337: Chapter 337: Heading Towards the City Lord's Mansion

Countless pools of pure blood flowed across the ground, rapidly absorbed by the patterns of the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array, reversing their flow and surging toward the underground palace.

This eerie scene unfolded in an instant, plunging the city into panic as everyone instinctively took to the air.

However, taking to the air was useless; the entire city was filled with blood-colored spiritual light, leaving no path for escape.

Blood rained down from the sky, resembling a waterfall of blood.

The hundreds of millions of Cultivators within the city frantically activated all their defensive Magic Treasures, fleeing toward the gates in every direction of Xuanbing City.

Yet, their defensive Magic Treasures could not withstand the smelting power of the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array, shattering after holding for only a breath or two, instantly refining another ten million Cultivators into blood.

Screams filled the air!

Only those Cultivators above the Golden Immortal Realm could barely hold on for a moment by relying on their own vast Immortal Qi to bolster their protective Magic Treasures.

In the city, above a tavern.

Gu Jing, dressed in purple, stood in mid-air, his body protected by countless rays of multicolored spiritual light.

His face was grim as he watched the large number of Cultivators around him being continuously refined into blood. If his Physical Body had not already reached the Golden Immortal Early Stage, half of his body would have been refined the moment this Blood Sacrifice Grand Array was unleashed!

This Formation must be closely related to the City Lord's Mansion!

Unwilling to get involved, Gu Jing transformed into a purple streak of light, weaving through the mass of screaming, struggling Cultivators being refined, and tore through the air toward the east of the city.

A hundred breaths later—nearing the east gate of the city.

Tens of millions of Golden Immortal Early, Middle, and Late Stage Cultivators had gathered here. Their faces twisted in pain, they endured the smelting power and activated numerous pseudo-Immortal Treasures to attack an invisible barrier that surged into the sky at the city wall.

The terrifying, destructive attacks rained down on the barrier, but it was as if they had fallen into water; they only caused ripples that quickly dissipated, causing no damage whatsoever.

Amidst the frenzied attacks, hundreds and thousands of Cultivators were continuously refined into blood by the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array, flowing into the Formation.

In this desperate situation, many Cultivators, at the moment of being refined, burned their Primordial Spirits and rushed toward the invisible barrier to self-destruct.

Yet, they still failed to cause any damage to the barrier.

Gu Jing frowned, sizing up the invisible barrier. This was an Immortal Lord-level defensive barrier!

Even if he unleashed his Law-Heavenly Projection, he would be unable to break it!

This barrier was different from the one that had enveloped Tiannan Star. Although the Immortal Qi barrier on Tiannan Star was also at the Immortal Lord level, it had not been nourished by Immortal Qi for years and was ancient, making it already extremely fragile, which is why he had easily shattered it with a single punch.

This barrier, however, was constantly absorbing Immortal Qi from the heavens and earth to recharge, making it incomparably tough; it was impossible to break with his strength alone.

Unless at least ten million Golden Immortal Late Stage Great Perfection experts joined forces, it could not be broken.

Thinking of this, Gu Jing swept his Divine Sense across the area. A moment later, his expression darkened.

Previously, there were at least twenty million Golden Immortal Great Perfection experts in the city, but now, not a single one could be seen. It was clear they had been sent away by the City Lord's Mansion in advance!

Bang! Bang! Bang—! Amidst the bursts of explosions, the defensive light screen on Gu Jing's body also began to collapse layer by layer.

Seeing this, he immediately activated dozens more defensive Magic Treasures and circulated his cultivation even more frantically, stabilizing the defensive light screen slightly. However, it still flickered under the smelting power, and its collapse was only a matter of time.

"Fellow Daoists, this barrier cannot be broken by our strength alone. Instead of wasting time here waiting for death, why not charge toward the City Lord's Mansion and destroy the Formation eye? That must be the origin of everything!"

High up in the crowd, a Golden Immortal Late Stage Cultivator suddenly spoke, enduring the excruciating pain.

As soon as these words were spoken, the ten million Cultivators present snapped out of their deathly terror, their thoughts suddenly clear. Indeed, the City Lord's Mansion was the source of everything!

"Kill that old thief Ye Wujiang!!!" "Kill that old thief Ye Wujiang!!!" "Kill that old thief Ye Wujiang!!!" "..."

Immediately, roars of immense fury erupted from the crowd high in the sky. Everyone stopped attacking the barrier, activated several supreme defensive treasures, and charged toward the City Lord's Mansion in the center of the city!

Gu Jing also followed at the back of the crowd. After all, since the invisible barrier could not be broken, the only way to survive now was to destroy the Formation eye at the City Lord's Mansion.

Meanwhile, the tens of millions of Cultivators at the gates in all directions of Xuanbing City also stopped attacking the barrier, and with monstrous rage and killing intent, they all charged toward the City Lord's Mansion.

Everyone moved at extreme speed, like millions of meteors streaking across the Void Realm.

As the ten million Cultivators from all directions approached the city center, the smelting power of the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array grew even stronger, and a large number of Golden Immortal Early Stage Cultivators began to be instantly refined into blood.

The bodies of the Golden Immortal Middle Stage Cultivators also began to be refined at a rate visible to the naked eye. Screams immediately filled the air, echoing across the sky!

Only the Golden Immortal Late Stage Cultivators were temporarily unharmed. Even so, not a single person retreated, because retreating meant death, while pushing forward to destroy the Formation eye at least offered a glimmer of hope!

When all the Cultivators in the city approached the sky above the City Lord's Mansion, the smelting power of the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array suddenly increased tenfold!

All Cultivators below the Golden Immortal Late Stage were instantly refined. Tens of millions perished on the spot, as if they had been evaporated!

In an instant, blood rained down like a waterfall, terrifying and gruesome.

Gu Jing had already quietly consumed his Lifespan to activate the world-pointing pen, drawing a Golden Immortal Perfection-level defensive light screen to envelop himself.

This small cyan defensive light screen alone had cost him five thousand years of his Lifespan. If he wanted to draw an Immortal Lord-level light screen, it would cost at least thirty thousand years of Lifespan. Unless it was a life-or-death crisis, he was naturally unwilling to do so.

Underground. Inside the underground palace.

Through the light screen, Ye Wujiang watched the ten million Golden Immortal Late Stage Cultivators in the sky around the City Lord's Mansion, who were in immense pain and looking around anxiously for the Formation eye, and sneered in his heart.

"This place is the center of the Formation, and the smelting power is even stronger. Besides going all out to defend, I doubt they dare to spare any extra Immortal Qi to destroy and search for the Formation eye!"

"Huh...?" Ye Wujiang, who was talking to himself, suddenly gave a soft exclamation. He zoomed in on the light screen, his gaze locking onto Gu Jing at the back of the crowd.

"This brat is only at the True Immortal Early Stage, yet he hasn't been refined? The cyan defensive light screen on him must be emitted by an Immortal Treasure! Not bad, to have an Immortal Treasure at the True Immortal Early Stage, his background must be decent. Once those Golden Immortal Late Stage Cultivators are mostly refined, I will go out and kill him to seize the treasure, so as to avoid damaging the Immortal Treasure!"

Ye Wujiang nodded slightly in satisfaction, then turned his gaze back to the giant Dragon.

Inside the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array, a continuous stream of pure Essence Blood of life was being transported into its body.

At this moment, half of the Essence Blood of life in the giant Dragon's body had already been replenished. Once the remaining ten million Golden Immortal Late Stage Cultivators outside were refined, the Essence Blood of life in its body would be fully replenished!

At that time, I will unleash my secret technique to refine it into a Puppet, and I will possess an Immortal King Realm Puppet Ice Dragon!

Ye Wujiang's face was full of excitement; he had already begun to fantasize about his days of dominating the Qingshuang Immortal Domain.