Behind the frenzied Strange Bat King, a pair of pitch-black hands shaped like eagle claws suddenly appeared. In that instant, they stabbed deep into Strange Bat King's dantian at a speed too fast for the naked eye to follow.
And that was far from over.
Above Strange Bat King's head, a blood-green alms bowl also appeared. The massive demonic-power hand it projected covered the entire sky above the tomb, clawing down at him.
"Who dares disrupt this Devil Ancestor's descent?" Startled, anger surfaced on the beautiful woman's face as rolling demonic sound swept outward, crushing down on the surroundings, seemingly intending to force out the "despicable wretch" ambushing Strange Bat King.
Yet, it was still a step too slow.
Before the demonic sound could fade.
The claws of the Owl Demon Yin Ghost had already pierced Strange Bat King's utterly defenseless Dharma body, bringing the madness on his face and the ongoing "blood sacrifice ritual" to an abrupt halt.
At the same time, the descending demonic-power hand had tightly clenched everything around him. The dazzling spiritual radiance erupting from its palm amid a thunderous boom, along with the dense clouds of blood mist... seemed to confirm this cultivator's death.
At that moment, having lost Strange Bat King's support for the blood sacrifice, the phantom of Crying River Demon Ancestor upon the stone figurine instantly dimmed. The ripples of power that had crossed realms and torn through space also sank into dreadful silence.
In only a brief moment, the beautiful jade-like face on the stone figurine blurred considerably, reverting to the figurine's original appearance, as though it were about to become a dull gray stone surface once more...
But—
Just as Crying River Demon Ancestor's demonic sound reached the vicinity of that "giant demonic-power hand."
A shrill, piercing bat screech suddenly