Blood Demon Youquan's surprise lasted only an instant.
Because the cosmic starry sky Zhang Qi had forcibly pulled into the formation began to—collapse.
Without warning.
It was not a meteor shower, nor was it a swarm of shooting stars.
These were real burning stars suspended billions of light-years away, breaking free of gravity's constraints one after another, trailing magnificent yet deadly flames as they fell toward this tiny world imprisoned within the formation.
The light of the first star dyed the entire sky snow-white.
"Fuck!"
At the sight, Blood Demon Youquan cursed outright and raised both hands.
With his movement, the sea of blood beneath his feet instantly boiled. The final wails and resentments of countless living beings were forcibly evaporated and condensed into a gigantic hand that blotted out the sky, lifting upward.
Every inch of skin on that palm was a twisted, agonized human face.
Then, the giant hand came into contact with the first falling star.
There was no earth-shattering boom, nor any shockwave from colliding energies.
Before that star, the giant hand formed from endless sin and life was like a slab of butter beneath the blazing midsummer sun—silently melting, vaporizing, and disintegrating.
It could not even hold out for an instant.
"How—could this be?!"
Blood Demon Youquan cried out in disbelief at the sight.
But the response he received was the second, then the third—falling stars.
Countless burning suns formed a grand and silent funeral.
In the final moment, nothing remained on Blood Demon Youquan's demonic face but utter blankness.
Then, everything was swallowed by light and heat.
Within a hundred-mile radius, the mountains, rivers, earth, and Blood Demon Youquan's clone all vanished.
Only a bottomless crater remained, its edges bearing a glassy texture.
Elsewhere, deep beneath Mount Shu, within the Blood Cave.
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