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Chapter 328: Mystic Turtle's Blood Essence
Chapter 328: Mystic Turtle's Blood Essence
Chen Mu's gaze was as deep as a bottomless abyss, fixated on the dozens of zhang deep pit he had just blasted open with a single strike.
It was worth noting that this was a hundred zhang deep underground, where the earth's pulse energy flowed. At this depth, even a typical Viscera Realm cultivator would struggle to take a single step, and a Six Viscera Realm cultivator would find it challenging to move freely. Creating a pit a zhang or two deep with a single strike would be a difficult feat, yet Chen Mu's attack had penetrated dozens of zhang, nearly one hundred and fifty zhang deep from the surface.
In the past, when Chen Mu explored the underground during the tide disaster in Yu County, the deepest he had encountered was over a hundred zhang, and even then, it was no more than a few zhang. At that depth, it took all his might to destroy a single chi of the rock layer.
But now, even during a period of stable earth pulse energy, Chen Mu could rely on his own martial prowess to blast through the earth's layer, reaching depths of over a hundred zhang and even two hundred zhang underground. At this depth, there was little danger for him, and he would not be trapped and die underground.
Step.
Chen Mu raised his right hand slightly, and the mud and rocks beneath him surged, lifted by his power. The body of the eighth-rank Demon Sovereign Kun Wu, the Jet Black Demon Sovereign, was brought to the surface. Although Kun Wu had not yet died, he was now on the brink of death, barely clinging to life.
For the current Chen Mu, top-tier Grandmasters were indeed no longer a match for him. Kun Wu, whose strength was almost on par with Jiang Changsheng, could not withstand even two moves under Chen Mu's power, falling to the brink of death after just one or two strikes.
"In the Heavenly Demon Sect, aside from Yu Wen Hao, is there another Sky Demon?"
"Is the founding ancestor of the Heavenly Demon Sect still alive?"
Chen Mu's gaze remained calm as he looked at the dying Jet Black Demon Sovereign, asking these two questions in a calm tone.
The Heavenly Demon Sect currently had two publicly known eighth-rank Demon Sovereigns and one ninth-rank Demon Dao Ancestor. However, it was unclear if there were any other hidden figures. For the current Chen Mu, the number of ordinary Demon Sovereigns in the Heavenly Demon Sect was no longer a significant concern. After all, even the existence of the Jet Black Demon Sovereign could not withstand a single strike or two from Chen Mu.
Only the ninth-rank Sky Demons posed a certain threat to him, and it was the only matter he currently cared about.
"Cough... Cough..."
Kun Wu's demonic energy was in disarray, and his breath was ragged. He coughed up two mouthfuls of ink-colored blood, not answering Chen Mu's questions. Instead, he stared at Chen Mu with a faint glimmer in his eyes, muttering, "Heaven and Earth Body, if only I had known earlier..."
Kun Jie's death at Chen Mu's hands occurred after Chen Mu had reached the pinnacle of the Cloudy Sky Realm and exhibited the Heaven and Earth Concept. Before that, it was believed that Kun Jie and the others had fallen into a trap set by the Qiuan Sect. Only later did they vaguely suspect that Chen Mu had already cultivated the Heaven and Earth Concept, resulting in their defeat and death.
The most critical point was that during that period, Kun Jie also had the opportunity to strike against Chen Mu. According to intelligence, Chen Mu had not yet broken through the Six Viscera Realm at that time. If Kun Jie had taken some risks and infiltrated Jade Province, his strength as the Jet Black Demon Sovereign would have made it possible to assassinate and eliminate Chen Mu.
However, at that time, Kun Jie could not have imagined that Chen Mu's strength would escalate so rapidly, propelling him to the top three of the Wind and Cloud Rankings and now, shockingly, achieving the Grandmaster realm and cultivating the Heaven and Earth Body!
Looking back at the past thousand years of the Great Xuan Dynasty, even the most notorious geniuses and demonic prodigies could not compare to Chen Mu's incredible martial prowess and progress! Even the rumored founding emperor of the Great Xuan Dynasty did not possess such terrifying martial arts cultivation and advancement at Chen Mu's age!
If Kun Jie had realized Chen Mu's true threat earlier, he might have put the war in Ice Province on hold, taken some risks, and personally gone to Jade Province to deal with Chen Mu. If he had done so, the subsequent events might have been averted, and he would not have met his current fate.
However, hindsight is always twenty-twenty, and everyone had misjudged Chen Mu. Now, it was too late to reconsider.
Recalling the Mystic Mechanism Pavilion's attempt to assassinate Chen Mu and the rumors of Chen Mu being invaded by demonic energy, it was now apparent that it was all a joke. Chen Mu's appearance as a Grandmaster proved that the demonic energy invasion was baseless.
Kun Wu's eyes flickered with a hint of life as he looked at Chen Mu, speaking with difficulty:
"I became a Grandmaster at forty-eight and, at one hundred and twenty-one, I chose to follow the Heavenly Demon Sect and cultivate the Demon Body to prolong my life. It's been seventy-four years since then... Who wouldn't want to live longer? Even with your extraordinary talent, you may one day become a figure like the founding emperor of the Great Xuan Dynasty, but ultimately, you will succumb to the ravages of time, nothing more than a handful of dust."
"With your talent, if you cultivate the Heavenly Demon Path, you might even reach the tenth rank in the future. At that time, you could suppress the entire world with your power and live as long as a dynasty. With your ability, you might even push the Heavenly Demon Path to unprecedented heights, creating a new era."
He looked at Chen Mu with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
If Chen Mu were to follow the Heavenly Demon Path, he would undoubtedly become the strongest in the Heavenly Demon lineage, dominating the world. The Heavenly Demon Sect would no longer need to struggle in this harsh environment and could aspire to rule the entire world.
However, Chen Mu's response was calm and straightforward.
"The Demon Gate's body refinement techniques are indeed somewhat extraordinary."
"However, I have no interest in them."
Bang!
As Chen Mu's words fell, he flicked his finger, and the Jet Black Demon Sovereign's gaze froze, followed by his entire face cracking like porcelain. Finally, his entire skull shattered, and his demon energy and vitality completely dissipated.
At Chen Mu's current level, the distinction between good and evil was no longer as clear-cut. It was all about pursuing self-improvement and enhancing the essence of life. However, in Chen Mu's eyes, the Demon Gate's body refinement techniques had deviated from this path.
Take the Jet Black Demon Sovereign, for example.
His son, Kun Jie, died at Chen Mu's hands, and Kun Jie himself was severely injured. There were several Demon Sovereigns of the Demon Gate who had perished at Chen Mu's hands. Even in such a situation, they still desperately hoped that Chen Mu would join the Demon Gate and lead the Sky Demon lineage to dominate the world.
Humanity, morality, right and wrong... All human concepts had completely vanished from the eyes of beings like the Jet Black Demon Sovereign. They lived just for the sake of living, losing their sense of self, and in Chen Mu's view, this kind of existence was no different from being dead.
In reality, the Jet Black Demon Sovereign's Demon Body was extremely powerful, and his abilities had reached their limits in various aspects.
However, even the strongest eighth-rank Sky Demon lineage members couldn't match the level of an Absolute Grandmaster. They had lost their own will and lacked any mental state, making their overall strength consistently weaker.
A seventh-rank Demon Sovereign would pale in comparison to an ordinary grandmaster.
An eighth-rank Great Demon Sovereign would never reach the level of an Absolute Saint.
A ninth-rank Sky Demon Ancestor would be among the weakest in the Blood Transformation Realm.
Take the Sky Demon Ancestor, Yu Wen Hao, for example. According to Chen Mu's knowledge, he had never achieved any notable victories against either Yin Heng, the Supreme Master of the Seven Xuan Sect, or the two Supreme Masters of the Ice Extinction Palace. In the end, he always retreated.
As for a tenth-rank?
None had ever appeared in history.
But there were tenth-rank Demonic Beings, and they could rival the top-tier existences in the Blood Transformation Realm. They could even match those who dared to call themselves 'Saints,' but that was their limit. In terms of individual combat power, they still couldn't compete with the Founding Martial Emperor of the Great Xuan Spirit Armament Scroll.
The Demon Gate's techniques for refining vitality were indeed commendable, and in the future, Chen Mu might be able to single out and scrutinize them to see if he could create a proper cultivation method. However, at this moment, he wasn't in a hurry.
Hiss!
Chen Mu looked at the Jet Black Demon Sovereign's corpse and roughly sensed it before raising his hand and slicing it with an illusory cut. He quickly found something similar to a gizzard sac within the Demon Sovereign's body.
It was filled to the brim with various items, all of which were extraordinarily valuable at a glance, especially a large jade bottle.
With a slight shake, Chen Mu could roughly guess that it was filled with Mystic Turtle blood.
"Mystic Turtle blood..."
Chen Mu muttered to himself.
This item indeed had many medicinal uses, and it could also benefit grandmasters in tempering their martial bodies to some extent. However, it required specific medicinal formulas and the combination of other spirit objects.
In the past, Chen Mu had obtained half a bottle from Hou Hao, but at that time, he didn't need it, so he traded it for a nourishing spirit object he needed. Now, with this large bottle, he could keep it for himself.
Immediately after.
Chen Mu took out a small jade bottle from behind the large one, and this bottle was completely different. It felt extremely cold to the touch, even colder than real ice.
"Supreme Cold Jade... No, is this a thousand-year-old Mystic Jade from Ice Province?"
Chen Mu only took a brief look at it and identified its material. This thousand-year-old Mystic Jade was already a type of auxiliary material for refining spirit armaments. The Frost Soul Spirit Blade, for example, contained this material, making it quite valuable.
A small jade bottle made from this material would undoubtedly contain something even more extraordinary.
"Indeed, it's not bad."
Chen Mu opened the lid for just a moment before closing it again.
And in that instant, a dense and potent demon energy permeated the air, similar to the Mystic Turtle blood but with a completely different level of refinement. It was obviously a more precious Mystic Turtle essence, or perhaps even Mystic Turtle heart blood!
The heart blood of a seventh-rank Black Flood Dragon was the primary material for refining Sinew Transformation Pills. The blood of an eighth-rank Demonic Being was even more valuable, and every drop of a ninth-rank Mystic Turtle's heart blood was indeed extraordinary and of great use to Chen Mu at his current level.
At the very least, if he had specific medicinal formulas, his martial body's tempering progress would undoubtedly increase significantly.
For Chen Mu at his current level, comprehending the Heaven and Earth Concept to the level of a domain would be a qualitative change in strength. However, the cultivation of his martial body was also steadily improving. Currently, his martial body was still in its initial stages. If he could cultivate the Heaven and Earth Body to its limit, reaching the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm, and refine it to the level of 'mercury-like marrow,' even without the Heaven and Earth Domain, he might be able to rival the Sky Demons solely based on his martial body!
(End of Chapter)
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