Bathing in Blood, Uprooting the Heavenly Pillar

"Alas, these old bones of mine must finally take the field."

At that very instant, the old gravekeeper standing guard outside Xunwind Divine Ridge let out a sigh.

He opened his eyes and looked toward the law power that blotted out the heavens and covered the earth, then stepped into the air.

With each step he took, his incomparably stooped body gradually straightened. In the blink of an eye, he had become an immensely burly figure a hundred thousand miles tall.

At this moment, the old gravekeeper resembled a Gods and Devils of the Ninth Heaven. He spread his hands and actually wrapped both arms around one of the seven Demon God Heavenly Pillars.

The moment the Demon God Heavenly Pillar was seized, its radiance jolted violently. The Demon God Slaughter Array it unleashed could not fully bloom, and for a time, it was unable to take shape.

Boom—

In but an instant, the Demon God Heavenly Pillar flew into a rage. Brilliant chains of law lashed out, cutting the old gravekeeper until his entire body was drenched in blood.

Yet under its full eruption, the Demon God Heavenly Pillar had already become covered in cracks. For the moment, it could not break free from the old gravekeeper's restraint and deliver its death-defying strike against Chen Nianzhi.

Left with no choice, it could only unleash boundless laws, intending to first hack the gravekeeper into pieces before killing Chen Nianzhi.

But the gravekeeper let all manner of laws strike his body. Blood streaming over him, he roared furiously as he clutched the Demon God Heavenly Pillar and glared at it.

"Ah... rise!"

With a roar, he firmly locked both arms around the Demon God Heavenly Pillar and heaved with all his strength, seeking to uproot this pillar embedded deep within the