"Pfft!"
Just as everyone was intently resisting the demon race's onslaught!
A sound of blood splashing erupted from behind them!
Turning their heads instinctively!
They discovered!
Lu Yuqiu's long sword had already pierced Chen Nan's chest!
Blood dripped incessantly from the bloodstained long sword!
The blood fell to the ground, quickly seeping into the altar!
"Buzz!"
The calm altar instantly blazed with light!
A monstrous demonic energy erupted from within!
The sudden turn of events shocked everyone!
No one had expected that while they were fending off enemies!
Lu Yuqiu behind them would ambush Chen Nan at such a moment!
She was the Saintess of the Dao Sect!
The most stunned were the female disciples of Jade Maiden Peak!
They had lived with Lu Yuqiu all along, but who could have imagined she would act like this now?
Although they knew Lu Yuqiu had been possessed, when did it happen?
They had been inseparable since entering this place!
Moreover, Chen Nan had previously checked them for demonic possession in two ways!
"Lu Yuqiu, are you f*cking insane?" Ao Hanye roared in fury, charging at Lu Yuqiu with his sword!
Lu Yuqiu withdrew her sword from Chen Nan's body!
Her figure, like the wind, floated to the center of the altar!
A knowing smile played on her lips!
However, her eyes were completely black!
Not a trace of white could be seen!
It was a terrifying sight!
"The blood sacrifice has begun, don't struggle!"
"With your strength, you cannot stop the demon race's resurgence!" Lu Yuqiu's voice was chilling!
Scarlet light flashed in the eyes of the stone carvings of demonic beasts around the altar, sending shivers down everyone's spines!
"Kill me, kill me quickly..."
Suddenly, Lu Yuqiu's eyes regained clarity, but they were filled with pain: "I haven't betrayed humanity, I have never betrayed humanity..."
She had only slept for a while, but the will of the Demon God had entered her mind!
Even though she had been resisting!
She had ultimately failed!
Furthermore, she had gravely injured Chen Nan!
Although it was only one person's blood, Chen Nan's blood was pure!
His blood alone was enough to break the seal here!
"Senior Sister, rest in peace!"
Chen Nan formed a hand seal, and a character of "Zheng" (正) descended like a thunderbolt!
He was never soft-hearted!
Especially towards the alien races!
The moment the "Zheng" character fell, Lu Yuqiu's soul scattered, vanishing from existence!
Chen Nan said in a low voice, "I need everyone's blood, inject your soul power into it, and together we will unleash the full power of the 'Zheng' character. Only then can we seal this place!"
With that, he raised his hand and drew another "Zheng" character!
"Attack!"
Following Chen Nan's command!
Everyone shed their blood and injected their soul power!
"Buzz!"
The blood-colored runes blotted out the sky!
They enveloped the small world, exuding a majestic righteousness!
Even the altar's light weakened a few notches!
Not only that, but it also repelled the enemies attacking from all sides!
"It actually works!"
Everyone was ecstatic, never expecting the Divine Talisman Art to be able to suppress the altar!
As time passed!
The blood-red light on the altar gradually faded!
The overflowing black demonic energy also vanished into the heavens and earth!
The "Zheng" character itself could purify all evil, let alone the joint effort of hundreds of people!
Its power was terrifying!
After another five minutes!
All the blood on the ground evaporated!
The demonic energy completely disappeared!
The altar returned to its previous dim, lusterless state!
Seeing this!
Everyone felt exhausted!
But seeing the altar restored to its former tranquility, everyone was overjoyed!
"Although we lost many companions this time, we still sealed the passage to the demon realm!"
"Yes, we should be able to leave alive now, right?"
"Actually, they were innocent!"
"Right, they definitely didn't want to be demonized by the demon race!"
The atmosphere on the scene instantly became somber!
Even though they had survived, they had paid a heavy price!
Especially Lu Yuqiu, who was the fairy in the hearts of countless disciples!
And the number one Saintess of the Dao Sect!
Her tragic death here was truly a case of beauty meeting a cruel fate!
"Rest for a while, and let's leave this place as soon as possible!" Geng Rao's eyes flickered with complexity. He had once had a secret crush on Lu Yuqiu and had planned to confess his feelings upon their return!
And now...
The group rested in place, each taking out spirit stones, pills, and medicinal herbs to recover their strength!
An hour later!
Just as everyone was preparing to leave!
Suddenly!
"Boom!"
A deafening sound exploded in everyone's ears!
Immediately followed by an earth-shattering tremor!
A colossal arm, thousands of feet long, stretched out from beneath the altar!
Monstrous demonic energy poured out like a breached dam near the giant arm!
In an instant, it blackened the entire sky!
The overwhelming demonic energy made everyone hold their breath!
Even though the survivors were all powerful cultivators at the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages!
Facing this terrifying, surging demonic energy, everyone felt as insignificant as ants!
A single arm was thousands of feet long!
One could only imagine how terrifying this Demon God would be!
If it were to descend into this world, even all of them combined would not be able to harm it!
"Holy sh*t, how could this happen?"
"Didn't we seal the altar?"
"The Demon God descends, how can we be its match?"
"The calamity is coming, the calamity is coming!"
Everyone's morale had shattered!
It wasn't that they couldn't defeat it!
But they had lost the courage to fight!
Chen Nan's face was grim, and he was about to unleash his immortal mansion, intending to take everyone inside!
Although this would expose his biggest secret!
But at this critical juncture, he had no other choice!
No matter what, he had to save the disciples of the Dao Sect!
However!
He was shocked to find that he could not sense the existence of the immortal mansion!
This was likely due to the magnetic field generated by the Demon God's descent affecting the immortal mansion; otherwise, it wouldn't be like this!
The Demon God swiped a palm!
The void annihilated!
Over a hundred Golden Core stage experts, unable to dodge in time, instantly turned into blood mist and vanished from existence!
"Flee, escape this place quickly!"
As the First Holy Son, Ao Hanye gave a decisive order!
This Demon God was too terrifying; forget them, even the strongest of the Dao Sect might not be able to suppress it!
Therefore, the priority was to get away from here!
"I have a talisman, perhaps it can suppress this passage!" Chen Nan hovered in the air, a divine talisman he had taken from Mount Bulao appearing in his hand!
As soon as the divine talisman emerged!
The demonic energy was instantly affected!
Even the Demon God, not yet fully emerged, let out a deafening roar!
It seemed to be wary!
"I don't know where your talisman comes from, but it feels very powerful!" Ao Hanye's eyes lit up. "Xuan Yuan Yue, quickly offer this talisman to suppress this passage!"
Chen Nan formed hand seals and instantly threw the divine talisman towards the altar!
But because of the monstrous demonic energy there!
The divine talisman could not land!
Instead, it was repelled!
Ao Hanye snatched the divine talisman, his eyes firmly fixed on the altar. "If I take this talisman over there, can you stabilize it?"
Chen Nan: "The Mountain Talisman can stabilize this talisman, but you... will not return alive!"
Ao Hanye murmured, "As long as you all can live, isn't that enough?"
With that, he gripped the divine talisman and resolutely flew towards the altar!