Heavenly thunder and earthly fire appeared together in the distant sky, hammering the great golden seal with earth-shaking booms.
The countless sheep scattered across the plains fled or froze amid the flashing thunder and fire. Soldiers outside the camp also ran and wailed in panic. They had been predator and prey, yet before the vast might of heaven, there seemed little difference between them.
Huo Yi and the other ordinary mortals, along with the dancing girls and soldiers, huddled trembling within the cramped shelter formed by the great golden seal. Holding the Five Elements Seal, Lü Yan drove his qi to its utmost to withstand the thunder and fire hurtling from afar.
But the power of heaven and earth here had been cut off, leaving him to hold out with his own qi sea alone. After just a few bombardments, Lü Yan's face flushed red, and he cried urgently:
"Brat Xie, finish this quickly..."
Rumble...
Xie Jinhuan charged out of the Golden Tent with his weapons in hand, intending to search for the formation master Dugu Yue. But when he looked up, he saw that the gold-robed Chaochitai had not seized the chance to flee. Instead, holding two curved sabers, he knelt with his arms spread upon the boundless earth beneath the thunder and fire, gazing skyward as blood baleful intent steamed from his body.
A half-demon body using the Essence-Seizing Art could refine not only humans but beasts sharing its bloodline, just as Xie Jinhuan could refine a Jiao Core.
Once the Blood Sacrifice Grand Formation began operating, blood qi drifted from the countless fleeing sheep and even the isolated wanderers within it, converging on Chaochitai from every direction and sending his aura climbing steadily.
Zhao Ling had been following him, but the instant she stepped beyond the golden