In the underground tunnel shrouded in blood mist, cold winds howled.

    Every inch of land in sight was filled with writhing evil spirits.

    They crowded on the walls, the ground, the ceiling, screaming and desperately trying to crawl out.

    But the purple light of the Soul Refining Formation filled the tunnels, forming a barrier that prevented the underground evil spirits from entering.

    Li Muyang and the other two ran through the tunnel with the hideous faces of evil spirits just centimeters under their feet.

    The visual experience of running through a “pipe” crowded with evil spirits was intense to the max.

    Soon, Li Muyang and the others saw other Demonic Sect disciples.

    Although almost all the inner disciples in the core area of the formation had perished, the numerous outer disciples scattered in other areas had not been attacked by demons.

    They were just like Li Muyang and the others before, unaware of the changing situation, so they foolishly stayed in place to guard the formation flags.

    Now that Elder Yan’s voice had spread throughout the mine, all the surviving outer disciples were running towards the core of the formation.

    As Li Muyang and the others ran through the underground tunnels, more and more figures joined them.

    In the end, outer disciples emerging from the dark depths of the tunnels formed a surging stream of people.

    At least sixty or seventy people ran underground, passing by corpses and bloodstains along the way, finally reaching the core area of the Soul Refining Formation.

    This was an open space within the bloodstone mine, also serving as a transfer station for the mine.

    The area was so large it was like a small underground plaza.

    Seven huge demon corpses lay in the open space, the largest one resembling a small hill, exuding a sense of oppression.

    From the massive bodies of the demons, foul-smelling, crimson blood continuously flowed out, forming a dark red lake.

    Eleven inner disciples in white robes stood in this pool of blood, the foul-smelling liquid reaching their ankles.

    In the void above, Elder Yan in a purple robe looked indifferent, holding a formation flag, and activating the power of the Soul Refining Formation.

    Purple light radiated from the altar beneath her feet, continuously spilling out towards the tunnel entrances on the surrounding walls.

    After many outer disciples appeared, the eleven white-robed inner disciples were the first to react.

    Cheng Feiyang, a young man with a blurred and injured right shoulder, was responsible for managing this group of outer disciples.

    Seeing everyone appear, the cold-faced Cheng Feiyang was the first to speak.

    “Everyone, step into the blood pool and do not move around randomly.”

    “The demons of Centipede Ridge have rebelled and attacked Elder Yan but have been repelled.”

    That would truly be like a fish leaping through the dragon gate!

    The outer disciples were filled with envy.

    However, the eleven white-robed inner disciples below remained calm, showing no envy.

    The three direct disciples standing beside Li Muyang completely ignored him, clearly an outer disciple was not worth their attention.

    Above on the altar, the purple light shone brightly.

    Elder Yan held the formation flag with a cold gaze, continuously driving the power of the great formation.

    No more outer disciples emerged from the darkness of the underground tunnels.

    Almost all the surviving outer disciples were here.

    Elder Yan, clad in a purple robe, snorted coldly and waved the formation flag fiercely.

    “Imperial Command—three souls forever bound, six spirits never to return!”

    As Elder Yan’s incantation sounded, the Soul Refining Formation that filled the entire underground tunnel suddenly changed its pattern.

    Strands of purple brilliance began to retract inward, and without the suppression of the formation, a continuous stream of evil spirits squeezed into the tunnel from below.

    Only one direction of purple light did not retract but instead grew stronger.

    That was clearly the location where the demons were now.

    Elder Yan’s gaze was cold as she continued to direct the formation’s brilliance toward that location, slaughtering the demons.

    Deep within the underground tunnel, there were piercing roars and the sounds of explosions.

    Clearly, the demons were fiercely resisting the formation.

    They had ambushed Elder Yan and turned against her at the critical moment, successfully putting her in a dangerous situation. But now that Elder Yan had repelled the demons and regained control of the formation, the demons hiding deep in the tunnel had become fish in a barrel.

    Elder Yan only needed to keep driving the power of the formation to eliminate the demons hiding deep in the tunnel one by one.

    Feeling the situation easing, Li Muyang also let out a sigh of relief.

    Now Elder Yan was like a stabilizing needle for the sea for this group of outer disciples.

    As long as she stabilized the situation, everyone would be safe.

    At this moment, Li Muyang had the leisure to observe the situation on the scene.

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