Chapter 158: The Heaven-Extinguishing Hand

The one who thrust out that sword was none other than the Blood Demon Ancestor, who had rushed over at extreme speed to protect his liege!

"Hahahaha!"

The Blood Demon Ancestor burst into wild laughter. His other arm abruptly lunged forward, grabbing Gu Shaobai's head with the speed of lightning. That arm of the Blood Demon Ancestor rapidly turned crimson.

Gu Shaobai's body shook violently, his face distorted, and his bulging eyes were filled with fear and despair.

Immediately afterward, he rapidly withered into a dried corpse.

With a flick of that arm by the Blood Demon Ancestor, Gu Shaobai simply dissipated into nothingness.

The young master of the Sacred Domain was thus reduced to ashes, leaving no trace behind.

In the distance, the Ancient Emperor witnessed this scene, his aged body trembling violently as he completely lost his mind.

He had watched with his own eyes as his son was reduced to ashes!

As the Sacred Emperor of the Sacred Domain, he was utterly powerless to change a thing.

"Ah! Damn you, you ancient arch-fiend! This old man will tear you to pieces!"

Abruptly snapping back to his senses, an overwhelming grief surged through his chest. With a ferocious expression twisted like a maddened beast, he abandoned Di Shitian and charged recklessly toward the Blood Demon Ancestor.

"Patriarch!"

Gu Mu, covered in wounds, hurriedly rushed over and grabbed the Ancient Emperor, pulling him back. "Patriarch, this fiend comes from that realm of immortals and gods! We are no match for him. We must retreat immediately, or our entire clan will be exterminated!"

"Things have already reached this point—is retreating of any use? No, if we retreat, we will truly be annihilated!"

The Ancient Emperor roared, "Slaughtering this ancient fiend from the realm of immortals and gods is the only way to prevent our Ancient Clan from perishing—Heaven-Extinguishing Hand!"

He suddenly struck out with all his might, and his ferocious palm force rapidly coalesced into a gigantic, blood-red handprint.

"Rumble!"

Carrying overwhelming pressure, the Heaven-Extinguishing Hand descended violently upon the Blood Demon Ancestor below.

Having watched the Blood Demon Ancestor reduce Gu Shaobai to ashes, the Ancient Emperor longed to hack him into ten thousand pieces.

"Pfft!"

Gu Mu gritted his teeth fiercely, opening his mouth to spit out a mouthful of vital blood essence, which transformed into a bloody arrow that shot explosively toward the Heaven-Extinguishing Hand.

With the absorption of Gu Mu's blood essence, the power of the Heaven-Extinguishing Hand visibly grew a fraction stronger.

Seeing this, the other powerful figures of the Ancient Clan charged forward recklessly.

"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"...

Streams of vital blood essence spewed forth from the mouths of those Ancient Clan experts, merging into the Heaven-Extinguishing Hand.

With every integration of blood essence, the might of the Heaven-Extinguishing Hand increased by a notch.

In the blink of an eye, the pressure emanating from the Heaven-Extinguishing Hand became horrifyingly indescribable.

By infusing their respective blood essences into the Heaven-Extinguishing Hand, those Ancient Clan experts were essentially stacking their own strength onto it.

The Heaven-Extinguishing Hand was the ultimate lethal technique passed down through generations of the Ancient Clan, as well as their final trump card.

The most terrifying aspect of this ultimate move was that as long as the power came from the bloodline of the same clan, it could be stacked infinitely to a degree of terrifying extremes.

The size of the Heaven-Extinguishing Hand swelled rapidly...

50 meters.
100 meters.
200 meters.
300 meters...

"You ancient arch-fiend, be obliterated for this old man!"

Watching with his own eyes as the Blood Demon Ancestor reduced his son Gu Shaobai to ashes, the Ancient Emperor had gone completely mad. With snot and tears streaming down his face, he looked both repulsive and ferocious.

"Rumble!"

Amidst his roar, the Ancient Emperor manipulated the rapidly expanding Heaven-Extinguishing Hand, pressing it down relentlessly from the sky toward the Blood Demon Ancestor.

As the experts of the Ancient Clan continuously spewed their blood essence, in the blink of an eye, the diameter of the Heaven-Extinguishing Hand swelled to a thousand meters. Amidst endless surging blood-red light, it felt as though the vault of heaven was pressing down.

The stacked power of the various Ancient Clan masters made the pressure of the Heaven-Extinguishing Hand overwhelmingly immense.

"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"...

Down below, those demon cultivators of slightly weaker strength had their massive demonic bodies directly crushed and exploded into bloody mist!

Many others suffered severe cracking across their bodies, on the verge of shattering.

Even someone as formidable as Di Shitian felt he could barely endure it, finding the agony excruciating.

"Retreat quickly, all of you! This fiend alone can withstand this Heaven-Extinguishing Hand!"

The Blood Demon Ancestor roared.

His tall, demonic physique stood proudly between heaven and earth, his head raised to gaze at the Heaven-Extinguishing Hand continuously pressing down from the high heavens.

"Quickly, everyone retreat!"

Di Shitian shouted in alarm.

Swish~

The various demon experts, along with Donggong Qianxue and the others, hurriedly retreated at top speed.

The Ancient Clan's Heaven-Extinguishing Hand was simply too terrifying; if they did not withdraw in time, they would undoubtedly be utterly annihilated.

"Damn it, to think the Ancient Clan still harbored such a formidable trump card!"

Di Shitian had already shifted back into human form. Looking from afar at the Heaven-Extinguishing Hand continuously bearing down from the upper firmament, he cursed angrily.

The rest of the demon race were likewise filled with burning fury, their hearts pounding wildly.

As the premier clan of the Sacred Domain, the Ancient Clan was indeed terrifying to the extreme.

"Young Master Chen, can this ancient arch-fiend withstand the Ancient Clan's Heaven-Extinguishing Hand?"

Di Shitian arrived before Chen Changsheng and his daughter, his face etched with deep anxiety.

Donggong Qianxue and the others, along with the entire demonic faction, also turned their gazes toward Chen Changsheng with faces full of worry.

In merely a moment, the diameter of the Heaven-Extinguishing Hand had swelled to fifteen hundred meters, its pressure sweeping downward like a vast ocean.

Had they not retreated in time, the demon race would likely have been wiped out; even someone as powerful as Di Shitian could absolute not have withstood the pressure of the Heaven-Extinguishing Hand at this moment.

"It should... be able to hold out..."

Chen Changsheng rubbed the bridge of his nose, speaking with some uncertainty. The Heaven-Extinguishing Hand, powered by the collective might of the Ancient Clan, possessed a truly terrifying potency.

"Old Man will definitely be able to hold it back."

Chen Dier, however, possessed absolute confidence in the Blood Demon Ancestor.

"Ancient arch-fiend, be utterly annihilated body and soul for this old man!"

The Ancient Emperor had long since gone completely mad. With a terrifyingly ferocious expression, he let out a roar and manipulated the Heaven-Extinguishing Hand, bearing down upon the Blood Demon Ancestor with every ounce of his strength.

The scene of the Blood Demon Ancestor reducing his son Gu Shaobai to ashes just moments ago lingered relentlessly in his mind, refusing to fade.

For a father to watch his own son reduced to ashes with his own eyes—such grief and indignation could be imagined; any normal person would find it unbearable.

The other cultivation experts of the Ancient Clan were also consumed by rage, rapidly converging here from all directions.

"Swish!"
"Swish!"
"Swish!"...

Mouthfuls of vital blood essence were continuously spewed from the mouths of the Ancient Clan's cultivation experts, merging into the Heaven-Extinguishing Hand.

The blood essence within everyone's body was strictly limited. After spitting out their blood essence, these Ancient Clan experts all turned deathly pale, and the aura emanating from their bodies weakened significantly.

Yet, they cared nothing for that. As long as they could slay the Blood Demon Ancestor and exterminate the entire demon race, no price was too great for them to pay.

"Rumble..."

By now, the diameter of the Heaven-Extinguishing Hand had swollen to two thousand meters, blotting out the sky as it continuously pressed down toward the Blood Demon Ancestor below.

It was a scene of heaven-shattering and earth-splitting proportions!

Whoosh, whoosh...

The Blood Demon Ancestor's garments fluttered violently, yet he stood firmly rooted to the spot, unmoving, radiating an archaic aura from his person.

"Oh? The power of this Heaven-Extinguishing Hand is indeed rather impressive, to the point that even this fiend feels no small amount of pressure."

Though he was a powerhouse hailing from the Realm of All Gods, his current strength had only recovered a meager portion of its former glory.