Hearing these words, the three demonic lords simultaneously revealed their true demonic forms.

A wave of malevolent, destructive energy instantly spread above the blood pool.

Ripples of power radiated from the clash between the demonic lords, Amon, and the three cultivators from the Nine Mansions.

Even from such a distance, Xu Taiping couldn’t help but feel a pang of dread.

If he were to join the battle, he wouldn’t even need to face these people directly; the aftermath of their fight alone could tear him apart.

“Bang!”

At that moment, the demonic lord Zhou Kui was suddenly sent flying by a punch from a towering cultivator of the Nine Mansions.

“The Nine Mansions have such a powerful body cultivator?”

Xu Taiping took note of this cultivator’s appearance, planning to ask Second Senior Brother about him later.

With Zhou Kui’s defeat, the balance between the two sides was broken. Amon’s sword energy began to sweep through like an autumn wind scattering leaves, clearing the demonic cultivators above the blood pool. All the sword energy then converged behind him, and with one strike, he sent the three demonic lords flying.

For a moment, only a single flying sword remained, struggling to defend the forming blood jade.

“Suchan, if you don’t come out now, I’ll destroy this blood jade!”

Amon shouted.

But there was no response.

“Zheng!…”

Losing patience, Amon gathered the vast oceanic sword energy behind him into a blue sword light at his sword tip and slashed at the flying sword.

“Crack!”

The flying sword, possibly belonging to Suchan, shattered on impact.

However, at the moment the sword broke, a pair of phantom arms appeared before Amon.

The phantom arms made a drawing sword motion and then slashed at Amon.

Though the phantom arms held no sword, the act of drawing and slashing summoned a vast sword intent, pulling the entire momentum of the sky above the blood river into an invisible sword.

Amon was initially stunned, then his eyes lit up with joy.

“This is the strike I’ve been waiting for!”

He shouted, using his own oceanic sword intent to draw the momentum of the heavens and earth, and slashed out.

“Boom!”

The collision of the two sword intents exploded with a thunderous roar.

Some demonic cultivators too close to the clash were torn apart by the sword energy.

Even the blood jade below, already formed, shattered into countless tiny fragments from the impact.

The three demonic lords immediately began to collect the blood jade fragments with all their might.

Meanwhile, the cultivators of the Nine Mansions tried their best to stop them.

The scene became chaotic.

Xu Taiping, who had been watching from the sidelines, noticed many blood jade fragments falling into the Jade Bone Grass, drawing the demonic cultivators, including the demonic lords, into a frenzy.

“If it falls here, don’t even think about it.”

Xu Taiping chuckled, then used the Jade Bone Grass to flee while searching for the blood jade fragments scattered in the grass.

With thousands of eyes helping him search, it only took the time of a tea break for Xu Taiping to collect seventeen or eighteen fragments into his gourd.

The demonic cultivators continued to search the grass like headless flies.

With nothing else to do, Xu Taiping resumed his old trade, dragging lone demonic cultivators into the grass to rob them.

These demonic cultivators were far from innocent, so he had no qualms about robbing them.

“Rumble!…”

Just as Xu Taiping was busy, the world suddenly trembled, and a dangerous aura enveloped the area.

What made Xu Taiping even more terrified was that the Jade Bone Grass around him suddenly stood upright, their leaves pointing in the same direction, as if responding to a command.

“Fairy Lingyue said these Jade Bone Grass are used to seal the remains of demonic gods. Could it be that the sealed demonic god’s remains are acting up?”

Thinking this, Xu Taiping used the Jade Bone Grass to look towards the blood pool.

He saw columns of demonic energy rising from the center of the blood pool like smoke.

Deep roars and murmurs echoed from the bottom of the blood pool, reverberating through the lower levels of the Immortal Gourd Cave.

“Ugh!…”

Xu Taiping tried to listen to the sounds, but they felt like steel needles stabbing into his soul, causing him to nearly lose consciousness.

“Rustle!…”

The Jade Bone Grass, sensing Xu Taiping’s pain, quickly gathered around him, wrapping him up and covering his eyes and ears with their leaves.

In an instant, Xu Taiping regained clarity.

“Thank you.”

He realized the Jade Bone Grass had saved his life again.

However, the Jade Bone Grass remained upright, their leaves pointing towards the blood pool.

“Could the terrifying sound just now have come from the demonic god?”

A bad premonition surged in Xu Taiping’s heart.

Despite his eyes and ears being covered, he could still see and hear the situation in the blood pool through the Jade Bone Grass.

He looked again towards the blood pool.

Above the blood pool, Amon was still dueling with the phantom arms.

The three great cultivators of the Nine Mansions had forced the three demonic lords and dozens of demonic cultivators to the center of the blood pool.

The light from the altar’s jade disk continued to flash.

One after another, cultivators from the Nine Mansions were being transported in from the outside.

But with the deep roars and murmurs, the three great cultivators of the Nine Mansions were suddenly sent flying to the edge of the blood pool.

“Stay away from the blood pool! A powerful demonic creature is awakening beneath it!”

One of the great cultivators of the Nine Mansions shouted to the newly arrived cultivators.

“And don’t listen to the sounds from the bottom of the pool!”

Another great cultivator quickly added.

But the warning came too late.

“Ah!—”

A cultivator on the altar suddenly screamed, his head exploding.

Seeing this, Xu Taiping was stunned.

He thought, if the Jade Bone Grass hadn’t protected him earlier, he might have ended up like that cultivator.

“Zheng!…”

At that moment, Amon slashed his sword towards the blood pool.