Published: December 26, 2024
Looking at the stone tablet before them, everyone's faces revealed excitement.
"Let's begin!" Jue Ming said, his tone somewhat excited.
Once this array eye is activated, it would open the door to enter the Treasure of the Life and Death Demon Hall, which contained everything everyone had been dreaming of.
However, everyone’s expression turned solemn. At this moment, if anyone harbored ill intentions, they would most likely reveal their true colors.
But at this stage, there was naturally no room for retreat. Everyone exchanged glances, and one by one, they cut their fingers and smeared their blood on the stone tablet.
Boom! The fifth light pillar soared into the sky.
The five light pillars merged and instantly transformed into a thicker pillar of light that broke through the heavens.
Rumbling! Endless demonic energy surged in the sky, turning into a black canopy that revolved around the light pillar, extremely gloomy, as if some terrifying monster was about to break free from within.
Crisp sounds echoed as strands of demonic energy shot up into the sky, as if awakening some kind of seal, countless tendril-like black demonic energies swirling and flying in the sky, before twisting and merging together to form a massive tree.
Hum! The black demon tree burst forth with terrifying demonic energy, exuding a chilling aura.
"Could this be the Ten Thousand Realms Demon Tree that Jue Ming spoke of?" Everyone inhaled sharply.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!… Suddenly, ten sounds of breaking air rang out, and black tendrils struck towards them, resembling spirit snakes.
"Not good!"
Everyone was alarmed and hurriedly struck out, booming sounds erupted as terrifying attacks landed on the black tendrils, but the tendrils remained unscathed. Qin Chen also did not dare to be careless, drawing out the green demon sword. Clang! The demon sword slashed at one of the tendrils, but it did not budge, and a terrifying force sent Qin Chen flying.
"Ah!"
A heartbreaking scream echoed, and instantly six Earth Saint late-stage martial artists were pierced by the black tendrils, lifted into the sky, tightly entangled.
The remaining four black tendrils continued to dart forward like lightning.
"Quick, retreat!"
Everyone shouted, but the black tendrils were too fast. Aside from Ao Lie and other extraordinary Earth Saints who could withstand it, the ordinary Earth Saint late-stage martial artists had no time to resist and were almost instantly pierced.
Swish! One of the tendrils lunged toward Ao Qingling.
Ao Qingling exploded with her mid-Earth Saint strength, and endless rainbow light erupted, but it could not stop the tendril, which seemed about to pierce through.
"Dang!"
Qin Chen swung his sword, instantly deflecting it. As the black tendril veered off, it pierced through a late-stage Earth Saint elder beside Ao Qingling, lifting him into the sky.
"City Master!"
He screamed in terror, but even with Ao Lie’s cultivation, he could not stop it and could only watch helplessly as the elder was taken away.
Swish! Meanwhile, three black tendrils shot toward the Wukong Organization.
However, Jue Ming seemed to have anticipated this and struck out fiercely. Instantly, three late-stage Earth Saint martial artists from the three major cities were caught by the Wukong Organization members, and then they were thrown out, only to be pierced by the black demonic energy tendrils, tightly entangled, and lifted into the sky.
"Ah—"
In the sky, the ten people caught emitted pained screams, their cries mingled with blood as their bodies rapidly shriveled, as if they had lost all their blood in an instant.
"Jue Ming, what is going on?"
Everyone roared in anger, astonished, yet there was a sense of foreboding.
They felt that Jue Ming must be hiding something from them. The Ten Thousand Realms Demon Tree, would the other party be so kind as to willingly hand over the treasures?
Now that the truth was out, his true nature was revealed.
Hum! The black tendrils lifted the late-stage Earth Saint expert, while many others rose from different directions, all of them screaming in agony, each person pierced by the tendrils, howling in pain.