Blazing Venerable turned back to look. The battle situation on Black Fire Yan Demon's side had likewise changed, descending into utter chaos.
Aside from the flying leaves already sweeping in from all directions like a sky-covering deluge, broad tree stumps would occasionally come crashing down. Countless vines crept across the ground like venomous snakes and ghosts, either winding around their targets to strangle them, launching surprise lashes, or condensing into sharp cones that stabbed forth like spears.
Although Black Fire Yan Demon's attacks restrained Wood Element Qi to a certain extent, when facing formations condensed into spears, he could not easily blast them into ash. At one point, the spears pierced through his palm strikes and stabbed right up to him, forcing him to dodge.
In merely a few breaths, everyone's originally orderly offensive and defensive positions fell into disarray, exposing countless gaps in their defenses.
Among the Sun Family, Heavenly Thunder Sword Sect, and Crimson Fiend Sword Sect, the weaker Soul Masters were injured or killed in an instant, following in the footsteps of the Wu Family members.
And as those people fell, the Blood Qi within the formation visibly grew denser.
The sight sent terror surging through everyone's hearts.
After severing an incoming vine with his fiery-red longsword, Lvqiu He shouted, "The Blood Qi inside the formation isn't being replenished by that brat. The grand formation itself is automatically absorbing the people who die within it."
"Damn it!" The Heavenly Thunder Sword Sect Leader clutched his severed arm, his expression utterly dreadful. "No wonder it barely changed no matter how much we exhausted it! That fresh Blood Qi you mentioned earlier was probably produced after those Wu Family people died."
"We should have realized it long ago." Xuan Youzi looked dejected, his face full of despair. "How could