Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

Buyu Monk at this point led a group of sect members, retreating over ten miles away, looking back at the horrifying scene in the sky, his face revealing a thick sense of self-confidence.

Upon hearing his words, the others, gazing at the sky, also showed a trace of earnestness.

On another front, Zhao Qingxue and the sect members of the Ziqing Holy Sect, watching their Master Moxuzi in the sky, also filled their expressions with admiration and respect.

A fifth-grade pinnacle demon, even among the members of the Holy Land, is a rare sight.

Not to mention at this moment, this fifth-grade pinnacle demon was about to be slain...

What followed was exactly as they had hoped to see. The sword lights unleashed by Moxuzi and Master Yuan Kong took advantage of the moment when the four great experts fiercely suppressed Maiden Hong, piercing through her body from the left and the right respectively.

The sea of blood abruptly came to a standstill, and the towering demon qi around Maiden Hong ceased abruptly, then turning into streams after streams of demon qi, continuously flowing out from the wounds caused by the two swords, dissipating between heaven and earth.

As this process continued, the sea of blood below gradually began to dissolve, eventually revealing the original landscape of Shili Slope.

Maiden Hong thus hung her head, standing motionless in mid-air, until the sea of blood dissipated, and her body gradually turned to ashes starting from the legs.

The turmoil that plagued Tongling for nearly half a year caused by the Blood Demon was thus slain by the joint efforts of the six great experts...

Everything seemed to have settled at this point...

"Could this... be too smooth?"

The one who spoke was Zhang Yuning, his tone still somewhat in disbelief, paying no mind to the gazes cast upon him by the five individuals at his side, but with brows tightly furrowed, staring intently at Maiden Hong.

After watching for a long while, he finally raised his head to look at the five people and said gravely, "This is a third-grade great demon that caused chaos in a state during the last years of Wuzong, only to be finally dealt with by the head of my Divine Dynasty's Heavenly Works Workshop. How could we have resolved it so easily?"

Upon hearing these words, a hint of doubt emerged in the eyes of the five individuals, but as they watched the body of Maiden Hong, now reduced to nothing but a head, they set aside the doubts in their minds, fixed their gaze on that head, waiting for it to completely vanish.

But just as the six of them were focused on it...

"Cack cack cack cack cack cack cack..."

The head suddenly lifted, and the once beautiful face of Maiden Hong was now nearly twisted. Looking at the six individuals, she let out an incredibly creepy and sinister sneering laughter.

"How is it, did old Mo Yunzi not tell you that these three swords were made from my heart? Although they can restrain me, they also carry my essence. I had just barely revived, with my core just beginning to condense, lacking the essence of Xue Zhao and Xue Yang to awaken my true form. Who would have thought you foolish lot would actually bring my essence to me, cack cack cack..."

The six individuals' expressions suddenly turned solemn, especially Moxuzi and Master Yuan Kong. Hearing Maiden Hong's words was like a bolt from the blue, with their complexions undergoing the most drastic changes.

Zhang Yuning, by now, had some guesses in his heart, but to confirm the answer, he still softly turned to Lian Ningxue and whispered, "What does she mean by that?"

Lian Ningxue's face was slightly pale, her gaze sharply focused as she said, "With the essence obtained, she naturally... will be able to awaken her true form!"

Upon hearing Lian Ningxue's words, all five individuals shuddered.

"Cack cack cack..."

In their disbelieving gazes, Maiden Hong's head kept letting out that creepy laughter, and finally, it dissolved into nothingness between heaven and earth...

At the same time, the ground within a hundred miles radius, as if an earthquake had occurred, suddenly began to tremble violently. The six individuals standing mid-air all turned their heads in unison, looking toward the direction of the Prefectural City with complete shock in their eyes.

"Is this... the Blood Demon's true form reviving?"

"How could it be this strong? This aura, I've lived for four hundred years and have never heard of such."

"Fifth-grade... fifth-grade, this is truly comparable to the peak of the Xuanyin Realm, a fifth-grade pinnacle karmic position."

"The real fifth-grade pinnacle? Then what were we fighting all that time just now? What was that?"

"The strength of a demon lies within its body. This Blood Demon had just revived, with its core still in an infantile state. By using its core to take form, it could fight us for so long, and now that its true form has revived, its strength must have become even more terrifying."

...

The six individuals looked toward the direction of the Prefectural City, feeling the terrifying aura coming from there, their tones trembling much like the quaking ground below, filled with a hint of terror.

"This is bad, the Prefectural City!"

Zhan Taiqing, the only one among the six who hadn't spoken, suddenly furrowed his brows, cried out in alarm, and his body disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Right, the Prefectural City. Isn't there the Holy Church's Lanruo Barrier protecting Tongling? What are we afraid of..."

Lian Ningxue had not finished speaking when she suddenly stopped, a look of astonishment on her face, for she realized that the Blood Demon's aura they were sensing was coming from within the Prefectural City.

"The Orchid Thus Barrier of Tongling, it hasn't been opened?"

"Could it be that those thousands of demons have already attacked the city?"

"Quick, let's go and see!"

The expressions of the five darkened instantly. Although they were not all kindhearted or faithful, and indeed each had their own schemes, those were aimed against the Rakshasa Demon Religion. In Tongling County, there were still more than two million souls.

Thinking of those thousands of demons and the Blood Demon, whose true form had nonetheless revived, potentially rampaging within the County, the five dared not delay any longer. They leaped forward, following the direction Zhan Taiqing had indicated, and flew towards the Prefectural City.

Buyu Monk and Zhao Qingxue below, each leading their respective sect members, followed the five, heading towards Tongling County.

......

At the Prefectural Magistrate's Office, beside the cyan grinding plate.

Ding Buhai sensed the tremors of the earth and the terrifying aura gradually reviving beneath his feet. His face turned pale in an instant, and in an anxious tone, he said, "What is this aura? Could it be that my revered teachers have failed, and the Blood Demon is coming?"

Perceiving the increasingly strong aura beneath his feet, he dared not delay any further, hastily taking out a golden token from within his robe.

On the front of the token was engraved the word "Tongling," precisely the Prefectural Magistrate's Order he had just tricked out of Fan Longhe's hands.

He channeled his True Qi throughout his body, infusing it into the token, then slowly placed it above the cyan grinding plate. The plate immediately emitted an arcane light, lifting the token into the air, and then released a captivating blue luminescence...

Seeing the light grow increasingly intense and thousands of luminous restraints linking up in the air, Ding Buhai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"The Orchid Thus Barrier, ranked third among the four major barriers of the Rakshasa Demon Religion, signifies the Quiet Brahmanic Truth Realm, detached from the secular dust. Martial Artists who have not cultivated True Qi, that is those below the Grandmaster Realm, may not enter the realm, and neither can demons below the fifth rank."

As he watched the barrier's light rapidly expanding, the look in Ding Buhai's eyes grew more excited.

"As long as this group of demons is held back and my revered teachers can determine the outcome of their fight with the Blood Demon, Tongling will fall into the hands of our Leiyin Temple. With Tongling as the foundation, once the Vajra Army of Leiyin Temple arrives, the entire Yongzhou and Xiayuan region..."

Before Ding Buhai could finish his thought, his expression suddenly froze.

"What's happening to this barrier?"

The radiant restraints that had been extending before him suddenly came to a halt, and moreover, these luminous restraints began to retract, all converging back into the cyan grinding plate.

Ding Buhai was well aware of what this scene meant. The excitement and thrill on his face vanished in an instant, once again turning pale.

Boom...

A rumble came, and standing on the ground, Ding Buhai sensed that the terrifying aura beneath his feet had completely revived; his eyes were filled with fear and panic.

...

In Tongling Prefectural City, the streets that were bustling because of the Rakshasa Festival had quieted down due to the aftermath of the battle at Shili Slope and the added news of a demon attack near the eastern gate, causing everyone to hide inside their homes. Only a small group of people, having heard someone say you could survive by leaving the city, had fled.

This continuous tremor provoked everyone's fear once more; humans always maintain a reverence in the face of nature, especially on a day fraught with both demons and earthquakes.

Apart from a few Martial Artists who still dared to emerge because of their cultivation, nearly all the citizens of the city stayed indoors, not daring to step outside, as if that alone could provide them with a sense of security.

The earth's trembling, which lasted for dozens of breaths, finally ceased...

Martial Artists within the city, along with the braver common folk, began to step out of their homes, eager to check the situation outside.

However, as soon as everyone emerged, they were all stunned...

In the center of the city, a massive tree of unknown height had risen from the ground. The tree was entirely blood-red, its diameter alone was more than a mile across, and its crown was so high that it could not be seen.

"What is this thing?"

"Was that shaking caused by this tree emerging?"

"This tree, it looks somewhat unsettling."

"Is this even a tree?"