A coarse voice exploded in everyone's ears.
Everyone was startled!
Gu Tong cried out in alarm, "Oh no, that's the Blood Demon's voice! How did he get here so quickly?"
As soon as the words fell, a muscular, powerfully built man appeared before them.
The man's skin was blood-red, as if it had been dyed in blood.
It was the Blood Demon.
The Blood Demon looked at Su Mo and said coldly, "You brat, you dare barge into my lair and rob my home? Are you tired of living?"
"Lord Su, you go first! We'll hold him back for you."
Gu Tong and Gubo stepped forward at the same time, standing in front of Su Mo.
The Blood Demon said disdainfully, "Just the two of you traitors think you can stop me? Have you forgotten how I killed you a hundred years ago?"
Hearing this, Gu Tong and Gubo's hearts sank.
A hundred years ago, they had mistakenly entered the Bloody Mountain Range and encountered the Blood Demon. They were killed in an instant before they could even make a move.
Back then, the Blood Demon wasn't as powerful as he was now.
After a hundred years of Cultivation, the Blood Demon's strength had long since become terrifyingly immense. He was in a different league now.
"We'll fight him to the death!"
"Even if you perform Soul Refining on us, we will protect Lord Su! He is our savior."
Gubo and Gu Tong said with grim expressions.
Without Su Mo, they would never have been able to wash away the Evil Qi from their bodies. They would have remained Evil Demons forever, enslaved by the Blood Demon.
"Just you two?"
The Blood Demon asked with a cold laugh.
THUD!
The Evil King took a step forward, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Gu Tong and Gubo in front of Su Mo. "And me," he said. "I'll fight you to the death, too."
"What? You want to fight me to the death, too?"
The Blood Demon's face was filled with astonishment.
It was one thing for Gu Tong and Gubo to risk their lives against him—after all, they had regained their human identities. But why the Evil King?
'Has he lost his mind?'
However, the Blood Demon wasn't worried.
With his strength, he could easily suppress everyone here.
The Blood Demon said indifferently, "Since you're all so eager to die, I'll grant your wish."
With that, he raised a large hand, conjuring a bloody Palm Seal that he slammed down toward the Evil King, Gu Tong, and Gubo.
The bloody Palm Seal blotted out the sky.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Under the immense power, the air cracked with deafening booms, and even space itself began to warp.
'So terrifying!'
The three faced their foe as if he were an apocalypse, hastily using their strongest techniques to defend themselves.
THUD!
The great bloody hand slammed down hard, crushing the three to the ground. Their bones fractured all over, and they continuously spat out blood.
"Trash!"
The Blood Demon said disdainfully.
BOOM!
He thought he had finished them, but to his surprise, the three struggled back to their feet. They stood before Su Mo again, their expressions showing they were ready to die.
The Blood Demon asked, confused, "To protect a single human, the three of you are willing to give up your lives. Why?"
"Hmph, why should we tell you?"
"Kill us or torture us, do as you please. If any of us even frowns, we're sons of bitches."
The three remained fearless in the face of death.
Gu Tong turned back and urged, "Lord Su, while we hold the Blood Demon off, you should run! Don't die here."
"Go back and tell the people of our Great Demon Sect that their ancestors died in battle, not as cowards."
Gubo spoke from the bottom of his heart.
The Evil King said, "Lord Su, even though I'm an Evil Demon, I swore an oath. Even if it means climbing a mountain of knives or plunging into a sea of fire, I will not hesitate for a moment if you give the word. Let me sacrifice my life for you and die in battle here today."
With that, the three once again channeled their power and charged madly toward the Blood Demon.
BAM!
Without a doubt, the three were swatted back by the Blood Demon once more.
This time, they couldn't even get back up.
"Sigh..."
Just as the Blood Demon was about to deliver the killing blow, Su Mo suddenly sighed and said, "I have seen your loyalty. Now, let me protect you."
"Did I hear that right? Lord Su said he's going to protect us?"
"It's not worth it!"
"Lord Su, you should hurry and leave! You can avenge us when you become stronger. Dying here now is just not worth it."
The three desperately tried to persuade Su Mo to leave.
Because the Blood Demon was too powerful.
They were afraid that Su Mo was no match for the Blood Demon and would be throwing his life away for nothing.
However, Su Mo resolutely stepped in front of the three and said calmly, "Abandoning my loyal servants and fleeing... is that the kind of petty person you think I am?"
"But..."
The three looked hesitant.
'If Lord Su really did abandon them and run, it would mean he isn't worthy of their life-and-death loyalty.'
'But if he doesn't run... '
Su Mo looked up at the Blood Demon and said, "Make your move. You only have one chance."
"Hmph, you ignorant mutt. Daring to spout such nonsense in my presence when death is at your door. Fine. I'll kill you first, then slowly torture the three of them to death."
The Blood Demon snorted coldly. A torrent of blood-red energy erupted from his palm, coalescing into a blood-colored spear.
SWISH!
With one thrust, the spear pierced through the void, aimed straight for Su Mo's throat.
Su Mo reached out and grabbed.
BAM!
The blood-colored spear was caught in Su Mo's hand. No matter how hard the Blood Demon pushed his power, it wouldn't move an inch further.
"You..."
The Blood Demon was stunned.
That one thrust was powerful enough to kill a human expert at the Martial King Great Perfection Realm, yet it couldn't do a thing to Su Mo.
'Who is this Su Mo?'
'Is he some old monster who's lived for hundreds of years after taking a Youthful Appearance Pill?'
Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to have such strength.
The Blood Demon said coldly, "No wonder you dared to stand up against me. But with just this little bit of strength, you're still too green. Blood Flame Array!"
RUMBLE!
The Blood Demon reached a large hand toward the Blood Pool that nurtured the Burial Ground Blood Flowers, and an endless torrent of blood was pulled out.
Immediately after, he spat out an Evil Flame.
HISSSS!
The blood ignited, and under the Blood Demon's control, it formed a massive Blood Flame Array that seemed capable of melting the very void.
"The Blood Flame Array? That seems so familiar!"
The Evil King exclaimed in surprise.
Su Mo looked back and asked, "Have you remembered something?"
The Evil King shook his head. "No, I just feel that the Blood Flame Array is very familiar, like I've seen it somewhere before. It seems... it even burned me to death."
"What? You died in a Blood Flame Array in your past life?"
Su Mo looked astonished.
The Evil King nodded. "Lord Su, this Blood Flame Array is an Array formed from burning essence blood. Its purpose isn't to attack the physical body, but the Divine Soul. In my past life, this is what ignited my Divine Soul and killed me."
The moment he saw the Blood Flame Array, many memories came flooding back to him.
Once the Divine Soul is ignited by the Blood Flame Array, no method can extinguish it. It burns until the Divine Soul is completely annihilated, leaving behind a soulless husk.
"Hehe, have you finally remembered?"
The Blood Demon toyed with the Blood Flame Array and said mockingly, "In your past life, I used this very thing to kill you. I didn't expect that after a thousand years, you'd still be able to remember."
"What? In my past life... I died at your hands?"
The Evil King's face was a mask of horror.
He never would have dreamed that he had been killed by the Blood Demon in his previous life.
The Evil King gritted his teeth and asked, "Who... who exactly are you?"
"Who am I?"
The Blood Demon chuckled. "Heh heh. Seeing as you're about to die, I'll tell you the truth. I am the Demon Venerable himself, buried in this land. You may call me the Burial Land Demon Venerable."