txolops Chapter 196 Blood Demon Incarnation
Chapter 196 Blood Demon Incarnation
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"Ninth Elder, what do you mean by this?" The Black Wind Old Monster's face was so gloomy it was almost dripping with water as he stared intently at the Ninth Elder. "This boy is a wanted criminal pursued by our Holy Path, and he has repeatedly opposed our Holy Path. It is only right and proper for me to capture him today! Does your Star Palace intend to bully others and protect this boy, completely severing ties with our Holy Path?"
The Ninth Elder remained unmoved, lightly dusting off his clean sleeves, and chuckled, "Fellow Daoist Black Wind, you flatter me. Whether this boy is a wanted criminal of your demonic path, I do not know. But since he has appeared on Red Sand Island, which is under the jurisdiction of my Star Palace, I naturally have to find out. Moreover..."
He turned slightly, his gaze falling on Luo Ming, who was rapidly swallowing pills and looking wary. A gentle smile appeared on his face: "Besides, Wang Chan is a good friend of my good-for-nothing son. How can I, as an elder, sit idly by and let the demonic path bully him?"
This statement, presented in a grand and respectable manner, also hinted at a possible connection with Luo Ming, thus justifying the interference.
"Very well! It seems the Star Palace is determined to intervene!" The Black Wind Old Monster laughed in fury, his voice hoarse like an owl's. "Since that's the case, I'll see if you can protect them!"
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of dark red essence blood that exuded a strong fishy smell and pure demonic energy. As the essence blood left his body, the Black Wind Monster's face visibly paled slightly, but the fierce look in his eyes intensified.
The essence blood did not dissipate; instead, it tumbled violently in the air and instantly split into two, each frantically absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth, as well as the lingering yin energy in the mine.
In the blink of an eye, two figures that looked seven or eight parts similar to the Black Wind Old Monster, but with blurred features and shrouded in viscous blood light and black energy, took shape and emitted a powerful fluctuation that was clearly at the peak of the Core Formation stage!
"Blood Demon Avatar?" Upon seeing this, the Ninth Elder frowned almost imperceptibly, recognizing it as a rather insidious but powerful divine ability in the demonic path. It temporarily condenses an avatar using one's own essence and cultivation. Although it loses a lot of vital energy afterward, it is enough to exert nearly half the strength of the original body in a short period of time. If the two are together, it is equivalent to having an additional Nascent Soul combatant, making it extremely troublesome.
The fact that the opponent was willing to expend their own essence to perform this technique clearly showed that they were determined to kill Luo Ming. This made him somewhat puzzled. What had Wang Chan done to make a Nascent Soul cultivator willing to expend their true essence to perform such a secret technique that was almost used only when they were fighting for their lives?
With the Black Wind Old Monster holding back the Ninth Elder, the two blood-red demonic shadows immediately pounced on Luo Ming, their speed almost comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Luo Ming was not going to be foolish enough to fight a Nascent Soul cultivator. The moment the demonic cultivator unleashed his secret technique, he had already prepared to escape.
Just as the blood-shadow ghost claw was about to reach him, Luo Ming suddenly activated the Xuan Turtle essence blood in his dantian. His magic power suddenly circulated in a special trajectory, and his whole body was instantly enveloped by a yellow light. His figure swayed and disappeared without a trace, just like a drop of water merging into sand.
"Earth Release Technique?!"
This sudden scene startled all three Nascent Soul cultivators, including the Black Wind Old Monster and the Ninth Elder who were locked in combat, as well as Liu Yuangang who was still struggling with his decision. Their attacks froze for an extremely brief moment.
Earth Escape Technique is not uncommon, but to be able to execute it so swiftly, especially deep within a mineral vein where the magnetic force is chaotic and the soil and rock structure is exceptionally solid, requires a level of skill that is far beyond what ordinary Core Formation cultivators possess, and even many Nascent Soul cultivators may not be proficient in this art.
A glint flashed in the Ninth Elder's eyes, and his doubts deepened. This young man not only possessed unique magical treasures and extraordinary spirit beasts, but he also mastered such a sophisticated earth-based escape technique.
Considering that the Black Wind Old Monster, a giant of the demonic path, disregarded his status and was willing to sacrifice his own essence to kill this boy immediately, and even dared to confront him head-on for this... what kind of amazing secret or treasure is hidden on this boy, or rather, in his hands?
The Liu family patriarch suddenly realized, "No wonder! No wonder he could silently infiltrate so deep into the earth's veins; he possesses such exquisite earth-遁 (earth-escaping) techniques!"
He quickly pulled out a vibrant yellow talisman from his pocket. Judging from its ancient appearance, it was clearly not an ordinary item.
He muttered incantations, slapped the talisman onto his body, and was instantly enveloped in a dense yellow light. With a "whoosh," he merged into the ground, using the precious earth escape talisman to catch up! Although not as exquisite and free as Luo Ming's escape technique, his speed in short-range pursuit was not slow.
"Young man, don't run away!" The Black Wind Old Monster was even more furious. Seeing Luo Ming slip away like an eel, like a cooked duck about to fly away, he was unwilling to let him go.
He roared, and his body surged with blood-red light, actually withstanding the aftershock of the Ninth Elder's magic weapon attack. Using the force, he flew backward, and his entire body exploded into a thick cloud of blood mist with a "bang." Then, the blood mist contracted and transformed into a thin, blood-red rainbow, moving at an incredible speed. It followed closely in the direction of Liu Yuangang's escape light and plunged headfirst into the earth and rocks.
What he used was a blood-based escape technique that consumed vital energy but was extremely fast. Although he was not a specialist in earth-based techniques, he used his powerful nascent soul magic to forcefully break through the earth layer to pursue his target.
"Hmph!" Seeing this, the Ninth Elder no longer hesitated. The starlight around him subsided, transforming into a hazy, meteor-like radiance, and he too vanished underground.
Deep underground, Luo Ming pushed his earth-遁术 (earth-遁术) to its limit, completely disregarding the fact that his magical power was being consumed like a flood, only seeking to increase his speed by one point.
Fortunately, he wasn't far from the ground, and with his full effort in using his escape technique, the pressure on his head eased after a short while, and his vision suddenly brightened. He finally broke through the ground and returned to the surface of Red Sand Island, his location being near a secluded cliff on the island's edge.
Without pausing or even having time to determine the direction, he slammed his storage bag shut, and a streamlined, cyan, shuttle-shaped magic weapon shot out—the "Wind-Escape Shuttle."
Driven by magic power, the Wind-Escape Shuttle shone brightly with light blue light, and faint blue runes flowed on its surface. After a slight hum, it instantly transformed into a faint blue shadow that almost blended into space, and sped away from Red Sand Island at a speed unimaginable to a Core Formation cultivator!
Since he refined that precious "Wind Spirit Essence" into this shuttle, its escape speed has undergone a qualitative leap, becoming even faster than the escape techniques of ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.
Almost the instant he rode away, a flash of yellow light appeared on the ground not far from where he had been standing, and Liu Yuangang, the patriarch of the Liu family, emerged looking somewhat disheveled.
He had barely regained his footing when his spiritual senses caught sight of the pale blue shadow on the horizon, about to disappear. Sensing its astonishing speed, he couldn't help but gasp: "A wind-attribute flying magic weapon? And this speed... just how many secrets does this kid hold?"