The door of the room in front of them swung open on its own, and countless corpses rolled out.
At the same time, a blood - red formation lit up around them.
Rong Chu struggled painfully. "Run... quickly... this is a trap."
But it was already too late.
Qing Que and Mu Hua appeared in front of them.
Qing Que looked at Yao Hua, her eyes filled with a mixture of love and hatred. "Remember, everything that happened today was forced upon me by you all."
Mu Hua laughed smugly. "So what if you're an ancient god or a phoenix? You're still in the palm of my hand!"
He waved his hand, and suddenly, spiritual light blazed in the blood - red formation. The intense light transformed into sharp blades, rushing towards them.
Chong Ming and Yao Hua could barely resist, but Rong Chu, being controlled, couldn't stop the blades. He could only let out pained roars, suffering the torture of being sliced.
"Rong Chu!" Chong Ming, who was usually aloof, couldn't help but have red eyes when he saw his subordinate being tortured. "If you have something against someone, come at me! Don't involve innocent people!"
Seeing his pain, Mu Hua became even more excited. "Remember this, Chong Ming. Rong Chu and the hundreds of commoners in that room all died because of you!"
After saying that, he increased the power of the formation.
Yao Hua suddenly made a move. Taking advantage of the fact that the formation was focused on Rong Chu, she shattered the spiritual light around herself and then used a spell to shatter the spiritual light around Rong Chu as well. "Run!"
She dashed away. Mu Hua and Qing Que were both startled and immediately chased after her, recapturing her.
Rong Chu regained control of his body but didn't run away immediately. Instead, he rushed to Chong Ming's side and tried to break the binding of the formation on him.
Among the three, Chong Ming's binding was the strongest. Under the combined efforts from inside and outside, his binding was gradually shaken.
But it was too late. Qing Que captured Yao Hua and returned.
Seeing that Rong Chu was about to be bound by the formation again, he let out a roar, and irregular and chaotic waves rippled around him.
"Not good! He's going to self - detonate!" Mu Hua's face changed drastically, and he quickly stepped back.
"What's self - detonation?" Qing Que, not understanding, followed suit and stepped back.
Mu Hua said seriously, "Self - detonation is a forbidden technique among cultivators. The caster will explode directly, creating an extremely powerful spiritual bomb. It's a move of trading one's life for something."
Qing Que was greatly shocked. "Does that mean our formation will be destroyed?"
Before her voice faded, the earth shook, and the airwaves from the explosion rolled towards them.
Chong Ming watched helplessly as Rong Chu exploded right in front of him. He couldn't help but let out a heart - rending wail. "Rong Chu!!"
He walked out of the formation, his eyes full of anger and grief. "I'll make you pay with your lives!"
He drew his sword. The sword light was like raindrops hitting pear blossoms, flying towards them with great destructive power.
Qing Que and Mu Hua were beaten back step by step.
Chong Ming rescued Yao Hua from their hands and broke the seal they had placed on her.
Yao Hua drew her sword. Under the concerted attack of the couple, Qing Que and Mu Hua were continuously pushed back.
Finally, Qing Que slumped to the ground, and Mu Hua was also exhausted. He could only stammer, "Don't... don't kill me. I'm a disciple under the Purple - Pole Great Emperor. If I die, he won't let you go."
The couple remained unmoved. Thinking of the tragic scene of Rong Chu's self - detonation, their eyes couldn't help but turn red.
Just as they were about to kill the two, Yao Hua suddenly frowned. "Not good. Someone is shaking my spiritual light."
Her spiritual light was now placed at the place suppressing the Demon Lord. How could it be easily shaken?
If the spiritual light was broken, Yao Hua herself would be in great danger.
The couple glanced at each other. They first sealed and imprisoned the two on the ground, then rushed to the place where the spiritual light was.
They saw the ancient gods surrounding a small hill, bombarding the spiritual light. Under their attacks, the spiritual light became dim and was about to break.
"What are you doing?" Yao Hua asked in a mixture of shock and anger.
The Thousand - Handed God Venerable looked innocent. "Nothing. We just saw that your spiritual light was bound by the Demon Lord and thought it was bad, so we were just setting it free."
"This is the place where the Demon Lord is sealed. How can you casually destroy the seal?" Yao Hua felt extremely disgusted when she saw his hypocritical appearance.
The other ancient gods were initially a bit guilty, but seeing the calm look of the Thousand - Handed God Venerable, they all became confident. "We're just kindly helping you remove the seal. Why don't you appreciate it?"
"That's right. You seal the Demon Lord just to seize our faith power. Most of the faith power on the Divine Continent has fallen into your hands. Don't be too greedy!"
Hearing their various speculations, Chong Ming couldn't help but get angry. "As gods, we should show concern for the common people and protect all living beings in the world. Why, in your mouths, even protecting the common people has become a selfish act? You create disasters for the common people. Aren't you ashamed when you see their pious faith?"
A look of guilt flashed across the eyes of the Purple - Pole Great Emperor.
But the Thousand - Handed God Venerable said righteously, "You're so noble and great. If you don't care about the faith power of the common people, then give it back to us!"
Yao Hua couldn't help but retort, "The faith power we obtained is because we saved the common people. You're free to go and save them yourself. We won't stop you."
The Thousand - Handed God Venerable snorted. "Do you think everyone is like you, disregarding your own status and flattering the common people?"
"Flattering?" Yao Hua was shocked and angry. "Since when has saving people's lives become flattering others?"
The Thousand - Handed God Venerable snorted. "Since you're not willing to hand over the faith power, then let's fight!"
The ancient gods shouted in unison and took out all kinds of magical artifacts.
Yao Hua and Chong Ming worked together and fought back against them. The powerful airwaves flattened the surrounding area for thousands of miles. Only the mountain where the Demon Lord was sealed still stood quietly.
Boom!
The ancient gods all spat out blood and fell to the ground.
The Thousand - Handed God Venerable's eyes were full of hatred. This injury would take him a long time to recover.
He said angrily, "Your strength can actually match ours. How much faith power have you obtained?"
If he could kill the two of them, he could take their place and obtain that faith power.
Thinking of this, a hint of greed flashed in his eyes.
At this time, Tu Yang and the God Lord arrived late. Seeing the two - sided defeat, they were shocked and puzzled. "What's going on with you all..."
Disciple Mu Hua also appeared not far away. Without anyone expecting it, he suddenly made a move.
A flag appeared in his hand, full of formation patterns. As he waved it left and right, it glowed with colorful light. The power of the ancient gods was stripped from their bodies, fell onto the flag one after another, and then was absorbed by Mu Hua into his body.
This change happened so fast that no one had time to react.