After a brief respite, the drums sounded once more, and the Flesh Grinder began to turn again. But this time was different from before—completely different.
On Bai Lingmiao's side, everyone had become wildly exhilarated, trying to suffer fatal wounds so they could die beneath the Holy Maiden's blessing.
Noticing something was wrong, a group of Chicken-Foot People wearing Offal Face Curtains began closing in around Bai Lingmiao.
The White Lotus Believers were no pushovers. They swiftly formed a ritual array with Bai Lingmiao at its center.
At that moment, on the other side, the Flesh Ground began to bulge upward, creeping stealthily toward Bai Lingmiao.
But before it could reach her, a streak of red fell from the sky and smashed viciously into the bulge. With a wet splurt, foul-smelling blood rapidly seeped out of the earth.
With one stomp, he crushed a head outright. Li Huowang wiped the blood from his face and stepped out of the Flesh Grinder. "Made it just in time!"
Seeing an enemy, the nearby Fa Sect Believers roared and changed direction, swarming toward Li Huowang.
"Hah!!" Li Huowang threw open his hands and thrust them fiercely outward. In an instant, every Fa Sect Believer within several dozen yards of him was crushed to the ground, turned into a bloody mud where flesh and blood could no longer be told apart.
As the space before him cleared, three Great Shamans stood before Li Huowang, while bloodwater began dripping continuously from the sky.
Yet Li Huowang smiled at them, smiling happily. "You're finished. You're finished!"
The next moment, Li Sui, dressed as Xuannü, appeared behind them. Then father and daughter exerted themselves at once, charging back at the three Great Shamans.
Just as they collided into a single mass, a low rumble of thunder came from