Rumble-
A rumble rang out through the Main Hall, shrouded in blood mist.
Then a thousand-foot stone pillar rose from the ground, only to shatter into fragments in midair, leaving a massive square pit in the once-level floor.
Three figures leaped out of the pit at the same time. The two women, their faces rosy, landed steadily.
The man staggered and nearly toppled back in, but immediately recovered his cold, stern bearing.
Clatter-
Countless stones rained down with sharp clacking sounds, yet the entire Underground Palace was almost eerily quiet.
Xie Jinhuan frowned and looked around, only to discover that the Main Tomb Chamber inscribed with the name of Witch Ancestor Yuan Zhi had already been opened. There was no coffin or zombie inside, but rather a gigantic jar containing a large amount of residual blood qi. It looked more like a vessel for sealing away blood essence.
The jar had now broken, and the blood qi inside had dispersed, but it had not been refined and merely drifted through the Underground Palace. With a brief examination, Xie Jinhuan discovered that it was all human qi and blood. Judging by its purity, it closely resembled the highly purified blood essence from Dragonbone Shoal.
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Xie Jinhuan happened to be depleted of qi and blood. Seeing that the Unorthodox Dao had been so considerate as to leave him such an enormous supply of blood packs, he naturally stood on no ceremony. He rapidly refined it to recover while asking, "What did they leave so much blood essence here for? Trying to stuff me to death?"
Ye Hongshang was not surprised. "To hold Qixia True Person back. Qixia True Person's demonic nature hasn't been eliminated, so coming inside would trigger the bloodthirst addiction. But without coming inside, there was no way to