Chapter 3809: The Primordial Ancestor of the Azure Heaven Clan
Blood Butcher had experienced the most life-and-death dangers. Sensing the situation was off, he immediately shouted to Xia Yu, Chi Kongle, and Yan Ying'er: "Go, into the Longevity Blood Tree Forest!"
He had already realized the Hall Master's intentions were hostile, and coincidentally, they were Ice King's weak point.
It was precisely because Ice King cared about their lives that he had arrived the moment the Hall Master appeared.
How could the Hall Master not exploit this?
Before the Hall Master, they naturally had no power to resist, but as Great Gods, they were not someone the Hall Master could capture with a single thought.
The reason they fled into the Longevity Blood Tree Forest was that these Longevity Blood Trees had been planted by successive ancestors of the Undying Blood Clan, representing the clan's final and most precious foundation.
Even if all the gods of the Undying Blood Clan perished, as long as White Cang Star still existed and these Longevity Blood Trees remained, the Undying Blood Clan could rise again.
Blood Butcher didn't believe the Hall Master would destroy the clan's foundation just for a few juniors like them.
The cost was too great!
"Whoosh!"
Four blood-colored doppelganger shadows burst from the Hall Master's body, each flying toward the four fleeing into the Longevity Blood Tree Forest. Meanwhile, his true form gripped a divine spear and thrust it straight at Ice King.
Ice King frowned, immediately expanding his Divine Realm World of ten thousand miles of glaciers, and struck out with a blood-colored millstone from his palm to meet the Hall Master's full-force blow.
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The four blood-colored doppelgangers, condensed from the Hall Master's blood and rule divine patterns, each unfurled nineteen pairs of blood wings, exuding the might of a God Venerable, intimidating the minds of the four fleeing individuals.
The authority of a Hall Master was enough to crush a god's spiritual will, instilling fear and despair.
"You go first. I'll hold off the Hall Master."
Blood Butcher stopped, turned to face the dark, oppressive sandstorm behind him, and released wisps of flame from his armor.
In moments, the vast desert turned into a domain of fire.
His hair bristled with rage, and with a great roar, he summoned the unique Divine Throne Planet he had cultivated, holding it above his head.
This Divine Throne Planet was like a dark star, devouring light, heavier than a sun.
From within the sandstorm, four overlapping voices of the Hall Master rang out: "How dare you! Blood Butcher, do you dare lay a hand on me, the Hall Master?"
"I am Feng Tian's disciple, Di Chen's junior brother, and the clan leader's grand-disciple. Do you think I fear you?"
Blood Butcher rattled off three prestigious titles, but somehow felt something was off.
With Ice King present, Blood Butcher naturally didn't fear the Hall Master.
The Hall Master was old, with only a few years left to live, but Ice King was still young—he was the Undying Blood Clan's future master.
The choice was obvious, wasn't it?
Besides, these were just doppelgangers.
Blood Butcher hurled his Divine Throne Planet, harder than divine iron, colliding with the four incoming Hall Master doppelgangers.
In an instant, the four doppelgangers exploded into four clouds of blood mist.
Blood Butcher was sent flying backward, his body covered in countless cracks, spitting large mouthfuls of blood.
He hadn't expected the four doppelgangers the Hall Master had separated to be so terrifying.
Seeing the four blood mists about to merge, Blood Butcher no longer dared to linger in battle, transforming into a blood light and charging toward the Longevity Blood Tree Forest.
"Didn't expect this guy to have some guts," Xia Yu remarked.
Yan Ying'er, an optimist seemingly unaware of the dire situation, giggled: "Uncle Blood Butcher has always been a top-tier ruthless figure. Ask around the Hell Realm and Heavenly Court Universe—how many aren't afraid of him? Of course, excluding those God Kings and God Venerables!"
Xia Yu, Chi Kongle, and Yan Ying'er didn't venture deep into the Longevity Blood Tree Forest but stood at its edge to provide support. Seeing Blood Butcher being chased in a hasty retreat by the merged Hall Master doppelganger, they unleashed their divine abilities.
Moments later, the battered Blood Butcher regrouped with them and roared: "Run! Head deeper into the Longevity Blood Tree Forest!"
The four fled at top speed, weaving through the trees.
"A clash between figures like the Hall Master and Ice King might shatter White Cang Star itself, and we'd still die. Why not escape upward?" Yan Ying'er pointed to the blood clouds above.
She clearly intended to flee White Cang Star.
"Ying'er is too naive! There are definitely other Boundless cultivators outside. Escaping would be walking right into a trap," Blood Butcher said while healing himself, then asked Xia Yu: "White Cang Star is our clan's foremost sacred ground. The ancestors must have laid down heaven-spanning defensive measures. Take us there quickly and activate them."
Xia Yu sneered: "Do I need you to remind me? Since Ice King expected the Hall Master to come to White Cang Star to kill him, he naturally has a thorough plan. Right now, all the measures on White Cang Star should be under his divine soul's control."
Blood Butcher said: "Ice King's enemies are definitely more than just the Hall Master. He probably can't spare attention for us. This doppelganger of the Hall Master is extremely powerful—even the four of us combined might not be its match. We need to find a way to deal with it! Take us to White Cang Star's forbidden zones or the ancestral tombs."
Blood Butcher had come to White Cang Star with a mission from Feng Tian.
Now, with this unexpected turn of events, he couldn't slowly search anymore. He had to find a breakthrough through Xia Yu.
Xia Yu, someone who had risen from humble beginnings and was highly sensitive, asked: "What exactly are you trying to do on White Cang Star?"
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After one strike, the Hall Master withdrew, his nineteen pairs of blood wings flapping like thirty-eight great worlds, radiating immense power, and broke free from Ice King's Divine Realm World.
Ice King's Divine Realm World shattered in large areas, pierced through by the war spear.
The Hall Master didn't continue attacking, instead looking down and saying: "Huang Chao, do you see? Your weakness is too obvious! To protect White Cang Star, you actually expanded your Divine Realm World to block my full-force strike. Your heart isn't ruthless enough; you lose sight of one thing while attending to another. In a battle with me, you will surely die."
Ice King's white hair cascaded like a waterfall, still calm and composed, even facing the enemy etched into his heart for a hundred thousand years.
"In the Hall Master's heart, killing me is more important than White Cang Star?" Ice King asked.
The Hall Master gazed around and said: "White Cang Star is the place where the Primordial Ancestor was reborn, where the gods were buried—it is the Undying Blood Clan's final foundation, more important than my own life, let alone yours. Xia Huang Chao, dare you fight me in the void outside the star? I will give you a fair and just chance for revenge."
Ice King shook his head: "Do you believe those words yourself, Hall Master? Today, you came to kill me, not for a fair fight. Otherwise, why bring outsiders?"
Seeing that he couldn't deceive Ice King, the Hall Master said: "Huang Chao, do you think you have any chance of surviving today?"
Ice King said: "All of White Cang Star's defensive and offensive power is now under my control."
The Hall Master shook his head: "White Cang Star's power will not attack Undying Blood Clan members, nor will it stop them from entering the star. I know White Cang Star better than you do!"
Ice King was silent for a moment, then said: "The Hall Master hasn't reached Indestructible Infinite."
"But you care more about White Cang Star than I do, just like Xumi Saint Monk back then. He cared about the Kunlun Realm behind him, so Qingtian could kill him with a formation! You care about White Cang Star and those few juniors, so you will die too."
The Hall Master urged: "Since you're going to die anyway, why not dig out your divine source and cripple your cultivation? That way, you can save White Cang Star. I swear to the Ancestor Yin that I will treat you and those juniors on White Cang Star well."
"You should understand, I only fear your revenge. Once you lose the power to take revenge, you naturally pose no threat."
"Huang Chao, you've been blinded by hatred!"
"I don't want to destroy White Cang Star either, nor do I want Wubian and the others to break in. They have no good intentions—they just want to see us kill each other, ideally both sides weakened, so they can reap the benefits."
"Can you understand my painstaking efforts?"
Ice King said: "They? Besides Wubian, who else?"
"Me!"
Qingyun Que broke through the defensive talisman formation in the blood clouds above White Cang Star and landed on the ground.
Without manifesting his giant divine body, he was already seven zhang tall, with eighteen pairs of silver wings on his back.
On the silver wings, mysterious ancestral patterns flowed, releasing soaring killing intent.
Qingyun Que was a top-tier prodigy of the same era as Ice King, now the Great Clan Leader of the Azure Heaven Clan.
Before Blood Jue War God emerged, he had been the most vocal candidate for clan leader succession.
Ice King's pupils contracted: "You've actually cultivated thirty-six wings? How could it be so fast... I understand now. You were possessed long ago. You've hidden it deep. Who exactly are you?"
Qingyun Que laughed heartily, his aged voice clashing with his youthful face.
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Fleeing to the base of a mother Longevity Blood Tree, Blood Butcher stopped, looked toward Qingyun Que in the sky, his heart pounding, and said: "It's over. It seems the secret Qing Feiwei uncovered is true."
"What did you say?" Xia Yu appeared beside him.
"You asked me what my real purpose was in coming to White Cang Star. Now I'll tell you: the Primordial Ancestor of the Azure Heaven Clan, many years ago, possessed Qingyun Que. This old bastard likely defected to Jiusi Yitianhuang, cultivated the Corpse Transformation Forbidden Art, and came to White Cang Star to dig out his own Primordial Ancestor corpse."
"Once he refines that Primordial Ancestor corpse into his body, he'll immediately gain Indestructible Infinite level combat power."
"I was ordered to come and take away his Primordial Ancestor corpse!"
Blood Butcher naturally wouldn't tell Xia Yu that he was acting on Feng Tian's orders.
But Xia Yu could guess something, after all, Qing Feicui, though born in the Azure Heaven Clan, was now a god of the Destiny Temple's Judgment Division.
The Judgment Division itself was Feng Tian's faction!
Xia Yu snorted coldly: "Primordial Ancestor? Every major clan calls their founding ancestor a Primordial Ancestor. Ten major clans, ten Primordial Ancestors? Is that possible? This so-called Primordial Ancestor of the Azure Heaven Clan, when alive, might have been at most a Half-Ancestor!"
"Call him Primordial Ancestor or Half-Ancestor, just take me to his tomb first. Taking away his Primordial Ancestor corpse is now impossible; we can only destroy it!" Blood Butcher said.
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Zhang Ruochen rushed at top speed to the edge of the star domain where White Cang Star was located.
The location of this star domain was told to him by Xiao Hei.
Xiao Hei had once gone to White Cang Star to see Ice King!
Along the way, Zhang Ruochen had already used the Earth Cauldron to refine Qingcheng Yun and Wubian.
With his current cultivation, refining a Great Unbound Infinite didn't take much time.
"Not a single ripple of divine power? It seems an Undying Blood Clan Primordial Ancestor set up heaven-defying measures in this star domain. How do I find White Cang Star?"
Zhang Ruochen took out a strand of Xia Yu's hair, sensing it carefully, but whether through the Heart of Truth or the Wuji Divine Dao, he couldn't detect any trace of heavenly secrets.
It was completely sealed off!
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