Chapter 229: The Eyes Opposite (1/2)

Soon, Ma Liuqi's flesh and blood began to contract. All the energy in his body turned into nutrients that were quickly absorbed.

After receiving the blood sacrifice of a Soul Formation cultivator, the luster of the Black Lotus quickly recovered. As it recovered, circles of black miasma spread out.

With the rogue cultivators who had been lured in and the disciples of the Hundred Tempering Mountain Range who had died, they should have been able to achieve the blood sacrifice requirements for the Black Lotus.

However, under the obstruction of Jiang Li's Nine Nether Tree Realm, although there were enough deaths, the effect of the blood sacrifice was not just a little short.

In order to make up for the gap between the thousands of cultivators, Ma Liuqi, who was thought to be a traitor, became the best example of the blood sacrifice.

It just so happened that the one who found all the earth veins and made Ma Liuqi, the First Elder, take the blame for no reason was Jiang Li.

If Jiang Li knew that his influence had indirectly caused the death of a top cultivator above the Nascent Soul realm, he would definitely feel extremely honored.

”Stop him!”

A few top cultivators of the three major sects attacked the Black Lotus together, wanting to stop the recovery of this demonic artifact.

Unfortunately, it was already too late.

A phantom image of the lotus flower that suddenly appeared blocked their attack.

How powerful were the combined attacks of the twelve top-notch cultivators?

This could be seen from the Nascent Soul cultivators behind them who had been blown back more than a hundred meters by the aftershock.

However, the lotus flower phantom shook a few times before finally persevering. Inside its lotus, there were also several top-notch cultivators striking out spiritual qi to support this membrane of light.

Although their numbers were inferior, it was not a problem to rely on the Black Lotus to protect themselves.

However, no matter what they did, even using their disciples as blood sacrifice materials, what they wanted was not only the defense of the Black Lotus.

Old Demon Black Lotus made a few seals before opening a gourd and pouring a pure black blood onto the lotus platform.

If Jiang Li was here, he would definitely be able to recognize that this was the blood of madness extracted from the Asura's corpse!

It seemed that after the battle of the Black Lotus Divine Sect, this person still had a portion of the blood of madness in his possession.

The four-handed Demon Soldiers that appeared in Benevolent Travel Temple should have been created with it. Now that it was poured on this Black Lotus, who knew how it would react.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

A muffled heartbeat sounded from the Black Lotus. It was as if there was a huge heart slowly beating within.

With every heartbeat, Black Lotus's body would swell. This demonic artifact was recovering its original strength and size.

At this moment, an hour had just passed. The broken earth vein gradually recovered from the chaos and flowed underground again.

However, the Earth Fire Hundred Cave Mountain, which had recovered the power of the earth vein, did not erupt with Earth Fire lava. Instead, under the guidance of a certain array formation that had been set long ago, the energy was evenly distributed to every corner of the Hundred Tempering Mountain.

In next to no time, the strange formation that Jiang Li had noticed earlier floated up from the ground.

Jiang Li, who was flying in the distant sky, was slightly surprised when he saw this. So formations could be used like this?

The edge of the super-large array formation slowly rolled up and folded towards the middle.

This huge array formation that covered the entire Hundred Tempering Mountain actually turned from a flat surface to three-dimensional. Looking again, it was also a huge lotus flower.

A large area of the array formation had been damaged by Jiang Li's Nine Nether Tree Realm earlier, but this did not seem to affect the entire array formation. However, after folding into a lotus flower, there were only two to three lotus petals missing from a certain direction.

As the huge lotus flower combined, the lotus platform had already recovered to its original size. It shook slightly and immediately resonated with the entire array formation.

Crack! It was as if something had been torn apart. It was also like a black bolt from the sky.

A small crack suddenly split open from the top of the lotus platform. This space was like a mirror, creating a hundred-meter-long crack.

Then, with a buzz, the air began to tremble violently. An energy that was completely different from spiritual qi surged out from the gap.

As soon as it appeared, the energy and spiritual qi produced a strong reaction.

A large amount of spiritual qi suddenly surged out like a tide. To be more precise, it was expelled from the area covered by the huge lotus!

”Situ Fengzhu! What did you do!”

The stronger a cultivator was, the greater their reliance on spiritual qi. This could be seen from the fact that in the Age of Non-Cultivation, Immortals and Buddhas were the first to die and disappear, while the low-level Qi Refinement cultivators could last until the next era.

The surrounding spiritual qi was suddenly repelled by a strange force, making them feel intense discomfort.

Although it was not to the extent of causing their bodies to explode with spiritual qi and die like the true Cultivation Doomsday, this environment still greatly weakened their combat strength.

Moreover, the strange energy that filled the Hundred Tempering Mountain was still constantly trying to corrode their bodies.

However, this effect was not only targeted at them. The elders of the Hundred Tempering Mountain were also repelled by this power. The only person who was not injured was Old Demon Black Lotus.

”Damn it! What did you do!”

They launched another powerful attack, but the power that landed on the Black Lotus still failed. It was even transferred to the crack, causing it to spread out a little.

The crack grew larger again, and an even larger amount of strange energy came from inside.

As this force seeped into the Hundred Tempering Mountain below, Black Lotuses grew out from the ground. As the lotuses and energy spread, the entire Hundred Tempering Mountain began to change greatly.

First, color. Apart from blood, everything began to lose its bright color.

Black, gray, white, and blood color. On the Hundred Tempering Mountain that was corroded by the strange power, there was no longer a fifth color. It was almost as monotonous as the sight Jiang Li saw in the sound world.

Then, they became irritable. The entire Great Mountain Region started to become irritable.

The flat teeth of the spirit colt in the stable fell off, and it grew a set of black fangs that were sharper than tiger and wolf. It turned its head and bit at its own kind.

The docile spiritual crane shed all its pure white feathers, and its wings grew hook claws and ugly wing membranes. Then, it directly killed and swallowed the newly born chicks in the nest.

In the area corroded by the strange energy, animals began to grow sharp teeth and claws. Fear, reproduction, survival, and other instincts disappeared, leaving only anger and killing.

Everything started to attack each other. Even the rats started to bite the cats and dogs.

Even the plants began to secrete poison and grow spikes, preparing to harm everything that approached it.

In a short period of time, everything in this region was filled with malice.

”This reaction! Damn it! They opened that place!”

”Situ Fengzhu! Do you know what you're doing! This will destroy the entire Great Mountain Region!”

The Hidden Sword Elder and the Guardian of the Scripture Storage Valley, who had experienced this before, were furious!