Chapter 561: Blood Moon Awakens

The World Eater struck by Xiao Shou’s Evil Exterminating Arrow was even more unusual. When Xiao Shou fired the arrow, he had simply aimed at its entire body without targeting any specific part.

Yet after being launched, the Evil Exterminating Arrow curved around in a semicircle and flew directly behind the World Eater, striking the area just below its tailbone.

The instant the arrow pierced it, the creature’s entire body stiffened before plummeting to the ground.

Of the three attacks, Xiao Shou’s was the only one that had not destroyed the World Eater’s entire body. Instead, it had struck a vital point directly.

"So that’s where these abominations’ weak points are! We’ve finally found them. The heavens are vast and righteous!"

Seeing the results of their attacks, Qin Zhaoming’s eyes lit up with delight. He immediately unleashed a slash of mighty righteous virtue energy toward the tailbone of the World Eater attacking him.

Convinced that he had discovered its weakness, he eagerly rushed to attack without paying much attention to his own defense. After all, as long as he struck its vital point, the creature would die and would not be able to hurt him. That was what he thought.

Seeing this, Tushan Shanhe furrowed his silver brows. He waved his hand and pulled Qin Zhaoming away from his original position while saying, "Idiot! The World Eaters’ true bodies are tiny and can move around inside their shells. Unless you have a special secret technique that can lock onto their true bodies, the only option is to destroy their entire shells."

Before he could even finish speaking, the World Eater’s soft yet powerful arm, which could extend and retract freely, swept past Qin Zhaoming.

The arm smashed the many Ghost Generals that had flown over in pursuit into pieces.

The sight left Qin Zhaoming frozen with terror, his entire body turning cold. Even his tongue seemed to have stopped working properly.

"Thank... thank you, Senior... for saving my life."

"Be more careful!" Tushan Shanhe said before turning to look at Xiao Shou.

Xiao Shou remained where he was, blinking his Evil Exterminating Eyes in disbelief. He had never expected them to possess the ability to lock onto the World Eaters’ true bodies.

It seemed that the Heavenfall Immortal Sword probably possessed a similar ability. That must have been how it managed to hit them.

Looking at the remaining World Eaters, which had stopped moving after witnessing the deaths of their three companions, Xiao Shou transmitted a message to Tushan Shanhe and Fu Young.

"I’ve found a power that can counter them. What about you two?"

"Mine is a little more troublesome, but I can deal with them too," Tushan Shanhe replied through spiritual transmission with a slight nod.

Fu Young behaved unusually. Facing Xiao Shou, he remained expressionless and gave only a brief answer.

"Mm!"

During this tense moment, Xiao Shou failed to notice Fu Young’s strange behavior. After activating his Evil Exterminating Eyes, his vision had become several times clearer than usual. Even through the dense, dark greenish black ghost mist, he could clearly see the World Eaters’ movements.

When he noticed the creatures moving their central heads, he immediately warned the others.

"Stay alert! It looks like they’re preparing a powerful attack!"

Apart from feeding and sending mental signals to communicate with their mother insect, the World Eaters used their three heads to attack or defend themselves.

Sure enough, the moment Xiao Shou shouted his warning, the humanoid head in the middle and the beast head on the left opened their mouths simultaneously.

One unleashed countless ice blue and S shaped blades as ranged attacks.

The other let out a deafening roar.

If these two attacks were launched by a single World Eater, then no matter how strange their powers were, they would not be particularly frightening. However, when countless World Eaters unleashed them simultaneously, their combined power was on an entirely different level.

The moment countless deafening roars intertwined, the cultivators flying through the air, all of whom were at least at the Deity Transformation stage, found their bodies frozen stiff.

Unable to move or react, they could only watch helplessly as countless ice blue and S shaped energy blades swept toward them from every direction.

The blades were as beautiful as brilliant ice blue fireworks, but their beauty concealed an endless killing intent.

A middle aged cultivator wearing black defensive armor stiffly fell toward the ground, which was also covered by the incoming storm of ice blue energy blades.

A beautiful female cultivator in her twenties, dressed in purple and possessing a charming appearance, stared at the scene in a daze.

"How beautiful!"

"Aunt Hong, save me!" Murong Wan screamed in terror.

Among all those whose bodies had been paralyzed, only four people remained unaffected: Xiao Shou, Fu Young, Tushan Shanhe, who had been prepared for the attack, and Ximen Xuanji, whose expression was strangely peculiar.

When the ice blue energy blades came rushing toward them, Xiao Shou and the others immediately prepared to use their respective techniques to defend themselves.

Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, Fu Young and Ximen Xuanji moved in perfect unison, as though they were acting in synchronization.

Both flew forward to meet the endless torrent of ice blue and S shaped energy blades. At the same moment, a translucent protective barrier resembling a sheet of crystal clear air appeared before each of them, blocking all the incoming blades.

Then, both reached through their barriers with their bare hands, grabbed an ice blue energy blade, and crushed it in their fists after bringing it closer to examine it.

As the shattered fragments of ice blue energy scattered toward the ground, both men’s expressions suddenly twisted with extraordinary anger.

Yet there were differences between them.

When Fu Young flew forward, the crystal clear protective barrier he condensed was enormous, blocking 99.99 percent of the incoming ice blue energy blades. Ximen Xuanji, on the other hand, formed a barrier large enough to protect only himself.

There was another difference when their expressions turned furious.