As the cold wind blew through, fine snowflakes danced in the air, creating a snow curtain that connected heaven and earth. Beyond the covered area, the world outside was sunny and bright, as if forming its own realm.
"It’s you! How can you be here!"
Seeing Yin Li, the one-armed elderly Blood Elder’s eyes revealed shock and deep apprehension.
Yin Li stood among the wind and snow, her robes fluttering, her figure graceful like a snow fairy. She looked at the two, speaking lightly:
"Didn’t you want me to suffer, to play with me well? Now that I’m here, why aren’t you doing anything?"
Upon hearing this, the burly middle-aged man from Blood Nether Sect’s face changed dramatically, "Blood Elder, is she the one who disabled your arm!"
Blood Elder’s gaze turned grim, his eyes showing even greater apprehension.
Their conversations being overheard suggested they had been followed for a while, yet he hadn’t detected it even a bit! This truly shocked and alarmed him.
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At this moment, the sound of slicing wind resonated, as Luo Cheng arrived.
Blood Elder’s eyes flashed coldly, suddenly raising his hand to violently strike towards Luo Cheng from afar: "You brat, die for me!"
In front of Luo Cheng, a sinister blood-tinged palm force emerged from nothingness, shattering the void as it quickly covered him, swift as a thunderbolt.
Luo Cheng felt an immense pressure bearing down upon him, making his body feel trapped in a mire, tightly bound, so much that even moving a finger was immensely challenging!
"This is a Heavenly-level Great Power! I’m definitely not a match right now!"
Luo Cheng marveled internally, yet his eyes showed no fear.
A gentle force suddenly acted upon Luo Cheng, propelling him thousands of meters away.
A web of biting cold energy crisscrossed and interwove into a large net, directly binding the bloody palm force in mid-air, then gently quivering, instantly shattering it into countless fragments, dispersing with the wind.
After destroying the bloody palm force, Yin Li turned her gaze to look in another direction.
Having struck towards Luo Cheng, Blood Elder took the burly middle-aged man with him, quickly fleeing without a backward glance.
His intent was simple — assault Luo Cheng to unsettle Yin Li’s focus, then take the chance to escape!
Yin Li’s face held a cold smile, her hair swirling as her slender jade fingers pointed towards the fleeing two.
The cold wind suddenly intensified between heaven and earth.
The dancing snowflakes transformed into palm-sized ice blades, their edges razor-sharp, reflecting chilling cold light, condensing into a torrent akin to small-scale ice and snow storms, sweeping towards the two.
Luo Cheng felt astonishment, as the path of the ice blades left dense vacuum cracks in the void, resembling a torn piece of cloth. Each ice blade’s power far surpassed his peak combat strength!
This move alone revealed the enormous gap between Awakening Vein Realm experts and Heavenly-level Great Powers.
Bang bang bang bang bang bang...
The ice blade storm bombarded Blood Elder’s Protective Essence Energy, continuously breaking apart. Yet the penetrative biting cold condensed thick ice on the Protective Essence Energy, slowing their speed more and more.
Realizing the terrifying cold had stuck like glue, Blood Elder knew he couldn’t escape safely, furious, he turned around, shaking his arms to directly smash the remaining ice blade storm into pieces, glaring at Yin Li with a sinister sneer:
"Little girl, do you really think I’m afraid of you? I’d advise not to push too far! Otherwise, we’ll perish together, and you’ll gain nothing!"
"What does it matter whether you’re afraid or not? From the moment we met again, you were destined to fall at my hands."
Yin Li stepped through the wind and snow, drawing closer step by step, her tone flat yet her words exuded immense arrogance.
Luo Cheng also added fuel to the fire: "Old thing, surrender now! Today you have no escape route!"
"Hahaha! No escape route! What a claim of no escape route!"
Blood Elder laughed loudly, his voice like muffled thunder, causing the forest below to tremble violently. As his laughter stopped, two fierce gazes shot directly at Yin Li:
"You’re young yet boastful! Since you’re insistent, there’s nothing more to say! Fine, today even if we perish together, I will destroy you with my own hands!"
With those words, Blood Elder flipped his hand, revealing two blood-red pills in his palm!
The pills’ surface swirled with blood energy, as five stars surfaced and sank, faint beastly roars echoing from within, extremely peculiar!
Blood Elder handed one to the burly middle-aged man: "Consume it!"
Seeing the pill, Burly Middle-aged man’s face showed surprise, hesitating:
"Demon Yuan Blood Burning Pill! This..."
The Blood Burning Pill and Demon Yuan Blood Burning Pill were Blood Nether Sect’s secret medicine to boost one’s combat power.
The Blood Burning Pill boosted power by burning one’s Essence Blood at the cost of depleting core Essence Blood and increasing aggression, albeit without other side effects. With corresponding Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Spirit Pills and Elixir Pills, one could quickly recover.
The Demon Yuan Blood Burning Pill was different, infused with powerful Demon Beast’s Essence during its refinement, resulting in effects far exceeding ordinary Blood Burning Pills!
However, everything has a price.
While the Demon Yuan Blood Burning Pill significantly boosts combat power, even elevating one Great Realm in a short time, its side effects also greatly increase, risking realm loss upon recovery, possibly burning lifespan!!
For Blood Nether Sect disciples already short-lived, this was undoubtedly terrifying!
They would only consume this pill in life-and-death situations.
"Hmph! If you don’t want to die, then consume it!"
Blood Elder, with a stern expression, said no more and swallowed the Demon Yuan Blood Burning Pill in one gulp.
Blood Elder’s eyes instantly transformed into eerie vertical pupils, wholly crimson, with blood-red lines swiftly coursing all over his body, vibrating intensely, and expanding till even his slightly wrinkled skin puffed up, making him appear bulkier!
"Blood is burning! Is this the Blood Burning Pill? No, within the burning blood is the aura of a Demon Beast..."
Feeling Blood Elder’s change in momentum, Luo Cheng was taken aback.
In a flash, Blood Elder’s aura increased by three to four levels, immensely violent and bloodthirsty, making him appear neither human nor beast!
Yin Li glanced over, saying nonchalantly: "Leave him to me, you go kill the other one!"
Momentarily stunned, Luo Cheng looked towards the burly middle-aged man.
This man was a Peak of Ninth Layer of Awakening Vein Realm expert, even giving off a vibe more dangerous than Fierce Cloud Sect’s Yun Tianyan, an undeniably top Awakening Vein Realm expert!
Yin Li’s voice continued, transmitting from afar: "You’ve comprehended a Perfect Nine Sword Intent Prototype, an exceptionally strong Slaughter Attribute Sword Intent, and developed a powerful physique of Golden Body Realm. Below Great Power Level Strong People, few can rival you; enough to kill him."
Luo Cheng was greatly shocked; these words had exposed his cards substantially.
In high-level contests, the enemy knowing more about oneself means additional risk!
Sure enough, the burly middle-aged man, originally hesitant about consuming Demon Yuan Blood Burning Pill, hearing this steeled his resolve and swallowed the pill in one gulp.