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. The fireball followed Mo Hua’s Divine Sense, flying out suddenly, tracing an arc, and precisely igniting the Formation. For a brief moment, the stone chamber was dead silent, as if even the sound had been annihilated. At the same time, the Grade One Earthfire Compound Formation began to collapse! Zhang Lan and Leader Yang witnessed an unbelievable scene. They saw Mo Hua casting a fireball at incredible speed to activate the corner’s Formation. But instead of exploding, the spiritual power in the Formation began to invert and slowly collapse, producing intermittent black spiritual power. This collapsing spiritual power, like tiny black daggers, chipped away at the Pig Monster’s flesh instantaneously, stripping and unraveling its flesh at a molecular level. First the outer skin, then the flesh, and finally the bones—all were dissolved by the power of annihilation, turning into black powder. As the Formation collapsed, it was located at the right rear leg of the Pig Monster, and in an instant, one of the Pig Monster’s hind legs vanished, as if the void had collapsed and erased that leg. Thrown off balance, the Pig Monster crashed to the ground, its lunging attack interrupted. However, in just a moment, Blood Qi began to condense where the lost leg was. First bone was formed, then flesh and blood vessels, and finally the outer skin. As quickly as the power of annihilation dissolved it, the power of flesh regenerated. Leader Yang and his companion were profoundly shocked: "What kind of Formation is this? And what is this fine black spiritual power that can dissolve the flesh of a Second Grade monster beast?!" "And what kind of monster beast is this? Why is its regeneration speed so incredibly fast?!" Seeing the two still dazed, Mo Hua couldn’t help but clap their backs with both hands, one hand on each, and yell out: "Run already!" The Pig Monster’s hind legs had been eradicated by the inverse transformation of Spiritual Power, and though they had regenerated, its Blood Qi was not flowing smoothly, and it struggled to rise. If they didn’t run now, it might be too late to run later. Leader Yang and his companion suddenly came to their senses, and together they hastened their movement technique, running towards the cave entrance. After a short run, the roaring of the Pig Monster could be heard again from behind them, as it had stood up. A sense of alarm rose in everyone’s heart. Leader Yang decisively picked up Mo Hua with one hand, tucking him at his waist, and pulled Zhang Lan with the other, running forward with him. Being a Foundation Building Cultivator, his movement technique was much faster than Mo Hua’s and the others. Within a few breaths, they had run out of the mountain cave. There were already people outside by then. Elder Yu, Court Leader Zhou, and Old Master An were all there. They had followed the bell’s signal to the cave entrance, and before they could locate the exact position, they heard shaking and roaring from inside the cave. They were clueless and could only wait at the entrance of the cave. Seeing the panic-stricken expressions and pale faces of Mo Hua and the others, Court Leader Zhou frowned and asked, "What happened?" Leader Yang was about to say something when Mo Hua grabbed his sleeve. Mo Hua took a deep breath and said nothing else, still insisting only on, "Run fast!" Court Leader Zhou and the others looked at each other, "We have a few Foundation Building Cultivators here, even if it’s the Patriarch of the Qian Family, we should be able to fight…" 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?! 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎 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…"