NOVPUBZhong Xin didn’t need to guess who it was—he was already preparing to turn around and face the fight, but to his surprise, the monster he had torn to pieces was still active.
Even without a head, without limbs, the monster’s remaining body was still hurtling towards him.
Zhong Xin found himself in a dilemma, unable to advance or retreat, so he decided to take a gamble.
The monster had no consciousness; if he didn’t defend himself, he’d likely be killed or, at the very least, severely injured.
He was betting that Xu Zimei wouldn’t dare to kill him—after all, they were fellow sect brothers, and the Great Elder would not be easy to explain to.
Gritting his teeth, Zhong Xin picked up his longsword and slashed at the monster, his sword blazing with extreme light. Under its edge, the monster’s remaining body exploded.
But just then, Zhong Xin felt a piercing pain in his back as a curved blade plunged deep into his chest.
Moreover, the curved blade carried a fierce storm. When the blade entered him, he heard a roaring in his ears, as if a force was wantonly ravaging his body from within.
"You dare," Zhong Xin turned his head to look at Xu Zimei, blood spurting from his mouth as if his life didn’t matter.
"Don’t be foolish. There’s nothing in this world I don’t dare to do—it’s only a matter of willingness and whether it’s worth it," Xu Zimei shook his head and said with a smile.
The next moment, he pulled out the curved blade, and Zhong Xin heard what sounded like a dragon’s roar in his ears as the powerful force wreaked total havoc inside him.
Way of Inquiry, the nineteenth form, seventh stance, Wind and Cloud Transforming Dragon.
He seemed to hear Xu Zimei’s earlier whispering again, then with a "boom," Zhong Xin’s body exploded.
...
Xu Zimei watched the sky fill with the debris of the explosion, then shifted his gaze to the nearby monster.
Although Zhong Xin had torn it apart, it was still vital and began to reconstitute itself for a new fusion.
It would be better to say it was difficult to kill, rather than unkillable.
If he had to fight the monster one-on-one, Xu Zimei felt he had little chance of winning.
After all, he was only at the Empty Vein Realm, while the monster’s strength could almost match the Emperor Pulse Realm.
However, it lacked intelligence and its methods of attack were all passive, devoid of any combat experience.
The monster’s fusion would still take some time, and what Zhong Xin had done was buy time for Xu Zimei.
Otherwise, he would have to use the token his father gave him.
...
Afterward, Xu Zimei had Xiao Guizi and Lin Ruhu attack the monster’s fusing body to delay the fusion process.
Meanwhile, he ran to the bottom of one of the deep pits and began digging with his curved blade.
Before long, Xu Zimei unearthed a set of colossal bones.
These bones must have been dead for tens of thousands of years, but they still emitted the might of a divine beast and the overpowering aura of wild desolation.
Xu Zimei dug in every pit for a while, eventually unearthing nine sets of bones.
At the heart of each set of bones, a drop of blood floated.
This blood looked very peculiar and gave off an evil aura.
Xu Zimei put the nine drops of blood into a bottle—the Nebula Bottle that Ji Baiyu had previously given him to contain Emperor’s Blood.
Once the nine drops of blood were in the bottle, it was as if they were sealed in a separate space.
And the moment these nine drops of blood touched each other, they began to fuse.
During the fusion stage, roars of divine beasts were heard, and their extraordinary forms appeared one after another.
There were Qiongqi roaring, Tao Tie opening its massive mouth, its swallowing power enveloping its body.
There were also Nether Serpents flicking pale blue tongues, opening their gloomy eyes, and Mysterious Birds taking flight, their sharp cries piercing the heavens.
...…
Just as Xu Zimei had placed nine drops of fresh blood into the bottle, Xiao Guizi’s loud shout came from above.
Xu Zimei quickly flew up from the bottom of the pit, as the monster’s fusion was reaching its crucial final stage.
"Run fast," Xu Zimei yelled at the two of them, then ran towards the distance.
Xiao Guizi and Lin Ruhu followed closely behind.
The three of them ran for a long time, encountering Blood Demons along the way but not engaging in fight; the roars of the monster behind shook the entire blood-red sky.
The trio ran frantically until they could no longer see the monster’s trace, only then did they stop.
"Senior Brother, what about Elder Brother Zhong’s matter?" Xiao Guizi looked at Xu Zimei and asked.
"No worries, every year there are some casualties among the disciples who enter the Blood Demon Secret Realm. Just do as I say when the time comes," Xu Zimei began to instruct.
...…
The Blood Demon Secret Realm had been especially restless in recent days, with rumors spreading among the many disciples who entered.
It was said that a creature a hundred zhang tall roamed the Blood Demon Secret Realm, causing great harm to many disciples and even leading to the death of some at its hands.
Many were terrified, daring not to hunt Blood Demons, and hid, waiting for the Secret Realm to open again.
During this time, the trio of Xu Zimei were desperately killing Blood Demons, with thousands of Blood Demon Crystals on them.
But it still wasn’t enough; Xu Zimei remained vigilant for the creature while killing.
The three of them killed day and night for a long time, their clothes completely soaked with fresh blood, a small part of which was their own, but most of it was the Blood Demons’.
...…
It was only when the Blood Demon Secret Realm opened that everyone was forcefully expelled, and they recovered from the onslaught.
Xu Zimei did not concern himself with others, checking his own Blood Demon Crystals; he had almost twenty thousand, enough to last him a long time.
After the opening of the Secret Realm, all disciples had to return and be accounted for before everyone could leave.
This time, due to the sudden appearance of the creature, many disciples perished at its hands.
Elder Feng tallied the numbers and found that not only were the losses heavy among the Inner and Outer Sect Disciples, but a Core Disciple had also gone missing—one who was a Direct Disciple of the Great Elder. Elder Feng felt somewhat overwhelmed and quickly dismissed everyone, going to report to the Sect Gate.
Xu Zimei was not afraid of the creature because the True Martial Holy Sect would surely act to eradicate it; such an anomaly was not tolerated.
Back at Goose Southern Peak, Xu Zimei took out the Nebula Bottle to examine it, finding that the nine drops of Divine Beast’s essence blood had already fused into one.
Xu Zimei prepared to leave the Sect, as the refinement of Tyrant Shadow was completed in three parts.
The Heavenly Thunder, Essence of the Sun, and Essence of the Moon—all three phases were completed, advancing Tyrant Shadow to an Earth Tier weapon.
He planned to visit the Pure Moon Divine Realm, to completely finish the first phase of refining Tyrant Shadow.
Then, after returning to the Sect, he had to start preparing for the upcoming Grand Competition between the Seven Sects.
This competition was of utmost importance, for an excellent performance by the disciples could lead to a chance of being selected as a Saint Heir for the Sect.
