Chapter 262 - 255: Blood Sea Divine Techniques, Pillaging

Chapter 262: Chapter 255: Blood Sea Divine Techniques, Pillaging

The Zhu Family’s ancestor had the Cultivation of a mid-stage Fruit Realm expert, so his Dao Fruit Divine Techniques were undoubtedly far stronger than those of Ren Yelin, an early-stage Fruit Realm cultivator.

But when attacked by Zhu Yanlong’s Dao Fruit Divine Techniques, Jiang Zuo was surprised to find their power was much weaker than he had anticipated.

This was partly because Zhu Yanlong’s Dao Fruit Divine Techniques were wide-area attacks.

But even so, they shouldn’t have been so weak.

At first, Jiang Zuo thought Zhu Yanlong was holding back, intending to capture him alive.

After being attacked again by the Blood Sea Cage and the Sea of Blood and Spear Forest, Jiang Zuo suddenly understood.

It wasn’t that Zhu Yanlong was showing mercy—the issue lay with him.

After his Primordial Flesh and Blood had awakened, the damage he took from Blood and Qi Class attacks was drastically reduced.

Even though Zhu Yanlong was at the mid-stage Fruit Realm, his Divine Techniques actually hurt less than Ren Yelin’s.

Upon realizing this, another thought suddenly struck Jiang Zuo.

Normally, cultivating his Primordial Flesh and Blood required him to refine and absorb vast amounts of Demon Beast Flesh and Blood.

This was especially true after using Flesh Burst, which required him to refine large quantities of High Tier Demon Beast Flesh and Blood for replenishment.

The sea of blood below him, formed by Zhu Yanlong’s Dao Fruit Divine Technique, felt extremely similar to refined Demon Beast Flesh and Blood. In terms of quality, it was in no way inferior to that of a High Tier Demon Beast.

’So, if I enter the sea of blood below, can I directly refine and absorb its power?’

’If that’s possible...’

Jiang Zuo had been rushing toward Zhu Yanlong, planning to use the opportunity to get close and kill him in a surprise attack.

With this new idea, Jiang Zuo instantly changed his mind.

His body flashed, and he dropped into the sea of blood below.

As he activated his Refining Technique, he found the sea of blood was indeed similar to refined Demon Beast Flesh and Blood, and his Primordial Flesh and Blood began to absorb it frantically.

’This sea of blood is incredibly nourishing for me. If I activate my Flesh Burst state now, I’ll be invincible within it!’

Sensing Zhu Yanlong approaching, Jiang Zuo didn’t know what other tricks the man had up his sleeve, but he felt that in his Flesh Burst state, he could turn the surrounding sea of blood into his own home field.

The Flesh Burst state’s duration was too short, which was why Jiang Zuo had been waiting for the right moment to use it.

If it could last longer, he wouldn’t need to have so many reservations.

Jiang Zuo immediately activated his Cultivation Technique, entering the Flesh Burst state.

’This is...’

Upon entering the Flesh Burst state, however, Jiang Zuo was suddenly stunned.

Within the sea of blood, the power unleashed by Flesh Burst was spreading like a virus, encroaching on the surrounding blood sea.

Wherever the power of his Primordial Flesh and Blood reached, the sea of blood became an extension of his own body!

He wasn’t just borrowing the power of the sea of blood—he was turning it into his own possession!

’In that case!’

With a thought from Jiang Zuo, the power of his Primordial Flesh and Blood began to spread wildly in all directions.

Zhu Yanlong arrived above Jiang Zuo and saw the sea of blood below suddenly undergo a dramatic change.

Before flying over, he had only seen a small vortex.

But by the time he arrived, the small vortex had already become a giant whirlpool that encompassed more than half the sea of blood.

’What’s going on?’

Zhu Yanlong’s expression changed dramatically.

He was horrified to discover he was losing control of the sea of blood.

Since mastering his Dao Fruit Divine Techniques, Zhu Yanlong had used his Blood Sea Divine Techniques two or three hundred times, but he had never encountered a situation like this.

’Is this guy a wolf in sheep’s clothing? Is he not a Three Flowers Realm cultivator, but another Fruit Realm expert?’

As Zhu Yanlong watched in horror, bloody tentacles shot out from within the sea of blood, reaching for him.

Zhu Yanlong hastily dodged, but the bloody tentacles came one after another, thick and fast, surrounding him from all sides in the blink of an eye.

"Break!"

Zhu Yanlong roared, a Flying Sword appearing in his hand.

A flash of sword light erupted, and he severed a great number of tentacles with one strike.

But before Zhu Yanlong could escape, a blood-red giant more than twenty meters tall rose up to block his path.

The blood-red giant swatted down with an enormous palm. Zhu Yanlong’s expression turned cold, and he merged into one with his sword, piercing straight through the giant’s body.

The blood-red giant immediately collapsed into a pool of blood, but in the instant it fell, another one appeared in front of him.

Not only that, but this new blood-red giant was wreathed in arcs of Tribulation Thunder Power, appearing like a god in the dark of night.

Even Zhu Yanlong couldn’t help his expression changing at this sight.

But in the next moment, an even more incomprehensible scene unfolded before Zhu Yanlong.

Behind him, an even larger blood-red giant, a hundred meters tall, rose from the ground!

And by this point, Zhu Yanlong’s Blood Sea Divine Technique had completely vanished!

"What is that!"

"Just what kind of major figure is the Ancestor fighting?"

"Such a massive blood-red giant! And there are two of them!"

"Is that all Tribulation Thunder Power? Who could possibly wield so much of it?"

In the distance, many members of the Zhu Family were watching the battle.

When the Zhu Family’s ancestor unleashed his Dao Fruit Divine Technique, many had assumed the intruder was doomed.

But they never expected that, for some unknown reason, not only had the first use of the Dao Fruit Divine Technique failed to kill him, but after the second Dao Fruit Divine Technique was unleashed, the tide of battle had taken a drastic turn.

It was as if the one using the Dao Fruit Divine Technique was not the Zhu Family’s ancestor, but this fiend.

Jiang Zuo transformed into a hundred-meter-tall blood-red giant, and countless bloody tentacles shot out from his body, grabbing for Zhu Yanlong from every direction.

With a grim face, Zhu Yanlong continuously brandished the Spiritual Sword in his hand.

Under the flash of his sword, the bloody tentacles were severed one after another.

However, the tentacles were just a means for Jiang Zuo to stall Zhu Yanlong.

In the next instant, Jiang Zuo transformed into a giant, blood-red hurricane that swept toward Zhu Yanlong.

This was a hurricane born from the sea of blood!

As the creator of this sea of blood, Zhu Yanlong knew clearly that if he were swept into it, there would be no escape.

Blood Escape!

Though extremely reluctant, Zhu Yanlong knew that for now, he could only make a tactical retreat.

He could still use his Blood Sea Divine Technique one more time, but he felt that even if he did, his opponent would somehow turn it to his own use.

’This person must have come prepared, having specifically cultivated a technique that so perfectly countered him.’

’There’s no other way this could have happened.’

However, just as he was about to activate Blood Escape, a peculiar sound reached Zhu Yanlong’s ears.

Zhu Yanlong was instantly filled with an urge—he no longer wanted to flee. He had to kill this person and avenge Zhu Fengyu!

’No, that’s not right!’

Zhu Yanlong suddenly snapped back to his senses.

But that momentary hesitation was all it took. The blood sea hurricane that was Jiang Zuo swept over and engulfed Zhu Yanlong.

"The Ancestor... he was swept into that blood sea hurricane..."

The distant Zhu Family Cultivators all stared blankly at this scene.

Their Cultivation wasn’t very high, but they could all sense that being swept inside was by no means a good thing.

Some already had a bad feeling and began to quietly retreat.

Inside the swirling sea of blood, the Sword Pill was already lying in wait.

As soon as Zhu Yanlong was swept inside, the Sword Pill shot menacingly toward him.

Inside the blood sea hurricane, Zhu Yanlong was buffeted by endless torrents of Spiritual Power.

The Sword Pill was hidden among them, and for a moment, Zhu Yanlong was completely unable to tell it apart.

Zhu Yanlong had a Body Protection Technique active and still wanted to struggle his way out.

"Die!"

But with a PSSH, the Sword Pill, controlled by Jiang Zuo’s Divine Sense, pierced through Zhu Yanlong’s Body Protection Technique.

In a single instant, giving Zhu Yanlong no chance to react, the Sword Pill erupted with rays of light and hacked him into a dozen pieces.

But Zhu Yanlong lived up to his reputation as a practitioner of a Blood and Qi Class Cultivation Technique.

Despite his body being cut into a dozen pieces, he still wasn’t dead.

His body parts were even moving toward each other, trying to reassemble and fight again.

But Jiang Zuo wasn’t about to give him that chance.

The swirling sea of blood immediately scattered Zhu Yanlong’s body parts, making it impossible for them to ever rejoin.

"No!"

Everything had happened too quickly; only now did immense panic finally well up in Zhu Yanlong’s heart.

A great Cultivator at the Manifestation Realm could have abandoned their physical body to escape.

But he was merely a Fruit Realm Cultivator. With his physical body cut into pieces, he was now helpless.

’No!’

’I can still take this bastard down with me!’

’If he doesn’t die, the Zhu Family will be no more after tonight!’

With this thought, Zhu Yanlong decisively chose to self-destruct his Dao Fruits.

He self-destructed two Dao Fruits in succession!

But having learned his lesson from Ren Yelin’s Dao Fruit self-destruction, Jiang Zuo was already prepared.

He had used the Sword Pill in a surprise attack precisely to kill Zhu Yanlong before he could self-destruct his Dao Fruits, ending the problem for good.

It was just that Fruit Realm Cultivators were, as expected, not so easy to kill; even dismembered, they wouldn’t die right away.

So Jiang Zuo could only brace himself for the self-destruction of Zhu Yanlong’s Dao Fruits.

As the immense power of the self-destruction erupted, the sea of blood formed thick walls in front of Jiang Zuo, blocking the resulting shockwave of Spiritual Power.

"The Ancestor... took the enemy down with him by self-destructing his Dao Fruits?"

The power of the Dao Fruits’ self-destruction was so immense that even the Zhu Family Cultivators watching from a distance were caught in the blast.

They watched this scene in utter disbelief, as if they were dreaming.

"No! The enemy isn’t dead! He’s still alive!"

"Run!"

However, the next moment, something even more terrifying occurred.

The Ancestor had self-destructed his Dao Fruits, but the sea of blood had formed layer upon layer of defenses, completely blocking the damage from the blast.

In an instant, the expressions of the Zhu Family Cultivators changed dramatically.

Sensing that tonight was likely the day of the Zhu Family’s demise, many turned and fled into the distance without a second thought.

Another group, however, planned to gather their valuables before leaving.

"Leave your valuables and you may live!"

"Otherwise, there will be no mercy!"

Jiang Zuo, figuring he was in for a penny, in for a pound, decided to pillage the Zhu Family.

He needed vast amounts of Spirit Stones for his own Cultivation, and in the future, he would need even more for the Time Cultivation Tower he planned to build in his Spirit Garden.

The Zhu Family were basically a clan of bandits anyway, so Jiang Zuo had no reason to be polite.

Naturally, none of the Zhu Family members paid any heed to Jiang Zuo’s words.

How could they possibly obey him meekly!

But in the next instant, they felt an incomparably powerful Divine Sense envelop the entire Zhu Family estate.

This Divine Sense was far more powerful than their Ancestor’s had ever been.

All the Zhu Family members who had not yet fled felt themselves being targeted.

They knew that if they made the slightest move, they would probably end up dead!