Stepping into the passage, everyone felt a chilling gust of wind blowing from the opposite side. To be cautious, both the Golden Core cultivators and the Foundation Establishment cultivators activated their spiritual energy shields.
The ancient cultivator ruins with some remaining restrictions could be quite dangerous. Only the cautious could live long.
The passage wasn't long, and they quickly traversed half the distance. Suddenly, a strange 'coo coo' sound came from the exit on the other side.
Then, a black shadow about ten feet in size pounced straight at them. Upon closer inspection, it was a huge bat, its entire body blood red. The bat was emitting black gas, actually a Tier 3 demonic beast.
Seeing this, Chen Qing, who was at the forefront, changed his expression. At the same time, the two Foundation Establishment men beside him were the first to attack.
A cyan-blue flying sword and a flame-red flying knife shot out. Both of these men were in the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and the magical artifacts they used were also top-grade, instantly killing the Tier 3 bat.
Zhang Ling glanced at the blood-red bat. This was a demonic beast called a Blood Bat, said to be inherently violent and often appearing in colonies.
As soon as he had this thought, he sensed something. He looked towards the opposite exit and saw a dark mass of Blood Bats, cooing and screeching as they flew towards them.
Judging by the number, there were probably hundreds of them, a large portion being Tier 2 and 3 demonic beasts, and about a dozen had even reached Tier 4.
"Hmph, quickly deal with these demonic beasts."
Old Man Yangshan's face darkened. He flicked the horsetail whisk in his hand, spiritual light flashing on it. With a wave of his hand, more than a dozen blue light spheres appeared. These attacks struck the Blood Bat swarm even faster. After a few loud explosions, they blasted the seven or eight Blood Bats at the front to death, splattering blood on the ground.
Zhang Ling and the others also quickly took action. After the few Golden Core cultivators made their moves, a large portion of the Blood Bats were instantly killed, posing no threat to them.
Ah!
Just as they were about to clear out these obstructing Blood Bats in a few more breaths, a sudden scream came. Then, a series of screams rang out.
The three Foundation Establishment cultivators standing at the forefront wailed and fell to the ground. Traces of blood flowed from their bodies, as if they had suffered some unknown attack.
Zhang Ling's divine sense swept across the divine senses of these people and observed secret small holes appearing in their foreheads, from which streams of blood were flowing.
But the miserable state of these people wasn't just caused by some attack. He hadn't noticed any other attacks just now. He immediately sensed something was wrong.
At this moment, the purple jade walls on both the left and right sides had turned blood red at some point. A layer of faint purple mist suddenly rose. The mist was rapidly spreading towards where they were.
Strangely, once the Foundation Establishment cultivators were covered by this mist, they seemed to have no resistance at all. Blood flowed from their bodies, and several more cultivators died instantly.
In an instant, these Foundation Establishment disciples were swallowed by the purple mist and turned into puddles of blood.
This scene changed the expressions of several people. Zhang Ling's heart stirred, and he strengthened his own spiritual light shield, instantly condensing it into three Mystic Light Shields. At the same time, he held several Ling talismans in his hand.
Old Man Yangshan and the others naturally observed this scene as well, their faces sinking. Seven or eight Foundation Establishment cultivators had died or were injured in an instant.
Old Man Yangshan's face was gloomy. He couldn't help but look at the purple jade walls on both sides. Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, and he said with a frown, "Not good, this seems to be Purple Blood Jade. We must rush out of the passage quickly."
After his reminder, everyone immediately strengthened their own spiritual energy defenses and used wind manipulation techniques to rush towards the exit ahead.
Purple Blood Jade was a rare material, also a special spiritual ore on which spiritual patterns couldn't be engraved. Once Blood Jade absorbed a large amount of blood energy, it would release a strange mist. Any living being entering it would suffer an invisible attack and instantly turn into a pool of blood.
Knowing what had happened here, Zhang Ling and the other Golden Core cultivators calmed down instead.
Zhang Ling rushed into the purple mist, and the spiritual energy shield around his body immediately emitted a low hum. He sensed that the spiritual energy shield was being stimulated by extremely fine steel needles.
But his divine sense didn't observe any attacks. This invisible attack came from all directions, and the intensity of the attack wasn't weak.
No wonder those Foundation Establishment disciples couldn't resist it.
Rushing at the front was Old Man Yangshan, a layer of blue spiritual light appearing on his body, enveloping and protecting himself and Chen Qing inside. The horsetail whisk in his hand brushed and brushed in front, and the sound of explosions was constant for a time. All the obstructing blood-colored bats were smashed into pieces.
He instantly opened up a passage.
At the same time, once these Blood Bats rushed into the purple mist, they also suffered invisible attacks and turned into puddles of blood. All of this blood energy was absorbed by the purple jade on both sides, releasing more mist.
The denser the purple mist, the stronger the invisible attacks within it.
It sounds like a long time, but these situations only happened in a few short breaths.
Everyone moved quickly, instantly rushing out of this short Purple Jade passage. The other side was a cliff area.
Fortunately, the cliff wasn't high, and the surroundings seemed spacious. They arrived at a large space filled with stalactites. A bluestone-paved road could be seen on the ground. The stone road extended far into the distance, and at the end was a dark mass of buildings.
A faint blue light curtain could also be seen, seemingly another formation restriction.
But before everyone could observe further, strange 'coo coo' sounds rang out in the sky. Looking up, they could see countless blood-colored bats flying out of the sky.
The number was much larger than before, looking like there were thousands of them. It was as if they had poked a bat nest. The three Blood Bats flying at the front were not to be underestimated. They were actually three high-level demonic beasts, one with Tier 6 strength and two with Tier 5.
The high-level Blood Bats were huge. The Tier 6 Blood Bat flapped its huge wings and glided for thirty to forty feet, approaching the group.
This Blood Bat had a strong bloody aura. It could be seen that its body was covered with white jade-like bone spurs, making it look very狰狞(zheng ning- fierce/狰狞 is kept for cultural context).
Two strange 'chi chi' sounds were emitted from its mouth, which sounded very sharp in the ears. The sound was accompanied by a visible wave of air, rushing towards everyone.
This was a sonic attack.
Hmph!
Old Man Yangshan looked at the dense bats in the sky, snorted coldly, and immediately took action.
He quickly flicked his hand, and the horsetail whisk magic weapon instantly transformed. Under the urging of the spell, it emitted a dark blue spiritual light and then transformed into a ten-foot-long blue dragon.
With a flash of spiritual light, the blue dragon opened its mouth and spewed out countless blue silk threads. These threads emitted a large amount of cold air, turning into ice needles and stabbing away.
They hit the Blood Bats, and there was a sound of metal striking metal.
The blue dragon moved quickly, approaching the Blood Bat and entangling the Tier 6 demonic beast. A large amount of cold air instantly diffused, covering the surrounding thirty to forty feet.
The other two Tier 5 Blood Bats were also instantly suppressed by Fire Dragon Daoist and the bald-headed Shen old man.
