Crimson Blood Ancient Road, Outpost Slaughter

At the entrance of the Crimson Blood Ancient Road, two blood-colored Peaks towered like giant gates, with a narrow passage sandwiched between them.

At the entrance of the passage, an outpost built entirely of dark red rock stood across the way, with the banner of the Chixue Sect hanging above—a ferocious blood-eye embroidered on a blood-colored background.

Nightmare stopped the army a hundred meters in front of the outpost.

On the outpost wall, the garrison had already discovered them.

A middle-aged Cultivator wearing blood-red battle armor stood on the wall, squinting as he examined Nightmare's group, his gaze finally landing on Nightmare.

"From the Black Wind Desert?" The Cultivator's voice carried obvious disdain. "This Ancient Road is not open to the public. Get lost."

Nightmare did not speak, only taking a step forward.

With just this step, the atmosphere of the entire outpost changed instantly.

"Stop!" the middle-aged Cultivator shouted sternly, simultaneously raising his hand to make a gesture.

Dozens of Cultivators immediately poured out of the outpost, all with strong auras; the weakest were at the Peak Dao Master Realm, and the leaders among them were at the Late Stage Celestial Venerable Realm.

Nightmare swept a glance over them.

One Early Stage Hunyuan Celestial Venerable Realm, thirty Late Stage Celestial Venerable Realm, and fifty Peak Dao Master Realm.

This was the garrison the Chixue Sect had placed here.

"I am the commander of the Chixue Sect's Blood Soul Outpost, Xue Feng." The middle-aged Cultivator looked down from above. "One final warning: take another step forward, and you will be killed without mercy."

Nightmare finally spoke, his voice terrifyingly calm: "Move aside, or die."

Xue Feng's expression darkened.

A Deputy behind him whispered, "Commander, these people's auras are not right, especially the one leading them... the flames on his body..."

Xue Feng had noticed it too. The black flames vaguely flowing around Nightmare made him instinctively feel uneasy. But this was the Crimson Blood Ancient Road, the Chixue Sect's territory!

"Close the gate to the Ancient Road!" Xue Feng ordered decisively. "Activate the Blood Soul Formation! Send a message to headquarters immediately; an unknown force is forcing their way into the Ancient Road!"

Boom—

Heavy stone doors extended from the mountains on both sides, slowly closing. At the same time, a blood-colored light barrier rose around the outpost, with countless twisted blood-colored runes appearing on it, emitting a thick scent of blood.

"Attack!" Xue Feng roared.

The blood-colored light barrier suddenly lit up, and hundreds of blood arrows shot out from it, raining down upon Nightmare's army.

Nightmare didn't even lift an eyelid.

The Hongmeng Chaos Nirvana Anti-Dao Demon Star Flame erupted from his body, forming a black flame barrier that blocked in front of everyone.

Pfft, pfft, pfft—

The blood arrows collided with the flame barrier, not even creating a ripple before being burned into nothingness.

Xue Feng's pupils constricted sharply.

"This... what kind of flames are these?!" Alarm bells rang in his heart. "Quick! Increase the Formation output! We must stop them!"

The Cultivators inside the outpost desperately fueled the Formation. The blood-colored light barrier grew brighter, and more blood arrows, blood blades, and blood thunder surged from it, frantically bombarding the flame barrier.

But the barrier remained completely unmoved.

Nightmare finally moved.

He raised his right hand and clenched his fingers into a void grip.

The black flames instantly condensed into a giant demonic hand, slamming fiercely into the blood-colored light barrier.

Boom—!!

Amidst the deafening roar, the blood-colored light barrier trembled violently, and the blood-colored runes on its surface began to shatter. Xue Feng and the others inside the barrier were shaken unsteadily, and several weaker Dao Master Realm Cultivators even spat out blood.

"Impossible!" Xue Feng gasped. "The Blood Soul Formation can withstand a full-strength blow from a Late Stage Hunyuan Celestial Venerable Realm, how could it..."

Before he finished speaking, Nightmare's second attack arrived.

This time it wasn't a demonic hand, but a black line of fire condensed to the extreme. The line of fire was as thin as a strand of hair, yet carried an aura of total destruction, piercing precisely at the weakest point of the light barrier.

Crack.

A clear cracking sound rang out.

A crack appeared on the blood-colored light barrier, and then the cracks spread like a spiderweb.

In less than ten breaths.

The entire Blood Soul Formation completely collapsed.

"Retreat! Retreat inside the outpost! Defend to the death and wait for reinforcements!" Xue Feng was terrified, turning to flee.

But just as he turned, he bumped into a figure.

Nightmare had appeared in front of him, the distance between the two less than three feet.

"You..." Xue Feng wanted to say something.

Nightmare's right hand was already pressed against his chest.

Black flames surged from his palm, instantly piercing through Xue Feng's body. The flames erupted inside him, burning him into a human torch from the inside out.

Xue Feng couldn't even manage a scream before turning to ashes in the flames. A wisp of Origin from the Hunyuan Celestial Venerable Realm was extracted by Nightmare and casually stowed away in his storage ring.

"The commander is dead!"

"Run! Run quickly!"

The outpost garrison completely collapsed and fled in all directions.

But Nightmare would not give them a chance.

"Wipe them all out, leave none alive."

The moment the order was given, the Nidao Vanguard Army moved.

The seventy elites were like tigers entering a flock of sheep, and the slaughter officially began. These defenders, who counted as elites within the Chixue Sect, were completely vulnerable before the Nidao Vanguard Army. Wherever the black flames passed, flesh and blood turned to ash, and Divine Souls were utterly destroyed.

In just half an incense stick of time.

There were no survivors left in the outpost.

Nightmare walked to the Core Zone of the outpost, where a communication Formation was still flickering; obviously, Xue Feng had sent out a distress signal before he died.

He stomped the Formation to pieces.

Then he raised his hand, and black flames swept through the entire outpost like a tidal wave. Rocks melted, buildings collapsed, and all defensive structures turned to ruins in the flames.

"Leave ten men to guard the entrance," Nightmare ordered. "The rest of you, follow me into the Ancient Road."

He looked at the narrow passage.

Deep in the passage, blood-colored mist permeated the air, making it hard to see far.

But Nightmare could feel that on the other end of the passage, stronger enemies were waiting for him.

Perfect.

He needed more slaughter to feed the Demonic Flame within him.

"Let's go."

Nightmare was the first to step into the Ancient Road.

Black flames circulated around his body, burning and purifying all the blood-colored mist that approached. Behind him, the army followed closely.

Inside the Crimson Blood Ancient Road, the slaughter had only just begun.