Chapter 1196: Chapter 1196: Ten Days or Half a Month
Swoosh... Swoosh... Swoosh...
One by one, the Martial Artists swiftly retreated.
As soon as the eight Vice Hall Masters recognized what the Evil Cultivator held, orders to ’retreat’ had already spread around.
Although there were still countless demon beasts around, the Eight Palace Martial Artists were determined to retreat, and these demon beasts couldn’t stop them.
Within moments, the Eight Palace Martial Artists had all retreated.
At the original spot, the eight Vice Hall Masters stared at Xiao Yi, who was in a standoff with the Evil Cultivator, and frowned.
"What are you waiting for? Go." Xiao Yi shouted.
"What about you?" the eight Vice Hall Masters asked in a deep voice.
"I have my own way to escape." Xiao Yi quickly replied.
Xiao Yi did not request the eight Vice Hall Masters to stay for a fight, and the eight Vice Hall Masters had no intention of fighting.
The three words ’Blood-sucking Pearl’ were enough to represent many things.
"You think you can leave?" The old man’s sinister gaze was filled with murderous intent and anger.
Yet he could do nothing about the rolling blood-colored killing intent behind Xiao Yi.
"Help me take this boy away as well," Xiao Yi glanced at Qing Lin behind him and said.
At the scene, besides the eight Vice Hall Masters, only Qing Lin remained.
"Not leaving," Qing Lin glared at the eight Vice Hall Masters and then looked at Xiao Yi.
"I don’t want to repeat myself for the second time."
"You want me, your senior brother, to leave you and go? Impossible."
Holding his sword, Xiao Yi suppressed the old man and said without turning his head, "Have you heard of the Blood-sucking Pearl?"
"If you stay here, I’ll die even faster."
"Take him away," Xiao Yi glanced at the eight Vice Hall Masters.
The eight Vice Hall Masters nodded, grabbed Qing Lin, and swiftly retreated.
"None of you can escape," the old man erupted instantly.
"Trap him," Xiao Yi shouted.
Starlight descended, and snowflakes danced in the sky, instantly trapping the old man.
"Without the means of the Blood-sucking Pearl, you’re just a regular Martial Arts Emperor; I don’t fear you," Xiao Yi sneered.
Clearly, the overwhelming sinister aura was the work of the Blood-sucking Pearl.
Now that these sinister auras were suppressed by Xiao Yi’s Blood Pill, Xiao Yi naturally did not fear this old man.
Behind him, Qing Lin struggled fiercely, "You old guys, let go of me."
"If my junior brother loses a single hair, I won’t spare you."
"Idiot," Xiao Yi shouted without turning his head.
"Go back and get help. At most, I can trap this Evil Cultivator for a while."
At the scene, two terrifying auras soared into the sky, clashing violently.
One belonged to the sinister aura of the Blood-sucking Pearl.
The other belonged to Xiao Yi’s pervasive Blood Qi.
The clash between the two was at a standoff, yet neither could overpower the other.
The eight Vice Hall Masters glanced at these two auras and asked in a deep voice, "How long can you trap him?"
Xiao Yi frowned, "As short as ten days, as long as half a month."
"That’s enough," the eight Vice Hall Masters nodded, swiftly taking Qing Lin and retreating far away.
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Outside the forest.
As soon as the eight Vice Hall Masters came out, the Vice Hall Master of Flame Hall and the Vice Hall Master of Asura Hall spat out bloody phlegm.
The Vice Hall Master of Medicine Venerate Hall hurriedly healed the two of them.
The wound on the Vice Hall Master of Flame Hall’s chest, which was pierced through, was extremely severe.
"Such sinister Bloodthirst aura, it really is the Blood-sucking Pearl," the Vice Hall Master of Medicine Venerate Hall’s face was extremely grim.
Swoosh... Swoosh... Swoosh...
At the same time, the Martial Artists of Heavenly Mechanism Hall instantly formed a Great Formation, sealing the entire forest.
"Why are you sealing the forest?" Qing Lin’s expression changed.
"Even if Xiao Yi escapes, how will he get out?"
"What do you know," the Great Elder of the Qin Family coldly shouted, "If this place is not sealed, should the Evil Cultivator escape, the Four-direction Domain will suffer a disaster."
"Indeed," the eight Vice Hall Masters nodded.
"I didn’t expect it to be such an Ancient Evil as the Blood-sucking Pearl; we cannot let the Evil Cultivator absorb any more Blood Qi, or the consequences will be dire."
"Moreover, that young man... Xiao Yi, is it?"
The eight Vice Hall Masters paused and continued, "Which faction does he belong to? So young, yet with such strength?"
"Such a Heavenly Talent would not speak idly; since he says he can trap the Evil Cultivator for ten days to half a month, we have enough time to report back to the Main Hall."
"You think it’s true?" Qing Lin asked anxiously in a cold voice.
"No more nonsense, let’s return to the Main Hall first," several Vice Hall Masters said solemnly.
"But your injuries?" the Vice Hall Master of Medicine Venerate Hall frowned, looking at the Vice Hall Master of Flame Hall and the Vice Hall Master of Asura Hall.
"Ignore them for now," the two Vice Hall Masters shook their heads, "If this matter isn’t handled properly, the entire Four-direction Domain will surely be bathed in blood and chaos."
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Inside the forest.
Xiao Yi, holding his sword, continued to suppress the old man.
Suddenly, boom... a Formation Barrier sealed the entire sky above the forest.
"Tsk tsk," the old man sneered sinisterly, "You stayed behind to cover their retreat, but they trapped you here."
"Step aside, and I might spare your life."
"Step aside?" Xiao Yi sneered, "Do you take me for a fool, or are you the fool?"
"Do you think I don’t know what the Blood-sucking Pearl is?"
The Blood-sucking Pearl, an Ancient Evil.
With each additional drop of blood absorbed, the old man’s strength would increase.
He had intercepted and trapped the old man in time, first to save Qing Lin.
Secondly, if more Eight Palace Martial Artists died, the old man’s strength would certainly reach another level.
At that point, neither he nor the eight Vice Hall Masters could hope to stop the Evil Cultivator.
If the eight Vice Hall Masters and Eight Palace powerhouses here all died and all their Blood Qi was absorbed.
The old man’s strength might rise to an incredibly terrifying level.
Even if a strong individual at the level of the Main Hall Master arrived, they might not be able to deal with him.
"Blood-washing a big city is just a pretext, isn’t it?" Xiao Yi sneered.
"You already wanted to provoke the anger of the Eight Palace Main Hall in the Four-direction Domain and lure the Eight Palace Martial Artists to confront you."
"So what if it is?" the old man sneered sinisterly, "Even if you know, what can you change?"
As he finished speaking, the Blood-sucking Pearl glowed brightly.
The overwhelming sinister aura grew even more terrifying.
Xiao Yi squinted his eyes, and the Blood Pill within his body was also pushed to its limit.
"Cold Ice Domain, rise."
"Cold Ice Three Palm, release."
Xiao Yi whispered a chant in his heart.
The pervasive blood color instantly became exceedingly intense.
The two forces clashed again in a standoff.
"You can’t do anything to me," the old man said sinisterly, "Why block my path?"
"With the Blood-sucking Pearl as your shield, I indeed can’t do anything to you," Xiao Yi coldly smiled.
"But trapping you is more than enough."
"You..." The old man’s dry hands surged with blood light.
"Had I known, I should have killed you at all costs outside Tianling City that day."
"But now you have no chance," Xiao Yi sneered disdainfully.
"No," the old man’s murderous intent flashed, "Since you want to die for them, I’ll grant your wish."
"This Blood-sucking Pearl contains the Qi-Blood of all Martial Artists from over a dozen large cities, with Demon Beast Essence Blood exceeding a million."
"Do you think your paltry blood-colored killing intent can hold me back for long?"
"Once I’ve drained your Blood Qi, I’ll make sure you die without a complete corpse."
"The Martial Artists of the Four-direction Domain will ultimately become my nourishment, hahahaha."
The sinister laughter echoed throughout the Demon Beast Forest, eerie and chilling.
Xiao Yi’s expression suddenly changed.
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Second update.
