Chapter 72

Hengyi and the others couldn't see the battle situation in the center of the crowd, but many people who were originally worried now realized the reason for Xu Wenfeng's claim of not fighting. The strength of the Shadow Clan's mutated leader was so powerful that it made Lord Xu's people desperately try to persuade him to leave. The words spoken through the training bead were clearly a veiled plea for help!

"Shut up! This young master, this young master will definitely not lose to him!"

Chen Zizai's wound had been coated with medicine, the area of the injury was large, one type of medicine was used to clean the rotten flesh caused by the dark matter black gas, and another type of medicine was used to enhance recovery.

Hu Baixie heaved a sigh of relief and wiped away the fine layer of sweat that had seeped out on his forehead.

Chen Zizai still paid attention to the battle in the air. When the voice in the training bead called for help, he gave a cold laugh.

Hu Baixie looked up in shock, but he still couldn't see the specific fighting situation in the sky. "So many Earth Venerable realm fighters can't even take down a Heaven Venerable realm Shadow Clan mutant?"

"That's a Blood Sea Shadow mutant."

Hu Baixie had never heard of this term, and Chen Zizai had no intention of explaining. He just coldly watched the crowd in the sky and said indifferently, "You'll understand soon."

The voice in the training bead called out again. "Young master is injured! Hurry, escape!"

"Damn Xu Wenfeng! Xu Wenfeng — you dare to scheme against this young master!" Lord Xu's angry roar followed, making many people believe that he must now regret not listening to Chen Zizai's warning.

Hu Baixie, like many others, didn't understand the situation but knew that Lord Xu's people couldn't do anything to the Shadow Clan mutant. "Serves him right! This way, we still have a chance —"

Before she could finish her hopeful words, Chen Zizai coldly interrupted, "No one can kill it except Xu Wenfeng!"

Hu Baixie was slightly stunned but still felt very unwilling.

Maybe they couldn't, but what about Hengyi?

The training team led by Lord Xu, which had surrounded the Shadow Clan, suddenly scattered in all directions. However, just as they began to flee, a large expanse of blood-red mist suddenly spread out, enveloping all the fleeing people!

The range of the red mist was so vast that it was comparable to the blue light pillar Xu Wenfeng had gathered from the stars!

Those who were flying away in the mist all had painful expressions, with blood seeping out of every pore on their bodies. In no time, their heads and faces became terrifyingly covered in blood!

Among the fleeing crowd, Lord Xu had also turned into a blood-covered figure. Xia and a group of Earth Venerable Second Layer realm people surrounded him, desperately carrying him away as they fled.

For a moment, the team that had been so aggressive a short while ago became like startled birds, competing to see who could fly away faster!

After the training team scattered, everyone saw the situation with the Shadow Clan.

The Shadow Clan mutant, with a uniform figure and a cold expression, had an eagle-shaped mark on his forehead that continuously emitted black light. His entire body constantly overflowed with red mist, and around him, a large number of Shadow Clan members who seemed to have died were floating in the air, with no bodies falling.

The strange power of the red mist caused the bodies of the training team members led by Lord Xu to continuously bleed, and all the blood flew into the bodies of the floating Shadow Clan corpses.

In the eyes of the crowd, the originally motionless, many of which had been cut into pieces, dead Shadow Clan corpses suddenly began to reassemble themselves, and the gaping wounds rapidly healed as they absorbed the blood...

One after another, the dead Shadow Clan members suddenly moved again!

But their eyes were dull and lifeless, not like they had been resurrected, but rather like animated corpses.

Lord Xu's people were fleeing, and as the mutant continued to emit red mist, it also pursued the direction with the most people, making it difficult for even those at the edge to easily escape the range of the red mist.

Those closest to the mutant, with Mountain Venerable realm cultivation, continuously bled in the red mist, their bodies visibly withering at an alarming rate. When their exposed heads and hands withered to the point of being nothing but skin and bones, they lost their vitality and fell to the ground...

Hengyi was momentarily stunned. Until now, the Shadow Clan had given the impression of being numerous but not particularly powerful. Who would have thought there was such a terrifying and unseen spell?

"Blood Sea mutant..."

Many experienced members of the training teams couldn't help but draw a sharp breath.

Among the powerful mutants in the Shadow Clan, there was a type that inherited Heaven Venerable realm or higher-level spell powers through genetics. They were classified based on the strength of the inherited spell techniques.

A Blood Sea mutant refers to one with the powerful ability to harvest life and absorb the life force of living beings to nourish itself.

The scene before them made the peak disciples of the sects think of the extremely powerful Shadow Clan spell technique recorded in the archives — Blood Sea Mist Shadow!

A powerful, large-scale killing spell that can absorb the blood of all living beings within the range of the blood mist to replenish itself, defined by human civilization as a Heaven Venerable realm or higher-level powerful spell technique.

The effect and killing power of the blood mist depend on the strength of the Shadow Clan member casting it. In the records, all Blood Sea mutants are at the Heaven Venerable realm or higher, making them a very terrifying category of mutants.

Blood Sea Mist Shadow is not the most powerful mutant ability in the Shadow Clan, but it is one of the most extensive and troublesome mutant abilities!

Many of the Mountain Venerable realm cultivators in the training teams led by Lord Xu, who were closer to the mutant, were unable to escape the Blood Sea Mist Shadow and were drained of their blood, turning into dry corpses that fell to the ground. Those with Earth Venerable realm cultivation shrank rapidly as their blood was sucked out, with some managing to escape, but more still screaming in fear as they fled, unable to escape the range of the Blood Sea Mist Shadow.

The mutant was flying directly toward the densely packed crowd on the island. Those with knowledge urgently shouted, "Everyone, scatter quickly! The Blood Sea Mist Shadow lasts for twenty breaths!"

For a moment, everyone fled in all directions, fearing the rapidly approaching mist.

Xu Wenfeng took a deep breath, drew the heavy sword on his back, and rushed toward the Shadow Clan mutant like a gust of wind —

"The Blood Sea Shadow Clan can absorb the blood energy of others. Don't get close. I, Xu Wenfeng, will give you all the opportunity to advance in cultivation!"

Seeing Xu Wenfeng rush out, the fleeing crowd felt slightly more at ease. As long as Xu Wenfeng could hold off the Shadow Clan mutant, they would be safe.

However, everyone saw that the mutant was surrounded by over a thousand resurrected Shadow Clan members. Dealing with the mutant wouldn't be easy for Xu Wenfeng, and facing so many at once was a cause for concern.

Wang Bupa, despite the pain in his body, gritted his teeth and stood up. "Xu Wenfeng, I'll block for you!"

"Don't go, the cultivation gap is too large! You going in would only make it easier for the Blood Sea mutant to absorb blood and energy, increasing the pressure on Xu Wenfeng!"

Hu Baixie had already dressed Chen Zizai in his robe and quickly walked back to the crowd. Chen Zizai stopped Wang Bupa and the other Northeastern Xiangshan experts who were ready to fight, and hurriedly reminded others through the training bead.

"These Shadow Clan members are controlled by the Blood Sea mutant, a rare group of demonic shadows. Each has a cultivation level three to five layers lower than the mutant, at least Mountain Venerable Third Layer, and can all use the Blood Suction Spell to continuously absorb blood and true qi. Unless your cultivation is close, the more people who go in, the harder it will be to defeat the Blood Sea mutant."

Most of the trainees didn't even know what a Blood Sea mutant was, let alone the group of demonic shadows spell. Hearing Chen Zizai's words, none of them dared to rush in recklessly.

Xia, who was protecting Lord Xu, had initially thought of finding an opportunity to snatch the mutant's head when she saw Xu Wenfeng take action, but now she dared not even entertain the thought.

Lord Xu was covered in blood, his body emaciated, looking like a frail old man on the verge of death, lying on the grass.

None of the people protecting Lord Xu, including Xia, were in better condition. One Earth Venerable First Layer disciple fell to the ground after landing, lifeless.

The surrounding people coldly observed, and no one paid attention, leaving them to recover on their own, struggling to take medicine and rest, all focusing on Xu Wenfeng who had rushed out.

Xu Wenfeng rushed out alone, and as he passed through the Blood Sea Mist Shadow, his skin also began to seep blood, turning him into a blood-covered figure. His hair, flying in the wind, dripped blood, which then flew toward the large group of undead Shadow Clan members surrounding the mutant.

As Xu Wenfeng rushed in, the flying Shadow Clan members surged toward him at an astonishing speed, each following a constantly changing flight path, and each demonic shadow shot a black-red beam from their forehead.

So fast that there was no time to dodge, the beams rapidly increased from dozens to hundreds, striking Xu Wenfeng all over his body!

Everyone saw the continuous flow of blood in the beams and realized the terror of the Blood Suction Spell as described by Chen Zizai.

Seeing Xu Wenfeng being drained of blood and true qi by over a thousand demonic shadows, many people were secretly terrified, fearing he would be drained dry in moments!

Wang Bupa, seeing Xu Wenfeng endure the many Blood Suction Spells without hesitation, couldn't help but cheer, "Xu Wenfeng, you're a real man! I, Wang Bupa, am convinced of you today!"

His words moved many who hadn't realized it. Indeed, if not to protect others, Xu Wenfeng wouldn't need to rush into the Blood Sea Mist Shadow, enduring its harm while facing the Blood Suction Spells from over a thousand demonic shadows.

Many watching wanted to help but knew they would only be a hindrance.

The terrifying range of the Blood Sea Mist Shadow made it impossible for the Southern Xiangshan spell techniques to strike the demonic shadows inside from outside the blood mist, let alone other Xiangshan spell techniques.

"Really frustrating, we can only watch!" The four goddesses of Southern Xiangshan, seeing Xu Wenfeng turn into a blood-covered figure and still rush into the demonic shadows, heading straight for the central Shadow Clan mutant, were all angry at their inability to help, feeling they were useless teammates.

Just as they were frustrated, they suddenly felt a strong energy fluctuation.

Turning around, they saw Hengyi covered in red light, holding a red spell sword at an angle in the air.

"Can you hit from this distance?" The long-legged goddess was slightly stunned. After three days and nights of fighting, they had only focused on their own and the surrounding situations, with countless Shadow Clan members blocking their view, so they hadn't seen Hengyi use his full spell techniques.

With a burst of intense true qi energy, a red beam suddenly shot out from Hengyi's spell sword!

A beam about half a zhang in diameter shot up diagonally from the ground, like a light beam emerging from the earth!

In an instant, it pierced through the air, surpassing the rushing Xu Wenfeng —

Passing through the Blood Sea Mist Shadow, leaving a red trail in the sky, as if flying beyond the heavens!