“…In the end, you’ve still fallen into my hands.”
The Blood Sea Rakshasa’s crimson eyes were cruel and hideous, gazing at Meng Qi with absolute certainty, as if already foreseeing his victory while envisioning his opponent as a future corpse.
Where did he get such confidence? This was the first thought crossing Meng Qi’s mind. Among all the Dharma Bodies in the world, the Blood Sea Rakshasa was the weakest, far inferior to a Earth Immortal-level Bug God. Knowing that Meng Qi had single-handedly defeated the Bug God, how could he, who was still far from reaching Earth Immortal status, dare to speak so arrogantly?
When things go against the norm, there must be something sinister involved. The Blood Sea Rakshasa must have other hidden strengths…
Meng Qi’s mind was clear and perceptive, like the purest mirror surface, reflecting the surrounding scenes and searching for any possible ambush. Yet, aside from the slightly trembling core fragment of the “Hao Tian Mirror,” everything here was calm, and even the fierce beams of light that had previously swept through had sunk into the pool.
In any case, he must not be careless. Even if the Blood Sea Rakshasa was bluffing in an attempt to escape, he still couldn’t afford any negligence!
As this thought flashed through his mind, the Blood Sea Rakshasa had already transformed into a crimson, sinister beam of light, his figure merging with his blade. Within this crimson light, blood waves seemed to surge, forming a world of its own, borrowing some of the power from the blade’s realm, becoming increasingly silent and stealthy, like a streak of lightning.
So, he had indeed mastered the Blood Transformation Divine Blade to an even higher level? As the thought arose, the primordially chaotic Tai Shang Wu Ji Yuan Shi Qingyun above Meng Qi’s head once again emitted dark rays, like a cascading water curtain from a roof eave, enveloping him. His right hand, gripping the Ba Wang Jue Dao (Supreme Tyrant’s Blade), emitted a brilliant purple glow, its entire body translucent, with crackling lightning and faint Daoist patterns appearing.
Pu!
Meng Qi neither dodged nor evaded, allowing the crimson blade light to strike the chaotic dark glow. However, the “water waves” rippled and trembled. The crimson blade light was as if sinking into an endless universe, never reaching its end, forever lost in eternal darkness, unable to provoke any further reaction, with the blood shadows attempting to penetrate also losing their momentum.
As the blade light dissipated, the Blood Sea Rakshasa’s figure suddenly appeared, witnessing Meng Qi raising his right hand, the Jue Dao (Ultimate Blade) exuding a righteous, bright, and mighty thunder aura. With the immense power between life and death, it transformed into a purple electric dragon, sweeping majestically toward him.
His body suddenly scattered, transforming into countless blood shadows, retreating in all directions to evade the strike.
As the blood shadows fled in different directions, their vision suddenly brightened, revealing that heavy purple thunder blade before them!
From different directions and positions, the blood shadows seemed to automatically hurl themselves toward the blade’s electric glow!
At this moment, the Blood Sea Rakshasa felt as if he had returned to the border between the Northern Zhou and the grasslands, where he had always narrowly missed Su Meng no matter how hard he pursued. Now, no matter how he tried to escape, he couldn’t avoid the “fate” of being struck down by the blade.
The power behind this was “fate” itself!
No seeking for the next life, the outcome was already destined!
Honglong!
A muffled thunderclap exploded. Purple lightning crackled, striking down wave after wave of blood shadows, completely dispelling the foul and bloody aura.
All the blood shadows vanished, and the thin Blood Transformation Divine Blade, now covered with a layer of purple electricity, slowly descended.
At that moment, sensing Meng Qi’s overwhelming and domineering aura, the core fragment of the Hao Tian Mirror floating mid-air above the Jade Pond once again condensed a beam of dark light, instantly rushing toward Meng Qi.
Pu!
Meng Qi couldn’t evade even by entering the void and was struck directly. The chaotic dark radiance descending from the Qingyun rapidly expanded before instantly dissipating, colliding head-on with the immobilizing dark light until both vanished simultaneously.
With just one strike, the defense of the Wuji Seal—which had endured through a prolonged battle against the illusory Great Sage Equaling Heaven—was shattered. Meng Qi’s faintly golden body was exposed, and the Yuanshi Qingyun retreated back into his mud-pill palace (spiritual palace).
Meanwhile, on the hilt of the Blood Transformation Divine Blade, a hand first emerged, glowing intensely with blood light, gradually outlining the complete figure of the Blood Sea Rakshasa. He grinned maliciously at Meng Qi and said, “How does it feel? As long as the Blood Sea remains unvanquished, I shall never fall. You can’t kill me!”
“How was it? Wasn’t the Hao Tian Mirror’s strike a wonderful sensation?”
At this moment, Meng Qi suddenly realized—the Blood Sea Rakshasa had been secretly relying on the fragments of divine treasures within the Jade Pond!
During their battle, whether in terms of aura, strength, or mysterious characteristics, Meng Qi had clearly surpassed him. This made it easy for the fragments of divine treasures, where ferocity had replaced spiritual awareness, to target him instead. The Rakshasa had been hiding his abilities, waiting for the right opportunity.
Sensing further, Meng Qi noticed that although the core fragment of the Hao Tian Mirror was temporarily trembling, with its illumination gone, the Jade Pond had begun to surge with waves. The fierce and deadly auras within were stirring again, ready to burst forth.
He must end this quickly! Suddenly, Meng Qi moved. Two more heads grew from his head, making a total of three. His body now had six arms, each holding an ancient seal, a small mirror, a jade box, a purple core, a apricot-yellow flag, and the Ba Wang Jue Dao (Supreme Tyrant’s Blade).
Among them, one hand held a heart-shaped purple bell, gently shaking it.
Dang!
The toll of the bell reverberated like a chime, shaking the very soul. The grinning Blood Sea Rakshasa momentarily lost his composure. Then, Meng Qi wielded the apricot-yellow banner, unleashing golden lotuses in full bloom that coiled around him like ropes. The golden lotuses emitted halos of the Wuji (earth element), endlessly intertwining, effectively immobilizing the blood shadow’s transformations and delaying the counterattack of the Blood Transformation Divine Blade.
Meng Qi raised the Ba Wang Jue Dao once more and slashed downward powerfully, as if a purple sun had fallen into the Blood Sea, radiating unparalleled brilliance and searing heat.
Infinite light, infinite life. The Blood Sea melted under the radiance, evaporated by the heat. No trace of red remained at the edge of the Jade Pond.
Suddenly, with a swoosh, a Vermilion Bird, its body ablaze with illusory purple flames, rose from the Jade Pond. Spreading its wings, it flew toward Meng Qi.
Meng Qi barely had time to reveal the Dao Yi Lapis Lazuli Lamp in his eyes, emitting mysterious black-and-white swirling light that illuminated a phantom river of time. The Vermilion Bird seemed to be bound by countless shackles, its speed slowing momentarily.
Seizing this opportunity, Meng Qi executed the Void Seal with both feet, creating vast distance from a close range.
Layer after layer of void was burned through as the Vermilion Bird lunged toward Meng Qi. However, the Ba Wang Jue Dao had already returned. With a clang, electric sparks flew, and the Vermilion Bird was forcefully struck back, its overwhelming might fully displayed.
Only now did Meng Qi clearly see that this illusory Vermilion Bird was actually transformed from a broken sword, engraved with four seal script characters: “Li Huo Zhu Que (Cinnabar Fire Vermilion Bird).” In its prime, it had also been a Heaven Immortal-grade divine sword.
The brilliance and heat of the sun dissipated. The Blood Transformation Divine Blade floated alone in mid-air, and the Blood Sea Rakshasa seemed to have perished.
However, a blood-lit hand quickly reformed from the hilt of the blade, rapidly spreading and reconstructing the Blood Sea Rakshasa.
He laughed loudly, saying, “It’s useless. If the combination of the Blood Spirit Art and the Blood Sea Cultivation Method could be so easily killed, our sect would have been wiped out long ago!”
As his words echoed, he suddenly transformed into a blood shadow, rushing toward Meng Qi at lightning speed, his Blood Transformation Divine Blade seemingly merging completely with his body.
Meng Qi flipped his hand holding the Black and White Yin Yang Mirror, instantly enveloping the Rakshasa in dark light. The vitality rapidly transformed into death energy, making the blood shadow dim and on the verge of dissolving.
Just then, Meng Qi suddenly felt a premonition of extreme danger. Instantly, he focused his spirit into the Ba Wang Jue Dao, and the Dao Yi Lapis Lazuli Lamp in his eyes shone brightly once more.
Behind him, without his noticing, a figure had appeared. Dressed in red robes, his entire body radiated blood light, his eyes cruel and cold. It was clearly another Blood Sea Rakshasa. However, this Blood Sea Rakshasa exuded an extremely terrifying aura. His body seemed to be formed entirely from blood, and within his swaying form, a blood sea world was visible, blooming with countless blood lotuses—an indescribably eerie sight.
This Blood Sea Rakshasa’s right hand transformed into a blade light, slashing toward Meng Qi’s back. Within the flickering blade light, there was an illusory sensation of a world being born and destroyed. If struck, Meng Qi might instantly dissolve into blood pulp.
As the blade light descended, the Meng Qi in this “Blood Sea Rakshasa’s” eyes suddenly switched places with the blood shadow version of himself, as if suddenly reversing front and back, causing chaos in fate!
Pu!
The crimson blade light struck the blood shadow, like a whale swallowing water, absorbing it into its own crimson essence.
Meng Qi pointed his blade downward, his gaze heavy with concentration. He hesitated slightly before speaking, “You… you’re not the Blood Sea Rakshasa.”
His initial display of mediocre strength had made Meng Qi believe that his trump card was the assistance of divine treasure fragments within the Jade Pond. But at a critical moment, he had suddenly attacked. If not for Meng Qi’s acute sensitivity to fate and danger, he might have already been defeated.
Truly cunning and deceitful!
The Blood Sea Rakshasa laughed heartily, “I have never changed. I’ve merely accepted the consciousness integration from the ancient ancestor, allowing complete resonance with the Blood Transformation Divine Blade, unleashing its Heaven Immortal power to form this current body.”
His tone and choice of words had subtly shifted.
So, it was the Blood Demon’s return—the first great expert to return! Meng Qi suddenly realized. The Blood Robe Sect had inherited the primordial demonic path, cultivating the lineage of the ancient Nine Infernal Blood Demon. Later, they had obtained the Blood Transformation Divine Blade, a weapon somewhat connected to the Blood Demon. Now, the Blood Demon, who had been missing for years and was rumored to have already perished, had actually managed to return a fragment of his consciousness ahead of time through the Blood Transformation Divine Blade?
Indeed, as the great calamity approaches, all sorts of malevolent beings emerge!
Seeing Meng Qi’s silence, the Blood Sea Rakshasa laughed coldly with pride and menace, “After I drain all of your life essence, I shall become a true Heaven Immortal.”
“You will all die!”
Meng Qi was unafraid, even smiling in response, as he lifted the Ba Wang Jue Dao (Supreme Tyrant’s Blade):
“Just moments ago, the fragments of divine treasures prioritized attacking me. But now, the situation is completely reversed. The tides of battle have shifted. What do I have to fear?”
“How long can you maintain this Heaven Immortal body? As long as I wield the Ba Wang Jue Dao, can’t I endure until your power wanes?”
At this, his expression turned solemn and dignified. He proclaimed solemnly, “You creatures who refuse to stay dead—since you’ve already ‘died,’ then please, continue to remain dead!”
His spiritual palace opened once more, the Qingyun soaring forth, surrounding the ancient and terrifying Pangu Banner, as he prepared to launch the first offensive!
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