Bryce's face was completely flushed, and he panted heavily.
His greyish-green skin, which resembled tree bark, opened and closed as the lush green leaves on his head rustled, as if they were crying with elation.
"W-what did you do to me?" Bryce struggled to extricate himself from the indescribable feeling of pleasure as he stared at Tobias with a scorching gaze.
A faint smile appeared on Tobias' face, but he didn't say anything.
Bryce was extremely perplexed, but his body was very honest, and he didn't choose to act recklessly.
He couldn't forget that feeling. The boundless power of purification was able to elevate one's life to a higher level, and it was imbued with boundless vitality and possibilities … He knew that this was the greatest opportunity of his life, and he couldn't give it up!
Not long after that, an unfamiliar black-robed man appeared before Bryce.
The man's footsteps were calm and collected, and Bryce could sense that this was a human being from his aura.
"Holy Leader!" Tobias extended a respectful salute.
Bryce's expression shifted drastically.
The exalted Holy Disciple Tobias was being so respectful toward a human? And he was referring to that human as the Holy Leader?
Who the hell was this human?!
The man put down his hood to reveal his handsome features with a smile on his face. "Hello, I am An Lin."
"An Lin?" Bryce felt like this name was very familiar.
Soon, his heart jolted violently as he exclaimed, "You're the An Lin who beat Master Laden out of … Ptui, you're the one who battled Master Laden in Huang Quan City?!"
"That's me. Also, the power that you felt just then was a result of my blood. Cassidy, Tobias, and Merlin are all my servants, and they refer to me as their Holy Leader! "
An Lin looked at the dumbstruck Bryce with a smile as he continued, "You have two choices now. The first is to establish a slave contract with me, and I can lead you to the true pinnacle of your life. The second choice is for you to die. "
Bryce was completely dumbstruck, and his mouth gaped open. He felt like everything he was seeing was fake.
After all, what An Lin had just said was far too astonishing.
The three most respected Holy Sons of the Blood Race were actually An Lin's servants? If others were to learn of this, it would definitely create a massive stir across the entire Tai Chu Continent!
Tobias looked at Bryce's dumbstruck expression, and he immediately added, "Do you know why we were chosen by the Blood Patriarch as Holy Disciples? It's all because of the Holy Leader's blood! Bryce, think about it carefully … "
Rumble!
Tobias' words instantly enlightened Bryce.
Yes, if that's the case, then everything makes sense! Why had the Blood Patriarch chosen those three people in the Holy Disciple Selection? Why had Laden suffered a crushing defeat in Huang Quan City? Why had they appeared here …
"I understand … I understand everything …" Bryce turned to An Lin, and an unprecedented light erupted from his eyes as he said, "So this is the true path. You are the true god that guides us forward!"
"This old servant, Bryce, greets the Holy Lord!"
Bryce extended a respectful bow toward An Lin.
He wasn't an idiot. As long as it involved the true dao, he would do anything to obtain it, not to mention that this was a massive opportunity. He had chosen to submit to An Lin, regardless of whether it was his body or his soul.
Bryce knew very well that this was not just his choice. This was also the choice of the Blood Patriarch!
An Lin nodded with a gratified expression. "Not bad. It looks like you know what's truly important."
An Lin and Bryce established a slave contract very smoothly.
Due to Bryce's submission, An Lin gathered everyone and changed the plan again.
Xu Xiaolan, Xuanyuan Cheng, and the others arrived beside An Lin, and they were once again thrown into disarray by the sight of the Return to Void Intermediate Stage Bryce fawning over An Lin.
"An Lin, you swindled another underling?" Xu Xiaolan's eyes widened with shock. She felt like she had underestimated An Lin's efficiency in recruiting underlings.
"How could you say that I swindled a cultivator? He was completely won over by my charisma and willingly chose to stay by my side! "An Lin exclaimed with a smug expression.
"It's the greatest honor of my life to be able to follow the Holy Lord!" Bryce's head rustled from side to side, clearly expressing his agreement with An Lin.
Bryce's head was quite unique. Even though he had a humanoid shape, there was a hat on the top of his head. The hat was actually the crown of a tree with lush green leaves growing from the tree branches.
An Lin laid a hand on Bryce's lush green crown to find that it was more delicate than normal leaves, and it had a light, refreshing fragrance to it.
"Little Bu, can you photosynthesize?" he suddenly asked.
Bryce faltered slightly before nodding. "I can, but I'm not used to it …"
"I'll introduce you to someone next time. She'll help you get used to it," An Lin said with a serious expression.
Bryce nodded with a slightly perplexed expression. He had studied photosynthesis before, but the amount of energy that could be extracted from it was limited, so he quickly gave up on this path.
With Bryce's participation, everyone began to discuss their plan again.
"Let me tell you, this Blood Rakshasa True Yin Formation can suppress and eliminate the residual Chaotic Divine Lightning within Emperor Tian Huang's body while also using yin energy to heal his injuries.
"It's best if we do it at noon."
"Because we'll be discovered sooner or later?"
"Don't interrupt, Holy Lord! That's because the formation will be less effective against Laden's injuries when his yang energy is at its peak. That's when he's at his weakest. We can wait for another two hours … "
At this moment, Laden was still oblivious to the fact that all of his elites had been sacrificed and that his most powerful guards had betrayed him and were currently plotting with the enemy to kill him …
He was breathing heavily as he continued to use the formation to recover from his injuries.
The divine medicine that Emperor Yi Deng was searching for would only be delivered to him in a few days, so all he could do during this time was to purge Emperor Tian Huang's power from his body.
After a while, the surroundings were still extremely peaceful with only the sound of breathing echoing through the air.
The yin energy of the earth converged like a vortex.
The blood energy of the formation surged like a dragon.
Clack clack clack …
A familiar, rhythmic footstep sounded.
Laden opened his eyes to discover that it was his follower, Bryce, who had arrived.
Thinking back, he had paid a heavy price in order to convince Bryce to join his side. He had done many things both in the light and in the shadows in order to earn this mighty figure's loyalty.
With this in mind, a warm smile appeared on his face. "What do you need, Bryce?"
"Just a small matter." Bryce scratched his head with a hand that was as withered as a tree branch.
"Tell me what our relationship is. There's no need to be so secretive." Laden was situated at the center of the formation, so even though he could chat with Bryce, he wanted to end this unnecessary distraction as soon as possible.
"Um … I severed all of your formation nodes …" Bryce said with a sheepish look on his face.
"What did you say?" Laden felt like he had overheard something.
"Because there's a soap over there." Bryce pointed to the side of Laden's body.
Laden looked in that direction with a confused expression, but there was nothing there.
Splat!
A sharp vine tore through the air before instantly puncturing Laden's heart!
At the same time, the Blood Rakshasa True Yin Formation suddenly stopped operating as if it had lost its power source.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
