After absorbing the flesh and blood of five Great Emperor powerhouses and the spiritual energy of the entire Holy City, the bloody mass transformed into a blood cocoon.
The aura of this blood cocoon surged.
One-star Great Emperor, peak one-star Great Emperor, two-star Great Emperor, peak two-star Great Emperor, three-star Great Emperor...
With each surge in aura, the crowd watching grew more terrified.
"We can't let that thing keep growing, destroy it quickly!" Someone shouted in terror.
Everyone reacted immediately.
If this mass of flesh and blood continued to grow stronger, they would likely face the threat of death!
They all activated their true essence, unleashing various true meaning martial arts upon the blood cocoon.
However, the blood cocoon not only remained unharmed but its aura surged even more, and its flesh expanded further.
Mu Qingqing's Xuan Yang Palace was already being engulfed by the expanding flesh.
Seeing this, everyone stopped their attacks, their eyes flickering with terror and panic.
That mass of flesh and blood could actually absorb the energy of their attacks!
Ming Huang and the others broke out in a cold sweat.
If this continued, they would be devoured by the blood cocoon!
Some of those present, fearing for their lives, activated their true essence and rapidly flew outwards.
Since they couldn't defeat the mass of flesh, they decided to seize this opportunity to escape Xin Family Fortress and leave the Holy City.
Unfortunately, they hadn't flown far before their bodies collided with a blood-red wall.
"What is this?!"
Everyone was astonished to find that the entire Xin Family Fortress had been shrouded in a blood-red barrier at some point.
The energy of this barrier clearly originated from that mass of flesh and blood.
And those few who had just collided with the blood-red barrier were entangled by blood-red tentacles that sprouted from the barrier, binding their limbs.
Their flesh and blood were absorbed by the barrier.
Everyone quickly realized that this blood-red barrier, like the bizarre blood mass, could absorb any energy.
Now, they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.
At this moment, the bizarre blood mass suddenly exploded. The terrifying energy impact shattered Mu Qingqing's Xuan Yang Palace!
Everyone's expressions changed drastically, and their gazes fixed on the blood mist generated by the explosion.
As the blood mist gradually dispersed, a figure appeared in mid-air.
Upon closer inspection, it was Xin Li, who had been resurrected.
However, Xin Li's appearance had changed significantly. He looked a few years younger, and his hair had turned pallid white.
His dark red eyes emitted wisps of pure black demonic energy, his nails became slender and strangely dark purple, as if imbued with potent venom.
More importantly, six pairs of jet-black wings had grown from his back, and he exuded an aura of demonic power.
Xin Li swept his gaze across the crowd, and a terrifying aura erupted from him.
Everyone was shocked to discover that Xin Li had now reached the level of a four-star Great Emperor.
Given how bizarre this Xin Li was, they were momentarily unsure.
Was the person before them the patriarch of the Xin family or that bizarre mass of flesh and blood?
In mid-air, Xin Li's demonic pupils revealed a bloodthirsty ferocity.
Looking at his hands, he let out an evil laugh, "Hahahaha, this is the power! Lord Xuan Qi truly did not lie to me. The Blood Cocoon Transformation Ancestor Great Method is indeed powerful!"
Then, his sinister gaze fixed on Mu Qingqing and the others, and he sneered, "With this power, my Xin family will no longer fear the Five Great Sacred Lands of the Human Race!"
The power of a four-star Great Emperor was already close to the peak of power on the Eternal Continent.
Xin Li, at this moment, was comparable to the five Sacred Lords.
Looking at the demonized Xin Li before them, everyone was at a loss.
Mu Qingqing's expression drastically changed. She had clearly heard Xin Li mention "Xuan Qi" earlier.
Could Xin Li's sudden surge in power be related to Xuan Qi? Or perhaps, Xuan Qi had played a role in Xin Li's ability to control the Xin family?
Xin Li stared at the crowd and chuckled sinisterly, "Next, it's time for you intruders to pay the price!"
Everyone's hearts trembled, and they immediately tried to flee.
But facing Xin Li, who possessed the power of a Sacred Lord, how could they escape?
With a mere flicker, Xin Li appeared before an elder of a certain sect and plunged his dark purple, slender fingernails into the elder's body.
The sect elder let out a tragic cry as his body instantly shriveled into a dried husk.
The others turned pale with fright upon seeing this.
Xin Li's speed was simply too fast. In just a moment, more than ten people had become dried husks.
Furthermore, with the blood-red barrier in place, they couldn't escape.
It seemed Xin Li intended to slaughter them all.
Luo Fei anxiously said to Mo Qian beside him, "What do we do? What do we do? That old scoundrel Xin Li has become a monster! His next target will probably be us!"
Compared to Luo Fei's panic, Mo Qian appeared much calmer. He held the Mo Ye Sword in his hand and said indifferently, "At this point, any panic is useless. Even if I die by this demon's hand, I will tear off a piece of his flesh!"
"How can we fight this? That old scoundrel is already a Sacred Lord-level figure," Luo Fei said with a headache.
After ruthlessly slaughtering fifty people, Xin Li set his sights on Xin Ci.
He stared sinisterly at Xin Ci, his twisted face contorting as he snarled, "It's all because of you! You caused the deaths of five of my Xin family's ancestors and inflicted such heavy losses on the Xin family! I will tear you apart!"
Saying this, his dark purple fingernails thrust towards Xin Ci's chest.
Just then, Mu Qingqing raised two fingers. The Soul Suppressing Lock, under her control, erupted and entangled Xin Li's body.
Seeing Mu Qingqing's sudden intervention, Xin Li's expression darkened sharply.
This damned woman again!
"Since that's the case, I will eliminate you along with them!"
With that, a chilling killing intent appeared in Xin Li's eyes.
The full power of a four-star Great Emperor erupted, and Mu Qingqing's Soul Suppressing Lock could barely hold Xin Li.
Xin Li eventually broke free from the chains with his Sacred Lord-level strength and lunged directly towards Xin Ci.
Mu Qingqing's brow furrowed. Xin Ci, at present, only had the strength of a four-star Sacred Emperor. Facing Xin Li, who had reached the Sacred Lord level, Xin Ci had no time to escape.
In a desperate move, Mu Qingqing transformed into a stream of light and returned to Xin Ci's body.
She then switched to her second personality to control Xin Ci's body.
Only then did they narrowly evade Xin Li's attack.
Ming Huang and Han Jue also moved to engage Xin Li.
Upon unleashing the Supreme True Meaning of the Northern Cold Sacred Land, the Three Purities Profound Ice Art, Han Jue froze Xin Li's body with the Tai Qing cold intent and created an ice coffin to seal him within.
As for Ming Huang, he decisively retrieved his self-refined supreme artifact, the Four Directions Banner.
As soon as the Four Directions Banner was summoned, it rotated around the ice coffin, sealing its space.
However, Xin Li's power was too immense. Even with Han Jue and Ming Huang working together, they couldn't completely imprison him.