

He clearly felt that the array connection, which had been empowering them and continuously providing strength, was rapidly weakening. He even felt a terrifying suction force, drawing out their demonic energy in return!

He looked in alarm at the rapidly weakening avatar, "Power... power is draining! This great array...!"

"Shut up!"

The avatar interrupted sharply, his voice carrying an undisguised weakness and tremor, "The core altar... has been found... Chancellor... he... he had already laid a contingency... We... were outsmarted by that old scoundrel!"

He tried to re-gather his strength, but the speed of its dissipation far exceeded his imagination. Cracks began to appear on the avatar's body.

Although Li Shengyuan, Ye Hangzhou, and Luo Qingwan did not know what exactly happened in the distant core of the Central Plains, this abnormal change in the heavens and earth and the sudden weakening of their opponents was undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Before the Great Priest and Second Demon Lord could think too much, the three had already unleashed their respective techniques, descending upon their heads!

The sword intent in Li Shengyuan's eyes surged, holding nothing back.

The Zhenyuan Sword and Zhanyuan Blade in his hands bloomed with brilliant sword qi and blade light!

The Domain of Blades, Swords, Gods, and Demons consequently surged in power, crushing down upon Second Demon Lord and the Great Priest's avatar!

Ye Hangzhou's expression was indifferent. With his fingertips, he controlled the spirit array, initiating a killing assault!

Luo Qingwan's hand seals changed. The cold moonlight and sword array intertwined into a net, not only reinforcing the blockade but also continuously eroding the avatar's already precarious remaining power.

"No! I refuse to accept this!"

The avatar let out a desperate roar, trying to make a final struggle, raising his bone scepter to block.

The blood droplets formed by the Blood God Spear scattered into countless blood droplets, piercing through the trio's attacks!

However... "Crack!"

Without the support of the core altar, the bone scepter shattered upon contact with Li Shengyuan's sword rainbow and blade light!

Immediately after, the sword qi and blade light penetrated the illusory black figure without any obstruction.

The avatar's body suddenly stiffened, cracks instantly spreading all over him. He let out a final, venomous and unwilling shriek.

His entire "body" exploded into countless scattered blood-red light particles, which were then completely pulverized and annihilated by the chaotic heaven and earth elemental energy, leaving no trace.

"It's over..."

Seeing his greatest reliance so easily destroyed, Second Demon Lord was scared out of his wits and turned to flee.

But how could Li Shengyuan and the other two give him a chance?

Sword light, blade aura, and spirit array instantly surrounded him. Stripped of the array's empowerment, Second Demon Lord, under the furious siege of these three top experts of the current era, only lasted for a few breaths before being blasted into dust with a tragic howl, his form and spirit utterly destroyed.

At the same time, deep within the Central Plains, at the Earth Vein Altar.

"No!!!"

Along with the complete annihilation of the avatar and the one-by-one removal and reversal of the array foundations spread across the world, the Great Priest's true body let out an even more shrill and desperate roar.

The array patterns on the altar snapped inch by inch. The blood-red light furiously backfired, no longer converging towards him. Instead, it transformed into countless blood-red chains, coiling back and tightly binding his true body!

He could clearly feel that for thousands of years, the power, fortune, and soul essence he had stolen and plundered from this world and countless living beings through various secret methods and through the Great Blood Refinement Array of Myriad Souls, were now being forcibly stripped away and drawn out by a grander will!

His power realm plummeted like an avalanche. The trace of transcendent profoundness he had touched instantly vanished, and even his own diligently cultivated origin was being frantically extracted.

"Stealing from heaven and earth, poisoning all life, harming the previous dynasty, and still harboring ill intentions towards the current one. Today is the day you repay your debts!"

Chancellor's voice was as cold as ancient ice. He held his horsetail whisk, calmly watching it all unfold.

With a light sweep of the horsetail whisk, rays of pure light merged into the altar, accelerating the process of backlash and reckoning.

The Great Priest's true body struggled and wailed violently, entangled by the blood-red chains.

His black robe was torn apart by the violent energy, revealing a twisted, ancient-rune-covered face that was rapidly shriveling and aging.

He tried to resist, but without the great array, facing the karmic backlash and cosmic rejection accumulated over countless years, his resistance appeared incredibly pale and powerless.

His body began to disintegrate, transforming into the purest energy particles, like trickling streams or surging rivers, irreversibly returning to heaven and earth.

That vast power scattered into the void, nourishing the mountains, rivers, and vegetation that had withered due to the great array, and soothing the damaged earth's spiritual pulse.

Thousands of years of plotting, the sacrifice of countless living beings, ultimately resulted not in transcendence, but in complete annihilation, a cruel end where everything of his own returned to heaven and earth.

The blood-red light of the altar completely extinguished, and finally, with a "boom," it utterly collapsed, turning into a pile of ruins, completely burying the last traces of the Great Priest's existence.

The blood-red sky curtain covering the Great Qian completely dissipated...