399: Chapter 399 Blood Tide

"That eighth-tier demon?" the elderly wizard draped in black robes asked in a deep voice.

As the eldest wizard present and a member of the Dark Swamp, a faction with influence comparable to Yishi Mansion, he naturally knew many unknown secrets.

According to his understanding, Yishi Mansion had indeed sealed a demon a thousand years ago.

That battle had directly reduced Yishi Mansion, formerly the leader of the local White Witch factions, into a neutral power.

Afterwards, Yishi Mansion went silent, becoming an inconspicuous small faction.

However, with the onset of the Heavenly Change, the Elemental Power between heaven and earth became abundant, and Yishi Mansion found a new path to rise again.

In an era where Transcendents were becoming increasingly common, relations between them were no longer as tense as before, and ordinary people could eat, drink, and play alongside Transcendents.

Yishi Mansion took advantage of this to reach the forefront of the era, utilizing various delicacies and the advantages of being a neutral faction to develop into its current state.

It had to be said, they were truly impressive.

The person who thought of using food to attract others was definitely a genius!

...

Upon hearing this, the others' expressions tightened slightly, and they couldn't help but look at Helian.

Helian did not speak, clearly tacitly acknowledging the existence of the demon.

For a moment, the expressions of everyone in the arena turned ugly.

What a joke; that was an eighth-tier demon—everyone might as well just commit suicide.

And as seventh-tier wizards, fleeing in such a dejected manner was certainly not an option.

Moreover, they were all local factions; even if they left now, what would happen in the future? They would still have to come back to solve it eventually.

Therefore, although the seventh-tier wizards present were cursing inwardly, not a single person spoke of leaving.

"There is nothing to be nervous about; a thousand years have passed, and even if that demon isn't dead, it likely won't have much strength left," the Dark Swamp wizard said to reassure them.

Yet, although he said this, he felt extremely helpless in his heart.

In reality, the reason Yishi Mansion hadn't been destroyed back then was because everyone feared this great killing weapon they controlled.

It was just unexpected that after a thousand years, it would explode like this.

Fortunately, enough time had passed; even if it escaped, it wouldn't be able to stir up much trouble. With so many seventh-tier wizards, it would be enough to take down a crippled eighth-tier demon.

"The problem is huge!"

Helian did not echo the Dark Swamp wizard, instead causing the emotions that had just calmed down to fluctuate once more.

"It's been sealed for a thousand years; it shouldn't be a big deal, right?" a witch said with a smile, extremely unwilling for things to spiral out of control.

Yet, at this moment, Helian spoke again with an ugly expression: "That is a Soul-Devouring Demon!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked.

After all, a Soul-Devouring Demon was no simple thing; it was considered an anomaly among demons, a creature that even other demons would expel.

Originally, they only thought it was a legend, but now you're telling them that such a thing actually exists?

"Then hurry up and get the people inside out!"

A wizard could no longer maintain his composure and said in a panic.

After all, he had brought his most outstanding disciple with him.

Although they hadn't expected Yishi Mansion to actually bring out Star Marrow, such a grand gathering of factions naturally required showing off their strength.

It wasn't just him; most of the sixth-tier professionals in the arena held the same thought.

Because Yishi Mansion was a neutral faction, it was certainly safer than being on someone else's territory.

If they didn't show off their strength during an opportunity like this, wouldn't they have come for nothing?

But at this moment, the ring of light in the sky suddenly vibrated, and immediately after, the spatial channel within it began to close.

"Everyone, act now to stabilize the channel!"

Seeing this scene, Helian hurriedly shouted.

Upon hearing this, the others didn't care about much else and one after another began to exert their strength to stabilize the channel.

The Transcendents in the plaza, seeing this, also discovered the situation here, because at this moment, red mist and wizards fleeing in panic appeared on the screen in the sky.

Immediately after, the crowd stepped forward to ask what was happening; after all, the people inside were the pillars of their families, and if something went wrong, it would be a disaster.

While maintaining the spatial channel, Helian explained the matter of the demon breaking its seal.

Yet, in this tense atmosphere, a flash of cold indifference crossed Helian's eyes.

For others, it might be an accident, but Helian did not think so.

In fact, even without the help of prophecy, Yishi Mansion had long anticipated such an occurrence, which was also the reason why Yishi Mansion's disciples had not gone inside.

Therefore, relative to this, Yishi Mansion naturally had countermeasures in place.

Of course, it was not yet time to act; at the very least, they had to weaken the vital strength of the various factions first.

Otherwise, if these factions were to discover the problem, the people inside the secret realm would all be 'accomplices' in the future.

Now it was just a matter of who could run faster; those who ran slowly would only be destined to perish here.

However, Helian felt a little strange in his heart.

Because under normal circumstances, even if that seal were opened, he should have been able to detect it in advance, yet he only realized the problem when the five elements exorcism banner was gone.

'Someone obtained the secret realm key?'

Strange...

Chanyun Secret Realm.

Just as it was unusually lively outside, and the Transcendents in the secret realm were fleeing frantically, Nie Ning was covering his head in helplessness, dissecting the demon corpse.

Hard! It was simply too hard!

As expected of an eighth-tier demon; he couldn't even break through its defenses.

He could only use the most primitive method: hard grinding!

Looking at the powder in the bottle—not knowing if it was skin or filth—Nie Ning couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

If not for wanting to miss this rare opportunity, he would have long since thrown in the towel and run away.

After all, this was no safe place.

Without the suppression of the five elements exorcism banner, demonic power constantly gushed out from the demon corpse, but this took a very high toll on him.

What was worse, Nie Ning did not know the 'password' to replace the five elements exorcism banner.

In a situation where he could not activate the Demon Sealing Pillar, the five elements exorcism banner he controlled was completely useless on its own.

A starving camel is still bigger than a horse; his strength did not allow him to achieve the feat of sealing an eighth-tier demon on his own.

"It's all that old guy's fault; he didn't say that the demonic power would be this dense."

Looking at the churning blood mist around him, Nie Ning wiped the sweat from his forehead, his expression as ugly as if he had eaten excrement.

After all, who could have expected it to turn out like this? Belen didn't say, and he didn't ask; it was likely that even Belen didn't expect him to do something like this.

Nie Ning held the xueyan bladeless in his hand, grinding against the demon's body like a file, preparing to get more experimental materials to take back.

As a wizard, these were rare experimental materials; if he couldn't move the whole thing, he could only take a bit more.

But as he was grinding, Nie Ning suddenly stopped.

He turned back to look at the scene occupied by the blood mist, where the outside could no longer be seen at all.

Under such a dense Abyssal Tide, he could still barely hold on by relying on the five elements exorcism banner, but what would happen to those people outside?

Although he was a person who repaid grudges, he was also not a person who wantonly slaughtered the innocent.

Of course, it was definitely not because there were too many big shots in the plaza outside and he was afraid of being hunted down if they found out; it was purely out of kindness...