"What...what kind of defensive measure is this?"
The attackers looked at each other, their faces filled with disbelief.
All around Li Yao, a ghostly light flickered incessantly, as if he were surrounded by a terrifying, impenetrable net of swords composed of millions of sharp blades.
This is the 'Mysterious Yin Sword Armor'!
Li Yao perfectly combined the sword intent of the Twelve Profound Yin Swords with the spiritual power of the Xianxia world, forming a brand new 'Profound Yin Sword Armor'.
This sword armor is formed from spiritual energy, making it even more powerful in terms of defense.
The twelve mysterious and ever-changing sword lights, yet exuding an indestructible spiritual power, moved erratically around Li Yao according to the twelve constellations, as if they were alive.
"Who cares about those damn defensive measures!"
"You brat, obediently offer me your essence and blood!"
A sinister voice sounded behind Li Yao.
Before he could finish speaking, a red shadow flashed by, and a strangely shaped dark red fork attacked Li Yao's back.
"Trying to ambush me from behind? You're asking for death!"
Li Yao snorted coldly, turned around instantly, grabbed the dark red fork that was rushing towards him, and casually tossed it into his spatial storage.
Before them stood a strangely shaped demon, neither human nor ghost, utterly terrifying.
The demon was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage and shouted, "You brat, give me back my magic weapon!"
As he spoke, his eyes turned bloodshot, he bared his teeth and claws, opened his blood-red maw, and pounced on Li Yao.
"Jiang Laosan, watch out!"
In the darkness, someone shouted a warning.
Unfortunately, the demon called Jiang Laosan lost his mind after losing his magic weapon and frantically pounced on Li Yao.
Li Yao smiled lightly, reached out and summoned the Overlord Divine Spear, which suddenly appeared in his hand and stabbed towards Jiang Laosan with lightning speed.
The spearhead emitted a faint blue light, and a surging, ferocious aura burst forth in a furious outburst.
puff!
Before Jiang Laosan could react, the sharpshooter pierced him through like a skewer of lamb.
Jiang Laosan looked on incredulously.
Then, something strange happened.
Jiang Laosan's skin visibly withered away.
Jiang Laosan's expression, filled with fear and shock, became ferocious and distorted.
"You...you...how can you also...suck blood..."
Jiang Laosan stared intently at Li Yao, pointing at him with difficulty, his face full of disbelief.
At this moment, it sounded like the low, cold laughter of a demon from the deepest hell, or like the heartbeat of someone in the darkness!
Li Yao felt his blood flowing, emitting a strange sound, as if it were the cheers of demons.
It turns out that after he fused the 'Soul Devouring Soul' into the Overlord Divine Spear, the Overlord Divine Spear acquired the blood-sucking ability of the 'Soul Devouring Staff'.
He felt a continuous flow of power emanating from the divine spear and merging into his body.
At the same time, Jiang Laosan's originally full face withered in an instant, and his flesh turned into dry skin, which clung to his bones.
Meanwhile, the system panel in Li Yao's mind displayed constantly changing data on various attributes.
Physique +8!
Spiritual energy +6!
Divine Soul +4!
Physique +7!
Spiritual energy +5!
Divine Soul +2!
...
Although the increase is small each time, it keeps increasing.
These attributes were not obtained by Li Yao from picking up the attribute orbs, but rather by him absorbing Jiang Laosan's attributes through the divine spear.
The changes in attributes reveal that the Divine Spear can not only absorb Jiang Laosan's essence and blood, but also his spiritual energy and soul.
"No...no...impossible, how could he also drink blood?"
"Could he be a disciple of the vampire elder...?"
"Run!"
"..."
In the darkness, several panicked voices spoke in gruff tones.
Immediately, several strange lights appeared and fled into the depths of the cave.
At the same time, the group of demons surrounding Li Yao scattered and fled.
"Where do you think you're going!"
Li Yao flicked his right hand, and Jiang Laosan's mummified corpse on the divine spear instantly shattered into pieces.
At the same time, he suddenly flicked his divine spear, which shot out like a sharp arrow, directly piercing the several demons in front of him into bloody gourds.
Then, the gun emitted eerie blue light, and the blood gourds instantly turned into dry gourds.
Li Yao's divine spear swung in a spiral motion, and wherever it passed, mummified corpses fell to the ground.
Like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
In an instant, a large number of the demons around were cleared out.
Meanwhile, Li Yao's various attributes have been steadily increasing.
Chapter 320 One by one to die, or die together?
Li Yao found it very strange that there were so many members of the Demonic Cult in the Ten Thousand Bats Cave.
In the original novel, it seems to be five years later, after the Seven Peaks of Qingyun Sect's martial arts competition, that Zhang Xiaofan and his companions encountered the members of the Demonic Sect here.
Why are there so many members of the evil cult here now?
After thinking about it carefully, Li Yao recalled some details from the original work.
Eight hundred years ago, the Blood Refining Hall, to which the Black-Hearted Old Man belonged, was known as the number one faction of the Demonic Sect.
However, due to the passage of time and several battles with the righteous path, the Blood Refining Hall gradually declined and was replaced by other factions.
In this world, the Demonic Cult has four major factions: the Joyful Union Sect, the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, the Hall of Longevity, and the Ghost King Sect.
However, in terms of sheer power and influence, none could compare to the once-mighty Blood Refining Hall.
Although all the main leaders of the Blood Refining Hall died in the war between the righteous and the demonic forces back then.
However, it is said that the Blood Refining Hall has many magical treasures stored in a secret place called the Blood Dripping Cave, beneath the Blood Refining Hall's main hall, the 'Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave'.
Over the years, countless members of the Demonic Sect have secretly come to the 'Ten Thousand Bats Cave' from time to time, searching for the location of the 'Dripping Blood Cave'.
Unfortunately, they always returned empty-handed.
The members of the demonic sect that Li Yao has encountered may be searching for the 'Dripping Blood Cave' and the magical treasures hidden within.
Moreover, the remnants of the Blood Refining Hall have always wanted to restore their former prestige and have been secretly developing their power here, and they also want to find the magical treasures left behind by their predecessors.
Therefore, this place has always been the secret stronghold of the Blood Refining Hall.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Li Yao encountered members of the Demonic Sect.
These people were simply courting death and actually launched a sneak attack on Li Yao.
As a result, they lost more than they gained!
They not only lost their magic weapon, but also their lives.
After dealing with the surrounding members of the Demonic Cult, Li Yao immediately pursued the few who had escaped.
Those few who slipped through the net, though they escaped extremely quickly, were nowhere near as fast as Li Yao.
Li Yao quickly discovered their whereabouts.
At the same time, he found himself in a huge space.
The place was very bright, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a huge rock emitting a strong light, illuminating the entire space.
Behind the boulder, deep within the light, lies a vast, gaping abyss.
The light emanating from the boulder could illuminate the entire space, but it could not penetrate even a fraction into the abyss.
All that could be seen was a deep abyss, pitch black, making it impossible to discern its size or depth.
There, there was only a deathly, eerie darkness.
Could this be the Abyss of the Dead?
Sure enough, three large characters were carved on the glowing boulder:
The Abyss of the Dead!
At the same time, Li Yao noticed four people standing in front of the boulder.
One was a strange-looking Taoist priest who looked a bit like a dog; another was a burly man with a full beard; another was a pale-faced young man in white with an evil aura; and the third was a rather attractive young woman.
Li Yao quickly guessed the identities of the four people.
The Taoist priest should be Wild Dog Taoist, the big man should be Elder Nian, the head of the Blood Refining Hall, and the young man in white should be Lin Feng, who is related to the Old Ancestor of Wind and Moon.
As for the young woman, her name is not mentioned in the original work, but her magic weapon, the "Binding Immortal Rope," is not to be underestimated. Even Lu Xueqi's "Heavenly Sword" cannot cut through the Binding Immortal Rope.
These four individuals were considered among the most capable members of the Demonic Sect.