Within an underground cavern, bloodwater surged everywhere, and Blood Qi steamed into the air.
This cavern was enormous, dozens of kilometers wide. Corpses of every race floated within it—humans, tigers, Ox Clan members, and members of the Skull Vine Demon Clan.
The blood path treated every living being equally.
Jiang Ding arrived here and revealed himself as a late Spirit Transformation Wood Vine Demon, his emerald branches dancing wildly.
This vine demon had once been a king of the Wood Vine Demon race in the Magic Stone Minor Realm, but later vanished without cause.
Some guessed that he had fled as a slave; others believed some great figure of the Horned Demon Tribe had coveted his life-rich Wood Vine Demon heart. In any case, there had never been a clear conclusion.
Thus, Jiang Ding had borrowed this identity for use as his background.
"Edict!"
Jiang Ding took out a Blood Egg half the height of a man and threw it into the center of the blood lake.
He sat cross-legged, chanting under his breath. From time to time, he formed seals and took out Natural Treasures from this domain to melt into it, sacrificing and refining the Blood Egg formed by the Blood River King until it moved as readily as his own arm.
The surrounding blood lake stirred with his seals. Blood dragons rose one after another and plunged into the Blood Egg, gradually raising its aura.
There was no helping it. The Blood River King was too weak.
Though he possessed the realm of Peak Deity Transformation and fairly strong escape abilities, his true combat power was scarcely stronger than that of an Early Deity Transformation cultivator.
Such strength could accomplish nothing at all.
What Jiang Ding intended was to use the methods of sacrificing and refining magic