The most terrifying thing was the speed of contagion.
It kept replicating, splitting, parasitizing flesh and blood!
The tens of thousands of Celestial God sword cultivators were terrified out of their wits.
Those on the outer perimeter hurriedly recalled their companion beasts.
No matter how others called out to them, they simply ran outward.
Whoosh!
The crowd scattered with a thunderous crash.
The tree seeds within the blood-red light seemed to have become nightmares. They were no longer coveted treasures; people hid as far away from them as they could.
The key was that the situation at Lava River Valley was merely a microcosm.
The same thing was happening at all thirty-five locations where tree seeds had appeared.
Most terrifying of all, this bloody mist was spreading throughout the entire area covered by the Qingyun Divine Tree. The blood mist condensed together, even forming a torrential rain that filled the skies.
In a short time, it could sweep across the entire Qingyun Continent.
"Ah!"
As cultivators fled, they saw bloody lumps appearing on their bodies, and their souls nearly fled their bodies in fright.
If it broke out on an arm, that was still manageable—they could just cut the arm off. But if it broke out on the head, how were they supposed to cut that off?
"I wasn't splashed by any blood at all. Why am I also—ah!"
Amid shriek after shriek, tens of thousands of blood-red shoots grew wildly, then exploded into invisible pollen. Like Xianxian's Eternal Night Curse, they scattered into the distance along with the bloody rain formed by the crimson mist, taking root and sprouting!
In an instant, the area beneath the Qingyun Divine Tree's canopy became a living hell.
Countless living beings dwelled beneath the Qingyun Divine Tree, building village after village, town after