The capital of the Great Qin Dynasty.
Deep within an unremarkable courtyard, bamboo shadows sway and the aroma of tea wafts through the air.
A middle-aged man dressed in a plain-colored robe is sitting at a stone table, leisurely sipping tea.
He had a refined appearance and a reserved demeanor, just like any other wealthy man.
Suddenly, his fingers holding the teacup paused slightly, and a ripple appeared in his usually calm eyes.
"One person died?"
The man let out a very soft murmur, as if he were talking about something trivial that had nothing to do with him.
He slowly raised his head, his gaze piercing through layers of palace walls and vast landscapes, looking towards the distant direction of Qing Province.
That face was exactly the same as Zhou Tong's, who had just been killed by Su Yu.
He was none other than Zhou Tong, one of the seven hall masters of the Blood Baleful Intent Hall and the true hall master of the Blood Shadow Hall.
"That's interesting."
A playful smile curved the man's lips as he lightly tapped the warm teacup with his fingertip, producing a crisp sound.
" The Demon Suppression Bureau, Su Yu... a Buddha and Demon in One Body capable of devouring the power of the Blood God."
"This muddy water has unexpectedly unearthed a true dragon."
On the other side, Su Yu did not linger for a moment after confirming that Zhou Tong's clone had been completely annihilated.
With a swift movement, lightning and demonic shadows intertwined as he pushed the [ Thunder Demon Shadow Trace Steps ] to its limit, transforming into a streak of light indistinguishable to the naked eye, and sped towards Qing Prefecture City.
He had wiped out more than a dozen Blood Baleful Intent Hall teams along the way, and now that the culprit Zhou Tong had been executed, the remaining shrimp soldiers and crab generals were nothing but leaderless scattered sand, and could no longer cause any trouble.
The true eye of the storm was always the Duke's Residence.
The Duke's Residence, a battlefield shrouded in blood.
"Boom!"
Commander Liu a powerful and unparalleled Tyrant Fist, sending a puppet at the Earth Realm Ninth Level flying backward, leaving a deep fist mark on its chest, which was as hard as refined steel.
However, before everyone could catch their breath, the surging blood mist, like sharks attracted by the smell of blood, rushed into the puppet's body, and the sunken chest repaired and swelled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Damn it! These monstrous things are impossible to kill in the blood mist!"
An elder from the Azure Sword Manor roared in exasperation. His flying sword had just severed the arm of a demon servant, but in the blink of an eye, the demon servant had grown a new one.
The battle has reached a strange stalemate.
Just then, Li Ping, the old patriarch of the Azure Sword Manor who had been controlling the entire situation with her divine sense, had a glint of light flash in her sharp eyes.
Something's not right!
Her voice was clear, cold, and resolute, instantly echoing throughout the room, "That old devil Chen Wei hasn't shown up yet; there must be something holding him back! This is our only chance, everyone, let's not hold back any longer!"
Upon hearing this, Abbot Yuanxin, who was meditating cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes. A flash of Vajra-like rage appeared in his compassionate eyes.
"Amitabha! Benefactor Li is absolutely right! If this drags on any longer, we will all become nourishment for this Blood Spirit Formation!"
A chill ran through everyone.
Indeed, Chen Wei's composure was highly unusual!
"Kill!"
Commander Liu roared, abandoning his pursuit of complete destruction. Instead, he concentrated all his spiritual power into his fists, unleashing powerful and sweeping attacks. With the most ferocious force, he smashed the puppet backward, clearing a path for the others.
" Azure Lotus Sword Prison!"
With a clear shout from the old patriarch Li Ping, more than a dozen flying swords instantly merged together, transforming into a lotus cage made of endless Sword Qi, which tightly trapped the controlled Yao Ming.
"Fellow disciples, lend this old monk a hand!"
Abbot Yuanxin stood up, and the tattered phantom of the Mingwang behind him condensed again. More than a dozen high monks from Xuankong Temple poured their own Buddhist energy into the abbot's body.
"Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon, World-Honored Ksitigarbha, Vajra Flame, burn away all evil!"
With Yuanxin palm strike, a golden dragon formed from pure Buddhist essence roared forth, forcefully scattering Chen Xiaotian and the two demon servants beside him!
The defenses have been breached!
"Walk!"
Li Ping took the lead, riding on her flying sword, transforming into a streak of azure light, and rushed straight into the deepest part of the Duke's Residence through the torn opening.
Yuanxin, Commander Liu, and others followed closely behind!
"Stop them! Stop them!"
Chen Xiaotian roared like a madman, watching helplessly as everyone broke through the defenses, a panic he had never felt before rising in his heart.
He rushed towards the crack in the ground, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Father! Father, save me!"
However, deep underground, there was only deathly silence, and no further response.
The group advanced with unstoppable momentum, and the deeper they went, the clearer and more intense the muffled throbbing sound in the air, like a heartbeat.
The ground beneath our feet had turned a dark red, fleshy color, and was still writhing slightly, making us want to vomit.
Soon, they rushed into a huge underground space.
The scene before them made everyone stop in their tracks and gasp in shock.
There were no palaces, no pavilions.
There was only one... a blood-red heart so enormous it occupied the entire underground space!
It was a hundred feet tall, its surface covered with hideous blood-red patterns, and with each pulsation, the entire Duke's Residence trembled.
Countless blood vessels, as thick as buckets, resembled twisted giant pythons, one end connected to the heart, the other deeply embedded in the surrounding earth veins and array patterns, frantically drawing life essence from the entire Qing Province City.
"Amitabha..."
Abbot Yuanxin stared at the sinister heart, his face drained of all color. "This... this is Chen Wei's true form! He has refined himself into the core of this Blood Spirit Formation!"
"What a cunning strategist! What a shrewd general who guards the border!"
Li Ping trembled with rage, her eyes blazing with murderous intent. "He's going to swallow up the entire Qing Province!"
No further explanation is needed.
Everyone understands that without destroying this heart, no one will survive today.
"Do it!"
Commander Liu was the first to strike, channeling all his life's cultivation into a single punch, and behind him seemed to emerge a phantom of a martial god who could suppress mountains and rivers.
" Tyrant Fist: Shattering Galaxy!"
Li Ping pointed her fingers like a sword, and the dozen or so flying swords behind her merged into one, transforming into a giant cyan sword thirty feet long, with a sharpness that could cut through anything, and slashed down angrily!
"Azure Lotus Sword Technique - Heaven Slayer!"
" Arhat Demon-Subduing Seal!"
A dozen or so eminent monks from Xuankong Temple joined forces to create a swastika-shaped Buddhist seal, its golden light dazzling, suppressing all evil!
Three attacks, each imbued with the life's power of Earth Realm Ninth Level Peak expert, struck the enormous heart from three directions!
boom--!!!
A terrifying energy, enough to flatten a mountain range, suddenly erupted, causing the entire underground space to shake violently, as if it were about to collapse at any moment.
However, a bizarre scene unfolded.
Amidst that devastating torrent of attacks, the enormous heart remained completely undisturbed!
All attacks, whether they are domineering fist force, sharp Sword Qi, or supremely yang Buddhist light, are swallowed up and disappear without a trace the moment they touch the heart, like a mud ox entering the sea.
Dead silence.
Absolute silence.
Everyone was stunned, staring at the scene in disbelief.
And it was at this moment.
Thump! Thump thump!
The heartbeat suddenly became stronger and more powerful than before!
An aged, hoarse laugh, filled with endless mockery and satisfaction, echoed from within the heart, reverberating deep within everyone's soul.
"Hehe... Thank you all..."
"He has completed this final step of 'nurturing' for me."