The First Demon of the Chan Sect-Chapter 129 - 75: Breaking the Formation and Gaining the Treasure
Chapter 129: Chapter 75: Breaking the Formation and Gaining the Treasure
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Li Qingming took a few steps forward and once again tried to immerse his Primordial Spirit into the blood-colored pond water.
"Shoo!"
In an instant, a completely murderous red arrow, fast as lightning, aimed directly at Li Qingming’s face. The arrowhead was burning with Karma Fire, and the tail exuded a thick blood mist, while the slender shaft tore through the Void with a hissing sound!
"Clang!"
Li Qingming hurriedly set up multiple layers of Yuan Qi Barrier in front of him, yet the arrow still pierced through the barriers irresistibly. With no other choice, Li Qingming had to summon the Qiankun Tripod, effectively blocking the arrow, but at that moment, the arrow feather exploded thunderously, scattering Karma Fire and surging blood mist.
The blazing Karma Fire scorched the surrounding red ground completely, melting the crimson rocks into thick magma. Following that, a sky full of blood mist surged over, instantly freezing the magma and shattering it into crimson powder.
This terrifying arrow nearly hit Li Qingming; the arrow with both ice and fire was extremely formidable, and even Li Qingming would have suffered greatly from a slight misstep!
It was just like the current situation of the Netherworld River! Although he is a being born from the Blood Sea and naturally fearless of the Karma Fire, the arrows of both ice and fire still put the Netherworld River in a difficult situation.
His originally elegant blood-colored long hair had now turned char-black, still emitting a burnt smell. His slender blood-red robe had completed its sole mission in his life, gloriously becoming the fertilizer of the Blood Sea Land.
Gently exhaling a puff of gray-black gas, the Netherworld River looked at Li Qingming with a rather resentful expression, an expression that anyone but a fool could understand.
Li Qingming ignored the Netherworld River, who was an undeserving victim, focusing his mind entirely on the pond water in front of him.
"Shoo, shoo, shoo!"
The ceaseless breaking sounds were unnerving as one bloody red arrow after another, piercing through the dense blood mist, relentlessly shot towards him, like a blood-red rainstorm.
"Clang, clang, clang, clang!"
The crystalline and jade-like light screen of the Qiankun Tripod managed to block hundreds of arrows. Li Qingming was surrounded by a sea of red Karma Fire, the flames joyously leaping and wildly climbing the light screen, seemingly trying to explore inside the Qiankun Tripod. Around Li Qingming, within a radius of thirty feet, there were endless waves of surging blood mist.
"Hey!"
Seeing the towering Karma Fire, Li Qingming’s eyes flashed with sharpness. With a light shout, a greenish light screen overflowed with verdant radiance, spreading out like ripples on water. In just the blink of an eye, it dispersed the Karma Fire, drove away the blood mist, and neutralized this wave of attacks.
Yet at that moment, the blood-red pond water surged tumultuously, and a grim chariot saturated with a murderous aura materialized above the Blood Pond. The blood-colored chariot, crushing the Void, roared thunderously. The yokes, engraved with dragons and phoenixes and full of knife and sword marks, resembled the "War Trample" of the Dinosaur Clan, possessing an awe-inspiring power!
Around the chariot, terrifying and ferocious dragons and phoenixes rose, chanting across the Nine Heavens, with Blood Radiance piercing the sky! It was as if they had been through a baptism of blood and fire, crushing over the blood, breaking through the void.
"This Killing Array must crown the Primordial!" The Netherworld River, looking at the corporeal blood-colored chariot in front of him, sucked in cold air with a hiss. He secretly felt fortunate in his heart: ’Thank goodness I have Fellow Daoist Qingming this time, otherwise alone, I might have been in mortal danger!"
Li Qingming was quite astonished at the chariot before him, fiercely cursing the Netherworld River for lacking integrity! However, at this moment, there was no room for any negligence. Li Qingming reached out, and a foot-long gleaming white Qiankun Ruler appeared in mid-air, the crystal clear ruler body emitting a chilly air!
"Boom!"
The Qiankun Ruler transformed into a gleaming white jade belt and shot out, eliciting brilliant glimmers. It immediately blocked the speeding chariot. Raising his hand again, a lush bamboo surged into the sky, emitting green radiance and shooting out sharp green sword beams. Unleashing waves of powerful Mana fluctuations, it cleaved vertically towards the chariot!
"Rumble!"
Only a violent rumble was heard, and the dazzling sword light shattered the seemingly ferocious chariot into pieces! The brilliant radiance completely illuminated this realm into a green ocean.
As the radiance faded, Li Qingming and the Netherworld River simultaneously looked towards the pond, only to see the blood mist seemed to have dissipated quite a bit. The scythe and mirror-shaped Magic Treasures, with dimming radiance, were about to fall into the Blood Pond.
"Swoosh"
Li Qingming dashed towards the scythe and mirror like lightning. Just as Li Qingming had entered the waters, the long-silent overwhelming murderous aura burst forth explosively!
"Clang"
Li Qingming continuously infused mana into the Qiankun Tripod and simultaneously summoned the treasured Qiankun Gourd, which he had obtained from the Innate Gourd Spirit Root, and held the gourd directly aimed at the scythe and mirror-shaped Magic Treasure!
"Whoosh!"
Like a black hole, a sucking force swept across the entire Blood Pond. To Li Qingming’s astonishment, all the lotus leaves in the pond trembled violently, and even the blood-colored pond water began to boil. The scythe, mirror, Gui, flag, and gourd were all sucked into the Qiankun Gourd. Regrettably, the delicate blood-red lotus deeply rooted at the bottom of the pond remained unmoved!
Before Li Qingming could react, an endless red light erupted from the center’s Twelve-Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus, drowning his figure! After the red light passed, an endless Karmic Fire burned down the blue light curtain dropped by the Qiankun Tripod, painting the entire river valley and mountains a blood-red color. Even the distant skyline seemed to have deepened in hue!
"Fellow Daoist Qingmingzi!" Netherworld River watched on the side, his eyes nearly bursting from their sockets. Although the two had only conversed twice, compared to others’ insincere pleasantries, Netherworld River believed he had a true friendship with Li Qingming! Seeing Li Qingming engulfed by the sea of fire, how could he not be anxious?
At this moment, the center of the Blood Pond was dazzling, and the red brilliance shot into the sky, as if opening a gateway to the blood realm leading to Yun Meng Swamp! The towering blood radiance fog surged, enveloping the entire valley and river. This was an unimaginably terrifying energy, and blood red had become the sole color between heaven and earth!
Not knowing how much time had passed, as Netherworld River heard no reply from Li Qingming, he anxiously leaped into the sea of fire.
"Boom"
The moment Netherworld River rushed into the sea of fire, a sound like a tsunami echoed between heaven and earth—the intense red light suddenly became even richer in color, and the scorching Karmic Fire also engulfed Netherworld River’s body.
Inside the Blood Pond, Li Qingming remained unscathed under the protection of the Qiankun Tripod. At this moment, he was intently staring at the Twelve-Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus. To obtain a complete Karma Fire Red Lotus, one must extract essence blood from one’s heart and drip it onto the lotus pod before plucking it; thus, Li Qingming had not failed to hear Netherworld River’s shout—he had deliberately not responded, hoping to lure Netherworld River into the fire as well.
"Plunk!"
Netherworld River indeed did not disappoint Li Qingming.
As Netherworld River leaped into the pond and before he could react, Li Qingming, who had been waiting in the pond, fiercely slapped his chest. A mouthful of strongly spiritual Heart Blood Essence was spit out by Netherworld River.
Li Qingming, wielding Yuan Yuqing True Essence, caught Netherworld River’s Heart Blood and flicked it towards the lotus. The blood seemingly passed through an indetectable barrier with a "plop!" and went straight into the lotus.
Netherworld River revealed anger and resentment. He had come with good intentions to find Li Qingming but was inexplicably attacked. Knowing that each drop of Heart Blood Essence was the cultivator’s essence accumulated over countless times, just this one mouthful of Heart Blood would take decades to regenerate and recover!
"Boom!"
Before he could even question Li Qingming, the Twelve-Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus suddenly emitted a ten-thousand-chi Blood Radiance, shooting up from the ground!
The enormous blood-red lotus glistened with shifting brilliance, swiftly becoming half an acre in size. Five waves like Jiao Dragons churned, the clear and smooth lotus pod, similar to Taiyin, transformed into a lotus platform about a zhang in size. The red glow reversed, and the slender lotus root deeply rooted within the blood mist, drawing streams of bright red Spiritual Energy into the lotus platform.
Sensing danger, the boundless blood mist transformed into long arrows about a chi in length, quickly filling the entire Blood Pond and making it difficult for the_lotus platform to absorb any more Spiritual Power. However, in the next moment, five waves like Jiao Dragons riding the force of thunder, roared and collided with the countless arrows, instantly destroying them!
"Bang!"
The entire lotus rapidly contracted inward, becoming the size of a palm, and vanished into Netherworld River’s brow, leaving only a bright lotus mark behind!
Netherworld River, stunned, touched his forehead and said, "Is it... over already?"
