It was miserable—there was no other word for it. The pressure the world exerted on the Wu Clan was almost at its limit. If not for the protective formation True Person Yu Ding had set up, and the life force infused into it, the Wu Clan members would have long since been crushed by the world's pressure and reduced to piles of bones.
Chi You roared, "Why? Why does Heaven and Earth treat our Wu Clan this way?"
Xing Tian stepped forward and patted Chi You on the shoulder. "The Wu Clan brought a great calamity upon itself. The punishment of Heaven and Earth is only natural. We're lucky to have survived." Xing Tian had endured far worse. Though the Wu Clan had fallen in the Wu-Demon War, he had still led tens of thousands of his people back to Ancestor Wu Hall, in the far north of the Immortal Realm, hoping to escape Heaven and Earth's punishment.
But under the pressure of Heaven and Earth, the Wu Clan members had aged rapidly, their Essence Blood quickly withering away. Xing Tian had watched one clansman after another die before his eyes, powerless to stop it. He had suffered far more than Chi You was suffering now.
One of the Wu Clan members stepped forward. "At least we managed to preserve the Wu Clan's Blood Pool. As long as it doesn't run dry, we can awaken the Wu Clan bloodline within the human race."
Chi You looked at the clansman, whose appearance had become almost unrecognizable. "Wu Qi, you're still alive. That's good..."
Wu Tian also turned around and stared at Wu Qi in disbelief. "That's good..."
Wu Qi was the first member of the Wu Clan who could communicate with the Vampire Vine. He had a peculiar ability: he could