The five or six Tribal Stockade Ancestral Gods had barely escaped the cave and thought they were safe when a blood-red torrent gathered into a giant hand. It blotted out the sky and seized them all. Amid their screams, it flew back.
"Everyone, watch out! The Ancestral Deity is striking back!"
Meanwhile, the Hongdong Spirit Realm shook again. This time, it was not a Spirit Spring erupting. A Blood Spring had burst from the dark-yellow underground Spirit Vein, trickling out in distinct crimson threads.
"It's the Ancestral Deity! He's trying to strike back through the Earth Veins..." Zhenlingzi shouted to Tang Changsheng and the others. "It's all up to you now. We're maintaining the Formation and can't make a move..."
The situation was dire. Anyone who saw that foul blood would have felt a sense of dread.
At almost the same moment, Gu Junjie and the others launched their attacks at the blood.
"Careful! That blood can defile Magical Artifacts... Use spells!"
As an Azure Sea True Void Palace Disciple, Gu Junjie had seen plenty. One look at the foul blood told him they could not use Magical Artifacts.
Wang Yanwen and Lu Rongguang reacted a beat slower. Only when they heard Gu Junjie's warning did they put away their Magical Artifacts and cast spells instead.
Unfortunately, the Illusory Spirit Realm was still the Illusory Spirit Realm. At that level, they had only just touched the threshold of borrowing the power of heaven and earth to cast spells. Without Magical Artifacts to help them, their spells were pitifully weak...
The same was true even for Tang Changsheng!
Their combined attacks barely harmed the Blood Spring at all.
As the Blood Spring flowed, one Flayed Blood Slave after another crawled out of it.
"Deal with those blood slaves," Tang Changsheng said