"Puff!"
The powerful force spread across the thousands of miles of blood river, sweeping down like a torrent. Cang Qian's face turned as pale as snow. The blood wolf claws on his fists directly cracked, and his body began to bend. The immense pressure forced blood to stream from his seven orifices.
"Slash!"
Xu Chu roared violently, and the blood tiger tore through the sky. The void hummed, as if this inner world was about to collapse.
"Boom!!"
A saber's glow hung in the mouth of the blood-colored tiger, shooting straight towards his chest. His eyes gradually became sluggish.
"Ah!"
The sea of blood churned, and Cang Qian let out a powerless wail. His body, as if being dismembered, merged into the blood-colored river.
The sea of blood spread for a few breaths before the warm sunlight gradually melted it, returning to the earth.
Cang Qian, the strongest man in the Cang Mu Dynasty, had, out of his momentary overestimation, attempted to seize a supreme treasure from a sixth-level puppet!
Born of greed, he died for greed!
...
At this moment, only Wang Yue, Li Bai, and a few others were at the palace. Xu Chu retracted his Fire Cloud Saber and slowly approached the puppet.
The puppet remained motionless. As Xu Chu slowly approached within three zhang, its hollow eyes instantly turned crimson.
"Ka ka ka!!"
The puppet slowly raised its head, emitting cracking sounds. However, for some unknown reason, its crimson eyes suddenly turned pale blue.
The puppet slowly stood up and took three steps forward. Xu Chu instantly gripped the Fire Cloud Saber. This was not flesh and blood; it was tireless. From the puppet’s earlier move of sending Cang Qian flying with a single slash, it was evident that its strength was not weak, and it possessed divine sense!
"Bang!"
The puppet suddenly placed its right hand on its chest, instantly kneeling on one knee and roaring towards the sky.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
"Weng~~"
The puppet, still roaring, instantly dissipated, melting into the void.
"Bang!!"
"Ka ka!"
The moment the puppet disappeared, the palace gate behind it suddenly loosened and slowly opened.
"Bang bang bang!!"
Wang Yue and Li Bai, along with Xi Shi San, instantly rushed to Xu Chu's side.
"General Xu Chu, what happened?"
Wang Yue frowned. Why did the puppet suddenly dissipate for no reason? Li Bai also frowned. How did the puppet, which was just fighting fiercely, suddenly shatter?
"Heh heh, probably because the energy supporting the puppet has been depleted due to the passage of too much time!"
Xi Shi San scratched his head foolishly. He didn't understand either. He had known the puppet would automatically dissipate; he had been waiting here long ago.
"I don't know either. It was still covered in blood energy just now, how did it suddenly dissipate?"
Xu Chu was completely baffled. The Fire Cloud Saber in his hand was still in a ready state, preparing to strike. This sudden turn of events had also surprised him.
"Let's go!"
Wang Yue glanced at it. The puppet had dissipated without any warning, which was indeed strange.
The few of them passed over the puppet's original position and crossed ten zhang in a few steps. Wang Yue extended his palm, and with a gentle touch, the large gate vanished in an instant.
It turned into dust!
"Boom!!"
"Ka ka ka!!"
Suddenly, the palace began to hum. It was likely that the materials used to build the imperial dynasty were not particularly strong. The moment Wang Yue touched it, the entire hall shook, and dust billowed everywhere!
In the blink of an eye, all that remained of the massive palace were broken bricks and tiles. In the very center of the palace, a thin, gray cloth-like object rested on a piece of white stone.
"Puff!"
Xu Chu blew away the dust and picked up the gray cloth. He gently spread it out, and golden light permeated the area. For a moment, within ten zhang of them, the air was filled with a rich pill fragrance!
Sunlight shone down, refracting and reflecting through the pill fragrance, appearing like colorful rosy clouds, as if in an immortal realm!
Golden characters, resembling spiritual snakes, bloomed forth. There was no trace of primal energy pressure, only the rich scent of the pill.
Xi Shi San squinted his eyes, greedily inhaling the rich pill fragrance, completely immersed.
"Dragon Origin Pill!"
Li Bai's face suddenly twitched. He hadn't expected this place to be the formula for the Dragon Origin Pill!
"Formula!"
At this moment, Wang Yue and Xu Chu also became excited. These golden characters, dense names of spiritual materials, were like heavenly scriptures. Only the efficacy on the last line could the few of them understand.
This pill matched the description given by Xi Shi San, and it could indeed help cultivators in the Heaven Merging Realm advance further. This pill was identical to the Myriad Venerable Pill for the Spiritual Venerable realm.
"To obtain this pill is not in vain!"
"Lord Wang, please keep this formula!"
Xu Chu smiled and handed the Dragon Origin Pill formula to Wang Yue. This formula was an unexpected gain. They had come for the pills, only to unexpectedly obtain the formula for this pill!
"Let's go!" Su Dan Xiao Shuo Wang
Wang Yue put away the formula and looked around. For miles in all directions, there were no signs of people. After being sent flying by the puppet's strike, this place had become a forbidden zone.
Just as Xu Chu killed Cang Qian, terrifying sounds echoed from all around this realm, with strange phenomena occurring everywhere. Those who had entered this realm had all gained some harvest, more or less.
Wang Yue and Li Bai had examined the primal energy fluctuations in the void and saw them constantly moving towards the central area. Judging by the momentum, the passage into this realm had scattered everyone and gathered them towards the center from all directions.
As they spoke, the few of them stepped out. Xi Shi San was carried by Xu Chu, constantly identifying the direction. With Xi Shi San around, they saved a lot of time. This realm was vast, and the terrain was undulating and layered. Flying straight through this area would still lead to them deviating from their direction due to geographical factors.
As they stepped into the void and traversed numerous forests and mountain ranges, the roars of cultivators could be heard everywhere, along with the attacks of demonic beasts. The entire inner world was now covered by a thin layer of bloody mist.
It was a world of difference from when they first entered this realm. Upon entering, it was like a paradise, with sweet fragrances everywhere. But after uncovering this veil of pretense, it became a step into hell, fraught with danger!
Just like now, opportunities were everywhere, demonic beasts roamed rampant, and human cultivators were also scheming against each other. Most cultivators met with disaster at every step!
The few of them swept their gazes across the cultivators in the forests, where the wickedness of the human heart was fully displayed.
Wang Yue swept his gaze and sighed lightly. The path of martial arts involved contending with heaven, contending with earth, and also contending with one's own kind!
...
Under Xi Shi San's constant guidance, Wang Yue and the others tore through the void, the sound like sharp sword energy whistling through the air.
Rumbling thunder rolled across the sky. In the distance, a vast palace appeared, stretching for ten li, emitting faint golden light from everywhere. An ancient aura swept towards them.