Chapter 250: 148, Qinglong Association (16)_2
Countless blood-red vines suddenly surged down from between the clouds, striking like millions of arrows attacking simultaneously, a wild wind sweeping across the land, and in the darkness, a wave of Demon Qi surged towards everyone.
The arrow-like blood-red vines even dispersed the clouds in the sky, and the crown of the ancient tree finally revealed itself to the people.
The crown was a complete blood-red, without a single leaf visible, yet it was intricately intertwined, covering the sky and almost entirely covering the space above the Prefectural City, with each branch densely covered in blood-red vines. These vines seemed capable of growing at will, and at this moment, they were plunging towards the myriad souls of Tongling from the clouds.
"The ancient tree is a demon... it's a demon, and these vines are all filled with Demon Qi!"
"This... this... this is... what... demon?"
"Blood-thirsty ancient tree, I remember now, it's a Blood Demon, the Zhaoyang Blood Demon!"
"The Zhaoyang Blood Demon from the waning days of Wuzong, recorded in the Annals of Tongling County, the thousand-year-old locust tree that turned into a demon?"
"Exactly, it's it, it's it!"
"Run!"
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The more than two million souls of the Prefectural City finally realized that the ancient tree at the city center was controlling those thousands of vines, and some recognized the origin of the ancient tree, causing cries of terror to erupt suddenly as numerous individuals dragged their families, frantically running towards the nearest city gate.
The North City was no exception.
Wang Peng and Zhang Chong saw the commotion around them, instantly turned pale, quickly pulled their wives and children to their sides, and instinctively started running towards the direction of the north gate with the crowd.
Although they knew there were demons outside the city gates, it had to be far better than staying inside the city, facing this blood tree demon. If they were lucky and didn't encounter any powerful demons, they might still carve out a slim chance of survival for themselves and their families.
However, the two soon realized how naive this idea was!
Hisss...
As the thousands of vines hit the ground, they first emitted a sharp piercing sound that could stab at everyone's eardrums, followed by the powerful demonic power within the vines exploding upon contact with the ground, releasing a massive energy that shook the entire Prefectural City with a huge thunderous roar.
Boom... Boom...
Wang Peng and Zhang Chong shielded their wives and children in their arms, used their bodies as shields, and after the sound of the explosion lasted for more than ten breaths, they finally raised their heads, shook off the dust, looked around, and their pupils suddenly contracted, filling with sheer terror.
The buildings as far as the eye could see had already turned into ruins, and many of the people who had just been standing on the streets watching now remained standing, hardly one out of ten, and mostly those were cultivators with some level of Cultivation.
And many others had a blood-red vine embedded in their body, yet bizarrely, none of them showed any expression of pain on their faces; instead, they looked terrified at the vines embedded in their bodies.
"What is this thing?"
"Why doesn't it hurt..."
"I'm not in pain either, are you not in pain?"
"Does this demon not want to kill us?"
...
But the doubts in everyone's hearts did not last for more than a few moments, as they were soon replaced by fear, following a trembling voice.
"These vines, they can suck blood, they can suck blood..."
With a terrified cry, everyone immediately turned to look at him, only to see his originally healthy complexion turn pale in less than three breaths, then his body became shriveled as his lifeblood was completely drained, and his face instantly filled with horror.
Everyone struggled desperately, trying to pull the vines out of their bodies, but unfortunately, not a single person managed to escape; instead, one after another was drained of their lifeblood, and only after they all turned into mummies were they finally rid of the vines.
Before the people could even recover, those vines, as if they had a life of their own, coiled around the spot for a few moments,quickly targeted those who had just narrowly escaped the first wave.
"Run!"
"Save your lives!"
"Save me, save me..."
...
The thousands of vines launched their second round of hunting, their speed unbelievably fast, sweeping up monstrous demon Qi, extending from the ground or speeding through the air, even carrying people along, continuously stacking penetrations, like stringing calabashes, with extremely tricky angles.
Screams echoed continuously.
The entire North City, as far as the eye could see, instantly turned into hell on Earth,
Zhang Chong and Wang Peng instantly turned deathly pale, hadn't even had the chance to escape, were targeted by a vine; it aimed not elsewhere but right at Zhang Chong's children just behind him. Zhang Chong, merely at the five levels of body refinement, didn't even have time to react.
Suddenly, a great force pushed Zhang Chong away, just enough for him to dodge that vine.
"My dear..."
"Dad!"
Two mournful cries reached the ears of the miraculously saved Zhang Chong, who leapt up from the ground, turned his head to see Wang Peng had been pierced by the vine, his eyes were about to bulge in rage, pulled out a large knife, and charged forward, chopping at the vine trying to save his dear friend.
Clang...
Unfortunately, the toughness of the vine was far beyond expectation, Zhang Chong's palm split open, unable to leave a single mark on it, on the contrary, a huge notch flowed on the big knife.
"Old Wang, why did you try to play the hero, did I need your help to save me..."
Zhang Chong looked at his friend impaled by the vine, his voice full of sorrow.
Like the others, Wang Peng felt no pain at all in his body, merely unable to move; seeing the sorrowful expression on Zhang Chong's face, he managed a smile instead.
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