An emperor in his later years is summoned by his sister to save the nation's fate.

Third, Blood Escape Technique, which can be used by burning one's blood and qi as a price to unleash this demonic escape technique.

The explosive speed it can generate can even break the sound barrier, making it an excellent means of survival and pursuit.

Lu Xueyao slowly opened her eyes and stood up from the dried-up bottom of the pool.

At this moment, her black tactical uniform had been stained dark red with her blood.

Due to the influence of her cultivation technique, a strange, flame-like blood mark faintly appeared between her brows on her originally beautiful and refined face.

Combined with her aloof temperament and the faint crimson magic surrounding her, she resembled a peerless witch emerging from the abyss, exuding deadly danger and allure.

The viewers in the Dragon Kingdom's live stream were once again stunned into awe.

"My god... has she gone mad from cultivating immortality? That aura, those eyes! My legs go weak just looking at her!"

"This isn't a survival trip, it's more like they're going to the supernatural world to buy supplies!"

Because Lu Xueyao's style was so outrageous, a large number of viewers from South Korea and Japan, who were originally watching the tragic situation in their own countries, flocked to China's live stream.

Seeing Lu Xueyao's demeanor, which was like a demon descending to earth, the jealousy in the hearts of these foreign viewers gnawed at their reason like a venomous snake.

"Cheating! This is cheating! The Chinese must have used some illegal methods!"

"Hehe, don't be too happy! She's glowing red all over now, looking even more sinister than a ghost! I bet she's been corrupted by a high-level ghost."

She has fallen into demonic ways and will one day completely lose her mind, becoming the most bizarre being who will wipe out your entire Dragon Kingdom!

"That's right! Those who cultivate demonic arts never have a good ending! She's doomed!"

Various jealous and malicious curses scrolled rapidly across the screen, but the Chinese viewers remained unmoved, directly responding with even more intense barrages of comments.

After stabilizing her cultivation level, Lu Xueyao did not linger in the cave for long.

She, accompanied by the Mighty Bone Demon, vanished in a blur and swiftly returned to the lord's manor.

Upon entering the stone house, she was just about to take out the strange stone from her backpack to create a strange fire.

"Buzz—"

The void rippled, and Lu Li's tall, black-clad projection appeared on its own initiative.

"Don't waste your time."

Lu Li glanced at the strange stone that Lu Xueyao was about to take out, his tone carrying a hint of disdain: "Using such a natural Yin Sha array base material to ignite that useless strange fire? It's simply a waste of resources, an extreme waste."

Lu Xueyao paused, her face full of astonishment: "Brother, but the Ghost Fire is a necessary defensive core that must be built in the early stages. Without it, the night will be flooded by the Ghost Tide."

That only applies to mediocre people.

Lu Li sneered, "Using a fire disc player to chase prey, what kind of skill is that? Since the strange stone is of good quality, I'll teach you a better way to use it: use it to set up an array!"

Lu Li grabbed at the void and directly pulled over dozens of strange stones, which then floated in mid-air.

Immediately afterwards, he pointed his fingers like a sword, and a profound imperial law condensed at his fingertips. He then began to inscribe intricate and mysterious array patterns on these strange stones with a flourish.

"Shuashuashua——"

Stone chips flew everywhere, and in a short while, dozens of strange stones were carved into array bases that emitted a ghostly light.

Then, he summoned the Myriad Soul Banner from Lu Xueyao's body.

Several core runes that correspond to the array base are also engraved on the flagpole and the flag surface.

"This formation is called the Soul Refining Formation."

Lu Li handed several items back to Lu Xueyao: "Using the Myriad Soul Banner as the core of the array, I refined these strange stones, along with the remaining strange spider silk you collected earlier, into array flags."

"You only need to follow the method I taught you and bury them in the corresponding locations around the lord's manor."

"Once the formation is complete, it will not drive away the strange creatures like the eerie fire; instead, it will lure mindless creatures into its trap! Once they step into the formation, they will be bound and their souls refined by the formation, ultimately becoming nourishment for the Myriad Soul Banner!"

After the method of controlling the formation was implanted into Lu Xueyao's sea of ​​consciousness, Lu Li's projection also dissipated.

Holding the array flags, Lu Xueyao did not hesitate at all. She immediately walked out of the stone house and buried the array flags one by one in the specific directions around the lord's mansion.

Finally, she returned to the house, placed the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in the center of the array in the hall, and infused it with magical power.

"Buzz—!"

The black mist surrounding the entire lord's manor suddenly trembled, and a transparent barrier, imperceptible to the naked eye, suddenly unfolded, perfectly enveloping the territory.

The viewers in the Dragon Kingdom's live stream were full of praise as they watched this dazzling scene.

"You can use the Strange Stones like this? Create a killing formation directly?"

"While everyone else is still struggling with tower defense games, Lu Xueyao has already started playing a fully automated, AFK monster-farming tower!"

But the influx of viewers from South Korea and Japan was met with ridicule.

"This is hilarious! They didn't even build the supernatural fire designated by the system, and instead used it to draw some kind of weird symbols?"

"The ghostly fire is the core of the defense! A few broken stones and a tattered flag—can they really stop the strange invasion at night? That's wishful thinking! Let's wait and see how she dies tonight!"

Meanwhile, on the other side, there was another chosen one from the Dragon Kingdom, Liu Mengxi.

After a terrifying escape during the day, she managed to bring back several strange stones, albeit in a disheveled state.

With trembling hands, she built the base of the eerie fire in front of the lord's manor.

However, looking at the empty stone basin, she fell into despair.

Because to ignite the eerie fire, you need eerie crystals as fuel! And eerie crystals can only be obtained by personally slaying eerie creatures.

"We must kill the monsters..." Liu Mengxi bit her lip. There were very few monsters during the day, so she could only hide in the house, waiting for night to fall with trepidation.

As the last ray of sunlight disappeared, the blood moon rose into the sky.

"Thump—"

A muffled footstep soon echoed outside the lord's manor.

Looking through the crack in the door, Liu Mengxi saw a emaciated, corpse-spotted D-class "pseudo-human ghost" lingering outside. This was the weakest of the D-class ghosts in terms of attack power, and its only trick was to disguise itself as a human to trick people into opening the door.

"Now!"

Liu Mengxi gritted her teeth, pushed open the door, and roared, "Chu Renmei, kill her!"

The originally listless Chu Renmei was forcibly summoned and transformed into a gust of cold wind that rushed towards her.

The pseudo-human monster was already weak in combat, and under the crushing force of the purple monster pet, it was quickly torn to pieces.

"bite--"

A gray, eerie crystal fell to the ground. Liu Mengxi picked it up with great joy and ordered Chu Renmei to devour the remains of the fake humanoid monster.

The phantom of Chu Renmei solidified slightly, but no qualitative change occurred.

Even if a purple-quality pet grows quickly, it still needs to devour at least 10 D-grade monsters, or directly devour one C-grade monster, to advance to a C-grade monster pet.

"Never mind, let's start the fire!"

Liu Mengxi threw the strange crystal into the stone basin.

"call--"

A ball of eerie green flame rose up, and the eerie fire was finally ignited!