Chapter 685 - 681: Blood Sacrifice

"Everyone, attack now!"

"He's been locked down by the God-Trapping Earth Prison. Unless he has the power of a City Lord, he won't be able to escape. Don't worry!"

"Hahaha, the Venerable Golden Bone is right in front of us! Hong Yu, oh, Hong Yu, this time next year will be the anniversary of your death!"

The crowd of experts laughed heartily.

「Outside the Sealing Spirit Array...」

Bear Tao's eyes were bloodshot, and his bones cracked and popped. "Shameless bastards! So many of them ganging up on Hong Yu…"

"I thought the Kuafu Race was above worldly affairs, but it turns out they're just petty schemers too."

Tiger Wei spat on the ground. As the second most powerful tribe in the War Race, his Holy Tiger Tribe had always had complaints about the Kuafu Race. Gazing at Hong Yu trapped in the God-Trapping Earth Prison, he sighed mournfully. "It's just a shame. Brother Hong Yu is such a prodigy. If he had just a few more years to cultivate, he would definitely reach the City Lord Level. What a pity…"

"Sigh, for such a great talent to fall like this!"

Ape Feng also looked on with regret.

Tan Hui frowned and muttered, "Not necessarily!"

"Hm?"

Everyone looked at him.

Tiger Wei said, "Tan Hui, don't you know how powerful the God-Trapping Earth Prison is? Even a City Lord would find it difficult to escape once trapped inside. Sigh, it's rare to meet a brother I get along with so well, and now he's going to fall just like that…"

"My lord…"

A few of the Cat Girl Warriors wanted to rush forward and help.

Bear Tao roared and restrained them. "Nonsense! Going over there now is just suicide."

The Cat Girl Warriors' eyes were red. "But… Her Majesty the Queen ordered us to protect our lord, even if we all die in battle…"

"Even if your Queen herself were here, she couldn't save him now."

Tiger Wei said in a low voice, "Brother Hong Yu is fighting for his life to protect you. You must value your own lives."

"We can't help Brother Hong Yu, but the few of us will definitely not let anyone harm you!"

Ape Feng said.

Tan Hui nodded.

They sealed the Cat Girl Warriors' cultivation and restrained them, not as prisoners.

It was just to assuage the trace of guilt in their hearts.

They didn't want the Cat Girl Warriors to rush to their deaths. The warriors understood this, of course. Their faces were ashen, filled with grief and indignation, able only to watch helplessly as Hong Yu died.

「At the same time.」

Hong Yu was sealed within the God-Trapping Earth Prison. It was formed from nine Earth Vein Long Dragons, harder than even Profound Iron and Refined Steel. Not even someone with City Lord Level power could hope to break it easily.

Hong Yu attacked again and again, making the entire God-Trapping Earth Prison tremble and hum, but he couldn't take that final step to completely destroy it.

"Damn it…"

Hong Yu's eyes were crimson with rage. He glared at the proudly standing Kuadi. "Kuafu Race, if I don't die today, I swear I'll slaughter your entire clan in the future!"

"Hmph, a prisoner dares to spout such nonsense? You will certainly die today!"

Kuadi snorted coldly, and the very earth trembled.

The nine Earth Vein Long Dragons constricted ever tighter, attempting to crush Hong Yu to death.

"Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant, hold them back for me!"

Hong Yu roared.

The illusion of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant roared at the sky. It stood a full eighty meters tall, its physique burly and its strength heaven-defying, forcefully resisting the slowly tightening Earth Vein Long Dragons.

The CLANG CLANG sound was incessant, like the beat of war drums, erupting in terrifying sparks.

'What a powerful Mystical Illusion. It hasn't even condensed into a physical Mystical Dharma Aspect, yet it can already resist the God-Trapping Earth Prison. This boy absolutely cannot be allowed to live!' Kuadi narrowed his eyes. He could feel waves of pain coming from the Earth Vein Long Dragons; clearly, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant was truly powerful.

Kuadi immediately looked at Ma Yuanpeng and the others. "Attack quickly and kill Hong Yu. This kid gives me a strange feeling. We must prevent any further complications!"

"I have my Ancestral Essence Blood! Combined with my Half-step City Lord Level Celestial Horse Arrows, I can definitely kill him!"

Ma Yuanpeng grinned viciously.

This time, he was also going all out, even condensing a tri-colored arrow. This was one of the Celestial Horse Race's Lifebound Arrows which, when combined with Ancestral Essence Blood, could slay a City Lord.

King Lingxiao's gaze turned cold. After a moment of contemplation, he said indifferently, "The Nine Heavens Divine Palace can suppress all creation. I will activate it with my full power and have it crush Hong Yu. There's no possibility of survival!"

Chen Tao's Heaven and Earth Magic Sword was wreathed in Order Divine Light, with Thunder surging around it like a coiling Thunder Dragon.

His eyes flashed with a sharp light as he sneered, "I will use my Life Essence Blood to power the Heaven and Earth Magic Sword. It can kill a City Lord, so using it to eliminate him is more than enough!"

"I have an ancient strange weapon. Its power is hundreds or even thousands of times greater than a Soul Crystal Cannon. It should be able to blast him to pieces!"

"I have an Ancient Poisonous Insect that can corrode one's heart. It should be able to heavily injure him!"

"Back when I was promoted to Divine King, the City Lord gifted me a Seventh-Grade Wild Beast Demon Crystal. Throwing it into the prison and detonating it would be like a City Lord self-destructing. It should be able to kill him!"

The Red-clothed God King's eyes were filled with venom. She was clearly still bitter about Hong Yu defeating her earlier. She cackled sinisterly, "This Chaotic Celestial Divine Silk can strangle a City Lord, but it requires me to entrust my Primordial Spirit to it, and the side effects are immense. I've never been willing to use it. But using it to kill Hong Yu today will be worth it!"

In that moment, the experts from the War Race and the Divine Cities all brought out their strongest trump cards.

They took out the Treasures they had been saving at the bottom of their chests, all for the sake of obliterating Hong Yu.

How treacherous the human heart is!

The allure of Treasures and the existence of the Venerable Golden Bone had overcome their consciences. Even though Hong Yu had never harmed their friends or family, even though most of them were meeting him for the very first time, they were now scrambling to be the one to kill him.

This is the nature of people: few will offer a helping hand in a time of need, but anyone will kick a man when he's down.

"Excellent! With everyone working together so sincerely, Hong Yu's death is certain!" Kuadi laughed aloud.

The Kuafu Race's cultivation didn't require special resources, and even powerful Primordial Weapons held little allure for them.

But the Venerable Golden Bone was completely different.

It contained Venerable Power and even the Dao of a Venerable. If one could comprehend it properly, one might even be able to set foot on the Path of the Ultimate Venerable.

Such a temptation was something that not even the transcendent Kuafu Race could resist.

"Attack!"

Following Kuadi's low roar, a dazzling, multicolored barrage of powerful attacks surged forward, threatening to overwhelm everything.

'Since I can't break out, I can only defend!'

Hong Yu sighed bitterly in his heart.

If he were free, he could have escaped with his Divine Demon Wings. But now, trapped by the God-Trapping Earth Prison, he was nothing more than a living target, waiting for his enemies' attacks.

Especially since those dozen or so experts were all unleashing their strongest ultimate attacks.

This made Hong Yu feel that his life was in danger.

"Fire Cloud Divine Armor!"

"Cyan Celestial Transformation Dragon Technique!"

"Nine Transformation Dragon God Technique!"

"World-Burning Golden Lotus…"

Red, cyan, black, and dark gold light surged around Hong Yu. Even the Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant shrank down, coalescing around his body to bolster his defenses.

It had now come to a moment of life and death.

If he could withstand this, then no matter how strong the God-Trapping Earth Prison was, it would surely be shattered by the barrage, and he would be able to escape.

But if he couldn't… then he might just die here today!

RUMBLE!

The first to arrive was the ancient strange weapon, which blasted out a beam of black light suffused with Void Power.

BOOM!

It blasted right through the God-Trapping Earth Prison and struck Hong Yu.

BANG!

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Elephant shrieked as it was blasted apart, cracks spreading across its form. Its eyes held a trace of fury. It had nullified a full ninety percent of the ancient weapon's power, but even so, the impact sent Hong Yu staggering back ten steps, his blood roiling as he coughed up a mouthful of it.

Following right behind it was the Seventh-Grade Wild Beast's Demon Crystal.

This was a Demon Crystal that was purple through and through.

The moment it entered the God-Trapping Earth Prison, it exploded with a BOOM, unleashing a brilliant purple light.

The purple light shot to the heavens, terrifying beyond compare.

The terrifying shockwave, powerful enough to heavily injure a City Lord, sent Hong Yu flying, slamming him hard against the prison wall.

Many of the cyan Dragon Scales on his body shattered. His flesh was mangled, the wounds so deep his bones were visible.

"Hahaha, hurry up and attack! He's already heavily injured!"

The Red-clothed God King's face twisted into a savage expression.

Powder fell from her gaudy, sickeningly made-up face, revealing a Bloodthirsty glint in her eyes.

"Chaotic Celestial Divine Silk!"

A roll of red Chaotic Celestial Divine Silk unfurled on the wind, instantly wrapping around Hong Yu and binding his limbs, rendering him immobile.

「At the same time…」

Chen Tao's sword was already slashing down.

It struck Hong Yu's left shoulder heavily. Blood gushed like a spring from the gaping wound. The bone in his left shoulder was sliced halfway through, and his arm hung limply at his side.

Hong Yu's face twitched. He roared hysterically, frantically trying to break free from the Chaotic Celestial Divine Silk's restraints.

But the Chaotic Celestial Divine Silk was too strange; Hong Yu simply couldn't break free.

A look of despair filled his eyes. Darkness descended from the sky as the Nine Heavens Divine Palace, roaring with the sound of a thousand galloping armies, pressed down on him. The immense pressure nearly bent Hong Yu's spine, and the blood in his veins churned like boiling water.

He spat out a mouthful of blood.

It filled the air with a horrifying mist of blood.

"Kill!"

The Divine Arrow in Ma Yuanpeng's hand, stained with the Life Essence Blood of a Celestial Horse Race ancestor, came whistling through the air.

It pierced the sky and tore through the void.

A huge black hole appeared in the void, and violent void storms coiled around the arrow like angry dragons as it shot toward the space between Hong Yu's eyebrows.

At this moment, Hong Yu's Fire Cloud Divine Armor was cracked, his Dragon Scales were shattered, his body was a bloody mess, and his Life Force was draining away rapidly. Furthermore, he was bound tightly by the Chaotic Celestial Divine Silk, unable to struggle free. He had no way to dodge this sudden arrow.

If it hit him, his head would undoubtedly explode.

It was a dead end!

As the aura of death enveloped him, Hong Yu's gaze flickered violently. Images flashed through his mind: the hazy memory of his parents, Yun Mengyao's innocent smile, and the pale face of Beichen Celestial Frost as she stepped forward to save him, blocking Hai Tongtian's fatal blow.

He thought of so many things…

"No, I can't die! I absolutely cannot die!"

"I still have so much to do! I can't die…"

"No one is taking my life!"

At this crucial juncture between life and death, a crimson torrent suddenly surged through Hong Yu's eyes, flooding his vision with blood. The madness hidden deep within his bones was once again stimulated and awakened.

"You forced my hand! You're the ones who forced me to do this…"

Hong Yu roared at the sky like an enraged War God, like a despairing deity. As he roared madly, he actually stirred the heavens, summoning rolling black clouds and a great storm. Amidst the sweeping gale and torrential rain, an incomparably terrifying pressure suddenly emanated from Hong Yu's right hand.

He let out a hysterical roar at the sky…

"Blood… Sacrifice…"