Four pillars of light pierced from heaven to earth.
They were not holy light, but a nauseating blood-red.
Like four enormous nails, they were driven firmly into the four corners of Heaven Dou City.
A thick smell of rust permeated the air.
It was the scent of blood.
"Do you hear it?"
Xue Beng floated in midair, his eyes closed and his face intoxicated.
He spread his arms as though embracing an invisible symphony.
"These beautiful wails."
Piercing screams carried on the wind.
At the bases of those pillars stood densely packed crowds.
There were captured civilians, low-level Soul Masters, and even Godwind Academy students who had gone missing before.
They were trapped within the formation, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
Blood flowed from their seven orifices, turning into crimson energy that streamed upward against the flow along the pillars.
"Beast!"
Though Liu Erlong lay amid the ruins, she still could not stop herself from cursing.
Her eyes were bloodshot, and her fingernails dug deeply into the soil.
Using living people as sacrifices.
Even Evil Spirit Masters would call such methods the work of an ancestor.
"Curse all you want. Curse to your heart's content."
Xue Beng did not care in the slightest.
Looking at the increasingly dense red glow in his hand, the smile on his lips stretched all the way to his ears.
"Anger, fear, despair."
"That is the finest nourishment."
Rumble—
The blood-colored barrier in the sky suddenly split open with an enormous crack.
It was like a monster opening its maw.
A dark aura ten times more massive than before poured down from the fissure.
Han Yuchen held the unconscious Leng Yuebai in his arms, his brow tightly furrowed.
In his mind, the system was issuing frantic warnings.
``` [Warning! High-dimensional dark energy intrusion detected!]
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