The strange earring in Hua Xiangrong's palm blossomed with a crimson sheen like blood, soaring into the air like a bolt of silk. The moment it met the air, it spread, its impossibly thick blood-red hue rolling outward in towering waves.
Roar! Roar!
Piercing howls tore through the air. Within the churning blood waves, a hideous beast seemed to roar, and a sinister, chaotic surge of savage ferocity abruptly spread outward.
Almost everyone present shuddered inwardly. A chill rose from the depths of their souls, and the gates of their hearts fell in an instant.
As blood-red light reflected in their eyes, their minds were also corroded.
In a flash, agitation surged like a tide deep within their hearts, giving rise to all manner of negative emotions.
Greed, jealousy, rage, bloodlust-
It was not merely one or two negative emotions, but countless evil thoughts erupting together, impossible to restrain.
In the space of a single breath, ninety percent of the nearly three hundred people on Wuwang Peak had bloodshot eyes and were glaring viciously at Hong Yuan.
Their gazes were ruthless, like evil spirits that had emerged from hell.
They could still think, but desire and malice overwhelmed their reason. They no longer considered the gulf between their fighting strength and his.
Even a supreme expert like Bei Mingzi was breathing heavily, his eyes filled with struggle as he desperately resisted the invasion of that uncanny force.
Yet the crimson in his eyes grew ever stronger. He seemed unlikely to hold out much longer, while the others fared even worse.
Pop!
As the blood-red light reached him, Yuwen Xuan's expression went blank. Then a sound like a bursting bubble came from his body.
It came from a precious talisman he carried, capable of warding off attacks from sinister arts. As