Chapter 90: The Grand Blood Sacrifice Array

The sect master of Cloud Ridge Sect let out a wild, frantic howl, his entire body seeming ready to drag Bai Feiyu and the others down to the grave with him.

Bai Feiyu and the rest did not answer. Instead, they met the sect master’s madness with icy silence.

Meanwhile, Shi Yuan’s opponent had already been driven completely onto the defensive under Shi Yuan’s relentless assault. Defeat was now only a matter of time.

“Very well, very well. Since you force this old man, then I can only fight to the death with you!”

“Geh heh... little brats, your talent is indeed not bad. What a pity you insisted on meddling where you should not.”

“Now, you will all be buried with Cloud Ridge Sect!”

As he spoke, the sect master of Cloud Ridge Sect murmured an eerie incantation, and in an instant the surroundings erupted in turmoil.

At the same time, one of the sect’s elder experts who was locked in battle with Shi Yuan changed color dramatically and barked, “Sect Master, have you gone mad? At this rate, all our efforts will be wasted!”

“I can’t care about that anymore! If this goes on, everyone will die!”

The sect master shrieked hysterically. In the next instant, Bai Feiyu and the others saw the great protective array of the entire Return-to-Void Sect begin to rumble violently. In a flash, the light barrier overhead turned blood-red, and all the disciples instantly abandoned resistance, clutching their heads and screaming miserably.

“Sect Master, no!”

“Sect Master, you can’t do this! We’ve followed you for so long!”

“Sect Master, do you really have the heart to let it all go?”

As they screamed, the flesh and skin on many disciples’ bodies began to peel away from their bones, and one by one they collapsed onto the ground, never to rise again.

Bai Feiyu and Qian Shuang stared in horror.

What in the world was happening?

Those fallen disciples had been drained of their energy by the great array in an instant. Then all that power gathered together and surged toward the sect master.

“Hahahaha! Little brats, this time you are doomed!”

The sect master of Cloud Ridge Sect laughed maniacally. Not far away, the two elders at the Shackles Realm were also ground into dust in an instant, all the energy within them having been absorbed by the sect master.

At once, the sect master’s aura surged upward in great strides. Before long, he broke through to the second level of the Shackles Realm.

And his cultivation was still climbing.

“Damn it, he’s devouring other people’s lives and cultivation to raise his own!”

“To think Cloud Ridge Sect’s master knows such a vile art!”

Qian Shuang suddenly seemed to remember something, and her face changed drastically.

“Stop him!”

Bai Feiyu, Shi Yuan, and Yang Fan shot forward at once, trying to interrupt the sect master’s breakthrough with brute force.

But all struggle was futile.

A layer of energy shield had long since protected the sect master. Bai Feiyu and the other two attacked like mad, yet they could not break through that turtle shell in the short term. They could only watch helplessly as the sect master’s cultivation kept rising within.

In that instant, Bai Feiyu and the others understood: this time, the sect master of Cloud Ridge Sect was truly going to be ruthless.

Soon enough, the sect master completed his breakthrough. He had entered the second level of the Shackles Realm, only one step away from the third. Unfortunately, the energy here simply could not support him pushing further.

If Bai Feiyu and the others had not interfered with his empowerment earlier, then breaking through to the third level of the Shackles Realm would have been a certainty.

“What a pity. You ruined my empowerment and left me stranded at the second level of the Shackles Realm.”

“Still, it does not matter. After I kill you, I can use your energy instead. Perhaps that will be enough to break through.”

“Losing Cloud Ridge Sect may not even be a bad thing. At the very least, I won’t have to fret over it anymore.”

“And with the strength of the third level of the Shackles Realm, and all of Cloud Ridge Sect’s accumulated foundation, I will have countless roads before me, whether I choose to establish a new sect or join some other great sect.”

“Fortunately, I had already foreseen that such a day might come, and made preparations long ago.”

“Otherwise, I might truly have fallen into your hands, you little brats.”

“Little things, you had a fine time beating me before, didn’t you? Now it is my turn.”

“Heh heh... the daughter of the Return-to-Void Sect’s master, a figure like her would likely have been beyond my reach before. But now, I’m going to take my time with her. I’ll make the daughter of the Return-to-Void Sect’s master your eternal forbidden possession!”

With that, the sect master moved at once. In the next instant, he hurled a fist straight at Bai Feiyu and the others.

Though he coveted Qian Shuang, he understood very well that the first priority was to eliminate Bai Feiyu, Yang Fan, and Shi Yuan, the three Shackles Realm experts. Once they were dealt with, Qian Shuang would have nowhere to run.

“All together!”

Facing a second-level Shackles Realm expert, Bai Feiyu had never encountered such a foe before. He also knew that within the Shackles Realm, even a single level of difference meant a world apart. This was nothing like before.

This time, the pressure on him was far greater.

Boom!

On the first exchange between Bai Feiyu, Yang Fan, Shi Yuan, and the sect master of Cloud Ridge Sect, Bai Feiyu and the others were forced back several steps before they could steady themselves. In an instant, they understood that this sect master was not easy to deal with.

If this dragged into a prolonged battle, it was impossible to say who would win.

“Damn it!”

Bai Feiyu cursed under his breath and drew the God of War Spear, preparing to wage another bitter struggle against the sect master.

But the sect master suddenly changed tactics and charged straight toward Yang Fan.

From their previous exchange, the sect master had realized that if he continued entangling with these little brats, he might waste too much time. By then, Qian Shuang might seize the opportunity to flee.

And Bai Feiyu was clearly the hardest one to deal with.

However, as a second-level Shackles Realm expert, his speed was naturally not something Bai Feiyu and the others could match.

First, he would eliminate Yang Fan and Shi Yuan, or at least render them unable to fight. Only then could he devote all his energy to dealing with Bai Feiyu and quickly defeat him.

“Careful!”

Seeing the sect master of Cloud Ridge Sect rush toward Yang Fan, Bai Feiyu instantly understood his plan.

At once, Bai Feiyu and Shi Yuan rushed over, trying to save Yang Fan in time.

But in the end, they were still a step too late. At the speed of a second-level Shackles Realm expert, they were too slow.

The sect master descended from the air and struck Yang Fan with a single punch. Yang Fan’s face changed dramatically, and he was unable to withstand it. He was sent crashing to the ground, grievously injured and all but stripped of combat ability.

Just as the sect master was about to strike Yang Fan again, Bai Feiyu and Shi Yuan arrived.

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