Chapter 224

Chapter 224: A Sliver of Life

Right as the blood-robed youth died, Black Crow Mountain, which was thousands of kilometers away, suddenly burst forth with an extremely terrifying aura as though the apocalypse had arrived .

Every living creature on Black Crow Mountain was scared out of their wits, sprawling on the ground motionlessly .

“Who!”

“Who is it!”

“How dare you kill my disciple!”

From the depths of Black Crow Mountain, a deep and sinister roar came from a huge palace that contained endless fury and killing intent .

“I’m going to tear you to pieces and turn your bones to ashes!”

Boom!

Accompanied by a deafening bang, the entire palace shook violently . The blood mist around it grew thicker and was almost materialized .

The entire palace seemed to be floating in a sea of blood, faintly discernible .

A figure rushed out from the palace and suddenly opened his mouth, sucking hard!

Splash!

The sea of blood surged, forming a huge vortex that gushed into the figure’s open mouth relentlessly .

In the blink of an eye, the sea of blood disappeared .

A middle-aged man stood in the air with his black hair draped over his shoulders . His face was thin and he wore a dark red robe while a sinister gaze shone from his faint green eyes .

“Caw, caw!”

Suddenly, an ear-piercing screech could be heard from Black Crow Mountain .

Initially, that sound was far away . However, it came close in the blink of an eye .

A gigantic crow with bloodshot eyes was flapping its wings, streaking across the skies of Black Crow Mountain and approaching .

That was the king among the many blood-eyed crows of Black Crow Mountain .

The Blood Crow King!

When the Blood Crow Palace’s Lord first arrived at Black Crow Mountain, this crow was the first creature he subdued .

It had gained quite a bit of benefits by following Blood Crow Palace’s Lord . By now, its cultivation was already equivalent to the peak of a Nascent Soul!

“Master!”

The Blood Crow King arrived at the skies above the palace and suddenly descended . When it landed on the ground, it transformed into a black-robed cultivator who knelt on the ground with a respectful expression .

“Come, follow me out there . ”

The gaze of Blood Crow Palace’s Lord was ice cold as he said in a chilling voice, “I want to see who’s the one who dares lay a hand on my disciple! I’ll make him pay with his blood!”

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Dongling Valley .

The blood-robed youth perished in a pool of blood .

The time it took for three rounds was merely a couple of seconds – it was too short .

The two Golden Core reinforcements were too far away to be able to arrive in time to save the blood-robed youth!

Upon seeing this scene, the two Golden Cores were dumbfounded .

Both of them seemed to have thought of something terrifying as the color drained from their faces . Looking terrible, their bodies shivered faintly .

The blood-robed youth was the only legacy disciple of Blood Crow Palace’s Lord .

They arrived at Dongling Valley while escorting the blood-robed youth . Now that the blood-robed youth had died tragically here, the Palace Lord might take it out on them in a fit of anger!

Their only chance of survival was on the green-robed cultivator not far away .

They had to capture this person alive and present him to the Palace Lord – that was their hope for survival!

Swash! Swash!

Their eyes turned bloodshot and their faces were filled with killing intent . Circulating the spirit energy in their dantian fervently, they charged in Su Zimo’s direction at top speed .

On the other side, Su Zimo had exhausted almost all of his stamina after killing the blood-robed youth in three moves and was now panting .

Be it in terms of combination, strength or timing, those three moves were executed to his limits .

He had managed to kill a four meridian Foundation Establishment Cultivator in a one-on-one fight .

Even if Su Zimo was in peak condition, he may not have been able to produce that feat .

If not the fact that he was able to unleash a formidable power of blood qi given his lesser mastery of the Organs Refinement section as well as the blood-robed youth’s loss of courage resulting in a weakness in his aura, it would be hard to tell who would have been the victor .

After killing the blood-robed youth, Su Zimo turned around and looked at the two Golden Cores nearby with a hint of mockery in his eyes .

Swoosh!

Flicking his sleeves, a supreme-grade flying sword shot out .

Shing!

The first thing Su Zimo did was to cut open Yu Fei’s chest with the flying sword to retrieve the demon beast Inner Core within .

Right after, he sliced off the blood-robed youth’s head and took the latter’s storage bag .

“This person is dead and his head is with me . If you want it, come and take it! Hahahaha!”

Su Zimo held the blood-robed youth’s head in his hands as he threw his head back and laughed uproariously with a loud voice that rang in all directions .

Su Zimo’s current location was quite far away – he was almost at the boundaries of Dongling Valley .

Coupled with the fact that he had killed the blood-robed youth in three moves, that speed was so fast that no one else had noticed it other than the two Golden Cores that arrived .

However, his voice was reverberating through Dongling Valley endlessly right now and everyone could hear it clear and well .

The clash between both sides met with a momentary pause .

Be it the cultivators of Blood Crow Palace or disciples of Ethereal Peak, regardless of their cultivation realms, they glanced at Su Zimo’s direction subconsciously .

Following that, everyone’s expressions changed drastically!

The disciples of Ethereal Peak let out joyous looks .

However, the masses of Blood Crow Palace were pale as a sheet, looking ashen .

“Capture that person alive! Don’t let him escape!”

Peng Fei roared in anger .

There were now only eight Golden Cores of Blood Crow Palace that were surrounding Wen Xuan and Elder Yu .

The moment they heard Peng Fei’s roar, two more Golden Cores left the battlefield and sprinted in the direction of Su Zimo with lightning speed .

Poof! Poof! Poof!

The pressure on Wen Xuan decreased drastically . He took advantage of a Golden Core’s absent-minded state and shot forth with his phenomenon .

Many slender raindrops poured down on that person’s body, producing countless bloody holes on his body .

With a dimmed gaze, that person fell from midair .

Peng Fei grit his teeth . He had planned on capturing Su Zimo personally, but now, he had no choice but to stay here .

Swallowing a mouthful of elixirs, Peng Fei frantically circulated his spirit energy and activated the power of the storm, hoping to kill Wen Xuan and Elder Yu as soon as possible .

In the air, there were many blood-eyed crows that were surrounding the remaining forty odd disciples of Ethereal Peak initially . Now, all the blood-eyed crows swarmed in Su Zimo’s direction with bloodshot eyes .

More than half of the hundreds of Foundation Establishment Cultivators from Blood Crow Palace were diverted away as well .

As such, the pressure on the people of Ethereal Peak decreased immensely!

Everyone suddenly caught sight of a glimmer of hope – a sliver of life!

Due to the death of the blood-robed youth, the entire situation had taken on a slight, mysterious change .

The battlefield was in a mess .

No matter what, Qin Yu and Ji Chengtian were legacy disciples of Ethereal Peak . One at five meridian and the other at four meridian Foundation Establishment, they were extremely strong .

As long as they could make use of this situation to escape from Dongling Valley and send a message to the sect, everyone would have a chance of surviving!

On the other side, there were now four Golden Cores that were rushing at Su Zimo!

The blood-eyed crows in the skies were swarming over alongside more than half of the Foundation Establishment Cultivators on the ground .

That massive army was akin to a raging wave that was surging over!

In the face of the oncoming wave, Su Zimo appeared extremely minuscule and he was almost drowned by the dense crowd and the blood-eyed crows that covered the skies .

One could imagine his ending .