"The Myriad Medicines Origin-Returning Array... has been corrupted by the power of blood sacrifice!"
Elder Mu Wanqing stared at the jade-green array streaked with blood-red in the night sky, her face white as paper, her voice trembling with shock and fury.
She struggled to straighten up. Though weak, the dignity of a Longevity Realm cultivator and her deep love for Medicine King Valley forced her to suppress her injuries.
"This is the ultimate form of Medicine King Valley's mountain-protecting array. Once fully activated, it can draw upon the vitality of spiritual herbs across ten thousand li of mountains, creating nearly inexhaustible defensive and suppressive power. But Shen Qiu, that traitor, actually used an evil art to corrupt its core and reverse it into... a hellish array that devours the flesh, blood, souls, and spirits of every living being in the valley!"
Elder Ziyun's face also drained of color in horror.
In the sky, the blood-stained jade-green radiance was spreading at a visible pace.
Within the area covered by the array, grass and trees rapidly withered. Some of Medicine King Valley's weaker disciples let out agonized wails, feeling their vital blood and life force slowly being drawn away by an unseen power!
The mad laughter still echoed, brimming with the smugness of madness and absolute control.
"The Valley Lord... the Valley Lord must be trapped at the core array eye!" Mu Wanqing said urgently. "We have to stop him! Otherwise, once the blood sacrifice is complete, not only will Medicine King Valley cease to exist, but if the awakened Shennong Cauldron falls into the Shadow Council's hands, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
"Go!" Lu Chen did not hesitate.
He could feel the sinister draining force permeating the air. It did not affect him much for now, but every moment of delay