Devouring Soul Emperor

’Something’s wrong...’

Chu Qingyun frowned.

A battle this fierce had taken place here, with over twenty Earth Spirit Realm experts dead. Logically, there should have been blood everywhere—countless stains left behind.

Besides, the Blood Sect ruins had only opened this morning. In just a dozen or so hours, it was impossible for all the bloodstains to have weathered away!

Filled with doubt, Chu Qingyun walked toward one of the corpses.

When he got a clear look at the corpse by the light of his Primordial Power, even someone as resolute as him couldn’t help but shudder.

The corpse’s facial features were twisted, as if it had seen something incredibly terrifying right before death.

Furthermore, its face, hands, wrists, and any other skin exposed by its torn clothes were all a deathly pale. So pale... as if it had been dead for a very, very long time!

Composing his heart and mind, Chu Qingyun’s expression turned grim as he observed it carefully.

Sure enough, he found the problem. The corpse of the Earth Spirit Realm expert wasn’t simply dead. His body bore vicious claw marks on the shoulders and a wound that pierced straight through his abdomen.

But strangely, even though his abdomen had been run clean through, there wasn’t a single trace of blood.

The flesh on his shoulders was torn to shreds, exposing the bone, but still, there was no trace of blood.

All the blood in his body seemed to have vanished!

After checking several more corpses, Chu Qingyun found that all their faces were twisted in terror, and no matter how mangled the bodies were, there wasn’t a single drop of blood.

’What... is going on?’

A cold wind blew past, and Chu Qingyun suddenly shivered.

An ominous feeling suddenly arose in his heart.

Just then, Chu Qingyun’s ears twitched slightly. He thought he could hear faint shouts and screams from the distance.

’I should go take a look!’

Without hesitation, Chu Qingyun dispersed the Primordial Power in his hands and rushed toward the source of the noise.

Soon, Chu Qingyun arrived beside a stream.

Downstream, many people were fighting in a chaotic mass. From within the crowd, terrified shouts and guttural roars continuously echoed.

By the light of their Primordial Power and Soul Techniques, Chu Qingyun could vaguely see that many people wore terrified expressions, frantically unleashing their Primordial Power and Soul Techniques to blast the figures before them.

But the ones being bombarded didn’t fight back at all. They just charged forward relentlessly, arms outstretched, as if trying to grab the others.

’What is... going on now?’

Chu Qingyun grew even more confused.

Although he couldn’t see the situation clearly, Chu Qingyun could still tell that the people downstream were divided into two groups: one using Primordial Power and Soul Techniques, and the other seemingly just taking the hits.

After a moment’s hesitation, Chu Qingyun decided to go and see for himself.

He activated the Hidden Qi Technique, and then, enveloped by his Shadow Martial Soul, he seemed to vanish into the night, silently rushing downstream.

As he drew closer, Chu Qingyun’s heart and mind jolted in shock!

By the surrounding light from the Primordial Power and Soul Techniques, he got a clear look at those "people" who only took the hits!

Each of them had blood-red eyes. Two long, sharp fangs protruded from their mouths, and their fingernails had become sharp talons, some still caked with torn flesh.

These creatures had clearly lost their minds. Panting heavily and growling, they continuously pounced on the normal people around them, their blood-red eyes filled with craving and madness.

Moreover, although they could no longer use Primordial Power or Soul Techniques, their bodies seemed to have become extremely strong; it was difficult to harm them even when blasted by Primordial Power.

Soon, the normal people’s resistance completely collapsed, and one after another, they were tackled and taken down by those monsters.

Every time a normal person was brought down, several monsters would leap upon them, bite into their bodies, and then, with their throats bobbing, suck their blood.

Furthermore, Chu Qingyun even saw that behind the monsters, a figure covered in bite marks was slowly getting to its feet.

And when it turned its head toward Chu Qingyun, he saw that its eyes had also turned blood-red!

"Ah!"

Not far away, a cry of alarm suddenly rang out, one that sounded somewhat familiar to Chu Qingyun.

Chu Qingyun snapped back to his senses, instantly withdrew his Shadow Martial Soul, and charged in the direction of the voice.

Soon, he saw Princess Qingyou, Yin Feiyang, and another Fifth-level Martial Spirit. The three of them were together, frantically fending off the attacks of four red-eyed monsters.

Yin Feiyang’s Longsword was coated in Sword Qi several meters long, but even the Sword Qi couldn’t cut through the monsters. Every one of his full-power attacks only left a deep gash on a monster’s body.

But the monster completely disregarded the wound, seemingly impervious to pain. It kept advancing with heavy, guttural pants, trying to grab them.

As for the attacks from Princess Qingyou and the other person, they could only knock the monsters back; they could barely even injure them.

Before Chu Qingyun arrived, the Fifth-level Martial Spirit made a mistake and was grabbed by the arm by a monster.

The monster yanked with sudden force, pulling him right off his feet.

"Save me!"

The man only had time to shout once before he was surrounded by the four monsters. Two gaping maws bit directly into his neck.

After struggling for a moment, the man went limp and stopped moving.

Taking this opportunity, Princess Qingyou and Yin Feiyang escaped a short distance.

However, four monsters could drain a person with terrifying speed. In less than ten seconds, they had finished sucking the man’s blood. Then, with blood dripping from the corners of their mouths, they caught up to Princess Qingyou and Yin Feiyang and engaged them again.

Now down one person, Princess Qingyou and Yin Feiyang were clearly having a much harder time coping.

Soon, one of the monsters powered through Yin Feiyang’s Sword Qi and grabbed Princess Qingyou by the arm.

At that very moment, Chu Qingyun arrived.

"Thunder Light Sword Qi!"

Chu Qingyun let out a low shout, instantly drew the Earth Seal Sword, and unleashed the Thunder Light Sword Qi.

The Thunder Light Sword Qi gathered into a thin layer, sharper and more powerful than dispersed Sword Qi. A yellow light also flashed across the Earth Seal Sword, unleashing a portion of its power.

SLASH!

The monster’s arm was instantly severed, and dark red, viscous blood poured from the stump.

Princess Qingyou seemed extremely panicked. Primordial Power surged frantically from her body, blasting away the severed arm still gripping her.

She then anxiously ripped the sleeve from her arm, baring the skin beneath.

On her fair, delicate forearm were two distinct bruises, but the monster hadn’t broken the skin.

Seeing this, both Princess Qingyou and Yin Feiyang heaved a long sigh of relief. Only then did they notice Chu Qingyun, who had just arrived.