Ten days passed by in the blink of an eye.
Today was the start of the third round of the competition!
Today, the Immortal King of the Dark Sea used his ability to make an altar that was buried under the inner city rise from the ground!
It was the Huan Qiu Altar that was built by the first Sha Di. It had three floors and was paved with blood-patterned marble.
At the center of the third floor of the altar, there was a huge stone tablet. It was one hundred thousand zhang * (3.33m per zhang) tall and embedded with ten million blood-red crystals that were the size of fingernails.
The jade platforms on both sides of the altar were already filled with the old monsters of the Eastern Heaven.
Under the altar, one hundred participants were standing with Ning Fan as their leader.
The third round tested the Dao Heart!
The participants would climb up the altar and touch the stone tablet. They could use the baleful qi that they accumulated from killing to light up the blood-red crystals.
During the process of lighting up the crystals, the participants would suffer from the baleful qi that was a few times more than their own.
Those with weak Dao Hearts would be devoured by the baleful qi.
Those with strong Dao Hearts could obtain different levels of baleful qi according to the number of crystals they lit up and the strength of their Dao Hearts.
The power of most of the abilities in the Slaughter Palace was related to the strength of their baleful qi.
To the cultivators of the Slaughter Palace, the stronger their baleful qi, the stronger their abilities.
The Blood Sea Altar could increase their baleful qi. Generally speaking, it would only open once every ten thousand years. Those who want to use the altar to increase their baleful qi could spend a large amount of slaughter points and use the power of the altar to increase their baleful qi.
Similar to the Heaven Reaching Tower, it would cost a lot of Dao Crystals to increase the baleful qi of the altar. The more a cultivator increased their baleful qi, the more Dao Crystals would be consumed.
Besides, even if no one used the altar to increase their baleful qi, it would cost nearly four hundred billion Dao Crystals to activate the altar just once.
The last time the Blood Sea Altar was activated was three thousand seven hundred years ago.
The other cultivators of the Slaughter Palace had to wait for another six thousand three hundred years before they could use the power of the altar to increase their baleful qi.
"The Immortal King of the Dark Sea is really generous. He actually activated the Blood Sea Altar for a mere disciple recruitment ceremony …"
"Last time, it was the Heaven Reaching Tower. This time, it's the Blood Sea Altar. The Immortal King of the Dark Sea seems to value the participants of this year's competition very much."
"It's no wonder that the Immortal King of the Dark Sea values the participants of this year's competition. After all, there's a Ning Fan."
While some of the old monsters of the Dark Sea Altar were discussing the Blood Sea Altar was night's eyes.
These old monsters looked in the direction of the voice, and their expressions changed.
The one who coughed was the Dark Sea Celestial King.
His brows furrowed slightly, and his gaze was slightly displeased. He didn't like being talked about behind his back.
Seeing the displeasure of the Immortal King of the Dark Sea, all the old monsters shut their mouths obediently, not daring to speak anymore.
For a moment, the entire inner city was dead silent. One could hear a pin drop.
"Thousand Slayers, announce the rules," the Immortal King of the Dark Sea said calmly.
"Yes!"
Qian Tuzi cupped his fists respectfully towards the Immortal King of the Dark Sea. Then, he ordered someone to bring over a copper box and placed it in front of him.
"Inside this copper box, there are your name tags. This old man will randomly draw a name tag. Whoever gets it will ascend the altar and light up the crystal with their baleful aura."
"If the participant's Dao Heart is unstable and is devoured by the baleful aura, the result of this round will be zero. Every time a crystal is successfully lit, one point will be added to the score. After this round, the top ten will advance to the fourth round. "
The results of the first two rounds could influence the third round.
Except for Ning Fan, everyone's score was zero in the first round.
In the second round, only seventy-six people had a score. The other twenty-four people who advanced by drawing lots still had zero scores.
It was unlikely that these people would be able to squeeze into the top ten.
Ning Fan looked at the copper box. His eyes flashed slightly.
The copper box had no openings on its six sides. Its surface was covered with Sense Isolation and Teleportation Formation Runes, which could block spirit sense. The name tags could be randomly placed and sent out.
Qian Tuzi patted the copper box. The runes on the box flashed and a name tag was sent out.
The name tag floated in mid-air. After a breath, it turned into dust.
The name tag was engraved with the words "Ren Xiao".
"Ren Xiao, ascend the altar!"
Under Qian Tuzi's order, a white-robed burly man with the cultivation base of a Rogue Immortal walked out of the crowd and ascended the altar step by step.
His name was Ren Xiao. He was born in a mid-grade cultivation star, the Devil Sea Star.
He was considered a famous young devil in the Devil Sea Star Region. He had killed many people in his life. His baleful aura was not weak at all.
Ren Xiao stopped below the giant monument and took a deep breath. The baleful aura around him spread out and he slammed his palm on the monument.
All of a sudden, thousands of crystals on the monument lit up one after another!
"3852 points, huh …? Not bad. Unfortunately, this young man's Dao Heart is too weak. Even though he has killed many people, he's not a good material to cultivate the Dao of Slaughter …" Qian Tuzi muttered to himself.
As soon as his voice fell, a wave of baleful aura that was several times stronger than Ren Xiao's gushed out from the giant monument. It turned into a blood-red light and drowned Ren Xiao.
Under the baleful aura, Ren Xiao's eyes gradually turned red. He was invaded by the baleful aura.
He felt a pain in his chest. He took a few steps back and knelt on the ground, coughing out blood continuously.
After his palm left the giant monument, the baleful aura disappeared as well.
Ren Xiao looked at the giant monument with a bitter smile. He knew that he could not get 3852 points.
The number of points one got was related to the number of people they killed in their life. Not only did it depend on the number of people they killed, but it also depended on the difference in cultivation base between the person who killed and the person who was killed.
If one often killed people who were at a higher level, their points would naturally be very high.
If one slaughtered mortals with the cultivation base of a Rogue Immortal, they would not get any points even if they killed billions of people.
Ignoring Ren Xiao, Qian Tuzi patted the bronze box again. He looked at the nametag that flew into the sky and said loudly.
"Next, Wang Yu!"
A skinny young man with the cultivation base of a Rogue Immortal climbed up the altar and pressed his palm on the giant monument.
This person lit up a total of 4,274 crystals. Unfortunately, he could not withstand the baleful aura that came out of the giant monument either.
This round's score was zero …
"Lu Jia!"
"Ding Feng!"
"Bai Hong!"
...
None of the 35 Rogue Immortals could withstand the baleful aura that came back from the giant monument. All of them got zero points for this round.
The 36th person who climbed up the altar was a young scholar.
After he climbed up the altar, he did not release all of his baleful aura. He only released a little of it to light up 1,000 crystals.
It was not that he could not light up more, but if he did, he was afraid that he would not be able to withstand the baleful aura backlash.
If he released less baleful aura, the baleful aura backlash would be within his tolerance range.
"This kid is smart. He knows how to choose. 1,000 points is not much, but it's better than 0."
Qian Tuzi nodded and patted the bronze box again. He took out the next token and asked someone to climb up the altar.
With the young scholar as a precedent, many participants followed suit and did not release all of their baleful aura.
As a result, some of them lit up 1,200 crystals, some lit up 800 crystals and some lit up 1,500 crystals. Most of them had obtained points.
Even though the points were not much, they were much better than those who got zero points earlier.
However, this was the opposite of the purpose of the existence of the Blood Sea Altar.
Ning Fan looked at the participants indifferently. These people were already prepared to use tricks before they climbed up the altar. That was why they were afraid.
Besides, what they were afraid of was the baleful aura that they had accumulated from the killings that they had committed.
Even if they entered the Slaughter Palace by using tricks, what kind of future would they have if they were scared before the battle?
Those who were scared before the battle would naturally not have a strong Dao Heart.
Those who did not dare to face their sins would naturally not have a strong Dao Heart.
Ning Fan opened his palm and looked at his fair and clean palm with a frown.
Although his palm looked clean, it was already stained with blood and sins.
Along the way, he had traversed too many seas of blood and committed too many murders.
He had never run away from the sins that he had committed. He would not accuse someone of another crime after killing them so that he could feel at ease.
He killed not because of evil. He did not kill not because of kindness.
The helplessness in this world could not be explained by a single word!
As a cultivator, once they embark on the path of cultivation, they must be prepared to kill or be killed!
"Next, Yu Kun!"
"Next, Zhao Qing!"
"Next, Chi Zhen!"
"Next, Ning Fan!"
Ning Fan looked at his palm. Scenes of blood and vengeance reverberated in his mind.
He had forgotten to look at the results of the others. When he woke up, he realized that it was already his turn.
Yu Kun and Chi Zhen who were standing beside him smiled bitterly.
"I have lit up 12490 crystals while Brother Yu has lit up 9,455 crystals."
Chi Zhen explained as if he knew that Ning Fan was absent-minded and did not pay attention to their results.
Both of them exerted their full strength and released all of their baleful qi. In the end, they withstood the backlash of their baleful qi.
Their Dao Hearts were not weak. They were the best of the best. Unfortunately, they encountered Ning Fan in this grand competition. In the end, they did not have the chance to join the Slaughter Palace.
"Brother Ning, I hope you can surprise me again." Yu Kun persuaded.
"I didn't go up the altar to light up the crystals. The purpose of this altar is not to light up the crystals. "
Ning Fan's eyes were sometimes clear and sometimes blank. Gradually, he sensed a sorrowful atmosphere from the altar of the blood sea.
Only a few people could feel this sadness.
Only cultivators who had faced massacres for a long time and were physically and mentally exhausted but had no choice but to fight could feel this sadness!
Step by step, Ning Fan walked up the altar. He stood under the giant monument and closed his eyes. He did not reach out his hand to touch the monument.
He stood there for an entire day!
In his mind, scenes of massacres replayed one after another.
He stood on top of the altar for an entire day. It was as if he had become one with the altar!
"Strange. Why didn't this Ning Fan light up the crystals? What is he doing?" Countless Eastern Heaven's Life Immortals were puzzled.
Only the old monsters above the True Immortal Realm could faintly see that there was a natural Dao Essence gradually solidifying in Ning Fan's body!
Only a few of the higher ups of the Slaughter Palace knew that Ning Fan was doing something that few people could do!
Fei He's eyes widened like a camel's bell. He was extremely excited because he saw a more perfect Ning Fan!
Yao Qingyun looked at Ning Fan in disbelief. She gritted her teeth. There was only one sentence that kept repeating in her mind.
"Stripping Karma … He can really do it! The Great Elder guessed it right! Even the elders of the Slaughter Palace can't do it! How can he do it?! "
The Immortal King of the Dark Sea's eyes suddenly turned solemn. He did not hesitate to spend a huge amount of money to activate the blood sea altar just to see the scene of Ning Fan stripping Karma!
No, not only did he want to see Ning Fan stripping Karma, he also wanted to see another interesting thing!
Except for the past Slaughter Emperors and the Great Elder, no one knew about it!
That thing was even more difficult than stripping Karma!
What the Immortal King of the Dark Sea wanted to see was that scene!
"If he can really do it, our Slaughter Palace won't seal the Blood World and disappear from the Eastern Heaven! There is still a possibility of continuation! "
One day, two days, three days …
Ning Fan stood on top of the altar for ten days straight!
Even though he had his eyes closed, he could feel the sadness of the entire Slaughter City, the entire Blood Sea Star and the entire Blood Sea Star Region!
That sadness was the helpless sigh of a person who could not turn back after entering the cultivation world.
That sadness was the self-reflection of entering the Blood Sea and falling into the Devil Dao forever.
Ning Fan could vaguely feel that there was an entrance on the Blood Sea Star that led to a medium-class world.
That medium-class world was the Slaughter Blood World.
There were cultivators and mortals in the Slaughter Blood World. Mortals and cultivators lived in the same world and rarely had conflicts between them.
It was as if there was a voice telling Ning Fan that the existence of the Slaughter Palace was to protect the descendants of the Blood World …
In order to protect the descendants of the Blood World, the Slaughter Palace was created …
No one wanted to be a devil the moment they were born. No one wanted to kill the world and dye the world red with blood.
No one wanted to join the Slaughter Palace and become a devil assassin who killed people like flax …
In order to protect the Blood World, the cultivators of the Slaughter Palace killed people like flax.
This altar was not only to increase the baleful qi of the cultivators of the Slaughter Palace, but also to help them free themselves from karma and wash away their sins.
The altar was not worshipping the heavens nor the earth. It was worshipping the dead souls that the cultivators of the Slaughter Palace had killed in their lives!
All grudges would end with death, vanishing like clouds and smoke.
Finally, Ning Fan opened his eyes. His eyes were as clear and bright as the Big Dipper stars.
At this moment, he felt as if he had become one with the altar.
He spread his palms and felt that he had an indescribable mysterious ability at this moment.
All of a sudden, a mighty force of a great ability spread out from the altar and supported Ning Fan.
Suddenly, Ning Fan realized that he had become shorter and his appearance had become weaker.
He had returned to his youthful appearance. His cultivation base also seemed to have disappeared in an instant!
However, he did not panic at all. His eyes were still calm, as if he knew what was going to happen next.
He looked at the giant monument quietly. After a long time, a few blood-red figures of Vein Opening Realm youths walked out from the monument.
Most of them were at the Second or Third Level of the Vein Opening Realm. The leader of the group was called Ning Feng. His cultivation base was at the Fourth Level of the Vein Opening Realm.
Ning Feng and the others once wanted to peek at Ning Qingqing when she was bathing and wanted to do something to her. However, they were lured into a pack of wolves by Ning Fan and died in the mouths of those wolves.
Speaking of which, that was the first time Ning Fan killed a cultivator with his mortal body!
The few youths looked at the young Ning Fan with resentment in their eyes.
The young Ning Fan raised his finger and pointed at them. They immediately turned into blood-red light and entered his body.
"You all chased after me and I caused you to die in the hands of a pack of wolves. The grudges in the past shall be written off!"
The old monsters in this place gradually regained their senses.
They did not know that Ning Fan was stripping away karma and cleansing his sins. They could only faintly see that the scene on the altar represented the fact that Ning Fan had killed a cultivator with his mortal body.
"A mortal killing a cultivator! This child has not entered the path of cultivation but he is already so ruthless! "A few old monsters exclaimed.
Who was not weak? Who did not cultivate step by step from a mortal body?
There were countless experts in this place, but no one could kill a cultivator with their mortal body. From this point of view, Ning Fan was already very extraordinary when he started as a mortal.
The light on the altar flashed. Ning Fan's body became slightly taller and his cultivation base also increased to the Fifth Level of the Vein Opening Realm.
A Harmonious Spirit Realm cultivator in a black robe walked out from the giant monument. He was the Elder of the Heaven Separation Sect, Wu Dongnan.
"A Fifth Level Vein Opening Realm cultivator killing a Harmonious Spirit Realm cultivator!" This time, many old monsters were surprised.
Ning Fan used his mortal body to kill a Vein Opening Realm cultivator and a Vein Opening Realm cultivator to kill a Harmonious Spirit Realm cultivator. Could it be that he had been killing people who were at a higher level than him all this time?!
Wu Dongnan's blood shadow looked at Ning Fan with resentment and fear in his eyes.
"The grudge between you and me is over. You, disperse!"
Ning Fan pointed his finger and the blood shadow immediately turned into flowing blood light and entered Ning Fan's body.
The light on the altar flashed. Young Ning Fan's body became slightly taller. His cultivation base was now at the early Harmonious Spirit Realm.
This time, countless blood shadows of the Heaven Separation Sect cultivators flew out from the giant monument.
Among them, there was no lack of Gold Cores!
These cultivators all died under the Grand Formation of Mountains and Rivers Reversal!
"A Harmonious Spirit Realm cultivator killed a Gold Core, and not just one Gold Core!" More and more old monsters were surprised.
The blood shadows of the Heaven Separation Sect were not all. Ning Fan's slaughter when he was at the Harmonious Spirit Realm was not a small number.
Countless blood shadows of the ghost cultivators of the Demon Sinister Forest flew out from the giant monument. Countless blood shadows of the demonic beasts also flew out from the giant monument.
Among these blood shadows, there were countless Gold Cores and even Nascent Souls!
"This child actually killed a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator when he was at the Harmonious Spirit Realm!" A few old monsters were surprised.
"The grudge of the past is over!"
As the young Ning Fan pointed his finger at them, countless blood shadows exploded into rays of blood light and entered his body.
After a flash, the young Ning Fan had turned into a young man and his cultivation base was at the Nascent Soul Realm.
Countless Nascent Soul Realm cultivators of the Endless Sea flew out from the giant monument. There were even Divine Transformation Realm cultivators!
There were Divine Transformation Realm cultivators of the Black Buddha Sect and the nine divisions of the Lu Clan. There were also countless blood shadows of fake Wild Beasts!
"A Nascent Soul Realm cultivator killed a Divine Transformation Realm cultivator and slaughtered Wild Beasts! Moreover, he actually killed so many of them! "Gasps of astonishment could be heard from the two jade platforms.
"All of you, disperse!"
As the young Ning Fan pointed his finger, countless blood shadows that had died long ago shattered into blood light and entered his body. His baleful qi became denser and denser.
The altar flashed again. Ning Fan's cultivation base was at the Divine Transformation Realm.
When he was at the Divine Transformation Realm, he swept across the nine divisions under the name of Lu Bei and massacred everyone in the Endless Sea under the name of Zhou Ming.
Blood shadows of experts kept flying out from the giant monument, filling up the sky.
"The karma of the past shall be settled today. Disperse!"
Ning Fan suddenly flicked his sleeve. Countless blood shadows scattered into blood red light and entered his body like specks of stars.
The altar flashed again. Ning Fan's cultivation base was at the Void Refinement Realm.
When he was at the Void Refinement Realm, he fought a bloody battle against one hundred sects, swept through the Heavenly Cloud Realm, overturned the Vine Palace, annihilated the Puppet Emperor, killed the Rain Sovereign and the Cloud Slaughtering Lion!
When Void Fragmentation Realm blood shadows with powerful auras walked out from the giant monument, countless old monsters wore solemn expressions.
Finally, the altar flashed again and Ning Fan regained his Peak Fragmentation Realm cultivation base!
Countless Void Fragmentation Realm and Life Immortal blood shadows walked out from the giant monument!
Among them, there were 146 Life Immortals from the Yao Sect Star Region and even the Pill Sect Life Immortals!
The expressions of some old monsters changed. They finally understood why Ning Fan dared to put a bounty on the sect master of the Pill Sect.
It turned out that Ning Fan had long been at odds with the Pill Sect!
There were too many blood shadows. No one could see everyone's appearance one by one.
Yao Qingyun looked at the blood shadows of all the cultivators of the Yao Family and closed her eyes bitterly. Clear tears flowed out from her eyes.
"Yao Family, rest in peace. From now on, we don't owe each other anything …"
Ning Fan looked at each and every one of the blood shadows whose expressions were either shocked or enraged. His eyes remained as calm as water and as cold as starlight.
"My life is a life of slaughter. It has nothing to do with right or wrong. The people I kill may be innocent but I can't do anything about it. There is no room for mercy in this path of cultivation! Disperse! "
Ning Fan raised his finger and pointed at them. One by one, the experts of the Yao Family turned into blood light and disappeared.
The blood shadows of the other experts also dispersed.
Countless traces of blood light entered Ning Fan's body.
All the blood shadows disappeared. Ning Fan did not say anything. He just patted his storage pouch and took out a wine jar. Then, he poured the top-grade spiritual wine under the giant monument.
There was no sorrow, only solemnity.
At this moment, he was not paying tribute to his enemies. Instead, he was paying tribute to the fallen cultivators who had helplessly died in the cultivation world as a cultivator.
Then, he smashed the wine jar with a palm strike!
Ning Fan suddenly took a step forward. His baleful qi soared to the sky. Blood light dyed the sky red. Then, he slammed his palm on the giant monument!
All of a sudden, 790,000 crystals lit up on the monument!
At the same time, more than ten times of Ning Fan's baleful qi was repelled from the monument. It turned into a giant blood-red fist and landed on Ning Fan's chest.
Ning Fan's black hair danced wildly. His eyes were like that of a devil. He opened his mouth and swallowed the fist shadow. He did not suffer any backlash!
This was his baleful qi. This was his killing intent. He did not run away nor did he avoid it. He just faced it calmly!
The moment he swallowed the fist shadow, the baleful qi in Ning Fan's body increased by more than ten times!
Ning Fan's eyes flashed with determination. Then, he slammed his palm on the giant monument again.
This time, all ten million blood-red crystals lit up!
A ray of blood-red treasure light suddenly soared to the sky and entered Ning Fan's storage pouch at an extremely fast speed.
"That is!" The Immortal King of the Dark Sea's eyes showed surprise for the first time! (To be continued.)
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