Chapter 807 Ten Thousand Blood Beads

The lack of a Nascent Soul True Monarch present, yet being able to become a force supported by Cangyuan Holy Land in the central ancestral origin mining district, the Blood River Valley certainly has its special aspects.

That is their Blood Evil Technique.

Wherever there is a concentration of Blood Fiend, the disciples of the Blood River Valley can leverage it to abruptly increase their combat power.

The Blood River Ancestor is even a distinguished practitioner of this art.

However, at this moment, as he observed Li Ji’an, who manipulated such dense Blood Fiend effortlessly, possessing a method of blood and qi control far surpassing the Blood Fiend Secret Technique of the Blood River Valley, he felt his once-prized Blood Fiend Secret Technique seemed trivial.

The painstakingly constructed Blood River Grand Array was entirely commandeered by Li Ji’an, causing the Blood River Ancestor to almost spit blood.

“You…how did you do it?”

Li Ji’an appeared calm, with no intention of answering, casually pointed a finger, and the endless Blood Fiend within the Blood River Grand Array coalesced into a blood-colored long sword, directly aiming at the Blood River Ancestor.

When he was with the Immortal Dynasty, he had already thoroughly researched the method of qi and blood manipulation, and after killing the previous Blood Spirit Saintess and obtaining the Thousand Mechanisms Blood Attraction Secret Technique, his control over qi and blood ascended to a new level.

Following the fusion with ancient True Dragon Essence Blood and his current Tier Three Late Period Body Cultivation level, these Blood Fiends became a great supplement for him, not only nourishing and strengthening the True Dragon Essence Blood further, but also completely at his disposal.

“Puff~” With the addition of the Blood River Grand Array, the power exhibited by the dense Blood Fiend surpassed the level of a Peak Core Formation cultivator, leaving the Blood River Ancestor with no resistance.

Moreover, his entire Blood Fiend was already under Li Ji’an’s control, and he could only watch helplessly as the Blood Sword pierced through his Dantian, shattering his Magic Pill.

After executing the Blood River Ancestor with one sword strike, Li Ji’an immediately performed a soul search.

“It’s a pity, soul search still isn’t as effective as the Faceless Mask.” After a moment, Li Ji’an shook his head in disappointment.

The soul search caused excessive damage to the target’s Sea of Consciousness, and considering the opponent was already a Peak Core Formation Great Cultivator, the difficulty of soul searching him was significant, failing to obtain the entirety of his Blood River Grand Array Technique.

Additionally, the inherited Blood Fiend Secret Technique of the Blood River Valley was not as exquisite as the Thousand Mechanisms Blood Attraction of the Blood Spirit Sect.

However, the harvest was still substantial, and it was crucial for him.

The Blood River Ancestor had been planning for Nascent Soul Formation for two hundred years, and his Qiankun Ring contained several Nascent Soul resources, including not just one set of supplementary medicines for the Nascent Soul Pill, along with a speculative attempt to resist the Celestial Tribulation using the Blood Fiend, which provided Li Ji’an a potential idea.

If he couldn’t find a treasure to counter the tribulation, there were other possibilities.

After dealing with the Blood River Ancestor, Li Ji’an didn’t immediately dismantle the Blood River Grand Array, nor did he allow the True Dragon Essence Blood to begin devouring in a frenzy, but instead entered Gugu’s mouth and descended underground.

The deeper he went, the denser the Blood Fiend became, with evil aura soaring to the skies.

Until he went a hundred feet underground, even Li Ji’an’s Tier Three Late Period Physique was nearly overwhelmed, with the Thousand Mechanisms Blood Attraction Secret Technique also unable to cope.

If it weren’t for the deterrence of the True Dragon Essence Blood towards these Blood Fiends, Li Ji’an would’ve certainly been unable to descend further.

This was almost the limit of exploration for others in this realm.

Neither the major forces of this region such as the Qinglan Sect and Black Swamp, nor the supreme True Monarch of the Ye Race, had previously investigated this place, which was only concluded to be an ancient apocalyptic battleground, a convergence point of Blood Fiend.

In this place, Divine Sense was limited, and the five senses were filled with blood-red, but fortunately, Li Ji’an extended his qi and blood mixed with True Dragon Essence Blood outward for ten feet, rendering his perception almost equivalent to Divine Sense.

These blood and qi protected Gugu, allowing it to remain unaffected by the Blood Fiend here.

After descending several more tens of feet, suddenly, Li Ji’an’s expression condensed.

Through qi and blood sensing, he “saw” a vast underground space below, overlooking downwards at fragmented ruins everywhere, crucially, within this enormous space, there were actually numerous human figures, and even voices echoing.

Li Ji’an concealed his aura, using qi and blood perception to investigate meticulously.

The outlines of those figures were blurred, yet their actions were clear.

Some wore ancient Daoist Robes, holding long sword magical treasures, with sword qi soaring.

Others wore strange magical garments, surrounded by a chaotic airflow distinct from traditional Spiritual Qi, their magic techniques carried a tearing momentum as if ripping through heaven and earth.

The two groups were intensely battling, the reverberations of clashing magical treasures, explosive sound of magic techniques, even through the tens of feet of rock layers, could still be heard clearly by Li Ji’an.

This was not an actual battle, but more like a solidified snapshot from a moment in time.

“Demon spawn! You all practice wicked new techniques, betraying the laws of the Celestial Dao, it’s defiance against heaven itself, a human demon!” An old white-haired cultivator wielding an ancient bronze sword shouted angrily, his sword aura flowing, slicing through a strange black stream.

The cultivators behind him all echoed, their voices filled with disdain and anger: “The Celestial Dao has its constants, cultivation should follow the ancient methods, proceeding step by step, you who practice new techniques plunder the vitality of the world, disrupting the balance of yin and yang, will inevitably bring about an apocalyptic catastrophe!”

“Aiding tyranny! It’s you who are aiding tyranny!” On the opposing side, a cultivator clad in black-patterned magical garments sneered, summoning several blood-colored chains with a wave, “So-called ancient methods are nothing but shackles on cultivators! The Celestial Dao is inherently capricious, survival of the fittest is the fundamental rule! Those high and mighty deities, under the guise of the Celestial Dao, oppress all beings, we practice new techniques only to break these shackles, what wrong is there in that?”

“Sophistry!” The white-haired cultivator’s sword qi intensified, “If not for you new technique cultivators’ wanton acts defying fate, stirring the world’s fortunes, how would it have brought down disasters from the Celestial Dao? Now the three realms are devastated, all due to you!”

“Disasters from the Celestial Dao? Hmph, the Celestial Dao is merciless, treating all things as straw dogs, the true Celestial Dao doesn’t care about your right and wrong, good or evil? It’s merely an excuse for those shameless ones manipulating the Celestial Dao to suppress us!” The black-patterned magical garment cultivator’s eyes flashed with madness, “Today, let you witness the power of new techniques!”