Killing intent lurked on every side within the valley.
Three figures in the true astral realm instantly closed in.
Yi Yang stood in the center, the Mysterious Abyss Saber pointing diagonally at the ground, azure-green true qi rippling like water.
The three Nine Evil Sect incense masters formed a triangle, hemming him in completely.
The burliest one on the left, codenamed "Red Scorpion," had thick, blood-colored astral energy coiled around his fists. The grinding of his bones could be heard with every breath.
The tall, gaunt one on the right, codenamed "Demon Claw," had hooked fingers whose tips gleamed with bluish-black poison. A rotten stench emanated from his entire body.
The last, codenamed "Shadow Stinger," held a poisoned Short Dagger. He was the shortest of the three, with the most vicious gaze.
An unnatural bloody glow shone in all three pairs of eyes.
It was a sign that Ye Hanqian's blood seeds controlled them.
Their blood baleful astral energy erupted without restraint, forming a visible layer of blood-colored flames around them.
"Kill!"
Red Scorpion roared and attacked first.
He was powerfully built and practiced an external cultivation art of utmost hardness and ferocity. Unleashing his true astral realm completion cultivation at full strength, he charged like a fierce tiger descending the mountain. Astral energy gathered over his fists, forming two blood-colored gauntlets the size of millstones, which hurtled straight toward Yi Yang's face with an air-rending howl.
On the other side, Demon Claw ducked low and slid along the ground. His fingers curled into claws, and half-foot lengths of bluish-black astral energy sprang from their tips like five poisoned blades, viciously raking toward Yi Yang's knees.
As for the last incense master, codenamed Shadow Stinger, he abruptly vanished under the cover of the Blood Fiend Maze Formation, leaving not even