Chapter 76

Amidst the piles of dry bones, Yu Tong, enveloped in thick smoke and blood mist, held a blood bead and quietly cast a spell.

Beneath her feet, a blood glow flickered, and those blood lights shot into the blood mist beside her, transforming into ancient, bloody characters.

A dozen wooden barrels that had flown out from her storage bracelet were already empty, the blood inside having seeped entirely into the ground.

The blood in the barrels was the fresh blood of second-level spirit beasts, all of which had been refined with the secret techniques of the Blood Sect.

Through the blood bead, she secretly controlled the blood, making it flow deep into the earth, gradually extending toward the location of the secret realm’s gate.

Mo Xi and five disciples of the Ghost Sect and Blood Sect stood solemnly, anxiously waiting for the formation of the earth net.

“Pfft!”

Suddenly, Yu Tong, who was casting the spell, spat out a mouthful of blood.

That mouthful of blood, upon touching the blood mist around her, seemed to have no weight and floated in the blood mist.

The ancient, bloody characters, like fish sensing the scent of blood, all darted into the floating mouthful of blood.

The mouthful of blood from Yu Tong suddenly became crystal clear, like a blood diamond, emitting a stunning and breathtaking light.

“Don’t overexert yourself!” Mo Xi said anxiously.

Yu Tong, with her eyes narrowed, gave Mo Xi a cold look with her demonic blood eyes but did not speak.

“Whoosh!”

The blood-seeking compass she brought from the Blood Sect suddenly flew out from her storage bracelet and landed in her other empty hand.

Her slender fingertips emitted a brilliant blood glow, which entered the blood-seeking compass, lighting up its dark red surface.

Blood points representing the blood and flesh vibrations of living beings, like stars on the compass, began to shine one by one.

Yu Tong, taking a moment to look down, her incomparably beautiful face suddenly changed.

“They are getting closer!”

The six disciples of the Blood Sect and Ghost Sect all changed expression and looked sharply at the surface of the blood-seeking compass.

Blood points, like crimson fragments of stars, slowly moved on the blood-seeking compass, getting closer to their location.

“How were they discovered?” Mo Xi roared in a low voice.

“Trouble! Senior Sister is casting the spell and is at the most critical moment; she must not be disturbed!” a Blood Sect disciple said anxiously.

“The earth net won’t have time to fully form.” Yu Tong’s eyes showed hatred, as if she was extremely unwilling.

She hesitated for a moment, then suddenly grabbed three thumb-sized pills from her storage bracelet.

The three pills, like the blood-seeking compass, were dark red, and as soon as they appeared, the bloody smell around Yu Tong intensified.

“Blood Strengthening Pills!” Mo Xi was greatly alarmed.

“No!” the other Blood Sect disciples shouted to stop her.

But before they could act, Yu Tong had already swallowed the three Blood Strengthening Pills in a flash.

Her beautiful face suddenly showed a hint of ferocity, and the bloody smell emanating from her body became even more intense.

The blood bead she tightly held and the mouthful of blood she had spat out simultaneously emitted a shocking blood glow.

“We can only act ahead of time!” Yu Tong said in a voice filled with hatred.

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“That’s the place, no doubt about it.”

At this moment, Nie Tian retracted his scattered mental consciousness and quietly pointed out the specific location to Pan Tao.

Pan Tao’s mind was greatly relieved, and he said in a low voice, “No need to hide anymore?”

Nie Tian nodded slightly.

Pan Tao paused, turned to look at Zheng Bin, Jiang Lingzhu, and others, pointed in the direction Nie Tian had indicated, and shouted loudly, “It’s confirmed, right there!”

“Quick!”

“Rush over and stop that demoness from casting the spell!”

“We must not let her successfully form the earth net!”

Everyone shouted in unison, and Zheng Bin, who was eager, suddenly overtook Pan Tao and Nie Tian, being the first to rush toward Yu Tong’s location.

“Take advantage of the demoness casting the spell and kill her! As long as she is dead, the Ghost Sect and Blood Sect’s people are nothing to fear!” Li Xi of the Xuanwu Palace said excitedly.

Everyone, having confirmed Yu Tong’s location, was excited, believing that as long as they eliminated Yu Tong, they could destroy the remaining disciples of the Ghost Sect and Blood Sect.

At this point, the trial in the Qinghuang Realm was no longer important; as long as they could kill Yu Tong, Mo Xi, and others, they would surely be heavily rewarded by the four sects.

“Kill! Kill them all!” Everyone shouted, their eyes suddenly turning red.

“Sss!”

Suddenly, a strange sound came from deep within the earth.

In the next moment, red, hair-like blood lines shot out from the ground.

Deep within the earth, it seemed as if blood was flowing, instantly emitting a pungent bloody smell.

A strange bloody magnetic field, after the crimson blood lines emerged from the ground, instantly enveloped everyone!

At this moment, Nie Tian suddenly felt that the blood in his body had stopped flowing.

An indescribable strange pain erupted from his flesh, making him feel as if he had been hit hard, unable to move at all.

He looked at others in shock and saw that An Ying, Jiang Lingzhu, and Pan Tao all changed expression, their eyes showing surprise.

He suddenly realized that the remaining disciples of the three sects, each one, were affected by the bloody magnetic field, all experiencing strange changes in their bodies like him!

“Sss!”

The crimson blood lines, like sharp steel needles, stabbed toward everyone.

Nie Tian clearly saw that Li Xi, who had shouted the loudest, had a flushed face, looking in fear at the approaching steel needles, but his body could not move.

“Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!”

Three crimson blood lines pierced through his chest, emerging from his back.

Li Xi’s eyes, wide open, dimmed, seemingly dying on the spot.

“Sss! Sss! Sss!”

Dozens of crimson blood lines shot out from the ground, suddenly stabbing toward his chest and abdomen.

“No!”

Nie Tian let out a wild roar, his previously stopped heartbeat finally resuming.

A moment later, he found that the blood that had stopped flowing had suddenly returned to normal.

“Whoosh!”

His figure moved, and he narrowly avoided the crimson blood lines that were stabbing at him, escaping from the gates of death.

“Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!”

Having narrowly escaped, he looked around and saw that three more Xuanwu Palace trial participants had been pierced through by the crimson blood lines.

“The demoness has prematurely activated the Blood Bind!”

Zheng Bin’s eyes turned red with rage, and he roared like a madman, tears welling up in his eyes.

“Save, save me!”

Nie Tian, who had escaped the blood anomaly, suddenly heard Jiang Miao’s cry for help. He turned to see four crimson blood lines stabbing toward her neck.

Without hesitation, Nie Tian rushed to Jiang Miao’s side at the fastest speed and moved her away before the blood lines could pierce her neck.

“Save those around you!” Jiang Lingzhu shouted.

An Ying, Pan Tao, and Zheng Bin, who had regained their ability to move, hurriedly darted around to help their companions who had not yet escaped the Blood Bind.

Nie Tian, who had saved Jiang Miao, observed with a solemn face and found that those who had reached the ninth level of Qi Refinement had all managed to break free from the Blood Bind in time.

And he was the only one who had escaped the Blood Bind at the eighth level of Qi Refinement.

But in that moment, Li Xi of the Xuanwu Palace and three other trial participants had already been pierced through by the crimson blood lines and died.

Of the nine Xuanwu Palace participants, only five remained, and the others had only survived with the help of Zheng Bin, An Ying, and Jiang Lingzhu.

“Pan Tao! Your judgment was correct; it is indeed the Blood Sect’s Earth Net禁术!” An Ying looked at Pan Tao with an approving gaze and said, “Thank goodness you detected it in advance! Otherwise, once the Earth Net fully formed, none of us would have escaped the Blood Bind!”

The Blood Sect’s Earth Net, due to not being fully formed, only affected Nie Tian and Jiang Lingzhu for a moment.

Once the Earth Net was fully formed, all those enveloped by it would be controlled unless their cultivation level exceeded that of the caster.

And the caster of this Earth Net was the demoness Yu Tong, who had a cultivation level of the Postnatal Realm!

In the Qinghuang Realm, the Postnatal Realm was the highest level of cultivation. Not to mention surpassing her, even finding someone on par with her was impossible.

This meant that once the Earth Net was fully formed, all those enveloped by it would be brutally killed by her!

“Thank you, you saved me again.” Jiang Miao said timidly.

Just as Nie Tian was about to respond, he heard An Ying shout, “Those who have escaped the Blood Bind, take care of those around you. The blood lines, like steel needles, have not disappeared!”

“Sss! Sss! Sss!”

Sure enough, the crimson blood lines that had emerged from the ground, after missing their targets, began to select new targets and stabbed at everyone again.

The sky was filled with crimson blood lines, intertwining in the air, sometimes forming a blood net, and sometimes suddenly dispersing into sharp blood needles.

“Huh!”

Everyone, fully focused on resisting the crimson blood lines, suddenly showed a strange expression.

“Sss! Sss! Sss!”

They suddenly discovered that countless crimson blood lines had changed direction, all heading toward Nie Tian.

All the blood lines that had flown out from deep within the earth seemed to have targeted Nie Tian, completely ignoring the others.

Everyone, who had been on high alert, stared at Nie Tian in a daze, suddenly dumbfounded.

They couldn’t understand why Nie Tian’s enmity value was so high that he alone had attracted the overwhelming attack of all the crimson blood lines.

“What, what did he do to offend Yu Tong?”

Everyone, knowing that the controller of the crimson blood lines was Yu Tong of the Blood Sect, simultaneously had this strange thought.

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