txolops Chapter 434 Blood Escape Technique
Chapter 434 Blood Escape Technique
Chapter 434 Blood Escape Technique
The five fingers came together! An overwhelming and terrifying force of confinement, heavy as a mountain, emanated from the dark golden palm, instantly sealing off all the magical power flowing through Miaohe's nascent soul. Furthermore, a strange and domineering force of blood and qi seeped in.
This caused his already severely injured nascent soul to be thrown into a furnace, emitting a faint "sizzling" sound and wisps of green smoke, becoming even more illusory and transparent.
"Ugh—!" Miaohe's nascent soul let out a painful groan, completely losing its ability to resist. Like a small snake whose vital point was being pinched, it writhed futilely in that dark gold palm, unable even to self-destruct its nascent soul.
From the moment he teleported away from the secret chamber to the moment he was captured alive by Luo Ming, the entire process took less than fifteen breaths. It was as fast as lightning, as swift as a rabbit leaping and a magpie swooping down.
On Blood Crane Island, most of the lower-level disciples did not even notice the unusual spiritual energy fluctuations in the sky. Only a few Foundation Establishment cultivators guarding the core area vaguely felt something flash by above their heads, but when they looked closely, there was nothing there.
Luo Ming's figure, at this moment, slowly emerged from the void in mid-air where Miao He's nascent soul had been captured.
His expression was calm, his gaze fixed on the trembling, terrified, and desperate dark red Nascent Soul figure in his palm, as if he were merely holding a slightly larger insect.
"Fellow Daoist! Fellow Daoist! Show mercy! It's a misunderstanding! It's a huge misunderstanding!"
Despite enduring the excruciating pain of her soul being torn apart and the agony of her soul being imprisoned and burned, Miaohe's nascent soul frantically transmitted its thoughts to Luo Ming. Her voice was sharp and trembling, filled with unprecedented fear and pleading.
"I was blind and ignorant, and offended you, fellow Daoist! I am willing to offer the Biyun Sect's thousand-year-old treasure as atonement! I only beg you to spare my life! Spare me—"
Luo Ming's fingertips flickered with spiritual light, and a spell imbued with sealing power was swiftly cast, landing precisely on the forehead of the dark red nascent soul in his palm.
Miaohe's nascent soul was already weakened by the "God-Slaying Thorn" and the Five Elements Seal. At this moment, it trembled all over, and the last trace of struggling divine thought completely subsided. Its eyes were closed, as if it had fallen into the deepest sleep.
Looking at the Nascent Soul in his hand, temporarily sealed and powerless to resist, Luo Ming revealed a playful, amused expression. He didn't leave immediately, but instead, his figure flickered and vanished from the spot like a ghost, reappearing in the luxurious quiet room on the fifth floor of the Azure Cloud Pavilion in the next instant.
Inside the quiet room, the fat shopkeeper and the young man in feathered robes remained frozen in place, their faces ashen, cold sweat soaking through their backs.
It wasn't that they didn't want to escape, but under Luo Ming's tangible, mountain-like divine sense lock and pressure, the magical power within their bodies had long since become uncontrollable. Their limbs and bones felt like they were filled with lead, and even moving their eyes was extremely difficult. They could only watch helplessly as Luo Ming returned, still holding their ancestor's nascent soul in his hand.
Luo Ming seemed oblivious to the horrified expressions on their faces. He walked straight back to his previous seat, sat down calmly, tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and pondered for a few moments with a composed expression.
Immediately, a flash of silver light appeared beside him, and a small, exquisite wolf phantom, its entire body shimmering with silver light and its eyes bright and cunning, appeared out of thin air—it was Silver Moon.
As soon as Silver Moon appeared, it curiously flicked its tail, its jewel-like eyes sweeping over the two people standing frozen in the room. Then it raised its little head to look at Luo Ming, and its clear, melodious voice rang out: "Brother Luo, did you call me out because you need Silver Moon to do something?"
"A demon cultivator in human form!" When the young man in feathered robes saw the silver moon phantom speak in human language, his last shred of hope vanished completely. His face turned deathly pale, and his eyes were filled with even greater fear.
He now believes that Luo Ming is a demon cultivator in the Transformation stage, and that he came here specifically to scheme against his master, Miao He. He thinks that he and the Biyun Sect are just unlucky to have run into each other.
Luo Ming was naturally unaware of what the other party was thinking, and even if he did, he wouldn't care. He calmly looked at the trembling fat shopkeeper beside him and instructed Yin Yue, "This person witnessed what just happened. Use your illusion magic to completely erase or alter his memory of today. I'm sure that won't be difficult for you."
"Hehe, it's nothing." Yin Yue chuckled, her silver eyes turning to the fat shopkeeper, a strange, dreamlike light suddenly appearing in them. The fat shopkeeper's previously terrified eyes instantly became empty and dull, as if he had lost his soul.
Luo Ming stopped looking in that direction and turned his gaze to the ashen-faced, dejected young man in feathered robes. He spoke slowly, his voice calm yet carrying an undeniable power: "Do you want to—become the new sect leader of the Azure Cloud Sect?"
"Wh-what?" The young man in the feathered robe suddenly looked up, his lifeless eyes flashing with an incredulous light mixed with astonishment, ecstasy, and doubt as he stared intently at Luo Ming. He suspected he was hallucinating from excessive fear.
"You heard me right." Luo Ming stopped tapping his fingers, looking directly into his eyes. "The Azure Cloud Sect is currently leaderless. I need someone obedient, someone who can control this island and gather resources for me. Tell me, do you want to, or don't you?"
The young man in the feathered robes heaved violently, his breathing rapid. He had no doubt that if he said "no" or hesitated even slightly, his fate would be a hundred times worse than that of the fat shopkeeper next to him whose memory was being erased.
But the position of "Sect Leader"—that was something he dreamed of but dared not even hope for! The immense temptation and the fear of death intertwined, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.
He struggled for only a moment, but his thirst for power and instinct for survival overwhelmed everything. With a thud, he knelt directly before Luo Ming, his head touching the ground. His voice was hoarse, yet filled with an unprecedented resolve and obsequiousness: "I do! This junior, Gao Yuan, is willing to die for you, senior! From this day forward, the entire Biyun Sect will obey your every command! Whatever your orders, we will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
Two days later, in a heavily guarded secret room in the central hall of Blood Crane Island.
With the help of Gao Yuan, his "insider," and the aid of the Silver Moon Illusion Technique, Luo Ming had quietly seized control of the core power of the Azure Cloud Sect. At this moment, the main hall appeared calm on the surface, but in reality, key positions had been filled by disciples who had been won over by Gao Yuan.
In the center of the secret chamber, Luo Ming sat cross-legged, his right hand outstretched, pressing lightly against a surface enveloped in layers of restrictive runes.
The miniature nascent soul, trembling slightly and emitting a dim red light, stood atop Yuan Zi's head. His eyes were slightly closed, and a pale golden light flowed between his brows as he unleashed the Soul Searching Technique, a secret art feared throughout the cultivation world!
This was the first time he had truly used this technique since condensing his Nascent Soul. The target was the Nascent Soul of another Nascent Soul cultivator of the same level. Even though the other party's Nascent Soul was sealed, the soul-searching process required extra caution. He needed to extract memories while avoiding triggering any potential self-destruction restrictions or damaging crucial information.
As a massive amount of chaotic and fragmented memory fragments flooded into Luo Ming's mind like a torrent, the expression on his face gradually became somewhat—strange. He began to trace back from Miao He's earliest and oldest memories.
Initially, he was a reasonably talented but struggling young rogue cultivator who accidentally obtained a manual called "The Wondrous Crane and Phoenix Cry Technique".
The ancient secret technique of dual cultivation.
This technique is originally a traditional Taoist dual cultivation method that emphasizes the harmony of Yin and Yang and mutual benefit. If one can find a Taoist partner with whom one shares a similar mind and whose cultivation level matches, it will greatly benefit both parties.
However, the boy in the memory, after initially grasping the basics, quickly went astray. He used some of the secret techniques and combined them with some evil methods of absorbing vital essence, transforming it into a vicious practice that specifically plundered women's virginity for personal gain.
Using this technique, he harmed countless low-level female cultivators, and his cultivation level advanced rapidly, from Foundation Establishment to Core Formation, and then to the late Core Formation stage. In the end, he even managed to successfully condense a Nascent Soul!
"Hmph, this perfectly orthodox Xuanmen dual cultivation path has been turned into a heretical and evil path by this guy." Luo Ming thought with disdain, quickly skimming over those disgusting images of sexual exploitation.
However, in those chaotic and evil memories, he did see some exquisite descriptions of the Yin-Yang harmony and the union of dragon and tiger in the original text of the "Wonderful Crane and Luan Cry Technique". They were not entirely without value, and even had some unique aspects in the orthodox theory of dual cultivation.
Luo Ming's heart stirred slightly: Some of the harmonizing secret techniques and methods of spiritual energy resonance in this method are quite effective in improving the efficiency of dual cultivation. If he and Yao'er studied and improved upon them together, discarding the evil methods and taking the essence—it might be beneficial to their cultivation. This thought flashed through his mind, but he suppressed it for the time being.
He quickened his pace, skimming over the vast amount of memories that Miaohe had accumulated after forming his Nascent Soul, including those related to pleasure, power struggles, cultivating his natal technique "Blood Crane Manual," and various escape and survival secrets. Although these memories were numerous, few were of use to Luo Ming.
The Blood Crane Technique focuses on blood-based supernatural abilities, and its accompanying technique, Blood Escape, caught Luo Ming's attention. This technique requires refining the essence blood of a powerful avian demon beast to cultivate a "Blood Crane Avatar" in the dantian. When necessary, igniting this avatar can unleash a speed far exceeding the normal range, making it an excellent escape technique.
This Blood Escape Technique is quite interesting. Its principle seems similar to the method of cultivating external avatars in the *Mysterious Purity Qi Transformation Technique*, both using essence blood or primordial energy to condense temporary avatars, only the latter's purpose leans towards escape. Perhaps I can borrow a bit from it and integrate it into my escape techniques or avatar abilities.” Luo Ming noted this down, intending to study it later.
Miaohe's memories flashed by like turning the pages of a book. Just as Luo Ming was about to lose patience with her life and think that this person had nothing to offer except for sexual exploitation, scheming, and escaping, a newer memory suddenly caught his attention!
That was a memory from about a year ago, of a conflict that broke out between Myo-ho and another level-nine Gale Beast somewhere in the deep sea.
The cause seemed to be a struggle for some rare deep-sea spiritual object. During the battle, Miaohe was no match for Fengxi and was forced into a desperate situation. In the last moment, she ruthlessly self-destructed several of her prized magical treasures and part of her physical body, severely injuring Fengxi. Only then was Fengxi's nascent soul able to use a secret technique to escape by sheer luck.
In that chaotic memory, Luo Ming clearly "saw" a familiar figure—Yi Mingyue! And her companion, Han Li!
In the scene, Mingyue was surrounded by pale blue gales, her movements agile and ethereal, so fast that she almost left afterimages. The wind-attribute divine abilities she unleashed were incredibly powerful and their trajectories unpredictable. Han Li, on the other hand, was wrapped in golden arcs of electricity.
The two of them joined forces and fought the wondrous crane to a standstill, neither gaining the upper hand! What surprised Luo Ming even more was that Mingyue's cultivation had already reached the late stage of Core Formation! Moreover, the density and power of her magic seemed to be slightly stronger than Han Li's beside her!
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