Can't Leave Anymore

Fahua Temple had been abandoned for a long time. Legend had it that there was a Ghost Domain nearby, and anyone dragged into it would never be reborn!

"Mystic Thunder Talisman Array!"

Qingyuan Old Daoist had some renown in the surrounding villages and towns. While he couldn't defeat the Blood Shadow Ghost Mother, it didn't mean he couldn't even get rid of a Blood Demon.

What kind of cultivator today didn't have a few trump cards?

The Blood Demon was cultivated at great cost by the Blood Shadow Ghost Mother, and it possessed the strength of a ninth-level Qi Refining Realm cultivator.

Facing an evil entity at the same cultivation level as himself, Qingyuan Old Daoist had to take it seriously.

He took out ten talismans from his bag and recited incantations.

Soon, the ten talismans rose into the air, surrounding the Blood Demon.

As if sensing each other, the talismans were linked by lightning, which then condensed and struck the Blood Demon in the center.

Lightning was extremely destructive to evil entities!

"Roar..."

Caught off guard, the Blood Demon let out a yell, and white smoke began to rise from its body.

Initially, the outermost layer of the Blood Demon was thick blood.

But now, this blood churned and retracted, quickly revealing a massive skeleton.

The skeleton extended a giant hand, grabbed two talismans, and began to tear them apart with force, completely disregarding the lightning striking its body.

Qingyuan Old Daoist frowned, bit his finger, and flicked a drop of blood onto the talismans.

"Crackle!"

The talismans' power increased again, and their defense improved by a level.

The man and the demon were temporarily locked in a stalemate.

Over at the main hall!

The Blood Shadow Ghost Mother could no longer afford to worry about the Blood Demon, only sending a portion of her blood from the blood spring to support it.

After that, she focused her entire attention on Zhang You.

She knew she couldn't delay; by the time others arrived, her situation would be dire!

She wasn't confident enough to fight the entire city's cultivators alone.

Gritting her teeth, she quickly mobilized the Blood Shadow Swarm to surround Zhang You, attempting to gauge his condition.

Inside Zhang You's body, the eighth Great Body Tempering was underway!

Facing the enemy, he could only forcibly endure the intense pain and prevent himself from crying out.

The Great Body Tempering was nearing its end; in another fifteen minutes, it should be complete.

Once his strength improved further, the Blood Shadow Ghost Mother would be easy pickings!

He occasionally took deep breaths, then held his forehead as if contemplating something, only to roll his eyes and grind his teeth, his face contorting.

All these strange behaviors were interpreted by the Blood Shadow Ghost Mother as him holding back a powerful move.

In reality, she was overthinking; Zhang You was simply finding it increasingly difficult to withstand the pain of the Great Body Tempering.

He was holding his breath, stubbornly enduring.

Just then, the Blood Shadow Swarm also closed in!

Zhang You had no choice but to forcibly mobilize some of his blood energy and sweep it out. The Blood Shadows that got close were instantly reduced to ashes.

Over a dozen blue-white energies were absorbed by him again.

The progress of his body tempering actually accelerated once more!

The Blood Shadow Ghost Mother discovered that Zhang You's attack power had become even stronger. Upon closer inspection, she noticed that his aura was also continuously growing!

Although she didn't know why, it was clearly not a good sign!

The Blood Shadow Ghost Mother immediately ordered the Blood Shadow Swarm to charge forward at all costs, while she herself brandished her cane and rushed towards Zhang You.

She had to stop him as soon as possible!

"Four Symbols: White Tiger: Thunderclap!"

Zhang You smiled slightly and decided to stop holding back, unleashing his sonic roar.

This sonic roar contained his previous forbearance, and its power had unexpectedly increased significantly.

Many Blood Shadows in the four directions exploded under this sonic blast.

In the blink of an eye, dozens more blue-white energies were absorbed by him.

At this moment, blood flowed from his seven orifices, and his body was covered in dense cracks. Blood gushed out, making him look like a bloody figure, and his aura weakened considerably in an instant.

The Blood Shadow Ghost Mother's eyes sharpened. Breaking through the sonic roar, she instantly appeared above Zhang You and brought her cane down heavily towards his head.

"Boom!"

This cane strike contained terrifying spiritual energy, an unrestrained blow, and its destructive power was immense.

A deep pit was left in the ground, with the overflowing spiritual energy rushing outwards.

Qingyuan Old Daoist and the Blood Demon were also affected, sent flying outwards.

Dust scattered, obscuring the view within.

For some unknown reason, the Blood Demon's aura had dropped significantly.

Qingyuan Old Daoist seized the opportunity, his long sword flew from his back, imbued with explosive spiritual energy, piercing through the Blood Demon's spiritual root from its crown.

"Crack..."

The Blood Demon shattered into pieces.

Qingyuan Old Daoist, not reassured, retracted his thunder talismans and threw out dozens more fire talismans.

"Bang..."

The Blood Demon was quickly burned to nothing left.

Qingyuan Old Daoist then rapidly approached the large pit.

As the dust settled, the situation within was revealed.

Zhang You stood bare-chested, his blood energy even more potent, extending a meter from his body.

His left hand tightly gripped the Blood Shadow Ghost Mother's staff, while his right hand was around her neck.

The Blood Shadow Ghost Mother struggled, but it was clearly futile.

She tried to unleash her blood spring, but Zhang You stomped it flat.

"You... you... you..."

The Blood Shadow Ghost Mother's face contorted in terror. Though they couldn't see clearly, both Zhang You and Qingyuan Old Daoist could feel it.

"Let go... let me go, I... I..."

Zhang You sneered, and a giant tiger shadow appeared behind him, lunging into the Blood Shadow Ghost Mother's body.

Soon, the Blood Shadow Ghost Mother's body rapidly shriveled.

With a slight exertion of force from Zhang You, she turned to ash, scattering on the ground.

In that final moment, he had absorbed a large amount of blue-white energy, accelerating the Great Body Tempering process, and he had also endured a greater impact.

He had finally persevered, successfully reaching the eighth stage of the first realm!

At this moment, a dense stream of blue-white energy was absorbed by Zhang You.

It seemed that killing these evil cultivators also produced blue-white energy!

"So it was you!"

Qingyuan Old Daoist exclaimed from outside the pit.

Zhang You's face was now visible.

The old daoist had been to the Auspicious Cloud Teahouse and had seen Zhang You, knowing he was a waiter there, known as "Little Overlord"!

At this moment, a stream of blue-white energy flew from Zhang You and was absorbed by him.

"What, you want to eat me too?"

Zhang You leaped out of the deep pit.

"No, no, no, I am a righteous cultivator, not an evil one!"

Qingyuan Old Daoist took a few steps back, waving his hands to deny it.

Eat him? That would be pure suicide!

"I just don't understand, am I really that fragrant? That appetizing?"

Zhang You looked at the old daoist.

"In today's era, anything with vigorous blood energy, including people, will be fought over by cultivators! Especially someone like you who practices martial arts, you're a prime target. I heard that in the late stages of martial arts, the fate of martial artists was quite tragic!"

The old daoist shook his head and sighed.

"You need to be careful in the future. You also need to be mindful of concealing your blood energy, otherwise, once you're targeted, it'll be big trouble!"

The old daoist added.

During this period, Zhang You had already been concealing his own blood energy. Otherwise, if Shopkeeper Ling had noticed, it wouldn't have ended well.

"We need to leave this place first!"

Qingyuan Old Daoist had sensed many people approaching their location earlier.

"I'm afraid we can't leave!"

Zhang You frowned, looking around.

"This is..."

The old daoist also seemed to sense something and looked around in shock.

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