Chapter 653: Xu Qing's Forbidden Zone, The Son of God's Wail

With a purple-red carapace, a neck curved like a crescent moon, and a triangular head, it emanated a terrifying aura. Its six thick legs, sharp claw blades, and a tail half its body length seemed capable of tearing through any obstacle, radiating a sense of dread. Particularly, crimson spikes ran in rows from its head to its tail, gleaming with a blood-red light that echoed the color of the sky.

This was the Divine Child.

Now, they were surging out of a deep pit that had appeared in the Kǔshēng Mountain Range, spreading in all directions throughout the entire range.

Chaos, madness, and hunger were fully embodied in their very being. Wherever they passed, everything became their food. Especially after catching the scent of blood, the Divine Children’s eyes gleamed with greed. Following the scent, they surged towards a sect and a city within the Kǔshēng Mountain Range.

From above, the land appeared to be consumed by a rapidly spreading red tide. Horrifying roars, unsettling to the very soul, echoed throughout heaven and earth. Cultivators were startled by the sound, and mortals were utterly terrified. Facing all this, both mortals and cultivators understood they had no escape. Thus, a great battle was about to unfold in the Kǔshēng Mountain Range.

One by one, the formations of various factions activated, and cultivators cried out, determined to block these fiendish creatures. The Shǒufēng Clan, in particular, mobilized their entire force, standing ready for battle.

In the distance, the red tide surged madly. Many Divine Children within it, stimulated by the scent of blood, had already leaped up, baring their fangs and claws, ready to charge. Yet, just as the cultivators of the Kǔshēng Mountain Range, trembling both in body and mind, had made all preparations and battle was imminent, a cold snort echoed from the sky. This snort carried an astonishing power, sounding like a clap of heavenly thunder to all living beings, causing everyone to momentarily lose themselves in shock. Before they could fully register their awe, those demon-like Divine Children suddenly trembled, looked up at the sky, and let out piercing roars.

But these roars were useless. It was as if an invisible giant hand descended from the sky, covering the entire Kǔshēng Mountain Range and forming an immense pressure that fell upon the Divine Children. A thunderous roar instantly surged skyward. Countless Divine Children's carapaces shattered as they were directly crushed into bloody pulp amidst their screams, exploding and disintegrating, leaving less than one in ten alive.

The entire Kǔshēng Mountain Range shook violently. The cultivators within the various sects and factions all stared wide-eyed, their hearts in utter turmoil. They instinctively looked up at the three figures that had appeared in the sky; the one in the center, an old man, was the one who had acted.

“Mò Guī.”

The Young Master spoke softly. The void beside him instantly distorted, and Old Ancestor Mò Guī's figure teleported over in the blink of an eye. Upon appearing, he immediately knelt and responded loudly.

“This junior is here!” Mò Guī’s appearance immediately drew the gaze of all the cultivators in the Kǔshēng Mountain Range. Most of them had seen Old Ancestor Mò Guī before, as his reputation was second to none in the entire Kǔshēng Mountain Range.

“Take charge and handle the remaining beasts.”

“As you command!” Mò Guī declared loudly, his heart surging with immense excitement and a profound sense of security. He immediately descended to the ground and, leveraging his prestige, took direct command of all the sects in the Kǔshēng Mountain Range, initiating an organized extermination.

As for the Young Master and Princess Míngméi, they did not linger, but departed with Xǔ Qīng. When they reappeared, they were at the very source of the Divine Children's emergence. It was a massive deep pit, flickering with red light from within. Muffled roars, like the beating of a gigantic heart, emanated from it, transforming into a thunderous rumble outside.

The Young Master and Princess Míngméi looked down from afar. Xǔ Qīng followed, his gaze also drawn to the deep pit. Flying all this way, he had seen countless Divine Children. Although myriad had been annihilated by the Young Master's cold snort earlier, many more were still continuously roaring out from the deep pit below.

“Xǔ Qīng, the outer ones are up to you. With your current combat strength, you should be fine for a while; consider it a test.”

After the Young Master finished speaking, he looked at Princess Míngméi beside him. Princess Míngméi nodded, and then both of them stepped forward, heading straight for the deep pit, plunging into it and proceeding towards its depths.

Xǔ Qīng didn't hesitate. After the Young Master and Princess Míngméi departed, he looked down at the continuously surging red tide below, his gaze turning cold. His presence immediately drew the attention of the Divine Children on the ground. The craving for blood food was their instinct; it seemed that the concept of fear was difficult to awaken in their perception, replaced mostly by chaos and madness. Xǔ Qīng’s aura seemed even sweeter, intensifying their madness. Amidst sharp roars, they charged directly at him.

Their bloodline could ignore many cultivators' techniques, their speed was astonishing, and the divine fluctuations emanating from their bodies were enough to break through all obstacles. Their vitality, in particular, was extremely tenacious.

At this moment, they surged towards Xǔ Qīng from all directions. His face expressionless, Xǔ Qīng’s pupils, reflecting the red tide on the ground, did not turn red but instead became utterly black.

“Here, I’ll test my growth during this period.” Xǔ Qīng murmured, looking at the ground. Wherever his gaze fell, a large area instantly twisted and blurred as abnormal substances bred poisonous forbidden power, which erupted within it. Dozens of Divine Children within this area immediately let out shrill wails as their bodies visibly rotted.

The abnormal substance derived from the poisonous forbidden power had once allowed Xǔ Qīng to plunder the Crimson Mother's essence. From this, it could be inferred that its status surpassed that of the Crimson Mother. Now, this was further confirmation: these offspring of the Crimson Mother, permeated with the Crimson Mother's abnormal substance power in addition to their chaos and madness, were utterly unable to resist under Xǔ Qīng’s poisonous forbidden power.

Amidst the roar, these dozens of Divine Children, screaming terribly, dissolved into blood. This scene also stimulated the other Divine Children, prompting more to rise into the sky and surge towards Xǔ Qīng.

Xǔ Qīng, his expression unchanged, raised a hand and waved. The Golden Crow totem on his body immediately came alive, forming in mid-air and emitting a low hum as black flames instantly erupted. From within it, a long spear, imbued with a forbidden aura and emanating terrifying fluctuations, fiercely shot out in all directions. Wherever it passed, the void shattered and heaven and earth roared; any Divine Child that came close instantly disintegrated, until the long spear landed.

The ground trembled. All Divine Children within a thousand-zhang radius cried out in pain. Their hard bodies were now incredibly fragile, and their proud divine fluctuations were suppressed. Everything seemed to be restrained, swept away with overwhelming power. It wasn't that they weren't strong; against cultivators, they possessed unique advantages. The abnormal substance they contained could even constantly contaminate any cultivator who faced them. Even their blood was highly poisonous to cultivators. But… with Xǔ Qīng, none of this had any effect. They couldn't compare in terms of poison, nor were they superior in the status of their abnormal substance.

This destined it to be a slaughter.

As the thunderous roar echoed, Xǔ Qīng stepped into the horde of beasts. Wherever his gaze landed, poisonous forbidden power erupted, and wherever the Golden Crow went, taboos were destroyed. Moreover, morning glow light shone around Xǔ Qīng’s body; each sweep obliterated any approaching assault, and countless techniques materialized within, spreading outwards. At times, the shadow of Ghost Emperor Mountain also descended from the sky, suppressing all directions. The Heavenly Dao Canglong also burst out of the void, roaring at the Divine Children, devouring them madly.

Thus, among the Divine Children, Xǔ Qīng was like a harbinger of death walking in their midst; incomplete corpses littered the path he traversed. It was a pity that no one else was present, so outsiders couldn't witness this scene. Otherwise, they would surely have been utterly shocked and terrified. The truth was, at this moment, Xǔ Qīng did not look like a cultivator at all. Under the morning glow light and the gleam of the forbidden long spear, his completely black eyes and emotionless face made him appear like a deity. Even after the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, this area grew increasingly blurred, and the sense of distortion became incredibly strong. Vaguely… this place was actually transforming into a forbidden zone. However, while forbidden zones in the human world brought suffering to all races, in this particular forbidden zone, the ones wailing were the Divine Children.

Gradually, some Divine Children began to tremble, daring not to approach. Their fear rose infinitely, suppressing their instincts. Observing all this, Xǔ Qīng's expression remained calm.

“These Divine Children can only be suppressed by divine techniques. Without the power of deities, cultivators face great difficulty, because each of them is a source of contamination.”

“Then, let’s try my Purple Moon power.”

Xǔ Qīng closed his eyes. The next instant, drops of blood floated out from his body. In the blink of an eye, Xǔ Qīng’s figure vanished, enveloped by an endless torrent of blood, transforming into a crimson vortex that began to spin with a rumbling sound. The authority of the Red Moon erupted from within. A divine hidden treasure also fluctuated within the crimson vortex, finally erupting with a roar to form a massive blood curtain that was about to descend upon the earth, covering all the Divine Children in the area.

But at this moment… the surrounding Divine Children suddenly trembled violently, their wails ceased, and they all bowed their heads. They actually prostrated themselves directly towards the blood curtain formed by Xǔ Qīng, emitting soft, cooing sounds. This sound was unique, unlike their previous roars; it contained a sense of familiarity and submission.

The crimson curtain in the sky paused, and Xǔ Qīng’s face materialized within it. He looked at the tens of thousands of Divine Children prostrated on the ground, deep in thought. A moment later, Xǔ Qīng’s figure materialized in the sky. He descended to the ground, walking among the prostrated Divine Children, who had become incredibly docile, like pets, even rubbing their heads against the path he walked.

“The Young Master said earlier that these Divine Children were formed from unnecessary substances released during the Crimson Mother's process of becoming a god. That statement might be too general.”

“They might not be the offspring of the Crimson Mother. Specifically, they should be the offspring of the Red Moon.”

“They were formed from impurities created during the Crimson Mother's process of plundering the Red Moon.”

Xǔ Qīng’s eyes showed contemplation. He walked in front of a Divine Child, raised his hand, and placed it on its head.