Chapter 5888
While Kai was locked in fierce combat with Elder Blood Soul, battles raged elsewhere as well.
Crimson Cloud Demon Lord, transformed into a hundred-foot-tall demonic body with three heads and six arms, wielding six demonic weapons, fought against Elder Bone Demon of the Evil Path Hall.
Lin Feng and Shi Meng, back to back, battled dozens of Evil Path Hall cultivators.
Lin Feng’s arrows were unerring, each one claiming a life; Shi Meng wielded his twin hammers like a war god, smashing any approaching enemy into a bloody pulp.
However, the Evil Path Hall outnumbered them, and the two had already sustained over a dozen wounds, bleeding profusely.
The Earth Fire Pavilion’s defensive formation, besieged by hundreds of Evil Path Hall cultivators and countless vengeful spirits, was on the verge of collapse. Cracks covered the protective shield, threatening to shatter at any moment.
“Elder, we can’t hold on any longer!”
A disciple of the Earth Fire Pavilion coughed up blood and collapsed, further dimming the formation.
Elder Yanxin gritted his teeth, took out a crimson jade slip, and crushed it—it was an emergency distress signal from the Earth Fire Pavilion, but this place was too far from Crimson Flame City, and reinforcements couldn’t arrive in time.
“Hold on!” Elder Yanxin roared, “We can’t die here!”
But reality was cruel.
“Crack—!”
The Earth Fire Profound Gang Array finally shattered!
Dozens of Evil Path Hall cultivators and hundreds of vengeful ghosts, like sharks smelling blood, swarmed in, attacking the Earth Fire Pavilion disciples and the carriage.
Screams rang out one after another.
In just a few breaths, three Earth Fire Pavilion disciples were killed by Evil Path Hall cultivators, and two had their consciousness invaded by vengeful ghosts, turning them into walking corpses.
Huo Ling’er was targeted by two Evil Path Hall deacons, who saw her special identity and wanted to capture her alive.
“Princess, be careful!”
Yan Lie stood in front of her, summoning a crimson longsword, and fought with the two deacons.
But Yan Lie’s performance was strange.
He seemed to be fighting desperately, but his swordsmanship was always slightly off, unable to truly harm his enemies.
The attacks from the two Evil Path Hall deacons were always narrowly avoided by him, or accidentally blocked by other Earth Fire Pavilion disciples.
Kai caught a glimpse of this scene in the midst of the fierce battle, and his mind was filled with doubt.
However, he had no time to think about it at the moment, because Elder Blood Soul had recovered and attacked again.
“Boy, you have indeed surprised this elder.”
Elder Blood Soul wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes becoming even more greedy, “But that’s enough! Myriad Ghost Soul Devouring Formation, full power!”
He raised his hands high and chanted obscure incantations.
The entire pale green formation of the Burial Dragon Ravine suddenly shone brightly, and all the runes burned at the same time!
In the center of the formation, a pale green light sphere with a diameter of three zhang condensed, and countless twisted ghost faces could be faintly seen wailing within the light sphere.
“Soul Devouring Ghost King, appear!”
Elder Blood Soul spat out a mouthful of blood essence and merged it into the light sphere.
“Roar—!”
The sphere of light exploded, and a ghost king phantom, ten feet tall, with three heads, six arms, a blue face, and fangs, emerged from it!
The ghost king opened all six eyes at the same time, its ghastly green gaze sweeping across everyone, causing a sharp pain in their souls, as if they were being pulled out of their bodies!
This was the strongest killing move of the Myriad Ghosts Devouring Soul Formation—using the power of ten thousand ghosts to condense a ghost king, specifically targeting the soul! Even a ninth-grade Celestial Immortal cultivator would suffer soul damage if locked onto by the Ghost King’s gaze!
The Ghost King raised all six arms simultaneously, unleashing six ghastly green beams of light towards Kai!
It was a pure soul attack, ignoring physical defenses and striking directly at the soul!
Kai’s expression changed drastically.
In this critical moment, the Dragon Pattern Bell on his chest suddenly flew out automatically, hovering above his head.
“Clang—!”
A melodious bell rang out, and the Dragon Pattern Bell emitted a soft golden light, enveloping Kai.
Within the golden light, a true dragon could be faintly seen swimming, forming a barrier around the soul.
The six soul beams struck the golden light, erupting with dazzling brilliance, but were ultimately blocked.
The Dragon Pattern Bell trembled violently, several fine cracks appearing on its surface, and the Dragon Pattern Bell itself was damaged.
“Another treasure?!”
Elder Blood Soul’s eyes turned red. “Good, good, good! They’re all mine!”
He frantically activated the formation, and the Ghost King’s six arms swung continuously, unleashing a torrential downpour of soul beams.
Protected by the Dragon Pattern Bell, Kai barely managed to hold on, but his face grew increasingly pale, and blood began to seep from his seven orifices—although the Dragon Pattern Bell had blocked the soul light, the impact still transmitted into his sea of consciousness.
On the other side, the Crimson Cloud Demon Lord was besieged by the Bone Demon Elder and three Evil Path Hall deacons, already in dire straits, his demonic body riddled with holes.
Lin Feng, having exhausted his arrows and broken his longbow, was hacked to death by several Evil Path Hall cultivators. Before dying, he detonated all the explosive talismans on his body, perishing together with his enemies.
Shi Meng’s twin hammers shattered, his body covered in blood, yet he fought on relentlessly, finally pierced through the heart by a bone spike from the Bone Demon Elder, dying a heroic death.
The Earth Fire Pavilion disciples suffered even heavier casualties; of the original ten, only five remained, all wounded, surrounded by dozens of Evil Path Hall cultivators, like lambs to the slaughter.
Elder Yanxin was besieged by three Evil Path Hall deacons. Although he killed one, he was struck by the evil weapons of the other two, leaving two deep, bone-revealing wounds on his chest. He was on the verge of death.
Huoling’er, protected by Yanlie, was unharmed, but seeing her fellow disciples fall one by one, she wept uncontrollably.
Despair enveloped everyone.
“Kai… we might die here,”
the Crimson Cloud Demon Lord transmitted weakly.
Kai gritted his teeth, looking at the horrific battlefield around him, at his fallen comrades, at the dying Elder Yanxin, at the weeping Huoling’er…
He couldn’t die here.
So many promises remained unfulfilled.
So many enemies remained unslain.
“Ah—!!!”
Kai roared to the sky, his last remaining blood and immortal power burning wildly!
With the Dragon-Slaying Sword in his right hand and a hand seal in his left, he chanted ancient dragon language: “With my blood, I summon the dragon’s soul; with my life, I open the gates of heaven!”
“Forbidden – Dragon Blood Burns the Heavens!”
This was a forbidden technique Kai had obtained from the Golden Dragon bloodline inheritance—burning his own essence and lifespan in exchange for a temporary surge in strength!
As the incantation was chanted, golden flames ignited around Kai. These were not ordinary flames, but true dragon blood fire formed from the burning essence of his Golden Dragon!