Chapter 119: Crimson Moon

Han Li saw this, his form flickered as he swiftly withdrew from the blood mist and plummeted toward the ground. Just as his toes were about to touch the surface, a cold gleam suddenly flashed in his eyes. He raised an arm and punched toward a certain spot in the blood mist above.

A blood-red human figure flashed out from the blood mist, one arm reaching down with fingers hooked like claws toward Han Li's head. Five streaks of blood-colored sharp energy coiled out from the fingertips, meeting Han Li's fist shadow head-on.

With a thunderous boom!

The moment they clashed, both sides trembled and scattered. The blood-colored humanoid monster's arm exploded with a bang, and its figure was sent flying backward by the immense counterforce, vanishing back into the blood mist.

Han Li's form flickered as he barely steadied himself. From the blood mist not far away, a series of sharp whistling sounds suddenly rang out.

Where the sound came from, countless azure wind blades erupted, sweeping in all directions, slicing the thick blood mist into shreds and clearing a large space. Jiao Ba and his incarnation were locked in combat with another blood-colored monster, but the incarnation's body was covered in wounds, having apparently suffered a considerable loss.

Meanwhile, Lu Kun's incarnation, which had fallen earlier, had also scrambled to its feet and, together with Lu Kun's main body that had appeared from somewhere, was fighting yet another blood-colored monster.

Just then, after the blood mist in midair roiled slightly, the blood-colored monster that Han Li had sent flying leaped out again, but its previously shattered arm was now completely intact.

As soon as it appeared, it once again transformed into a blood shadow and shot toward Han Li.

Han Li advanced instead of retreating, meeting it head-on. He struck several more punches, sending the opponent flying backward with its body nearly shattered.

However, at the wounds of this blood-colored monster, streaks of blood-red threads quickly formed, pulling and fusing together. With a roll of blood mist around its body, it recovered completely.

In just a few breaths, a fully intact blood-colored monster charged at Han Li again.

Seeing this, Han Li couldn't help but frown slightly.

This blood-colored monster was quite similar to the water giant that Lu Kun had summoned earlier, especially in this location where it held the advantage of terrain and timing, impervious to ordinary brute force attacks, almost reaching a state of immortality.

If this stalemate continued, even if he could hold on, Lu Kun and Jiao Ba, severely injured, would likely not last much longer.

At the same time, the roars of tigers echoed incessantly in midair.

Gongshu Hong was surrounded by blood qi, with six giant tigers formed from blood mist circling before him, locked in fierce combat with Jiao San.

Perhaps because he was simultaneously controlling the three blood-colored monsters below, the blood light around him appeared somewhat dim. Under the attack of Jiao San's giant crimson sword, the blood mist tigers struggled to cope, showing signs of being overwhelmed.

"You've finally separated from your incarnation. Time to die!" Jiao San sneered coldly. His aura suddenly surged several times, becoming wild and violent.

His entire body rapidly grew taller under a burst of dazzling crimson light, covered in crimson scales. Two thick dragon horns sprouted from his forehead, and fangs protruded from his mouth. He instantly transformed into a half-human, half-jiao form, with his arms becoming especially thick and powerful.

At the same time, a torrent of crimson runes surged from the giant crimson sword in his hand, swirling and causing the world's spiritual energy in the entire underground cavern to fluctuate wildly. Countless specks of light emerged from nowhere and poured into the sword like a tide. Then, gripping the sword with both hands, he slashed fiercely at Gongshu Hong.

A boom echoed through the void!

A crescent-shaped sword light nearly a hundred zhang long flashed out, its surface radiating a brilliant crimson halo. A trace of violent flame law power emanated faintly from within, leaving only a fiery red thin line in its wake, distorting the surrounding void.

Seeing this, Gongshu Hong quickly shot backward. At the same time, he raised both hands, and two blood-colored flying claws shot out, instantly expanding to several tens of zhang in the wind, emitting dazzling light as they crossed to block in front of him.

Simultaneously, the six blood mist tigers before him also pounced forward, spewing thick, translucent blood-colored beams from their mouths, which shot toward the crimson thin line at lightning speed.

A soft sound!

The fiery red thin line easily severed the two flying claws, then collided with the blood-colored beams.

A series of crisp bangs!

The beams exploded into large patches of blood mist, and the six blood mist tigers were swept away and extinguished by the crimson light radiance stirred up by the sword light.

The fiery red thin line blurred, and the next moment, as if teleporting, appeared before Gongshu Hong.

At that moment, a layer of blood-colored crystalline light emerged on Gongshu Hong's body, forming a translucent crystal armor.

However, the fiery red thin line tore through the crystal armor on his body like a hot knife through butter and slashed into his body.

Rumble!

Blinding crimson flames erupted violently, mixed with surging law fluctuations, instantly engulfing Gongshu Hong. The void within several hundred zhang around twisted violently, as if about to melt.

After this slash, Jiao San's aura also dropped by fifty or sixty percent.

Swoosh!

A blurry blood shadow shot out from the rolling flames, appearing several hundred zhang away in an instant.

The blood light around him dissipated, revealing a gaunt middle-aged man about forty years old, with dry yellow hair and a withered appearance. His body was almost skin and bones, only his eyes emitted a faint blood light.

His aura was somewhat chaotic, and his left arm was severed at the shoulder, but strangely, not a single drop of blood flowed from the wound.

"Hmph, a substitute technique!"

Seeing this, Jiao San sneered. The giant crimson sword in his hand once again emitted terrifying law fluctuations as he slashed toward the opponent's location.

Boom!

Another massive sword light shot out. With a surge of law fluctuations, the sword light flashed and transformed into a fiery red crystalline thread, hurtling toward Gongshu Hong at lightning speed.

But this time, Gongshu Hong neither dodged nor blocked. Instead, a strange smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

At that moment, a thunderous boom came from the lake below!

A thick blood-colored beam rose from the blood lake below, instantly blocking between the fiery red thread and Gongshu Hong.

The fiery red thread struck the blood-red beam, producing rumbling explosions.

The blood-colored beam trembled violently, as if about to shatter, but streaks of blood light emerged from the blood lake and poured into the beam, barely stabilizing it and firmly blocking the fiery red thread.

The light of the fiery red thread dimmed rapidly, and after a few breaths, it finally dissipated with a bang.

Seeing this, Jiao San's pupils contracted slightly, clearly unable to believe what had just happened.

"It's about time..." Gongshu Hong chuckled softly. He raised his intact right arm, and obscure, difficult-to-understand incantations came from his mouth.

With a whoosh!

Another thick blood column spiraled up from the blood lake below, curling in midair to form a thick, rolling blood cloud that merged into his body.

His aura quickly recovered. At the severed left arm, streaks of red threads appeared, rapidly intertwining, and a new arm grew out in the blink of an eye.

Then, an even more astonishing scene unfolded!

Under the violent churning of the blood lake below, one after another, thick blood-colored beams emerged, nearly a hundred in total. Streaks of blood light appeared out of nowhere, connecting the hundred beams to form an enormous array.

Dazzling blood light instantly filled the entire cavern. The bloody smell in the air became ten times stronger, and a strange law power covered the whole cavern.

Thump, thump, thump!

Han Li, who was fighting the blood-colored monster, felt his heart pound violently again. The blood and qi in his body churned, surging back toward his heart, causing his movements to slow.

But with a slight shake of his form, he steadied himself again, though a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

On the other side, Lu Kun and Jiao Ba were also affected by the sudden emergence of the blood law. With a start, they felt somewhat flustered, but fortunately, they reacted swiftly and, with the help of their earth deity incarnations, managed to avoid giving their opponents too many openings.

However, the light on their incarnations was dim, clearly indicating that their accumulated faith power was running low. Moreover, this place was far from their respective islands, making it impossible to replenish in time.

In midair, Jiao San's figure, which was about to pounce, paused. A layer of blood color spread over his face, showing that the blood law also had a considerable effect on him.

But after making a few hand seals before his chest and taking a deep breath, his complexion quickly returned to normal. Yet deep in his eyes, a trace of shock also flickered.

At the same time that the underground space underwent the mutation, the entire Red Moon City in Kunzhou above ground also rumbled and shook, as if struck by an earthquake.

The rivers connecting the city to the outside had, at some unknown time, turned blood-red, as if blood were flowing within them.

The city's residents and the pilgrims who were currently on their pilgrimage saw this and showed panic, not knowing what was happening.

Before they could recover from their shock, rumbling sounds came from all directions!

Nearly a hundred blood-colored beams suddenly rose from around Blood Moon City, enveloping the entire city and forming a huge blood-colored light barrier.

A bloody, oppressive atmosphere shrouded the entire city.

"What's going on?"

"What has happened?"

Not only the common people, but even the mid- and high-level cultivators in blue robes of the Blood Moon were greatly alarmed, at a loss.

On the blood-colored light barrier, countless eye-shaped patterns flashed into existence, varying in size, and they all began to blink.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!

Countless beams of blood light shot out from them, raining down upon the city like a blood rain.

Where the blood light touched, the people in the city turned blood-red all over. Then their bodies swelled, and before they could even scream, they exploded one after another.

In just a few moments, not a single living thing remained in the once bustling Blood Moon City. Blood flowed on the ground within the city but quickly disappeared, merging into the earth as if being absorbed.

In the Red Moon Cities of other prefectures near Kunzhou, such as Yuezhou and Qingzhou, the same scene was unfolding. The entire city was covered by a huge blood-colored light barrier, and in an instant, all living beings within the city exploded, turning into streams of blood that merged into the ground.

If one were to look down from high above Red Moon Island at this moment, they would see such a bizarre sight.

The main rivers of the entire Red Moon Island had all turned blood-red, crisscrossing each other, but ultimately all pointing toward the center—the Red Moon City in Kunzhou.

At this moment, Red Moon Island was like a red moon reflected in the black seawater.