Shen Lian's voice was hoarse and strained, as if recounting a tragic, lonely tale.
However, Jiang Ye's cold laugh was his only reply.
"Oh? Then tell me, did I hold a knife to your neck and force you to fall to the Demonic Path?"
"Shen Lian, you are merely greedy by nature, ambitious, and hopeless in cultivation, which is why you chose the evil path."
"Now that you've been exposed, you're playing the pitiful victim?"
"You reap what you sow."
The surrounding crowd angrily denounced him, their words fierce, repeatedly calling him a "Demonic Path remnant," "scourge of humanity," and someone "unforgivable by Heavenly Dao."
Shen Lian's expression twisted, Evil Qi surged through his body, and he was on the verge of going berserk!
"Don't be impulsive! Run!"
In his Sea of Consciousness, the Bloodthirsty Demon Emperor's remnant soul suddenly roared, suppressing his demonic fluctuations.
But Shen Lian's eyes were clearly red at this moment, and he couldn't hear anything.
The next instant.
Shen Lian suddenly sneered, his eyes filled with Killing Intent.
"Run? When have I, Shen Lian, ever feared battle?"
"You want to kill me? Perfect! Let me start the feast early!"
With a sudden boom!
Shen Lian abruptly erupted, a burst of blood-red light emanating from his hand. His five fingers formed a claw, instantly gripping the necks of two boatmen who hadn't escaped far, and Devilish Qi swept over them!
"Ah!!!"
Blood gushed, and a mist of blood filled the air. The two boatmen didn't even have time to struggle before Shen Lian devoured their life force and Origin.
A blood-colored light orb drilled into his body through his mouth and nose, instantly transforming into surging vital essence. His cultivation Realm Qi soared like a volcanic eruption, and his injuries recovered in an instant!
The Cultivators were horrified!
Shen Lian licked the blood from his fingertips, his expression maniacal.
"Hahahaha! You're scared? It's good that you're scared!"
"I had already set up a Blood Refining Demonic Array beneath this boat, intending to refine all of you after reaching the Blood Sea Dao Domain. Who knew, Jiang Ye, you fool, would deliver yourself to my doorstep!"
"Perfect!"
"Today, I will devour your Eternal Immortal Body, and with your blood, sacrifice it to my demonic body!"
His voice was like demonic thunder, shaking the entire spirit boat. Evil Qi soared into the sky, and blood-red light surged back!
In an instant.
The world darkened, and demonic light surged forth like a tide, directly disrupting the operation of the spirit boat's spirit array. The surrounding space shook, and the floating palace trembled slightly!
"Run!"
"It's the Blood Refining Demonic Array, he's going to refine all of us!"
"This Shen Lian is insane!"
The scene immediately descended into chaos.
The Cultivators were terrified, many conjuring escape lights and fleeing in all directions.
But the Devilish Qi was like vines, and the blood array was like a prison; how could they easily escape?
A spirit boat steward was about to activate the grand array to suppress it but was enveloped by a crimson demonic shadow. In an instant, his body withered, and he only managed to let out a tragic scream before turning into dust!
Shen Lian's body was engulfed in monstrous Devilish Qi as he reactivated the demonic array.
Three more Prodigies were corrupted by the Devilish Qi, their flesh cracking, dying tragically on the spot, their deaths horrific!
Countless Cultivators turned pale, trembling uncontrollably.
"Kill him quickly!"
However, just as the Devilish Qi was at its peak, a faint blue divine light suddenly descended from the depths of the Void Realm!
Boom!
Where the divine light reached, the entire spirit boat seemed to be struck by the Heavenly Dao's heavy hammer. The blood array runes wailed continuously, shattering inch by inch!
"Jiang Clan Heavenly Guard?" Shen Lian's expression drastically changed.
Jiang Yi, expressionless, formed a hand seal. With a flick of his sleeve, the boundless blood-red light shattered!
The might of a Quasi-Emperor, suppressing heaven and earth!
"This Blood Refining Demonic Array of yours merely borrowed a wisp of the Demon Emperor's remnant soul's Qi, yet you dare to attempt to slaughter a boat and refine people?"
Jiang Yi snorted coldly, a divine seal condensing like an abyss in his palm, and he pressed down suddenly!
Bang!
Divine light swept across the star boat, with billions of rays of precious light, like the Nine Heavens' Milky Way pouring down!
The Blood Refining Demonic Array, which had been roaring in operation, instantly shattered under a single Quasi-Emperor divine seal. Countless demonic patterns exploded, and the blood-red light was annihilated into nothingness!
Shen Lian's figure retreated violently, the Void Realm beneath his feet shattering inch by inch, his body surging with blood-Qi, and blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth.
The Blood Refining Demonic Array he had set up was only forged by borrowing the Evil Qi and a wisp of the Demon Emperor's Qi, capable of easily refining Cultivators below the Saint Realm.
But in front of Jiang Yi, a Quasi-Emperor, it was far from enough.
His eyes were bloodshot, as if his face had been peeled off, filled with shame and anger.
"Quasi-Emperor..."
"Jiang Ye, what is this? Abusing your power!?"
Shen Lian roared repeatedly, howling at the sky.
But the Bloodthirsty Demon Emperor's remnant soul within him was also roaring.
"Idiot! That Quasi-Emperor Heaven Guard has already laid down Void Realm Restrictions in secret. If you delay any longer, you will have no chance of survival!"
Shen Lian's expression froze, his Sea of Consciousness boomed, and a chill instantly spread throughout his body.
His mind raced, and he suddenly activated his Divine Thought, only to discover with horror that the space around him was slightly distorted, like a glazed crystal wall firmly imprisoning him.
"Damn it!"
"Jiang Ye's Dao Protector, had already laid out a contingency plan so early?"
At this moment.
Jiang Ye approached step by step, divine radiance illuminating the star boat, his aura rising steadily, Killing Intent surging like a tide.
Shen Lian wanted to retreat but found it impossible to move an inch, only able to grit his teeth tightly!
Just then.
In Shen Lian's Sea of Consciousness, the Bloodthirsty Demon Emperor's voice sounded again:
"Shen Lian, this Emperor's Divine Soul Origin is incomplete, and the wounds from the battle with that Heavenly Mechanism Great Emperor have not healed..."
"And that Heavenly Mechanism Great Emperor's Origin Clone has not yet been fully refined, so it is probably difficult for me to act."
"At this moment, I cannot help you."
Shen Lian was stunned, as if struck by lightning.
Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow, smiling faintly as he whispered:
"Tsk, that Demon Emperor's remnant soul in you still isn't making a move? Is it at the end of its rope?"
He shook his head and sighed softly, then turned around, muttering to himself as he walked: "I thought I'd have to use the methods Mother left behind, but it seems I'm spared."
In the Void Realm, an 'Imperial Dao Talisman' glowing with ancient bronze divine light quietly vanished.
Shen Lian's gaze was dark, staring intently at Jiang Ye as he suddenly roared: "Jiang Ye, if you have the guts, tell your Dao Protector to back off! You and I will fight fairly! Don't hide under others' protection, playing the fox disguised as a tiger!"
However, his reply was a somewhat lazy laugh.
"Fair fight?"
"Shen Lian, has the Devilish Qi burned your brain out?"
"You couldn't even withstand one of my palms just now, what use are you?"
His eyes held a hint of amusement, and before his words finished, he casually raised his palm.
Boom!
Killing Intent like ink, Evil Qi permeating, a strange palm print carrying chilling Evil Qi crashed down, landing directly on Shen Lian's crown!
"Ugh! Ah ah!"
Shen Lian howled in pain, his crown trembling, and a dark blood-red seal instantly branded into his Sea of Consciousness!
Within his Sea of Consciousness, a dark blood-red seal appeared, like a cursed snake coiling around his Divine Soul. It was an ancient secret technique forged from Killing Intent.
A Soul Seal.
Indestructible and unremovable, eroding the soul day and night!
Once this seal fell, Shen Lian's Qi immediately became chaotic, and his Realm collapsed like a breached dam!
"My... my cultivation!"
Shen Lian was furious and shocked, his face contorted in agony, his Origin feeling as if torn by ten thousand blades.
His cultivation Realm plummeted.
From King Sealing Realm First Level, he fell to Dao Severing Realm Fourth Level, his Meridians withered, and his Qi and blood decayed!
【Ding! Protagonist of Destiny Shen Lian's cultivation Realm has fallen, his Origin is damaged, his Dao Heart is shaken, and his Luck value has decreased by 1000 points!】
【Villain value +1000!】
"Jiang Ye! I'm going to kill you!" Shen Lian roared to the sky, howling madly.
Jiang Ye slowly squatted down, narrowing his eyes and smiling.
"You're very noisy."
"Hand over the Blood Fiend Cauldron, and this time I can still let you live."
"Of course, whether you can live a little longer depends on whether your own life is hard enough."