Chapter 35 - The Ancient Array Formation (1/2)
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“You actually tracked me right up to this place!” A male voice suddenly sounded out. A figure clad in red was standing at the altar. Although obviously a man, he looked especially seductive with a flirtatious look in his eyes. Nine big, red tails trailed behind his back, two of which were severed, and blood stains could still be seen on the site of the wounds. It was the Nine-Tailed Blood Fox which they had been pursuing.
“Blood Fox, the reason you killed so many people, eviscerating them, was just so you could set up this Blood Sacrifice Array?” Lonemoon frowned and scanned his surroundings. “What are you planning to do?” The Blood Sacrifice Array was a notoriously evil formation array which required the sacrifice of a human heart and the blood of thousands of humans before it could be activated. The array held enormous power. It was rumored that once the array was completed, a blood cloud would form which would drift for thousands of miles, under which no living thing would survive.
Obviously, he had only completed half of this formation; the blood in this array was not enough to condense into a blood cloud which meant that his next step…
“You want to slaughter the entire town!” Yi Qing said, stepping forward, evidently coming to the same conclusion as Lonemoon. The dozen or so people he had killed were obviously not enough to activate the Blood Sacrifice Array but if all the people in the town were included, it would be enough. If they had not arrived in time, the entire town would likely have been full of corpses.
“Oh, I had intended to.” The Blood Fox snorted, and one of his tails which had seemed to be hiding something suddenly moved a little to the front of his body. He looked down and the previously vicious expression on his face turned tender. Raising his hand, he patted at the tail, his movement so gentle that it seemed as if he was afraid to awaken something. “The town can count itself lucky as the civet cat brought me something even better.”
It was only now that they saw he had a baby on his tail. The baby was wrapped in thick fur, revealing only half of his face. His face looked yellow like he was just born, and on the altar behind him was an open box.
“Meow, meow… my gift!” The civet cat burst into tears and looked at the box that had obviously been used. His heart was broken. Ooh, ooh, ooh… his clan’s patriarch was going to have his skin.
The Blood Fox looked greatly excited in contrast, the expression in his eyes revealing a hint of madness. Holding the baby on his tail, he muttered, “Once he absorbs the aura of this Splendor Lingzhi, my son will soon… soon awaken.”
The reason the Blood Fox had set up the Blood Sacrifice Array was to reverse the baneful Qi of heaven and earth so that he could cure his fox cub. But along the way he had found something even better—the Splendor Lingzhi of the civet cat—so he had devised all ways and means to steal it from the civet cat.
However…
“It’s no use. Your baby won’t wake up,” Yi Qing suddenly said coldly.
“What are you talking about!” The Blood Fox suddenly turned violent, his blood red eyes glaring at Yi Qing. “Splendor Lingzhi can revitalise dead flesh and bones. It is the best healing divine medicine there is, so how can it be useless? My son will soon wake up, right now!”
“You too know that it is just a divine healing medicine, not a medicine for resurrection. Splendor Lingzhi cannot revive a corpse whose soul has already left its body. The fact that this baby has not woken up for so long proves it.” Yi Qing continued, “Blood Fox, the baby you are holding was already dead at birth.”
“No, impossible!” The Blood Fox looked even more frenzied. “He is my son with Snow Flake, the only bloodline that she has left for me in this world. He cannot be dead! You’re talking nonsense! Nonsense!”
Suddenly, the baneful Qi of the Blood Fox surged up and a gust of Yin wind buffeted the entire area. Furrowing his brow, Lonemoon exchanged looks with Yi Qing. The both of them rushed forwards, not wanting to continue talking nonsense with this fox demon who had obviously gone insane. Within moments, the whole area was filled with flashes of light from the blade of their swords as they seamlessly switched from one sword move to the next.
The Blood Fox let out out a loud roar. His remaining seven tails, which had suddenly grown longer, shot out of the array formation like sharp blades towards the two of them.
“Yi Qing, attack its feet!” No living things could survive within the Blood Sacrifice Array. Although the array was not yet complete, because the Blood Fox was standing at the eye of the array, these blood clouds would still protect their master. They could not touch him unless they forced him out of the array.