January 10th, the snow continues to blanket the sky.

The accumulated snow in Northern Zhou is becoming increasingly severe, threatening the safety of the people. Even the wild grass in Meng Province has been frozen to death by the cold snow, turning the grassland into a snow plain.

The Daoist officials of Qintian Observatory have been fully deployed to dispel the snow and drive away the cold, setting up arrays. In Meng Province, Demon Path Divinity Realm experts flew into the sky to push the snow clouds towards the Extreme North Ice Plain.

Even the Supreme beings like Yin Tianxia occasionally made a move to disperse the bitter cold weather.

For a time, many experts in Northern Zhou were somewhat unable to spare their attention, even slowing down their investigation into the Taoist sect incident.

And it was at this moment that a rumor began to spread in Yan Province. It was said that in the snow mountain, there was a blood-sucking demon monster that needed to feed on human blood to keep warm in the cold weather.

Yishan Town in Yan Province had experienced an attack by such blood-sucking monsters, and the entire town's people were sucked dry into mummies, their bodies discarded in the snow and frozen into blocks of ice corpses.

The next day, Northern Zhou Grandmaster Zhuge Longsu personally went to Yishan Town to investigate the extermination incident.

And when he used True Qi to melt the ice and carefully inspect the corpses, he basically confirmed his previous suspicions.

"No mistake, they died from being drained of their Qi and blood by Blood Path Martial Arts."

Zhuge Longsu lightly tapped on a corpse, and it immediately crumbled, as if it was made up of accumulated dust.

"Moreover, even the bone qi was extracted along with the Qi and blood. Were it not for the frost covering, we would only see piles of dust now."

This sign of Qi and bone being drained together is not something ordinary Blood Path Warriors can achieve. Only Blood Path Warriors above the True Core Realm can extract all essence and energy from the body so dominantly, leaving the corpse indistinguishable from dust.

"But Blood Path Warriors above the True Core Realm wouldn't slaughter ordinary people, would they?" queried Si Haofeng beside Zhuge Longsu.

For True Core Realm Blood Path Warriors, the essence of ordinary people is akin to a mosquito's leg, and that of a wild mosquito's leg—dirty and small, barely worth their notice.

Usually, this kind of essence is only valued by Blood Path Warriors below the Innate Realm. Once reached the Divine Origin Realm, their pursuit elevates, and they disregard it.

"Since the Ji Province chaos, Blood Path Warriors have been rarely seen, even with the persistent chaos in the world, no sign of the Blood Demon Sect resurfacing.

It is said that during the Ji Province chaos, Blood Demon Sect Leader Xue Ya was caught and heavily injured by Mu Cangsheng and Yama. Now that Blood Path Warriors reappear, does it signify the resurgence of the Blood Demon Sect?" Si Haofeng speculated.

"The focus isn't on the appearance of the Blood Demon Sect but on its timing," said Zhuge Longsu.

At the time when Northern Zhou was experiencing drastic changes, no one could have expected that this rising nation would be struck by abnormal weather before facing any opposing forces.

Due to consecutive days of heavy snow, many experts in Northern Zhou are temporarily unable to spare themselves, all engaged in combating snow disasters across the region.

Moreover, matters with the Taoist sect are yet unresolved, and those plotting from the shadows continue to stir the relations between the Taoist sect and Northern Zhou.

Yet, in this very moment, signs of the Blood Demon Sect's resurgence provoke suspicions of whether it has joined those conspirators.

Reflecting on this, Si Haofeng was perturbed, showing an anxious expression.

The timing is too coincidental; calling it chance is likely unbelievable to anyone. If this matter truly is the act of the Blood Demon Sect, then this Demon Path Great Sect is most likely aligned with the opposing faction.

Zhuge Longsu perceiving Si Haofeng's concern comforts him: "Do not worry, we have Daoist Master, teacher, and Yin Sect Master, three Supremes. Whatever the enemy plans, in face of absolute power, it amounts to nothing more than fleeting clouds."

Indeed, there's also Ren Piaomiao as a Supreme, but during the battle between East Province and Amaterasu, Ren Piaomiao had the Jiang Family suppress this news, and if either the Jiang Family or Daqian are not involved this time, the enemy likely remains unaware of Ren Piaomiao's true prowess.

"However, Daoist Master is in seclusion, Mountain Master Meng cannot stray far from Mountain River Academy, and Yin Sect Master is in Meng Province countering disasters. Even in the Divinity Realm, few are available for action. You claim our Blood Demon Sect as clouds, but don't fear being crushed by them."

Sudden Magic Sound wafts eerily, sending Si Haofeng's entire Qi and blood surging in resonance, tumultuous and uncontrollable, at any moment threatening to burst out.

This is certainly beyond the capability of True Core Realm Blood Path Warriors; this Realm...

"'Demon Soul Blood Summoning Sound,'" said Zhuge Longsu, pressing a hand on Si Haofeng's shoulder, aiding to stabilize his surging Qi and blood, all the while using Divine Sense to scan the surroundings, "A dignified Divinity Realm warrior stooping to massacrer civilians turns out to be a shame indeed."

The conjecture was off; the Blood Path Warrior present was not from the True Core Realm, but the Divinity Realm.

This also implies that the perpetrator is truly the Blood Demon Sect. Aside from the Daoist Master cultivating the Blood Path Divine Skill, other Divinity Path experts are predominantly Blood Demon Sect members.

"Shame of Divinity, this title is beyond something I, Ling Xuedu, can bear; the people of this town were not killed by me."

The snow suddenly stained with a thread of blood, rapidly expanding, dyeing all surrounding accumulated snow in blood color. Then, the blood-colored snow boiled.

"Lulululu..."

Within a few breaths, the accumulated snow melted into blood water, forming a Blood Pool, from which rose a blood-colored figure.

With blood-drenched hair and clothes, wielding a Blood Sword, his blood-red pupils gazed at Zhuge Longsu, smilingly greeting, "Blood God Sect's Ling Xuedu greets you."

His etiquette was impeccable, but the blood Qi surrounding him unmistakably indicated trouble ahead.

"Even if it's not just the qi and blood of this trash, even the essence blood of a Divine Origin Realm martial artist, I don't care for it. If I'm going to drink, perhaps the blood of a True Pill Realm martial artist, and not the elderly or frail ones. Of course, if it's a woman, that would naturally be better.

However, the most delicious... is still the blood of those who have undergone transformation in the Divinity Realm."

The Blood Sword in Ling Xuedu's hand revealed a dragon shadow on its blade, "Like the blood of Dean Zhuge."

With a swift move, thousands of bloody sword shadows whistled, countless blood souls emitted demon soul sounds, and Ling Xuedu made his killing move at the outset—Sword Blood Thousand Slaughter.

All the guards and entourage that came with Zhuge Longsu perished under the magic sound, their qi and blood absorbed into the sword shadow, and their remaining soul consciousness also became one of the countless blood souls, launching an attack against Zhuge Longsu.

It was only by luck that Si Haofeng stood beside Zhuge Longsu and was protected by him; otherwise, his fate wouldn't have been any better.

"Haoqi Gang Element."

Zhuge Longsu gathered righteous qi, transforming the purest vast righteous qi into Gang Yuan, repelling the blood souls and sword shadows from his body, as he swiftly retreated while holding Si Haofeng.

"Can you escape?"

Ling Xuedu merged with his sword, transforming into a blood river, flying through like a sharp blade, swiftly pursuing the opponent.

Considering the importance of the Northern Zhou's situation, Zhuge Longsu personally came to investigate in this small town, such a good opportunity was rare.

Ling Xuedu also hurriedly arrived due to the timely message from his spy. Missing this chance might mean facing multiple Divinity Realm strongmen next time. In today's Northern Zhou, Divinity Realm strongmen are not in short supply.

Merging with his sword, extremely swift and fierce, coupled with Zhuge Longsu having Si Haofeng as a burden, it wasn't long before they were caught up. Ling Xuedu drove the blood qi, the blood river surged, countless sword qi immersed and emerged within the blood river, "Blood River Rushing."

Sword and blood united, blood qi became sword qi, clashing again with Haoqi Gang Yuan, blood splashed instantaneously, transforming into sword qi in the air, and stabbing down.

"Clang, clang, clang—"

The blood river seemed like Qi Force and also like true blood, every droplet of blood was a strand of sword qi, countless sword qi layered upon each other, endless and boundless, impacting the Gang Qi.

Zhuge Longsu pushed his force to resist fiercely but suddenly heard a sound like a balloon being pierced, a sword light broke through the Gang Qi, directly stabbing at his neck.

At the critical moment, Zhuge Longsu tilted his head to dodge and released vast righteous qi, blasting open the blood river, carrying Si Haofeng swiftly into the sky, attempting to escape again.

"Blood Sun Shines."

Qi and blood turned from yin to yang, pure yang and vigorous qi and blood melted the surface snow, soaring into the sky, relentlessly pursuing the two.

"Go."

Knowing the two cannot escape for now, Zhuge Longsu pushes Si Haofeng into the distance with a palm, turning around, exerting True Qi with his palm, counterattacks the Blood Sun, "Clear Scroll·Clear Stream Piercing the Sun."

Righteous qi turned into clear light, the clear and upright qi formed into a long rainbow, directly piercing through the chasing Blood Sun.

Extremely firm and upright righteous qi paired with the Clear Scroll technique, caused the Blood Sun's arrogance to halt for a moment, but then it counterattacked explosively, bursting out with even more intense blood flames, colliding with the rainbow.

"Boom—"

Righteous and evil, two completely opposite qi forces collided, like water and fire mutually exclusive, both carrying the determination and murderous intent to annihilate the enemy.

Meanwhile, in the distance, Si Haofeng, quickly pushed away by palm force, landed on the ground, glanced at the fierce battle from afar, gritted his teeth, and quickly ran away.

The disk of the Thousand-mile Mirror Light Array was carried by an attendant, now hard to retrieve, he had to find a contact point quickly to notify the court, asking for assistance for Zhuge Longsu.

But just as Si Haofeng was about to use his Ten Thousand Miles body technique shortly after, his hasty figure suddenly stopped, sliding out a long trail in the snow.

"Thud—"

Si Haofeng seemed to suddenly lose all strength, knelt on the ground, stunned in disbelief, looking down at his chest.

On his left chest, where the heart should be, there was now a hole. The hole penetrated through his body front and back, and from the front, the snowy scenery behind could be seen.

His heart was gone, just now, just as he started moving.

"Pant, pant—"

The sound of eating pears came from behind, a perfect yet disgusting eerie face of Shi Xin eating something as he approached Si Haofeng.

Blood dripped from his mouth, and in his hand was a crimson heart.

He squatted in front of Si Haofeng, staring into those incredulous eyes, swallowed the last piece of the heart in his hand, "Tastes good."

This eerie demon licked his lips and said so.

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