Mo Hua’s heart and spirit both quaked, filled with disbelief.
The Patriarch of the Qian Family... was he truly dead?!
Just moments before, Mo Hua had said that those who commit many injustices would eventually destroy themselves and that such actions would bring retribution.
But that had just been an offhand remark.
He had not expected that the retribution against the Patriarch of the Qian Family would actually come to pass, and so swiftly at that!
Mo Hua’s emotions were in turmoil, but what happened next was equally, if not more, shocking to him.
After swallowing the Patriarch of the Qian Family, the Pig Monster’s deathly pale eyes began to show fresh red.
The blood in its body started flowing again, demonic power began to aggregate anew, and the bloodstains on its body changed from dark to bright red, even emitting a blinding red light.
Mo Hua’s pupils dilated.
This Pig Monster, it was refining the medicinal power!
It was not only refining the power of the Lifespan Transformation Elixir but also the Blood Qi of the Patriarch of the Qian Family.
At the same time, an aura that could only be described as terrifying coalesced on the Pig Monster’s body, causing one’s whole body to shudder, even giving the illusion that the Great Dao was in chaos and a mutation was occurring!
Mo Hua had no idea what was happening, but at that moment, he had only one thought:
Run!
Simultaneously, the Pig Monster turned its head, its blood-colored eyes gazing toward Mo Hua.
Mo Hua felt his hairs stand on end as he pushed his Water Passing Step to its limit, racing toward the outside of the stone chamber.
Only a few steps into his escape, Mo Hua noticed people ahead—it was Leader Yang and Zhang Lan.
Zhang Lan and Leader Yang appeared at the entrance to the cave, and upon seeing Mo Hua’s deathly pale face, were about to say something when Mo Hua urgently interrupted them.
"Run for it!"
They were taken aback, not yet understanding what had happened when they saw at the end of the stone steps, a blood-colored, fierce pig’s head making its appearance.
The two exclaimed in shock, "What kind of monster beast is this?"
The Pig Monster’s head was stuck in the entrance of the stone chamber; its blood-red pupils rotated irregularly before glancing sharply at Mo Hua. It let out a shriek and lunged forward.
The stone walls on both sides, which seemed as fragile as tofu, crumbled under the pressure of its massive body.
Despite looking bulky, the Pig Monster was incredibly fast and was about to catch up.
Zhang Lan and Leader Yang, with grave expressions, quickly placed Mo Hua behind them, hoping to hold off the Pig Monster for a moment, allowing Mo Hua to escape.
But with the Pig Monster’s terrifying presence, they had no confidence, and cold sweat seeped from their palms.
Seeing that they were protecting him behind them, Mo Hua felt a mix of gratitude and urgency.
He knew that Leader Yang and the others were no match for this aberrant Pig Monster and couldn’t stop it at all.
Trying to block it forcefully would result at best in severe injuries and at worst in being devoured like the Patriarch of the Qian Family.
In this critical juncture, a flash of inspiration struck Mo Hua.
He suddenly remembered the Formation he had set up on the ground.
When the Pig Monster charged in, the Formation hadn’t been activated.
Mo Hua pushed his Divine Sense to its limit and instantly completed the Divine Sense lock in the chaotic stone chamber, locating the Grade One Earthfire Compound Formation he had laid down.
In less than the time it takes to breathe, Mo Hua focused his qi and formed the Fireball Technique.
Mo Hua shook his head, "The Patriarch of the Qian Family was eaten, it’s not just us that need to run, all the cultivators searching the mountain must all flee the deep mountains!"
His tone conveyed a deep terror.
That pig was too terrifying.
The aura on its body made Mo Hua feel both familiar and eerie.
The familiar part was, its aura seemed similar to the Power of Annihilation from the Formation Collapse, as if both vaguely contained the force of the Heavenly Dao.
The eerie part was, this aura was the complete opposite to the Power of Annihilation, resembling more of an endless regenerative force.
Mr. Zhuang had said, from the Great Dao comes both creation and destruction, with creation comes annihilation.
If the Formation Collapse is the Power of Annihilation, then this pig embodies the regenerative force!
From death to life, clearly dead, yet it came back to life.
Mo Hua felt a chill in his heart; he didn’t know exactly how formidable this pig was, but insights gained from his long practice of Drawing Formation and the inexplicable fear welling up in his heart told him that if they didn’t run now, all of them would perish in the maw of this Pig Monster!
Upon hearing this, everyone else also turned pale with shock.
The Patriarch of the Qian Family... was eaten?!
That cunning and profound cultivator, who in the midst of encirclement by several Foundation Establishment Initial Stage cultivators and Taoist Soldiers could still find a way to withdraw... was eaten by this pig?!
Without hesitation, Court Leader Zhou decisively said, "We withdraw!"
At that moment, another loud noise came from within the mountain cave.
It seemed like the pig was ramming left and right, shattering the stone walls, and the aura emanating from the cave entrance became increasingly bloodthirsty and dreadful.
Without further delay, everyone immediately withdrew.
Leader Yang pulled along Zhang Lan, while Elder Yu carried Mo Hua on his back.
As everyone retreated, they approached the camps along the way, passing the message:
There is a disaster in the deep mountains; a great danger is coming. All cultivators must evacuate immediately!
In the middle of the night, the silence of the deep mountains was broken, and the cultivators searching the mountain, after the initial panic, withdrew orderly from the deep mountains.
Two hours later, all the cultivators, including Mo Hua, had gathered at the foot of the deep mountains.
This was the border between the deep mountains and Inner Mountain, just a few steps away from Inner Mountain, which was relatively safer.
Elder Yu put Mo Hua down, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
At that moment, an abrupt change occurred in the deep mountains.
In the darkness of the night, a wave of Blood Qi shot into the sky, peaks crumbled, and a massive, bloodthirsty Pig Monster suddenly appeared, its horrid roars seeming to tear through the night.
Not only Mo Hua and his companions saw this scene.
At this moment, the cultivators far away in Tongxian City also sensed it, looking up to see the blood Qi soaring into the sky.
The ferocity and Evil Qi caused all cultivators’ hearts and minds to tremble.
Some of the older Monster Hunters couldn’t believe what they saw, shaking with fear and disbelief as they said,
"This is... a Big Demon..."
Elder Yu, standing beside Mo Hua and seeing the current form of the Pig Monster and feeling its presence, remembered the ancient rumors among the Monster Hunters, he felt as if he fell into an ice pit, exclaiming in a lost voice,
"A Big Demon has appeared..."
Elder Yu turned pale, "But this... how is this possible..."