After a series of explosions, Zhou Xing's body was covered in wounds, his legs reduced to just a few pieces of skin and flesh still connected, while his leg bones had long been blown away to who knows where.

At this moment, Zhu Bufan still had the mind to think of other things, secretly marveling, wondering how Zhou Xing could still stand with such a strange power.

Zhu Bufan was at ease because he knew that Elder Zheng Da would do everything possible to ensure his safety. After witnessing Elder Zheng Da's ability to stand in the void, although Zhu Bufan couldn't be certain that he was the legendary Innate expert, he was sure that if Elder Zheng Da couldn't solve the problem, then he definitely couldn't either. So, he stayed calm and let Elder Zheng Da get furious.

Everything described happened suddenly. Just as Zhou Xing shouted, "Contract...", the blood mass floating in front of his chest started to pulsate rapidly.

Like lightning dancing in the sky, a ray of blood light shot out from the blood mass, and its target was Zhu Bufan.

"Heart of Plants, dispel all evils!" Elder Zheng Da lowly shouted as the green heart in his hand shot out swiftly, accurately meeting the red light.

Red and green intersected, like salt sprinkled in a frying pan, crackling, and a gray mist emerged from it.

"Soul-devouring Blood Curse, unstoppable!" Zhou Wu snorted coldly, "By my body, I serve the contract; by my soul, I vow to exchange my flesh, soul, and everything for the ultimate death, the dark energy!"

The blood mass seemed alive; after a pulse, blood light surged, and the entire blood beam half a foot thick faced off fiercely against the green heart shape.

However, the price Zhou Xing paid to strengthen the power of the Soul-devouring Blood Curse was terrifying. His whole body seemed made of sand and stones; under the traction of some mysterious energy, his flesh turned into gray blood streams, merging into the blood ball. His body, like ashes, dissipated in the air, and in an instant, Zhou Xing vanished right before everyone's eyes.

Yet, an eerie voice lingered in the courtyard.

"Soul-devouring Blood Curse, haha, descend into the underworld, eternal damnation! Boy, I'm waiting for you... waiting for you to join me... ah..."

As Zhou Xing disappeared, the blood mass suddenly exploded into a blood net, instantly passing through the Heart of Plants and then accelerating countless times. In a flash, it bypassed Elder Zheng Da, then smartly condensed into a mass, striking Zhu Bufan's forehead like lightning.

Zhu Bufan had no time to react as the blood light stamped firmly on his forehead.

The blood light shot into Zhu Bufan's forehead, and while Zhu Bufan couldn't see it, others could clearly see an eerie rune appearing on his forehead.

Zhu Bufan, however, entered a strange state, with his eyes filled with red and gray light. Before he could even moan, he collapsed to the ground.

Dead silence...

The blood light vanished inside Zhu Bufan, but a band of gray energy rapidly expanded outward.

"No, Death Spirit Energy!"

Elder Zheng Da exclaimed, waving his arms, seemingly disturbing the entire space, where ripples twisted like water patterns, wrapping around the expanding gray energy. In the void, there seemed to be a fierce Evil Dragon, turning green, devoid of previous benevolence, violently confronting it.

"If you don't want to die, strike now!" Elder Zheng Da roared, snapping everyone who was still in a daze, awakening them with a jolt. Observing the gray ring of light several meters away, they shouted in alarm and, reacting immediately, various lights flashed in the courtyard—gold, earth-yellow, red, blue, green, and others—intertwining in splendid, dazzling harmonies.

However, at this life-and-death moment, nobody had the mood to watch such a spectacle.

This time, Elder Zheng Da was truly going all out. Since recognizing the Soul-devouring Blood Curse, he realized he was in big trouble. Initially, he held onto a glimmer of hope that Zhou Xing hadn't used the ancient, terrifying Soul-devouring Blood Curse, but after seeing the eerie rune, he had to believe it.

"If this Death Spirit Energy fully spreads, not just this Vice Courtyard of the Zhou Mansion, but the entire Nanli City, only those at the peak of Postnatal reaching the Innate Intent could slightly resist and survive by luck. Otherwise, others would perish—human and beast alike. If that happens... the consequences..." Thinking of this, even Elder Zheng Da, with his composure, couldn't help but break out in cold sweat, feeling chills in his heart.

Faced with the pressure from the two great families and numerous scattered forces, Elder Zheng Da could imagine that to ease external pressure, the family would certainly sacrifice him, handing him over.

"I absolutely cannot let such a thing happen!" Elder Zheng Da quivered violently, gritting his teeth, determined to destroy the Death Spirit Energy here, even at the cost of his life!

With such thoughts, Elder Zheng Da roared continuously, his pale face covered with dense sweat, and abnormal red flushed on his cheeks. At that moment, he finally displayed his full strength.

Every move seemed to represent the power of heaven and earth, tremendously powerful. The rolling green light, transformed into a majestic, commanding Fei Long.

Sizzle...

The thin, smoky Death Spirit Energy was terrifyingly powerful, sweeping through everything it met, as if the light beams encountered a black hole that could devour everything, disappearing without resistance, vanishing in large swathes.

"Ah..."

"Ah..."

"Ah..."

...

At the same time, constant screams of misery echoed forth, forming a hellish domain within the courtyard.

In this space, only two types of energy could balance against the Death Spirit Energy.

One was the Wood Attribute, and the other was the Fire Attribute.

The Wood Attribute, to some degree, represents the Power of Life, while Death Spirit Energy is the truest form of Power of Death. When the two collide, they cancel each other out, like water meeting fire.

The Fire Attribute, representing the Heaven and Earth Flame Yang Power, explosive and destructive, is also the nemesis of Death Spirit Energy to some extent.

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