A bone chain shaped like a scorpion's tail traced a graceful arc through the void.
Gu Song was exceptionally excited; he had purposely provoked Blood River to launch an impulsive attack against him, then unleashed the secret technique Fusion of Blood and Bone that he had cultivated in secret to capture Blood River in one fell swoop.
At this moment, Blood River was already bound by Gu Song's true-form ribs, needing only the bone needle at the tip of the bone chain to advance just a little bit further.
Just a little bit!
Just a little bit was enough to pierce Blood River's skull.
Breaking open his skull would allow him to destroy Blood River's sea of consciousness right through it.
The skull was the sole weakness of blood cultivators of the Blood Path, yet this was merely a flaw prior to breaking through the Mortal Realm Fourth Layer; once they broke through the Mortal Realm Fourth Layer, they would undergo even greater changes.
The bones, meridians, skin, and flesh within a blood cultivator's body would all vanish, converting into blood energy, which would then temporarily replace things like bones through a solidification of blood energy. In this state, blood cultivators would no longer suffer any fatal injuries, and at that time, their sea of consciousness would dissolve into every single drop of their blood—regeneration from a single drop of blood was a standard-issue ability for them at that stage.
The only way to kill a blood cultivator capable of full-body bloodification was to evaporate all of his blood completely.
Gu Song was extremely excited at this moment, secretly rejoicing that this fellow Blood River had not gone into hiding to break through his realm, but had instead run right up to his face to join in the excitement, presenting