Chapter 63: Chapter 63: Killing to Strike Fear into Hearts
“Aren’t you afraid that the fish will die and the net will burst?”
“Not afraid.”
“What will it take for you to let me go?”
“I won’t.”
“Damn it, I’m going all out with you now! Cloth Refining Blood Great Formation!”
The Blood Refining Elder, pushed to the brink by Lu Changsheng, had no choice but to fight to the death with him.
“Blood Refining Great Formation, activate!”
Eight Nascent Soul Realm Elders, each holding a Blood Banner, joined the Blood Refining Elder to form the Blood Formation. Blood light shot to the sky, and chilling winds blew in gusts, trapping Lu Changsheng within.
When the Second Princess of Xia Kingdom arrived, Lu Changsheng had already been trapped within the Blood Formation.
“Elder Lu!”
The Second Princess of Xia Kingdom exclaimed in shock.
A Blood Formation laid out by one Dao Palace realm and eight Nascent Soul Realm Elders, unless one had reached great accomplishment in the Dao Palace realm, it would also pose a danger.
“I didn’t expect Elder Lu to be trapped by the opponent in the Blood Formation so easily…”
“Could Elder Lu be less capable than his reputation suggests?”
“This is dangerous now.”
Several Great Confucians who had accompanied the Second Princess to the scene watched as Lu Changsheng got trapped inside the Blood Formation, their faces turning pale.
Their strongest combatant here had fallen into danger.
“Hahaha, it seems that Elder Lu of Mount Shu has but an empty reputation. Once I refine your blood, my cultivation can ascend another level!”
The Blood Refining Elder never thought that Lu Changsheng wouldn’t dodge at all and was directly swept into the Blood Formation, greatly excited beyond expectation.
“Elder Lu…”
The Second Princess of Xia Kingdom was full of worry.
“Don’t worry.”
Lu Changsheng suddenly transmitted his voice over, his tone still calm.
He just wanted to witness the wonders of the Blood Formation.
“We must have faith in Elder Lu! Let’s focus on dealing with the rest of the Demon Sects!”
The Second Princess felt slightly relieved and, together with the Great Confucians and the Imperial Guards, chased down the other Reincarnation Hall Elders and disciples alongside the group from Mount Shu.
“Becoming trapped in my Blood Formation, even someone a realm higher than I would turn into a pool of blood!”
The Blood Refining Elder, together with the eight Elders, exerted their combined strength to hasten the Blood Formation, and the surging blood essence condensed into a hundred-zhang tall Blood Demon. A massive bloody claw swiped towards Lu Changsheng.
Hum!
Lu Changsheng formed a sword gesture with his fingers and made a forward motion, unsheathing the Nine Heavens Imperial Thunder Sword. It carried with it the majesty of thunder and fierce Sword Qi, severing the blood claw!
The Sword Qi didn’t lose momentum, parting the blood waves and cutting the Blood Demon in half at the waist!
In that moment, Lu Changsheng displayed the strength of a fifth-layer Dao Palace realm cultivator.
Lu Changsheng changed his hand gesture, and the Nine Heavens Imperial Thunder Sword moved through the Blood Formation, clearing a path as if severing thorns, piercing through a Nascent Soul Realm Elder, killing him with a single strike!
Lu Changsheng used the system, undergoing dozens of combat simulations, with each simulation pitting him against a particularly difficult opponent.
Now, with rich combat experience, he had learned how to use his Innate Taoist Body to sense the presence of others.
Even if a Reincarnation Hall Elder hid inside the Blood Formation, he couldn’t escape Lu Changsheng’s Dharma Eye.
“Blood Refining Oldman of the Reincarnation Hall, is this the extent of your Dao?”
Lu Changsheng perceived the pulse of the Blood Formation and quickly located the Blood Refining Elder’s position.
“Slash!”
Lu Changsheng urged the Nine Heavens Imperial Thunder Sword forward, with the roar of the wind, the thunderous echo of lightning, and surging Sword Qi cleaving towards the Blood Refining Elder.
The Blood Refining Elder was shocked and tried his best to dodge.
However, the sword was too fast, and the Blood Refining Elder couldn’t completely escape the reach of the Nine Heavens Imperial Thunder Sword. One of his arms was shredded by the Sword Qi!
“Ah, ah, ah!!!”
The Blood Refining Elder’s face contorted hideously as he let out unceasing screams of agony.
“If this is the extent of your abilities, then this is where it ends.”
Lu Changsheng had wanted to witness the secret techniques of the Reincarnation Hall, which is why he was tormenting the Blood Refining Elder. Otherwise, he would not have solely relied on the cultivation level of the fifth layer of the Dao Palace.
“I’m truly going to stake it all against you!”
“Blood Formation, Summon Demon!”
The Blood Refining Elder knew he needed to consume his life span to possibly escape this calamity.
The Blood Refining Elder sacrificed the Blood Bead, causing a surge of blood to shoot into the sky. As he chanted incantations, the Blood Formation seemed to come alive, with waves of blood churning and engulfing the other seven elders of the Reincarnation Hall!
“Elder Xuelian, you…!”
The seven Nascent Soul Realm Elders had not expected Elder Xuelian to sacrifice them to enhance the Blood Formation’s power, their bodies quickly withering away!
Fogs of blood also poured out from the Blood Refining Elder’s body, merging with the Blood Demon. The bisected Blood Demon was reborn, growing and strengthening until it towered two hundred zhang tall.
“The sixth layer of Dao Palace? Demonic and unorthodox methods indeed have some substance.”
“You caused me to waste three hundred years of my life span, I will surely kill you!”
The Blood Refining Elder controlled the Blood Demon, and countless waves of blood surged like gigantic waves, sweeping towards Lu Changsheng.
Lu Changsheng’s Innate Taoist Body remained unaffected by the negative emotions brought by the overwhelming blood Qi.
“Myriad, Swords, Return, to, Origin!”
Lu Changsheng enunciated each word, still utilizing the cultivation of the fifth layer of the Dao Palace Realm, but even so, his spiritual energy was several times that of other cultivators at the same level, not to mention comparable to a regular sixth-layer Dao Palace Realm cultivator.
The Blood Refining Elder had just temporarily raised his realm to the sixth layer of the Dao Palace through the Blood Formation, which made his realm unstable. Lu Changsheng could defeat him with the cultivation of the fifth layer of the Dao Palace, and therefore, there was no need to reveal his true cultivation level.
To kill an opponent with a lower realm, that is the true definition of crushing one’s spirit.
Myriads of Spirit Swords poked towards the Blood Demon.
There was a violent shake within the Blood Formation as two terrifying auras collided.
The Second Princess, the Great Confucian, and the Imperial Guards of Xia Kingdom sensed the surge in the Blood Refining Elder’s aura and their complexions changed.
“I wonder if Elder Lu can defeat the Demon Chief? Elder Lu might be overconfident. He should have joined forces with me; I could have provided some assistance at least.”
The Second Princess of Xia Kingdom having slain three disciples of the Reincarnation Hall, was still filled with worry.
Suddenly, the Blood Formation collapsed, turning the towering blood waves into a rain of blood that fell from the sky.
Lu Changsheng appeared, still carrying the aura of an immortal, with not a single trace of blood on him.
“What about the Blood Refining Elder and the other Reincarnation Hall elders?”
“I killed them.”
“Hiss…”
The entourage from Xia Kingdom saw that Lu Changsheng had killed the Blood Refining Elder and all eight Nascent Soul Realm Elders by himself without a scratch, which was a terrifying thought.
An ordinary cultivator at the fifth layer of the Dao Palace would have sustained some injuries if trapped by the Blood Refining Elder plus eight Nascent Soul Realm Demon Sect elders in a Blood Formation.
“The eight Blood Banners of the Blood Refining Elder are considered middlerank Acquired Spirit Treasures. The Blood Bead is an upper- rank Acquired Spirit Treasure. Such magical items should not be allowed to circulate.”
Lu Changsheng sealed the Blood Refining Elder’s treasures within the Dao Palace Minor Realm.
Lu Changsheng was not short of treasures, the Blood Banner and Blood Bead were better than nothing.
Furthermore, during the battle with the Blood Refining Elder, Lu Changsheng clearly felt that the elder’s realm was rather unstable. Using the Blood Formation to enhance his cultivation might have brought rapid progress, but it was essentially a demonic and crooked path that lacked a solid foundation.
Lu Changsheng had used the cultivation of the fifth layer of the Dao Palace to kill the peak Blood Refining Elder.
Seeing that Lu Changsheng had confiscated the treasures of the Blood Refining Elder, the people from Xia Kingdom were certain that the elder had been slain by Lu Changsheng.
“Elder Lu’s cultivation is profound. How shameful of us to doubt whether he could be a match for the Blood Refining Elder.”
“Had it not been for Elder Lu’s intervention, we would have met a miserable fate.”
The Great Confucians from Xia Kingdom praised him one after another.
“Elder Lu, I used my Soul Searching Skills to find the location of a Reincarnation Hall base from the memories of a Reincarnation Hall disciple. I have sent a letter back to the imperial city, asking the State Preceptor of the Literary Court to eradicate this base. We request Elder Lu to accompany us, and as for the reward, we can discuss it.”
The Second Princess of Xia Kingdom pleaded with admiring eyes.