Whoever It Is, They'll Pay the Price

It took an entire shichen to gather even the last of the dark-red powder.

The Hosan Seo Clan's formation masters set up a temporary formation outside the protective formation and brought the demon beasts in one by one.

Each time earth qi swept over an injured demon beast, it dislodged a little more of the dark-red powder embedded between its scales and fur.

The powder, caught before it hit the ground, went into jade bottles, while other cultivators washed away the remaining traces with water mixed with a purifying spirit medicine.

Several elders had to work together to treat demon beasts as large as the pangolin demon king.

Whenever they lifted a broken scale and poured in medicine, dark-red liquid streamed down the enormous body and splashed onto the red earth.

Meanwhile, Baek Cheong maintained the formation while holding the Five Elements Banner.

After continuously pouring spiritual power into the Five Elements Harmony Formation at full strength for an entire shichen, Baek Cheong's fingertips went numb, and sweat beaded on their forehead.

The demon beasts inside the Five Elements Harmony Formation calmly received treatment, but outside it, a faint presence continued to press against the boundary.

As the jade bottles filled with dark-red powder piled up, the pull toward the north weakened as well...