Chapter 1214: Escape

After witnessing the power of the Blood Defilement Divine Light in the great battle at Ziwei Palace, many cultivators had wanted to obtain a segment of Infinite Blood Mulberry Wood to refine into an astra.

Cultivators from Small Cold Domain had entered Endless Valley multiple times in search of it, only to return empty-handed. They had suspected that all the Infinite Blood Mulberry Wood had already been gathered by the Sin Abyss cultivators, and eventually the matter had been dropped.

The Infinite Blood Mulberry Wood had appeared only briefly. After so many years, Jiang Chenzi and the others had gradually forgotten about it.

Yet now, the Blood Defilement Divine Light had reappeared here, and it had been used against them.

What goes around comes around.

Whoosh! The Blood Defilement Divine Light had seemed slow but was in fact swift. It drifted onto one of the banners, and before Jiang Chenzi could retract it, he watched helplessly as the banner trembled and dimmed in an instant.

All three banners had been indispensable. With one contaminated, the array inevitably stalled.

"Crap!" Jiang Chenzi shouted.

They had never expected Qin Sang to possess such a move. Jiang Chenzi frantically poured true essence into the faltering banner, trying to salvage the situation.

Old Devil Ye had already appeared above the blood waters, preparing to refine Daoist Lu and Cold Lizard within first.

Sensing the damage to the banner array, Old Devil Ye frowned slightly, showing a trace of displeasure. However, his expression remained calm, without surprise or urgency, as he casually raised his hand and reached toward Qin Sang.

A sudden change occurred within the blood waters. A shrill, inhuman roar erupted from their depths.

The sound was piercing and filled with pain, like a devilish sound drilling into the mind. Anyone who heard it could not help but frown, overwhelmed with discomfort.

Boom! A powerful force burst forth violently, sending the blood waters surging backward.

At the same time, a terrifying chill spread outward. The strange blood waters were actually frozen in places by the frigid wind, turning into blocks of ice.

A blue-glowing bead slowly rose from the center of the explosion. It resembled the snow bead previously controlled by Cold Lizard, yet the cold it emitted far surpassed before.

Cold Lizard, his body now dozens of zhang long, raised his head high. With the snow bead above his crown, his pillar-like limbs trampled through the blood river. His eyes burned with fury as he stared coldly at Old Devil Ye.

Under Cold Lizard’s gaze, Old Devil Ye felt a sudden tightening in his heart. A ripple disturbed his previously calm expression, and a hint of astonishment flashed in his eyes.

Among the four who entered Abyssal Ruin this time, both Daoist Lu and the Snake King were middle-stage Spiritual Infant experts.

Qin Sang possessed the lowest cultivation, yet his abilities and treasures were anything but inferior. In fact, he was the one most worth fearing.

Only Cold Lizard, at the early stage of the Transformation Realm, had seemed ordinary and insignificant. But now, Cold Lizard far exceeded everyone’s expectations.

Not only did he swell dramatically, becoming incomparably fierce and imposing, but even his aura transformed completely, to the point that Old Devil Ye himself felt wary.

Old Devil Ye’s gaze shifted rapidly, eventually settling beneath Cold Lizard, where he finally spotted Daoist Lu.

In stark contrast to Cold Lizard, Daoist Lu's face was deathly pale, his aura extremely weak. His injuries seemed to have suddenly worsened, even more severe than before.

Daoist Lu met Old Devil Ye’s gaze, his expression equally calm, as if he were not fighting for his life.

"What kind of secret technique is this? That Lu fellow seems to have poured his entire cultivation into Cold Lizard..." Old Devil Ye instantly grasped the cause of this transformation.

Cold Lizard and Daoist Lu had remained inactive earlier, likely preparing this very technique.

What puzzled him, however, was that Cold Lizard bore no imprint of Daoist Lu. He was not his spirit beast, yet he was capable of executing such a coordinated secret technique.

This thought passed in an instant, as Old Devil Ye heard Cold Lizard’s roar and sensed danger. He immediately withdrew the hand he had extended toward Qin Sang and instead pressed it toward the snow bead.

At the same time, the snow bead erupted with dazzling brilliance, like a dark-blue sun.

Old Devil Ye’s expression turned grave. Spreading his five fingers wide, he shot out countless fine blood threads from his fingertips. The blood waters below were devoured by the threads and rapidly condensed into a strange crimson diagram.

Boom! The moment the diagram formed, the dark-blue sun crashed into it.

Blood light and frost light collided and intertwined. The shockwave surged outward, plunging everything into chaos. Nothing could be seen clearly, not even the figures of Daoist Lu and Cold Lizard.

Old Devil Ye’s figure flickered as he was forced to retreat upward, temporarily avoiding the brunt of the attack.

Cold Lizard’s strength had become evident.

Meanwhile, on the other side, after Qin Sang had crippled one of the banners and created a flaw in the array, he and the Snake King immediately activated their astras, repelled Jiang Chenzi’s attempt to block them, and charged outward side by side.

Sensing the terrifying fluctuations below and witnessing the entire scene through the Sky-Eyed Butterfly, Qin Sang felt a flicker of shock. He had not expected them to possess such a trump card.

Sure enough, every Spiritual Infant cultivator and great demon had their own hidden cards.

Yet it remained unknown whether Daoist Lu, now heavily injured, and Cold Lizard, who had forcibly elevated his strength through a secret technique, would still have the power to escape the pursuit that would follow after breaking free of the blood waters.

Qin Sang and the Snake King exchanged a glance.

Qin Sang still followed the original plan, heading toward the headquarters of Heavenly Corpse Sect.

Although the blood water blockade had been torn open by Cold Lizard, Old Devil Ye appeared largely unharmed and still had strength to spare.

If they headed downward now, they would still have to face Old Devil Ye, and first they would need to get past the malicious spirit. One misstep could undo everything.

This outcome was actually for the best.

Without any accidents, Cold Lizard and Daoist Lu should be able to break through the blood waters and escape Abyssal Ruin, while Qin Sang and the Snake King would take the route through Heavenly Corpse Sect.

Splitting into two paths would divide the forces of Sin Abyss.

As for the malicious spirit, Qin Sang had already thought of a way to deal with it.

During these past days searching for fragments of the Killing Sword within Abyssal Ruin, Qin Sang had become very familiar with the ancient barriers scattered throughout. He knew that along the return path, they would pass several such zones and could make use of their power.

Though he could not kill the malicious spirit, he could trap it temporarily and shake it off.

"Let’s go!" the Snake King said in a deep voice, sharing the same thoughts as Qin Sang.

His decision to assist Qin Sang had not been made lightly. It was not an act of abandoning his companions, nor using Cold Lizard and Daoist Lu as bait.

If he had decisively charged downward earlier and coordinated with Cold Lizard from within, it might have seemed easier to force Old Devil Ye back and break the blood river’s blockade.

But if Qin Sang had failed to break Jiang Chenzi’s banner array, Old Devil Ye would have gained the support of three Spiritual Infant cultivators, and the power of the blood river would have been far greater than before.

Once the full might of the banner array manifested, they would all have become trapped beasts in a cage.

It was precisely by acting this way that the four of them had managed to shatter the prison and flee in separate directions. As for whether they could survive the pursuit that followed, it would depend on their own abilities.

Without sparing another glance below, they led the malicious spirit with them and flew deeper into Abyssal Ruin.

Jiang Chenzi was furious and joined forces with the other two Spiritual Infant cultivators in a final attempt to hold them back. But with the array already disrupted, they had lost the initiative. It was now too late to stop Qin Sang and the Snake King.

Qin Sang was adept at evasion techniques, while the Snake King’s cultivation was second only to Old Devil Ye. Naturally, his evasion speed was no slower.

The saber and sword danced together. With effortless ease, they shattered the hasty attacks launched by Jiang Chenzi and the others.

After a few flashes, Qin Sang and the Snake King broke through all obstruction and entered the gaps between the dark clouds.

Unfamiliar with the route, the Snake King could only follow closely behind Qin Sang.

The two of them resisted the malicious spirit’s attacks together as they sped toward the headquarters of Heavenly Corpse Sect.

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