The three Formation Masters clearly hadn't expected Xiao Heng to appear in a place like this.
As far as they knew, Xiao Heng should have been dead long ago.
They had planned to teach Xiao Heng a vicious lesson once they reached hell.
But now that they saw him back from the dead, standing before them, they lost their nerve again.
They only dared bottle up their resentment toward him, without the courage to show any of it.
They knew all too well the gulf between their strength and Xiao Heng's. If he took them even slightly seriously, they wouldn't stand a chance of stopping him. They would vanish like smoke in an instant.
Seeing Xiao Heng approach, they hurried out of his way.
Only after he walked straight past them toward the Destruction Formation did they let out a long sigh of relief.
At first, they had thought he could hear their thoughts and intended to kill them.
Xiao Heng had no time to bother with them.
He approached the formation, raised his arm, and released blood energy from his palm, connecting it to the Destruction Formation like a key.
Then he turned that "key" and shut down the formation.
Everything fell quiet in an instant. The earth no longer raged beneath them, filling them with dread.
Once that was done, a Shadow Gate opened beneath Xiao Heng's feet, and he swiftly plunged into it.
He returned to Chen Mu's side through the Shadow Gate, knelt, and reported, "Master, I have shut down the Destruction Formation as you ordered."
"Mm, good. From now on, everything within the Blood Corpse Devil Race will remain as before. Xiao Qingkuang will continue serving as Devil Master, and Xiao Heng as Blood Corpse Ancestor."
After making his announcement, Chen Mu made sure to