Chapter 549
“Ha ha ha, I’m keeping track of the accounts. Remember to pay me when you leave Tianren City!”
The sound of mahjong tiles clacking together was crisp and cheerful, filling the air with a lively atmosphere as the members of the Demon Sect played mahjong and drank wine.
Luo Yexian was riding high these days.
The demons could be controlled using the secret techniques of the Hundred Beasts Hall, and it seemed they were intricately connected to the Beast God of the Hundred Beasts Hall.
The counterattack from Tianren City against the foreign lands had not stirred up much of a storm, thanks to various natural negative factors.
Just the demons organized by the Hundred Beasts Hall had forced the enemy to cower within the city.
With the greedy wolf of the Celestial Clan turning traitor, that grand fortress wouldn’t hold them for long.
The credit for this victory was undoubtedly his.
The master of the Blood Refining Hall snorted coldly, “Next time, before the natural disaster arrives and the Ancestor God is still recuperating, I didn’t expect this trial to end so soon. The methods I prepared haven’t even been put to use.”
“I feel the same way. Jiang Yu probably wants to take advantage of the Ancestor God’s recovery to settle things once and for all, but unfortunately, he’s too foolish and arrogant,” the burly master of the Yin-Yang Hall said with a delicate tone.
Jiang Yu’s reckless maneuvers were not only eye-watering to his own people but also to his opponents.
“Ahem, the trial isn’t over yet. There will still be opportunities to make contributions,” Luo Yexian said, shaking his head.
These two were getting a bit carried away, forgetting about Ying Bing altogether.
But even she would find it hard to turn the tide, right? Jiang Yu had already pushed the situation to an irretrievable point.
Just then, a tall bull-headed demon entered to report.
“By the command of the Ancestor God, all lords are to return to Youshuo!”
“What happened?”
“Jiang Yu has brought a group of Celestial Clan members to the outskirts of Youshuo!”
“Hmm?”
The expressions of the Deer Master, Luo Yexian, and the Yin-Yang Master changed at once.
A sneak attack?
This kid really has no sense of martial ethics, and he’s so ruthless—without the Celestial Clan, this city won’t hold for long.
The people inside the city would have no choice but to fight to the death.
This was essentially trading the lives of others in the city for a chance to strike at the heart of the enemy.
Jiang Yu must have had this idea from the very beginning, right?
“There’s no time to waste. I urge all lords to set out quickly.”
“Let’s go!”
After a brief discussion, Luo Yexian and the others decided to leave the weaker demons to continue besieging the city while they took the strongest ones back to provide support.
“Let’s move!”
With the bull-headed demon in tow, they began their journey toward Youshuo.
...
Youshuo.
A fierce wind swept through, the origin of the calamity for Tianren City, the most polluted and twisted place in this world, where thick black moss grew everywhere, resembling compressed black snow, alongside bizarre stone sculptures.
Any creature that could survive here was as harsh as the environment itself.
A temple stood atop the highest peak of the mountains.
The power of the second natural disaster was brewing within.
Here lay the source of the calamity, a considerable number of powerful demons, those from the Demon Sect who had undergone baptism, and that supreme being from outside.
At this moment, figures stood in the sky above Youshuo, gazing toward the distant horizon.
There, a golden dragon coiled around a phantom city, breaking through layers of black snow.
“Another group of Celestial Clan members has come to Youshuo, just like in our past lives.”
“Let’s keep them.”
“After this battle, He will take us to the real world and grant us new life…”
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P.S.: I’ll think carefully about the battle process later. I caught a cold today, took some medicine, and have been dozing off. I’ll take a nap and write more later, adding it to this chapter.
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Chapter 624: The Sword of My Existence
The Imperial City was the fourth answer Jiang Yu found in the Tianhuang Domain.
This answer might have sufficed in previous trials, but clearly, it wasn’t enough against the Blood God.
Crack—
The imperial might above could not suppress the blood-red power, even appearing laughable in its presence.
“I’ve witnessed the rise and fall of the Imperial Court more than you’ve read in history books.”
“Now, they have all vanished with the wind, yet I remain.”
The voice from within the coffin was layered, both distant and near, making it impossible to discern what kind of being it was.
Any one of the Nine Immortals could ignore this level of imperial might, let alone the Blood God, who had been suppressed by the national map for many years.
The light of the Imperial City immediately dimmed, teetering on the brink of collapse.
In the next moment, the golden dragon circled back to the sky, attaching itself to the Celestial Sword, activating its imperial might.
Ding—
The divine sword struck down, landing on the dark, blue-black arm, leaving a shallow sword mark.
Jiang Yu reclaimed the Imperial City, freeing it from its constraints, and it hovered behind him once more, his dual pupils shimmering with an unshakeable gravity.
He had used seventy percent of his strength, yet it had only left a minor wound.
That wound bled profusely, and the blood flowing from it gradually stained the entire temple, until it rose like a tide, blood flowing like a river...
Seeing this bizarre scene, Jiang Yu knew he could only resort to the sword bones...
Threads of sword energy surged from his chest, wrapping around the Celestial Sword.
“Sigh…”
Finally, a sigh emerged from within the coffin.
In the depths that swallowed all light, a face appeared, its features indistinct, seemingly separated by the forces of life and death, with only a faint red mark visible on its brow.
This was the source of those living dead outside.
The Blood God existed between life and death, neither truly alive nor dead.
Only two arms and the torso existed in a tangible form.
“You wield that young girl’s sword, and within you still resides her sword path. It’s a pity you possess this power, but it doesn’t truly belong to you.”
“Ha... Royal offspring, you probably won’t understand the true meaning of this in your lifetime. Your father grasped some of it, but unfortunately, he was captured and made to ascend.”
The Blood God spoke casually, seemingly in no hurry to deal with the intruder before him.
Jiang Yu’s heart tightened, and he replied with a stern face:
“You’ll know soon enough whether it’s true or not.”
He stepped forward, carrying the Imperial City with him.
However, he should have been able to advance several dozen zhang, but the blood sea surged, and in an instant, the sky darkened, as if an invisible blood sea had pushed him back to his original position.
Jiang Yu wanted to unleash his sword energy right there.
But everything in the world before him was shrouded in a seductive blood hue.
Like a double image, the Blood God’s body had split into dozens of figures, casting cold, playful gazes at him from all directions.
“Under the dual pupils, nothing can hide.”
Jiang Yu’s forehead throbbed with veins, and his dual pupils shone brightly.
He focused on the figure whose aura was closest to the real one and without hesitation unleashed his sword energy in a single strike.
The Emperor’s Sword, like a golden dragon soaring through the sky, commanded the world, sharp with the edge of the sword bones.
Puff—
This strike pierced the Blood God’s body, yet the latter’s smile only grew more playful.
“Wanting everything, in the end... you lose even what you originally had.”
This was not the real Blood God.
His dual pupils had been deceived.
Suddenly, a strong wind roared from behind, and a blue-black fist broke through the air, striking Jiang Yu and sending him flying.
He was like a stone skipping across the blood sea, crashing and rolling for more than ten circles.
“You...”
“Ha ha, do I look like someone who only knows how to play with schemes?”
Dozens of blood shadows of the Blood God spoke in unison:
“I’ll tell you, it’s no secret. The martial arts of the human race owe half of their achievements to me. The first horizontal practice martial art of the human race was created by me. Guess who defined the sixth realm of the physical body?”
“No one in the world can match my understanding of the mysteries of the human body.”
Jiang Yu had no time to discern the truth in the other’s words.
He could only burn the blood of the True Dragon, elevating his spirit and energy to their peak.
It was precisely during this rare moment of vacuum.
A sudden voice rang out:
“Ancestor God, I’m here to assist you!”
A bull-headed demon charged into the blood sea.
Jiang Yu: “?”
Blood God: “?”
As they clashed, the ground shook, and even Youshuo began to churn.
This commotion, if not apocalyptic, was certainly not something ordinary beings could approach.
Where did you come from?
But neither side paid it any mind; Jiang Yu was furious, his focus solely on the Blood God, and the Blood God naturally wouldn’t divert his attention to this inconspicuous little demon.
The Celestial Sword transformed into a mountain that split the earth, capable of cutting through floating clouds, traversing between realms, and dividing all things.
With this strike, Jiang Yu had surpassed his former self, taking a significant step forward.
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