Seizing Blood Qi, Plundering

Meng Jun was drenched in blood, the knife wounds and gaping holes torn by the Blazing Demon Ape looking utterly horrifying.

Panting heavily, his eyes were bloodshot.

His gaze was fixed on Lin Shuguang, yet his smile was eerily sinister. "Summoning a Beast Soul, boy... I don't think that's a technique the Baojian Sect would have. Those arrogant bastards have nothing but swords on their minds; they'd never waste time on something like this. Spill it, who are you?"

Lin Shuguang remained silent.

This Meng Jun really had some skill.

He had consumed eighty thousand calories of blood energy just to barely wound the man.

The Heavenly Prides of the Ninth Heaven were truly terrifying.

What he didn't know was that his own extraordinary methods had stirred a massive storm in Meng Jun's heart.

This Lin Shuguang had nearly crossed an entire realm!

At first, Meng Jun thought Lin Shuguang was only at the First Heaven, but as the fight went on, Lin Shuguang's explosive power kept shattering his impression of this new Baojian Sect disciple.

Damn it, my target was Su Beichen!

"Weren't you acting like you had me in the bag just now? Why so much chatter all of a sudden?"

Lin Shuguang's figure charged forward almost simultaneously.

Meng Jun cursed under his breath, mustering his last shred of viciousness, hoping for a desperate counterattack.

"Boom!"

The Blazing Demon Ape's fist tore through the air and slammed into Meng Jun's left arm, the crisp sound of bone shattering ringing out.

"Ah!"

Amid the lingering scream, Lin Shuguang's blade left several more gashes on him.

"Shua!"

"I'll kill you!"

Meng Jun let out a hysterical roar, grabbing Lin Shuguang's Slaughter Blade with his bare hand, ignoring the pain of the blade cutting into his palm.

He had activated some kind of secret art.

His muscles bulged and knotted, coiling around his body like pythons, gleaming with a dark cyan luster, bursting with explosive power.

His robes were stretched taut, the fabric tearing with a ripping sound.

"I was saving this move for Qi Tianming, never thought I'd use it on a bastard like you!" Meng Jun's words came out with what seemed like scorching hot breath.

At this moment, his face was etched with shame, rage, and every kind of hysteria.

The Lin Shuguang before him had unleashed all the surging killing intent in his heart.

Secret Martial Art: Sacred Dragon Frenzy!

At the same time.

The massive body of the Blazing Demon Ape charged out from the darkness, its enormous flaming fist swinging under Lin Shuguang's command.

From the moment Lin Shuguang saw Meng Jun's attack until now, he hadn't shown a trace of panic.

The Beast God Soul equipment allowed his physical body to be tempered by the purest power at every moment.

He had to admit, Su Beichen had done something good.

Without the three Blood Spirit Soul Sacrificing Banners he provided, Lin Shuguang wouldn't have such formidable strength.

They could already elevate Lin Shuguang's power to the Sixth Heaven, and with the dual boost now, although Lin Shuguang's realm couldn't match Meng Jun's, his strength could barely contend.

Still, Lin Shuguang knew full well that the real opponent in this fight was the Blazing Demon Ape!

Lin Shuguang exchanged a punch with Meng Jun.

The void trembled.

The Blazing Demon Ape's giant palm came crashing down again.

Meng Jun glared back with a ferocious look, "I've been waiting for you!"

He flipped his hand.

His freed other hand instantly transformed into something like a dragon's head, shattering the void as it passed, annihilating the air in its path.

Lin Shuguang sensed a surge of anger from the Blazing Demon Ape, provoked by the challenge.

No matter how much Meng Jun had activated some martial art, making his aura seem like a Ferocious Dragon, in the end, he hadn't become a true dragon.

And Meng Jun's attempt to threaten this Blazing Demon Ape with the majesty of a true dragon only added fuel to the fire.

For a moment, heaven and earth seemed to crack apart!

Lin Shuguang's left chest was pierced clean through by Meng Jun's Nether Iron Chain, flesh and blood mangled.

But he gathered all his strength and exploded with full force, not retreating despite the severe injury. Instead, like a madman, he unleashed all his ferocity and clamped his hands onto Meng Jun's arms.

"You're insane!!!"

The moment Meng Jun was locked in place, he saw the Blazing Demon Ape charging wildly at him, his eyes nearly splitting with terror.

He never imagined Lin Shuguang would be this unafraid of death—still charging straight at him despite such severe injuries, completely throwing off his rhythm.

He had wanted to knock this troublesome Lin Shuguang back so he could free his hands to tear that damned Blazing Demon Ape limb from limb.

Meng Jun tried to counterattack.

But Lin Shuguang reached out and grabbed directly onto his wound, adding insult to injury.

In the blink of an eye.

The Blazing Demon Ape descended before the two of them!

A devastating punch, as if it could punch through heaven and earth, came crashing down toward Lin Shuguang and Meng Jun, locked together.

Lin Shuguang showed no intention of dodging, holding Meng Jun tightly in place.

Amid the piercing shriek of air being torn came Meng Jun's agonized roar.

"Tear apart!"

Something was violently ripped apart.

Everything was swallowed by the terrifying blast of air.

Beyond the waves of outward-rushing shockwaves, a sudden sound of severing rang out.

"Thump! Thump!"

Two consecutive sounds of bodies hitting the ground came.

Meng Jun collapsed in a pool of blood, his wide, bloodshot eyes staring blankly at the hazy sky shrouded by the formation... In the blood, his body convulsed as large mouthfuls of bloody foam spilled from his lips.

"Clang."

The sound of a weapon sinking into the ground came slowly.

Lin Shuguang, drenched in blood, stood up slowly.

The Blazing Demon Ape was dead... In the final moment of its life-or-death struggle with Meng Jun, it was devoured by that Ferocious Dragon.

But the backlash power lent Lin Shuguang a hand, allowing him to successfully use the Slaughter Blade to shred Meng Jun's internal organs.

A Ninth Heaven Core Realm body wasn't as fragile as ordinary people's—though not as indestructible as Lin Shuguang's own tempered organs, it still posed some difficulty.

Otherwise, Lin Shuguang wouldn't have been so badly injured.

He picked up his blade and walked over slowly, the tip scraping against the ground, sending a spine-chilling sound through the air.

Meng Jun's body trembled, his blood-spurting mouth opening and closing weakly as he gasped, "Don't... kill... me..."

Lin Shuguang's face was utterly indifferent as he carried the blade, step by step, until he stood before Meng Jun.

"Don't... kill—"

The Slaughter Blade swung.

His head hit the ground!

Kill successful. Acquired 1,200,000 Blood Energy!

The surging Blood Energy returned, and the withered aura around Lin Shuguang dissipated like receding tides, as if even his soul was rejoicing.

Slaying a Ninth Heaven Core Realm cultivator brought benefits far exceeding any gain from years of cultivation.

More importantly, he had spent nearly 900,000 Blood Energy earlier to summon the Blazing Demon Ape. Now, with 1,200,000 replenished, not only were all losses recovered, but he had gained a direct surge of 400,000.

This was the first time Lin Shuguang had killed someone with the Slaughter Blade since arriving on the Totem Continent.

It seemed that within this Demon Mountain, it wouldn't draw the attention of the World Will... In the end, it was all pure luck.

Gasping heavily.

Lin Shuguang gradually regained his vitality.

He looked down at Meng Jun's corpse, bent over, and began to search through it.