At this moment, a wave of bloody aura descended from the massive blood seal in the sky. Most of the cultivators felt their chests tighten upon smelling it, their heads spinning and vision blurring.
The Great Ascension cultivators were shocked and could no longer afford to think of escape. Instead, they unleashed their spiritual light, summoning various defensive treasures to isolate the bloody aura.
“Fellow Daoists, why hesitate? Use every means at your disposal now! If we flee without fighting, this opponent will easily hunt us down one by one.”
Though Ming Zun remained standing in place, his expression darkened when he saw his previously relied-upon Blissful Brahman Realm shattered so effortlessly. Yet, he managed to maintain some composure and shouted loudly.
As soon as he finished speaking, he opened his mouth toward the sky, releasing a five-colored radiance. A pristine white scroll emerged, unfurling slowly as he rapidly formed hand seals and pointed repeatedly into the air.
With a *puff*, the scroll transformed into an ancient painting, releasing countless silver characters that swirled into a massive silver net, soaring toward the blood seal.
Upon contact, thunderous booms erupted as silver light exploded. The seemingly delicate silver net merely trembled slightly, resisting immediate destruction and slowing the blood seal’s descent.
“The Silver Hook Heavenly Scroll—an Xuantian Treasure!” Yin Gangzi exclaimed in disbelief, his expression shifting several times before he gritted his teeth and activated a secret technique.
Explosive sounds erupted from his body as silver radiance surged forth. His body swelled into a towering silver giant with green hair, a lion’s mouth, and bull-like eyes, standing dozens of zhang tall. His arms blurred into countless massive fist shadows, pummeling the blood seal with thunderous force.
This was the Manifestation Body of his race.
Meanwhile, Lady Wu Ling chanted incantations, summoning a black, pig-headed, ape-bodied monster behind her. The creature roared, its mouth expanding into a seemingly endless maw that loomed over the blood seal, as if intending to swallow it whole.
The injured woman in pale green palace attire clenched her teeth and unleashed a thousand-zhang-long seven-colored axe shadow, slashing mercilessly toward the blood seal.
Other Great Ascension cultivators also attacked—some releasing dozens of flying blades, others summoning colossal light hands or Dharma Forms, all converging on the blood seal within a single breath.
Ma Liang sneered, his golden giant form pointing at the blood seal and uttering, “Halt.”
The blood seal trembled, releasing invisible shockwaves that froze the silver net, fist shadows, giant axe, and monstrous maw mid-air. Other treasures crumbled to dust, and Dharma Forms shattered into fragments.
Even Ming Zun gasped in horror, spitting a mouthful of blood onto the white scroll before him. Silver runes surged forth, forming overlapping arrays that merged into a towering silver pagoda, halting the blood seal’s descent.
Yet, the blood seal’s crimson mist surged, crushing the pagoda’s tip and sinking it deeper. The pagoda struggled, slowing the seal’s fall but clearly faltering.
Lady Wu Ling and Yin Gangzi exchanged glances before transforming—she into a monstrous, armored figure wielding yellow swords, he into a silver giant wreathed in lightning. They unleashed devastating attacks, joined by others, including a golden dragon conjured by an elder’s staff.
“Seeking death!” Ma Liang roared, exhaling golden runes that formed a storm, obliterating all attacks. The Great Ascension cultivators paled.
“Why have you four not acted? Do you intend to break our pact?” Ming Zun demanded coldly, turning toward empty space.
Four black-armored youths materialized—the hidden Black Nix Beasts in human form. “You never mentioned we’d face an immortal,” the eldest retorted.
“Our pact had no clause allowing retreat from immortals. Break it, and suffer the backlash,” Ming Zun challenged.
“Better weakened than dead,” the leader snapped.
Ming Zun offered a compromise via voice transmission: “Strike once with your lifebound flames, and I’ll release you.”
After deliberation, the four agreed.
Meanwhile, Ma Liang chanted, a drop of golden blood flying from his brow into the blood seal. Millions of crimson threads erupted, piercing the void.
“Beware!” Ming Zun shielded himself and three others with the scroll. Others barely defended as the threads riddled them with holes. Blood flames erupted from the wounds, incinerating them instantly—even their nascent souls unable to escape.
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