299: It was just a relaxing and enjoyable cleaning job.

The moment the words left his mouth—

Chen Nian pointed his fingers like a sword and swept them casually toward the area where the Demonic Evils were most densely packed!

"Swoosh—!"

A beam of eerie green light, condensed to the extreme and radiating an aura of annihilation, erupted violently.

The beam moved at a speed that surpassed thought!

From the perspective of the Demonic Evils, they only saw Chen Nian wave his hand.

The next second—

"Boom—!!!!!"

The Nether-Dread Energy slammed ruthlessly into the crowd of Demonic Evils!

Dozens of Demonic Evils at the center of the explosion were vaporized instantly, before they could even let out a scream.

The terrifying energy shockwave continued to spread; wherever it passed, flesh and blood flew!

Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!

Demonic Evils within thirty meters were torn apart as if by an invisible giant hand—carapaces shattered, limbs snapped, and internal organs were splattered!

Thick, foul blood poured down like a torrential rain, staining the scene completely red.

With just one strike, the scene had turned into a living Hell.

[Ding! Killed a Fifth-Rank Demonic Evil, gained 14,222 points!]

[Ding! Killed a Sixth-Tier Demonic Evil, gained 25,552 points!]

[Ding! Killed a Seventh-Tier Demon, gained 36,891 points!]

...The System's notification sounds were frantically flooding Chen Nian's mind!

His points were skyrocketing like they were on a rocket!

But this was only the beginning.

Chen Nian didn't stop. He casually waved his left hand, palm up, fingers slightly spread.

"Roar—!!!!!"

Soul-Capturing Dragon Roar, activate!

The powerful sound waves were condensed to a level visible to the naked eye!

Centering on Chen Nian's left palm.

A translucent, air-distorting ring of shockwaves spread out violently in all directions like ripples on water!

Wherever the shockwave passed, space let out a low hum, and the ground was plowed into deep furrows!

And this was just the physical manifestation!

The real killing move was the spiritual impact contained within the sound waves, striking directly at the Soul's Origin!

Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!

To the left, over a hundred Demonic Evils who were forming a formation for a second wave of attacks suddenly stiffened!

Their eyes instantly lost their luster, and their pupils dilated.

Their Souls were shattered directly by the shock, annihilated right then and there!

The next second—

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Their bodies exploded directly!

Red, white, green, black... flesh, bone, and blood of all colors mixed together, splattering in all directions like fireworks!

[Ding! Killed a Fifth-Rank Demonic Evil, gained 15,552 points!]

[Ding! Killed a Sixth-Tier Demonic Evil, gained 24,891 points!]

[Ding! Killed a Seventh-Tier Demon, gained 36,891 points!]

...Another surge of points!

Seeing this, the Demonic Evils who had still held onto hope were now completely in despair.

"Run! Run!"

"A devil! He's a devil who harvests Souls!"

"Don't kill me! I'm willing to surrender! I'm willing to sign a Soul contract!"

The remaining Demonic Evils broke down completely!

They wailed, screamed, and shoved each other.

Like headless flies, they fled for their lives toward every corner of the valley!

Abyssal glory, the master's mission, the grand ritual plan... in the face of absolute death, it all became bullshit!

To live!

Only living had any meaning!

However, how could Chen Nian give them that chance?

He just gave a contemptuous smile and said faintly, "Flee? Do you really think you can escape?"

He walked slowly across the devastated Ritual Grounds as if taking a leisurely stroll in a courtyard.

He just waved his hand.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

Thousands of Blood-colored Silk Threads, condensed to the limit, erupted violently.

They were like living tentacles of death, weaving into massive nets of death in the air, descending upon the fleeing Demonic Evils!

Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!

The sound of blades slicing through flesh was as dense as popping beans!

Any Demonic Evil touched by the Blood-colored Silk Threads—

No matter how fast they were, no matter how strong their defense, they were instantly sliced into neat pieces!

Heads rolled, limbs were severed, and torsos were cut into dozens of segments!

Blood gushed from countless cuts like fountains!

Next, Chen Nian flicked his finger, and a spark of dark red fire shot out from his fingertip.

The spark expanded the moment it left his hand, turning into a sea of fire in an instant!

The dark red Demonic Flames, as if alive, automatically tracked the fleeing Demonic Evils.

Once touched, it was like a maggot on a bone, impossible to extinguish!

"Aaaah! Fire! This fire won't go out!"

"My Evil Energy has been ignited! Help!"

The Demonic Evils rolled and struggled in the sea of fire, letting out screams of extreme agony.

Their bodies quickly charred and carbonized, eventually turning to ash, with even their Souls burned away by the Demonic Flames!

Then, Chen Nian waved his hand again.

"Boom—!!!"

Purple Heavenly Thunder erupted, accurately striking those Demonic Evils trying to hide in rock crevices, caves, and shadows!

"No—!!"

"Quick, activate defenses!"

The Demonic Evils locked on by the Heavenly Thunder let out desperate roars.

They desperately propped up Evil Energy shields and performed life-saving secret arts.

But before the majestic Heavenly Thunder, everything was futile!

Their shields shattered like bubbles, and their secret arts were annihilated by the lightning!

The Demonic Evils were blown into flying ash by the majestic Heavenly Thunder!

For a time, the entire valley was submerged in all kinds of sounds.

Screams, wails, pleas for mercy, explosions, the roar of flames, the boom of thunder... all sorts of sounds intertwined to play a grand symphony of death!

However, Chen Nian didn't care at all.

Or rather, he was very satisfied with this.

He just kept waving his fingers, as if performing a relaxing and easy cleanup job.

Like a farmer harvesting ripe crops, or a gardener pruning excess branches.

Every time he acted, a large number of Demonic Evils would fall.

The efficiency was outrageously high!

The entire valley had completely turned into a bloody slaughterhouse, an incinerator, a lightning-filled Hell!

Severed limbs were everywhere, charred corpses were piled like mountains, and ash mixed with blood to dye the ground a bizarre color.

The thick smell of blood, the scent of burning, the stench of dissipating Evil Energy, and the smell of ozone after the lightning strikes... all mixed together to form a terrifying aura sufficient to make an ordinary person faint instantly.

And Chen Nian, strolling through blood and fire, had a calm expression and indifferent eyes, his robes fluttering and untainted by a speck of dust.

It was as if the hellish scene around him had nothing to do with him.

[Ding! Killed a Fifth-Rank Demonic Evil, gained 12,222 points!]

[Ding! Killed a Fifth-Rank Demonic Evil, gained 15,789 points!]

[Ding! Killed a Sixth-Tier Demonic Evil, gained 23,117 points!]

[Ding! Killed a Seventh-Tier Demon, gained 35,552 points!]

...The System's notification sounds had merged into one, refreshing in Chen Nian's mind like a waterfall.

The point tally was rising frantically!

In just one minute.

The hundreds of Abyssal Evils that were originally there were now completely cleared out!

A massacre.

This was a one-sided massacre of suffocating efficiency!

And the prelude to this massacre had only just begun.

Chen Nian's gaze looked toward the depths of the valley, in the direction of the internal Altar.

"Now, it's time for the main event!"

Chen Nian whispered to himself, a cruel arc curling at the corner of his mouth.

He took a step forward.

His figure disappeared from where he stood.