Chapter 487: Abomination
Just as Qi Hao and the others were about to continue their cleanup,
a terrifying surge of aura suddenly erupted from the direction of the Blood Sect's ruins.
Even in Blood Abyss City, the dozen or so King Realm Experts felt that brazen aura, which was not only undisguised but seemingly intentionally released.
That was the aura of the Emperor Realm!
At the edge of the Blood Sect's ruins, a tall, withered Mutant emerged.
The Mutant was completely shrouded in a blood-red light, its true form obscured. Its eyes glowed with a heart-pounding Blood Aura!
This was the Emperor Realm desiccated corpse, now fully restored to its peak after consuming enough fresh blood!
Sensing this aura, the expressions of the dozen-plus King Realm Experts in Blood Abyss City all changed.
Flee!
The few King Realm Experts from the sects fled one after another without hesitation, rushing toward Celestial Martial City and their respective sect territories.
As for the few Martial King Realm experts who originally lived in Blood Abyss City, after a moment of hesitation and inner conflict, they too helplessly chose to flee.
'Blood Abyss City is as good as destroyed. An expert from the Martial Emperor Realm has emerged from those ruins. What can we possibly do…'
In just over half a night, the closest mountain range and Blood Abyss City had completely fallen to the Mutants and Mutated Demon Beasts.
The consequence was that even more humans and Demon Beasts were infected by the strange disease and mutated, frantically chasing after those who had fled.
This highly contagious disease, with the area around Blood Abyss City as its epicenter, spread rapidly.
「Two days later.」
The Celestial Sword Sect, Talisman Puppet Sect, and Saint Extreme Sect—the Three Major Sects—along with the Boundless Sect and the Purple Cloud Sect, a total of five sects, each dispatched a Martial Emperor Realm expert to investigate.
By this time, four other cities near Blood Abyss City had already fallen.
More people were infected and mutated, becoming new Mutants and spreading the strange disease outward at an even faster rate.
The five Martial Emperor Realm experts rode together on a massive Flying Demon Beast.
The Flying Demon Beast's speed was astonishingly fast as it quickly soared over the territory already occupied by Mutants and Mutated Demon Beasts.
Watching the mutated monsters below, the five Martial Emperor Realm experts all furrowed their brows tightly.
They too did not understand what was happening.
"Hm? A King Realm?"
The Martial Emperor from the Celestial Sword Sect frowned, casually pointing a finger. Several kilometers away, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Power converged, rapidly forming a thousand-meter-long giant sword.
The giant sword crashed down, making the very earth tremble.
A Martial King Realm Mutated Demon Beast was crushed to dust under the Elemental Power Giant Sword with no power to resist. The resulting shockwave pulverized countless Martial Spirit Realm Mutants and Mutated Demon Beasts in the vicinity!
The Flying Demon Beast flew swiftly, making its way to Blood Abyss City.
Along the way, any Martial King Realm Mutants or Mutated Demon Beasts they encountered were casually obliterated by the Martial Emperor Realm experts.
But as the Flying Demon Beast flew over Blood Abyss City, four crimson pillars of light suddenly shot up from within the city, aiming for it.
"Emperor Realm!"
The faces of all five changed drastically. They attacked at once without hesitation, gathering Heaven and Earth Primordial Power. Five massive Palm Seals slammed down, forcefully blocking the four crimson pillars of light.
Four tall figures, shrouded in dense Blood Auras, appeared in Blood Abyss City.
Around them, all the Mutants and Mutated Demon Beasts prostrated themselves on the ground, trembling.
"Five Emperor Realm experts, none of them weaker than us. The one with the densest Blood Aura... might even be at the Celestial Emperor Realm..." said the Martial Emperor from the Talisman Puppet Sect, his expression grim.
"Let's retreat. This is beyond our ability to handle. If we don't stop this strange disease, the entire Blood-soaked Land will be finished."
The five controlled the Flying Demon Beast to investigate the Blood Sect's ruins for a bit before sending messages back to their respective sects.
「One day later.」
While the five Martial Emperor Realm experts waited anxiously, another five people arrived.
These five were actually stepping on the air, flying directly over!
Stepping on air, Flying in the Sky—that is the mark of a Martial Sect level expert!
"Greetings, Supreme Elder..."
"Supreme Elder..."
Seeing these five, the five Martial Emperor Realm experts all bowed in greeting.
The five stood silently in the air, looking down at the Mutants and Mutated Demon Beasts below.
After a moment, one of them spoke. "To think that after a thousand years, another 'fiendish evil' has appeared. But how could a fiendish evil appear in the Blood-soaked Land?"
"The remnants of the Blood Sect... Could the legends be true? That the Blood Sect truly has..."
"Say no more. Sealing it is the priority. We can investigate inside after it's done."
"My friends, this Five Directions Spirit Fire Array is a great treasure of my Talisman Puppet Sect. To use it to seal this fiendish evil..."
"Rest assured, our sects will compensate you."
"We will naturally not let the Talisman Puppet Sect suffer a loss."
After a brief discussion, each of the five took a part of the Array. With a flash, they vanished, their speed an unknown number of times faster than the Flying Demon Beast from before!
Soon, a new seal was established.
Furthermore, the area this seal covered was more than a hundred times larger than the Blood Sect's ruins.
Inside the same dome-shaped seal, no matter how the Mutants and Mutated Demon Beasts pounded and battered the edges, a transparent barrier of light held them firmly sealed within.
Even when many different places were attacked at the same time,
their combined attacks were not enough to make the seal truly reveal itself.
Looking at the seal before them, one of the Martial Emperor Realm experts couldn't help but sigh. "In just four short days, two thousand li of territory is completely finished. I wonder how many people died."
"I'm afraid many people who couldn't escape were sealed inside as well. The five Supreme Elders deliberately extended the seal's range, adopting the attitude that it's better to kill the innocent than let one guilty person escape."
"There's no other way. At a time like this, one must be ruthless. Otherwise, if even a few are missed outside, it will only lead to greater trouble later!"
"The Supreme Elder mentioned 'fiendish evil' before. What is that?"
"I don't know, but I've vaguely heard that something similar happened a thousand years ago..."
"Alright, enough talk. Let's split up. We need to find the people from the No-Life Gang. Also, every sect must dispatch disciples. This seal must be guarded well. Absolutely nothing can go wrong."
The five Martial Emperor Realm experts also conferred. One of them leaped off the Demon Beast to find the No-Life Gang, while the other four rode the beast toward their sect territories.
As the local power in the western region of the Blood-soaked Land, the No-Life Gang would be tasked with managing the many miscellaneous affairs related to the seal. It was only natural to seek them out.