Chapter 185 – Lord of the Blood Sea
The man standing there was over ten feet tall. He radiated a powerful killing intent and wore purple armor with extremely sharp bone spikes protruding from various places.
His black hair flowed freely behind his head, his face incredibly handsome and stern. He looked like a demon, especially with his cruel expression.
His eyes glowed red as he stared at the Demon God of Six Desires. After a moment of contemplation, he said slowly, “Yi Er, you still remember your teacher. That’s great. But my name is now Demon God Ti Su.”
After Six Desire Devil Lord heard those two words, his heart was shaken and he couldn’t believe his eyes. If it was just someone who looked like his master, he wouldn’t have been so shaken, but this person called him by a nickname that only a few people knew. Besides his master, the Sky Demon Witch, who else could it be?
The Six Desires Devil Sovereign took a deep breath. His face was filled with uncertainty as he stared at the person before him and said, “You… you, are you a human or a demon? Why did you transform into a demon like Hunchback Meng? After all, a thousand years ago you…”
The Sky Demon Witch closed her eyes, but immediately opened them again and said, “What you mean to say is that I should have died a thousand years ago, and then ask how I came back to life, right?”
The Six Desires Demon Lord was secretly worried. With the appearance of Hunchback Meng and the resurrection of his deceased master, he felt that this place was too strange. He felt a sense of dread in his heart because he knew there must be a great secret here.
His doubts that the Land of the Ancient Gods was not as simple as him attaining the body of an Ancient God and receiving all the treasures within grew.
The doubt began a thousand years ago, when his master received the inheritance from the Land of the Ancient Gods and became like a new man.
It had always puzzled him for years, but now, like a bolt of lightning, a very bold speculation popped into his head.
“I’m not possessed!” said the Sky Demon Magician as he slowly looked in the direction Hunchback Meng had left.
The Six Desires Demon Lord was shocked in his heart, but his face remained calm as he stared at his master and slowly retreated.
The Sky Demon God said without looking at the Six Desires Demon God, “Take ten more steps back, I will be forced to act!”
The Demon Lord of Six Desires stopped and whispered, “Master, what is the meaning of all this? Even if you want to kill this disciple, you should at least tell me what it means.”
The Sky Demon Witch turned her head and looked at the Six Desires Demon Lord. She pondered for a moment and said, “Alright, there’s no harm in telling you. This…”
Before he could finish speaking, the Six Desire Devil Lord caused the body of the young man in his hand to explode violently. Although the young man had been dead for some time, his blood hadn’t dried yet, and it looked like he had just died.
As his body exploded, a mist of blood suddenly erupted and instantly enveloped the Six Desire Devil Lord. His entire body seemed to merge with the mist and disappear as he charged toward the exit of the third trial.
“Blood Desire Escape… Very good. As expected of my disciple. When things weren’t looking good, he ran away.” The Sky Demon Magician said with an approving smile on his face as he looked in the direction the Six Desire Devil Lord had left.
All of the Six Desire Devil Lord’s techniques were personally taught by him. The cultivation method he taught was the Mysterious Sky Devil Cultivation Method. Humans possess six innate desires. This cultivation method trains one to control one’s own desires and then use them to influence the desires of others for one’s own ends.
Compared to the Death Curse Technique, this technique was only slightly less vicious. The most important part of the Mysterious Sky Demon Cultivation Method was controlling one’s desires. If one could completely control four desires, they would reach the Soul Formation stage, and if one could control all six desires, they would reach the Soul Transformation stage.
The Demon Lord of Six Desires had mastered his five innate desires. The last desire he hadn’t mastered was obsession. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t master it. His sole obsession was his own cultivation. From the first day he began cultivating, he promised himself that he would reach the Soul Transformation stage.
This had always been his dream and lifelong goal. The Sky Demon Sorcerer once predicted that this obsession would be the greatest obstacle for the Six Desires Demon Lord, and it had come true.
This Blood Desire Escape technique originates from the Mysterious Sky Demon Cultivation Method and is used as a last resort. By sacrificing one’s cultivation to control one of one’s desires, it will grant an unimaginable speed boost.
The Six Devil Desire Lord had always been a very decisive person. When he saw his master, he was horrified. He decided to take a risk and escape safely.
At that moment, Wang Lin was moving rapidly northwest, heading toward the exit of the third trial. All the wandering souls in his path automatically moved aside, making way for him.
His body moved so fast, it almost seemed like a blur. He was getting closer and closer to the exit. Wang Lin didn’t have time to care about the life and death of the Six Desires Devil Sovereign. They barely knew each other. Whether or not the Six Desires Devil Sovereign’s death would help him escape was the most important thing.
However, what disappointed him was that, through the wandering souls, he saw the moment when the Demon God of Six Desires met his master.
And Hunchback Meng only paused for a moment before continuing to chase him.
Wang Lin took a deep breath and took another sip of liquid spiritual energy. He waved his right hand, and a cold blue flame appeared. He slammed his storage bag shut, and a black, poisonous sword emerged, emitting a cold pressure.
Wang Lin’s body swayed for a moment as he shot the blue flame and the black poisonous sword backward, then continued charging forward. The blue flame and the black poisonous sword separated and charged toward Hunchback Meng from two different directions.
As Hunchback Meng gave chase, he silently concluded that this person was the one emitting the disgusting odor he disliked. He was extremely confused by this matter, and acted on impulse with the desire to chase after and tear the person to pieces to relieve his anger.
However, Hunchback Meng actually admired this person in his heart. He could tell that they were only in the middle stage of Core Formation and that this person was extremely cunning. If he started chasing them, they would immediately flee as fast as they could.
What truly surprised Hunchback Meng was that all the wandering souls here had no aggression towards this person. Even though this person had recklessly charged through the third trial, they would not attack him.
This made his heart feel very strange. The only reason he hadn’t been attacked was because his master had given him a magical treasure that devoured souls.
But how could others do the same? Hunchback Meng was utterly confused. He took a deep breath. Then he took a quick step forward.
However, as soon as he started moving, he felt blue flames attack him. He sneered and charged forward even faster.
He didn’t even bother dodging and charged straight at it. The blue flames flickered a few times before exploding into countless ice sparks and disappearing.
Hunchback Meng sneered and was about to speed up when his expression suddenly changed. Although the ice flames were slowly disappearing, he looked down at his chest and realized it was blue. There was a layer of ice on it.
Ice quickly began to spread throughout Hunchback Meng’s body.
Hunchback Meng stopped. He bent down and placed his right hand on the ice, causing it to crack and stop spreading.
At that moment, he saw a flash of light in the distance. Following that flash of light, a strangely shaped black sword instantly appeared beside Hunchback Meng’s shoulder. The shape of the flying sword was extremely strange. There were many tiny blue spikes on its short blade, indicating that the sword contained an extremely toxic poison.
When Hunchback Meng saw the sword, his heart trembled. He felt a strong sense of familiarity from the word, as if it were something very important to him.
In just a moment, Hunchback Meng lost concentration, and the sword pierced his right shoulder. A pinging sound rang out as the sword struck its target. Despite the sword’s incredible speed, it only managed to pierce Hunchback Meng’s skin.
However, despite only slightly penetrating the skin, the poison within the sword began to attack Hunchback Meng’s body. Hunchback Meng ignored the poison and grabbed the sword. He had a strong feeling that the sword had originally belonged to him.
With Hunchback Meng’s cultivation, catching a flying sword was like child’s play. As he reached out to grab the sword, a layer of Qi wrapped around the sword, forming a whirlpool that prevented it from escaping.
Wang Lin was almost at the exit when his expression suddenly changed. He realized the danger the flying sword was facing. He didn’t stop, but instead, his hands moved rapidly, forming signs, until he finally spat out a mouthful of golden Qi.
At the same time, the flying sword trapped in the Qi vortex sensed it and the blue poison on the sword intensified.
As Hunchback Meng reached out to grab the sword, the whirlpool loosened and the sword let out a popping sound as eight spikes shot out from the sword and charged towards Hunchback Meng at incredible speed.
If one were to analyze the poison on the sword, they would find that it was completely incomparable to the poison on the thorns. When Wang Lin crafted this flying sword, he paid great attention to the 99 thorns.
Almost all of the poison is stored in the spines, and as a result, the amount of poison contained in the eight spines is very high.
If used against others, it would be extremely effective. However, Hunchback Meng was a poison cultivator. The main poison in the thorn was Wang Ding Poison. This poison was originally Hunchback Meng’s treasure, so it couldn’t harm Hunchback Meng.
Previously, when the sword pierced Hunchback Meng’s shoulder, it only took a moment for the poison to be absorbed.
However, even though the poison on the thorns wasn’t dangerous, their power was still like eight flying swords. If it were anyone else, their palms would have been pierced, but Hunchback Meng’s demon-like body had already reached an unimaginable level of hardness. The moment the thorns struck his palms, they split in two upon impact.
Although the thorns broke, they slowed the hand reaching for the sword. At that moment, the flying sword flew away. Hunchback Meng was only able to grab the tip of the sword before it disappeared from his hand.
However, Hunchback Meng’s cultivation was extremely powerful. Just by touching it, he was able to dull the sword’s color and cause cracks to appear on the blade.
The flying sword quickly disappeared without a trace as it fled to more than 1000 feet away from Hunchback Meng.
Hunchback Meng’s face darkened. Staring in the direction the flying sword had disappeared, he waved his right hand and tore open a gap.
A powerful Divine Sense shot out from the crack and swept the surrounding area, then proceeded to cover the entire third trial. However, it carefully circled the area where the soul eater was sleeping.
“What’s wrong?” Divine Sense sent a cold message.
Hunchback Meng immediately knelt down when the Divine Sense came out and said, “Master, there is a cultivator who is too close to the exit. I beg your help.”
“Okay,” replied Indra Ilahi.
Hunchback Meng immediately attacked Wang Lin after hearing that reply. He was certain that even with the messenger’s help, there was no way this mid-stage Core Formation kid would be able to reach the exit.
The messenger’s Divine Sense quickly scanned the third trial and found Wang Lin and the Six Desire Devil Lord. He first focused his Divine Sense on the Six Desire Devil Lord, who was enveloped in a blood-colored light that significantly increased his speed. However, the deeper the Six Desire Devil Lord went, the more wandering souls there were. It was more than his treasure could handle.
As a result, he was attacked by many wandering souls along the way. He relied on his spiritual energy to fight off the wandering souls rampaging within his body.
The moment the Divine Sense appeared, the Six Desires Demon Lord was greatly shaken. After finally getting rid of the wandering souls, that abnormal Divine Sense appeared. He knew that the person’s cultivation must be abnormal to emit such a powerful Divine Sense.
After Divine Sense scanned Six Desire Devil Lord, it sent out a wave of power that caused the blood-red light to fade little by little until it disappeared, revealing Six Desire Devil Lord’s face full of horror.
“I can’t act with the Soul Devourer around. I can only help you block him (Six Desire Devil Lord) once.” After completing his action, his powerful Divine Sense sent a message to Sky Devil Magician, who was indifferently chasing after Six Desire Devil Lord.
The Sky Demon Witch’s face was calm. She nodded her head and immediately advanced.
Six Desire Devil Lord groaned and gritted his teeth. Without hesitation, he unleashed another will to activate the Blood Desire Escape Technique again. This time, his body was barely able to withstand the technique, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood. The wandering souls in his body began to gnaw at him. He smiled wryly and charged forward.
His divine sense scanned the Six Desires Demon God again, but this time he didn’t act. After a glance, he left. He arrived at the exit to the third trial and saw Wang Lin 1,000 feet from the exit.
The Divine Sense sent out a wave that targeted Wang Lin. Wang Lin noticed the Divine Sense the moment it appeared. Although it was very powerful, Wang Lin felt a bit strange. He sensed something was wrong with this Divine Sense.
As the Divine Sense attacked Wang Lin, he suddenly realized what was wrong. This Divine Sense didn’t belong to a cultivator, but to a wandering soul that was about to become a soul devourer.
This was Wang Lin’s first time encountering such a large wandering soul, but a wandering soul was still a wandering soul. Even if it became a soul devourer, no matter how large it was, it was still below a soul devourer. It was still a huge gap for a wandering soul to overcome.
The huge wandering soul dared to attack Wang Lin, who was a soul devourer. From Wang Lin’s perspective, this huge wandering soul was essentially a super immortal pill. If Wang Lin could devour it, his soul would not only be able to recover to its original state, but even surpass it to an unimaginable level.
At that moment, the wandering spirit’s attack struck Wang Lin, causing him to be stunned. This greatly shocked the wandering spirit.
“Soul Eater! You… You’re a Soul Eater!” the wandering soul exclaimed. Although there was a hint of shock in his voice, there was also a hint of joy.
Wang Lin had some doubts in his heart, but he began to devour the wandering soul that had entered his body. The wandering soul immediately withdrew its Divine Sense, but a part of itself had already been devoured by Wang Lin.
Wang Lin licked his lips. He could clearly feel that his Ji Realm Soul was rapidly increasing, but he felt a bit regretful. If he could devour the entire soul, his own soul could improve even more.
After the great soul escaped, he used a complicated method to open a gap and disappeared from the third test.
At that moment, in the Sea of Demon God Blood, a crack appeared in the sky as a massive soul emerged through it. He quickly made his way to the tallest pillar that reached the heavens. As he approached it, his soul took the form of a young man. He knelt in the air with a weak expression, but his expression was filled with joy.
“My lord, on the third try I saw a… soul eater!”
Atop the pillar sat a red-haired man. He lowered his head, his hair obscuring his face. However, a sense of arrogance radiated from his body.
When he heard the voice of the wandering soul, his body suddenly trembled and he raised his head. His bloody face was revealed. As he raised his head, a thick mist of blood appeared in the Blood Sea.
Meanwhile all the cultivators on the pillars, and even those sitting on the blood-stained ground, immediately looked at him with expressions of joy on their faces.
“Soul Eater… Are you sure?” The man’s voice was low, yet filled with incredible majesty.
The long-haired man formed from the soul said, “Sir, I’m sure that person is a soul eater. He’s near the exit of the third trial. If you want to catch him, you must go now!”
“Soul Eater…” The red-haired man’s eyes showed a dull expression. He waved his hand, and a crack thousands of feet long appeared.
“Demon God Ti Su, all of you, capture and bring back that Soul Eater!” The red-haired man said, then lowered his head again and fell silent.
After he finished speaking, all the cultivators in the Blood Sea jumped off the pillars or the ground and disappeared into the gap.
The great soul also followed them through the gap. The entire sea of blood suddenly emptied. Only the red-haired man remained. He used his red hand to gently write a line of small words on the ground.
“I’ve been sealed in the Demon God’s Sea of Blood for tens of thousands of years. Today, I heard about a soul devourer appearing again. I’m overjoyed…”
Beside the rows of small words, there were several rows of handwritten words.
“Entering the third trial, I immediately realized that this place was a rift connected to the World of Decay. After searching, I found the entrance to the World of Decay, but I didn’t enter.
“This Land of the Ancient Gods has been greatly exaggerated by the rumors. Aside from the slightly enjoyable third trial, the rest of the realm is extremely disappointing. I originally wanted to leave, but since I’m already here, I might as well check it out, or I’ll just be wasting my time.”
“The fourth realm is simply a transfer array. It transfers people based on their speed through the three realms. It’s extremely complex. After spending a long time studying it, I can now use it to enter any part of the Ancient God’s body.”
“How could this be the Land of the Ancient Gods? This is clearly the Land of the Demon Gods.”
“Ancient God Tu Si… this person is truly a cultivator of great wisdom. I greatly admire him… for discovering this method.”
“I never thought I would be trapped in one place for thousands of years…”