Blood Butcher

Chang Yujian said, "There's no such thing as cunning or treachery; this is called combat wisdom. Whether you cultivate Buddhism or Daoism, you're still on the path of cultivation. Without cunning and strategy, how can you go far? I think you can't stay in the Du'e Temple any longer; you need to go out and gain some experience."

Wenren Tinghai's laughter rang out. He picked up his teacup and strode Shan Xianzhi, who had returned in a flash. "Xue Ding was so frightened by Master Xianzhi that he fled without a fight. I think that in the world today, only Gu Zhenxiang and Master Xianzhi can be called Sun and Moon Shine Together."

On the other end.

Li Weiyi, not wanting to be surrounded and challenged by the martial arts practitioners of Immortal Forest, got up and left with Zuoqiu Hongting, Chang Yujian and others, walking down the jade steps.

Below.

Two groups of people surged out from the left and right, intercepting them and blocking their path.

"Fei Yeyan, Fei Clan Northern Frontier Life Realm, greets Southern Dragon. May I ask if you could offer some guidance?" Fei Yeyan stood amidst the purple mist and clouds, her fairy robes fluttering, her skin as white as snow, exuding a hazy beauty.

Wang Huo, the true disciple of the Yizong sect, who claimed to cut off Li Weiyi's route to the north, also reported to his master's sect, the Xuan Shen Sect, with Mysterious Light Scripture on his head.

The disciples of the Fei Clan and the Xuan Shen Sect completely blocked the way out of the Immortal Forest, thus bolstering their prestige.

Li Weiyi said, "I'm sorry, my name Li Weiyi, not Southern Dragon. Also, if you two wish to challenge me, you can go find Shan Xianzhi. Defeating him will be the same as defeating Feifeng's grandson and the number one person in the Wing Dynasty."

"They are the Great Longevity of the Fourth Realm, while we are all at the Peak Third Realm. Naturally, we will challenge the strongest in the Third Realm," Wang Huo said.

Fei Yeyan said in a melodious tone, "That's right, they have their own way of fighting at their level. At our level, we have our own competition."

"Two true disciples, I humbly beg you. Brother Li, you are unavailable today. Please grant our Chang family some face and make way for us."

Four members of the Chang family stepped forward to clear a path, forcibly creating a four-foot-wide passage between the disciples of the Fei Clan and the Xuan Shen Sect.

Li Weiyi walked towards the passage.

As he passed by Wang Huo, the man chuckled softly, "I heard that you and Wenren the Flower have a deep-seated grudge. Seeing Shan Xianzhi and display his divine power, you were frightened, so you hurriedly fled Immortal Forest. Is that right?"

"We are only here to exchange ideas, and have no intention of offending anyone," Fei Yeyan said.

Li Weiyi, who had already entered the crowd passage, suddenly stopped. She understood why Mo Duanfeng annoyed back then! If she ignored them, they would either slander her behind her back, saying she was arrogant and disdainful of others, or they would think she was afraid of them.

If we deal with them, challengers will flock to us, all seeking fame.

Li Weiyi looked at Chang Yujian: "How about it, can you lend a hand?"

"Willing to serve the priests."

Chang Yujian had been itching to use it for a long time, but knowing that the Taiyin Sect was hiding in the shadows, she didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble.

"Why didn't you ask me for help? Who is your best brother anyway?" Zuoqiu Hongting looked displeased, gazed at the stars, and sighed deeply, like a resentful brother who had been abandoned.

Escorted by four members of the Chang family, Li Weiyi descended the ancient tree in the Immortal Forest first, followed the wide jade steps to the edge of the bluestone street, and waited beside the seven carriages.

With my mind at ease, I felt that the tranquility of Chun City and Dongxu Camp was completely different from the hustle and bustle of this place.

He was instantly thrown into boiling water, having just gone from a state of secluded cultivation.

The sounds of magical combat echoed from the Immortal Forest behind them.

After a while, Zuoqiu Hongting ended her exchange with Fei Yeyan first. The spiritual light, flames, and runes on her body disappeared without a trace. With her hands behind her back, she walked to Li Weiyi's side and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Li Weiyi looked at her brow in surprise. "Why has your mental cultivation improved so quickly?"

"Perhaps it's because I've been focusing on cultivation in the Ancient Kingdom of the Years Ruin, while you've been with Nangong, Wanzhou, Jiang Ning, Hong Ling... and that other person? Anyway, your mind hasn't been on cultivation."

Zuoqiu Hongting looked at the fourth carriage carrying Yao Qingxuan with her bright eyes, a puzzled expression on her face.

Li Weiyi thought of her impulsive actions with Tang Wanzhou by the river and was momentarily at a loss for words to refute them.

"I'm not kidding you! Seriously, we both got our opportunities in the Immortal Realm space of Immortal Burial Town, right? You've reached an extremely high level in both martial arts and mental power, so why should my Psychic Power Attainment be so much behind yours? I'm secretly annoyed that I haven't surpassed you in mental power!" Zuoqiu Hongting snorted.

Li Weiyi asked in surprise, "That broken lamp of yours, you obtained it back in Immortal Burial Town?"

"I won't tell you," Zuoqiu Hongting said.

"Then give me back my Peach Wood Staff first... ugh..."

Li Weiyi sensed something, raised his head, and looked into the depths of the dark and gloomy bluestone street. The street was more than twenty zhang wide, but only fifty or sixty zhang long could be seen.

Further away, it was swallowed by darkness.

The surrounding city area became unusually quiet.

Strands of bloody energy spread along the ground.

"Da da!"

A seven-foot-tall, muscular figure clad in purplish-black soft armor walked with an aura of blood, wearing a silver mask and exuding a powerful presence, as if walking on a blood-red cloud bridge.

The eyes behind the mask were fixed on Li Weiyi.

Li Weiyi met his gaze and sensed hostility and murderous intent emanating from him.

Attention then fell on the soft armor on the figure's body. In the abdominal cavity of the purplish-black soft armor sat a palm-sized, Blood Buddha Infant. The Buddha infant's expression was smiling, its bright red color dazzling.

As they drew closer, the ground of the entire block was covered in a bloody aura, so thick it seemed about to liquefy.

Who is it?

Chang Qu, a member of the Chang family at the third stage of the Longevity Realm, had a black battle sword fly out from his ancestral field and strode forward to intercept him.

The masked man in the Blood Buddha Infant armor did not stop; instead, he quickened his pace and shot out like an arrow. He unleashed a large number of Longevity Scriptures with his fist, which collided with the black battle sword that Chang Qu had slashed out.

"Boom!"

The two retreated simultaneously, separating themselves by several dozen feet, before quickly regaining their footing.

"Chang Qu, step down."

After defeating Wang Huo, Chang Yujian emerged from the Immortal Forest with an intimidating aura, glaring at the man wearing a silver mask. "Blood Butcher Demonic Armor, who sent you? Don't you know Li Weiyi is a distinguished guest of the Chang family tonight? Get out of here immediately!"

Above, ancient trees of the Immortal Forest.

Wenren Tinghai stood outside Red Jade Residence, a pot of wine in his hand, leaning against the red wall. He drank and looked down, a wicked smile appearing on his handsome face, "Wang Huo and Fei Yeyan are really useless. They can't even beat Chang Yujian and Zuoqiu Hongting, yet they call themselves true disciples? This Li Weiyi seems unfathomable. What is his cultivation level? Only a little over a year has passed. He couldn't possibly have Great Longevity, could he?"

The man in the Blood Butcher Demonic Armor was not deterred by Chang Yujian.

Instead.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Three more figures clad in Blood Butcher Demonic Armor, their skin a deep purple-black, appeared in the street.

The four people gathered together and stood in four directions, all wearing silver masks, with sharp eyes and vigorous spirits.

Clearly, they were all powerful individuals at the Ninth Generation Longevity Person. They had concealed their identities and were not afraid of future retaliation from the Chang family.

Chang Yuqing was also furious. How dare anyone in the Demon Kingdom disrespect the Chang family! "Arrest them all! I want to see what their true identities are behind their masks!"

The four disciples of the Chang family simultaneously released their magical energy and battle weapons, their faces cold. They moved with perfect coordination, executing mysterious footwork, and the four of them became sixteen shadows as they attacked.

"Splash!"

Four mysterious figures clad in Blood Butcher Demonic Armor infused their magical energy into the soft armor.

Instantly, countless blood-red scriptures flew out from the Blood Buddha Infant pattern on the abdomen.

The rest of the soft armor emitted black demonic mist, enveloping the sky and the earth, obscuring all the cultivator's senses.

Within each Blood Buddha Infant pattern, over nine thousand scriptures emerged. These crimson scriptures were directly imprinted onto their skin, transforming into crimson demonic armor.

They stood still, in a lunge stance, and simultaneously threw a punch from a distance.

The four streams of energy merged together, forming a black storm of demonic mist that sent all four members of the Chang family flying, tumbling to the ground.

This scene shocked Li Weiyi and Zuoqiu Hongting.

It should be noted that a single mysterious person's combat strength is roughly equivalent to that of Chang Qu. However, the four of them working together easily defeated the four top experts of the Chang family.

The four experts from the Chang family all cooperated perfectly, and they were clearly proficient in combined attacks, so they shouldn't have been so easily defeated.

Li Weiyi observed carefully. "This so-called Blood Butcher Demonic Armor seems to have similarities with the Blood Handprint Demonic Armor. However, the Blood Handprint Demonic Armor is only Ninth-grade Hundred-character Artifact, while every Blood Butcher Demonic Armor is Ninth-grade Thousand Character Artifact."

"I've never heard of the Blood Butcher Demonic Armor before. That shouldn't be the case! Ninth-grade Thousand Character Artifact, and a complete set at that, should have a great reputation." Zuoqiu Hongting frowned, very puzzled.

Chang Yuqing's face turned ugly, and she muttered in a low voice, "Don't even mention you, this is the first time I've ever heard of this, and I don't know where my brother found out."

A loud commotion came from behind.

All the martial arts practitioners in the Immortal Forest were alarmed and were discussing the terrifying methods of the four mysterious figures wearing the Blood Butcher Demonic Armor.

"How could Chang Qu and the other three have suffered such a crushing defeat? Their combined attack would have forced even ordinary Fourth Realm Great Longevity to retreat."

"So the Chang family is nothing special after all."

"Let's see how Chang Yujian ends up now."

The happiest people at this moment were Fei Yeyan of the Fei Clan and Wang Huo of the Xuan Shen Sect. They had just suffered a great loss and lost face at the hands of Chang Yujian and Zuoqiu Hongting.

It should be noted that both Chang Yujian and Zuoqiu Hongting are rising stars under the age of fifty.

Outside Red Jade Residence, Shan Xianzhi at the Blood Butcher Demonic Armor on the four mysterious figures, muttering, "Resembling Buddha yet not Buddha, utterly malevolent. Blood-red aura and demonic mist, are they demons or Buddhas?"

Qiu Qu knew this was the "other arrangement" Wenren Tinghai had mentioned, so he asked, "Brother Wenren, how come the Demon Kingdom has a complete set of Ninth-grade Thousand Character Artifact? I've never heard of them before!"

Wenren Tinghai laughed and said, "Do you know who the most powerful weapon refiner in the Demon Kingdom is?"

"Empress Cao is the first choice, followed by the Qu Mo Xiang." -Qiu Qu

Wenren Tinghai waved his hand. "While the weapon-forging skills of these two great sages are indeed unparalleled, they both learned from the same master."

"Brother Tinghai, are you referring to Yu Tuo Nan, the Imperial Uncle from a thousand years ago?" Qiu Qu.

Wenren Tinghai nodded. "The seventy-two Blood Butcher Demonic Armor were forged by the Imperial Uncle back then. The seventy-two Blood Butcher are responsible for guarding the Demon Mausoleum, and they are also the most terrifying secret army of the Demon Kingdom. Don't tell me you don't know this; I had never even heard of it a few months ago."

"The Ninth Generation Longevity Person was not originally qualified to wear the Blood Butcher Demonic Armor, but the Devil Lord attached great importance to this battle and did not want any mistakes, so he activated them all."

"Guess how many levels of pagodas we prepared for that Southern Dragon tonight? Haha..."

On the street below, four mysterious figures clad in Blood Butcher Demonic Armor, their feet treading on crimson demonic runes, formed a Four-level Futu Tower to confront the five sons of the Chang family, led by Chang Yujian.

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