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Chapter 196: Slaying the Blood Deity
Chapter 196: Slaying the Blood Deity (Seeking Subscriptions, Favorites, and Recommendations)
It seemed that the blood figure in front of Liam realized he couldn't quickly finish him off, so he decided to stop playing games and instead focus on boosting his own power. Once he was strong enough, he would come back and crush Liam like a tiny insect.
Liam, of course, wasn't going to sit around and wait to be killed. He tried to unleash all the attack Magic he knew at the blood figure standing in the center of the hall. Unfortunately, all his attacks were blocked by a barrier that resembled a waterfall of blood. Whether it was Life Magic, Nature Magic, or even the most powerful Thunder Art, none of them could penetrate the barrier; they only managed to create ripples of various sizes on its surface.
In Liam's line of sight, a dark, murky, blood-red cloud slowly formed above the blood figure's head, continuously churning. Liam even felt the presence of countless tormented souls wailing within it.
This can't go on, Liam thought. It seems that now he had no choice but to risk using a Taoist Technique he hadn't fully mastered yet. If that didn't work, his only option would be to run.
With this thought in mind, Liam took a deep breath, drew Krinvi's Fang, and bit his finger to draw a Talisman on the hilt. He then gripped the hilt with both hands and thrust the blade straight at the blood figure.
As expected, the Blood Barrier wasn't as effective against physical attacks. The blade easily pierced the blood figure's body. However, it felt different from what Liam had imagined. The blade seemed to sink into a soft, weightless substance, making it difficult to apply force.
The blood figure sensed the attack and turned his featureless face toward Liam, but Liam could see a mocking expression on it.
"Your little knife is quite interesting, but it's far from enough to harm me", the blood figure said in a deep, resonant voice. He had expected to see panic and despair on Liam's face, but instead, he saw a relieved smile.
The blood figure realized something was wrong just as Liam opened his mouth and uttered a Chinese word. If the blood figure understood Chinese, he would have known that Liam had invoked a terrifying power: Heavenly Retribution.
As Liam's voice fell, purple lightning bolts shot out from the black hole above the blood figure's head, targeting him directly. Unlike Liam's previous attacks, the wounds left by this lightning would not heal.
Liam felt the electric current from the blade tearing through his body, but he felt a sense of relief. This was his last resort: invoking Heavenly Retribution to strike his enemy. Because he wasn't fully proficient with the skill, Liam had to use the blade embedded in the blood figure's body as a medium to guide the Heavenly Retribution Lightning.
Fortunately, the blood figure had opened a portal to the outside world to draw power, which allowed external energy to flow in and also enabled Liam to connect with the external realm.
Heavenly Retribution was a unique Taoist Technique. On one hand, it would harm all intelligent beings in the vicinity of the target, with the damage increasing based on their level of evil. Even someone like Liam, protected by a large amount of Merit, would still suffer some damage, though not to a critical extent.
On the other hand, invoking Heavenly Retribution required a high level of control over one's mana and the caster needed to have enough power to guide the lightning's descent. Liam had inherited a Jade Talisman from a former leader of the Heavenly Thunder Sect, which contained detailed knowledge and allowed him to control his mana far beyond his current level. Therefore, he had no problem with this aspect.
However, Liam's strength still fell short of the requirements to use Heavenly Retribution, leading to severe injuries even when attacking the Blood Person. Although the damage he suffered was much less compared to what the Blood Person endured, as the weaker party, Liam had no choice but to endure it, as there was no other way out.
The Blood Person, who called himself the Blood Deity, had already possessed the Sorcerer King's body on his way back. This was why the Sorcerer King's daughter said that he was no longer the same after the journey to seek immortality. Unfortunately, she was discovered and turned into a Corpse Cocoon before she could investigate further.
When the Blood Person was still a Bloodstone, he had used the Sorcerer King's body to shield himself from the Heavenly Will. Fortunately, Liam managed to separate the Sorcerer King's body from the Bloodstone using the Thunder Art, exposing the Blood Person to the full force of the Heavenly Retribution. The powerful purple Heavenly Retribution Lightning was the universe's final reckoning with him.
Humans are insignificant in the grand scheme of things, and even the Blood Person was no exception. Under the onslaught of the Heavenly Retribution Lightning, Liam could see the Blood Person's strength waning visibly. The paralyzing effect of the Heavenly Retribution also prevented him from escaping through the black hole that connected him to the outside world.
The lightning grew increasingly dense, eventually forming a massive column of thunder that pierced through the entire hall, enveloping the Blood Person. The blinding electric light forced Liam to squint. He felt wave after wave of force surge through his arms from the Blood Person, hammering his heart as if it would leap out of his throat at any moment.
Finally, with one last burst, all the lightning disappeared. Liam saw that the Blood Person had been reduced to a charred lump, and the Krinvi's Fang that he had embedded in the Blood Person's body was now just a hilt.
This battle had been costly. With a clatter, the hilt slipped from his hand and fell to the ground. Liam spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed onto the floor. He realized that his injuries this time were more severe than ever, but the Heavenly Retribution had also strengthened his tendons and muscles. Once he recovered, he would be even stronger.
Little Qing, being connected to Liam's soul, had taken some of the damage from the Heavenly Retribution, causing it to lose consciousness and fall off Hermione. After the Blood Person was obliterated, Hermione regained her senses.
“Liam!” Hermione's first reaction upon regaining consciousness was to rush into the hall to check the situation. She arrived just in time to see Liam spitting blood and sitting on the floor. She quickly rushed over to examine his condition.
“It's nothing, just some internal bleeding. I feel much better now that I've spat it out,” Liam tried to hide his injuries, but his pale face, trembling body, and torn left arm made it clear that he was in bad shape.
Perhaps the wind stirred by Hermione's rush into the hall caused the charred remains of the Blood Person to crumble into ashes. As Liam moved to investigate, a bolt of blood light suddenly shot out from the pile of ashes and headed straight for the Sorcerer King's body, which had been discarded on the ground.
Liam tried to intercept the blood light, but his injuries slowed his reaction. The blood light slipped into the body on the ground right before their eyes.
(End of Chapter)
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