"Y-Yes!" the Blood Person replied tremulously, hastily channeling its power in an attempt to undo the Blood-red Barrier.
Yet the next instant, something bizarre happened!
The Blood-red Barrier suddenly began to tremble violently, and an aura a hundred times more terrifying than before abruptly spread through the air.
The entire space instantly turned pitch-black, while the surrounding temperature plunged to freezing.
"Hisss... hisss... hisss..."
Countless strange, hair-raising howls rose and fell, coming from every direction and shaking people's hearts with fear.
"W-What is going on?" The Blood Person was equally terrified, clearly having no idea what had happened.
The next moment, beneath the stunned gazes of Qin Shaofeng and the Blood Person, an enormous black shadow gradually condensed into shape.
It was a monster black all over, like obsidian.
Several zhang tall, it was covered in thorns from head to toe. Its eyes glowed a ghostly green, while fangs stood starkly from the corners of its mouth.
Even more chillingly, dense Death Qi coiled around the monster's body, as though it could drain every living thing of its vitality at any moment.
"That is... a Heavenly Demon?!"
Qin Shaofeng sucked in a cold breath, his expression changing drastically.
Though he had never seen this monster before, through everything he had experienced in the Three Transmissions Legacy Land, he was more than familiar with the title Heaven-Defying Demon Venerable.
The demon who had nearly destroyed the Three Realms back then was now standing alive and well before him!
As for the Blood Person beside him, it was so frightened that it dropped to its knees, shuddering from head to toe.
"M-Master! Weren't you sealed within Heavenly Demon Mountain? How did you appear here?"
The Blood Person asked in a trembling voice, its face filled with disbelief.
"Hmph, isn't it because of