Chapter 459: When the Gu Mang Appears, All Shall Be Sacrificed for the Witch Moon Sect!

Si Fang waves a hand, and the people of Cloud Valley charge forward first.

When they make a move, the other sects naturally aren't idle either, fearing that later Li Qingluo will have an excuse and receive fewer benefits from the treasure.

A Zhi and a few others are shouted at to step forward and work.

They were poisoned by the gu toxin, so they can only grimace and move forward.

Originally they should have left last night.

But A Zhi also harbors deep hatred toward Li Qingluo.

If she hadn't captured Ya mei, Mother wouldn't have been exposed.

Thus, today they sneak over, hoping to see from behind whether they can ambush, to give Li Qingluo a bit of revenge.

But they didn't even see Li Qingluo's phantom shadow; instead they collided with these madmen from Cloud Valley.

A Zhi, while moving stones, mentally slices all their enemies into eight pieces!

However, the stone suddenly let out a "Boom—" sound.

A Zhi and Ya mei immediately froze, daring not to move further.

They recalled the scene they saw in the cave yesterday, the gu mang they saw.

Their whole bodies couldn't help but start trembling.

Could it be that thing has truly awakened again?

Except for them, no one else noticed anything unusual.

A Zhi and the others crouch on the ground, unable to help but silently retreat backward.

Their abnormal behavior catches the eyes of Union Harmony Sect members, who immediately come over and grab their necks.

"What trick are you trying to play?"

A Zhi, though, really wants to have these people accompany Mother, sister, and brother as sacrifices.

But she herself doesn't want to die.

"I advise you, better leave quickly."

"The thing below isn't something you can just get just because you want it."

Ji Jin Xue looks over: "What exactly are you saying?"

"Isn't your mother guarding that treasure down there?"

"Isn't your coming today about trying to save your mother?"

Ji Jin Xue's words barely finish, and another "Boom—" resounds.

This time the pile of rubble shakes noticeably a few times.

"What is it?"

Ji Jin Xue steps forward two paces.

A Zhi: "No—" they stand up, pull their foot and try to run.

Si Fang: "Stop!"

A Zhi is still running.

But soon a sharp pain hits their head, causing them to stumble and fall to the ground.

They roll on the ground, groaning: "So painful—ah! So painful—"

Si Fang, angry, comes over and slaps their face several times, then lifts them up: "Tell me, what exactly is down there?"

"What are you running for?"

"What the hell are you mother and daughter doing!"

Jin Hua flips and climbs out from the cliff wall.

"Because her mother has already died down there."

"Si Fang, don't be impatient."

"Soon you will have your wish granted, and see the thing that your several major sects slaughtered from my Witch Moon Sect, which they also covet."

After speaking, Jin Hua draws a knife and swiftly slashes across the still-unhealed wound.

As the fresh blood splatters onto the stone.

She begins to mutter incantations.

Everyone's complexion changes slightly upon seeing Jin Hua appear.

However, seeing that she is alone, they no longer feel fear.

"Jin Hua! What exactly are you doing!? Stop here pretending to be mysterious and scare people."

"If you truly have skill, you wouldn't have been so badly beaten yesterday, surrounded by us and left with no chance to fight back."

"I advise you to surrender quickly; after all, your Witch Moon Sect now has only a few of you left. If you don't truly wish to see the sect annihilated, you might as well hand over the treasure obediently!"

"Exactly, it's because you're so obstinate. The Fourth Prince only wanted one thing from your Witch Moon Sect, but you flatly rejected it, then said something about MiaoJiang never colluding with the court."

"You alone, on what grounds do you decide for all of MiaoJiang!"

"Our MiaoJiang has long been almost completely forgotten by the world. Apart from studying insects, what else can we do?"

"If we could also go out and get a share of the world's benefits... wouldn't MiaoJiang then be able to dominate the world?"

It is Elder Si Fang of Cloud Valley who shows ambition.

She, clad in a black robe, spreads her arms, as if she can look down on the world, exuding overwhelming aura.

The rest of Union Harmony Sect and Five Poisons Sect, naturally, each harbor their own thoughts.

Everyone stares at Jin Hua, not taking her mystic ramblings seriously.

Until the blood in Jin Hua's hand keeps flowing down, quickly spreading through the cracks in the stone.

Strangely, her blood passes over the stone without stopping, all sliding into the fissures.

Li Qingluo followed behind, reciting the incantation together.

Soon, a strand of blood dripped from the corner of her mouth.

Duan Rongshi, seeing this, immediately grasped her shoulder tightly: "Stop."

"Luo'er, did you hear? I'm telling you to stop."

"If you don't stop again, I'll kill Jin Hua!"

As soon as Li Qingluo stopped speaking, Jin Hua's side also ended.

Below, a thunderous roar erupted continuously without stopping.

Jin Hua stared at the people before her with a cold expression.

She slaughtered the executioners who had wiped out her entire Witch Moon Sect.

She declared that today they would all be buried as offerings for the Witch Moon Sect!

"Break—" a fierce shout rang, and shards of stone burst open across the sky.

Elder Si Fang and Ji Jin Xue quickly turned and shouted, "Run!"

Then the falling shards rained down, crushing more than twenty of their faction members.

When the giant poisonous python roared again, leapt into the air, lifting most of its body, the onlookers were stunned.

Those who fell to the ground could only stare blankly up at the bluish‑gray giant python before them, forgetting even how to flee.

Pythons, of course, have been seen by people.

But a giant python this large and so oddly shaped has never appeared in MiaoJiang!

Everyone's spirit shivered sharply.

Damn it, could this be a treasure of the Witch Moon Sect?

Yet before anyone could recover, the giant poisonous python lowered its head and swallowed the Five Poisons Sect disciple sitting on the ground in one gulp!

Moreover, it swiftly twisted its head, opened its jaws again, and devoured a Union Harmony Sect disciple.

Ji Jin Xue, seeing this, became so angry that her eyes turned blood‑red.

Raising her sword, she shouted, "Beast!"

"Just because of you, with so many of us, could we possibly not kill you today!?"

"Union Harmony Sect, advance!"

Ji Jin Xue was the first to charge forward.

The other disciples followed closely, each brandishing their swords and directing all their sorcery at the giant poisonous python.

Cloud Valley and the Five Poisons Sect had both intended to rush forward, but Elder Si Fang reached out and blocked them.

"Wait! Let's look first."

The giant poisonous python, like a bean‑eater, had been struck by Li Qingluo's lightning and sunk to the pond bottom yesterday; today it was unusually furious.

Its body visibly swelled rapidly.

When it could no longer swallow, it began to bite people.

It bit them to death one by one, then tossed them out of the cave.

It either whipped with its tail or coiled its body.

The thirty Union Harmony Sect members were reduced in an instant to three or four.

Ji Jin Xue's face was filled with terror, yet her heart boiled with anger.

Yet when she turned around, the space behind her was empty.

Apart from two other factions already a hundred and eighty meters above the ground, she was left isolated and unsupported.

"You—!"

She turned back, glaring angrily at Elder Si Fang, realizing the Union Harmony Sect had been betrayed and abandoned by them.

Yet the giant poisonous python was impervious to swords and seemed impossible to kill.

Ji Jin Xue's mournful gaze only earned Elder Si Fang's command: "Retreat!"

Ji Jin Xue let out a few bitter laughs toward the heavens.

She watched helplessly as her remaining disciples were all slain cleanly, and just as she was sorrowfully preparing to perish together with the giant poisonous python, a flock of black silhouettes suddenly rose from behind the stone wall.

Among those black silhouettes, a single white figure stood out especially.

The white figure, hands empty, flew straight toward the python's gaping blood‑stained maw.