Yao Xingji had never expected that Xiao Yan, this mere Five-star Dou Zun trash, would actually have such a trump card.
Yet after that line of blood appeared, it gave Yao Xingji and the other man no time to think. Just as they tried to flee, the terrifying bloodline tore through the void and pierced their bodies, extending all the way beyond the limits of sight.
Even the ground of the Heavenly Tomb was cleaved open by that bloodline, leaving behind a massive fissure a hundred zhang deep.
As for Yao Xingji and Yao Xingmang, who had been pierced by the bloodline, both their physical bodies and souls had long since been destroyed. They were dead beyond doubt.
The void where the two had died, split apart by the bloodline, remained unable to heal for a long while. A black flame rested quietly there.
That bloodline Xiao Yan had unleashed earlier was one of the three strands of Blood Axe power Xiao Chen had left within him at great cost before they entered the Heavenly Tomb. He had used only one, yet it had instantly slain two powerful enemies from the Yao Clan.
The release of that Blood Axe power caused a chain reaction. Every Energy Body in the direction it traveled was instantly destroyed, leaving Energy Cores behind, and even people within a hundred li of this place could sense the tremendous disturbance caused by the bloodline's emergence.
"What was that just now?"
"That aura seemed like something only a Saint could release, didn't it?"
"Could there be someone nearby with the strength of a Saint?"
"That's impossible, isn't it? There definitely can't be any Half-Saint experts among those who entered the Heavenly Tomb this time!"
"Then does that mean there's an Energy Body nearby with the strength of