Chapter 116

Chapter 116: Master Blood-Refining is Hungry

Whether it was on the various islands on the Endless Sea or in the countless forbidden areas scattered around the Endlands world, there were many strange and unusual races.

The sea corpse race was one of them.

This race was located at the edge of a forbidden area on the Endless Sea. Before the fragmented face of God arrived, there was no sea corpse race in this world.

However, the arrival of God and the pollution of His aura changed the course of history. Some races disappeared from the world, some managed to survive, and there were some new races born that had never been seen before.

The sea corpse clan was precisely one of these new races.

This race was unusual. They survived by absorbing heterogeneity, and they lacked the ability to reproduce. In order for their race to grow, they required a special method.

And that method was… conversion.

By using the sea corpse race’s unique method, the dead of other races could be marked and revived as a sea corpse!

After resurrection, the newly revived sea corpse would have incomplete memories of its previous life, almost becoming a completely different person. Its personality would become twisted and bloodthirsty, and its bodies would exude strong heterogeneity. Moreover, it would feel a sense of rejection from the world itself, and the call of the sea corpse race would echo in its mind.

This call would guide it to the location of the main sea corpse race. There, it would become a true member of the sea corpse race, learning the cultivation techniques unique to the sea corpse race. These cultivation techniques would allow it to gradually regain its mental faculties and continue to grow stronger.

But sea corpses were innately more ruthless the more they cultivated, and even if they regained the memories of their past, they wouldn’t care.

The stronger their cultivation base was when they were alive, the stronger they would be after the conversion. However, there were many restrictions on the conversion method, and the success rate wasn’t very high. Thus, the sea corpse race had never grown into a major problem for the rest of the world, and thanks to some special circumstances, they weren’t exterminated.

Several epochs ago, the sea corpse race had discovered that human corpses tended to make for more successful converts. Thus, the sea corpse race often came into conflict with the human race.

Seven Blood Pupils was located not far from the sea corpse race’s main base of operations, so both factions had an increasingly strong hatred of each other. Every once in a while, they would even go to war.

Now, with the help of the merfolk, the sea corpse race’s army had rushed over. That enormous crocodile roared ferociously, crawling on air and sticking out halfway through the vortex.

The several figures on its head were covered with wisps of black energy that represented powerful heterogeneity.

Thanks to that black energy, their appearance couldn’t be seen clearly, only their blood-red eyes and cultivation fluctuations that didn’t seem any weaker than those of the merfolk ancestor.

When he saw the arrival of the sea corpse race, the merfolk ancestor broke out into a laugh.

“Zheng Kaiyi, this old man would like to see what other cards your sect has!”

“Then look well.” Seventh Master’s expression didn’t change at all as he stood in mid-air. He took out a very ordinary-looking jade slip and tossed it lightly toward the sea corpse race’s army, which was surrounded by a terrifying baleful aura and boundless heterogeneity.

The jade slip flew harmlessly through the air, and before the sea corpses could do anything, it shattered on its own.

As soon as it shattered, the sky rumbled, as if countless thunderbolts had just exploded simultaneously.

The entire sky seemed to sink in, and cracks appeared everywhere.

These cracks swam through the sky like heavenly dragons, ripping and tearing the sky further wherever they passed. From a distance, it seemed like there was an invisible brush painting ink over the sky.

Soon, the cracks connected together, and then… an enormous figure was outlined in the sky!

It was the figure of an old man!

He seemed to be one with the sky, looking down at the living things below completely expressionlessly.

With one look, the sea instantly churned with unprecedented waves. In a radius of ten thousand kilometers, all existences at the bottom of the sea hid away, and all sea beasts trembled in terror.

With one look, the merfolk ancestor instantly spewed blood. His eyes revealed extreme terror, and his body shook continuously as he dropped down on his knees.

With one look, giant crocodile that was halfway out of the vortex wailed. Its body seemed to be decomposing faster and faster, but it didn’t dare to move at all.

The sea corpse experts above its head trembled uncontrollably, and the heterogeneity coming off their bodies couldn’t help but fluctuate violently.

They coughed up blood one after another as their expressions changed drastically.

Behind them, much of the army simply exploded.

“Welcome, ancestor!” Taking a deep breath, Seventh Master bowed respectfully to the elderly figure formed by the cracks in the sky.

The elders and Foundation Establishment cultivators of Seven Blood Pupils also bowed their heads and called out their greetings.

At that moment, the figure of the Seven Blood Pupils ancestor in the sky suddenly flickered, and the countless cracks forming his body seemed to jump out of the sky, turning into blood-red threads that seemed almost alive.

The sky rumbled as the threads all rushed toward the sea corpse race’s army, which was already in pandemonium from the previous glance.

As the sea corpse cultivators paled, those red threads quickly set upon the army. Whenever the red threads touched someone, that person would quickly wither to nothing, as if their vitality had been devoured.

An instant later… the enormous crocodile directly turned to nothing, and the several sea corpse experts on its head withered up and died.

The army behind them couldn’t escape this catastrophe, either. With the appearance of the red threads, they were completely wiped out…

But it didn’t end there. After eradicating the sea corpse race’s vanguard, the red threads rushed straight toward the vortex.

Apparently, this was their goal all along!!

The vortex tried to close, but it was too late. As soon as it began to shrink, countless red threads poured in, full of greed and madness…

The vortex disappeared in the next moment, but it could be imagined that a tragedy was playing out on the other side!

With the disappearance of the vortex and the red threads, the sky became clear again, and the great sea also recovered its calm, as if nothing had happened at all.

The only sign of what had just occurred was the shocking sight of dead sea corpses raining down into the sea.

“How was it?” Seventh Master looked over at the merfolk ancestor, who was kneeling down inside the water bubble and trembling violently.

“Sudden… breakthrough… Seven Blood Pupils’ ancestor, Master Blood-Refining… broke through! Zheng Kaiyi, from the very beginning, your Seven Blood Pupils’ goal wasn’t my merfolk race. It was the sea corpse race!!” The merfolk ancestor fell into despair.

The sea corpse cultivator inside the other water bubble felt his entire body go limp. His original indifferent expression had been completely replaced by terror.

“You aren’t stupid. I wouldn’t need to use too much effort on your lowly merfolk race. But the ancestor was hungry, so I used you as bait to fish out the sea corpse race.”

“Honestly, I have to thank you. Thanks to you, the sea corpse race opened the way for the ancestor all on their own.”

“Now, let’s continue the great competition.” Seventh Master smiled. He took the merfolk ancestor and sea corpse captive with him in their water bubbles as he sat down on his Greatwing with a relaxed expression.

As for the battlefield down below, he didn’t forcibly break open the merfolk race’s array formation. Mountain-foot disciples lived by survival of the fittest anyway, so he might as well let them feel some more danger. As for what happened, or how many died inside, he didn’t care.

“Those wolf pups are probably just here to get rich. There’s nothing worth seeing.”

At the same time, in the fish skeleton city on Juying Island, Xu Qing suddenly raised his head. He didn’t know what had happened outside, but he saw that the sky had suddenly turned dark.

That was because of the merfolk ancestor’s array formation that now covered the islands. It seemed to be dissolving Seven Blood Pupils’ sea of purple light, and the suppressive force of the sky-sealing array seemed to be weakening. Xu Qing’s eyes couldn’t help but narrow.

“I have to hurry up!” Xu Qing didn’t hesitate any longer and stuck a flight talisman on his body. His speed suddenly increased, and he turned into a long ray of light that shot straight toward the Foundation Establishment Pagoda up ahead.

Less than thirty breaths of time later, he arrived to see more than seventy merfolk cultivators surrounding the Foundation Establishment Pagoda.

Xu Qing looked up at the dozens of meters tall Foundation Establishment Pagoda. It was obvious that the seventy over merfolk cultivators were all Dharma protectors for the merfolk in the pagoda. It seemed that whoever was in the pagoda had an impressive status.

There were also seven or eight disciples of Seven Blood Pupils there, all of whom were after the Spiritual Breath Lamp. After all, 500,000 spirit stones was a lot.

When Xu Qing arrived, these disciples were already embroiled in battle with the merfolk guards. There were many corpses on the ground, both those of merfolk and those of Seven Blood Pupils disciples.

A bloody scent filled the surroundings. It was so strong that normal people might vomit just by smelling it. But for these disciples here, it just stoked their bloodthirst.

Xu Qing’s appearance had also attracted the attention of the battling cultivators, but before anyone could look closely, Xu Qing’s figure turned into an afterimage as he rushed straight toward the top of the Foundation Establishment Pagoda.

But at that moment, dozens of merfolk cultivators who weren’t participating in the battle popped out to block him.

Among them, there was one whose cultivation base appeared to be at the peak of Qi Condensation, but was in fact much stronger. Clearly, this was a Foundation Establishment expert whose cultivation base had been suppressed. Glaring at Xu Qing, he quickly formed a hand seal.

Immediately, the phantom image of a trident-wielding merfolk appeared behind him. Its whole body was black, and it rushed toward Xu Qing with a ferocious expression. At the same time, the other merfolk quickly cast spells that shot toward Xu Qing from all directions.

At the same time, cold light flashed through the eyes of those Seven Blood Pupils disciples. Each of them suddenly revealed a trump card and broke free of the fighting to rush toward the top of the pagoda. Clearly, they were hoping to use Xu Qing as a distraction while they snatched the holy relic.

Xu Qing’s eyes were ice cold. Before he had even come here, he had decided to kill whoever dared to block him. He suddenly waved his hand, and black light shone above his head. His magic boat immediately appeared in the air.

As soon as the huge magic boat appeared, a powerful pressure descended on the surroundings. Even just floating there, it gave off a completely different aura compared to the other disciples’ boats.

Xu Qing formed a hand seal, and the four legs of the magic boat suddenly dropped down. Tens of thousands of sharp iron spikes pierced in all directions.

The storm of spikes seemed to even shake the sky.

Wherever they passed, merfolk cultivators would scream in misery and their bodies would be riddled full of holes. Even the merfolk cultivator who had formerly been in Foundation Establishment couldn’t help but pale, retreating rapidly with a look of horror on his face. Unfortunately, he couldn’t escape from the storm of iron spikes.

His body instantly turned into a bloody mess. As miserable screams came out, a dagger pierced through his neck at an astonishing speed, and he died instantly.

The disciples who were trying to snatch the Spiritual Breath Lamp weren’t spared, either. From the moment they chose to fight over treasure with Xu Qing, Xu Qing had decided not to hold back. By now, corpses littered the ground outside the tower, with only Xu Qing still alive.

Without a moment’s pause, Xu Qing immediately ascended the Foundation Establishment Pagoda, reaching the top in a matter of seconds.

Looking in through the window, he saw a merfolk youth sitting cross-legged in meditation, and there was a lamp next to him.

The lamp looked quite peculiar, like a black umbrella that was placed upside down. The handle of the umbrella was the lamp’s wick.

At that moment, its pale yellow light enveloped the merfolk youth, protecting him from unknown evils.

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