Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

It was as if a scarlet ocean had exploded in the void. A powerful torrent of Spiritual Power swept out, shattering trees and cracking boulders on Kunlun Mountain!

If not for the protective sealing power around Kunlun Mountain, the entire peak would have been flattened on the spot!

"What?"

"This Blood Fiend Grand Formation... someone actually detonated it?!"

Not only were the Cultivators present stunned by the scene, but even the Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable wore an expression of disbelief. The fiendish aura swirling around him began to fluctuate unstably.

"Oh no!"

"Ye Chen is still inside!"

The faces of Huo Susu and the others changed drastically.

Mo Tianyun's face was grim. Watching the scene unfold, he felt utterly powerless.

He had been just about to force open a path to go and support Ye Chen.

After all, Ye Chen was facing a legendary evil entity like the Netherworld Emissary. Worse, he was all alone. The danger he faced was likely beyond what an ordinary person could even imagine.

But before Mo Tianyun could even act, the sea of blood began to churn violently, as if a colossal force was sweeping out from within.

The next moment, the entire Blood Fiend Grand Formation was detonated on the spot.

This scene was far beyond Mo Tianyun's expectations!

It also meant that Ye Chen, who hadn't had time to escape the sea of blood, had likely met a violent end!

After all, the power contained within this Blood Fiend Grand Formation was simply too wild and astonishing.

'Even a Peak Divinity Transformation Realm Cultivator caught at the heart of the explosion would be instantly reduced to dust, right?'

Song Yubing was also stunned.

"No way..." Luo Rou murmured to herself, her face deathly pale.

An image of the young man, sword in hand, fighting against those terrifying fiends from hell surfaced unbidden in her mind.

Jiang Yuzhe noticed the change in Luo Rou's expression, which only strengthened his suspicions.

"Everyone, get behind me!"

Mo Tianyun shouted, his gaze sharp.

They had no time to mourn whether Ye Chen was alive or dead!

After all, the immediate crisis was not yet over!

The Cultivators present were all terrified by the power of the detonated Blood Fiend Grand Formation. Hearing Mo Tianyun's call, they immediately flocked to his side.

Mo Tianyun summoned a circular disc, which seemed to be engraved with a bagua diagram. As the disc spun, an invisible curtain of light suddenly expanded, forming a barrier that blotted out the sky!

"Is that... the Great Hong Demon Exorcism Institute's Boundary Warding Eight Trigrams Diagram?"

Seeing this from a distance, the Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable felt a chill in his heart.

'The Blood Fiend Grand Formation has been detonated. The demonic fetus gestating inside... its chances of survival are slim!'

'How can I possibly contend with these people from the Great Hong Demon Exorcism Institute on my own?'

The thought of retreat had already sprouted in the Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable's mind!

But just then, along with the explosion of the Blood Fiend Grand Formation, a will entered the Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable's mind.

It was the malevolent thought sent out by the Netherworld Emissary's wisp of will before it detonated the demonic fetus!

This malevolent thought was not only transmitted to the distant evil spirit that the Netherworld Emissary had called a "great personage," but the nearby Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable had naturally felt it as well.

'That boy has a divine artifact that Lord Netherworld Emissary must obtain at all costs?'

'If I can get that giant cauldron-shaped divine artifact and hand it over to Lord Netherworld Emissary, I'll be granted the evil spirit legacy of the eighteen levels of hell?'

A fervent light immediately surged in the depths of the Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable's eyes.

'That brat actually has a treasure that even Lord Netherworld Emissary covets?'

Although he was incredibly tempted, the Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable had no time to think about it further.

He had to retreat from this place as quickly as possible. Otherwise, if he were caught in the aftermath of the Blood Fiend Grand Formation's explosion, he would be dead or crippled!

"I'll spare your lives this time!"

"But this score won't be settled so easily! You bastards from the Demon Exorcism Institute will all die sooner or later!"

The Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable gave the robed old man before him a sinister look. The next moment, his figure flickered and shot toward the distant horizon.

Countless fiends scattered in his wake, dissolving into nothingness in the terrifying aftershock.

"Hmph!"

'The next time we meet, I will definitely uproot all of you scum from the Hall of Yama!'

An aged elder's eyes narrowed. He watched the Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable's retreating figure but did not give chase.

He also knew how dire the current situation was, so he quickly moved inside the Boundary Warding Eight Trigrams Diagram that Mo Tianyun had raised, sheltering from the rampaging aftershock outside.

At this critical juncture, no one noticed a faint fluorescent glow suddenly light up on the ancient stone gate atop Kunlun Mountain's peak.

A stream of light as fine as a hair suddenly shot out from the stone gate, pierced through the void, and plunged into the scarlet torrent before vanishing without a trace.

The scarlet torrent raged wildly across the peak of Kunlun Mountain. The sky was dyed a ghastly blood-red, the entire mountain began to shake, and a tremendous roar echoed endlessly through the vast mountain range.

After an unknown amount of time, the scarlet torrent gradually dissipated, and the outside world reappeared before everyone's eyes.

"This..."

Seeing the scene before them, everyone couldn't help but gasp.

The entire peak of Kunlun Mountain had been completely flattened!

Although the plaza was a complete mess, littered with rubble and mud, the main body of Kunlun Mountain was thankfully still intact and largely unaffected due to the presence of the sealing power.

The ancient stone gate leading to the Kunlun Mountain secret realm also remained standing amid the ruins, but it was now covered in a dense web of cracks, looking much more dilapidated than before.

"Phew..."

"We... we survived?"

Everyone looked at each other, their faces breaking into smiles of relief after surviving the disaster.

Under the protection of the Demon Exorcism Institute's powerful secret treasure, the Boundary Warding Eight Trigrams Diagram, they had safely weathered the calamity!

The surrounding fiends had long been swept away by the aftershock, and the Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable's figure had fled to parts unknown.

No longer obstructed by the Blood Fiend Grand Formation, everyone was back out in the open. This feeling of regained freedom was undoubtedly exhilarating for all the Cultivators present!

However, the expressions on the faces of Song Yubing and the Huo family party were anything but joyful.

They stared at the empty surroundings, their faces ashen!

"That young friend, could he be..." Mo Tianyun's brow furrowed as he muttered aloud.

"No way... He... he can't be dead just like that!" Luo Rou was in disbelief, unwilling to accept such a cruel reality.

'Just a short while ago, that young man was fighting the creatures of hell before my very eyes, as valiant as a god. How could he have fallen so easily?'

The others also seemed to realize what had happened, and the previously excited atmosphere instantly cooled.

"Wait, look! What's that?"

Just then, someone suddenly called out.