"Xue Pu, your Blood Curse Mist Sea has already formed, and your offense and defense are stable. You shouldn't need the Celestial Demon Aura to protect you anymore, right?" the Celestial Demon Grand Patriarch asked.
Grand Patriarch Xue Pu let out an odd laugh. "If you're so concerned about us, Grand Patriarch, a little more protection wouldn't hurt. We'd be perfectly happy to accept."
The Celestial Demon Grand Patriarch gave a soft snort. "If I keep protecting you the entire time, how will I have the strength to unleash the Celestial Demon Sound Domain? How will I penetrate the formation and strike at the interior of Wintercliff Island?"
The Celestial Demon Sound Domain was incomparably powerful. Even with a formation's protection, it could still pierce through and attack the cultivators within.
Once the Celestial Demon Sound Domain was fully deployed, its destructive force would be catastrophic — heaven and earth destroyed. How many people on Wintercliff Island could actually withstand it was anyone's guess.
Most terrifying of all, the Celestial Demon Sound Domain possessed extreme penetrating power. Once activated, even if you burrowed into a hole in the ground to hide, it would be utterly useless.
It could reach up to the highest heavens and down to the deepest underworld.
Grand Patriarch Xue Pu heard this but didn't press the matter further. He gave a muffled grunt. "Go ahead and activate it first. Our Blood Demon lineage still has enough ability to protect itself."
With that, Grand Patriarch Xue Pu called out to his companions. "Brothers, form the Blood Curse Heaven Net Formation. Watch out for that kid sneaking up for a surprise attack."
The Blood Curse Heaven Net Formation — as the name implied — used Blood Curse energy to weave a defensive web that covered sky and earth. Any opponent trying to attack them would have to penetrate this net first.
This way, even if the enemy had concealment abilities, as long as they approached the Blood Curse Heaven Net Formation, the defenders could detect them in advance.
Although the formation didn't offer much in the way of defensive strength, it served as an excellent early warning system, giving them ample time to react.
It had to be said — this formation was remarkably practical.
At the very least, it was extremely effective against surprise attacks.
From all directions, faint ripples appeared in the Blood Curse energy. Layer upon layer of spider-silk-like defenses materialized around the four Grand Patriarchs.
Within a radius of a thousand meters around the four Blood Demon Grand Patriarchs, these webs of Blood Curse energy formed the Blood Curse Heaven Net Formation, enclosing and protecting the four Grand Patriarchs within.
He knew that with this formation delaying him, his chances of pulling off a successful stealth attack had dropped considerably.
Although the Mirror of All Beings was tremendously powerful, its force would inevitably weaken once it had to punch through the Blood Curse Heaven Net Formation. To kill a Blood Demon Grand Patriarch, it would likely fall short.
Without absolute certainty, he would not make his move.
He watched as the six Grand Patriarchs of the Celestial Demon lineage calmly withdrew from the side of the four Blood Demon Patriarchs. Rather than retreating, they advanced — judging by their posture, they were clearly preparing to attack as well.
The Blood Demon lineage's assault — he had assigned
But if the Celestial Demon Grand Patriarchs also intended to strike, then Wintercliff Island would face a far more serious test.
Just as he was deliberating, a sudden howl of dark winds erupted from beneath Wintercliff Island. Yin energy surged from every direction, dense and thick, and from within it swayed countless ghostly white banners.
Those white banners kept waving, and innumerable yin spirits seemed to be summoned by them, constantly leaping into existence from the void.
It was much like that legendary divine ability of scattering beans to create soldiers —