Spirit of the Wolf Ancestor

The night was like ink, swallowing the last trace of daylight from the Golden Tent Grassland. The Northern Mang Royal Court was surrounded by the Northern Expeditionary Army's torches, becoming an isolated island. The flames leaped, reflecting the cold faces and gleaming weapons of the soldiers, a chilling aura condensed like iron.

Deep within the royal court, the tallest Golden Wolf Great Tent had been dismantled, and in its place stood a massive altar built from white bones and black stone. Countless twisted, bizarre dark red totems were painted around the altar, and the air was filled with a thick, nauseating stench of blood.

Tens of thousands of slave corpses were piled around the altar, their blood flowing like streams along the carved grooves, pouring ceaselessly into a bottomless black hole at the center of the altar. Members of the Northern Mang royal family and shaman priests, their faces pale but filled with a fanatical despair, stood at the edge of the altar, chanting ancient and sinister prayers.

The Northern Mang National Preceptor stood at the top of the altar, holding a blood-stained bone scepter. His aura was connected to the entire altar, becoming extremely unstable, sometimes fading like a candle in the wind, sometimes surging like an erupting volcano.

"Using the royal blood as a guide!"

"Using the shaman's soul as a bridge!"

"Using one hundred thousand lives as sacrifices!"

"We respectfully invite the Spirit of the Wolf Ancestor to awaken and protect your descendants!"

The National Preceptor's voice was hoarse and frenzied. He slammed the bone scepter into the black hole at the center of the altar!

BOOM--!!!

The entire altar shook violently, and a thick pillar of blood-red light shot up from the black hole, piercing the heavens! Within the pillar, a wolf's howl, as if from ancient times, filled with ferocity and hunger, echoed!

The sound did not strike their ears but directly resonated in the depths of everyone's souls! Many of the Northern Expeditionary Army soldiers surrounding the royal court turned pale and instinctively took half a step back, gripping their weapons tightly.

Even generals in the Meridian Condensing Realm like Old Niu and Sun Quezi felt their minds waver and their blood churn.

"Damn it, what the hell is that!" Old Niu spat, staring intently at the blood-red pillar.

Chen Qing floated above the army formation, his eight-zhang Fierce Tiger Domain naturally unfolding, isolating the soul-level impact. He calmly watched the blood-red pillar, sensing the terrifying aura rapidly condensing and expanding within it.

That aura surpassed the Aperture Opening Realm, carrying a hint of... power from a higher level! Although it was impure and filled with resentment and madness, it had indeed touched the edge of the "Dharma Aspect"!

The so-called Dharma Aspect was a realm above the Aperture Opening Realm, where the martial artist's divine soul and the laws of heaven and earth began to merge, allowing them to condense a Heaven and Earth Dharma Aspect with immense power! It was the true beginning of transcending the mundane!

This Northern Mang National Preceptor had, through such an evil blood sacrifice, forcibly awakened and condensed a flawed "Wolf Ancestor Dharma Aspect"!

"Quite interesting." Chen Qing's eyes held no fear, but rather a fiercer fighting spirit. He was already worried about how to quickly improve his cultivation in the mid-Aperture Opening Realm, so how could he miss this "feast" that had come to his doorstep?

Just then, the towering blood-red pillar suddenly retracted, disappearing entirely into the altar. Above the altar, space distorted, and a Dharma Aspect of a giant wolf, a hundred zhang tall and entirely condensed from dark red energy, slowly took shape!

This giant wolf Dharma Aspect was hundreds of times more solid than the phantom previously condensed by the Wolf God Guard! Its fangs were like mountains, its claws tore through the void, and it burned with blood-red flames. Its massive wolf eyes held only the purest desire for destruction and consumption! The pressure it exuded made the entire world lose its color, reaching the level of the Dharma Aspect Realm! Although it was a flawed pseudo-Dharma Aspect maintained by blood sacrifice, its power was by no means comparable to ordinary Aperture Opening Realm cultivators!

"The Wolf Ancestor! The Wolf Ancestor has manifested!"

"Northern Mang is saved! Kill all these Southern barbarians!"

Around the altar, the remaining Northern Mang nobles and soldiers let out fanatical cheers, as if seeing the dawn of victory.

The Northern Mang National Preceptor's face was deathly pale, his aura weak, clearly having consumed most of his life force presiding over this blood sacrifice. But his eyes were filled with madness and triumph. He pointed at Chen Qing and roared, "Wolf Ancestor! Kill him! Devour him!"

The hundred-zhang Wolf Ancestor Dharma Aspect's icy giant eyes instantly locked onto Chen Qing in the air. It let out a heaven-shattering roar, and its massive claws, carrying the terrifying might of tearing the heavens, slammed down towards Chen Qing! Before the claw wind even arrived, the power of the laws contained within had already caused the space around Chen Qing to solidify!

Facing this strike far beyond the Aperture Opening Realm, Chen Qing's expression was extremely solemn, yet also extremely excited!

He no longer held back, pushing his mid-Aperture Opening Realm cultivation to the extreme. His eight-zhang Fierce Tiger Domain operated at full power, and the three true intents of Slaughter, Annihilation, and Devour merged in an unprecedented way!

"Black Tiger Dharma Aspect, Condense!"

He let out a low roar, and the void behind him distorted. Endless dark red and ethereal blue malevolent energy surged madly, condensing into a black tiger Dharma Aspect, eighty zhang tall!

This tiger Dharma Aspect was not physical but condensed from the purest malevolent energy and Chen Qing's Black Tiger True Intent! Dark red and ethereal blue light flowed around it. Its tiger eyes held the dominance to suppress all and the stillness of annihilating all things. A "King" character condensed from malevolent energy on its forehead faintly emanated a vortex of devouring power!

This was Chen Qing's preliminary condensed--Fierce Tiger Dharma Aspect--after breaking through to the Aperture Opening Realm, combined with the characteristics of his cultivation technique! Although far from as solid and massive as the Wolf Ancestor Dharma Aspect, its quality was purer and more dominant!

"Roar!"

The Fierce Tiger Dharma Aspect let out a world-shattering tiger roar, fearlessly meeting the descending giant claws!

BOOM------!!!

The tiger claws and wolf claws collided fiercely!

It was like two stars colliding! A terrifying energy storm erupted instantly, forming a massive energy sphere that spread outwards wildly! The altar below instantly collapsed by more than half, and the Northern Mang nobles and priests around were swept by the scattered energy, instantly turning to dust! Even the Northern Expeditionary Army camp several miles away saw its defensive light shield shake violently, flickering unstably!

Chen Qing's body trembled violently, his Fierce Tiger Dharma Aspect flickered, and a sweet taste of blood rose in his throat, which he forcefully suppressed. The opponent's power was indeed far beyond his!

But the Wolf Ancestor Dharma Aspect was not unscathed. Its claws, which had collided with the Fierce Tiger Dharma Aspect, were actually eroded by the power of annihilation and devouring contained within, and dark red energy continuously dissipated!

"Devour! Devour it for me!"

A fierce glint flashed in Chen Qing's eyes. He controlled the Fierce Tiger Dharma Aspect, opened its massive mouth, and a powerful devouring force erupted. It actively tore and devoured the energy on the Wolf Ancestor Dharma Aspect's arm!

[Engaging with a Pseudo-Dharma Aspect Realm expert, Fierce Tiger Iron Body proficiency +2000!]

[Devouring Dharma Aspect energy, Fierce Tiger Dharma Aspect solidity increases...]

Madness! Extreme madness!

He was actually forcibly devouring the opponent's Dharma Aspect energy in combat!

The Wolf Ancestor Dharma Aspect let out an angry and pained roar, trying to break free, but the devouring force clung to it like a persistent parasite! Its energy, derived from the blood sacrifice, was being rapidly plundered!

Seeing this, the Northern Mang National Preceptor's eyes widened in disbelief: "Impossible! How can the Wolf Ancestor's power be devoured by you! Explode! Explode for me!"

He intended to detonate this flawed Wolf Ancestor Dharma Aspect and perish with Chen Qing!

The Wolf Ancestor Dharma Aspect's body instantly became extremely unstable, and terrifying energy gathered wildly within it!

Chen Qing's pupils contracted, sensing a fatal threat!

He didn't hesitate, controlling the Fierce Tiger Dharma Aspect to retreat sharply while simultaneously shrinking the hundred-foot Fierce Tiger Domain to its limit, protecting himself!

And at this very moment!

Rumble rumble rumble--!!!

The hundred-foot Wolf Ancestor Dharma Aspect detonated with a roar!

Devastating energy swept out like a tsunami, instantly engulfing the altar, engulfing the remnants of the Northern Mang Royal Court, engulfing everything!

Between heaven and earth, only boundless blood and destruction remained!