A blood seal lit up in Blood Nie's palm.
Crack.
At the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, Yun Qing's pupils abruptly contracted.
"Not good!"
He snapped his head up and saw the dozens of blood-colored nodes he had just marked, but had yet to deal with, light up all at once.
BOOM!!!
Sword Peaks erupted one after another in clouds of crimson mist. Raging torrents of demonic baleful force surged skyward, the bloody malice multiplying several times over as the entire Azure Lotus Sword Sect shook violently!
"Everyone, fall back!"
Lu Qingxiao barked the order, simultaneously pinning down the main peak with a sword strike.
But Blood Nie had awakened far too many nodes this time. The situation they had only just managed to suppress was about to explode again,
"The Yun Clan has come to your aid-!!"
A thunderous shout rang through heaven and earth from the clouds, and countless formidable auras tore through the sky toward them!
"Suppress!"
With a thunderous rumble, an enormous Void Abyss descended from high above like an overturned bowl, sealing off a vast swath of spreading blood mist.
Yun Qing's eyes lit up, and he jerked his head up.
"Second Elder!"
Yun Yuan had arrived at the head of the Nine Heavens Reinforcements.
Only then did everyone realize that the Yun Clan was not the only force behind him. He had also dragged along some fighters from the other Nine Heavens Divine Palaces.
"Resisting the Heavenly Demon is a righteous cause. If you Nine Heavens Divine Palaces won't step up, who will?"
The Second Elder had simply tossed out that line, then hauled away their experts, who had still been repairing the Nine Heavens.
Meanwhile, in another direction.
Sword light surged like an ocean as the Azure Frost Sword Venerable arrived atop a flying