"The barrier field here is even stronger than the Blood Imperial City of Hell I created. As expected of the strongest Jailer Marshal in history, my blood simply cannot affect the environment here."
The blood domain could not be deployed inside the imperial palace at all. Gu Chen feared nothing; in the world today, he did not believe anyone could kill him. His immediate priority was to stop Yu Ming's plan.
As he slowly approached the Ancient Yin Locust Tree, Gu Chen's hair grew until it reached the ground. Dark red veins flowed visibly beneath his skin, while heavy shackles bound both wrists, restraining the demon god within him.
"First seal released!"
Gu Chen currently bore the responsibility of putting an end to all of Yu Ming's mad deeds. As a circular shackle on his right arm came undone, it was as though a demon god deep within Gu Chen was about to awaken.
His partial demonic transformation turned Gu Chen's eyes completely dark red. A demon god's aura leaked from around his body, and dark red Blood Qi vaguely formed the face of a demon god behind him.
Using a treasure obtained from killing the Fifth Apostle of the early Zero Realm, he condensed a handgun in his hand. Drawing upon Gu Chen's demonized blood, it fired a blood bullet straight at the Ancient Yin Locust Tree before him.
Blood clouds churned in the sky above the imperial palace, only to swiftly calm once more.
The blood bullet made no explosive sound as it neared the tree's surface. Looking closely, the crimson bullet had been caught by a pair of wooden hands extending from the trunk. A force radiating from two fingers suppressed the blood bullet, preventing it from exploding.
Then, the palm slowly emerged, and a human face