A Mouthful of True Blood

Miko placed one hand on the barrier and withdrew it after a long while. After thinking for a moment, she spoke, "This barrier is a natural barrier formed by the body of this true god after his fall to protect himself. Although the barrier's structure is somewhat complex, it is still within the scope of the third level of barriers that I have learned. It will just take quite a while to dispel it."

"How long will it take?" Gu Ding and the others felt that if it would take several days to solve the puzzle, they might as well leave now and look for other treasure locations. They could visit at least two or three treasure locations in ten days.

"At least two hours, possibly three hours." Miko finished speaking, she suddenly remembered that Sea Emperor was still there. "If Sea Emperor helps, it should be done within an hour, because some things involve calculations and deductions, and Sea Emperor's deduction speed is faster than mine."

"If you need anything, just let me help you," Sea Emperor readily agreed.

"I'll first analyze the basic patterns used in this barrier, and then you help me calculate the permutation and combination order of the various parts of this barrier." Miko a man of action and immediately began to divide the work.

He placed one hand on the top point novel barrier again, and with the other hand quickly activated his Smart Watch, drawing shapes on the void projection.

About half an hour later, Miko had drawn more than a hundred shapes, and Sea Emperor had recorded all of them. Then he activated the scanning function and began scanning the basic structure of the barrier.

In less than a minute, the Sea Emperor's analysis results were already out. "I have calculated that this barrier is divided into four main parts, and I have directly transmitted the permutation and combination diagram into your mind."

After a moment, Miko nodded; he had received the information transmitted to his brain by the Sea Emperor. "The point where the four parts fit together is the weakest point of this barrier. Even so, if you try to break it by brute force, it would require at least the attack of Nine-and-a-Half Star Half-Step True God. But for us Barrier Master, once the barrier analysis is complete, the cracking work is already ninety-nine percent done. Next, we only need to disrupt the arrangement and combination order of the barrier's Realm Diagram."

Miko stepped onto the barrier, guided by the Sea Emperor, and walked towards the weakest point. Upon arrival, he stood at that point and quickly formed a series of hand seals. Streams of divine energy automatically outlined Realm Diagram in front of him, and those patterns seemed to be alive, continuously seeping into the point beneath his feet.

A crisp cracking sound reached everyone's ears, and Gu Ding and the others clearly saw a spiderweb-like crack appear beneath Miko's feet. The crack, which was originally less than a meter in size, began to extend rapidly towards other parts of the barrier at a visible speed.

Miko claimed was a one-hour solution actually took less than forty minutes in the rest of the world.

Gu Ding swayed, grabbed Miko, and flew out of the area covered by the barrier.

The group stood not far from the barrier, patiently waiting for it to completely collapse.

"Boom!" As spiderweb-like cracks spread across the entire barrier, a sudden explosion rang out, sending waves of sound through the air. It reverberated in all directions.

Gu Ding and the others were almost unable to stand steadily. Fortunately Miko quickly created a sturdy defensive barrier, preventing them from being blown away by the sound wave.

The powerful gust of wind from that sound wave lasted for more than half an hour before it finally stopped. Gu Ding and the others frowned, realizing that such a commotion would likely cause a lot of trouble.

Everyone looked towards the location of the barrier, which had completely collapsed, revealing the bottomless abyss within.

But before Miko remove the defensive barrier, a Blood Radiance suddenly shot out from the True God's mouth, soaring straight into the sky.

"Gu Ding, hurry and catch up with that thing! It's a mouthful of True Blood!!!" the Sea Emperor shouted urgently.

The interior of this True God Remains is an Independent World, and the Sea Emperor has no way of scanning what's inside. But when that Red Radiance shot into the sky, he immediately recognized what it was.

"True Blood?!" Gu Ding's eyes lit up upon hearing this. Although he still had many questions, he didn't ask them but instead rushed directly into the sky.

The Red Radiance rose rapidly, radiating endless crimson light as it radiated down to the ground, resembling a blood-red sun.

Even with Gu Ding's flying speed, he could barely keep up.

"Damn it! When the sound waves came out before, some people might not have been able to tell which way to go, but now that this mouthful of True Blood has appeared, I'm afraid all the powerful figures are rushing in this direction..." The Sea Emperor said speechlessly.

The sky above this Ancient Ruins had always been overcast. But this mouthful of True Blood rising into the air was like a Scarlet Sun, radiating endless light upon the earth and illuminating the entire ruin. It's likely that everyone on the entire continent witnessed the rise of this Scarlet Sun. Even if most didn't know what it was, anyone with some strength would certainly have chosen to join the spectacle and see what was happening.

The Sea Emperor's prediction was indeed correct. Everyone was stunned at first sight of the Scarlet Sun rising, but immediately rushed towards it.

Moreover, countless blood demons throughout the ruins discovered the existence of this mouthful of True Blood and flew madly toward it.

"Damn it, we were tricked by a mouthful of blood!" Dokter couldn't help but curse.

"Logically speaking, this guy's body should have already crystallized, so why is there still a mouthful of True Blood left?" Liliath frowned slightly and asked the Sea Emperor through the communicator.

"When the true god perished, the crystallization speed of each part varied slightly. The heart, where the blood and qi were most concentrated, was the slowest, followed by the bones. This mouthful of True Blood must have been stored in the heart and had formed its own consciousness before crystallization. Therefore, it escaped the crystallization process and survived. It must have always wanted to escape from the true god's body, but it was blocked by the barrier. When we broke the barrier, it heard the sound of the barrier breaking and immediately fled."

"Too fast, Gu Ding can't catch up..." Liliath and the others saw that Gu Ding's pursuit in the sky didn't seem to be very effective.

"I'll help!" Upon Miko quickly formed a hand seal, and several semi-transparent Realm Diagram rapidly condensed on the ground, forming a circle nearly a hundred kilometers in diameter. The circle shot out a beam of white light towards the sky, instantly engulfing Gu Ding and that mouthful of True Blood.

A moment later, a semi-transparent barrier completely enveloped the area covered by the circle, while the True Blood flying at the top of the sky was also blocked by the transparent barrier.

Unable to break through on its first attempt, the True Blood immediately changed direction and flew in other directions, but still encountered obstacles. Moreover, the height of the barrier was rapidly shrinking, compressing the True Blood's flight range.

Gu Ding, suspended in mid-air, watched as the True Blood was continuously pulled down by the barrier. He then directly injected his soul power into the black Devouring Flame, causing flames to erupt and cover the True Blood, beginning to erode its consciousness.

Although this consciousness was formed from True Blood, it wasn't very powerful. After all, a mouthful of True Blood is only a small part of a true god's physical body, and this consciousness barely reached the strength of One-Star Half-Step True God. Therefore, it was powerless to break through Miko's barrier, nor could it withstand the annihilation of Gu Ding's Devouring Fire. It struggled for less than a minute before being completely annihilated.

After his consciousness faded, the crimson light emanating from the True Blood gradually dimmed, and Gu Ding finally saw the true appearance of this mouthful of True Blood. It was over ten meters in diameter, entirely crimson in color, and its surface was as smooth as jade.

Gu Ding immediately took action and stored it in his Storage Space.

"This amount of True Blood is quite substantial, a full ten drops!" The Sea Emperor was also very pleased that Gu Ding had obtained this True Blood.

"Only ten drops?" Gu Ding asked, somewhat surprised.

"Yes, because of their physical bodies, the blood of ancient True Blood gods is very large. The portion you received only contains fifteen drops of True Blood." The Sea Emperor had only recently acquired this information; he hadn't known about such things before.

"Can't we drink it one cup at a time?" Gu Ding was a little confused.

"Each drop of True Blood is a whole, inseparable, unless you reach the realm of a true god and can forcibly destroy it. But once True Blood is destroyed, it will automatically perish and become unusable," the Sea Emperor explained.

"Oh, I see. Well, never mind then. One drop each should be enough for everyone. We can sell the extras and exchange them for other resources," Gu Ding grinned.

"True Blood is priceless; it's probably rare to find even in the Universe Sea. Those Nine Revolutions Half-Step True God of the Heavenly Tribulation would have a much higher success rate if they obtained a drop of True Blood, so they'd be willing to go bankrupt for it. If it were really going to be sold, it would definitely fetch a good price." The Sea Emperor seemed to agree with Gu Ding's approach. "The most precious thing about True Blood is that it brings about an epiphany after absorption, and this only happens the first time you use it. Therefore, the first absorption is the most effective; subsequent absorptions are much less effective, at most containing only a huge amount of energy. Exchanging it for other equivalent resources is definitely a worthwhile deal."

Gu Ding's figure slowly descended, and with Liliath's prompting, Miko also completely dispelled the barrier.

The crowd rushing in this direction, upon seeing the Scarlet Sun disappear, all guessed that someone must have obtained the sun-like Strange Treasure. Feeling quite resentful, they quickened their pace towards the location.

The blood demons that swarmed in all directions screamed wildly, appearing extremely angry.

"Let's go in, there should be more treasures inside." Gu Ding looked at the abyss-like opening and was the first to jump into the Black Hole abyss.

Liliath and her group immediately followed suit and jumped down...

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[I'm going to grab some food first. There will be another chapter tonight, a make-up update for yesterday. By the way, this book is now available on Tencent Bookstore, so those of you reading there can add it to your favorites. However, the subscription price should be lower on Qidian.] (To be continued...)