Killing intent surged into the heavens, staining the entire Imperial Capital with a shade of blood. Within the formation where silver light was gathering, that terrifying pressure grew ever more intense.
"What's going on? What happened?" The cultivators in the midst of battle looked fearfully toward the transmission formations activating in unison, their expressions turning extremely grim.
"What a terrifying aura. Could this be the Central River Empire's trump card?" A Mahayana-stage cultivator's hands trembled slightly. Under such an aura, he actually felt fear welling up from the depths of his heart.
The expressions of everyone standing with Akatsuki changed, while the faces of the major forces that had submitted to the Central River Empire lit up with wild joy.
"Hahaha! The Central River Empire truly has a powerful trump card. Today, we'll definitely bathe these rebels in blood."
"Good thing I submitted just now. Otherwise, if I had to face such killing intent, there would've been no chance of surviving!"
Although the situation within the formations had not yet become completely clear, everyone could already sense danger from that horrifying aura.
Even Mu Yunshu and the others, who were still fighting, had changed expressions.
"So this is the legendary Blood God Guard? Their aura is actually this terrifying!" Mu Yunshu thought in shock.
Akatsuki had previously given him intelligence concerning the Blood God Guard, but the Blood God Guard described in that information seemed completely different from the ones now emanating such pressure.
"Wasn't it said that the Blood God Guard had no Tribulation Transcendence-stage cultivators? Why do I feel that their aura is even more terrifying than that of Tribulation Transcendence cultivators?" Mu Chen asked in shock as well.
"Their numbers seem far greater than we expected. If there were only several hundred thousand Blood God Guards,