In Luo Nan's eyes, the Wraith Sign's body had already formed its own space and time. There was a boundary of primal chaos in the middle that accommodated the growth and transformation of the Bloodsoul Temple. It was extremely mystical. However, the Bloodsoul Temple's power clearly increased by a large margin after the altar took form. This power quickly manifested itself outside. The entire mountain released a boundless bloody light that bombarded the surrounding primal chaos.
The Bloodsoul Temple was undoubtedly fighting over territory with the Wraith Sign, which bore it. However, the Wraith Sign's control over the Bloodsoul Temple did not decrease. Instead, it increased. The surrounding primal chaos remained majestically unmoved despite the ten thousand streaks of bloody light. It easily digested the countercharge of the Bloodsoul Temple.
This kind of control!
Luo Nan was a bit pleasantly surprised. The Wraith Sign had indeed advanced a step earlier. The Mushed Mouth Ape he had hunted before had more or less manifested the growth of his combat power. But in essence, he still had to look at the hierarchical structure of the order frame. Though the Wraith Sign's origins were mysterious, it was hard for Luo Nan to distinguish who was stronger and who was weaker when compared to the similarly unfathomable Bloodsoul Temple. This was especially true after both of them advanced. It was even harder to judge.
Luo Nan was finally able to confirm that the Wraith Sign was indeed on the level of the order frame, firmly suppressing the Bloodsoul Temple by a head. Both sides had advanced, but the gap between the two had not shrunk. Instead, it had increased a step further.
However, Luo Nan was unable to tell just how much more ability the Wraith Sign had gained after its advancement. After all, Luo Nan was limited by the monotonous living environment of the Cloud World, and he had not encountered any powerful enemies …. Luo Nan was not crazy enough to go against Gong Qifang with the Wraith Sign.
Luo Nan's thoughts circled around a few times. The Bloodsoul Temple's ten thousand streaks of bloody light continued for a few rounds. In the end, it was to no avail. In the end, Luo Nan calmed down and used more of the energy obtained from the formation of the altar on his own body.
According to the information revealed by the Bloodflame Order, the construction of the two thousand steps of the Bloodfire Path had been completed. The entire structure of the path had been constructed. The remaining one hundred and twenty steps, the sixth stage, would be an internalized upgrade of the entire Bloodsoul Temple.
Luo Nan could not tell if it was internalized or not, but he could see that the bloody light was absorbed by the internal structure of the Bloodsoul Temple. The internal structure of the Bloodsoul Temple was different.
Of the five internal structures, the stone forest at the bottom was the place where impurities were gathered and converted. The magma formed a lake, and the total amount of bloody light was the most. However, it was constantly changing, and it did not accumulate.
The courtyard garden on the second floor was where the Shepherd Marks were stored. There were originally four marks. Ren Hong's mark had been forcefully pulled out of the Bloodsoul Temple by Luo Nan using the heavily chained crow. The mark had died from the backlash. The remaining three marks were left behind by Lady Halder, Yin Le, and the deceased Mo Lun. At that moment, the sanguine light in the "garden" was like a veil or fog. It was dense but not dense.
They arrived at the third layer of the structure, which was a cave built next to the mountain. There was no doubt that this was where most of the bloody light was gathered, so much so that the internalized bloody light simply couldn't go up when it reached this area. It was congested and filled up, forming waves of blood that pushed all the way up until it was overflowing.
It was only then that the blood light regained its mobility and surged toward the fourth floor and the altar at the top.
Luo Nan stopped looking at the structure above him. He focused his attention on the inside of the cave. It was called a grotto because the structure of this place was somewhat similar to the grottoes of ancient Eastern Buddhism. Especially in the depths of the grotto, there were some blurry stone structures carved out of the mountain. Each and every one of them was muddled and faceless. Even their figures weren't very clear.
But after the blood light internalized, the internal structure of the grotto clearly deformed. The blurry outlines of the stone statues began to protrude under the wash of the bloody light. Numerous cracks appeared on the surface, and an even thicker amount of bloody magma seeped out from the cracks. The magma began to reshape the stone statues once more.
A few seconds later, a clear outline of a stone structure appeared in a corner of the grotto. It was like the chisel of a skilled craftsman. It wasn't lifelike, but it had both form and spirit. So Luo Nan was able to recognize it with a single glance.
The Mushed Mouth Ape!
Before Luo Nan could figure out what was going on, one of the four Shepherd Marks floating in the courtyard garden was suddenly pulled by an incorporeal force. It was pulled out from the structure of the garden. It followed the flow of the bloody light and rose step by step. Soon, it reached the third floor of the grotto.
The Shepherd Mark was pulled up by a dense tide of bloody light. It was forcefully slapped into the outline of a stone statue. In an instant, bloody magma erupted from within. Cracks grew everywhere, and the grotto trembled. In just a few seconds, another clear stone statue condensed in front of the Mushed Mouth Ape statue. It also had both form and spirit.
Its entire body was that of a middle-aged man in his fifties or sixties. His appearance was haggard, but his posture was upright. Even though he was outlined by the mountain rocks, his facial features and expression possessed a fierce momentum. The bloody light lingered around the stone statue. It was a mixture of light and darkness. The light and shadow were unfathomable.
Luo Nan's consciousness paused a bit before he dared to confirm:
Mo Lun!
Mo Lun, a senior elder of the Bloodflame Order who had fought Tian Bang, the super Burner who was closest to being Extraordinary, with his mysterious and unpredictable soul body of black smoke. Mo Lun, who had died many days ago!
Luo Nan's consciousness remained within the grotto. It shuttled in and out, unwilling to leave. The stone statues weren't living people, but at this moment, he could clearly feel a life force that was leaping and ready to move.
This life force seeped out from the two stone statues. Of course, it was a bit different from a living person. Its order was much worse. It was more direct, more violent, and more destructive. This was most likely a mutation of the Bloodsoul Temple's power.
However, the most marvelous thing was that the two stone statues both originated from the Bloodsoul Temple's power. There was a clear difference between the two statues. Not only did this grotto sculpt statues of Mo Lun and the Mushed Mouth Ape, it also faithfully reflected the differences between the two. From form to spirit, it touched upon various planes.
It was truly inconceivable.
Luo Nan's consciousness wandered about the grotto. It went back and forth, over and over again. The more he experienced the subtle differences, the more he felt that there were some extremely profound truths within. It was to the extent that his mind unconsciously transmitted other thoughts.
Such a mystical sculpting of the stone statue. Such a detailed reproduction of the aura. It couldn't be that it was just for people to admire, right? As a sacrificial tool of an order, it should have some more practical functions. Unfortunately, the people of the Bloodflame Order had already fled to Di City, which was over ten thousand kilometers away. The Wraith Sign that bore the Bloodsoul Temple didn't possess any intelligence. Luo Nan couldn't find someone to ask, so he could only ponder blindly.
His consciousness circled around the grotto again and again, probing layer by layer. Occasionally, he would use his telepathic thoughts to issue an order or something, but it was all to no avail.
Could it be that he needed to chant an incantation or form a hand seal? If he needed the so-called secret technique of the Bloodflame Order, then things would be awkward.
Luo Nan circled a few times, but he was unable to grasp the gist of it. He could only suppress the doubts in his mind and shift his consciousness away from this place.
Right now, the Bloodsoul Temple was very focused on internalizing the power of the bloody light into its entire structure. However, there were no signs of the final 120 steps of the Bloodflame Path.
Actually, according to the Bloodflame Order's plan, the Bloodsoul Temple, which had already completed five stages, should have seized the Wraith Sign long ago and become a part of the sacrificial tool. Just like Ren Hong, who had already died a clean death. He probably didn't understand why the Bloodsoul Temple wasn't able to devour the Human-Faced Arachnid, losing their best opportunity.
When all was said and done, the Wraith Sign had devoured the Bloodflame Order's mold, the Human-Faced Arachnid. This result was destined … … Hold on. According to this, there should be a difference between the current form of the Bloodsoul Temple and the sacrificial tool.
It was inside the Wraith Sign's stomach, completely cut off from the outside world. It only relied on the essence energy that the Wraith Sign provided to it to survive. Luo Nan didn't know what kind of effect this difference would have, but perhaps … …
Should he try to spit this thing out?
He definitely couldn't spit it all out. Who knew if he could control it? But if he could just externalize a portion of the Bloodsoul Temple's power, it would be good to see the light and shadow effects.
Luo Nan had long since been unable to restrain the curiosity in his heart. He tried to send an order to the Wraith Sign. But then he felt that this order might be a bit complicated for the Wraith Sign's intelligence.
Luo Nan was pondering over how to simplify the order when the Wraith Sign's ugly mouth suddenly opened wide and its chelicerae vibrated. A ball of red light rapidly accumulated and expanded within the deep hole of the gloomy mouth. It filled the entire mouth in the blink of an eye, but it didn't shoot out in the first instance. Instead, it was like a charging laser cannon. It continued to accumulate power.
The power contained within the red light originated from the Bloodsoul Temple. Luo Nan didn't know how the Wraith Sign did it, but it was able to easily divide this rebellious and untamed power and accumulate it layer by layer.
Luo Nan held his breath and calmed his mind, watching what the Wraith Sign was going to do next.
Perhaps a second passed, or perhaps a bit longer, but the soul cloak floating in the cloud world suddenly trembled. The range was small, but it gathered all the movements within a range of several thousand kilometers.
The environment was relatively monotonous. Although the range was wide, the amount of information wasn't great. Luo Nan quickly grasped the most valuable part of the information. Within the range of the cloak, there were the locations of the forty-seven Mushed Mouth Apes, the intensity of their power, and the relationship between their senses.
And at this time, Luo Nan clearly sensed that the Wraith Sign was aiming the accumulated red light within its mouth at the ape that was the least connected to the others.
Target: Mushed Mouth Ape X.
Distance: One thousand seven hundred and twenty-three kilometers.
The energy was still accumulating, but the target didn't change.
Was it really a laser cannon? Looking at the detection distance, it could be said to be a rail cannon, but could it reach that far?
The red light within the Wraith Sign's mouth fired out noiselessly as Luo Nan's thoughts ran wild.
From the perspective of Luo Nan, a psychic ability tester, this was an extremely spectacular scene. The surging power of an unfathomable nature pierced straight down from the depths of the mental plane. It instantly pierced through thousands upon thousands of mental curtains and rapidly approached the material plane. It began to interfere with the environment of the target area.
The unfortunate Mushed Mouth Ape, who was the target of the experiment, sensed it the moment the red light pierced through the polar domain, but it was already too late. The red light fell, and it was as if a rocky and lofty mountain peak was instantly pressed down on that area. The outline of the Bloodsoul Temple was faintly visible.
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