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Chapter 540: Heavenly Demon Elemental Formation
Chapter 540: Heavenly Demon Elemental Formation
"A mere trifle, yet you dare to show off your limited skills before an expert."
The Blood Demon True Venerable stood motionless in the void, his blood-red Taoist robe fluttering without wind, revealing blood-red chains.
These chains, with their surface faintly visible as mountains of corpses, seas of blood, and the wailing of wronged souls, seem to be forged from the resentment of countless living souls, converging together to soar into the sky, forming a ferocious and domineering dragon that seeks to devour all things, directly confronting the colossal finger that blots out the sky.
boom!
The sky shattered, and blood-red clouds surged.
Blood Demon True Venerable tilted his head slightly, his pupils reflecting a dark golden dragon claw, which was the golden egg that had unleashed the Three Absolute True Qi.
The Blood Demon True Venerable neither dodged nor evaded, closing his eyelids and letting the golden egg dragon claw fall.
"Clang!"
Golden Egg stared wide-eyed at Xiang Yuxing, who remained motionless, its eyes filled with horror.
Its dragon claws were frozen in place, stopping an inch in front of Xiang Yuxing, blocked by an invisible and intangible force, and it could not go any further, as if it had crashed into an unshakable immortal mountain.
"Woof!"
Iron Egg barked softly and quietly appeared to the right of Blood Demon True Venerable. Its entire body was surrounded by Crimson Nirvana Fire, and it used the Blazing Flame Annihilation Profound Technique to unleash thousands of Blazing Flame Threads.
Golden light burst forth, and the extreme heat, enough to incinerate mountains and boil seas, caused the surrounding void to fluctuate violently. Even the Blood Demon True Venerable couldn't help but narrow his eyes to avoid the domineering radiance of the sun.
The Nascent Soul True Monarchs present felt their hair stand on end and were deeply shocked.
No wonder the chief elder didn't ask them to help.
Leaving aside the enigmatic and unpredictable Mirror Moon Daoist Chen Zi'ang, these three-headed dragons and the Great Sun Fire Hound alone possess strength comparable to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, far beyond the reach of ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.
Without the chief elder guarding the mountain gate, their strength alone might not have been enough to stop Chen Beiwu and his demon kings. In that case, the Blood Fortune Sect would surely suffer devastation and face the danger of its lineage being wiped out.
Fortunately, there are no "what ifs" in this world.
Even if Chen Ziang's strength is as incredible as rumored, far beyond their reach, it is unlikely that he is a match for the Chief Supreme Elder!
No, I need to step back a little further.
A Nascent Soul stage True Monarch had beads of hot sweat dripping from his temples, unable to withstand the terrifying temperature caused by the Crimson Nirvana Fire, and urged his escape light to retreat rapidly.
Some late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators also had their eyes burning with anticipation, summoning protective treasures, unwilling to miss such a battle of powerful figures.
"Stubborn and obstinate."
The Blood Demon True Venerable looked at the thousands of wisps of burning flames and spat out a crimson blood mist.
Sizzle sizzle!
As the blood mist spread, countless wisps of flame exploded like boiling oil meeting water, creating ripples of crimson blood.
Such a bizarre scene caused a look of astonishment to flash in Tie Dan's eyes.
The Crimson Nirvana Fire is its natal fire, formed by absorbing the strange fires of heaven and earth, based on immortal techniques and the understanding of the true meaning of the birth and death of the Crimson Nirvana. Once it hits, even the essence, energy, and spirit of a Nascent Soul Perfected True Monarch can be burned to ashes.
However, under the corrosive influence of the blood mist, its Crimson Nirvana Flame was extinguished silently.
This means that the gap in strength between it and Xiang Yuxing is beyond what attribute advantage can make up for, and it may even be countered by the other party.
"Hey!"
Schiller closed his eyes and concentrated, clasping his hands together. Countless ancient trees rose from the ground, forming a five-headed, ferocious wooden dragon that exuded a vast dragon might comparable to a Nascent Soul Peak True Monarch.
"His understanding of the mysteries is good, but his cultivation level is too low."
Blood Demon True Venerable raised his hand and waved, the blood blade swept through the air, and endless bloodthirsty energy instantly eroded the five-headed wooden dragon.
"Let me teach you how to control the toy."
As soon as he finished speaking, a bloodthirsty glint flashed in the eyes of the five wooden dragons, and they lowered their heads to bite at Chen Beiwu.
"Hey!"
Schiller was in a panic. He made a hand seal with one hand, trying to control the five-headed wooden dragon to self-destruct, but found that the latter was out of control and still opened its blood-red maw to attack Chen Beiwu.
Instead of retreating, Chen Beiwu advanced, taking a step towards Xiang Yuxing, and fiercely swept his Cold Yuan Dragon Blade forward.
In an instant, spatial ripples, carrying the intent of the Soaring Blade, slashed open the necks of the five-headed wooden dragons, causing the bloodthirsty power that permeated the heavens and earth to explode violently.
With Chen Beiwu feinting and creating an opportunity, Zhiling, with her fox tail swaying behind her, decisively unleashed the Great Freedom Void Domain, stirring up vast void ripples that engulfed Xiang Yuxing.
"!!!"
Blood Demon True Venerable's eyelids twitched as he suddenly sensed the restlessness of the nascent soul deep within his sea of consciousness.
Although the Blood Demon True Venerable immediately suppressed this restlessness by activating his divine sense, he couldn't help but look at Zhiling with curiosity.
This is truly remarkable; a mere late-stage demon king was actually able to shake his nascent soul!
Despite his astonishment, the Blood Demon True Venerable's thoughts remained unchanged.
In his view, although Chen Ziang and his demon kings were quite powerful, their cultivation levels were ultimately too low to cause any real trouble.
So the Blood Demon True Venerable slightly raised his hand, raised two fingers, and under Chen Beiwu's astonished gaze, ignored the Lingxiao Blade Intent and the heavy ice power of the Hanyuan Dragon Blade, and lightly pinched the blade.
"Your intention in this strike is too obvious. Before you even drew your blade, your intent had already locked onto me. If you could achieve perfect harmony between mind and blade, controlling the blade with your will, cutting off the flow of a river in a single thought, perhaps you could make me take this a little more seriously."
Before Blood Demon True Venerable could finish speaking, Chen Beiwu's eyes narrowed, and he activated his divine sense, using the Lingxiao Blade Intent to unleash the Silent Illumination Myriad Phenomena Profound Light Thrust.
In an instant, the sea of clouds behind the Blood Demon True Venerable suddenly split open, as if it had been cleaved in two by a celestial blade. The resulting crack in the void did not heal for a long time, as if the entire world had been severed.
"Clang!"
Blood Demon True Venerable's face stiffened, the light in his eyes faded, and then a dark blade of light slowly emerged from his forehead to his groin, finally exploding with a bang, filling the sky with blood mist.
"As expected of the Demonic Ancestor, he can actually transform into blood mist to escape and evade divine sense killing moves." Chen Beiwu sighed softly.
This mysterious and powerful figure, disguised as Xiang Yuxing, possessed immense strength, far surpassing that of Dou Zhuan Xing Jun.
If he hadn't comprehended the Immortal-Slaying Gourd and grasped the essence of the Soaring Sky Blade, he probably wouldn't have even been able to break through Xiang Yuxing's true barrier.
The Ancestor was actually defeated!!!
A mid-stage Nascent Soul True Monarch, his eyes filled with panic, silently shielded his fellow disciple in front of him, ready to flee at any moment.
The other two late-stage Nascent Soul True Monarchs had slightly stiffened expressions, sensing something was amiss.
He used the Blood Escape Technique on the ancestor and deliberately turned into blood mist to escape.
What a joke! They are Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Blood Fortune Sect. How could they not know whether their sect possesses such profound blood escape techniques?
Old Ancestor was clearly cut into a bloody mist by Chen Zi'ang!
"Splash!"
Just as the Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Blood Fortune Sect realized the situation was dire and were about to flee, the sound of surging blood waves began to resound throughout the heavens and earth.
The next instant, waves of blood gathered and Xiang Yuxing's figure reappeared. His aura not only did not decline, but his power became even stronger, causing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to surge.
Under this overwhelming power, some Nascent Soul stage True Monarchs with weaker cultivation levels had drastic changes in expression, feeling that their Nascent Souls were showing signs of disintegration.
Only those at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm or above could barely maintain their dignity and avoid being severely injured, making it difficult for them to watch the battle from the sidelines.
"The Ancestor is still alive!!!"
The Nascent Soul stage True Monarch who was preparing to flee suddenly changed his expression and silently stood in front of his fellow disciple, revealing a confident look that said, "With the Ancestor taking action, Chen Zi'ang is doomed."
"Haven't you noticed the difference between us yet?" Blood Demon True Venerable looked down at Chen Zi'ang from his high position.
To him, the battle of wits just now was no different from playing around.
The reason he held back was simply to see the potential of Chen Ziang's vessel and whether it could become part of his own Blood God Body.
As expected, given Chen Ziang's current aptitude, it would be a waste to refine him into a Blood God Child; he is more qualified to become the Blood God Body that will allow him to return to the Divine Transformation Realm.
"What difference is there? I will cut it down with a single stroke."
Chen Beiwu remained expressionless, took a step, and his figure flashed forward.
The golden egg on his right then glowed and stretched out, forming a fierce and peerless three-pointed double-edged sword, which replaced the Cold Yuan Dragon Sword and was held in Chen Beiwu's palm.
At this moment, golden light burst forth from Chen Beiwu's hand, causing the sun and moon to lose their light and the sea of blood to lose its color, and his cultivation level soared to the peak of the late Nascent Soul stage.
Upon witnessing such a burst of profound power, a strange light flashed in the eyes of the Blood Demon True Venerable.
"Is that all?"
Before Blood Demon True Venerable could finish speaking, Iron Egg roared, its roar like thunder, and transformed into a black light that landed on Chen Beiwu's forehead, forming a purple vertical eye and creating a terrifying phenomenon that shocked heaven and earth.
At this moment, Chen Beiwu's purple eyes opened, and his cultivation level surged from the late Nascent Soul stage to the peak Nascent Soul stage.
"Not enough? Can it get even stronger?" Blood Demon True Venerable said calmly, pointing out with one finger.
"As you wish."
Chen Beiwu bowed slightly, made a hand seal with one hand, and overlapped with the five illusory images of Xue Le that appeared behind him.
Five-colored mysterious light flowed and spread, and Chen Beiwu, wearing a gleaming five-colored gilded armor, was surrounded by lightning that caused the void to tremble. He blocked Xiang Yuxing's finger, and his cultivation level instantly stepped from the peak of the Nascent Soul stage to the limit of the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. "Still not enough."
The Blood Demon True Venerable turned his finger into a palm and slapped it down with great force, creating a strange phenomenon of nine blood-red millstones. With each rotation of the millstones, a vortex of blood energy powerful enough to make a Nascent Soul True Monarch tremble was released.
This is precisely the Blood Sea Reincarnation Palm, a secret technique passed down through the Blood Fortune Sect!
As soon as this palm strike was unleashed, the vast Samsara Blood Qi swept over and engulfed Chen Beiwu.
At the same time, a Nascent Soul stage True Monarch who was watching the battle accidentally got a little bit of the residual energy of the overflowing Reincarnation Blood Qi. His expression changed drastically. He couldn't even escape the Nascent Soul before his physical body was annihilated and he entered Reincarnation.
Upon witnessing this scene, all the Nascent Soul True Monarchs present felt a chill in their hearts and their eyes revealed a look of horror.
A dignified Nascent Soul early stage True Monarch, a powerful expert of the first realm, was not even qualified to watch the battle between Ancestor Xiang and Chen Zi'ang. He died from the aftershocks.
Now that Chen Zi'ang is trapped in the cycle of blood and death, isn't he in an even worse state? He probably already has his nascent soul disintegrated, his body is gone, and he doesn't even have the chance to be reincarnated.
But the next second, a Nascent Soul late-stage True Monarch noticed something was wrong and vaguely saw a celestial figure that remained standing firm within the Samsara Blood Qi.
"Eek!"
Zhiling's eyes lit up with joy. She leaped into the air and landed on Chen Beiwu's shoulder. Immediately, her whole body radiated a snow-purple light, and a beautiful but domineering eight-tailed fox phantom appeared behind her.
Rumble!
The phantom dissipated, turning into surging and condensing light mist, which then slowly stretched out, like clouds and rosy hues, covering Chen Beiwu's shoulders and forming a snow-purple cloak.
The cloak, a blend of purple and silver, shimmered with light. As it fluttered in the wind, it effortlessly drew upon the power of the void, isolating space and easily resisting the blood energy of reincarnation. At the same time, it caused Chen Beiwu's cultivation to surge once again, leaping from the peak of the Nascent Soul stage to the perfect Nascent Soul stage in one go.
Sensing the change in Chen Ziang's aura, the Blood Demon True Venerable fell silent and did not speak again.
He was an ancient Nascent Soul True Venerable who had seen many profound and secret techniques in the Southern Wilderness, but he had never seen such an outrageous burst of profound power that could enable a late-stage Nascent Soul True Monarch to break through two realms and enter the Nascent Soul Perfection realm.
It should be understood that there is already a huge gap between the late stage of Nascent Soul and the peak stage of Nascent Soul, not to mention the terrifying and insurmountable gap between the late stage of Nascent Soul and the perfect Nascent Soul.
That is why, although he thought it was unlikely, the Blood Demon True Venerable dared not continue to tease him, lest Chen Ziang's strength increase again, break through the Nascent Soul Perfection, and enter the Half-Step God Transformation Realm.
If that's true, then unless a True Immortal of the Nascent Soul Realm intervenes, no one in the world can capture Chen Zi'ang.
Even if he were willing to pay the price and forcibly activate a wisp of Creation Essence with the Dharma Imagery Realm, he could only suppress and kill Chen Zi'ang, but could not capture him alive.
"It seems even the heavens are looking out for me," Blood Demon True Venerable thought to himself.
If it weren't for the sudden change in the Earthly Realm that made him change his mind in time and stop letting Chen Ziang grow unchecked, he probably would have missed out on a Blood God Body.
Opposite Blood Demon True Venerable, Chen Beiwu opened his eyes. The mere burst of his aura caused the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Blood Fortune Sect present to change their expressions slightly, subconsciously closing their eyes, not daring to look directly at the majestic being within the Samsara Blood Qi.
"What kind of evil magic is this?!"
The Nascent Soul True Monarch noticed the change in Chen Ziang's cultivation and couldn't help but murmur.
Just by observing from afar, the unparalleled and terrifying aura made him submit. He couldn't imagine how much pressure the Ancestor had to bear when facing Chen Zi'ang!
"This is the ultimate sublimation of all spirits!"
Feeling the boundless primordial essence within his body, Chen Beiwu felt that this world was extremely fragile, as if it could be pierced with a single finger.
Unfortunately, Aji was still in the embryonic stage and not suitable for performing the Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation. Otherwise, Chen Beiwu really wanted to try whether he could use Aji's power to step into the half-step God Transformation realm with his late Nascent Soul body.
"Not bad, not bad. You're quite capable, lad. It's worth it for me to use this formation."
The Blood Demon True Venerable's voice was not loud, yet it resounded throughout the entire mountain gate like a morning bell and evening drum.
"boom!"
The great formation rose, and the world changed drastically.
The sky darkened, all colors faded, and only a thick, dark red blood light remained between heaven and earth.
Countless waves of blood surged from the depths of the earth, forming a vast and mighty formation that completely enveloped and sealed off the Blood Fortune Sect's mountain gate.
The moment the formation was completed, Chen Beiwu's body sank, and his blood and qi suddenly surged, trying to escape along with the formation. He even almost withdrew from the Myriad Spirits Tribulation Transformation form.
"This formation is called the Heavenly Demon Blood Fortune All Living Beings Formation. It requires the blood of millions of living beings as ink, the blood fortune earth vein of 100,000 years as foundation, and the essence blood of the nascent souls of our sect generation after generation as guide. When the formation is completed, it can seal the heaven and earth, seal all kinds of Heavenly Gang True, and dissolve all blood energy."
Blood Demon True Venerable looked calmly at Chen Beiwu: "Without the blessing of heaven and earth, without the Heavenly Gang True Power to use, and with your blood energy forcibly stripped away, even if you briefly step into the Nascent Soul Perfection stage with your burst secret technique, you can at most retain the combat power of the early Nascent Soul stage."
"If you surrender now and join my Blood Fortune Sect, I can still grant you the position of Supreme Elder."