Crimson Blood Fills the Sky

"Senior Brother!" Cao Langao clutched Gong Liefeng's corpse, weeping as though her heart had been torn apart.

More than fifty shadows formed a demonic sect formation, trapping the gathered heroes in its center. Cao Huan, Cao Lie, Qin Xiong, Zhao Tanlang, and Yan Chen appeared at five positions, standing atop the trees and looking down at them!

Cao Huan kept wiping his hands with a white cloth, over and over, dozens of times. Only after staring at his palms did he smile in satisfaction.

"Among those little brats, that Gong fellow had the highest cultivation, yet he was killed in a single blow! Big Brother's Five-Huan Armor Split is truly formidable!" Cao Lie stroked the demonic saber Hundred Blades in his hand and laughed triumphantly.

Qin Xiong and Zhao Tanlang echoed him. The corners of Cao Huan's mouth lifted slightly, revealing a trace of pride. Only Yan Chen sneered inwardly. It was nothing special. Just a sneak attack combined with suppression by pill power!

Ouyang Qingcang held Gong Liefeng's corpse, his hair standing on end with rage. "You beasts! I'll fight you to the death!"

"Calm down, Brother Ouyang!" Lei Zhaoye took out a jade bottle, intending to collect Gong Liefeng's lingering soul drifting through the air, when a streak of blood-red light shot down from above. The jade bottle burst into shards that scattered across the sky!

"You devil!!"

Light soared upward as Zhao Tanlang withdrew the demonic spear Greedy Wolf, sneering down at the people below!

"Kill!"

At Cao Huan's command, the five charged into the formation.

Liu Yunshen, Lei Zhaoye, Ouyang Qingcang, Cao Langao, and Cai Yuelin each stepped forward to meet them.

"Little beauty, I heard my third brother died by your hand?" Cao Lie's gaze was lewd as the demonic saber in his hand whirled up and down, his eyes constantly sweeping over Cao Langao.

"You beast, I'll avenge Senior Brother Gong!" Cao Langao's eyes were red and swollen, while the Sword Qi around her blade blazed with fierce momentum!

Ouyang Qingcang's Sword Qi shifted from dragons and tigers into an azure eagle, then into a spirit serpent, endlessly intricate and ever-changing! Zhao Tanlang's spear sent forth specks of starlight. More terrifying still, blood qi spread for a hundred zhang around the spear, coating all five devils in blood-colored armor and swelling their arms by nearly seventy percent!

"This villain's cultivation may be terrifying, but he seems capable of bolstering the enemy formation! It has put us at a severe disadvantage!" Ouyang Qingcang was alarmed. Facing the spear that appeared and vanished like a ghost, he was swiftly forced into a disadvantage!

"The Four Swords Sect truly lives up to its reputation. This boy has not even reached the second realm of Qi Refinement, yet he can still contend with me for so long!" Zhao Tanlang grew increasingly impatient. His spear took a dangerous path, stabbing out fiercely in a curved streak of light! Ouyang Qingcang twisted aside and swept his sword up, transforming it into the twin forms of dragon and tiger as it pointed straight at Zhao Tanlang's face!

"Impressive!" Zhao Tanlang roared, unleashing Greedy Wolf Phantom Steps. His uncanny body movements evaded the fatal strike. His left hand seized the tail of the great spear and swung it horizontally! Ouyang Qingcang had no time to dodge. He raised his sword to block, but the spear smashed into him, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. He shot backward, urgently circulating his astral qi to heal himself!

Elsewhere, Cai Yuelin fought Yan Chen. Sword Qi swift as lightning shrieked back and forth, colliding with the Formless Human Bone and erupting in ghostly green radiance and violet-blue electric patterns!

"You devil! I'll kill you!" Cai Yuelin looked at Gong Liefeng's corpse below, tears in his eyes. Chaotic bones filled the heavens, emerald marrow flooded the sky, and Yan Chen scattered them to drive him back, grinning savagely. "You should worry about yourself instead!"

"This!" When Cai Yuelin was touched by the green light, a bloody hole appeared in his arm. His flesh began to break apart and was sucked in by Yan Chen! The tide of battle began to turn!

Yan Chen seized the moment. The hundred bones within his body transformed into swords and stabbed straight at Cai Yuelin! But with a loud clang, Lei Zhaoye stepped in front of him with his sword and knocked the attack back!

"Junior Brother Cai, deal with Qin Xiong!"

"Yes!"

Yan Chen stared at Lei Zhaoye, secretly raising his guard. This brat is far stronger than the one before. I must proceed carefully—don't let the boat capsize in the gutter!

Lei Zhaoye shouted as his seven-foot sword flew up and down. The bone swords were sent flying away with the slightest contact. The two fought fiercely for a long while, and Yan Chen held only a slight edge!

"Brat! I'll kill you!" A giant bear manifestation appeared behind Qin Xiong, raising both claws and smashing them down! Cai Yuelin turned into a streak of lightning again and attacked his back! Qin Xiong roared in fury and spun around at high speed, only for Cai Yuelin to whirl around to his left waist and thrust his sword!

"Get lost!" Qin Xiong erupted in rage, letting out the roar of a giant bear. The bellow shook the land for several miles. Cai Yuelin staggered back several steps and pressed close to Cao Langao. "Junior Sister Cao, how are you?"

"I'm fine!"

"Come here, little beauty!" Cao Lie grinned savagely. Three streams of saber qi abruptly appeared at Cao Langao's ribs and neck. She could dodge one but not the second; evade two, and it would be utterly impossible to avoid that final saber!

Cao Langao let out a long, miserable scream as a saber struck her left waist. Cao Lie laughed loudly, panting heavily. With one slash, he sent her sword flying, pinned Cao Langao down, and reached to tear open her robe—when a fierce beam of light shot toward him!

Cao Lie cried out and dodged. Cao Langao was struck in the head and died on the spot! Cao Lie raised his head and complained loudly, "Big Brother!"

Cao Huan withdrew his finger force, raised a palm to drive Liu Yunshen back, then turned his head and said grimly, "Indulging in lust corrupts one's cultivation!"

Cao Lie dared not speak his anger aloud and raised his saber to join in attacking Cai Yuelin!

Liu Yunshen was shocked and enraged, leaping forward to rush to the rescue! Cao Huan flashed before him and blocked his path with a cold smile. "Boy, I heard you killed Zhao Hungry Tiger alone. Are you interested in joining our demonic sect?"

"Your kind have cast aside all conscience! Even if I die, I will fight you to the very end!" Liu Yunshen thrust his rusty iron sword forward, Sword Qi brushing past Cao Huan's face!

Cao Huan sneered as he dodged. "Young hero, you are mistaken. A true man acts according to the times; those who understand the times are heroes. Great Dream Venerable respects heroes most of all. If you join our demonic sect, would that not be far better than returning to that Four Swords Sect, withering away for so many years?"

Liu Yunshen's countless streams of Sword Qi forced Cao Huan back. "People possess loyalty, filial piety, integrity, brotherhood, propriety, righteousness, honor, and shame. Your kind are nothing but beasts wearing human skin. Liu is untalented, but how could I willingly sink into depravity!"

"Well said, Brother Liu!" Lei Zhaoye drove Qin Xiong back half a step with a punch.

Cao Huan flew into a rage. Palm force five zhang high crashed toward Liu Yunshen. "You refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit! Since you are an enemy rather than a friend, die!"

Liu Yunshen dodged the palm force, which blended hardness and softness, in a miserable state. His heart shuddered violently. Not good!!

"Five-Huan Armor Split!"

The chariots appeared again. Liu Yunshen dodged two in terror, but his left foot, left arm, and right foot were still caught in their shackles. With a miserable cry, his left arm flew away! His body was dragged off at full speed by one of the chariots!

"That sword of his is truly sharp!" Cao Huan stared at one of the five chariots, its shackle severed by the rusty iron sword. He immediately struck at Liu Yunshen, who was still in midair!

Liu Yunshen twisted his body and severed the shackle around his right foot. The five chariots vanished! He pressed tightly against the enormous wound on his left shoulder, stared at Cao Huan, and pointed his sword at him!

"Heh! What a pity for such a beautiful body!" Cao Huan wiped the blood from his hands and stared at the blood on his palms. Turning his head aside, he frowned. "Dirty! Filthy!"

Liu Yunshen glared at him and thrust his sword forward! Cao Huan kept wiping his palms dry, doing nothing but sneering and dodging!

"This Cao Huan is truly stupid beyond measure!" Yan Chen sneered. After battling his enemy for so long, he had expended nearly thirty percent of his pill power. Lei Zhaoye, meanwhile, was drenched in sweat and gasping for breath, a slight opening showing at his left chest!

"Now!" Yan Chen barked. A thousand bones shot from his body at once. Lei Zhaoye's chest was wounded, and he was in unbearable pain, yet he drew out a bone sword and delivered a desperate slash! Yan Chen recoiled in terror, but one of his arms was still severed!

"You little bastard! I'll tear you into ten thousand pieces!" Yan Chen gathered all the bone swords in his body into his right arm and smashed Lei Zhaoye's head apart with a punch. He sucked in the blood and flesh filling the sky and laughed madly for a long while, then suddenly cried out in surprise. "This bastard's cultivation was actually so weak. I sucked him dry, yet it did not even increase my power by ten percent!"

"Senior Brother Gong!" Cai Yuelin cried out in shock and fury. His sword grew faster and faster. Qin Xiong raged, claw force rising all across the sky. At last, one strike caught Cai Yuelin, followed by another claw that burst forth in towering blood-red light!

"Haha, satisfying!" Qin Xiong licked his lips in delight, but the flesh and blood flowed swiftly toward Yan Chen instead!

"You bear-fucking bastard! I worked myself to the bone killing enemies, and you little turtle bastard get the benefit?!" Qin Xiong roared, swiping a claw at Yan Chen. Yan Chen sneered and dodged, paying him no heed!

"No!" Four shadows beside him raised their weapons at once. Ouyang Qingcang was overcome with grief, pouring all his strength into a thrust at Zhao Tanlang!

In the blink of an eye, a streak of azure light flashed!

Liu Yunshen shoved Ouyang Qingcang away. Four wounds opened across his body, and he fell to the ground coughing blood, struggling to rise. "Go!"

"What deep loyalty indeed!" Cao Huan sneered. He extended one finger and fired several streams of Sword Qi five zhang long. Ouyang Qingcang was struck in the right chest and left leg, falling to the ground as he cursed, "Treacherous villains! Even as a ghost, I will never let you go!"

"Big Brother! Kill this brat along with them!"

"The Palace Master only instructed us to intercept and kill those five. There is no reward for extra kills, so why do something thankless and exhausting?" Cao Huan's expression was cold as he bent down and cut off five heads. "We'll take these back to complete the assignment!"

"What a pity!" Cao Lie looked at Cao Langao's corpse, secretly lamenting the loss. Grinning savagely, he bent down—only for a long sword to burst through his chest!

Cao Huan swept his gaze around the battlefield in terror. Zhao Tanlang had also been separated from his head!!

Beyond the outer edge of the demonic formation, seven gigantic stars shone as brightly as the blazing sun!