Lu Yu leaped over a mountain, and before him lay an endless sea of blood.
The pungent smell of blood was overwhelming.
This is a vast ocean of red.
This vast expanse of water, however, resembled a swamp more than anything else.
Because within the sea of blood, numerous towering blood-red giant trees rose from the ground.
The tree trunks were red, the leaves were red, and even the mist rising from the swamp was a blood-red hue.
Dozens of people in armor stood at the edge of a sea of blood, approaching its rim.
Then someone dropped the corpses of several beasts, and the crowd quickly retreated.
Just as the group of more than ten people had retreated over a hundred meters away, the blood-red sea suddenly began bubbling, and then a wild beast, as tall as ten feet, leaped out of the blood sea onto the shore.
This is a monstrous creature that is entirely crimson red in color.
It somewhat resembles a lizard, with a single horn on its head and spines covering its back.
A huge, blood-red mouth opened wide enough to swallow a person whole.
This lizard was not fast. It slowly crawled toward the beast corpse. When it opened its mouth, its tongue shot out like lightning, darting over ten meters in an instant, piercing into the body of the beast corpse.
Lu Yu saw the lizard’s tongue twitching slightly, and within the tongue, it seemed as if large amounts of liquid were flowing. This liquid was moving from the position of the beast’s corpse into the lizard’s tongue.
The body of the beast slowly wrinkled, its fur gradually withering away, until finally the corpse became a mummified husk.
The lizard then retracted its tongue and turned its gaze toward another beast corpse.
Lu Yu guessed that this was the Blood-Weeping Beast.
He just didn’t expect that the Blood-weeping Beast could extend its tongue into a living creature’s body to suck out its blood.
The Blood-Weeping Beast moves very slowly.
However, what made Lu Yu frown was that the tongues of these blood-crying beasts shot out at such an incredible speed that his eyes could not even follow them.
Even he might not be able to dodge it if the tongue strike came from close range.
Unless he activates the Eagle King’s Wing and keeps it in an active state, which could enhance his dynamic vision!
Meanwhile, those dozen or so people nervously hid behind a cluster of distant rocks, watching the blood-crying beast. Each of them gripped their weapon, their hands trembling slightly.
After the Blood-Weeping Beast sequentially drained several beast corpses into mummies, it slowly turned around and leisurely walked back toward the sea of blood.
Just as the Blood-Weeping Beast had completely turned around, more than a dozen people suddenly leaped up and attacked it together.
Dozens of beams of light shot straight toward the Blood-weeping Beast.
Boom!
A figure suddenly descended from the sky, crushing the blood-weeping beast into a bloody pulp.
At the same time, the skills of a dozen people happened to reach the Blood-Weeping Beast, and now all the attacks were focused on this single individual.
Bang, bang, bang…
Skill after skill exploded, yet the human standing where the Blood-Weeping Beast once was remained unscathed, not even a hair out of place.
More than ten people were just about to erupt, but as they caught sight of the newcomer’s face, they immediately trembled and knelt down.
“Your Majesty Yama, we didn’t know it was you. We deserve to die.”
More than ten people knelt down desperately, their heads touching the ground and creating a loud thumping sound.
Lu Yu was hiding in the shadow of a stone forest on the mountain. When he saw the person descending, he couldn’t help but feel a start of surprise.
How fast!
It hasn’t been that long, yet they’ve already caught up.
Lu Yu was secretly alarmed in his heart and immediately suppressed his aura even further, making it completely undetectable.
At this moment, dozens of figures simultaneously landed from the sky.
These people were brimming with murderous intent, each one looking so furious that they seemed capable of devouring others.
More than ten people had no color left in their faces.
“Your Honors, we have done nothing wrong. Please, have mercy on us!”
“Please spare our lives, my lord! We haven’t done anything.”
They were merely warriors with the strength of ten thousand zuns; how could they have ever experienced a situation where dozens of Kings were watching them together.
Several people were so frightened that they fainted on the spot.
King Yama said coldly, “Shut up and listen carefully!”
The dozen or so people who hadn’t fainted immediately fell silent, not even daring to breathe.
Yama, the King of Hell, described Lu Yu’s appearance and height, then asked, “Have you seen this person?”
More than ten people exchanged glances, then shook their heads in confusion.
Before they could even open their mouths, King Yama and the others had already risen into the air and vanished into the sky.
“Then, who exactly is that person, being chased by so many kings? Can someone really be that unlucky?”
“Heaven knows what’s going on here?”
“Anyway, it’s none of our business. Wake these few up, and let’s continue somewhere else.”
“Beasts of blood like the one nearby would have probably fled in fear the moment a powerful figure like King Yama descended just now.”
More than ten people kept patting their unconscious companion while talking.
However, when they recalled being watched by dozens of kings just now, their faces turned ashen pale like ghostly masks, and they couldn’t help but suck in cold breaths.
Lu Yu looked at these people with curiosity.
All he knew was that the existence of the Blood-Weeping Beast wasn’t particularly special; what was truly valuable was the Blood-Weeping Stone, which had a certain chance of forming after the beast’s death.
However, that was not something an ordinary Blood-Weeping Beast could condense.
What are these people doing?
Lu Yu secretly followed them down and watched as these people placed several more animal carcasses in another location.
Before long, another blood-weeping beast emerged. After draining the blood from several animal corpses, it turned around slowly.
More than ten people took action.
Lu Yu finally understood why these people had waited until the Qi Xue Beast turned around before taking action.
Although the head of the Blood-Crying Beast is highly flexible, its tongue can be ejected at an extremely high speed.
Wang Zun definitely couldn’t avoid it.
Moreover, the Qixue Beast’s body moves slowly, and once it turns around, its defense power at the back becomes zero.
These people waited until the Qi Xue Beast turned around to attack, which was the best approach.
After killing the Blood-Weeping Beast, these people immediately dragged it far away from the Sea of Blood before beginning to cut open the beast’s head.
More than ten people were concentrating intently on their work, completely unaware that an additional person had appeared behind them.
Lu Yu stood behind these dozen or so people, watching as they split open the Qixue Beast’s skull, divided its brain, and reached into a sack-like mass of blood within.
This blood sac was smaller than a human eyeball, with a thin membrane covering its surface that seemed as if it could rupture with the slightest poke.
Someone carefully placed the blood sac into a storage bead, excitedly saying, “We already have thirty! Everyone, keep pushing!”
More than ten people looked up, and immediately noticed Lu Yu.
“Who are you?” someone asked reflexively.
However, dozens of people among them suddenly had their eyes widened in shock.
This damn thing isn’t right.
Isn’t this the very person that King Yama was looking for just now?
How did he get this close? Not a single one of the dozen or so people noticed.
Lu Yu’s aura remained concealed, suppressed to a level below the Ten Thousand Sovereigns.
Someone thought that Yama, the King of Hell, was looking for Lu Yu, so this person must be their enemy or have some issues.
If I catch him myself, there will surely be a reward.
Lu Yu’s strength was even weaker than theirs, so there was no reason for him not to take action.
Several people acted in unison without prior agreement.
Boom!
Lu Yu struck even faster, his power surging from less than ten thousand zuns to a hundred thousand zuns in an instant.
Several people were struck by the palm wind and rolled on the ground like tumbling gourds, continuing to roll for more than ten meters before finally coming to a stop.
Lu Yu said coldly, “I don’t want to cause any trouble, and you’d better not provoke me either.”
As the power of a hundred thousand zuns was unleashed, more than a dozen people had already become too terrified to even let out a fart.
One hundred thousand Zun, this was a power that could annihilate them in an instant!
Lu Yu said, “I just saw the blood bags you were collecting. What exactly are they used for?”
“This, this item may not be of much use to you, honorable sir, but for us, it holds great value,” someone chuckled dryly. “We can use it to enhance our strength slightly, allowing us to break through to a cultivation level above ten thousand Zun. However, at most, it can only increase our power by a thousand Zun before becoming ineffective.”
Lu Yu let out a cold snort, raised his hand, and forcefully chopped it downward.
The force of his palm strike was just right—not too light, not too heavy. When it landed on his opponent, it immediately caved in the opponent’s chest, causing him to spit out large mouthfuls of blood.
“Better tell the truth in front of me. This palm strike was just a warning; if you dare to lie again, I will kill him.” Lu Yu’s eyes turned into a sea of blood, somewhat resembling those of the Blood Eye Clan, yet exuding an even more intense aura of murder.
More than ten people felt a chilling cold, as if the temperature of the surrounding air had dropped drastically.
“Big, big sir, we are not lying,” more than ten of them immediately knelt down and said, “It’s true.”
“My lord, how dare we speak falsely before you? This is indeed something of no use to you.”
Lu Yu raised his hand directly, and flames surged from his palm.
His hand suddenly pressed down on one of their heads.
“I’ll talk!” the man, seeing Lu Yu raise his hand toward him, shouted in fear. “Please, sir, I’ll tell you everything!”
Lu Yu put his hands away and said coldly, “I’m giving you a chance. If you dare to utter even a single lie, you won’t get another opportunity.”
The man’s face was ashen. Wiping sweat from his forehead, he looked at his companion and said, “Everyone, I can’t possibly risk my life to keep your secret. I’m sorry.”
A person urgently said, “Don’t say anything. If you do, you’ll die immediately.”
“Li Xiong, you idiot! If anyone else finds out this secret, we’ll be dead right now!”
The person begging for mercy thought for a moment and realized it made sense, but when he opened his mouth, he didn’t know whether he should speak or not.
“If you don’t talk, I’ll kill you first and then ask one by one. Someone will surely speak,” Lu Yu said coldly, “I don’t believe all of you have such strong willpower.”
As he spoke, the man said, “These beasts in the sea of blood are called Blood-Weeping Beasts; they are born and bred within the blood. The blood sac you saw earlier is actually the soul of the Blood-Weeping Beast. Don’t underestimate that blood sac—assembling a hundred of them will cause them to merge automatically, forming a Blood Soul Pearl, which strengthens one’s star soul. The energy within the Blood Soul Pearl is extremely valuable, particularly to a King.”
“Strengthen the soul?” Lu Yu’s heart stirred as he asked, “Are you suggesting that he can help the king’s star soul evolve?”
More than ten people, seeing that it could no longer be hidden, nodded together.
Lu Yu remained silent for a while before saying, “So you’re saying that an ordinary King can also evolve into a powerful being like Yanluowang by absorbing a large number of Blood Soul Beads?”
Everyone nodded again.
Now they have no way to retreat.
If the person in front of them wanted to kill them, none of them could escape.
One person said, “M-M-Master, we’ve told you everything we know. Whether you wish to kill us or let us go is entirely up to you.”
The man helplessly smiled bitterly, already prepared for the worst.
“You’re too weak. Killing you would be meaningless. However, I can’t stay in the dungeon for long. So how about we cooperate? Leave the Soul Blood Beads to me for selling. I’ll supply you with weapons and armor, and you focus on extracting the Soul Blood Beads. Does that work for you?”
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