Published: March 12, 2025
Chapter 675: Seven Days
Zhao Hai paid no attention to the demon clan members who were gravely injured but still alive. He believed that the demon was already doomed; it was only that the vitality of the demon clan was too strong, which allowed him to still move after receiving such an attack.
Zhao Hai’s judgment was correct. The demon clan member was indeed on the brink of death. However, the demon clan had always survived in a harsh environment within the demon realm and had grown up in slaughter, giving them exceptionally strong life force. Even when severely injured, they might not die immediately and could still retaliate before finally succumbing, just like this demon member.
The demon in the middle, who was chanting incantations, did not stop. He coldly gazed at Zhao Hai, his incantation continuing without interruption. His body remained still, showing no signs of dodging. Zhao Hai’s sword pierced into his throat, and the demon looked coldly at Zhao Hai, his chant finally coming to an end. A trickle of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth, yet a smile formed on his face as he used his last strength to say to Zhao Hai, “It’s useless. The blood void formation doesn’t even need to be activated; as long as there is enough blood, it can be unleashed. The blood here is already sufficient, and with our blood as a catalyst, it will be enough to unleash the blood void formation. You just wait for our army to come and take revenge for us.”
Zhao Hai coldly looked at the demon and said, “That incantation of yours should be a self-destruction spell, right? You’re trying to drag me down with you using this self-explosive method, haha, I know the power of the blood void formation and how powerful your clan is, but too bad, you don’t know my strength.”
The demon’s expression finally changed. The incantation he had been chanting was indeed a self-destruction spell that could concentrate the power of several of them to create a massive explosion. Everything he had done before was to make Zhao Hai believe he was activating a large formation with the chant, and once Zhao Hai approached, he could blow both of them up.
In fact, he was taking a gamble. If Zhao Hai came, his plan would fail. However, the demon also knew he could not survive; he intended to use his blood as a catalyst to maximize the power of the blood void formation. If he could kill Zhao Hai, that would be the best outcome. If not, he would still achieve his goal.
What he did not expect was that Zhao Hai would know the function of his spell. He sensed that Zhao Hai seemed to be very knowledgeable about the demon clan. After all, during the first battle between the demon and human races, this self-destruction spell had not been invented yet; technically, no human should know its purpose. The fact that Zhao Hai revealed it caught the demon completely off guard.
Zhao Hai looked at the demon and said, “Are you wondering why I know all this? Haha, I don’t plan to tell you; just stay confused.” After saying this, Zhao Hai moved swiftly and left the area.
The reason Zhao Hai knew all this was, of course, thanks to Cai'er. No one in the demon realm knew that plants like Cai'er, which grew everywhere in the realm, could be one of the key elements, and most importantly, no one was aware of Cai'er's existence.
Cai'er had been quietly observing everything in the demon realm all these years. Her understanding of the demon clan far surpassed that of the demons themselves. She was well aware of almost everything happening in the demon realm, so spells like the blood void formation and the accompanying incantation were not unfamiliar to her.
The blood void formation was indeed as the demon had said: a very evil yet immensely powerful magic formation. While the destructive capability of this formation was significant, its true power was not localized but rather manifested in another place.
This magic formation was also known as the mother-child formation, consisting of two parts: the blood array and the void formation. The blood array served as the energy collector for the magic formation, gathering various blood to convert into magical energy. However, this energy could not be used by the blood array itself; it had to be transferred to the void formation, where the true power was unleashed.