Within the blood-red curtain, a dark red aura drifted in the air, and each wisp of this aura was either inhaled into the body or flowed across the surface of the body.
They will slowly erode the Spiritual Qi within your body!
The disciples and elders of the Heavenly Seal Sect were horrified to discover this, and they circulated their Spiritual Qi to form a barrier around themselves.
But those dark red currents seemed completely unaffected by the barrier, directly biting a small hole in it and continuing to devour the Spiritual Qi within each person!
"This is bad..."
Qin Zhao said in a deep voice, "If we don't break the formation, death is only a matter of time..."
Jiang Yi arrived quickly and his expression turned extremely grim when he saw the blood-red curtain.
"Your Highness, our Imperial Guards have not found any trace of Evil Cultivator or the existence of any array bases outside."
Upon hearing this, everyone's gaze darkened.
Even the Divine Kingdom Imperial Guard couldn't find a single trace?
How exactly did the opponent activate the formation?
Even those present who weren't array masters understood that an array could not be formed without an array base.
However, only one possibility exists...
That means the other party also possesses the heaven-defying physique of the Good Fortune Formation Spirit Physique.
Of course, only Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, and Xu Yeming present knew that Fang Qiong possessed this physique, Form an Array with the Body without needing a base.
At that moment, a simple wave of the hand would unleash a formation...
"It seems we have no choice but to break the formation by force," Jiang Yi said coldly.
"Forcefully break the formation?" The black-robed Evil Cultivator wielding the bone staff revealed his scarlet eyes and let out a strange laugh. "As expected of Commander Jiang, who leads the Divine Kingdom Imperial Guard, what a display of power! I'd like to see if this Commander of the Banan Divine Kingdom's Imperial Guards is truly a paper tiger."
"Arrogant!" Jiang Yi roared, unleashing a terrifying blade of light from his blood-red longsword as it cleaved towards the barrier.
Jiang Yi unleashed his full power with this strike, actually displaying the cultivation of the Early Stage of the Formless Realm!
The blade's edge struck the blood-red curtain, but only caused a ripple before being completely swallowed up.
Jiang Yi's face darkened. "This barrier... is absorbing the power of the attack."
"Even a powerhouse at the Formless Realm can't break the formation?" Ba Xiyue's expression gradually darkened.
"Senior Han, do you have a solution?"
At this moment, Qin Zhao towards Han Shouyi.
Han Shouyi frowned slightly and said, "The opponent's evil formation is not low-level... and it has probably absorbed the Essence Blood and soul of more than one sect... Even if we use the Heavenly Master's Orthodox Dao Scripture deal with this level of formation, we still need to find its core."
Ba Xiyue quickly calmed down and looked at the Sect Master of the Heavenly Seal Sect: "Is there a secret passage within the sect?"
The sect leader's face was ashen. "Yes... but the entrance to the secret passage was sealed by blood patterns when the tremor just occurred."
At this moment, the disciples in the square were gripped by panic. Some young disciples tried to rush to the edge of the sect, but screamed and fell to the ground the instant they touched the blood curtain, their bodies visibly shriveling up.
"Don't touch the barrier!" Ning Chenxin shouted, unleashing his Vast Righteous Qi to protect the nearest group of disciples.
Lu Mingyuan and Han Shouyi attacked simultaneously, their cyan Dao patterns and Sword Qi blasting towards the same point of the barrier, but they could only cause the blood curtain to ripple, unable to break through it.
"It's useless." The black-robed leader outside the barrier said slowly, "This formation is called the Blood Prison Soul Refining Array, which requires the sacrifice of the beings from six sects... That's right, this formation is still an incomplete version, and the Heavenly Seal Sect is the last one."
Unless you can find the core of the formation and destroy it from the inside, within three days, the Essence Blood, and soul of everyone inside will become nourishment for the Blood Prison Soul Refining Array.
He raised his bone staff and tapped it gently.
Inside the barrier, the blood-red patterns on the ground suddenly lit up. Dozens of the Heavenly Seal Sect disciples screamed and their bodies floated up uncontrollably. Dark red blood threads were drawn from their seven orifices and flowed into the blood-red patterns.
Seeing this.
"Damn it!" Ye Qiubai had already drawn his sword, and his Sword Qi slashed at the blood threads, but it passed right through them—the blood threads were actually illusory, and physical attacks were ineffective.
The Hong Ying tassel, embodying Imperial Intent, erupted in an attempt to suppress it; however, the blood vessels only slowed slightly and continued to be drawn out.
"The pull of Essence Blood, and soul is difficult to break with ordinary methods," Han Shouyi voice. "We must find the array's core as soon as possible!"
Every formation has a key point.
The array base is the foundation of the array, while the array eye is the absolute core of the array.
"However, the Imperial Guards did not find any trace of any formation outside..." The Xuanjia Commander frowned.
That means...
Outside of the Heavenly Seal Sect, there is no array core or array base.
That means it can only be within the Heavenly Seal Sect.
"A six-pointed star..." At this moment, Ye Qiubai lowered his brows slightly and pondered, "Using the orientation of the six-pointed star for the ritual, and finally forming an array... Since this six-pointed star is the emblem of the Sacred Church, it naturally won't have any deviation."
Upon hearing this...
Everyone was shocked!
Xu Yeming suddenly said, "Since the six sects are being sacrificed, the Heavenly Seal Sect, as the final pillar, is very likely to be the core of the formation—"
Before he could finish speaking, everyone's eyes turned to the center of the square.
That place is where the blood veins are most concentrated, and it is also the endpoint where all the blood veins converge.
The sect leader of the Heavenly Seal Sect stammered, "That... that's the underground of our sect's ancestral hall..."
"Let's go!" Ba Xiyue decided immediately.
However, just as everyone was about to make their move, the laughter of the black-robed Evil Cultivator came from outside the barrier. "Just a reminder, there's a carefully prepared gift from the Sacred Church at the core of the formation. I wish you all... a pleasant time."
As the words fell, the figure in black robes gradually faded away and disappeared into the dim sky.
Within the Blood Prison Soul Refining Array, the blood-red light intensified.
Ning Chenxin looked at the disappearing figure of the Evil Cultivator outside the barrier, his brows furrowing slightly.
All of this... though arduous and tragic... has also been all too smooth.
The Evil Cultivator deliberately exposed the six-pointed star pattern to lure them here, and then activated the great formation just as they were investigating.
It was like a trap that had been set in advance, waiting for them all to fall into it.
He looked at Ye Qiubai, and the two exchanged a glance.
The eldest brother had obviously thought of this as well.
But now, there is no turning back.
"Go, get down!" Ba Xiyue ordered.
The Moon Shadow Guard led the way, with the rest of the group following closely. The remaining Heavenly Seal Sect disciples on the plaza formed a defensive formation under the organization of the elders, barely resisting the blood extraction by relying on Ning Chenxin's Vast Righteous Qi.
Passing through the main hall, behind it is an ancient stone hall with the three characters "Zushi Tang" (Hall of the Ancestral Master) inscribed on a plaque.
At this moment, the doors of the Ancestral Hall were wide open. There were no lights inside, only blood-red patterns spreading out from within, like the tentacles of some kind of creature.
Jiang Yi stepped in first, the crimson light of his blade illuminating the hall.
Then, everyone was stunned.
Inside the Ancestral Hall, there are no memorial tablets for past patriarchs.
There was only one enormous altar made of bones.
Above the altar, a slowly beating, dark red heart floats.
Each pulsation caused the entire Blood Prison Soul Refining Array to tremble.
Around the altar, twelve skeletons, clad in tattered black robes and with crimson flames flickering in their eye sockets, slowly turned their heads.
Their bones were covered with eerie runes, and they held decaying weapons in their hands.
The aura—all belong to the Formless Realm.