Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Chapter 272: 156, Sacrificing and refining myriad demons, a surging tide of blood_3

The Brahma Mysterious Sound never ceased, a great sun hung high in the sky, the haughty Sword Qi of the Peaceful Heaven Sword traversed east to west, the emerald Jade Buddha was as impregnable as a bastion, Moxuzi's whisk danced through the air, filling the space with the Taishang purple energy, like a continuous, delicate stream. Master Yuan Kong's eyes shone with brilliant Jin Guang, his body enveloped in a swirling Buddha light, his breath having reached its peak.

The fierce attacks of the six masters, all aimed directly at Maiden Hong in the center, despite their still formidable momentum, their breath had begun to grow chaotic.

Especially Monk Yuan Fa of the Great Snow Mountain Buddha Sect, the emerald Jade Buddha behind him was now showing cracks under Maiden Hong's erosion of Demonic Qi.

"Something's not right!"

"This Blood Demon, why does she seem to get stronger as we fight?"

"Wasn't she only at the fifth rank of her Karmic Position? Although all six of us are at the Yuan Dan Great Perfection Realm, when we join forces, with the aid of Spiritual Artifacts, she shouldn't be difficult to deal with. Half an hour has passed, and she has shown no reaction. Something's not right!"

...

The others stopped in the air and openly discussed, all but Zhan Taiqing who remained silent. After a moment, as if he had realized something, he glanced at the towering ancient tree behind the Blood Demon, then followed its vine-covered treetop down with his gaze, his expression suddenly turning ugly.

"Look at what's beneath!"

All five looked down, their faces revealing a shock...

"Why has the Demon Qi in the city decreased so much?"

"The demon army is destroyed?"

"How could that be, it's the blood-colored vines, those vines, are they dealing with the demons?"

"These vines, are they the Blood Demon's method, is she consuming these demons?"

...

Unlike the six masters' faces, which were filled with astonishment, Maiden Hong looked down too, but her gaze was fixed on the location in the western part of the city, where Hou Yuduan had just been. She stared for a long time, and at last, a softness appeared in her eyes as she whispered.

"Jade Gentleman, you have not experienced my pain, how can you talk about resolving my obsessions, and how can you pacify my resentment? It's about time... you appeared."

As the last word fell, the softness in Maiden Hong's eyes completely vanished, her Demon Qi suddenly became several times stronger than before. Simultaneously, the blood-colored vines extending from the ancient tree seemed to quicken their absorption rate. The countless Blood Vines that were inserted into the bodies of the demon army below now shone even more captivating and bright.

Suddenly, Master Yuan Kong seemed to remember something, his pupils abruptly contracted, his face showing a look of horror as he shouted to the others, "Sacrificing a myriad of demons, all these demons have wrought havoc and killed countless beings, their essence and blood are extremely rich. If she absorbs them, awakening her true body, no one will be able to stop her then, we must stop her..."

Sacrificing a myriad of demons!

Upon hearing these four words, the faces of Zhan Taiqing and the other four revealed horror, clearly understanding what they meant. The six of them clenched their teeth again, operating their Cultivation Techniques and madly lunged toward the still Blood Demon, with even greater momentum than before.

Unfortunately, their response was too slow.

Maiden Hong had clearly reached the final stage of her ritual.

Watching the six attack, her expression showed not the slightest change, just as she had maintained a calm demeanor throughout her battle with them. At this moment, she remained unchanged.

Her eyes suddenly opened wide, and the towering ancient tree behind her also seemed to come alive at that instant, violently trembling...

The ground of the entire Tongling Prefectural City, due to the ancient tree's revival, began to shake violently, as if the end of days was upon them. The ground leading from the ancient tree towards the city gates in all directions started to crack, and if it weren't for the ironclad gates that were as solid as a fortress, the entire city might have crumbled instantly.

The night sky, which had been illuminated by the ancient tree into a dark red, also began to change.

The clouds in the sky started churning violently, syncing with the trembling earth, instilling fear in the hearts of all those within and outside the city.

An endless red glow surged in the sky, like a torrential flood, all converging towards the top of the ancient tree, until at last, it formed a blood-colored tide hundreds of miles high, nearly covering the entire land of Tongling County...

For a time, a blood tide raged across the sky.

From the weak common people to the six great masters, no matter their power or means, faced with this overwhelming tide of blood, everyone's heart sank to rock bottom, and only two words remained in their minds.

"It's over..."