The Evil Cultivator Elder Arrives in Person, the Yin-Yang Formation Closes in for the Kill

Guo Hongtao hugged the three precious treasures and grinned like a three-hundred-pound kid.

"Brother Yuan, look! This stuff has to be worth a fortune! We didn't lose out this time!"

Before Jiang Yuan could speak, the enormous karst cave suddenly shook violently!

Boom—!

The opening they had fallen through was completely sealed by a massive stone stele.

Immediately afterward, a suffocating pressure came from all directions, as though the entire space had solidified.

Pink mist rose from nowhere, rapidly filling the entire cave.

Yet the mist carried a dense stench of blood, mingled with a cloying scent of lust, forming a bizarre odor that made one want to vomit.

"Wh-what the hell is this..." Guo Hongtao took only one breath before feeling dizzy and feverish. The cold Spirit Crystals in his arms turned into three voluptuous beauties in his eyes.

"Hehe... beauties, I'm coming..." He tossed aside the Spirit Crystals and lunged at them with a foolish grin.

"Guo Hongtao!" Jiang Yuan failed to grab him in time.

"Focus and calm your mind! This is the Harmonious Union Sect's Blood-Devouring Formation!" Su Yan's face had turned deathly pale as well. She sat cross-legged and circulated her cultivation technique with all her strength to resist it, but fine beads of sweat had already appeared on her forehead. Clearly, she too was greatly affected.

Ghostly figures appeared in every corner of the cave, chanting strange incantations in unison.

Directly above the cave, the gray-veiled elder who had severely injured Steward He with a single strike earlier looked down at them from on high, her gaze cold as if she were looking at several corpses.

"Jiang Yuan, my dear cultivation furnace, you certainly made yourself hard to find."

Elder Gu's voice echoed throughout the entire cave.

"I had intended to let you play for a few more days. But since you refuse to behave, I can only enjoy you ahead of schedule."

As her words fell, the pink blood mist filling the air suddenly thickened, transforming into tangible crimson threads that coiled toward Jiang Yuan like living creatures!

Golden light blazed around Jiang Yuan's body. He pushed his Nine Yang Inner Force and Metal-Stone Body to their limits, forming a solid golden barrier that blocked every blood thread outside.

"Useless." Elder Gu sneered. "Within this Harmonious Union Blood-Devouring Formation, the stronger your desires, the stronger the formation becomes. And your Pure Yang body is itself the finest aphrodisiac!"

At her words, the blood threads seemed to receive some kind of stimulation and grew even more frenzied, slamming into Jiang Yuan's protective barrier again and again!

Worse still, Elder Gu slowly drifted down from above and pointed at Jiang Yuan from afar.

An invisible, chilling force pierced through the formation's suppression and crashed viciously into Jiang Yuan's barrier!

The formation and the elder—double suppression!

Crack!

A fine fracture appeared in the golden barrier.

A satisfied smile appeared on Elder Gu's face. Step by step, she approached Jiang Yuan. Her gray gauze dress fluttered without wind, and her eyes were filled with the greed and thrill of a hunter about to claim her prey.

"Stop struggling, little one. Become one with me, and you will experience the ultimate pleasure in this world." She reached out her icy hand toward Jiang Yuan's cheek.

Just as she was about to touch him!

Hum—!

The wooden box on Jiang Yuan's back began to tremble violently!

The rust-covered Thunderfire Broken Sword drew itself from its sheath without Jiang Yuan's urging!

It sensed that extreme yin and evil aura, as though it had been greatly provoked!

Roar!

A sword cry like the roar of an ancient dragon resounded throughout the cave!

A streak of golden sword qi, pure to the utmost extreme, swept out from the broken sword!

That sword qi was tyrannical and blazing, filled with a masculine force capable of destroying all yin and evil!

The pink blood mist filling the sky evaporated completely the instant it touched the sword qi, like butter beneath a hot knife!

The crimson threads wrapped around Jiang Yuan snapped apart inch by inch!

"What?!"

Elder Gu's expression changed drastically. She tried to retreat, but it was already too late!

The golden sword qi brutally tore through her protective true qi and slashed fiercely across her body!

Rip—

The gray gauze dress symbolizing her status was shredded to pieces by the sword qi, exposing a horrifying body beneath.

There was no smooth skin there. Instead, it was covered in ugly scars of varying depths, like brands seared into flesh!

They were the marks left behind from her years of forcibly harvesting from one cultivation furnace after another! Proof that she had embarked upon the evil path!

"My Dao body!" Elder Gu let out a shriek that barely sounded human. Forced back again and again by the violent sword qi, she sprayed blood from her mouth.

"The formation core!"

Su Yan regained her clarity the instant the formation broke. Seizing the moment Elder Gu's mind was in turmoil, she spotted the energy core exposed by the formation's disorder and thrust her sword straight at it!

Squelch!

The longsword plunged in, and the entire formation let out a mournful cry before completely collapsing!

"Su Yan! Jiang Yuan! Even if I become a ghost, I will never let you go!"

Seeing that all was lost, Elder Gu let out a venomous roar. Her body suddenly transformed into a cloud of blood mist and fled frantically in one direction.

Blood Escape Technique!

As the formation collapsed, an even more powerful energy storm ravaged the cave.

Crack—crack!

After enduring several energy impacts, the massive pile of Yin-Yang Spirit Crystals at the center finally gave way and split completely down the middle!

Roar—!!!

A terrifying roar powerful enough to shatter souls came from the deepest part of the fractured mineral vein!

"It seems none of us are getting out of here today."