CHAPTER 1260: CHAPTER 1260: THE BLOOD-RED VALLEY!

Just as Zhou Yu and the others were recovering from their injuries, Ao Qingzhou had already escaped to the deepest part of the ancient cultivator’s cave.

Here, it was a desolate valley.

Completely different from the previous paradisiacal world filled with spiritual energy.

It seemed like a cursed place.

The ground was filled with blood-red color, and even when Ao Qingzhou stepped on it, faint traces of blood seeped through.

At this moment, Ao Qingzhou’s complexion turned extremely pale, and his whole body showed not a hint of blood color.

However, his eyes were filled with resentment.

"Damn Zhou Yu, it’s you who caused me to almost lose all my blood qi, wrecked my plans, and snatched away my treasures."

"Zhou Yu, I will never let you go!"

As he spoke, Ao Qingzhou again took out the Blood Jade Token.

He held the Blood Jade Token, gazing around as if searching for something.

But after searching for a long time, he found nothing.

Ao Qingzhou’s face turned extremely dark.

"Impossible."

"Our Ao Family spent hundreds of years researching this, discovering that in this ancient cultivator’s cave, an ancient evil cultivator is suppressed, who can be controlled with this blood-colored Token to become a loyal servant!"

"Where is he? Why can’t I find him?"

"Could it be that all of our Ao Family’s research over centuries was wrong?"

Ao Qingzhou’s mood gradually became agitated.

He completely ignored the fact that, unbeknownst to him, since when, strands resembling hairlines began entering his body from the blood-colored Token.

Ao Qingzhou had searched this area, less than a kilometer in radius, three to four times over.

Still, he had no clues whatsoever.

"Impossible!"

"Where exactly are you?"

"Get out here!"

Ao Qingzhou was frantic, throwing punches wildly to vent his fury.

Bang!

At this moment, an uneven wall in front of him was unintentionally smashed down with a punch.

With a loud collapsing sound, a pitch-black cave entrance was exposed.

As the cave entrance was revealed, a burst of intense blood qi spewed out from within.

Seeing this, Ao Qingzhou’s face froze for a moment before showing an expression of ecstatic joy.

"Finally found it, here it is!"

He rushed excitedly into the cave.

The cave wasn’t deep, only around a hundred meters.

Ao Qingzhou quickly reached the deepest part of the cave.

Deep in the cave, he saw an astonishing scene.

On the wall inside the cave, there was a gaunt figure.

His wrists, ankles, waist, neck were each pinned by six massive bronze iron nails.

And most of those massive bronze iron nails had turned blood-red.

As Ao Qingzhou entered, the gaunt figure suddenly moved, and a pair of hollow eyes opened.

At that moment, Ao Qingzhou was startled, and he instinctively retreated a few steps.

But, fastened to the wall, the gaunt silhouette’s empty eyes suddenly flickered red, and he mechanically spoke:

"Master!"

Hearing this, Ao Qingzhou was slightly dazed, then he remembered something.

He immediately raised the blood-colored Token in his hand, and the gaunt silhouette began emitting a terrifying aura.

This terrifying aura made Ao Qingzhou, despite being at the Fifth Grade King Realm, feel the urge to tremble and kneel.

Too terrifying!

The terrifying nature of this figure was beyond Ao Qingzhou’s imagination.

Just the scene before him indicated that the person had been pinned here for at least thousands of years; even his flesh had started to decay. Yet he could still unleash such a terrifying aura.

This terrifying aura was even more dreadful than any Emperor Realm expert he had encountered in the Capital City.

It was hard to imagine the cultivation level of this person in peak condition.

Of course, at this moment, Ao Qingzhou no longer cared about these matters.

Holding the blood-colored Token, he gradually approached the gaunt silhouette, who upon seeing it, instantly had his terrifying aura disappear.

Following that, he went all out to lower his head.

"Master!"

As the gaunt silhouette lowered his head, Ao Qingzhou suddenly felt that he could control the life and death of this person.

The feeling was enigmatic, difficult to articulate.

Yet it was real.

At that moment, Ao Qingzhou couldn’t suppress his excitement.

Indeed, their Ao Family’s century-long research was not wrong.

In the ancient cultivator’s cave, indeed an evil cultivator was suppressed, and as long as there was the blood-colored Token, this evil cultivator could be controlled.

The thought of controlling a master comparable to an Emperor Realm expert made Ao Qingzhou uncontrollably ecstatic.

"Tell me, how can I help you break free?"

The gaunt silhouette answered mechanically:

"Please, Master, remove the six God-Shocking Staffs!"

Upon hearing this, Ao Qingzhou hesitated as he examined the six God-Shocking Staffs.

After all, to remove these, he would have to approach the gaunt silhouette, and he felt some fear.

However, his anger soon triumphed over his fear.

Cautiously, Ao Qingzhou moved step by step nearer to the gaunt silhouette.

Upon reaching his front, the gaunt silhouette maintained a lowered head, staying in a respectful pose.

Seeing this, Ao Qingzhou finally eased his mind.

He immediately began pulling out the God-Shocking Staffs.

The God-Shocking Staffs unexpectedly came out easily as Ao Qingzhou pulled them one by one.

As the God-Shocking Staffs were pulled out, black aura suddenly emerged from the gaunt silhouette.

The black aura started faint but soon became dazzling.

Seeing this, Ao Qingzhou’s expression changed, and he instinctively retreated.

After retreating a hundred meters, he steadied himself, fixating his gaze on the gaunt silhouette.

The gaunt silhouette was now wholly enveloped in black aura.

At that moment, the black aura abruptly flickered intensely, and countless blood qi rose slowly from the ground within a two-kilometer radius, entirely consumed by the black aura.

This process persisted for a full ten minutes until the whole valley’s blood-red was fully devoured.

Finally, the devouring ceased.

The black aura stopped flickering, slowly beginning to dissipate.

Ao Qingzhou fixed his gaze on the dissipating black aura, and soon, the aura completely vanished.

However, the gaunt silhouette also disappeared from sight.

Ao Qingzhou’s face changed, full of incredulity.

"Where is he?"

Just then, a cold voice came from behind him.

"Are you... looking for me?"