A thin, long-faced thug chuckled, drew a long knife from his waist, and was about to slash at you.

The other two also remained indifferent, even showing a hint of eagerness, displaying no pity whatsoever for their fellow cubs.

[You helplessly reach out your small hand and grasp the tip of the knife that's coming at you: "No need. Young people like me should suffer more. Suffering is a blessing."]

"But someone like you who's already suffered enough should go down below first."

[In his horrified gaze, you exerted a slight force with your short fingers, the power traveling from the tip of the blade upwards, shattering the long sword into pieces, and simultaneously transmitting to the thug's body, exploding his flesh into pieces.]

As his body exploded, a vertical shockwave erupted, spreading outwards like a pale ring, instantly snapping two other gang members several meters apart in half at the chest and abdomen.

The other tombstones were undamaged because the circular ring was positioned too high to reach them.

[You have just entered Qingyuan Heaven and are still a pure mortal, without any Dao imprints or cultivation. The action you just performed was due to the application of the Sacred Body.]

[Besides the 360-fold increase in numerical value, your Holy Body also possesses various additional functions. What you just used were the vibrational power transmission and the ability to control pure power and release it in a special form.]

Even without external energy such as internal force or Yuan energy, this function can transform a purely physical punch of immense weight into a projectile of air.

"Is this converting the kinetic energy of an object into... a pure energy shockwave?"

[Moreover, the shape is not limited to cannonballs; it can also form resistance rings and cutting blades, just like you did before.]

After killing three thugs and waiting for ages, you finally couldn't take it anymore and started crawling towards the nearest city.

[Having climbed out of the mass grave and gone only a few miles, your expression shifted slightly.]

The nearest city, about ten miles away, is unharmed, but this area is quite flat, allowing you to see much further into the distance.

About a thousand miles away, a crimson energy surged from a city.

[A moment later, two streaks of light, one blue and one purple, streaked across the sky. One moment they were a hundred miles away, the next they were right in front of them, their destination the city oozing blood.]

The pale blue streak of light paused slightly as it passed overhead, then turned and headed straight for you, as gently as a breeze stopping in front of you.

The pale blue protective aura dissipated, revealing a beautiful young woman standing on a flying sword. Judging from her appearance, she was only about sixteen years old. Although she cultivated to preserve her youth, your discerning eye allowed you to see at a glance that she couldn't have lived more than twenty years.

"A keen eye for talent (x)"

"Ma Yan's ability to judge character (√)"

She looked at you with pity, biting her pink lips as if she had made a decision. Then, a wisp of pale blue true energy enveloped you, pulling you into her embrace and protecting you against Xiao Lei.

"This old codger is getting his kicks again."

"You shameless bastard, do you want to drink milk next?"

The purple light descended, revealing a man dressed in a white robe with purple patterns: "Junior Sister, now is not the time to act rashly! The Blood Demon Ancestor in Sangxi City is still causing chaos; we cannot linger here!"

The girl shook her head, insisting, "Senior Brother Chu, I cannot abandon a child."

Seeing that her senior brother was about to say more, she interrupted him, saying, "I will protect him myself. Senior brother, don't argue with me anymore. The most important thing now is to kill that Blood Demon Ancestor!"

Senior Brother Chu shook his head without saying much. Junior Sister Jiang Rou was exceptionally talented. Although she was only nineteen years old, she had already advanced to the first level of Qi Refining at the age of fourteen and possessed the "Pure Heart and Clean Glass Body." She was expected to break through to the middle stage of Qi Refining in the future.

"Pure heart and clean body... does this refer to the sacred body?"

"Even possessing a Sacred Body only grants a chance to break through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining. What kind of high-end cultivation universe is this?"

Although he is older and has an advantage in cultivation, he is still only at the mid-stage of the second level of Qi Refining, far from the third level, and might not even be a match for Junior Sister Jiang now.

With the two of them working together, even with your infant sister in her arms, it wouldn't make much of a difference; they'd be more than capable of dealing with the Blood Demon Ancestor. Thinking this, he didn't want to offend her further and transformed into a purple sword light once more.

[The young girl Jiang Rou held you in her arms, diverting a portion of her mind to protect you with her true energy, before transforming into a cyan sword light and disappearing.]

[The two sword lights arrived at Sangxi City in less than a dozen breaths. You, with your head resting on Xiao Lei's, noticed the girl's speed slowing down. You slowly turned your head in her arms and saw that within the city, which was three hundred miles long and wide, blood-red pillars of light thousands of feet high rose from all four corners and eight directions, forming an array that covered the entire city.]

At the very center of the formation, a mad and sinister old man in a crimson robe and with blood-red hair and beard stood in the air, emitting a strange laugh.

At his feet, the entire city's inhabitants were gathered, their eyes glazed and vacant, clearly under some kind of malevolent spell.

"This kind of formation..." Senior Brother Chu, who had more experience, changed his expression drastically: "Ten Thousand Feet of Mortal Dust Miasma!"

[The Ten Thousand Feet of Mortal Mist will require three years and three months, along with a vast amount of precious materials, to set up. Its effect is to attract all living beings within a radius of hundreds of miles to gather at the center of the formation, ten thousand feet away, with no fewer than nine million of these beings!]

Once enough people have gathered, the formation can be activated to turn them all into blood mist, which will spread over an area of ​​sixty-six miles and ten thousand feet in diameter.

This blood mist originates from the mortal realm, permeating the world like crimson dust filling the sky, hence its name, "Ten Thousand Feet of Crimson Dust Miasma."

Ultimately, this vast expanse of mortal blood mist will converge and become the demonic cultivation of the array's master, saving decades, even centuries, of arduous training.

"Blood Demon Ancestor!" Senior Brother Chu's eyes widened in fury: "Just how much bloodshed have you committed? Your cultivation has actually reached this level!"

The girl beside him, Jiang Rou, asked, puzzled, "Senior brother, what does this mean?"

[Senior Brother Chu was no longer as casual as before, and said with utmost seriousness: "The Myriad Feet of Mortal Dust is no ordinary demonic refining array. This array cannot be stopped halfway. Once it can no longer absorb the blood essence of those nine million people, it will only be burst apart."]

He slowly said, "And the fact that he wants to absorb all the blood essence of these nine million people means that the Blood Demon Ancestor has reached the peak of the second level of Qi Refining!"

"This old demon, who has slaughtered countless people, intends to use the power of the ten thousand feet of mortal miasma to break through to..."

"Qi Refining - Level - Three!"

Jiang Rou's expression suddenly changed!

Yun Shou also gasped!