Chapter 268: He's Not Dead Yet
"Is there some other trick to this Blood Fiend Array?" Mo Tianyun's gaze was profound as he looked at the Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable, his expression grim.
"At the core of the Blood Fiend Array, we saw a ghost fetus!"
Luo Rou's voice was heavy as she said, "Near that ghost fetus, three Nether Knights stand guard!"
"What?!"
At these words, even Mo Tianyun's expression couldn't help but shift slightly.
A glint of shock appeared in his usually imperturbable eyes.
"Nether Knights?!" The daoist-robed elder confronting the Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable was also startled. "Does that mean the one gestating inside that ghost fetus is a Nether Envoy?"
The assembled experts were completely bewildered.
They had almost no experience dealing with evil cultivators, let alone creatures from the plane of Hell.
Therefore, after hearing the titles "Nether Knight" and "Nether Envoy," they could only look at each other in confusion, not understanding the gravity of the situation.
"Hahahaha!"
"We've been preparing for so long and even spread rumors in advance. Did you really think we wouldn't anticipate some meddlers from the Demon Exorcism Institute showing up?"
"My power alone might not be enough to deal with you, but with Lord Nether Envoy and the Nether Knights here, not a single one of you will leave this place alive!"
The Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable roared with laughter, his body erupting with monstrous Evil Qi. He was boundlessly arrogant!
Hearing this, the hearts of the experts on the scene went cold.
Even if they had no idea who or what a Nether Envoy was, hearing the Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable respectfully address it as "Lord" made it easy to guess that this was an evil titan of shocking origins!
"Dammit!"
'Are we really doomed to die here?'
The palace-garbed beauty and the other experts all wore expressions of unwillingness to accept this fate.
"Hmph!"
Mo Tianyun quickly calmed himself. He looked at the Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable with an indifferent expression.
"No matter how troublesome those Nether Knights are, at the very least, we'll eliminate you first and then figure out a plan!"
"Is that so? Just by yourselves?!" The Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable was completely unfazed. With a wave of his hand, innumerable ferocious demons surged from behind him like a tidal wave, their Evil Qi forming a terrifying, heart-stopping ocean.
"I'm afraid that before you can even do anything to me, Lord Nether Envoy will have devoured you all, leaving nothing but dried bones!"
Facing the monstrous Evil Qi, the daoist-robed elder waved his sleeves. Countless beams of Spiritual Power shot out, landing amidst the swarm of evil creatures and wiping them out.
"Steward Mo, I'll deal with this demon. You just need to find a way to break the Blood Fiend Array!"
"Whether we can escape safely all depends on you."
The daoist-robed elder's aura surged violently. His withered face twitched slightly, and the Spiritual Power fluctuations erupting from his body were hardly any weaker than the Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable's!
Everyone was awestruck. This elder before them was actually another Great Power at the Ninth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm!
Hearing this, Mo Tianyun didn't refuse. He too knew that finding an escape route was the most pressing matter.
He agreed at once, "Then I'll leave it to you, Elder Cang!"
"Heh heh..."
"What shameless boasting! Old ghost Cang, in your decrepit old age, how long can you possibly last? Do you really think you're still young?"
The Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable looked at the daoist-robed elder and sneered.
"I may not be what I once was, but dealing with you shouldn't be a problem."
Elder Cang's expression was indifferent, not provoked in the slightest by the Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable's words.
"Then feel free to try!"
The Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable let out a great shout. Monstrous Evil Qi surged, and innumerable evil creatures converged into a river, carrying an endlessly terrifying wicked energy as they charged toward Elder Cang.
Elder Cang's expression remained unchanged. Faced with such a ferocious assault, he was still calm and composed. With a swipe of his hands, a great, brilliant seal appeared like a scorching sun in the sky and met the torrent of Evil Qi head-on.
Before everyone's horrified gazes, the two attacks collided high in the void, erupting with a shocking aftershock of power. For a moment, the sky was cleared for thousands of miles, the void trembled, and hearts pounded with fear!
Mo Tianyun retracted his gaze. He frowned, looking at the surging sea of blood before him, feeling that this was a thorny problem.
"Steward Mo, please... you must save Ye Chen!"
Luo Rou swallowed hard, her voice firm.
"Save him? The blood-red passage you came out of has already collapsed. How do you know he hasn't already met with disaster?"
Mo Tianyun shook his head and sighed deeply.
Hearing this, Luo Rou's face instantly turned pale.
"He's not dead yet." Just then, the Realm Spirit suddenly spoke, her beautiful eyes shimmering with a strange light. "I can feel it. He's not dead!"
"You can feel it?" Mo Tianyun was a little surprised.
He took another look at the Realm Spirit, only then realizing that this picturesque young woman was actually just a Spirit Body!
It was just that this Spirit Body was a bit too realistic; even he had almost been fooled.
Seeing the Realm Spirit say no more, Mo Tianyun's gaze also became resolute.
"Don't worry. Whether he's alive or dead, I will do everything in my power."
'I hope he can hold on until the end!'
...
「Deep within the sea of blood, in a blood-red world.」
The Chaos Suppressing Prison Cauldron, like a scorching sun crossing the sky, erupted with brilliant divine light and came crashing down on the ghost fetus!
"Bastard!"
The Nether Envoy's expression changed slightly. That dense, sacred aura was like sunlight on snow and ice, causing all of his evil power to melt away. It was an extremely unbearable feeling!
"If you didn't have this divine artifact, even ten of you wouldn't be enough for me to kill!"
He roared. From within his melting evil power, an even more surging and astonishing evil power erupted, as if to fill the surrounding void, and viciously slammed into the Chaos Suppressing Prison Cauldron, trying to send the great cauldron flying.
"BOOM!"
Blazing light surged in the void. The two powers were locked in a stalemate, and for a moment, neither could gain the upper hand.
"Again!"
Ye Chen raised the Cangming Sword high, channeling astonishing Sword Intent. He slashed through the sky, the blade's light like the first ray of dawn tearing through the heavens as it viciously chopped down on the ghost fetus.
The three Nether Knights gathered all their strength, desperately swinging their spears to break the Heaven-Devouring Earth-Swallowing Array in an attempt to block Ye Chen.
But the sword light still landed on the ghost fetus first.
A monstrous bloody light flashed. Astonishing Evil Qi leaked out, and the ghost fetus began to shake violently, like an egg about to crack!
Even the surrounding sea of blood seemed to be affected, churning continuously with countless waves exploding. The earlier collapse of the blood-red passage was also due to this influence.
"No—"
The Nether Envoy was horrified. A hint of panic showed through his illusory figure.
At this rate, the ghost fetus would sooner or later be unable to withstand Ye Chen's attacks!
