"Ah!"
"Bang! Bang!"
As the hoarse voice from the coffin fell silent, Yue Miao immediately let out a bloodcurdling scream, his entire body exploding into pieces.
Not only that, but after Yue Miao's dismembered corpse scattered on the ground, it continued to experience subtle explosions, eventually turning into dust...
"Everyone, hold your breath!"
At this moment, Xue Shi spoke, "It's Xue Si, that guy is a genius of the Ghoul race, Yi An Ti."
"Normal ghouls need prolonged contact to implant ghoul spores into the target's body, thus transforming their bodies and turning their human bodies into extremely powerful bombs."
"But Yi An Ti is an exception. He can scatter invisible ghoul spores into the air. As long as you inhale them, they will explode within your body!"
As Xue Shi's voice fell, Ye Feng had already taken out four gas masks and put them on for himself, Xiao Xiao, and Qiao Ying. When he offered one to Xue Shi, Xue Shi waved his hand and refused.
"Ghoul spores don't affect me!"
Facing Ye Feng's confusion, Xue Shi explained.
Although Ye Feng was puzzled, he didn't insist.
"This voice... is it Shen Bo Tian?"
"That old man Shen Bo Tian has come in person?"
At this moment, Xue Jiu on the rooftop exclaimed in disbelief, "You fellow, when did you kill Xue Shi and impersonate him?"
Xue Shi, still wearing his wooden-patterned mask, did not respond to Xue Jiu. Instead, his gaze was fixed below the Tower of Cain, at the blood-red coffin whose lid had been pried off.
"Cough cough! Cough!"
Several extremely hoarse coughs emanated from within the blood-red coffin, followed by a withered, bone-and-skin hand reaching for the edge of the blood-red coffin.
Immediately after, another equally withered hand grabbed the other side of the blood-red coffin.
Under the watchful eyes of Ye Feng and the others, a figure, incredibly thin, almost like skin stretched over a skeleton, slowly emerged from the blood-red coffin.
"Hoo!"
Upon seeing the bone-and-skin figure, Xue Yi, Xue Er, Xue Si, Xue Lu, Xue Ba, and Xue Jiu, the remaining ten Blood Guards, all knelt on one knee, their faces filled with fanaticism as they declared, "Blood Ancestor!"
The bone-and-skin figure ignored the Blood Guards and surveyed himself for a moment. Finally, his withered hand reached towards the top of the Tower of Cain.
The large red eyeball at the very top of the Tower of Cain seemed to sense something. With a flash of red light, it separated a large amount of viscous, blood-red liquid that quickly surged towards the Blood Ancestor.
"Such a strong smell of blood..."
Ye Feng's brows furrowed deeply. "That big red eyeball at the top of the Tower of Cain... it couldn't be the blood and flesh of all those people from the auction house earlier... and those blood races, those blood sacs...?"
The red viscous liquid separated from the large red eyeball of the Tower of Cain covered the Blood Ancestor's withered body and was rapidly absorbed.
The Blood Ancestor's body, more withered than a mummy's, gradually became plump and ruddy after absorbing the red viscous liquid.
The Blood Ancestor slowly closed his eyes, a hint of comfortable laughter flashing across his lips.
But the next second, he opened his eyes, a red light flashing within them, and he looked at Kohlerji, "Kohlerji, you lied to me!"
As the Blood Ancestor's words fell, an exceptionally powerful aura, filled with decay, instantly spread outwards, causing Ye Feng's expression to change.
Within a few breaths, the Blood Ancestor's originally plump and ruddy body rapidly shriveled, reverting to its previous withered, mummy-like appearance!
"Lord Blood Ancestor, you can't say that. I intended to extract angelic essence to help you recover, but someone stole the angel!"
After speaking, Kohlerji pointed in Ye Feng's direction and shrugged helplessly.
The Blood Ancestor did not reply. He stared at Kohlerji for a while before turning his gaze to Ye Feng.
The moment their eyes met, Ye Feng's face contorted, and a chill ran down his spine. The Blood Ancestor had already appeared before him, his hand, with its black and red nails, reaching directly for Ye Feng's chest.
Although the Blood Ancestor's hand showed no signs of using blood arts and looked extremely withered, as if it would crumble at any moment, Ye Feng instinctively sensed the immense power contained within it.
Ye Feng dared not be careless. His true qi surged rapidly, and he swung his Tang saber, filled with true qi, fiercely towards the Blood Ancestor's withered hand.
"Clang!"
A crisp metallic clang echoed, and Ye Feng, along with his Tang saber, was sent flying backward.
Before Ye Feng could land, the Blood Ancestor's figure appeared beside him, delivering an elbow strike from above, aimed at Ye Feng's chest, while simultaneously bringing his knee up sharply, kicking towards Ye Feng's lower back.
"This... spatial power?"
Sensing the fluctuations around the Blood Ancestor, Ye Feng's heart was struck with dread. His true qi surged madly, and his two arms, one above and one below, met the Blood Ancestor's elbow strike and knee respectively.
"Bang bang!!"
Two extremely dull thuds sounded, and Ye Feng's body twisted as he was flung away, his Tang saber even flying out of his grasp.
However, while airborne, Ye Feng's water-attribute arcane energy flashed, transforming into two ropes that pulled the Tang saber back.
"Bang! Boom! Crack! Bang!"
Ye Feng's body crashed heavily into the building's ruins.
"Big Brother!"
Before Xiao Xiao's anxious voice could even fully register, the Blood Ancestor had already appeared beside her and delivered a chop to her neck.
Xiao Xiao's pupils constricted. The Angel's Blade, King's Command, in her hand erupted with dazzling white light, and her Angelic Armor rapidly materialized.
At this moment, Qiao Ying, whose angelic power was surging, also unleashed an angelic strike towards the Blood Ancestor.
"Clang! Bang! Clang!"
Xiao Xiao and Qiao Ying were instantly sent flying, crashing into the piles of rubble.
And Xue Shi, after a few exchanges with the Blood Ancestor, also followed in the footsteps of Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Qiao Ying.
...
Within the building's ruins,
"Buzz buzz buzz!"
Ye Feng's tiger mouth ached severely. Feeling the continued tremors of the Tang saber in his hand, his brows furrowed deeply.
Because after his confrontation with the Blood Ancestor, he discovered that the entire body of the other party was enveloped in spatial power, similar to that of the earth elemental creature with the divine artifact in the ancient ruins.
"This guy is so strong... If I hadn't spent all this time desperately practicing that mysterious set of movements, I truly wouldn't have been able to retaliate at all!"
Ye Feng muttered to himself, his eyes hardening as he charged out of the ruins.
"Bang! Bang!~"
Almost simultaneously, Xiao Xiao and Qiao Ying also emerged from the ruins.
Although the two women were somewhat disheveled, their faces were pale, but they had not sustained major injuries.
They quickly approached Ye Feng, their expressions vigilant as they stared at the Blood Ancestor not far away.
Qiao Ying looked at the Angelic Armor on Xiao Xiao with great curiosity but knew it was not the time to ask.
"Has my strength declined so much..."
The Blood Ancestor ignored Ye Feng and the other two. He looked at his withered hands and muttered. His figure instantly vanished from his original spot.
...