Cultivating with Bragging System-Chapter 538 - 262: The True Blood Sacrifice: Ruthless Enough to Kill Their Own! (6100 words)_3
In an instant, the blood mist seemed to freeze.
"It’s the Cleansing Immortal Talisman of Mount Shu!" a powerful expert exclaimed, recognizing the source of the celestial light with joyful surprise in their eyes.
An Immortal Talisman is a talisman infused with pure Immortal Qi. Each of the runes inscribed upon it was passed down by a true immortal, possessing an unimaginably formidable power. Mount Shu is a major sect in Nanzhou with a long heritage. It was only natural that many of its ancestral masters had ascended to immortality and left behind such treasures.
The saints all breathed a collective sigh of relief, smiling as the situation finally took a turn for the better.
"Heh heh!"
In the third layer of the void, Ye Huang overlooked everything. He suddenly let out a light laugh, showing no surprise whatsoever. He slowly looked up at Perfected Daoxuan, the Sect Master of Mount Shu who had intervened to protect the saints. A strange glow emanated from him amid the endless night as he spoke, "Immortal Talismans, eh? Truly formidable! But before the might of my realm’s Great Abyssal Demonic Array, all are but ants. Unless a Great Emperor intervenes, what difference does an immortal make?"
[Ding!]
[Someone nearby is boasting. Congratulations, Host! You have gained Mana +10,000!]
The Great Abyssal Demonic Array was indeed formidable, an ancient and forbidden array. It was created by a fierce demon over tens of thousands of years in an attempt to break through to the Great Emperor Realm. It could devour and refine even entire worlds. Beneath the Great Emperor Realm, it could be called invincible! However, that was only true of the complete version of the Great Abyssal Demonic Array. The array here clearly did not reach that level.
Nonetheless, it was still terrifying. The Sect Master of Mount Shu’s expression changed abruptly when he discovered that his Immortal Talisman could only temporarily slow the blood mist’s encroachment. It was incapable of dispersing the mist. Once the Immortal Talisman’s power was exhausted, everything would return to its original state. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
Meanwhile, on Demon Sea Island, numerous human cultivators were being eroded by the blood mist. Their vitality began to dissipate, and all their efforts proved ineffective. Many were on the brink of being killed on the spot.
RUMBLE!
The ancient city descended, piercing through the void. It was wreathed in Chaotic Qi, and countless mysterious lights scattered from it, illuminating a patch of pure land. A profound and mysterious power emanated from the center of Zhenmo City. The pervasive blood mist suddenly froze, as if it had lost its target.
"Everyone, return to Zhenmo City!" a crisp and decisive voice called out from within the city.
"It’s Big Brother!" Zhang Yuge exclaimed, recognizing the voice as Wang Xiu’s.
Everyone’s face lit up with joy, and the powerful experts from all factions hastily organized the younger cultivators to board the city.
BUZZZZ...
Invisible ripples spread out from the Black Tower at Zhenmo City’s center. Wherever they passed, all living beings seemed to lose their life signatures, as if they had never existed. The blood mist, which had been reaping lives everywhere, could no longer find its targets. It stagnated and drifted about aimlessly. However, the invisible ripples were unstable, their presence flickering on and off. Occasionally, the blood mist would turn back and surge toward Zhenmo City, only for the life signatures to vanish again moments later, forcing it to drift away once more.
"We request that the seniors from the Mount Shu, Yuheng, and Xuanji Cave Heavens use their respective Magic Artifacts to gather everyone near the Black Tower! Do not move!"
Once all the humans had returned to Zhenmo City, Wang Xiu’s voice came once more from atop the Black Tower. Everyone hastily complied.
The Yuheng Cave Heaven produced the Other Shore Ark, which contained a small world capable of holding tens of thousands of people. The Peak Lord of Mount Shu’s Covering Sun Peak produced a dusty little tower inscribed with two ancient characters: Immortal Spirit. With a wave of his hand, the small tower grew with the wind, flashing with golden light as it collected countless people inside.
The other Immortal Sects followed suit, each employing their own methods. In the blink of an eye, the once vast sea of people had dwindled to a mere hundred or so, all seated around the Black Tower.
BUZZ!
An invisible ripple spread out, like an inverted bowl clamping down over the area, enveloping everyone within. In an instant, everyone’s life signature vanished. The area became like a ghost town, devoid of any sign of life.
"What’s going on?"
In the third layer of the void, the previously composed Ye Huang’s expression had changed completely. He gazed down, still able to see the ancient city, but no matter how his Demonic Thoughts swept the area, he couldn’t detect the slightest hint of a human’s life signature, as if no one had ever been there. This was astonishing; he had watched with his own eyes as that group of humans ascended the city. Now they had all disappeared. Even the Great Abyssal Demonic Array couldn’t capture any signs of life, defaulting to the assumption that no living beings were present.
Was that city the cause?
Countless waves of turmoil crashed through Ye Huang’s heart. For the first time, he was truly starting to panic. The Great Abyssal Demonic Array could not be allowed to fail. The Human Race here must all die, otherwise... the consequences were unimaginable!
The tranquility of the night was shattered by an explosive fluctuation. A supreme, jet-black light fell from the void, like a torn-off piece of the night sky, plummeting toward Zhenmo City.
RUMBLE!
Instantly, layers of the void were pierced through as Chaotic Qi churned. The surface of Zhenmo City shone with a dazzling light, as if sensing the impending crisis.
Even among Demon Emperors, Ye Huang was a top-tier expert. His power was comparable to an Earth Immortal who had survived eleven Heavenly Tribulations, and he was not far from igniting his bloodline to return to his ancestral state and enter the true Ancestral Demon Realm! With a single palm strike from him, the heavens and the earth seemed to collapse!
Zhenmo City groaned, bearing the terrifying pressure. It plummeted from the void, falling toward the ground. Its surface formations and runes were continually ground away, with defensive ripples rising like a tidal wave.
Just as it seemed on the verge of being crushed, a cold wind suddenly swept across heaven and earth, swirling up mounds of snow that fell like a thick mist. The Snow Ancestor arrived, treading on the mist. Her figure was graceful and radiant, as divine as an immortal. She extended her slender, jade-like palms and struck out into the void.
Instantly, an intense, azure celestial light flared, blocking Ye Huang’s attack.
