Even so, space within the mountain range was still scarce. To maintain a safe perimeter, many sects and factions had no choice but to clash with others, fighting fiercely and causing considerable casualties.
But even the Gu Clan could not intervene in such circumstances. They had already reached the limits of what they could do. Under the threat of death, order had vanished entirely.
While maintaining their defenses, Gu Yuan had also considered stopping Hun Tiandi from refining the Emperor Grade Pill, but every attempt had ended in failure. With the great formation having absorbed the blood qi of countless living beings, and Hun Tiandi personally guarding it, how could breaking it be easy?
As time passed, the once-prosperous Central Plains grew desolate everywhere. As far as the eye could see, it looked like a scene from the end of the world.
As time wore on, what drove everyone deeper into despair was the aura within the blood clouds, which grew ever more ferocious and overwhelming. Everyone understood that when that demon emerged from the blood clouds, the Central Plains might face its final hour!
Yet no one could stop this. All they could do was watch helplessly as the blood qi in the sky grew denser and denser.
Blood clouds blotted out the sun, and catastrophe engulfed the Central Plains!
Beneath that catastrophe, no living thing survived.
Another full three months passed with blood clouds shrouding the Central Plains, yet their crimson hue showed no sign of fading.
Over those three months, the once-thriving Central Plains had become terribly ruined and desolate. Everyone frantically searched for a safe place to hide. Many even burrowed underground, hoping that doing so would allow them to escape this calamity.
Thick blood clouds covered the skies of the Central Plains. A sickeningly concentrated