Encircling and killing the demigod, a corner of destiny!

Chapter 655: Besieging a Demigod, A Glimpse of Fate!

The Watchers Leader stared blankly at the Blood Commander, a dazed look still lingering in his eyes.

"Replacement — Blood Core."

He took out a dark red seed and placed it in his palm.

However, the moment the seed came into contact with the air, it rapidly dimmed and turned into black powder, dissipating into mid-air.

At that moment, he seemed to understand something and let out a self-deprecating laugh.

His entire person seemed drained of vitality, becoming listless and appearing like an empty shell that had lost its soul. Nearby, Cao Xing, the Ice Crystal King, and the others looked at the scene before them, finally understanding the relationship between the Watchers Leader and the Blood Legion.

Their gazes looking toward 'Luo' were filled with pity.

The Lizardman Chieftain sighed, shaking his head and saying, "Luo is done for—"

The Watchers Leader at this moment had just experienced a defeat and, in a short span of time, suffered backstabbing from the elders.

Now, even the Blood Legion, which he regarded as a weapon, had turned against him.

No matter how strong a person's state of mind was, they could not withstand such consecutive blows.

Just as the Lizardman Chieftain said, he was already finished.

After dealing a blow to operation the Watchers Leader, the Blood Commander shifted his gaze back to everyone present.

He chuckled lightly, saying, "That trash Luo was defeated at your hands."

"However, wanting to completely drive the Blood Legion out of this world is not going to be that easy!"

As those words fell, a surging bloody aura erupted from his body, sweeping across the entire field like a giant wave, as if intending to devour everyone present. Cao Xing and the others immediately raised their vigilance and assumed combat postures!

Even the Lizardman Chieftain took a deep breath, ready at any moment to unleash Demigod-level combat power!

Everyone stared fixedly at the Blood Commander.

After all, the threat of a Demigod-level powerhouse could not be underestimated.

However, just when everyone thought he was about to launch an attack,

the Blood Commander suddenly flashed his figure, directly sweeping along those four Watchers elders around him!

"Swish!"

His figure instantly vanished from the spot.

When he appeared again, he had already arrived at the center of the 'Blood Prison Sacrificial Array'!

Which was the altar area they had just destroyed.

With one hand holding the dying Watchers Leader and the other hand dragging the bodies of the four elders, the Blood Commander fiercely smashed them all together toward the center of the array!

"Rumble!!!"

With a loud explosion, the altar's remains trembled violently, as if reactivated by some kind of power!

Those four elders were still in a dazed state at the moment; they did not know why the Blood Commander had suddenly attacked them.

But the instincts of their bodies still urged them to leave this place as soon as possible!

The Blood Commander sneered and fiercely hurled the blood-red greatsword in his hand!

"Puff! Puff puff puff puff!"

Five consecutive piercing sounds came through.

This greatsword, which was a full four meters long, directly skewered the Watchers Leader and the other four elders together!

A pillar of blood light soared into the sky, as if the array had been completely activated!

Within this bloody light, the four elders exhibited the exact same symptoms as those civilians.

Various terrifying marks appeared on their bodies, and chunks of rotting flesh fell off!

The bone-deep agony spreading all over their bodies made them unable to help letting out heart-rending screams!

"Ah!!!"

"What is this thing? It hurts! So painful!!"

"Hurry and let us leave this place!"

The four elders struggled frantically, their limbs flailing wildly in the air.

But because their bodies were pierced through by the greatsword, they couldn't break free at all and could only watch helplessly as their bodies rotted away at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"Aetius, what are you doing?" That elder named Di split his eyes in anger, his voice full of fury and despair.

Elder Blade Wind also roared angrily, "Dammit! Let me go. You promised me that you would let us survive!"

Mockery still lingered in the Blood Commander's eyes, and his voice was icy and ruthless.

"Promises? Those were merely lies to make you willingly serve me."

"Two-faced fellows like you only deserve to serve as nourishment for blood."

Hearing this, these few elders fell into complete despair!

At this moment, the bloody vortex that was originally about to completely dissipate began to rotate slowly, and even the 16 dim blood teleportation pillars erupted once again with blinding blood-red light!

Everyone realized something.

The Ice Crystal King's expression changed drastically, shouting in warning, "This fellow is using the bodies of the Watchers Leader and those elders to provide energy for the Blood Prison Sacrificial Array!"

"He wants to restart the array! Stop him!"

At this moment, everyone realized the seriousness of the matter.

Previously, the array had been active for less than two minutes before devouring billions of living beings, and it had almost succeeded.

Just how terrifying was the blood aura contained within a single demigod?

It was comparable to at least tens of billions of ordinary people!

Coupled with four Legendary-grade elders!

Such a massive amount of blood aura could definitely activate the array instantly and even completely open up the passage between the two worlds.

Cao Xing and the others rushed rapidly toward the altar, attempting to interrupt it.

However, the Blood Commander sneered.

With a casual wave of his hand, the [Blood Infant's Heart] in the hands of those two elders flew straight into his palm.

"This is an opportunity that our Blood Plane and countless Blood Armies have waited over two thousand years for!"

"You fellows, don't come make trouble anymore!"

He swallowed the [Blood Infant's Heart] in one gulp without the slightest hesitation!

"Puff!!"

A terrifying blood aura soared into the sky, pushing his power to its peak!

Cao Xing's gaze flickered without the slightest fluctuation, and he said rapidly, "We will hold him back. Chieftain, you go interrupt the array!"

He intended to use the Legendary-grade powerhouses under his command to hold down the Blood Commander.

Relying on the Lizardman Chieftain's Demigod-level speed and terrifying destructive power, they could approach the array at the fastest speed and disrupt its operation!

Everyone knew that Cao Xing's decision was the most correct choice at this moment.

Thus, they immediately sprang into action, charging forward to kill the Blood Commander!

Meanwhile, the Lizardman Chieftain transformed into an earthy-yellow flash of lightning, charging toward the center of the array!

Right at this moment,

the Blood Commander's body suddenly expanded, and crimson blood mist coiled around his entire body.

He sneered, "I said, this is an opportunity we have waited two thousand years for; no one can stop it!"

A monstrous blood aura suddenly erupted from his body, spreading outwards like waves upon waves.

And it completely enveloped Cao Xing, Malenia, the Lizardman Chieftain, and the others!

[You have entered Aetius's 'Blood Core Domain'. Within this domain, your attributes are reduced by 20% and your movement speed is reduced by 30%.

Your activity range is restricted within this domain.

Reduce the domain caster's HP below 30% to automatically lift the domain, or have the opponent actively close the domain; otherwise, it is impossible to break free.]

Seeing this prompt, Cao Xing's expression immediately sank.

He said rapidly, "This fellow actually trapped us with a domain!"

"Only by heavily injuring him can the domain be lifted; otherwise, none of us can get past!"

"What?!"

Shock appeared in the eyes of the Ice Crystal King and the others.

They tried to rush out of the domain, only to find themselves seeming to crash into an invisible air wall, bouncing directly back!

This domain was similar to the 'Blood Prison' that had previously trapped Cao Xing.

But it was even trickier.

After all, this fellow could release it at any time.

The difference was that if they could reduce the Blood Commander's HP below 30%, the domain would automatically lift.

Or, Blood Commander Aetius would actively lift the domain.

Clearly, the second option was an impossibility.

Then right now, only one choice remained!

Cao Xing's gaze turned cold as he said quickly, "Then all of you attack together and heavily injure or kill this fellow at the fastest speed!"

The next moment, the group of powerhouses on the field nodded solemnly.

Their gazes looking toward this Blood Commander were also filled with killing intent!

"Clatter—!"

The Lizardman Chieftain still struck first.

Exhausting his final strength, a massive pillar of light erupted from his mouth, fiercely blasting toward the Blood Commander!

Knowing the Lizardman Chieftain's terror, the Blood Commander flickered and vanished from the spot.

However, the moment the Blood Commander's figure reappeared, three heaven-shaking sword qi beams came rushing straight at him!

"Puff! Puff!"

The sword qi struck his body, cutting out several terrifying bloody scars,

but the very next moment, formidable vitality overflowed from his blood-red body, rapidly healing the wounds.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing felt reassured.

"This fellow really is a relatively weak demigod!"

"He can be beaten!"

Right at this time, the Lizardman Chieftain's voice transmission echoed in his ears.

"Lord Cao Xing, my burst duration has ended. I need to recover for a period of time before I can regain Demigod-level combat power once more."

Hearing this, Cao Xing's heart sank.

As the sole demigod on their side, the Lizardman Chieftain shouldered the roles of tank and damage dealer.

If he could not unleash a demigod's power, their output would plummet drastically.

However, four or five minutes had already passed since the Lizardman Chieftain started fighting the Watchers Leader.

Indeed, he had reached his limit.

Cao Xing nodded solemnly.

Then, he quickly commanded the others, "Then use all AoE skills and launch a direct carpet-bombing attack!"

"This domain is only so big; let us see how he can dodge!"

Hearing this, the crowd of powerhouses immediately followed suit.

"Whoosh—"

"Boom!!!"

Various terrifying AoE attacks bombarded the domain wildly, and damage numbers kept floating up.

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[-1192364!]

[-784232]

[-1846204!]

After the Demigod-level armor reduction, they still dealt impressive damage.

Especially the attacks from Malenia and Francesca, which were 100% critical hits!

The Blood Commander suffered a massive amount of damage in a short period and was beaten back step by step!

While attacking, Cao Xing quickly calculated in his heart: "The Lizardman Chieftain has temporarily entered a recovery period and cannot burst out with demigod power."

"The attacks of the dozen or so Legendaries here have a DPS of about 30 million to 40 million."

"Aetius is weaker than Luo, so his health points should also be much less than Luo's."

"According to estimation, it should be between 2 billion and 2.5 billion."

"Calculated this way, it will take at most a minute and a half to severely wound or even kill him!"

After reaching this conclusion, a trace of confidence inevitably arose in Cao Xing's heart!

Because according to this calculation, after finishing off Aetius, they could completely continue to destroy the altar,

Meanwhile,

this domain was still covered by the attacks of a dozen or so Legendaries.

Running away, the Blood Commander dodged everyone's attacks within the domain, completely losing the dignity of a Demigod-level powerhouse.

"Puff, puff, puff, puff"

Ten-odd seconds later, the Blood Commander's figure emerged, and he suddenly spewed a mouthful of blood!

Before he could steady his footing, the overwhelming attacks struck again.

"Damn it!"

He could only grit his teeth and run away again.

However, just like the [Blood Core Domain] and the [Blood Prison Great Formation], it trapped Cao Xing and the others as well as himself.

Within the limited range, he simply did not have much room to dodge.

His health bar began to drop section by section.

If those two [Blood Infant Hearts] had not provided him with a massive amount of blood qi, he might have already been severely injured by them by now.

But the Blood Commander still endured stubbornly, crazy light flashing in his eyes!

As a demigod, being beaten so dismally by a group of Legendaries was already a very humiliating thing in itself.

But at this moment, Aetius had laid down his dignity, and only one belief remained in his heart.

That was to activate the great formation and completely shatter the world barrier of the Main Plane!

Aetius suddenly shouted, "You guys!"

"No one can stop me!"

As words fell, he abruptly crossed his hands in front of him, slowly retracting his head, and his legs also quickly retracted!

Maintaining a curled-up posture, he floated in mid-air!

A large amount of blood began to quickly ooze from his body, and this blood quickly solidified, as if putting on a layer of blood armor for him. He completely gave up attacking and entered a defensive state!

He wanted to exhaust everything to hold back Cao Xing and the others.

Cao Xing's expression remained unchanged, and he said in a cold voice, "Continue, full attack!"

"Boom—Rumble—!"

The attacks of a dozen or so Legendaries erupted once again, slamming onto that blood ball.

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[-317248]

[-459262]

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[-339025!]

Various attacks landed on him, and the damage numbers plummeted drastically!

The DPS dropped from the original 30 to 40 million to just over 10 million.

Moreover, this guy also swallowed those two [Blood Infant Hearts] to restore health points.

According to Cao Xing's previous calculations, it was now simply impossible to suppress a demigod's health bar below 30% in a short time!

"Damn it!" Cao Xing couldn't help cursing.

The others also felt the urgency of time, entering a state of crazy eruption one by one at the same time!

Even the Lizardman Chieftain took a sharp breath, forcibly unleashing attacks far surpassing ordinary Legendaries.

The DPS dealt by everyone increased significantly again.

However, the vitality contained in the two [Blood Infant Hearts] swallowed by this guy was simply too abundant.

It kept continuously restoring health points.

Just like that, another minute or so passed.

At the center of the great formation below, as the bodies of the four great elders constantly dissolved and turned into pure blood qi absorbed by the formation, their screams grew weaker and weaker.

As for the Watchers Leader, after suffering wave after wave of blows, whether he had lost consciousness or no longer had the thought of living, he no longer made any sound.

In that space shrouded by the blood domain, a dozen or so figures were still frantically carrying out attacks.

Even Cao Xing continuously switched between the Frost Mage and Greater Demon forms, releasing large-scale skills one after another to wildly bombard the Blood Commander!

However, this guy still curled up his body, maintaining a defensive posture while constantly changing positions.

While dodging attacks, he taunted, "Hahaha, ants, you cannot break my domain!"

"Wait here with me for the moment when the barrier is completely torn apart!"

"Damn it!" Cao Xing and the others became more and more anxious.

He even took out the Lizardman Statue and directly released [Heaven-Rending Claw]!

A huge lizard phantom emerged, and then fiercely waved its sharp claws!

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The 'Heaven-Rending Claw' that could previously deal over 100 million damage

only added a few scars to the Blood Commander's body.

A Demigod-level powerhouse, in a state of full defense, was truly hard to kill!

The second minute of the battle began.

That blood-colored vortex had absorbed a massive amount of blood qi, becoming increasingly solid, as if it could erupt at any moment!

The Blood Commander's body was already riddled with holes, and he was beaten by everyone like a rubber ball, flying backwards continuously!

And at this moment, as if sensing something, he gradually spread his arms,

revealing that pale and distorted face.

Then, a ferocious grin appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Ants, time—is—up!"

The blood-colored vortex finally accumulated enough blood qi!

From it erupted a pillar of blood soaring into the sky, rushing toward the air!

"Whoosh—!"

This pillar of blood was unprecedentedly thick, as if it could pierce through heaven and earth!

In the blink of an eye, it directly reached the end of vision, and the sky began to vibrate violently!

Then, seeming to trigger some chain reaction, the earth also began to vibrate wildly. The few surviving creatures of the entire Velen Kingdom instinctively raised their heads.

Then, they saw a scene unforgettable for a lifetime.

That huge pillar of blood stabbed straight into the sky, as if wanting to tear the entire sky apart.

After a brief silence, they heard a clear shattering sound.

"Crack! Crack!"

Someone murmured, "The sky—is broken—"

The sky was broken in the true sense.

The firmament was torn apart, and a huge hole appeared, as if even the barrier of the world had been completely shattered!

Not only the surrounding major kingdoms, but creatures in every corner of the Western Continent sensed this terrifying change.

Looking at the sky, their eyes were filled with shock and despair!

Some hidden powerhouses seemed to sense something.

Just like the day the Blood Chaos began, they walked out of their dwellings one after another.

Looking at the torn firmament, unprecedented solemnity appeared on their brows.

A dark-blue giant dragon rushed out of the cave entrance and flew to a mountain peak tens of thousands of meters high.

The howling cold wind swept across its scales,

and its deep eyes gazed at the situation in the sky with unprecedented solemnity.

"A loophole has appeared in the world barrier—next, some bizarre existences will take the opportunity to crawl into the Main Plane—"

"There might even be more planes noticing the existence of this world."

"As Oruen said, is everything arranged by fate?"

"Then—whose desired result is this?"

It closed its eyes, seeming to ponder something.

Finally, it fixed its gaze on the distant Velen Kingdom.

"Oruen said that in the near future, there will be a fall of gods—"

"Let me guess which deity will be so unlucky—"