Chapter 312: The Performer Takes the Stage

The Ancient Immortal River, ever since the Shaosi Sect was destroyed by the Eight Sect Alliance with a taboo magic treasure and the dam collapsed, its tributary had surged forward, along the Taisi Due Mountain, through a long distance, and flowed into the territory of the Eight Sect Alliance.

This river nourished countless small countries along the way, allowing a large number of mortal people to benefit from it, bringing blessings to one side.

And the Eight Sect Alliance maintained it very strictly; the eight sects patrolled almost without gaps to ensure the safety of this river.

But today, an accident still occurred.

The river section where the problem occurred was not far from the Eight Sect Alliance.

Even this place could be considered within the territory of the Eight Sect Alliance. That stretch of river water, for some reason, suddenly changed from its original clarity to pitch black.

Looking from afar, the water upstream was still filled with immortal spirit, but after flowing into this river section, it all became incomparably foul-smelling in an instant.

The alien quality inside was rich, and it even had similarities to when the main stream of the Ancient Immortal River flowed out of the forbidden land of the Capital District.

Black mist rose within the inner river water, shrouding the surroundings and becoming substantial, forming patches of alien-quality mist that spread to the sky. Wherever it covered, the land on the shore was corroded, all plants became purple-black, and living things could hardly survive!

What was even more terrifying was that this patch of alien-quality mist could actually devour spiritual energy, causing the spiritual energy in the surroundings to dissipate extremely quickly.

And this river water also became the source of alienation.

Even a single drop of river water inside contained astonishing alien quality, and countless tiny black dots were even visible to the naked eye, as if they were some kind of deadly object.

Vaguely, this patch of mist also affected the sky; black clouds filled the sky, and it was gloomy.

There were also some fluctuations invisible to the naked eye that spread from within this river water.

Wherever it passed, it seemed to be able to change the life level, causing life to collapse and be severely invaded.

Not only that, but this changed river water also contained strong poison. This poison spread, causing the river water to be completely polluted and permeating a strong sense of corrosion.

Countless spirit fish in the river died, and those that didn't die also began to alienate, becoming ferocious beasts, emitting heaven-shaking roars.

There were even floating creatures in the river that were affected, becoming ferocious.

In the end, patches of resentful souls rose from the bottom of the river, their numbers so large they couldn't be counted, rising and falling inside and outside the river water, making the tributary after this river section look like it had fallen into a ghost realm.

And these resentful souls were different from regular souls; what they emitted was not ice-cold, but astonishingly scorching heat. As they rose and fell, the river water was also affected, boiling and distorting the surroundings.

If a great power were here, gazing into the depths of the problematic river section, they could see the source of all this: it was an altar constructed at the bottom of the river section.

There was a concealment method around this altar, which couldn't be perceived on weekdays. And on that altar, there was a small black bottle, from which thick black liquid emitted, rapidly integrating into the river water.

Just like that, this tributary of the Ancient Immortal River, carrying incomparably terrifying lethality, surged forward at an extremely fast speed, roaring and rolling toward the Eight Sect Alliance.

Because the distance was too close, in an instant, this terrifying river water filled with alien quality surged outside the main city of the Alliance.

Although the Eight Sect Alliance had many arrangements to deal with this situation long ago, now these arrangements seemed to be targeted one by one, actually failing to produce much effect.

The formations collapsed, the rapidly erected dams were corroded, and patches of barriers formed by techniques were all crushed by the impact of the terrifying river water.

Even if the ice-sealing power of the river channel was stimulated in an attempt to seal this river, the existence of those scorching souls made the ice-sealing unable to last.

For a time, the entire Eight Sect Alliance shook. As bursts of urgent bell ringing came from the mountain gates of each sect, a large number of disciples also rushed out together.

Their expressions were filled with surprise as they headed straight for the Ancient Immortal River.

They knew very clearly that they absolutely could not let this polluted river water surge its alien quality into the main city. Otherwise, for the Eight Sect Alliance, the loss would be huge.

And the Eight Sect Alliance was, after all, one of the six major forces in the Capital District, with a very deep foundation. Although a series of advance preventive measures had failed, in fact, there were more preventive measures that the disciples didn't know about, which only the ancestors and the sect masters of each sect were qualified to know clearly.

So soon, as the sect masters and ancestors of each sect appeared, bursts of earthen walls rose from the ground outside the Alliance city, directly blocking the rolling river water.

There were even sharp sword qi whistling and integrating into the river water, rapidly strangling everything existing inside.

There was also a massive amount of elixir sprinkled out to neutralize the strong poison and alien quality in the river water.

At the same time, there were ancestors who took action, causing the mist that permeated from all around to be blocked outside. The earth rumbled, and a new river channel materialized, bypassing the Alliance main city and spreading to the Forbidden Sea from another direction.

These various means caused this seemingly fierce river water to lose most of its power in an instant.

From this, it could also be seen that the Eight Sect Alliance's ability to respond and prevent was indeed worthy of its status as one of the six major forces.

It was just that the alien quality and strong poison still spread somewhat, and this required a large number of Alliance disciples to disperse.

In addition, the arrival of the river water was only one aspect of the handling; the key was to find the source of the invasion.

Thus, the strong and ancestors of each sect of the Alliance rushed out rapidly, heading straight for the river section where the problem occurred.

At the same time, the disciples of each sect of the Eight Sect Alliance were busy. The situation seemed very urgent, but everything was orderly, and everyone was performing their own duties.

Xu Qing was in the Transportation Department at this moment, having just formed his own magic warship. Seeing this scene, the sect's mobilization order and arrangements were rapidly transmitted through his voice transmission jade slip.

Zhang San's expression also changed, shocked by this sudden scene. He also received the task. The two looked at each other and saw the heaviness in each other's eyes. There was no time to communicate, and they scattered rapidly.

"This matter is not right!" Xu Qing looked up, watching the red glow in the sky vaguely covered by the black mist that was spreading. Between red and black, a touch of purple was born.

This purple made Xu Qing think of the feeling of panic he had earlier.

That feeling of panic was still there at this moment.

Thus, he headed straight for the mountain gate of the Seven Blood Eyes. His task was to guard the mountain gate.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the river pollution... was probably just a smokescreen.

Although he could see it, he still had to deal with it. Whether it was dispersing the alien quality and strong poison, or luring the ancestors and others to the problematic river section, everything was something that had to be done.

But if the change was only these things, then for the Eight Sect Alliance, it wouldn't count for anything at all. It wouldn't take long before it could be completely resolved.

Everything depended on whether there would be a follow-up.

Xu Qing knew that what he could think of, the high-level members of the Alliance couldn't possibly not think of. Thus, his speed was even faster.

On the way to the mountain gate, Xu Qing's gaze swept over the main city. He saw the terror of countless mortals and the worry on the expressions of the disciples.

Everyone was busy, but in their hearts, there was a sense of unease about the unknown.

Even the taboo magic treasures of each sect were opened one after another at this moment, forming rays of light that shone, used to guard against foreign enemies.

But just at this moment, as the light of the taboo magic treasures of each sect spread out, the red light that shot into the sky from the Lingyun Sword Sect suddenly shone with ten thousand rays of light, actually erupting ahead of time.

The appearance of that red light was heaven-shaking and earth-shattering, attracting countless gazes.

In an instant, it was the focus of all attention.

The disciples didn't know the reason, and seeing this now, there were all kinds of guesses.

But at the same time, the ancestor of the Lingyun Sword Sect, who was heading to the problematic river section with the ancestors of the other three sects and was dealing with the source, had his expression change drastically after seeing this scene.

Because this eruption of the taboo magic treasure was not controlled by him!

In the sky, the red light emitted by the Lingyun Sword Sect's taboo magic treasure was the color of fresh blood. While dazzling to the extreme, it directly turned into a huge blood-colored giant tree in the sky!

This tree was majestic, standing high above the sky. The trunk was thick, and the whole body was bright red, with countless ferocious faces appearing on it, all wailing.

The countless leaves on it emitted heaven-shaking sword qi that couldn't be blocked, causing the sky to rumble and forming a huge vortex, in which countless sword shadows could be seen wandering, their number so large it was impossible to calculate.

This vortex shrouded the entire Eight Sect Alliance, its momentum shaking the sky.

Xu Qing had now approached the mountain gate of the Seven Blood Eyes. Looking up and seeing this scene, his expression changed. He felt the terrifying pressure coming from there, as if the sky had turned into a sea of blood. This sea, with the momentum of ten thousand jun, shook the world.

And on that giant tree, a figure appeared at this moment.

This figure was wearing a golden gradient robe, wearing a blue crown inlaid with purple, and stepping on a three-colored flowing cloud bronze sword. His face was pale but couldn't hide his handsomeness. It was just that the emptiness of his right eye and the ferocity revealed by his left eye made his temperament carry evil.

His appearance caused everyone who saw him to shudder.

It was... Sheng Yunzi!

He stood on the flowing cloud bronze sword. This sword floated at the top of the blood-colored giant tree. There, Sheng Yunzi looked down at the earth and suddenly laughed.

The smile carried a touch of emotion and a touch of madness as he spoke softly.

"This is my blood-colored performance."

As soon as his words came out, the blood tree beneath him erupted, forming a sea of red that permeated the sky, and then headed straight for... the mountain gate of the Seven Blood Eyes!

The speed was so fast, and because the distance was too close, in the blink of an eye, the red light submerged the mountain gate of the Seven Blood Eyes.

A heaven-shaking blood tree rose directly from within the mountain gate of the Seven Blood Eyes!

As the earth shook and the mountains swayed, and heaven and earth shook together, Sheng Yunzi in mid-air slowly stretched out his arms and looked toward the sky.

"Candlelight, please look!"

The Eight Sect Alliance was instantly in an uproar. At this moment, in the chaotic main city of the Lingyun Sword Sect, on the roof of a pavilion, the two people wearing black robes and the god's remnant face mask, one sitting and one standing.

The black-robed person sitting there was playing with an ancient wooden box in his hand. As he kept flipping it in his hand, he looked at Sheng Yunzi in the sky. Clearly, he was on the ground and Sheng Yunzi was in the sky, but in his eyes, it was like looking at ants. He smiled, his voice young.

"Night Dove, is it his performance?"

"Master, it is not him." The person in black behind responded respectfully, then looked toward the direction of the Seven Blood Eyes. In his eyes, threads like starlight flashed, and he said in a low voice again.

"Master, you enjoy it slowly first. I will go and send a greeting gift to the Seven Blood Eyes. I think after this time, the entire Capital District will recognize Candlelight again, recognize Master. After all, in their previous cognition, Candlelight was just an organization that couldn't make it. But with your arrival, Master, Candlelight will be different from now on."

"Go." The black-robed youth smiled slightly. While playing with the wooden box in his hand, he turned his head and looked toward... the direction of the Seven Blood Eyes, whispering softly.

"Little Brother is going to cry again." ===== CHAPTER 313 =====