Outside Myriad Souls Cave, a river of blood coiled around the mountain like a giant crimson python, its foul stench assaulting the nose.
White bones floated on its surface, and wronged souls wailed as its waters churned. This was the Blood Fiend Cult's Blood River Great Array, fueled by the spiritual vein of Black Dragon Pool, guided by blood fiend demonic qi, and driven by Nascent Soul stage spiritual power. Any ordinary cultivator who touched it would be swept into the bloody waves and reduced to pus and blood.
Han Li reined in his horse before the formation, his Water-Magnetic Sword angled toward the blood river. As grand void spiritual power circulated, the star patterns on the blade resonated with the Magnetic Essence Griffin's golden feathers, releasing a clear dragon's cry. Behind him, the Heavenly South Star Palace allied army stood in formation: the Seven Mysteries Hall's Blood Feud Team held Star-Magnetic Demon-Breaking Talismans, the External Affairs Hall's three battalions formed a shield wall, and Yellow Maple Hall disciples used Spirit Medicine Banners to establish a Spirit Gathering Array, protecting the lower-level cultivators.
"Palace Master!" Wu Jiuzhi stepped forward, pointing his Seven Mysteries Sword upstream. "The heart of the Blood River Great Array is at Black Dragon Pool. We must destroy it first, or the army will struggle to cross."
Han Li nodded, his gaze sweeping across the opposite bank. Blood Fiend Cult banners were faintly visible there, and the auras of Nascent Soul stage demonic cultivators stabbed his spiritual sense like needles. With a thought, he summoned the system's light screen: [Blood River Great Array Analysis]: The formation's heart was a blood spirit crystal at the bottom of Black Dragon Pool. It required three strikes of Nascent Soul stage spiritual power to destroy.
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