Night Owl's mechanical arm spewed out scorching flames, burning the parasites surrounding Purple Spirit to ashes. He said coldly, "Focus on the battle, don't get distracted."

Mo Zhizhou held a golden compass and muttered incantations.

The compass needle spun rapidly, finally pointing to the Blood Pool Giant's chest. "Its weakness is there!" he shouted.

Upon hearing this, Qi Lan leaped up without hesitation, her longsword, imbued with sharp sword energy, thrusting straight at the blood pool giant's chest. However, the giant's body was composed of blood, and the wound healed rapidly the moment the sword pierced through.

"Attack ineffective!" Qi Lan quickly retreated, avoiding the giant's counterattack palm.

Liu Hanyan thought quickly, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Use ice magic! Freeze its blood!"

Mo Bai nodded, his hands forming a seal, and a chilling aura gathered.

He slammed his palm into the ground, and frost spread rapidly, freezing the Blood Pool Giant's feet.

The giant struggled, his movements becoming sluggish.

Rong Jiaojiao seized the opportunity, and the light of the Demon-Suppressing Stele shone brightly, sending a purifying force straight to the giant's chest.

"Roar—!" The giant roared in pain, yet his body was rapidly healing.

Countless puppets crawled out of the blood pool again. Mo Bai shouted, "Me, Fellow Daoist Rong, Senior Qi, and Old Zhou will deal with the blood men. The rest of you will deal with the puppets."

Rong Jiaojiao and Mo Bai understood his meaning. The three-colored Demon-Suppressing Stele rose into the sky. Mo Bai cast a spell, merging the golden Demon-Subduing Brush into the Demon-Suppressing Stele, and the stele immediately shone with four-colored light.

Sensing danger, the blood-red figure let out a deafening roar, causing the entire underground palace to tremble in its fury.

It suddenly swung its arms, which were like two giant blood whips, and the blood in the pool twisted and churned like living things, turning into countless sharp blood spikes that shot towards everyone!

"Watch out!" Qi Lan turned his sword, and the cyan sword energy transformed into a barrier, blocking most of the blood spikes.

However, a few blood spikes still managed to break through the defenses and head straight for Mo Zhizhou's face.

The golden compass in Mo Zhizhou's hand was gathering power at the crucial moment, and it looked like the blood thorn was about to pierce Mo Zhizhou.

A spiritual mark flashed on Zi Ling's forehead, and a purple light shield appeared in front of Mo Zhizhou.

At this moment, Mo Zhizhou's golden compass also completed its charging, and a golden beam of light shot straight towards the blood-stained man's brow.

At the same time, Mo Bai's Demon-Subduing Brush drew a golden rune in the air, perfectly merging with the power of the Demon-Suppressing Stele.

Rong Jiaojiao completed her hand seals, and the Demon-Suppressing Stele's light surged. "Break!"

Four beams of light descended from the sky, striking the Blood Pool Giant directly in the chest.

The Blood Pool Giant's body began to twist violently, emitting screams that were inhuman.

"Effective! Continue!" Upon seeing this, Qi Lan immediately activated all her spiritual power, and a dazzling azure light condensed at the tip of her sword. "Demon-Slaying Style! Burn!"

The sword energy, like a rainbow, pierced straight into the giant's chest.

This time, instead of healing, the wound ignited into flames, and the blood-soaked body began to disintegrate rapidly.

The Blood Pool Giant struggled frantically, trying to reform its body, but the purifying power of the Demon Suppression Stele had already locked it firmly in place.

Its body began to melt like a candle, and its blood evaporated, turning into foul-smelling black smoke.

"No...impossible..." the giant cried out in his final moments.

As time passed, a loud bang was heard, and the Blood Pool Giant exploded completely, scattering countless droplets of blood everywhere.

The group quickly erected a protective shield, only to see that the blood droplets that fell to the ground transformed into fist-sized blood worms, writhing and crawling towards them.

"Be careful! These are Soul-Devouring Demon Seeds!" Mo Zhizhou's expression changed drastically. "Once possessed, they will become new vessels for the demon seed!"

Liu Hanyan's silver needles danced, precisely pinning down every bloodworm that approached.

The Night Owl's mechanical arm spewed out scorching flames, burning a large number of bloodworms to ashes.

Just as everyone was busy dealing with the blood worms, a strange tremor suddenly came from the bottom of the blood pool.

The corpses that had been submerged in the pool of blood suddenly stood up, the black crystals on their chests emitting a blinding red light.

"Oh no! The demon spirits are about to detonate them all at once!" Mo Bai's expression changed drastically.

Even more terrifying, the seven blood-red stone pillars began to slowly rotate, and the ancient runes on the pillars lit up one after another.

The entire underground palace began to shake violently, with rubble constantly falling from the top.

"They're activating a sacrificial array!" Mo Zhizhou's golden compass spun wildly. "We must destroy the stone pillars immediately, or we'll all become sacrifices!"

Qi Lan made a decisive decision: "Split up! Night Owl and Liu Hanyan will be responsible for clearing out the demon seeds, the rest of you follow me to destroy the stone pillars!"

Rong Jiaojiao separated the golden seal and handed it to Mo Bai. Holding the Demon-Suppressing Stele, she rushed towards the farthest stone pillar. Zi Ling transformed into a streak of purple lightning, following closely behind.

Just as Rong Jiaojiao was about to reach the stone pillar, the ground suddenly cracked open, and three demonic corpses, their bodies wreathed in black energy, burst forth from the earth. They moved with incredible speed, their sharp claws aimed straight for Rong Jiaojiao's throat!

"Watch out!" Zi Ling leaped up suddenly, her purple lightning weaving into a net that temporarily blocked the demonic puppet's attack.

Rong Jiaojiao's eyes sharpened, and the Demon-Suppressing Stele spun in mid-air. With lightning speed, she cast a spell on the Demon-Suppressing Stele: "Break Evil!"

"Boom!" The Demon-Suppressing Stele emitted chains of light in three colors: blue, red, and black, which struck the demon puppet, causing it to explode.

But by the time this was done, most of the runes on the stone pillar had already lit up.

On the other side, Mo Bai, holding the golden seal, cooperated with Qi Lan to attack the central stone pillar.

The golden seal and the sword light intertwined, leaving cracks on the stone pillar.

However, each crack is quickly repaired by the blood vessels.

"This won't do!" Cold sweat beaded on Qi Lan's forehead. "We must destroy all the stone pillars at the same time!"

Mo Zhizhou suddenly shouted, "Use the principle of the five elements' mutual restraint! Wood restrains earth, metal restrains wood, fire restrains metal, water restrains fire, and earth restrains water! Attack the corresponding stone pillar with the corresponding element!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately adjusted their strategy. Liu Hanyan's water-elemental silver needles aimed directly at the fire-elemental stone pillar; Night Owl's mechanical arm spewed flames, scorching the metal-elemental stone pillar; Mo Bai's earth-elemental spells bombarded the water-elemental stone pillar...

"Just one last step!" Rong Jiaojiao was extremely anxious as she watched the great formation that was about to be fully activated.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck her, and she slammed the Demon-Suppressing Stele heavily onto the ground: "Nine Dragons Demon Suppression, activate!"

Three-colored rays of light shot into the sky from the Demon-Suppressing Stele, transforming into nine light dragons of different colors, which then coiled around the remaining stone pillars.

The entire underground palace shook violently, and the ancient runes began to crumble inch by inch.

"Slash!" Qi Lan roared, unleashing the full power of the Azure Sky Sword Technique. The sword light poured down like a silver river, cleaving the central stone pillar in half.

A chain reaction erupted instantly. The remaining stone pillars collapsed one after another, and the liquid in the blood pool emitted a piercing scream as if it were alive, churning wildly and trying to reform.

However, the Nine Dragons Light Pattern firmly suppressed the Blood Pool, preventing it from regenerating.

"The blood pool was burned."

Suddenly, the Night Owl's mechanical arm erupted with a blinding blue light, and a pure blue flame shot out.