At this moment, not only Lin Xiao, but the two Blood Sect elders outside the arrays also darkened their expressions immediately.
Mu Bosang had betrayed not only the Ying family, but their Blood Sect as well, and even intended to strike against their sect master.
“Snicker!”
Just then, Mu Bosang raised his hand. Array patterns lit up on his palm. A strand of sword qi shot out, swift as lightning, instantly piercing towards one of the Blood Sect elders.
The Blood Sect elder hurriedly slapped out a palm. Blood light bloomed. A bloody palm force erupted, but it had barely formed when the sword qi shattered it, piercing through his body along with it.
The Blood Sect elder died on the spot.
“Array with one’s body!”
Lin Xiao’s expression turned cold at once. He had seen “array with one’s body” on Ma Bi. It involved inscribing arrays upon the flesh to unleash array dao power, an extremely advanced array dao technique.
Unexpectedly, this Mu Bosang had also cultivated such an array dao method.
Moreover, its array dao power had reached the level of Martial Saint force. A single move had slain the Blood Sect elder.
Everyone’s expressions grew grave. Array with one’s body wielded power akin to a Martial Saint. Their side’s Martial Saints were all gravely wounded. If Mu Bosang entered the array, they would be in peril.
“Snicker!”
“Snicker!”
At that instant, blood already flowing from the wounds of Ying Yi, Jiang You, and the others was suddenly tugged by a sucking force. Their blood surged fiercely downwards towards the ground.
As soon as it touched the earth, the blood vanished, as if the ground itself were absorbing it.
“The Blood Demon Body is frantically devouring blood. She has reached the critical moment of her cultivation!”
Ying Yi cried out in alarm, hurriedly forcing his power to circulate. Yuan force surged, covering his wounds, blocking the sucking force.
The blood required for the Blood Demon Body to assail Martial Saint would surely be vast. Without resistance, it would drain them dry.
Yi Zhigong and the others were greatly shocked, similarly forcing their internal yuan force to circulate, sealing their wounds.
The sucking force was not yet strong enough to tear through their yuan force. With this circulation, it could no longer draw forth their blood.
After all, the power flowing within them remained Martial Saint level.
“Blood… blood…” Once the flow to the ground was halted, a frail, parched, thirsting female voice rose faintly from below.
“Huo Ruyan!”
Hearing this voice, Lin Xiao’s heart jolted violently.
Though the voice sounded raw, dry, and feeble, he could still recognise it as Huo Ruyan’s.
The Blood Sect master, the Blood Demon Body, was indeed Huo Ruyan! At this moment, Huo Ruyan had clearly reached the pivotal juncture of breakthrough, needing to devour massive quantities of Martial Saint blood.
Lin Xiao’s heart raced with urgency. He could not resist moving.
“Whoosh!”
Just then, a palm-sized, disc-like object suddenly spun in from the outer mist.
Its speed was so swift it flashed past, slicing towards Mu Bosang from behind.
“Snicker!”
The black disc-like weapon cut into Mu Bosang’s back. As if triggering an array there, terrifying sword qi erupted, repelling the flying disc.
However, the disc seemed extraordinarily sharp. Mere contact stained it with blood. The black disc turned entirely crimson.
“What is this thing?”
Mu Bosang was startled.
His body was covered in myriad arrays. Touch one and it activated. Ordinary sneak attacks, even if they landed, could never succeed.
Yet this disc was too sharp, and it possessed devouring power. Breaking his skin, it fiercely absorbed his blood.
Though the array repelled it, in that brief instant it had drained a considerable amount, leaving him as if struck by a mighty blow.
Boom! Immediately after the disc, a black palm force erupted from the outer mist, surging with overwhelming demonic qi, blotting out half the sky as it slapped towards Mu Bosang.
Terrifying pressure enveloped heaven and earth.
“Who!”
Mu Bosang was shocked, hurriedly thrusting out both palms. Array patterns flared. Terrifying array dao power condensed into a massive palm force, slamming towards the overwhelming demonic palm.
At the same time, streams of sword qi shot from Mu Bosang’s body, piercing towards the surging demonic palm force.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The ground trembled violently, as if a great earthquake had struck. Overturning air waves erupted. Astonishing fluctuations swept heaven and earth, engulfing hundreds of li. Mu Bosang was submerged in the surges.
Even the array barrier enveloping everyone above emitted intense creaking, as if on the verge of shattering.
Seeing this, everyone was greatly alarmed. A demonic cultivator expert, a Martial Saint-level demonic cultivator, had directly attacked Mu Bosang.
Clearly, this demonic Martial Saint was not the Blood Demon Body. There were no signs of breakthrough here. The Blood Demon Body remained at her critical moment.
In other words, another Martial Saint powerhouse had arrived.
Demonic cultivators at Martial Saint level were called Demonic Saints. Achieving sainthood through the demonic path, their combat power was exceedingly terrifying. Among the continent’s major overlords, none were demonic Martial Saints.
They were extremely rare across the entire continent.
Clearly, the newcomer was no Martial Saint from any major force.
“Could there be a Demonic Saint behind the Blood Demon Body?”
Everyone was baffled. The attacker targeting Mu Bosang was most likely aligned with the Blood Demon Body. Otherwise, there would be no need to strike Mu Bosang so urgently now.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
In mere moments, amid the ocean-like air waves outside the array, brilliant light clusters erupted again. Terrifying fluctuations swept outwards. The ground quaked violently. Explosive booms resounded.
Clearly, the two were clashing fiercely.
“Blood… blood…” The parched, feeble voice rose faintly from the ground once more.
“Act!”
Lin Xiao snapped back, urgently commanding himself inwardly. His figure flashed, moving at extreme speed towards the inner array barrier.
Lin Xiao had long intended to approach the inner array barrier, positioning himself nearby outside it. With yuan force and spiritual force erupting, his speed was blinding. In a flash, he plunged into the array barrier.
The Yaoguang Broken Sword suddenly appeared in his hand, chopping directly towards Ying Yi, half-kneeling at the inner edge, closest to him.
“Pfft!”
Ying Yi was already gravely wounded, shocked by the Demonic Saint’s arrival, and forcing power to resist the ground’s sucking force. He had no defence. The broken sword struck his body. A great spray of blood erupted. Ying Yi’s torso was severed at the waist into two halves.
“What?”
Everyone’s eyes bulged in shock, as if their eyeballs might fall out.
The Ying family’s Martial Saint powerhouse Ying Yi had been cleaved by a suddenly charging middle-aged man with one sword?
Bisected at the waist, slain instantly?
Ge Jiuwei’s jaw nearly hit the ground, his face filled with ghostly disbelief. This fellow who had travelled with him all the way had charged in, chopped a Martial Saint, and succeeded?
Ge Jiuwei fell into stunned stupor.
Even Yi Zhigong, Jiang You, Hong Lie, and the others were shocked, faces brimming with incredulity.
No matter how they imagined it, they could never have foreseen Ying Yi dying in such a manner.
Ying Yi’s falling upper body had eyes wide open, clearly dying with unresolved grievances.
