CHAPTER 336: CHAPTER 313: TODAY, NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LEAVE

"The youngest is dead?!"

In a sumptuous pleasure villa, a sudden roar erupted.

The hall, once filled with seductive music, was now a scene of devastation. All the women had been impaled by countless vine tendrils, their faces twisted in agony as they lay on the ground. Blood and limbs were scattered about, still faintly steaming.

With dark expressions, the surviving six Vine Demons exchanged glances, at first in silence.

Then, unable to suppress the grins spreading across their faces, they began to let out hearty laughs of satisfaction and pleasure.

"HAHAHA! Good riddance, good riddance! I wondered why my cultivation suddenly surged—turns out the seventh one is dead."

"How exhilarating! The seven of us brothers, all from the same source, were hindered by our blood ties from turning on each other; otherwise, I’d have killed you all long ago."

"Who wouldn’t agree? But the seventh’s death is mysterious. He even took the Withering Prosperity Staff with him, yet he still died. Hey, that’s right, where is the Withering Prosperity Staff? Why didn’t it return?"

After their laughter, the six Vine Demons suddenly remembered something. They quickly stood up, their eyes meeting with grim contemplation.

All seven of them were born from the desires of the Sovereign of Myriad Vines.

Initially, the Sovereign of Myriad Vines, for certain considerations, had split his own desires into seven parts to create them; they all originated from the same source.

When any one of the Vine Demons died, his power would be evenly distributed among the remaining ones.

Therefore, the six Vine Demons were so elated after Wu Qi’s death, for they were aberrations born from malevolent desires.

They had no normal emotions or even rational thought.

For them, the death of a comrade that led to an increase in their own power was indeed a matter for great joy, even celebration!

If Qi Xiu appeared before them at this moment, they might even thank him before brutally besieging him to death.

Just as the six Vine Demons were bewildered by Wu Qi’s death and the disappearance of the Withering Prosperity Staff, a terrified and panic-stricken lesser demon suddenly rushed in. It fell to its knees with a thud, shouting loudly, "Burning, burning, burning..."

"Sizzling? What’s sizzling?" one of the Vine Demons asked, a glint in its eyes as it licked its lips. The others mirrored its eager curiosity.

"It’s on fire!" the lesser demon clarified.

Before the Vine Demons could frown, still puzzled about what kind of "sizzling" the little demon meant, the brilliant crimson that suddenly filled the sky outside grabbed their attention.

"Hmm?"

Finally sensing that something was amiss, the Vine Demons leaped out to look down from above.

The mountains were ablaze in resplendent red, flames soaring to the sky.

Countless flames, like wild, dancing red snakes, sprang from the base of the mountain, rampaging upwards, snaking and spreading through the dark and deep caverns.

Flames licked the cold rocks, turning them into scorching lava.

Beneath the glow of the fire, the mountains seemed cloaked in a layer of crimson gauze. The leaping sparks, like a meteor shower, were dazzling, piercing the clouds and illuminating half the sky.

"Someone is setting fire to Ten Thousand Caves Mountain!"

Their pupils trembled. The Vine Demons couldn’t believe that among these ’livestock’ who had entered the mountain, there was someone with such audacious courage!

Qi Xiu’s act of setting fire to Ten Thousand Caves Mountain had, by this time, also been noticed by the outside world.

The fire surged violently, like an unstoppable torrent, enveloping the entire mountain and making the already riddled mountain range look even more fragmented.

Under the illumination of the firelight, the mountain seemed like a giant furnace, with flames rolling and heat waves tumbling, even distorting the air with its high temperature.

A huge fire raged within Ten Thousand Caves Mountain!

Their faces flickering in the bright firelight, the six Kings glanced at each other.

"What should we do? It seems something bad is happening inside. Old Wu, what’s going on with you? Didn’t you say it was absolutely safe?"

His eyes emitting a terrifying light, the Red Stream Sovereign spoke in a low reprimand. If it weren’t for this critical moment, he would have dealt with this boastful old vine himself.

"Impossible! With my children guarding, unless a Dao Body Realm expert personally arrives, a few Blood-Stained Realm individuals could never overpower them!"

The Sovereign of Myriad Vines knew the strength of his seven children well.

Once the seven vines united, combined with his Withering Prosperity Staff, their combat power could rival that of a Dao Expert.

How could they possibly be defeated by a few from the Blood-Stained Realm? He had absolute confidence in this matter.

"You’d better be telling the truth! If something goes wrong, you’ll be the first to get cut down!"

With a cold snort, the Red Stream Sovereign turned his head to look at Ten Thousand Caves Mountain. Also a practitioner of fire-based Divine Marvels, he could sense that inside the mountain, someone was constantly gathering the worldly fire essence and then frantically purifying and refining it.

If left unchecked, this fire would truly burn Ten Thousand Caves Mountain to the ground!

"Found him!"

Following the raging flames, the six Vine Demons traced their way back against the fire. By this time, Ten Thousand Caves Mountain had already become a sea of flames.

All the cave spaces had been ignited by the worldly fire essence Qi Xiu had gathered.

Breaking through the barriers between the caves, the six Vine Demons finally saw the originator of this massive fire.

In this vast world, a young Daoist stood above the clouds, surrounded by a glittering and dazzling firelight, so intense and fiery it seemed forged from fragments of Taiyang.

The firelight extended a long shadow behind him, like a mighty and mysterious flame vortex in a tornado.

This Daoist’s face was delicate, yet his gaze was as sharp as a knife. Every gesture he made was filled with a soul-stirring sense of power, as if a mere flick of his wrist could stir the universe into turmoil and set the sky ablaze.

At his feet, a colossal purple tiger lay quietly—a fierce beast with dazzling purple eyes and shimmering fur, its eyes half-closed, seemingly napping lazily.

The presence of this purple tiger further accentuated the young Daoist’s incomparable aura, imbuing the entire scene with an extraordinary solemnity and oppressive might.

Noticing the arrival of the six Vine Demons, Qi Xiu slowly opened his eyes. A wisp of intensely dazzling golden light shone within them, like the first rays of the rising sun.

"It was you who killed our youngest," Wu Yi said, taking a step forward and sizing up the young Daoist before him.

The aura of the Blood-Stained Double Realm. How could someone with such low cultivation possibly have killed the Seventh? And how could he have summoned such a heaven-enveloping fire that swept across the entire Ten Thousand Caves Mountain? Could there be others lying in ambush? No matter. Today, however many come, I’ll kill them all—let them all stay here at Ten Thousand Caves Mountain!

After a brief moment of hesitation, the six Vine Demons ferociously attacked in unison. Their terrifying and brutal demonic aura spread as if tangible, annihilating the fire clouds in all directions. Even from hundreds of miles away, their assault caused the space surrounding Qi Xiu to ripple.

Six Great Demons at the peak of the Blood-Stained Realm attacked simultaneously.

In that instant, the sky and earth darkened.

A frightening glint flashed in Qi Xiu’s eyes as he abruptly rose. His aura, as deep and vast as the ocean, surged like a colossal wave from a ten-thousand-meter abyss!

He lightly lifted his right hand, and it was as if the Great Dao itself flowed between his fingertips, concealing profound and infinite Mana.

As he waved his hand, countless multicolored Talisman Scripts poured out like a meteor shower, interweaving and spiraling in the air, changing instantaneously, unfolding like a magnificent scroll between heaven and earth.

Radiant splendor flared continuously as the Talisman Scripts shot out, accompanied by thunderous roars that shook the four corners of the earth. Each script contained indescribably powerful energy.

Cloud Seal Talismans!

Hidden Thunder Heavy Pupil!

Gourd Sword Skill!

White Bone Demonic Dao!

Yama’s Golden Chapter!

Talisman Array Tao!

Dragon Might Spell!

Formless Fire Emperor!

An endless array of Dharma Gates poured out from Qi Xiu’s hands; the might of the Six Arts Dao Idiot was fully unleashed at that moment.

With his power alone, he suppressed the six Vine Demons, leaving them no room to breathe!

Bombarded by Qi Xiu’s relentless attacks, the Vine Demons scurried in panic, desperately trying to hide. Damn it, no wonder the Seventh died! they all thought. This young Daoist, seemingly only at the second layer of the Blood-Stained Realm and appearing so vulnerable, is overwhelmingly powerful from his very first move! Is he even human? How does he have the True Source to control so many techniques simultaneously?!

Raising his hand, a Spirit-Extinguishing Slash heavily wounded Wu San. Qi Xiu then swept his sleeve, and Universe in the Sleeve directly sucked him in.

With Qi Xiu’s current mastery of Universe in the Sleeve, he couldn’t trap an existence at the Blood-Stained Peak.

But he did it knowingly, not to trap Wu San, but to employ another technique!

In a space of murky greyness, with no sense of up or down.

Suddenly swept into the robe’s sleeve, Wu San was first shocked. Then he quickly realized he had been taken into a special space. His eyes sharpened, and he rapidly mobilized his cultivation, ready to tear through the Cosmic Bi and break free.

These six Vine Demons, being manifestations of malicious desires, possessed an exceedingly vile temperament.

But they also inherited the Dao Body Realm experience and consciousness of the Sovereign of Myriad Vines.

In the blink of an eye, he thought of a way to break free.

Yet, in that fleeting instant, a large hand shimmering with colorful light suddenly reached down from above. A terrifying force of suction made Wu San’s face drastically change.

This is!

As the colorful hand clamped down on him, Wu San was about to struggle when the suction force of the Star Absorption Skill erupted.

"You..."

All the vigor, flesh, and cultivation in his body drained away like floodwaters bursting through a dam, sucked away completely at an inconceivable speed.

In this Qiankun Cosmic Bi, Qi Xiu could suppress and limit any enemies drawn inside.

Similarly, his own techniques could be amplified.

For instance... a hundredfold Star Absorption Skill!

"The Third is dead?"

The smiles had just begun to form on their lips when the five remaining Vine Demons immediately grew alert.

This Daoist is incredibly formidable! He actually killed the Third instantly?!

If he could kill the Third, he could naturally kill them too!

Standing with his hands behind his back above the clouds, Qi Xiu nonchalantly tossed Wu San’s drained husk to them, his eyes cold.

"Today, none of you will escape."

「Deep within Ten Thousand Caves Mountain.」

While Qi Xiu single-handedly engaged all six Vine Demons, holding them off, another group took advantage of the Vine Demons having poured out of their stronghold. They reached the deepest part of Ten Thousand Caves Mountain, arriving before that immense manor.

"It should be here," Song Nian remarked, holding a star disc that resembled green jade. He unleashed over a hundred spells, and the ever-moving needle on the star disc finally stabilized, pointing directly at the manor before them.

"We need to be quick. Qi is facing six enemies alone, and it may not go well for him. Once we finish here, we must go help him immediately."

Looking up at the giant manor before him, Zhao Zaiyang slightly tilted his head to glance at the Mo Jiao coiling around his left arm.