Although he retracted his hand quickly enough, the spatial cutting force was clearly faster. Hei Tianzun's half-palm was directly severed and fell onto the Dou Sheng skeleton.
Hei Tianzun hurriedly tapped his arm several times, took out a medicinal pill, and quickly swallowed it.
Bai Tianzun saw Hei Tianzun's severed hand and the blood splattered on the skeleton. An extremely uneasy feeling surged into his heart.
Just then, Bai Tianzun noticed that the blood on the skeleton was disappearing at an extremely fast rate. He sensed the emergence of vitality from this skeleton, which had been dead for an unknown period of time.
"Damn it, Old Hei, run!"
Bai Tianzun, as expected of a long-time companion, did not forget to drag the confused Hei Tianzun along even while fleeing.
He hurriedly activated his movement technique, grabbed Hei Tianzun by the back of his neck, and pulled him away.
The moment he grabbed Hei Tianzun, the jade-white skeleton seated cross-legged on the stone throne trembled slightly. Then, two faint blood-red glows flickered and emerged from its hollow eye sockets.
"Ah!"
As the blood-red light appeared, the Dou Sheng skeleton slowly raised its head. An earth-shattering roar, like a thunderclap from heaven and earth, suddenly erupted from its mouth!
The terrifying roar instantly transformed into a substantial sound wave. Like a storm, it swept out from the stone throne as its center with lightning speed.
The sound wave instantly caught up to Hei Tianzun and Bai Tianzun, who were closest.
Bang!
The invisible sound wave directly struck the Black and White Heavenly Venerates. Their bodies were instantly sent flying, rapidly soaring toward the periphery while emitting muffled groans. They were clearly injured.
The sound wave, in a circular shape, spread out further in all directions. Everyone in the main hall noticed this, but the sound wave's speed was incredibly fast. Many people closer to the center were turned into blood mist by the shock before they could even react. Even Dou Zuns and Human Puppets could not escape.
The entire center of the grand hall was permeated with dense blood mist, as if it were raining blood, staining the ground red.
Seeing this situation, many people in the hall fled desperately like stray dogs, including the Nine Serene Earth Nether Python Clan and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.
Xiao Yan also flashed forward, bringing Venerable Skyfire to the top of the Heaven-Reaching Flood Dragon's head, beside Xiao Jietian.
The range of the sound wave was not particularly large, mainly confined to the center of the main hall, and it had significantly weakened by the time it reached Xiao Jietian and the others. The Heaven-Reaching Flood Dragon also let out a low roar, instantly shattering the sound wave.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but think to himself: No wonder my Tian Ge stayed here. Clearly, no attack would affect this place, and no one would be willing to leave the central circle to cause trouble.
After the sound wave attack in the main hall dissipated, many people were covered in dust, their faces a mixture of dirt, blood, and cold sweat.
Under this sound wave, three Dou Zuns had died, along with countless Dou Huangs, Dou Zongs, and those below them. Even the previously somewhat crowded hall became much more spacious after this cleansing.
"Old Ghost Hei, what did you do?" Yao Feng's mouth was bleeding, and his eyes were filled with rage as he glared at the weakened Hei Tianzun, questioning him angrily.
Hearing Yao Feng's questioning, everyone present glared at the Hall of Souls group. Many people had seen clearly that it was because Hei Tianzun, for some unknown reason, had triggered this sound wave—and even lost a palm.
The Hall of Souls' battle circle had originally been on the periphery, but under some influence, it had gradually moved closer to the central circle.
In this sound wave attack, the Hall of Souls members bore the brunt. Besides the two Elder Zuns and the Black and White Heavenly Venerates, all other Protectors were either dead or injured.
Other forces also suffered losses, with the Nine Serene Earth Nether Python Clan and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan being the two biggest losers after the Hall of Souls.
Even Burning Flame Valley had lost two Elders.
"This Venerable merely admired the demeanor of the Dou Sheng skeleton. It's just that I don't know why this skeleton, which has been fallen for countless years, suddenly erupted. Several experts from my Hall of Souls also perished. Even I…"
Hei Tianzun took a deep breath, enduring the pain in his hand, and said in a deep voice.
Now, only four people remained in the Hall of Souls, and everyone was not lightly injured. If they were besieged, they would surely die.
"Admire? Your admiration was to reach out and grab the skeleton? What? Did you want to touch him? Do you have some kind of bone fetish? If not for your rash actions, causing your blood to fall on the skeleton, how could it have been stimulated, leading to such great losses for everyone?"
Xiao Yan looked at Hei Tianzun, who was trying to shirk responsibility, and sneered coldly.
"You—" Hei Tianzun's face instantly turned ashen upon hearing Xiao Yan's words. He wished he could pulverize Xiao Yan into dust. "This matter is indeed my responsibility, but the most urgent task is to solve this skeleton problem. The Dou Sheng skeleton should be a trace of will left by this expert before his death. It's not difficult to deal with. As long as we join forces, we can definitely suppress him."
"A mere trace of will is so terrifying. If that kind of sound wave were to come again, not many of us here would likely survive." Valley Master Tang Zhen's face was ashen.
"Right, right. I think we should leave quickly. If he fully revives later, we'll have even less chance to run. We won't even know how we died." Someone in the crowd whispered, his voice filled with unconcealed fear. That kind of power was truly too terrifying.
Many people near the entrance scrambled and fled out of the main door.
"Joining forces is certainly possible, but your Hall of Souls must lead the charge first, and we will assist from the side. If you don't agree, we will eliminate you first." Huang Xuan of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan stepped forward, his gaze dark as he looked at Bai Tianzun of the Hall of Souls.
"Alright." Bai Tianzun stopped Hei Tianzun. After his eyes flickered a few times, he nodded. "However, we are all in the same boat now. We must put aside past grievances, otherwise, if this boat capsizes, everyone will be left here."
"Hmph, you don't need to tell us. We know. Everyone, quickly recover from your injuries. Don't hold anything back, and don't even think about running. This will lock onto all of us, and then we'll die even faster by being defeated one by one." The leader of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan snorted coldly. This time, they had also lost many clansmen.
Creak…
Just as everyone was in an uproar, a faint sound of bones twisting suddenly came from within the blood-mist-filled hall. At this sound, all commotion immediately ceased. Eyes filled with horror stared fixedly at the center of the blood-mist-shrouded hall. Fear spread even more intensely at this instant.