Before his words had even faded, Wang Xuan immediately set off.
Li Qingyi did not stop him.
Wang Xuan was not a reckless man. He should not ruin things.
Very quickly, Wang Xuan concealed his entire aura and climbed atop an ancient tree.
Watching the Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans patrolling below, killing intent surged in Wang Xuan's eyes. He glanced around, then silently drew the bow from his back.
The next instant!
Wang Xuan nocked an arrow and drew his bow, firing arrow after arrow.
A patrol squad of Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans below had their heads pierced through by arrows in an instant, their corpses falling stiffly to the ground.
Killed an Iron Skin Realm Demon-Human. Archery experience +1000. Gained 10 Attribute Points.
Advanced Archery breakthrough. Minor Mastery progress: 3000/ Strength increased. Current strength: 2800 kilograms.
A string of Crimson Panel notifications rang out. After killing seven Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans, Advanced Archery successfully broke through to the Minor Mastery realm.
Having succeeded in one strike, Wang Xuan flashed down to retrieve his arrows, then leapt toward another direction.
Throughout Chillshadow Gulch, there were at least four patrol squads outside, adding up to nearly thirty Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans.
Killed an Iron Skin Realm demon. Archery experience +1000. Gained 10 Attribute Points. Killed a perfected Iron Skin Realm demon. Archery experience +2000. Gained 20 Attribute Points. Killed an early Dragon Serpent Realm demon. Archery experience +3000. Gained 30 Attribute Points.
Wang Xuan remained calm and composed, firing one arrow after another.
Without noticing a thing, those patrolling Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans all went west.
After dealing with the patrolling Demon-Humans, Wang Xuan checked the panel.
Advanced Archery: Major Mastery progress: 1500/ Attribute Points: 789 Strength: 2900 kilograms
In just this short time, Advanced Archery had reached Major Mastery.
More importantly, his Attribute Points were about to exceed a thousand.
"As long as I reach a thousand Attribute Points, I can refine the Blood Demon Pearl!"
Wang Xuan muttered, put away his bow and arrows, and returned to Li Qingyi's side.
"Have they all been dealt with?"
Seeing Wang Xuan return so quickly, Li Qingyi could not help frowning as she asked.
"They were merely ordinary Demon-Humans. They were easy to deal with."
Wang Xuan replied, and the two continued deeper into Chillshadow Gulch.
As they advanced, the smell of blood wafted toward them, carrying an intensely unsettling feeling.
"What a thick stench of blood. It seems to be right ahead!"
Wang Xuan said with a grave expression.
Soon, an enormous cave appeared before them.
Various strange runes and patterns had been carved around the cave entrance, where two Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans stood guard.
Both were Entangling Serpent Realm experts!
"It seems the altar is inside!"
"Young Master Li, we can notify Centurion now. Once they arrive, we can make our move!"
Splat!
Before Wang Xuan could finish speaking, he saw a streak of white light shoot out, cleaving the two Entangling Serpent Realm Demon-Humans guarding the entrance apart.
They were dead beyond dead!
Wang Xuan's eyes instantly widened as he looked at Li Qingyi. "What are you doing?"
Li Qingyi's expression was icy, and cold killing intent filled her eyes. "Killing people, of course!"
As she spoke, Li Qingyi stepped toward the cave.
Wang Xuan hurriedly grabbed her.
"Young Master Li, didn't we agree that once we found the altar's location, we would notify Yang Tianfeng and the others?"
"We should wait for them to arrive before acting!"
Wang Xuan hurriedly tried to dissuade her.
Even the two Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans guarding the entrance were Entangling Serpent Realm experts. There would surely be even stronger enemies inside the cave!
There was even the dangerous Bewitching Envoy!
Li Qingyi's gaze turned ice-cold.
"If you're afraid of dying, then wait here!"
"As for notifying Yang Tianfeng, go ahead and notify him!"
Li Qingyi flipped her hand, producing a talisman seal which she tossed to Wang Xuan.
It was a communication talisman.
It could transmit messages within a thousand miles.
After handing the communication talisman to Wang Xuan, Li Qingyi ignored his attempts to stop her and flashed into the cave.
Watching Li Qingyi enter the cave, Wang Xuan's brows immediately furrowed.
"What exactly is she in such a hurry for?"
Wang Xuan could not help snapping.
They had clearly agreed that after finding the altar's location, they would notify Yang Tianfeng and wait for them to arrive before taking action!
Yet Li Qingyi had chosen to charge in alone!
Wang Xuan gritted his teeth, crushed the communication talisman in one hand, then flashed in after her.
Meanwhile, in White Water County.
Yang Tianfeng was anxiously awaiting news.
Suddenly!
The communication talisman in his hand turned red, and a message came through!
"They finally found them!"
"You damned beasts, let's see where you can run this time!"
"Everyone, move out!"
Killing intent surged in Yang Tianfeng's eyes as he mounted a horse and sped straight toward Blackwind Mountain!
Behind him were over a hundred soldiers clad in heavy armor. At his command, they immediately followed!
"Why did you come in?"
"Didn't I tell you to wait outside?"
When Li Qingyi saw Wang Xuan follow her in, she immediately frowned.
Wang Xuan said helplessly, "You already came in. It isn't safe for me to stay outside alone either. What if I run into a demon? Wouldn't I just die?"
Li Qingyi did not answer.
After entering the cave, the two pressed themselves against the wall and proceeded forward.
Along the way.
They encountered quite a few Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans, but Li Qingyi merely raised her hand, and her flying sword effortlessly dealt with every one of them.
Wang Xuan was incomparably envious at the sight.
The person had yet to arrive, but the sword was already there!
Taking an enemy's head from a thousand miles away!
It was simply the height of elegance!
The two advanced through the cave and soon arrived at a vast underground cavern!
A dense stench of blood rushed at them head-on, making Wang Xuan frown tightly.
Faintly.
A strange chanting voice could also be heard.
Wang Xuan and Li Qingyi crept to a spot above the cavern entrance and looked down.
The spacious underground area contained a massive man-made altar. A statue of the Holy Mother of Pity Life, dozens of meters tall, stood at the center of the altar.
Around the altar stood at least two or three hundred Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans. At a glance, their cultivation ranged from the Iron Skin Realm to the Jade Bone Realm.
Rolling demonic aura filled the underground space, mixing with the bloody Baleful Intent and making the air feel incomparably oppressive.
Around the statue of the Holy Mother of Pity Life.
There was a vast ring-shaped blood pool!
The bones and corpses of demons and humans were visibly churning within the blood pool.
At the sight, Wang Xuan could not help clenching both fists!
For such a huge blood pool, how many people's blood would it take to fill it?
At the very least, over a thousand people!
At the center of the blood pool stood nine strange scarlet stone platforms.
They looked like nine special sacrificial altars.
Yet what drew Wang Xuan's attention most was a man standing directly beneath the Holy Mother of Pity Life!
He stood atop a high platform.
He wore a blood-red robe and a white mask that concealed his face, yet an intense evil aura radiated from him!
Ten Blood Demon Pearls lay before him!
Demonic aura rolled off his entire body. He had likely reached the Golden Blood Realm, perhaps even higher!
Could this fellow... be the Bewitching Envoy?
Wang Xuan thought to himself.
The instant Li Qingyi saw the Bewitching Envoy, killing intent burst from her eyes, and even her aura became unstable!
Seeing this, Wang Xuan hurriedly grabbed her hand!
"Don't make a move!"
Wang Xuan hurriedly whispered.
With so many Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans, the two of them absolutely could not deal with them all!
Li Qingyi's eyes were somewhat red, but as she looked at the many Demon-Humans and the Bewitching Envoy in the middle, wreathed in rolling demonic aura, she ultimately did not act.
Just as the two arrived, the many Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans surrounding the altar below began chanting around it!
The Bewitching Envoy in the center likewise began chanting.
Wang Xuan's expression abruptly changed!
"Isn't this the sacrificial text Zhou Laifu chanted during the Blood Sacrifice last time? Is this guy going to perform a Blood Sacrifice now?"
An uneasy premonition rose in Wang Xuan's heart!
Li Qingyi beside him likewise underwent a drastic change in expression.
The Bewitching Envoy's chanting rang out, echoing throughout the underground space.
"Great Holy Mother, please grant Your most faithful followers the greatest power!"
"I offer You the truest sacrifices, praying that Holy Mother may send down holy light to bathe Your followers!"
"Lauka Jieduo!"
"Kongka Amojie!"
The strange chanting echoed, and the other Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans below began chanting along with him.
This chanting seemed to possess some kind of magic. Wang Xuan only felt a swelling pain in his head, his mind growing dazed, as though something strange were invading his consciousness!
Seeing this, Li Qingyi placed one hand on his shoulder. A stream of vital energy poured into his body, and only then did the swelling pain in his mind gradually fade.
"Thank you..."
Wang Xuan thanked Li Qingyi.
Li Qingyi said nothing, only watching the movements below.
Suddenly!
The chanting abruptly stopped.
On the altar below, the Bewitching Envoy raised both hands high, his eyes revealing a kind of madness.
"Bring forth the Human Pills!"
At his command!
On the eastern side of the altar, Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans suddenly emerged with eight young men and women.
All eight were young, their expressions exhausted and their minds dazed, as though they had suffered some sort of torture.
But what caught Wang Xuan's attention most was that all eight were martial artists, ranging from the Iron Skin Realm to the Jade Bone Realm. Their auras were stronger than those of martial artists at the same realm!
They seemed to carry some kind of special aura!
When Li Qingyi saw the eight people, her expression changed sharply!
"These are... special bloodlines!!"
In an instant!
Li Qingyi understood what these so-called Human Pills truly were!
They were martial artists with "special bloodlines"!
Wang Xuan had been mistaken for someone with a special bloodline. That was why the Pity Life Sect had marked him and treated him as a Human Pill!
Beside her, Wang Xuan understood as well.
The eight Bloodline Warriors were led onto eight of the altars in the blood pool, their entire bodies seeming to be bound as they stood unable to move.
Wang Xuan's pupils abruptly contracted at the sight.
"This couldn't be..."
"A trap!"
In an instant!
Wang Xuan felt a chill run down his spine!
There were nine altars in the blood pool!
Now that the Bewitching Envoys had placed eight "Human Pills" upon the altars, only one remained!
And that last one could only be him!
Li Qingyi realized this as well and grabbed Wang Xuan, about to retreat!
But in that instant!
The Bewitching Envoys below, within the altar, raised their heads. Their voices rang out, soft and sinister, yet crazed.
"Honored guests have come from afar. Since you are here, why leave?"
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