"Retreat! Retreat now!"
Everyone saw that the martial skill unleashed by the blood-colored skeleton was actually absorbing the surrounding energy. This was clearly the legendary Heavenly Tier Martial Skill!
And this Heavenly Tier Martial Skill was being wielded by the remains of a Dou Saint. How powerful could it possibly be?
Everyone fled in terror. Though the others had no idea what had happened, they knew it had to be something major, and they immediately scrambled backward in panic. In an instant, the entire hall descended into chaos once more.
"Go! Protect Shi Wu!" Before leaving, a high-ranking Dou Venerate of the Shi Clan did not forget to give the order. Several other Dou Venerates promptly formed a protective barrier around a tall young man.
As the hall fell into disorder, the crimson color covering the Dou Saint's skeletal remains suddenly seemed to come alive, all of it converging toward its palm. In an instant, its right hand was dyed as dark and chilling as though it had been soaked in blood for countless years.
"Roar!"
When the final wisp of blood-red light gathered into its right palm, a black dot about the size of a soybean suddenly appeared in its palm. The dot was incomparably pure black. One glance at it made it seem as though even one's soul would be swallowed within. It was exceptionally eerie.
The instant the black dot appeared, the Dou Saint's skeletal remains abruptly raised its right palm and smashed it heavily into the incomparably hard floor of the hall.
There was no sound when the bony palm landed. At the moment of contact, the tough stone slabs seemed to vanish instantly, exposing the dark-brown rock beneath.
"Screech!"
As the floor vanished, a black ring of light abruptly emerged from where the slabs had