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Chapter 378: Blood Demon's Appearance, Luo Chen's Intervention
Chapter 378: Blood Demon's Appearance, Luo Chen's Intervention
Within the mountains, a figure swiftly glided through the air, neither too fast nor too slow.
Holding a jade pendant in his hand, he occasionally sensed his surroundings.
Luo Chen had discovered that the environment of the Ninth Mountain was indeed extremely intricate and convoluted.
While it seemed like a naturally ideal environment, there were rarely any demonic beasts or wild monsters inhabiting the area.
This was likely related to the occasional occurrence of thunderstorms.
In just a few days of entering the mountain, he had already encountered thunderstorms twice!
Although they were only minor thunderstorms, the strikes were still formidable enough to affect Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
Luo Chen, confident in his robust physique, still had no desire to test the natural thunder and lightning.
If that was all, it would have been fine.
However, he found that upon entering the Ninth Mountain, his spirit sense was greatly suppressed when released.
With his profound divine soul, his spirit sense could usually extend over a dozen miles.
But here, it was reduced to just seven or eight miles, which was even more severe than being halved.
Consequently, the thousand-mile range of the communication jade pendant was also reduced to just three to four hundred miles.
This was precisely why, after entering the mountain for so long, he still hadn't found Wang Yuan.
However!
There was still some gain amidst the loss.
Luo Chen was proficient in Purification Technique, which allowed him to remove foreign energies, and over the years, he had become highly sensitive to various energies.
In several places stained with blood, he detected the residual energy of Wang Yuan!
Following these traces, Luo Chen continued his pursuit.
But after circling around for a while, he realized he seemed to be going in circles.
His efforts were in vain.
"A strange movement route!"
"Isn't Wang Ge being pursued? Why does his movement route seem like he's circling the outskirts of the Ninth Mountain?"
In reality, it wasn't just limited to the outskirts.
On several occasions, Luo Chen had ventured deep into the mountain's interior.
But Wang Yuan's energy would suddenly shift to the outside again.
This situation seemed like...
"Pursuit, or counter-pursuit?"
"Skilled hunters often appear in the guise of their prey. Now it seems the situation has reversed, and Wang Ge is hunting down his pursuers?"
Luo Chen stopped before a large pit.
On the ground, there were finger-sized holes.
Blood God Cataclysm Finger! A killing technique Wang Yuan had developed after comprehending the transformation of energy and blood, using Bright Power as the core and incorporating the strengths of various techniques.
Luo Chen squatted down, his spirit sense scanning the holes and sensing the residual energy and blood power of Wang Yuan.
After so many days, the force still hadn't dissipated! This was a testament to Wang Yuan's excellent current state.
"It must be related to the batch of Supreme Blood Slaughter Pills I gave him."
Blood Slaughter Pills weren't just for meridian paving; they were primarily used by body cultivators for cultivation, containing extremely dense energy and blood.
Especially the Supreme Blood Slaughter Pills refined by Luo Chen, each one was almost comparable to the total amount of refined energy in a Qi Condensation Grand Perfection Cultivator's body.
In the past, before Wang Yuan had researched Blood Slaughter Soul Stealing, he had once attempted to use Blood Slaughter Pills for Foundation Establishment.
He wanted to rely on the terrifying energy and blood power described in the Blood Slaughter Pills.
As Luo Chen rejoiced over Wang Yuan's current state, a deep perplexity involuntarily arose in his mind.
"According to my tracking, Wang Ge's activities over the past few months have all been within the Ninth Mountain."
"Then the rumors of the Blood Demon outside must be unrelated to him."
"Then who is it?"
Just as he was pondering, heavy footsteps echoed from the front.
Luo Chen furrowed his brows and stood up.
In his line of sight, a cultivator walked unsteadily, his eyes vacant.
Stumbling with each step, he nearly fell to the ground several times.
Given his condition, upon seeing the unharmed Luo Chen, he should have fled.
After all, he couldn't discern friend from foe.
Even if they were allies, he should still be cautious.
But upon seeing Luo Chen, hope appeared on his face.
He stretched out his hand and called out, "Fellow Daoist, save... save me!"
Luo Chen looked at him calmly.
"I can save you, but you need to answer a few questions."
"Yes, yes, I'm willing to give you everything I have. Save me, quickly!"
The words tumbled out of his mouth in haste.
With just that sentence, it seemed all his energy was exhausted, and he collapsed to the ground.
Luo Chen walked up to him, looking down from above.
"Are you pursuing Wang Yuan?"
"Yes."
"Who's leading the pursuit?"
"Withered Toad."
"Who's Withered Toad?"
"I don't know, I'm not a Flame Alliance cultivator, just a Sword Sect vassal."
Luo Chen's brows knitted together.
Then, he asked again, "What about your injuries?"
"It was Wang Yuan, that devil!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Chu-surname cultivator lying on the ground began to writhe.
Amidst his painful moans, the sound of gushing water could be faintly heard.
"Where's Wang Yuan!"
"Save me, quickly..."
Luo Chen's brows furrowed slightly, and he casually cast a healing technique.
The hazy green light descended upon the cultivator.
However, the instant the green light entered his body, a scream of agony erupted.
"Ahhhh!"
Luo Chen's pupils constricted, and he swiftly withdrew.
In his gaze, the cultivator's skin membrane swelled to the extreme.
The next moment, a burst of extremely Yin-gentle energy erupted.
Yin Gentleness, instantly transforming into Tyrannical!
The ore turned to dust, and the trees became ash.
Within a five-zhang radius, only torrential blood rain filled the sky.
There was only blood, no flesh or bones.
It was as if this Chu-surname cultivator was like a large water sac, his entire body filled with nothing but blood.
Lu Chen's face changed dramatically.
Was this Wang Yuan's doing? It wasn't Bright Power, nor was it the Dark Power he had previously shown some mastery over.
"Could it be Transformation Power?"
Lu Chen could sense that at the moment the cultivator's body exploded, there was an extremely powerful force within him, containing both tyrannical and yin gentle blood energies!
It was as if no one was controlling it.
Otherwise, just this blood rain alone could transform into a powerful area attack, threatening even a mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
All along, Wang Yuan's path of body refinement had been incomplete.
Even though he had gathered the strengths and learned from various sources, he still had countless flaws.
Especially in combat! In the beginning, he could only rely on his physical strength, and once his opponents created some distance, he became helpless.
At that time, he lacked long-range attacks, so he later developed the Blood God Cataclysm Finger.
But the Blood God Cataclysm Finger could only move in straight lines, lacking versatility.
It was inferior to cultivators' ability to manipulate magical artifacts at will.
After the battle at Qin Hua River, Luo Tian Association launched attacks in all directions.
Wang Yuan, in the midst of battle, comprehended a technique to make up for this flaw, allowing him to manipulate power and energy with twists and turns.
During combat, he could control the power to change direction.
He named this technique Immortal Return to Paradise. These two moves were powerful, and in a one-on-one situation, it was hard for cultivators of the same level to defend against them.
However, in the end, these two deadly moves were just refined and polished.
All along, Lu Chen was amazed but didn't think much of them.
Wang Yuan didn't have a large-scale killing move! Unlike himself, fighting against many opponents was just a piece of cake.
Whether it was the battle at Xieyue Valley, Gaolingyuan, or Qin Hua River, the experts of the same level he faced were never less than two.
Lu Chen relied on a large-scale, destructive magical technique with extensive coverage.
Now it seemed that Wang Yuan also had similar means to make up for this flaw.
Lu Chen slowly approached the place where the Chu-surname cultivator had fallen.
A small pit appeared before him, filled with murky blood.
"Wang Yuan, what name will you give to this move?"
"So extreme and tyrannical, yet also so sinister and despicable... Blood Demon Finger?"
As Lu Chen sighed, he prepared to use the Fireball Spell and Purification Technique to erase the traces of this place.
Along the way, he had been doing this to eliminate Wang Yuan's residual spiritual energy.
To prevent others from finding him.
After all, the Blood Demon legend pointed to Wang Yuan.
Just as Lu Chen was about to act, a sense of crisis, urgent beyond words, arose within him!
There was no time to react.
Instinctively, a pair of Spirit Energy Wings unfolded in an instant!
He darted past the pit like lightning, flying over a dozen zhang away.
Only then did he turn around.
With a gloomy face, he looked towards the blood pit.
There, a masked figure stared at him in astonishment.
"What a handsome fellow!"
"I never expected that the genius pill concocting master renowned in Jade Cauldron Region, aside from his exquisite fire techniques, would also possess such exceptional agility!"
A raspy, grating voice came from the man's mouth.
It was as if someone was rubbing sandpaper in his throat, making it extremely uncomfortable to listen to.
Hearing this unpleasant voice, Lu Chen's expression darkened.
"Fellow Daoist knows so much about me, yet I am unaware of your name."
The masked man slowly shook his head, "My name is not worth mentioning. You may call me Blood Demon."
As he spoke, his gaze fell on the blood pit.
Through the mask, two eyes shone with delight.
Across from him, Lu Chen's face completely changed.
The Blood Demon, rumored to roam the battlefields, was indeed not Wang Yuan, but this person.
Coincidentally, he appeared right before Lu Chen.
"Hmph!"
"Hiding your head but revealing your tail, concealing your name, you sought me out, what do you want?"
The Blood Demon didn't answer him directly.
Instead, he reached out, and the large amount of black blood in the blood pit condensed into a small ball in his hand.
He briefly sensed it, then shook his head in disappointment.
"Not bad, a mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator's essence, a powerful and pure body refinement energy, but unfortunately, it's been corrupted when combined, filled with impure intent."
He casually flicked his hand.
The black blood fell to the ground, corroding another pit.
He looked at Lu Chen again, pursing his thin, exposed lips.
"Your physique is excellent! Your cultivation is not bad either. I'm sure your refined essence is no less than Wang Yuan's!"
Does he want my essence?
Lu Chen laughed in anger, "So arrogant, I'd like to see what you can do!"
As he spoke, his entire body's spiritual energy surged, and he slapped the ground.
The Blood Demon watched with great interest, muttering to himself.
"I've heard that Fire Spirit Lord's fire techniques are unparalleled in Heavenly Wave, I'd like to witness a bit of it."
However, the next moment, he froze.
On the ground, a massive thorn vine shot up.
The vines and thorns twisted and writhed like dragons and snakes, their sharp spikes gleaming with a sinister black light, clearly poisonous.
In an instant, countless vines rushed towards him.
"Such a fast casting speed, and a powerful Wood-based Spell!"
Blood Demon praised, and without any noticeable movement, a pink aura spread out.
The vines, before even getting close, went limp and fell to the ground.
Watching the feeble vines, they shrank back into seeds.
Blood Demon smirked, "Not bad Wood Spell, but it's only first-tier. Even if you used second-tier thorny flower seeds to cast Vine Barrier Technique, it would still..." He trailed off.
"What a cunning youngster!"
In his line of sight, Luo Chen's figure, with fiery red wings, flashed and shifted, appearing in the distance.
From the start, the opponent had no intention of engaging in a prolonged fight.
The previous large-scale Vine Barrier Technique was just a feint to buy time.
Anger flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly rode his flying sword to give chase.
However, the more he pursued, the more surprised he became.
Luo Chen's flight speed was ridiculously fast.
Despite his higher cultivation realm, he struggled to catch up, and the distance between them only widened.
"Time to use some tricks!"
With a thought, a drop of blood fell onto the flying sword beneath his feet.
In the blink of an eye, his speed suddenly increased by a third.
Even so, he could barely keep up with the figure ahead.
"His flight spell is exquisite. If I acquire it and combine it with my Blood Escape Technique, even a Golden Core Cultivator might not be able to catch me!"
From the moment he first saw Luo Chen's robust blood, Blood Demon had his eyes on Luo Chen's flight spell.
"I want to see how long your Spirit Power can sustain such a spell!"
A mere Foundation Establishment 6th layer, yet he was flying at such an incredible speed.
In Blood Demon's opinion, it was unlikely to last long.
As he pursued, his brows suddenly furrowed.
The sword light trembled, and he forcibly teleported three zhang away.
Where he had just been, dozens of ferocious thorny vines were waving about.
"Using the same trick again, it won't work on me!"
"Oh?"
Blood Demon was taken aback.
But the fleeing Luo Chen suddenly turned around and forcefully pressed his palm downward.
Above!
Blood Demon jerked his head up, and a massive mountain, formed at some point, was already taking shape, rumbling as it descended.
The surrounding rocks, soil, and trees rose from the ground, gathering towards the mountain.
Grand Perfection Earth Mountain Technique!
Blood Demon remained calm, raising his hand to release a soft silk scarf.
The light scarf unfurled in the air, astonishingly countering the mountain's pressure.
"What other tricks do you have? Why aren't you using your Fire Spells?"
Luo Chen coldly laughed, "Then watch closely!"
He raised his longsword, and crimson meteors spun around him before surging towards Blood Demon.
Blood Demon's brows furrowed, and with a single hand seal, the flying sword beneath his feet rushed towards the fire meteors.
"Not bad, but to deal with me..." He paused, his face changing.
His entire body was descending.
A terrifying force rumbled from above.
He looked up, and on the peak, another mountain, a Supreme Magical Treasure, appeared!
The Grand Perfection Earth Mountain Technique combined with the Thousand Peaks Binding Technique, their combined might was rarely withstood by Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
At that moment, Luo Chen waved his longsword, tracing mysterious patterns in the void.
Streams of terrifying Spirit Power surged from his expansive meridians like raging rivers.
A blazing sun appeared above Blood Demon.
"Damn it!"
Blood Demon roared, his previous composure gone.
The flying sword Magical Treasure suddenly struck, shattering the Earth Mountain Technique, and the Thousand Peaks were sent flying.
The crimson scarf instantly wrapped around Blood Demon.
The next moment—
Boom!
The Blazing Sun Technique erupted.
An endless sea of fire engulfed everything.
Explosions of destruction, centered on Blood Demon, continued to erupt.
Luo Chen's face turned stern.
It wasn't enough!
The crimson scarf was clearly a defensive Magical Treasure.
The Blazing Sun Technique, cast through the treasure, couldn't completely annihilate the opponent.
But at least, it was something.
With a thought, the Mystic Fire Sword in his hand pierced through the air, carrying countless fire meteors like meteorites.
And at that moment, a thunderclap sounded from above.
Luo Chen's expression changed, and he waved his hand, causing his entire body to vibrate and retreat dozens of zhang.
The next instant, a bucket-thick lightning bolt struck down.
He looked up.
A pitch-black cloud, several zhang in diameter, was brewing, and within, lightning serpents flashed with silver-white light.
Thunderstorm!
Luo Chen took a deep breath, sheathed the Thousand Peaks, gripped the Mystic Fire Sword, and coldly glared at his opponent.
"Consider yourself lucky!"
With that, his body trembled, and he appeared over a dozen zhang away, then teleported several times, vanishing from sight.
At the original spot, where thunder and fire raged.
A crimson scarf, stained with black, slowly unfurled.
Blood Demon's face paled, his teeth clenched.
He retreated from the thunderstorm's reach, watching Luo Chen's departing direction.
After a while, he finally spoke.
"Consider yourself lucky!"
"Next time, don't fall into my hands!"
(End of Chapter)
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