Mo Qi saw that he was getting closer and closer to the figure in black. He immediately shot out an arrow of qi, hitting the figure's leg without surprise. The figure in black cried out in pain, his body falling rapidly towards the ground like a kite with a broken string. Mo Qi followed him down. The figure in black rolled over, changing his orientation to head-down, and at the same time, used his hand like a blade, slashing at the knee of his injured leg, immediately severing it.
Mo Qi was stunned at that moment, his heart struck by a violent impact. What kind of escape technique was this? He had injured one of his legs, and instead of trying to heal it, he had cut it off. Wouldn't that hurt more? Could this solve anything? This was truly bizarre, an evil force from overseas, no wonder they were being hunted.
As his thoughts churned, bright red blood gushed out from the severed leg like a tide, instantly forming a sea of blood that surged forward. The smell of blood permeated the surroundings endlessly, a pungent odor that made one’s insides churn violently. Beyond the nose, it affected the throat, the internal organs, and the entire body as if being invaded by something tangible, causing sharp pains, especially in the head, making it feel as if something was about to burst out. A white mist slowly spread, threatening to engulf his entire brain.
Mo Qi realized that the opponent was using a soul-stealing sorcery. He immediately formed a hand seal, unleashing the Soul Suppressing Technique. His own soul body seemed to gain a golden physique, charging wildly within his body, rapidly devouring the encroaching white mist. The formless power was instantly annihilated, and his mind returned to clarity.
However, the sea of blood was still surging towards Mo Qi like a tidal wave. If he didn't take action, he would likely be submerged within a single breath.
Mo Qi immediately summoned the Five-Colored Pagoda, pointing at it with his hand. The Five-Colored Pagoda spun rapidly, and five-colored mist billowed from its top, tearing through the sea of blood layer by layer. Mo Qi's body shot forward, pushing the Five-Colored Pagoda ahead. The man and the artifact tore a passage through the sea of blood and charged towards the figure in black.
Meanwhile, more blood qi bypassed him and attacked the seven plum blossoms and Ba Dun behind him. The two had to resist the soul-stealing sorcery brought by the bloody stench while retreating to avoid the impact of the sea of blood.
Mo Qi, holding the Five-Colored Pagoda, unleashed five-colored mist towards the figure in black.
Having self-amputated a leg, the figure in black could only sit on the ground, but there was no fear on his face. He was unhurried, forming a hand seal and summoning a black banner, or rather, a deep crimson banner, so red it was almost black. The banner grew in the wind, unfurling with a gust of yin wind that shattered the five-colored mist, causing it to dissipate into nothingness. Mo Qi and the Five-Colored Pagoda were also blown off balance and fell to the ground.
A yellow shadow suddenly appeared out of thin air. Pei Ruxue materialized behind the figure in black, extending her hand, and a white light shaped like a spinning top shot out, striking the figure in black's back. The figure in black seemed to have eyes on his back; he pointed his hand, and the banner suddenly unfurled, fanning the spinning top away, causing it to roll to the ground.
Pei Ruxue was also sent flying backward. She hastily summoned the Asura Umbrella, which spun rapidly, turning the formless yin wind into nothingness. Unexpectedly, black energy stealthily attacked her within the yin wind. Pei Ruxue barely managed to stabilize herself but suddenly felt her mind waver, as if something had violently grasped her soul, and her brain was being emptied.
It was a soul-stealing sorcery. She quickly urged her spiritual power to prevent her soul from leaving her body. At the same time, she spun the Asura Umbrella in front of her. The sound of clanging echoed, sparks flew, and as the black banner moved, invisible threads extended, striking deep into the soul once the black energy attacked, pulling the soul body out.
As the Asura Umbrella spun, it severed these threads one by one. However, at this moment, a sea of blood surged towards her again, gradually surrounding her. Helpless, Pei Ruxue changed her hand seal, spinning the Asura Umbrella around her body, pushing back the sea of blood layer by layer. Yet, the invisible threads took the opportunity to invade.
On the other side, the sea of blood had completely surrounded Ba Dun and the seven plum blossoms, forming a circle that was continuously shrinking. Ba Dun and the seven plum blossoms were struggling hard, large beads of sweat dripping from their foreheads.
Mo Qi scrambled to his feet. The sea of blood surged around him again. For Mo Qi, with the Soul Suppressing Technique to protect him, he was not affected by the opponent's soul-stealing sorcery. The sea of blood posed little threat to him. He immediately summoned the Five-Colored Pagoda again, and as it spun, it repelled the sea of blood. Without hesitation, Mo Qi retracted the Five-Colored Pagoda and slammed his hand onto the ground, unleashing "Thousand Miles of Ice." Endless cold qi erupted, and a thick layer of ice suddenly formed on the ground. White mist enveloped the ice, spreading outwards. In the next instant, cracking sounds echoed from countless places. The white mist in the air tore and infiltrated the sea of blood, gradually dissipating into wisps of smoke. However, the sea of blood also gradually froze, no longer extending infinitely.
Pei Ruxue immediately gained a reprieve. She couldn't help but glance at Mo Qi, giving him an unreadable look. At the same time, not daring to slacken, she spun the Asura Umbrella in front of her again, allowing it to rotate on its own, severing the invisible threads emitted by the black banner inch by inch.
Ba Dun and the seven plum blossoms also felt the pressure lessen. Ba Dun summoned his flying sword, and the seven plum blossoms formed a hand seal, causing mist to appear before him. The mist instantly condensed into countless plum blossom-shaped red mist, which surged and struck the figure in black. The figure in black unfurled the black banner again, and thick mist surged out like a tide from the banner, tearing apart the red plum blossom mist and emitting crunching sounds, as if something was being bitten to pieces. The seven plum blossoms formed a hand seal and suddenly pointed. Cracking sounds echoed from within the sea of blood. All the blood within the range of the cracks dissipated without a trace, forming vacuum zones within the sea of blood.
The sword qi formed by Ba Dun's flying sword weaved through the black mist like lightning, sometimes disappearing and sometimes reappearing. Several streaks struck the figure in black's chest. After several flashes of red light, several wounds appeared on the figure in black's chest. A few drops of blood spilled out, and a more conspicuous dark shadow floated out from his wounds, gradually condensing into a human-shaped shadow. The figure in black spat a mouthful of blood towards the human-shaped shadow, and the shadow was immediately covered with a layer of red light, forming a red, solid human figure that lunged towards the seven plum blossoms.
What kind of sorcery was this? It was unheard of. Everyone was shocked at that moment. Almost simultaneously, the thought arose that this demon must be killed here and not allowed to escape and wreak havoc.
They could all guess that the black banner had collected the souls of countless people, and the shadow emerging from his body was likely one of the souls he had previously absorbed.
Mo Qi was also filled with righteous indignation. He swallowed a reaction pill, touched his brow with two fingers, and activated his Heavenly Eye. Simultaneously, he circulated the spiritual energy of the pill, rapidly strengthening the spiritual power of his ground arrow.
"Heavenly Eye Divine Ability." A beam of red light erupted. Initially, it was only two fingers wide, but after exiting, it spread infinitely and vanished in a flash. The first beam struck the black banner fiercely, instantly turning the banner to dust. The second beam struck the sea of blood, instantly dispersing it into individual water droplets that gradually dissipated in the air.
The figure in black was greatly alarmed. Not caring about his loss, he quickly formed a hand seal, and the remaining blood droplets instantly condensed, forming a thick blood wall around him. At this moment, Mo Qi's third beam of red light had already struck, hitting the blood wall fiercely. Blood splattered, and the several-zhang-deep blood wall was disintegrated, almost pierced through.
The entire sea of blood was pushed backward, leaving only a thin layer that was not pierced. The figure in black, even behind the blood wall, was sent flying backward and fell to the ground.
The figure in black spat out a mouthful of blood, got up, and a sinister look appeared on his face. He drew his right hand across his chest, and from the deep bloodstain, human-shaped dark shadows burst forth.
The figure in black pointed his hand, and the blood wall, now as thin as paper, split and covered the shadows, enclosing them. The soul bodies immediately came to life, baring their fangs and claws, lunging towards Mo Qi, Pei Ruxue, and Ba Dun. Mo Qi unleashed another beam of red light, instantly shattering the blood figures. However, the shattered blood figures did not completely disappear, gradually merging in the air to form a larger blood figure.
The blood figure lunging towards the seven plum blossoms had already opened its cavernous mouth and was biting towards the seven plum blossoms. The seven plum blossoms once again summoned their flying sword, conjuring countless sword lights that slashed at the blood figure from different directions. The blood figure let out a hysterical roar, was cut into countless pieces, and fell to the ground. One piece splashed a drop of blood onto the seven plum blossoms' hand. The seven plum blossoms found it rather dirty and were about to wipe it off when the blood spot rapidly expanded, spreading towards his entire arm. Simultaneously, an invisible force emanated from that arm, dragging his body towards the figure in black.
The seven plum blossoms were greatly alarmed and decisively summoned their flying sword, severing their right hand with a *kacha*. Blood flowed profusely, and they immediately urged their spiritual power to stop the bleeding.
Mo Qi, Ba Dun, and Pei Ruxue watched this with extreme shock. They each activated their protective divine abilities, enveloping themselves, and were extremely cautious when fighting, avoiding contact with the blood.
Mo Qi continued to unleash beams of red light, scattering the blood figures time and again. The blood figures merged again and again, but each fusion was smaller than the last. He continued to weaken the blood figures in this manner.
Pei Ruxue and Ba Dun were under less pressure. Individual blood figures lunged at them, but they were weakened layer by layer by their divine abilities.
The figure in black became anxious, and fear began to show in his eyes.
At this moment, light and shadow flickered in the sky. Two figures approached from afar and stood on the clouds. The figure in black looked up and saw Liu Xun and a disciple from the Divine Turtle Sect. As if seeing a savior, he immediately shouted, "Liu Xun, come and help quickly!"
He had fled in the direction of the Divine Turtle Sect hoping to borrow their strength to kill the enemy and escape in an emergency. He never expected his wish to come true and to actually encounter someone from the Divine Turtle Sect, and someone he knew.
Liu Xun had not returned to the Divine Turtle Sect. After making a circuit, he went to chase Lu Xiaoyue and the others. He failed to catch Lu Xiaoyue and Shi Siyao, only catching Yang Hong, who had also fallen behind. After searching again, they found nothing. They then went to the Soul Seizing Cliff, secretly investigated the situation at the mountain guard posts, and after learning about the changes on the mountain, they prepared to return to the mountain gate to report. They did not expect to encounter the scene before them.
Liu Xun rapidly analyzed the situation in his mind. If he joined the Blood Daoist's team, it would be telling the Northern Frontier officials that they were indeed colluding with overseas cultivators. If he and Yang Hong joined the Blood Daoist and could annihilate the four opponents in one fell swoop, then there would be no problem, because the dead would not leak secrets. But in reality, with the addition of two people, it would be a three-on-four situation, and the chances of winning would not be high, let alone destroying the bodies. Moreover, the Northern Frontier officials were clearly more than four people, and the other few might be observing in the dark, waiting for him to make a move.
Seeing Liu Xun hesitate, the Blood Daoist immediately cursed, "What are you hesitating about, you old monster? If you and I join forces, we will surely scatter their souls and vanish without a trace."
Yang Hong looked at Liu Xun with some urgency in his eyes, but Liu Xun calmly shook his head at him, signaling him to remain calm.
Mo Qi saw that the situation had changed. He had intended to defeat the Blood Daoist in one go but was no longer in a hurry. He deliberately suppressed some of his spiritual power, using his Heavenly Eye to destroy the Blood Daoist's blood figures while shaking his hand and conjuring claw shadows to grab the Blood Daoist's body. Several soul body phantoms were pulled out by Mo Qi and directly torn to shreds.
Pei Ruxue and the others gradually turned the tide and intensified their attacks.
The Blood Daoist urgently urged Liu Xun to help quickly.
Liu Xun finally spoke, appearing very angry: "Bold demon, how dare you speak such nonsense! Currently, the Northern Frontier and even the Qionglu Realm believe that we are colluding with cultivation sects outside the Southern Continent. In fact, it is people like you who have ruined our reputation. My Divine Turtle Sect has no connection with any cultivation sects outside the Southern Continent. The celestial beings will naturally see clearly. You demon, do not think of slandering us."
The Blood Daoist roared in anger but was powerless.