Chapter 67: Desperate Situation and Flaws
The entire place was deadly silent. The powerful "War Spirit Puppet," forged by a righteous cultivator, fell silently to the ground, a cold corpse once more. Meanwhile, the young man, face as pale as paper, curled up into a smile brimming with confidence and mockery. This strange and contrasting scene sent a chill through the bones of every enemy present. "What kind of sorcery is that?!" "He...he killed a War Spirit Puppet in a single blow?!" "Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!" For the first time, expressions of panic and fear crossed the faces of the traitors of the Tianshi Mansion and the masters of the Shadow Pavilion, who had once been confident of victory. And Elder Zhang, now completely transformed into a monster, his eyes, blazing with a mad, evil light, suddenly narrowed to the limit! He knew, more than anyone, how powerful and formidable those "War Spirit Puppets" were. That was his most prized "work," crafted over decades of painstaking effort using the most vicious forbidden techniques and the most precious materials! Each one possessed strength comparable to a late-stage Jindan cultivator! Each one possessed a formidable physique impervious to swords and spears, water and fire! But now, this "small fry," seemingly no more than an ant in his eyes, had been so easily and completely "killed" with a single, ordinary talisman he had never seen before? "Witchcraft! This must be witchcraft!" Elder Zhang roared with resentment and fury. He could not believe, and would never allow, his most prized work to be destroyed by the very person he despised, in a way he could not understand! "I don't believe you can use this magic many times!" He once again issued a decisive order to the remaining "War Spirit Puppets": "Attack together! Tear him to pieces!" After receiving the new order, the dozens of powerful puppets' eyes flashed with instinctive fear of Chu Yun's strange methods. But the absolute command from their master overwhelmed that fear. They roared and rushed towards Chu Yun again! Chu Yun looked at those "old friends" and "fellow disciples" rushing towards him. The anger and pain in his eyes were gone. Only a cold calm filled with compassion remained. He once again used his own blood as a guide, and the pure Taiyi Qi within his body as a core. One by one, flashing...
The whole place was dead silent.
The powerful "War Soul Puppet" refined by a righteous cultivator fell silently to the ground and turned into a cold corpse again.
However, the young man, whose face was as pale as paper, had a smile full of confidence and sarcasm on his lips.
This scene, full of weirdness and contrast, made all the enemies present feel a chill rising from the depths of their hearts.
"What kind of magic is that?!"
"He... He actually killed a 'War Spirit Puppet' in a single move?!"
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"
Those traitors from the Tianshi Mansion and masters from the Shadow Pavilion who had been confident of victory, for the first time showed expressions of "panic" and "fear" on their faces.
And Elder Zhang, who had been completely "transformed into a monster", had his eyes, burning with crazy evil light, suddenly shrinking to the extreme!
He knew better than anyone how powerful and formidable those "War Spirit Puppets" were. They were his most proud "works," the result of decades of painstaking effort, using the most vicious forbidden techniques and the most precious materials to refine them!
Each one of them possesses the strength comparable to a great cultivator in the late Jindan stage!
Each one of them has a strong body that is invulnerable to swords and guns, water and fire!
But now, this "little fish" who was like an ant in his eyes was actually "killed" so easily and completely with just an ordinary talisman that he had never seen before?
"Witchcraft! This must be witchcraft!"
Elder Zhang roared with resentment and fury. He couldn't believe, and he wouldn't allow, his most prized creation to be destroyed by the very people he despised, in a way he couldn't understand!
"I just don't believe that this magic of yours can be used many times!"
He once again issued a decisive kill order to the remaining "War Spirit Puppets":
"Come together! Tear him into pieces!"
After receiving the new instructions, those dozens of powerful puppets had a flash of instinctive fear of Chu Yun's strange methods in their eyes. However, the absolute command from the master overwhelmed that fear.
They roared and rushed towards Chu Yun again!
Chu Yun, looking at those "old friends" and "fellow disciples" rushing towards him, no longer had the previous anger and pain in his eyes.
Only a cold, compassionate calm remained.
He once again used his own blood as a guide, and the pure Taiyi Qi within his body as a core. One after another, "Puppet-Breaking Talismans" gleaming with restrained golden light flew out from his hands.
Each ray of golden light is like the most precise scalpel designed to judge "sins".
It will not harm those innocent "bodies" that have long lost their souls.
It will only accurately find and purify the core of the evil and filthy "Blood Sacrifice Curse" that was forcibly implanted into their bodies.
"puff!"
"puff!"
"puff!"
Sounds as slight as bubbles bursting continued to ring out above the altar.
Every time a sound was heard, a powerful "War Spirit Puppet" would freeze in place. Then, silently, it would fall down, turning into a cold, ordinary corpse.
The scene was extremely weird and shocking.
"No... No! My puppet! My heart's blood!"
Elder Zhang looked at his proud puppet army, which fell one by one under Chu Yun's casual "killing", and let out a roar of extreme pain and unwillingness.
The last bit of rationality in his eyes was completely devoured by this huge failure and humiliation.
What replaced it was the madness of destroying the world!
"Since... since I can't have it! Then you... just give it all to me and be buried with me!"
He gave up commanding the few remaining puppets and gave up paying attention to his subordinates who had fallen into panic.
He opened his monster-like huge arms and hugged the huge altar full of cracks under his feet!
"Sacrifice my soul!"
"Use my blood as bait!"
"Awaken the altar's final... 'form'!"
"Blood Prison: The Killing Formation! — Activate!"
As he roared with madness and resentment, the entire huge altar suddenly burst into an unprecedented blood-red light that shot up into the sky!
The light swept around madly, covering the entire altar and all the people on it - whether it was Chu Yun and his group, or those Shadow Pavilion masters and Tianshi Mansion traitors who did not have time to escape, all were enveloped without distinction!
The next second, a massive, semicircular, blood-red shield, composed of pure, blood-thick energy, rose from the ground! It sealed the entire altar tightly inside!
"What is this thing?!" Mo Li looked at the blood-red shield that completely trapped them, with a look of horror on his face.
Tentatively, she fired a powerful "armor-piercing cone" at the shield.
However, the "armor-piercing cone" that was powerful enough to penetrate the city wall was swallowed up and melted by the sticky blood-colored energy on the shield the moment it touched it, without causing even the slightest ripple.
"it's useless."
Li Ge's voice was filled with unprecedented solemnity.
"This shield isn't made of conventional energy. It's a 'living entity' condensed from all the life force and endless resentment this altar has extracted over the past few hundred years!"
"Not only does it possess nearly unlimited energy, but also..."
Before she finished her words, Chu Yun, Mo Li and Li Ge all felt a heart-wrenching pain at the same time!
They could clearly feel that the little vitality and soul energy left in their bodies were being forcibly extracted from their bodies by an invisible, greedy, and evil force and merged into the blood-colored shield!
This shield was actually draining their vitality to replenish itself!
As one side gains strength while the other loses, they won't be able to hold on for long. They will be sucked dry alive and become mummies just like those innocent people imprisoned on the altar!
"Hahaha……"
Elder Zhang's laughter, filled with madness and triumph, echoed in the blocked blood-colored space.
"Do you feel it? The feeling of despair!"
"In this 'blood prison,' I am the only God! You will slowly enjoy the last... pain of your life!"
After saying this, his body, which had completely transformed into a monster, slowly merged into the huge altar and disappeared.
He actually merged himself with the entire altar.
He wanted to watch with his own eyes these three "ants" who had pushed him to such a point slowly die in the deepest despair and pain!
It’s over…
This time, it's really over...
A flicker of genuine, utter despair flashed across Mo Li and Li Ge's eyes. They couldn't think of any way out. This "blood prison," comprised of the entire altar and countless lives, was an unsolvable deadlock.
But just then.
"No, it's not over yet."
Chu Yun's voice rang out. Although weak, it was unusually calm.
He looked at the blood-colored shield that was constantly draining their vitality, and his brain was running frantically at a speed beyond the limit.
"Any formation has its 'core' and 'nodes'. This 'Blood Prison' is absolutely no exception."
"Although it appears to be a perfect whole, in order to maintain its own operation and the extraction and conversion of energy, it must have a most critical... 'hub'!"
"As long as we can find that 'core' and destroy it, this 'blood prison' will collapse on its own!"
His words instantly rekindled the extinguished fire of hope in Mo Li and Li Ge's hearts.
"Center?!"
Mo Li's eyes suddenly lit up! As a top-tier master of mechanical engineering, she understood better than anyone what the "center" meant to a complex system!
She immediately took out the "peephole" that had several cracks on it! She ignored her almost exhausted mental power and forcibly activated it, starting to analyze the energy flow of this "blood prison"!
"Li Ge! Cover me!" she said hurriedly.
"good!"
Li Ge didn't hesitate at all. She sprinkled the last bottle of her most precious "Soul Purifying Powder" which could temporarily isolate her from the invasion of evil spirits around Mo Li, creating a small but crucial "safe zone" for her.
Chu Yun, however, held on to his almost shattered body and stood firmly in front of the two of them. He used his Taiyi Qi, which was no longer pure gold but had become somewhat dim, to resist the constant drain of vitality from the shield.
In this most desperate situation, the three people once again brought their trust and tacit understanding between each other to the extreme!
Time passes by minute by minute.
Chu Yun's face became paler and paler.
Li Ge's body began to tremble uncontrollably.
Mo Li's forehead was covered with beads of sweat. In her eyes, countless complex data and runes were flowing frantically at a speed that almost burned her brain.
finally!
Just when Chu Yun felt that he was about to completely lose consciousness, Mo Li let out a loud cry filled with exhaustion and ecstasy:
"Found it! I found the 'hub'!"
She pointed to an unremarkable area in the southeast corner of the altar, consisting of three stone pillars arranged in a triangular pattern, and said hurriedly:
"That's the entire 'Blood Prison', the 'heart' where all energy is gathered, transformed, and redistributed!"
"But..." Her voice quickly faded. "That 'center' is protected by the core power of the entire altar. With our current strength, it's simply impossible to destroy it directly."
This conclusion caused the flame of hope that had just been ignited to be extinguished again.
"Then... is there no other way?" Chu Yun's voice was as weak as a mosquito.
"have."
Mo Li gritted her teeth, and a look of madness and determination flashed in her eyes.
"We can't 'destroy' it, but we can 'use' it!"
"When I was analyzing it just now, I discovered that its energy cycle has an extremely small, almost negligible 'design flaw'."
"We can simultaneously destroy the seven most critical 'energy nodes' around the three stone pillars to forcibly create a violent, irreversible..."
“…Energy Overload!”
"That way, although we still can't destroy the 'core,' it can cause the energy circulation of the entire 'Blood Prison' to temporarily... 'collapse'!"
"And at that time," she looked at Chu Yun and Li Ge and said word by word, "above this indestructible blood-red shield, there will appear only..."
"...three breaths of time..."
“…Fatal flaw!”
Three breaths.
This is their only chance and their last chance of survival.
Chu Yun felt his vision begin to blur. His body, which had been holding on tightly, had finally reached its limit.
The moment of decisive battle is approaching. But can he hold on until then?
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
