Blood Qi Condensing Shadow Sect Protecting Great Formation

The moment Su Mei and the others finished speaking, they launched their attacks.

The other Dou Wang-level experts attacked as well.

More than a dozen thick streams of Dou Qi Energy shot at the figure from every direction.

Amid those ten attacks, each dozens or even hundreds of meters long, the more-than-two-meter-tall Blood Colored Figure seemed utterly insignificant, as though it could be crushed at any moment.

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

After all, someone at the Dou Huang Peak was still far from being able to crush these Dou Wangs and Dou Emperors.

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

Yet Blood Shadow was engrossed in absorbing blood qi and showed no intention of dodging, nor did it raise a defensive barrier.

Thus, under such an attack, the Blood Colored Figure was turned into Blood Mist, just as everyone expected.

Seeing that cloud of Blood Mist, everyone breathed 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 become troublesome.

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

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

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

"No, that thing isn't dead!" Tie Wu, the strongest among them, stared gravely at the drifting yet undispersed Blood Mist.

"What?!"

Su Mei, standing beside him, was startled.

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

Startled, Su Mei 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 reform its body. Instead, after a violent roil—

An immensely powerful wave of blood-red energy erupted from the Blood Mist, which had nearly turned dark red, and surged outward in all directions.

The people lurking around the Jade Stone Plaza in the Sea of Forest immediately panicked at the sight.

"Defend yourselves!"

"Damn it, run!"

"Don't stay here!"

Unfortunately, although they wanted to flee, they seemed unable to outrun the blood qi. One fleeing person after another was caught and engulfed.

What was surprising was that those who were 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 being distracted by the Blood Red Humanoid to sneakily snatch a light orb, also had his pupils shrink at this sight.

He would not truly believe that this thing had no offensive power at all.

Before he even had time to toss the scroll in his hand into his Na Ring, he hurriedly circulated the Dou Qi within his body and formed a thick suit of Dou Qi Armor around himself. Still feeling that it was not enough, he took out a Detoxification Pill from his Na Ring and threw it into his mouth.

"Still not enough," Xiao Ming murmured, still feeling uneasy.

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

One replenished Dou Qi, while the other healed injuries.

Just as he finished doing all this, 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 did not cause him any harm at all.

Faced with this situation, Xiao Ming did not show any joy.

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

Needless to say, that definitely was not his own Dou Qi.

Xiao Ming circulated the Dou Qi in his body, trying to drive out that trace of blood-red Dou Qi.

Yet no matter how hard he tried, that thread of Dou Qi remained utterly motionless, like a parasite clinging to his bones.

Even using Beast Flame was useless.

In the end, Xiao Ming's face darkened slightly as he said,

"What is going on? Have I been marked?"

Xiao Ming was not the only one to notice something strange inside his body. The Dou Emperors and Dou Wangs in the sky had also discovered the abnormalities within themselves.

Just now, relying on their considerable strength, they had thought Blood Shadow's blood-red fluctuation was merely intimidating and could not truly harm them.

Therefore, they had only raised an energy barrier for protection.

Who could have expected that the blood-red fluctuation would be so strange that even their protective barriers were completely useless?

As a result, a trace of blood-red energy had been left within each of them.

Feeling 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.

They had actually already considered leaving, but there was still a Secret Realm Passage by the Jade Stone Plaza, and some of them 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 follow that thread of energy to find them.

If that truly happened, then alone, none of them would be a match for Blood Shadow.

Since there were many of them now, they might as well join forces and eliminate this future threat.

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 blasted it toward the Dark Red Blood Mist.

The attacked Blood Mist 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 out of the passage at lightning speed.

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

Seeing this, the experienced Yao Clan Three Brothers shouted.

Boom!

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

Roar! The Blood Colored Figure no longer passively took the attacks. Blood-red energy blasted from its left hand, easily blocking 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 gathered Dou Qi in his right hand and collided with the red sphere.

The instant they came into contact, he was blasted far away.

"Cough, cough... So strong!" A trace of blood flowed from the corner of Yao Eldest's mouth. The opponent had inflicted serious injuries on him with a single strike. This was troublesome.

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

They joined the battle one after another, and the two sides immediately began an even fiercer fight.

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

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

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

He hoped they would pull themselves together and kill that Blood Red Humanoid directly. After all, he had been marked too.

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

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

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

Now that he noticed the item 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 exactly what he had gotten.

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

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

Hm?

Xiao Ming felt that he had discovered something incredible.

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 quickly scanning it, Xiao Ming thought, As expected, it really is referring to Blood Shadow.

According to the scroll's introduction, the Blood Qi Condensing Shadow Sect Protecting Great Formation was a formation originally created by the sect that had once owned the Secret Realm.

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

The method Blood Shadow used to distinguish friend from foe was simple: the Blood Red Mark within Xiao Ming's body.

If one could refine and remove the blood-red Dou Qi within one's body, Blood Shadow would not attack.

If one could not, then one would become its target. Only by leaving the Secret Realm could one 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 retaliate.

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

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

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

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

A faint smile appeared on Xiao Ming's lips.

Now Blood Shadow would not attack him!

That hint of a smile quickly faded.

Xiao Ming thought of why he had risked coming here in the first place.

The thing that had caused Beast Flame to stir.

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

Watching Su Mei, Tie Wu, and the others fight farther and farther away, as well as the Dou Lings and Dou Shis who had been frightened off by Blood Shadow and left to search for light orbs—

Xiao Ming's eyes flashed. He jumped down from the tree branch 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 lead to the formation's central area, where Blood Shadow had taken shape.

Other than Blood Shadow, there should not be anything else inside with offensive power.

He had already learned how 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, with the Secret Realm Passage sitting there, Xiao Ming was not the only one with such thoughts.

There was never any shortage of bold people in this world.

By the time Xiao Ming entered the spatial passage, several people had already gone inside.