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Chapter 174: A Drop of Blood
Chapter 174: A Drop of Blood
The Malevolent Enlightened One was cleaved in two.
His massive body.
In an instant, it turned to ashes and dissipated into the air.
With the Malevolent Enlightened One's demise, the eerie and cold aura that had hovered over the Nine-Turned Trail began to dissipate like rootless driftwood.
However.
Austin Greenbreeze paid no heed to these changes.
His gaze.
From the start, it remained fixed on the direction where the Malevolent Enlightened One had fallen.
There, where the Malevolent Enlightened One once stood, a drop of golden, murky blood appeared.
"Blood!"
Austin Greenbreeze's expression shifted.
He knew that when evil entities were slain, they typically left behind only black ash.
But this time, the Malevolent Enlightened One's demise left behind a drop of blood, which instinctively made Austin Greenbreeze sense its extraordinary nature.
Immediately.
Austin Greenbreeze approached the drop of blood.
The golden, murky blood exuded a strange and malevolent aura. As soon as Austin Greenbreeze's thoughts focused on it, a terrifying pressure suddenly engulfed him.
High in the heavens.
A Buddha held a flower.
But the Buddha's body was incomplete, its eyes gouged out, and blood tears streamed down.
When Austin Greenbreeze's gaze met the Buddha's, a majestic heavenly authority swept through the world, and an indescribable terror surged in his heart.
In the next moment.
The scene shattered.
The Buddha in the heavens seemed like a mirage, a fleeting illusion.
Only the blood before him emitted a strange fluctuation.
"This is the origin of the Malevolent Enlightened One!"
"A single drop of blood created an extremely powerful evil entity!"
Austin Greenbreeze's heart trembled.
He had always been curious about how evil entities came into being.
Just as strange occurrences arose from years of natural disasters, the unyielding resentment of living beings eventually transformed into strange phenomena.
But for evil entities, Austin Greenbreeze had few leads.
Now.
Seeing this drop of blood, he understood that the Malevolent Enlightened One of the Nine-Turned Trail originated from it.
However.
When slaying other evil entities, Austin Greenbreeze had never seen such blood appear.
Thinking of this.
Austin Greenbreeze's gaze returned to the blood, his eyes filled with wariness.
A single drop of blood could create an evil entity more terrifying than the head of an immortal sect.
If this blood's true owner were to appear, how powerful would they be?
Such a being.
A single finger could erase him.
Recalling the majestic heavenly authority of the Buddha in the heavens, the overwhelming pressure made his heart heavy.
Austin Greenbreeze looked up at the sky, as if a Buddha were seated in the heavens, watching him from above.
"Interesting!"
"This world is indeed not as simple as it seems!"
"The Malevolent Enlightened One of the Nine-Turned Trail... the owner of this drop of blood... but no matter what secrets this world holds, they are unimportant to me. In the face of absolute power, any obstacle is nothing but an illusion!"
Austin Greenbreeze murmured to himself.
Although the Buddha in the heavens felt incredibly powerful, far beyond his current capabilities, even with the use of his two Heavenly Veins, he could not match the Buddha.
But.
Right now, he was not the Buddha's match.
If given time to grow, that might change.
Additionally.
Austin Greenbreeze was also curious about what kind of existence could sever the Buddha's arm and gouge out its eyes.
Various mysteries clouded his mind, but they did not shake his resolve.
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No matter the reason.
As long as one's strength is sufficient, all problems cease to be problems.
Greenhill Gu looked at the blood before him and took out a jade bottle filled with pills from his item inventory. He then poured the blood into the bottle.
The entire process was as smooth and effortless as water flowing into a channel.
Greenhill Gu had expected the collection of the blood to be fraught with complications, but it turned out that he had overthought the matter.
The jade bottle absorbed the blood, and Greenhill Gu stored it temporarily in his pocket, not putting it back into the item inventory.
There was no way around it.
Items that were not rewards could not be stored in the item inventory.
Clearly, this drop of blood was no exception and could not be stored in the inventory.
Greenhill Gu had his reasons for taking this drop of blood.
It was of extraordinary origin, and if he could study it carefully, he might uncover some secrets.
Furthermore, since this drop of blood had given rise to the Evil Buddha, if left alone, it might eventually spawn another evil entity.
Therefore, Greenhill Gu would not leave any room for potential threats.
Even though he had slain the Evil Buddha, he could not deny its formidable power.
After devouring all the living beings in the Nine-Bend Path, the Evil Buddha had become even stronger than Gu Yutian, perhaps only a step away from the legendary Divine Realm.
If the Evil Buddha had managed to leave the Nine-Bend Path and continued to devour other beings, completing its final transformation, even with Greenhill Gu's two Heavenly Veins, he might not have been able to suppress it.
Thus, Greenhill Gu had never underestimated the Evil Buddha.
When Greenhill Gu emerged from the ancient city, Gu Peng was already waiting outside.
"Old Patriarch!"
Gu Peng's face was filled with reverence as he looked at the man before him.
He had witnessed Greenhill Gu's battle with the Evil Buddha, a display of terrifying power that could shake the heavens and make spirits weep. Even a mere leak of that power would have been enough to crush him.
So-called Innate Grandmaster—in the presence of such a powerful being, they were no different from mere ants.
Gu Peng had long heard of Greenhill Gu's feat of slaying the Heavenly Sun Sword Sect's Patriarch, Gu Yutian, with a single strike before the city gates. However, no matter how the outside world spoke of it, nothing could compare to the shock of witnessing it firsthand.
For Gu Peng, being able to witness this battle in his lifetime was a great honor.
"Let's go. The problem with the Evil Buddha has been resolved, but the residual evil energy will take some time to completely dissipate."
Greenhill Gu said calmly.
With the Evil Buddha slain, the residual evil energy here was like a rootless weed, and its dissipation was only a matter of time.
Of course, if Greenhill Gu were willing, he could expend his own power to drive away the evil energy more quickly.
But there was no need.
It would eventually dissipate, and whether it happened a little earlier or later made no significant difference.
Once the Evil Buddha's aura had completely dissipated, some of the displaced civilians could be resettled here, and the Nine-Bend Path could return to its former prosperity.
But these matters were not Greenhill Gu's concern.
Reestablishing order in the Nine-Bend Path was a task for Gu Yang. Greenhill Gu's role was to eliminate the evil presence here.
...
Half a day later.
When the commotion in the Nine-Bend Path finally subsided, people could no longer resist entering the area.
It didn't take long for the news of the Evil Buddha's demise to spread like a hurricane.
(End of Chapter)
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