The river of blood surged with boundless waves. It connected the sky and the ground, producing endless booms. Vaguely, one could hear the cries and howls of countless ghosts.
The three Receival experts from the World of Forsaken Saints were submerged in the river of blood. They immediately felt a mysterious power fill the river, constantly suppressing their strength. They were unable to use even fifty percent of their great strength. Fifty percent was not enough for them to protect themselves in the river of blood. Their bodies bobbed up and down in the surging river, as insignificant as a boat in the ocean. They were unable to control themselves at all.
In just a few seconds, the barrier condensed from origin energy around the three Receival experts shattered in the river of blood. Their bodies were exposed in the river of blood. As the blood came in contact with their bodies, they immediately began to corrode at a visible rate.
Their bodies rapidly melted in the river of blood. They were assimilated by the river of blood. Their bodies and origin energy had been converted into the river's energy.
This was intolerable pain and torture. The three powerful Receival experts all cried out miserably. They were unable to break free from the river of blood.
The Returnance elder who had not taken part in the battle seemed to sense something when he saw that the three Receival experts were about to die. He turned his head and stared at the blood-red cloud. A gleam of light immediately flashed through his eyes as he murmured to himself, "You're actually able to force an early Receival expert and two mid Receival experts into such a state in such a short amount of time as an early Receival expert, and it looks like you haven't even used your full strength. I've underestimated you before." With that, he no longer stood by and did nothing. He finally took the initiative to attack. Standing over ten kilometers away, he directly threw a punch at the blood-red cloud.
The punch shattered space. The space in a radius of three thousand meters around him was reduced to darkness. An extremely terrifying ball of energy tore through space and struck the blood-red cloud over ten kilometers away.
Boom!
A deafening boom rang out in the sky. The blood-red cloud began to tremble violently, and then it quickly collapsed. In just a few seconds, the entire blood-red cloud dispersed in the sky, revealing Houston who had been hiding in the blood-red cloud the entire time.
Houston stood in the air as his body violently trembled. A smear of paleness appeared on his face. Not only had the Returnance expert destroyed his blood-red cloud with a single punch, but he had also become quite injured.
After all, he was only at early Receival. Although he could kill mid Receival experts with the Empyrean Demon Arts, he was still not the opponent of Returnance experts.
As the blood-red clouds dispersed, the three Receival experts from the World of Forsaken Saints were freed as well. They had avoided death, but a small portion of their bodies had been melted away by the river of blood, so they seemed extremely terrifying. They were bathed in blood and a small portion of their bodies had disappeared. Even their heads had shrunk by a few sizes. Their noses and ears had shrunk.
The clouds had already disappeared.
"All of you, go back and heal," the Returnance coldly said. The Returnance expert said coldly. His eyes remained fixed on Houston the entire time as a strange light flickered in them.
"Thank you for your help, elder Zhang!" The three Receival experts no longer remained after thanking him. They all returned to the World of Forsaken Saints through the tunnel.
Elder Zhang arrived before Houston. His face was cold and emotionless as he looked down at Houston from above. He asked, "What's the name of your cultivation method? It's actually so powerful."
"The Empyrean Demon Arts!" Houston said in a deep voice. His face became extremely solemn, and in his hand, an extremely tiny blood spike that was over a meter long suddenly appeared. The blood spike was filled with extremely pure Soul-devouring energy as it stabbed towards elder Zhang like a bolt of lightning.
The cultivation method of the Bloodsword sect had originally been modified from the Empyrean Demon Arts, while the Baleful Yin Force that the people of the Bloodsword sect cultivated was the Soul-devouring Force that had been greatly weakened. As a result, the Soul-devouring Force naturally possessed the characteristics of Baleful Yin Force, and its strength was unknown.
It was many times more powerful.
When Houston stabbed out with his blood-red spike, elder Zhang was affected by the Soul-devouring Force as well. He actually became momentarily dazed, but he was still a Returnance expert after all. He was far more powerful than Houston, so he recovered in the blink of an eye. At this moment, the blood-red spike in Houston's hand had already appeared before elder Zhang's forehead.
Elder Zhang's pupils suddenly shrank. At this critical moment, he used his palm to grab the blood spike. At the same time, his figure rapidly retreated, narrowly avoiding this fatal blow. However, a bright red bead of blood still appeared between Elder Zhang's eyebrows. The blood spike had already pierced through a layer of skin between his eyebrows, almost piercing through his head.
A layer of cold sweat appeared on elder Zhang's back. Blood constantly dripped from the hand he used to grab the blood-red spike. Even with the protection of origin energy, he was still injured.
"A soul attack. It's actually a soul attack. What kind of power do you use? It actually has the ability to attack the soul," elder Zhang was no longer able to remain composed. He cried out in shock as he stared at Houston.
But soon after, Elder Zhang's face revealed an excited expression.
Before Houston could reply, he immediately said, "Hand over your cultivation method and I'll spare your life!" Elder Zhang's voice was filled with eagerness and greed. Houston's cultivation technique was very tempting to him. At this moment, he was even somewhat impatient to obtain such a cultivation technique.
This was because the cultivation method was just too heaven-defying. Not only could it easily kill two mid Receival experts and one early Receival expert as an early Receival expert, it could even attack the soul. Even Returnance experts would be in danger of dying if they were careless.
Houston coldly snorted when he heard that elder Zhang actually wanted his cultivation method. He said, "You have some insight. You know that I only possess such strength because of my extraordinary cultivation method and not because of various secret techniques. However, even if I give you my Empyrean Demon Arts, you don't have the right to cultivate it." Houston exerted some force with his right hand and pulled the blood-red spike from elder Zhang's hand. Elder Zhang had originally only held the spike in his hand, so when the spike was pulled out, his hand became injured once again. It became bloody and his entire hand had almost been cut in half.
Even though his palm was injured, Elder Zhang didn't seem to feel anything. He sneered, "Since you have the qualifications to cultivate it, I naturally have the qualifications to cultivate it as well. Since you aren't willing to hand it over, I can only personally take it. Even if the cultivation technique isn't with you, I have a method to directly extract it from your Yuan Spirit. It's just that it's more troublesome. As for you, your Yuan Spirit will collapse and you will die." A frightening light flickered through elder Zhang's eyes. After witnessing the power of the Empyrean Demon Arts, he became determined to obtain it. He raised his bloody hand and powerful origin energy surged out, directly slamming it toward Houston.
Houston showed no fear. The blood-red spike turned into a streak of red light and stabbed towards elder Zhang with lightning-like speed. The Soul-devouring Force that permeated the blood-red spike affected elder Zhang's soul immediately.
With his first experience, elder Zhang was already prepared. The moment Houston stabbed out with the blood-red spike, he immediately pulled back his hand and retreated in a hurry. As if he had teleported, he appeared several kilometers away in a single moment. The Soul-devouring Force was unable to affect him at such a distance. At the same time, a four-meter-long sword appeared in his hand. He stabbed out, shattering space and sending an extremely powerful strand of sword Qi towards Houston.
The sword Qi was just too fast, arriving before Houston in the blink of an eye. At the same time, the sword Qi had locked onto Houston's presence, preventing him from dodging. He could only take it head-on.
This was a powerful attack from a Returnance expert. No matter how heaven-defying Houston's cultivation method was, he was still only at early Receival. His face became extremely stern as he faced the terrifying sword Qi. The Soul-devouring Force on the blood-red spike reached its limit before turning into a dazzling streak of red light to receive the huge sword Qi. A thumb-sized, blood-red bead hovered above his head. It shone with a red light that enveloped Houston.
Boom!
With a boom, Houston's blood-red spike collided with the sword Qi. The blood-red spike immediately dimmed while the linen cloth on his right arm was ripped apart, reduced to dust. The sword Qi from elder Zhang dimmed slightly after being obstructed by the blood-red spike, but its power was not to be underestimated. It did not slow down at all, colliding with the layer of red light from the Amagami.
The Amagami was the famed treasure of the greatest Demon Monarch of the Demons' World, the Empyrean Demon Monarch. It was an extremely powerful demonic artifact, but using the true power of the demonic artifact required extremely great strength. With Houston's strength at early Receival, he probably could not even use a hundredth of the Amagami's power. As a result, the layer of red light from the Amagami only lasted for a few seconds before shattering under the attack of the sword Qi. The remaining sword Qi broke through the various obstructions and struck Houston's chest.
Spurt! Huston opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. His face turned pale, and there was a terrifying sword wound on his chest. His blood had already dyed his linen clothes red.
"I'll ask you one last time. Are you going to hand over the Empyrean Demon Arts or not? If you hand it over, I won't make things difficult for you, but if you don't hand it over, I'll have to waste some effort and directly extract the cultivation method from your soul. You'll end up dead as well." Elder Zhang arrived before Houston. He was in no hurry to take action and ask for the cultivation method again.
He was just far too tempted by the Empyrean Demon Arts.
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