Everyone's a Sneaky Bastard

After planting the Slave Seal, True Lord Xiaxuan controlled them and headed toward Ghost Nether Mansion.

The sect crisis had been resolved—it was time for a great harvest!

"Martial Uncle, just now I heard that Blood Demon say the Blood Demon Ancestor is at the ninth layer of the Lin Dao Realm... what about Martial Uncle Xuanhe and the others?"

An elder, already eight hundred years old, spoke with reverence, his heart full of worry for the Sect Master and the ancestors who had attacked the Blood Demon Clan's secret realm.

The ninth layer of the Lin Dao Realm—one step away from Perfection Level.

In this Age of Dharma's End, that placed him almost at the very peak of the pyramid.

And if he remembered correctly, Daoist Xuanhe's cultivation was at the fourth layer of the Lin Dao Realm.

Going up against the Blood Demon Ancestor, victory would be hard to come by.

"No need to worry."

Daoist Xuancheng's expression was relaxed as he smiled. "Senior Brother is far stronger than I am!"

"Far stronger than Martial Uncle Xuancheng!"

"Then what cultivation level does Martial Uncle Xuanhe actually have..."

"Sigh... so it turns out that several of our Kaoshan Sect's martial uncles have such terrifying cultivation!"

Many elders exclaimed, their faces filled with shock.

Compared to the martial uncles, they themselves had still hidden far too little!

Martial Uncle Xuancheng was already at the Lin Dao Realm, yet he had quietly concealed six layers of cultivation.

He had given everyone a huge surprise.

Many elders silently took notes, resolving that once this matter was over, they would thoroughly review the Dog Dao Canon left behind by Mount Patriarch Master!

Each of them had only hidden three or four minor realms at most—far too little.

From now on, they needed to hide more!

The Blood Demon Clan's secret realm was located three hundred thousand li north of Ghost Nether Mansion.

Through True Lord Tianji's divination, its location was quickly determined.

Led by True Lord Yuntian, the Kaoshan Sect's elite forces instantly shattered the secret realm's entrance and charged inside.

Battle erupted at once!

The Blood Demon Clan had already received word and prepared ample defenses.

Their numbers were not large—only about one hundred and fifty—but if Blood Demons below the Divine Infant Realm were included, the total reached six hundred.

Nearly every Kaoshan Sect elder found themselves facing two, or even three or four Blood Demons of the same realm.

The fighting was extremely difficult!

As for True Lord Tianji and the other Peak Masters, they were up against dozens of same-realm Blood Demons!

The battle was brutal; injuries came almost instantly.

It had to be said that even in decline, the Blood Demon Clan was still formidable.

Their Heavenly Human Realm experts far outnumbered what the Kaoshan Sect had shown on the surface.

Counting carefully, there were several dozen—already approaching an ordinary Holy Land Level Force!

And they had as many as six Lin Dao Realm experts.

Above the Blood Demon Clan's secret realm, the battlefield raged.

Daoist Xuanhe was locked in fierce combat with the Blood Demon Ancestor and five other Lin Dao Realm Blood Demons—six in total!

With seven Lin Dao Realm experts clashing, the very sky was torn apart. The entire Blood Demon Clan secret realm trembled violently, fine cracks spreading across it.

This was not the clan's ancient ancestral home from the primordial era, but a later-built stronghold.

It could barely withstand the clash of seven Lin Dao Realm powerhouses!

"Kaoshan Sect disciples, hear my command!"

Daoist Xuanhe, still handling six Lin Dao Realm Blood Demons with ease, let out a low shout: "Release your seals, unleash your cultivation, and hit them hard!"

In an instant, Daoist Xuanhe—who had already revealed cultivation at the eighth layer of the Lin Dao Realm—saw his power surge once more.

Under the horrified gazes of the Blood Demon Ancestor and the others, his cultivation skyrocketed all the way to Lin Dao Realm Perfection Level!

A trace of Saintly Might even appeared on his body!

It was as if he could step through the Saint Gate at any moment and become a Saint!

"Impossible! This is impossible!"

The Blood Demon Ancestor was going mad. Daoist Xuanhe, who had started at the fourth layer of the Lin Dao Realm...

Had, in the course of battle, risen to the sixth layer, then the eighth.

And now, he had simply stopped pretending, unleashing cultivation at the Lin Dao Realm Perfection Level!

"Ancestor, what do we do?"

The five Lin Dao Realm Blood Demons trembled in fear, their legs shaking as they turned their gazes to the Blood Demon Ancestor.

"There's no retreat left. Follow This Venerable One and fight!"

"We have the advantage in numbers. Even if he's a Lin Dao Realm Perfection Level, he can't swallow us whole!"

The seven tangled together once more, the entire Blood Demon Secret Realm trembling even harder.

Above the sky, lightning flashed and thunder roared.

Below the sky, the clamor of battle shook the heavens!

"Did you hear what the junior uncle said? Open the restrictions! This Seat says fight!"

True Lord Tianji roared, and his aura, originally only at the Heavenly Human Realm Second Layer, instantly surged to the Heavenly Human Realm Eighth Layer!

"This Venerable One doesn't believe it!"

True Lord Tianji's opponents were ten Blood Demons at the Heavenly Human Realm Second to Third Layers.

At this moment, True Lord Tianji unleashed his might, and the momentum he burst forth nearly scared them all witless.

This old bastard had hidden six layers of cultivation!

"Die for This Seat!"

The whisk in True Lord Tianji's hand swelled to forty meters. With a light sweep, the mighty power of heaven and earth instantly crushed the demonic bodies of the ten Blood Demons.

The divine infants inside the Blood Demons tried to flee.

As long as the divine infant survived, they could find a new body and continue living!

But how would True Lord Tianji give them that chance?

With a wave of his hand, a fierce gale, like the sharpest blades, shattered their divine infants!

The same scene played out on True Lord Gouyuan's battlefield.

Eight Blood Demons stood around him. Seeing True Lord Tianji display his divine might, he roared, "Only eight? You look down on This Seat? Die for me!"

He, who had only shown the Heavenly Human Realm Second Layer, instantly erupted with the Heavenly Human Realm Ninth Layer cultivation—one layer higher than True Lord Tianji.

The eight Blood Demons didn't even have time to speak before they were smashed to pieces and died on the spot.

"You old bastard, you hid even deeper than me!"

True Lord Tianji, not far away, fumed in anger, realizing he was a step lower than this guy.

"Hahaha!"

"Now you know!"

True Lord Gouyuan felt elated. After finishing off his opponents, he moved to support the others.

"Where do you think you're running?"

In the distance, True Lord Wuji was seen clutching a forty-meter great chopper, chasing and hacking at nearly twenty Heavenly Human Realm Blood Demons.

The scene was shocking.

The aura on True Lord Wuji was unmistakably the Heavenly Human Realm Ninth Layer. Under his forty-meter great chopper, the twenty Blood Demons were all slaughtered in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea!

"This guy... wasn't he always at the Heavenly Human Realm First Layer before?"

"Old bastard, always saying he's straightforward and doesn't hide anything."

"Sure enough, that was all lies to fool ghosts!"

True Lord Tianji's eyes turned red with jealousy. Was he really the lowest in cultivation?

No!

There was one more!

He quickly looked at True Lord Dishen.

In an instant, his jaw nearly hit the ground.

True Lord Dishen was actually charging into the Lin Dao Realm battlefield in the sky.

The aura on him was unmistakably the Lin Dao Realm First Layer!

"Holy shit!"

"This guy, usually so quiet, turns out to be a dark horse—he's already broken through to the Lin Dao Realm!"

True Lord Tianji was deeply shaken, silently vowing to outwork them all once he returned.

True Lord Gouyuan watched True Lord Dishen: "This guy will probably sit in meditation soon. He can go take a seat."

"Where's the Sect Master?"

True Lord Gouyuan swept his gaze around and only then noticed that True Lord Yuntian had already finished his battle.

His opponents had been three Heavenly Human Realm Ninth Layer Blood Demons.

They were now long dead.

And the aura erupting from True Lord Yuntian was unmistakably Lin Dao Realm Second Layer.

"This old bastard probably hasn't been using his real strength," True Lord Gouyuan muttered.

Then he looked over the entire battlefield.

As expected, though the Blood Demon Clan had numbers.

The battle was a one-sided rout!

Kaoshan Sect hadn't even suffered a single casualty.

Those Divine Infant Realm Elders were each fiercer than the last.

The moment Daoist Xuanhe spoke, they suddenly released their seals and ended the fight in an instant!

"You despicable humans!"

"Too disgusting!"

"This Venerable One never wants to see you again in this life!"

A Heavenly Human Realm Blood Demon roared. What kind of people were these?!

Their cultivation realms kept jumping higher and higher, damn it!