Blood Qi Condensing Shadow Sect Protecting Great Formation

As soon as Su Mei and the others finished speaking, they launched their attacks.

The other Dou Wang-level experts also struck together.

More than a dozen thick streams of Dou Qi Energy attacked the figure from all directions.

The Blood Colored Figure, over two meters tall, looked utterly insignificant amid those ten attacks stretching dozens or even hundreds of meters, as though it could be crushed at any moment.

Logically speaking, under the combined attacks of three Dou Emperors and more than a dozen Dou Wangs, even a true Dou Huang Peak expert would have to avoid them to some extent.

After all, a Dou Huang Peak expert was still far from being strong enough to crush these Dou Wangs and Dou Emperors.

Or rather, even a Dou Huang Peak expert could not defeat these people.

Yet Blood Shadow was engrossed in absorbing Blood Qi Energy and seemed to have no intention of dodging, nor did it raise a defensive shield.

Thus, under that barrage of attacks, the Blood Colored Figure was smashed into Blood Mist, just as everyone had expected.

Seeing that cloud of Blood Mist, everyone let out a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, that thing did not seem to possess much intelligence. Otherwise, if it were allowed to grow without restraint, it would truly be troublesome.

After all, so many people had died in the Secret Realm over the past two days.

If it kept absorbing them, it might reach the Dou Zong realm.

Now that the Blood Colored Figure had been shattered, everyone felt much more at ease.

"Something's wrong. That thing isn't dead!" Tie Wu, the strongest among them, stared solemnly at the drifting yet unscattered Blood Mist.

"What?!"

Su Mei, standing beside him, was startled, her pretty face changing expression.

She hurriedly looked over. Sure enough, the Blood Mist churned, seemingly about to gather into humanoid form.

Startled, Su Mei immediately launched another attack.

This attack successfully scattered the humanoid form that was about to take shape.

However, Su Mei's attack seemed to anger that cloud of Blood Mist.

It no longer tried to condense into humanoid form. Instead, after churning for a moment,

an incomparably massive wave of Blood Red Energy erupted from the Blood Mist, which had nearly turned dark red, surging in every direction.

The people lurking in the Sea of Forest around the Jade Stone Plaza to fish in troubled waters immediately became agitated upon seeing this.

"Defend yourselves!"

"Damn it, run!"

"Don't stay here!"

Unfortunately, although these people wanted to flee, they seemed unable to outrun the Blood Qi. One after another, the fleeing people were caught up to and covered by it.

What was surprising was that those caught did not seem to suffer the slightest injury.

It was as though that Blood Red Energy was merely ordinary mist.

Xiao Ming, who had taken advantage of everyone else being distracted by the Blood Red Humanoid to secretly snatch a Light Cluster, also narrowed his eyes when he saw this scene.

He would never truly believe that this thing had no offensive power whatsoever.

The scroll he had just obtained had not even been placed into his Na Ring when he hurriedly mobilized the Dou Qi inside his body, forming a thick suit of Dou Qi Armor around himself. Still feeling that it was not enough, he took a Detoxification Pill from his Na Ring and tossed it into his mouth.

"Still not enough," Xiao Ming murmured. He still did not feel safe.

He took out two second-tier medicinal pills from his Na Ring and directly stuffed them into his mouth.

One replenished Dou Qi, while the other healed injuries.

Just as he finished doing all that, Xiao Ming was struck by the swift energy wave.

The sturdy Dou Qi Armor did not provide even a trace of defense and was directly pierced by the Blood Red Energy.

The Detoxification Pill, healing pill, and even Qi Returning Pill Xiao Ming had prepared were all wasted.

Because the Blood Qi Energy had not caused him any harm at all.

Faced with this situation, Xiao Ming showed no joy on his face.

Relying on his powerful Spiritual Power, he discovered a trace of blood red within the Dou Qi inside his body.

There was no need to say it—it definitely was not his own Dou Qi.

Xiao Ming circulated the Dou Qi inside his body, trying to drive out that trace of Blood Red Dou Qi.

Yet no matter how hard he tried, that trace of Dou Qi remained utterly motionless, like a parasite clinging to the bone.

Even using Beast Flame was of no use.

Finally, Xiao Ming's expression darkened slightly as he said,

"What's going on? Have I been marked?"

Xiao Ming was not the only one to discover something strange within himself. Those Dou Emperors and Dou Wangs in the sky also noticed abnormalities in their bodies.

Just now, they had relied on their considerable strength and thought that Blood Shadow's Blood Red Fluctuation merely looked intimidating and could not cause any real harm.

Therefore, they had only raised an Energy Shield for protection.

Who knew that the Blood Red Fluctuation would be so strange? Even their protective shields had been completely useless.

As a result, a trace of Blood Red Energy had also been left inside their bodies.

Sensing the connection between that energy and the Blood Colored Figure, Yuan Yi, Tie Wu, and the others wore grim expressions.

It seemed that this thing had set its sights on them.

In truth, they had long considered leaving, but there was still a Secret Realm Passage at the Jade Stone Plaza, and they were reluctant to give it up.

Now, even if they wanted to leave, they could not.

No one knew whether this thing would leave the Secret Realm and then follow that trace of energy to find them.

If that truly happened, then once they were alone, they definitely would not be a match for Blood Shadow.

Since there were many of them now, they might as well join hands and eliminate future trouble.

These Dou Wangs and Dou Emperors were all old foxes. With a glance, they understood one another's intentions.

With a nod, they all gathered energy and struck toward the Dark Red Blood Mist.

The Blood Mist, having suffered the attack, hurriedly surged back into the Secret Realm Passage.

Before Su Mei and the others could pursue it inside, the Blood Red Humanoid, having reformed its body, shot back out at lightning speed.

"There's something on the other side of the Secret Realm Passage that can immediately restore its body. Draw it away from the Secret Realm Passage!"

Seeing this, the experienced Yao Clan Three Brothers shouted.

Bang!

The three brothers then attacked together, and the fluctuations from their attack were actually comparable to those of a Dou Emperor.

"Roar!" The Blood Colored Figure no longer passively endured the attacks. Blood Red Energy shot from its left hand and easily blocked their attack. Then, it spat out a fist-sized red sphere that flew toward the Yao Clan Three Brothers.

The red energy sphere was no ordinary attack. Seeing it, Yao Eldest, one of the three brothers, gathered Dou Qi in his right hand and collided with the red sphere.

The instant they came into contact, he was blasted backward over a great distance.

"Cough cough, so strong!" A trace of blood trickled from Yao Eldest's mouth. The opponent had inflicted serious injuries on him with just one strike. This was rather troublesome.

Seeing Yao Eldest injured, the others also felt that they should not simply stand by and watch.

They joined the battle one after another, and an even fiercer clash immediately erupted between both sides.

Blood Shadow fought more than a dozen people alone without showing the slightest sign of falling into a disadvantage. It was utterly terrifying.

From time to time, several terrifying attacks streaked across the sky and flew into the distance.

Standing far away and watching that terrifying battlefield, Xiao Ming silently cheered Su Mei and the others on.

He hoped they would be strong enough to kill that Blood Red Humanoid directly. After all, he had been marked as well.

If his strength had been sufficient, he would have wanted to go up there and crush Blood Shadow himself.

After watching for a short while, Xiao Ming suddenly realized that he was still holding a scroll.

It turned out that he had been so startled by Blood Shadow's attack earlier that he had forgotten to put it into his Na Ring.

Now that he noticed the thing in his hand, Xiao Ming wanted to stuff it directly into his Na Ring, but after thinking about it,

he had taken such a huge risk and only obtained this. He should first find out what exactly he had gotten.

He turned the side of the scroll engraved with small characters toward himself.

Xiao Ming silently recited, "Blood Qi Condensing Shadow Sect Protecting Great Formation."

Mm?

Xiao Ming felt that he had discovered something extraordinary.

Blood Qi Condensing Shadow?

Xiao Ming raised his eyes and glanced at Blood Shadow, which was fighting farther and farther away.

Could Blood Qi Condensing Shadow be referring to that thing?

With that suspicion in mind, Xiao Ming spread open the scroll.

After giving it a rough scan, Xiao Ming thought to himself, As expected, it refers to Blood Shadow.

According to the scroll's introduction, the Blood Qi Condensing Shadow Sect Protecting Great Formation was an original formation created by the sect that had once belonged to this Secret Realm.

This formation could rely on the Blood Qi of living beings to condense a Blood Shadow. Then, based on the methods left behind by the one who set up the formation, that Blood Shadow could distinguish friend from foe and attack only invaders.

Blood Shadow's method of distinguishing friend from foe was simple: it was the Blood Red Mark inside Xiao Ming's body.

Those who could refine away the Blood Red Dou Qi inside their bodies would not be attacked by Blood Shadow.

Those who could not were its targets. Only by leaving the Secret Realm could they avoid being attacked.

The reason Blood Shadow had not attacked anyone at first was because it had not begun marking them yet.

Once it finished marking them, it began to fight back.

The scroll in Xiao Ming's hands recorded the specific method for setting up this great formation, as well as the method for refining away the mark within the body.

After memorizing the techniques on the scroll, Xiao Ming hurriedly sat down cross-legged.

The place Xiao Ming had chosen was always well hidden, so no one disturbed him.

A quarter of an hour later, Xiao Ming sensed the Blood Red Mark inside his body disappear.

A smile appeared at the corner of Xiao Ming's lips.

Now Blood Shadow would not attack him!

That smile quickly faded.

Xiao Ming thought of why he had risked coming here.

That thing capable of causing Beast Flame to react.

Having read the Blood Qi Condensing Shadow Formation scroll, he naturally knew that Blood Shadow did not possess such an ability. Therefore, there had to be something else inside the passage.

Looking at Su Mei, Tie Wu, and the others, who were battling farther and farther away, as well as the Dou Lings and Dou Shis who had been frightened by Blood Shadow and left to search for Light Clusters,

Xiao Ming's eyes flickered. He jumped down from the branches and ran toward the passage.

That was right, he intended to enter the passage and take a look.

According to the scroll's records, the passage should connect to the central area of the formation, the place where Blood Shadow took shape.

Aside from Blood Shadow, there should not be anything else inside with offensive power.

He had already learned the method to refine away the mark, so what did he have to fear?

Su Mei and the others were fighting Blood Shadow farther and farther away, giving him the perfect opportunity.

Of course, the Secret Realm Passage was right there, and Xiao Ming was not the only one who had the same idea.

There was never a shortage of bold people in the world.

By the time Xiao Ming entered the Spatial Channel, several people had already gone inside.

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