Chapter 2377: The Bone Clan's Fall
A thousand years ago, the Blood Demon, in the Kunlun Realm where the rules of heaven and earth were incomplete, cultivated to the Great Saint realm with heaven-defying talent, becoming the greatest enemy of Xue Hou.
Xue Hou, Ming Emperor, and Yan Liren joined forces to kill the Blood Demon.
To be precise, they did not completely kill him. The Blood Demon preserved his head and Sacred Soul, sleeping for a thousand years.
After awakening a thousand years later, his cultivation had plummeted to rock bottom. Without a Sacred Source, without a complete body, he nevertheless cultivated to the Nine-Step Saint King realm within the Endless Abyss in just a few short years.
At his peak, the Blood Demon had over ninety million Sacred Dao Rules within his body, enough to contend with the invincible Yan Wushen.
The Blood Demon's age seemed to exceed a thousand years, but it could not be calculated that way. For example, Zhang Ruochen's soul merged into the Ninth Prince eight hundred years later; one could not say Zhang Ruochen was over eight hundred years old, could one?
In reality, the current Blood Demon was completely different from the Blood Demon of a thousand years ago. He was essentially reborn.
A deity of the Undying Blood Clan recognized the Blood Demon's extraordinariness and sent a divine thought to inquire of the Great Clan Leader of the Demon Heaven Tribe, "When did the Demon Heaven Tribe produce such a formidable junior? He has just broken through to the Hundred Shackles Realm, yet he already has the momentum to swallow mountains and rivers."
The Great Clan Leader of the Demon Heaven Tribe remained calm and composed, saying, "Formidable? The Demon Heaven Tribe has geniuses like clouds; the Blood Demon can only be considered of average talent."
The deity who had just asked wanted to spit in the face of the Demon Heaven Tribe's Great Clan Leader.
Average talent?
Could you find another one of such "average talent"?
Many deities of the Undying Blood Clan had noticed the Blood Demon early on, because after entering the Heaven Hunting Battlefield, he was the first cultivator from Hell Realm to break into the interior of the Dark Star.
After emerging from the Dark Star, his cultivation reached the Hundred Shackles Realm.
In this Heaven Hunting Battle, a total of fifty-three cultivators entered the interior of the Dark Star, but only six managed to escape, a mortality rate of nearly ninety percent.
The Blood Demon was one of the six, making it hard not to be noticed.
Within the Divine Realm World of Xue Jue War God, the deities of the Blood Heaven Tribe were also discussing the Blood Demon.
Xue Hou said, "The Blood Demon's physical body was already destroyed, but in the Endless Abyss of the Kunlun Realm, he obtained the secret cultivation method of the Primordial Witch Dao and condensed the Heavenly Witch Great Demon Body."
"Cultivating the Witch Dao? Hmm, not bad." Xue Jue War God said.
Being praised as "not bad" by Xue Jue War God, who looked down on all living beings, was obviously a very remarkable thing.
"The rules of heaven and earth in this era are vastly different from the Primordial Era, no longer suitable for cultivating the Witch Dao. For him to cultivate the Witch Dao to such a level is indeed remarkable," said a deity.
The Witch Dao was no less than the Nine Eternal Dao, a power that even deities longed to master.
In addition, the Witch Dao had various ancient secrets that could open many Primordial ruins.
Unfortunately, the times had changed. In the present world, cultivators who could successfully cultivate the Witch Dao were extremely rare. Even the Yama Clan's "Great Witch Heavenly Dao" had been improved before Yama Clan cultivators could practice it.
Xue Hou said, "His ability to master the power of Witch Dao should be related to his simultaneous cultivation of the nine volumes of the Heavenly Demon Stone Inscription."
...
A heavenly voice descended once again into Luo Yan's Divine Realm World, saying, "I just went to look at the Divine Reserve Volume. This Blood Demon is ranked second in Grade A, second only to Yuan Qianmo."
Luo Yan was surprised, saying, "Ranked so high? That means he is certain to become a deity?"
Tian Yin nodded, saying, "Yuan Qianmo is a Demigod, only one step away from becoming a deity. To be precise, he could have become a deity two hundred years ago, but he has been suppressing his realm all along."
The Divine Reserve Volume was one of the six volumes of the Fate Heavenly Book. In both the Heavenly Court Realm and Hell Realm, any Great Saint with more than a ten percent chance of becoming a deity would have their name appear on it automatically.
The higher the probability of becoming a deity, the more forward the name.
Those listed in Grade A were almost all Demigods, figures who were certain to become deities.
The Blood Demon was only at the Hundred Shackles Realm, yet he could be listed in Grade A, ranked second. Naturally, Luo Yan was astonished.
Luo Yan sighed, "How did so many monstrous talents appear in this millennium?"
"Not this millennium, but this Eon. This Eon has produced too many formidable juniors. But this millennium, in particular, has many," Tian Yin said.
Luo Yan's gaze turned deep, saying, "Perhaps it is a sign that a brutal era is about to arrive. I hope a divine war like the one a hundred thousand years ago does not happen again."
Even a Hell Realm titan like Luo Yan did not wish for a large-scale divine war.
Every time he recalled it, Luo Yan felt that the battle a hundred thousand years ago was too terrifying.
The injuries he sustained in that battle affected him for a hundred thousand years.
Luo Yan and Tian Yin's hearts were heavy, because they knew very well that an even more turbulent era was bound to come in the near future, completely unavoidable.
It was very likely even more brutal than a hundred thousand years ago.
Luo Yan said, "Zhang Ruochen has not yet appeared on the Divine Reserve Volume?"
"Strangely enough, he suddenly appeared. Ranked eighty-seventh in Grade D," Tian Yin said.
A very low position.
Luo Yan said, "It should not be because of fusing the Second-Rank Sacred Intent, but because of some transformation in his state of mind. As long as he is on it, that is good... at least there is still hope."
Many cultivators believed that with Zhang Ruochen's talent, he was certain to become a deity.
But in reality, Zhang Ruochen's name had not been able to enter the Divine Reserve Volume for a long time. Some deities analyzed that the Thousand Questions Realm and the Ten Thousand Deaths One Life Realm were major hurdles for Zhang Ruochen, which he might not be able to cross, and he might be forever stuck.
...
On the home planet of the Undying Blood Clan.
Countless asteroids and cosmic rocks continued to violently strike the planet-protecting grand formation. Seven Formation Earth Masters used this as cover to break into the formation and began to dismantle it.
At the same time, the Space Teleportation Array was moved by the Blood Demon to the sky and placed within the formation.
All the formation masters of the Undying Blood Clan stood at key nodes of the attack formation, fully prepared, waiting for Yan Huangtu and the Pink Skeleton to arrive.
Yu Huang looked up and said, "The Formation Earth Masters of the Yama Clan and the Bone Clan are already breaking through the first layer of the planet-protecting formation. Should we activate the attack formation first to deal with them?"
The Blood Demon stared intently at the teleportation array, saying, "They won't break the formation that quickly. Focus on dealing with Yan Huangtu and the Pink Skeleton; that is the key. Don't lose sight of the main goal."
An hour later.
The Space Teleportation Array showed no reaction, but the first layer of the planet-protecting formation was already in jeopardy, with seventy percent of its formation inscriptions broken.
Yu Huang was growing anxious, saying, "Yan Huangtu might not come through the teleportation array. I think we must activate the attack formation immediately to deal with the seven Formation Earth Masters first."
The Blood Demon said, "Calm down. Over three hundred Great Saints of the Bone Clan are gathered outside, precisely the force to counter the attack formation. You cannot kill the seven Formation Earth Masters. Yan Huangtu will definitely come, I am certain. Very soon, the moment the first layer of the planet-protecting formation is breached, he will descend into the teleportation array. That is the best timing."
"Boom!"
The first layer of the planet-protecting formation shattered.
Asteroids and cosmic rocks fell downward, crashing into the second layer of the planet-protecting formation, dense as raindrops.
Just as the attention of most cultivators was drawn away, a light flickered in the Space Teleportation Array suspended in the void.
Yu Huang stood on the Seven Star Ghost Lotus, her spirit soaring, "He's here! Activate the formation, unleash the strongest attack."
All the formation masters of the Undying Blood Clan released their Spiritual Power and Saint Qi, activating the densely packed formation inscriptions.
The first wave of attack was the most important, because at that moment, all the invading cultivators were gathered within the formation, equivalent to a targeted strike. But once they survived the first wave, the invaders would scatter instantly, and the effectiveness of the attack formation would drop sharply.
"Wait."
The Blood Demon stopped Yu Huang, his gaze locked onto the Space Teleportation Array, able to see through the array light to what was inside.
Inside the array, there was only one person.
It was not Yan Huangtu, nor the Pink Skeleton.
It was Sang Qi, a Great Perfection Great Saint of the Hundred Shackles Realm from the Bone Clan. His bone body was twelve zhang tall, pitch black, holding a dark red evil blade.
"Haha! Yan Huangtu is indeed formidable, sending a bait first to ensure safety. Zhang Ruochen's woman, I'll leave this place to you. I want to go and test the mettle of a Great Perfection Great Saint of the Hundred Shackles Realm."
The Blood Demon transformed into a blood shadow, erupting with extreme speed, directly crashing into Sang Qi in the teleportation array, sending him flying.
Yu Huang did not pay much attention to the Blood Demon's address of her, but she was shocked by his actions.
A mere Great Saint who had just entered the Hundred Shackles Realm dared to challenge a Great Perfection Great Saint of the Hundred Shackles Realm.
Do you think you are Zhang Ruochen, or Yan Wushen?
"Whoosh——"
The Space Teleportation Array flickered with light again.
Here they come!
Yu Huang no longer paid attention to the suicidal Blood Demon. Together with the formation masters of the Undying Blood Clan, she pushed the Ninth-Rank Attack Formation to its limit. The Seven Star Ghost Lotus beneath her feet emitted an extremely dark radiance, merging with the formation.
Yan Huangtu, the Pink Skeleton, and over a hundred Great Saints of the Hundred Shackles Realm from the Bone Clan appeared in the Space Teleportation Array.
All were experts, erupting with overwhelming Saintly might.
The Pink Skeleton said, "There was really no need to send Sang Qi ahead. The main force of the Undying Blood Clan is on the Seventh Dark Star. With our strength, even if all the Undying Blood Clan on the home planet were lying in ambush outside the Space Teleportation Array, it would be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. Besides, they might not even know we have mastered the spatial coordinates of the teleportation array."
Yan Huangtu's pupils emitted golden light, staring intently at the array light around them. His expression changed, and he shouted, "All cultivators, immediately activate your Sacred Artifacts for defense. Hurry!"
The power of the attack formation struck the center of the Space Teleportation Array from all directions, manifesting as dragon-shaped lightning bolts, each one zhang in diameter.
"Crackle!"
The Space Teleportation Array instantly shattered, turning to dust.
Over a hundred Great Saints of the Bone Clan were sent flying in all directions.
Monarch Sacred Artifact-level weapons were shattered by the lightning. The bones of one Bone Clan Great Saint after another were turned to ash.
In just an instant, fourteen Great Saints of the Hundred Shackles Realm from the Bone Clan fell, their bone bodies burning to ashes.
Countless other Bone Clan Great Saints of the Hundred Shackles Realm suffered severe injuries, their bones flying everywhere.
Only the bone bodies of a little over forty Bone Clan Great Saints of the Hundred Shackles Realm remained relatively intact, able to continue fighting.
The Pink Skeleton was also blasted away by the formation, but as she had a Divine Bone body and had timely activated a Supreme Sacred Artifact for protection, she was not seriously injured.
However, the Bone Clan suffering such a heavy blow drove her nearly mad with rage.
"Xia Yu, you are asking for death."
The Pink Skeleton's body rapidly grew larger, becoming a hundred meters tall, a thousand meters tall, ten thousand meters tall, a hundred thousand meters tall... Her vast and ferocious form swung a giant hand, slapping down toward Yu Huang standing on the Seven Star Ghost Lotus.
Yu Huang remained calm, manipulating the attack formation.
From the formation, over a hundred dragon-shaped lightning bolts flew out in succession, striking the giant Divine Bone Skeleton's body, turning the pink bones black and sending her crashing back down into the formation.