Secret Realm Pearl Battle Against Minghe, Sea of Blood Deep Escape, Crisis Lurks

The blood sword had not yet arrived, but the sharp killing intent and the foul blood fiend energy already made Tongtian's skin ache, and his Primordial Spirit trembled!

It was Old Ancestor Minghe's Blood God Son clone! And it was at the Quasi-Saint level!

While such a clone, though not as divinely powerful as Old Ancestor Minghe's true body and not possessing top-tier spiritual treasures, was intrinsically linked to Minghe. Its mastery of the Sea of Blood laws was divine, and its combat power far surpassed ordinary Quasi-Saints of the same level!

In a flash, Tongtian had no time to ponder why he had been exposed. Facing imminent death, he reacted almost instinctively!

"Roar!"

The nascent Primordial Dao Seed within his body vibrated at an unprecedented frequency, and an aura of primordial chaos, before creation, before the dawn of time, erupted violently! Though weak, it carried an oppressive, supreme authority!

At the same time, his footwork shifted in a profound manner, his figure becoming blurry like a phantom. In the nick of time, he narrowly, by a hair's breadth, deflected his body!

Swish!

The blood sword of slaughter grazed his ribs, its sharp edge tearing his tattered Daoist robe and leaving another shallow bloodstain on his Saint Body. The foul blood fiend energy surged in, attempting to erode his vitality!

Tongtian grunted, his face growing paler, but a fierce cold light erupted in his eyes!

He had dodged the fatal blow!

A flicker of obvious astonishment crossed the Blood God Son clone's scarlet eyes. It hadn't expected this uninvited guest, whose aura wasn't particularly strong, to evade its sure-hit attack. Moreover, that peculiar aura had made its soul, originating from the Sea of Blood's core, tremble slightly?

It was in this moment of stunned surprise!

Tongtian moved!

He completely ignored the blood fiend energy surging into his body and made no attempt to engage the Blood God Son clone. He had only one target – the Chaos Bead within the spatial rift ahead!

Whoosh!

He poured all his Method Power into his legs without reservation, even risking activating his Saint Body's origin again. He transformed into a distorted streak of light, shooting directly towards the spatial rift!

"Seeking death!" The Blood God Son clone reacted, letting out a sharp hiss. It shook the blood sword in its hand, transforming into countless blood-colored sword shadows that enveloped Tongtian's back like a storm. Simultaneously, a powerful Sea of Blood domain spread out, attempting to seal space and prevent Tongtian from entering!

[Detected high-intensity spatial confinement! Analyzing solution... requires 30% of host's Method Power to forcibly tear open confinement for 0.3 breaths!] The System's prompt sounded rapidly.

"Break!" Tongtian didn't hesitate. Following the System's guidance for Method Power circulation, he pointed his fingers like a sword and slashed backward fiercely!

Screech!

A subtle yet incredibly sharp Chaos Sword Qi materialized from nothingness, carrying a hint of cleaving the primordial chaos and re-establishing the elements. Though weak, it precisely struck the weakest point of the Sea of Blood domain!

The powerful confinement force faltered abruptly!

0.3 breaths! That was enough!

Tongtian's figure didn't slow down at all. Like a fish, he "slid" into the unstable spatial rift!

The countless blood-colored sword shadows struck the entrance of the rift, causing a violent explosion, but they were ultimately a step too late!

"Roar!!!" The Blood God Son clone let out an enraged roar. It could feel that the other party had entered! Without hesitation, its body flashed with blood-red light, and it also charged into the rift!

The moment Tongtian and the Blood God Son clone entered the spatial rift one after another, deep within the magnificent and bloody Blood God Palace, at the core of the Sea of Blood.

Upon a colossal lotus platform formed entirely from the boundless Sea of Blood's origin, a Daoist clad in blood-red robes, with a sinister expression and eyes that seemed to contain the birth and death of billions of blood shadows with every opening, slowly opened his eyes.

His gaze seemed to pierce through layers of palace walls, through endless space, and landed on the distorted sea area near the Reincarnation Disk.

"An aura of Chaos... and a trace of... a disgustingly familiar feeling?" Old Ancestor Minghe frowned slightly, his fingers moving as he divined the Heavenly Secrets. He found that the Heavenly Secrets of that area were in utter chaos, as if forcefully twisted and shielded by some power.

"Hmph, no matter who it is, daring to covet what belongs to this ancestor is seeking their own death!" He snorted coldly, not moving personally. A Blood God Son clone at the early Quasi-Saint stage was enough to handle most troubles. Within the Sea of Blood, he was an invincible existence, unless a Saint personally arrived!

He closed his eyes again, continuing to comprehend his Way of Slaughter, only diverting a sliver of his divine sense to monitor the events there.

As soon as Tongtian entered the spatial rift, he felt the world spin, as if traversing endless time and space.

The next moment, an extremely pure, ancient, and vast aura of Chaos washed over him, causing every pore of his body to involuntarily expand. The Primordial Dao Seed within him vibrated violently with excitement, greedily absorbing this rare nourishment.

He steadied himself and looked intently, his heart involuntarily trembling.

This was not the perilous dead end he had imagined, but rather a peculiar "paradise."

The space was not large, only about a hundred miles in radius. There was no sky, no ground; the surroundings were a chaotic barrier that constantly emerged and perished. In the center of this space, a small "landmass" floated. It was not made of earth, but of solidified Chaos Qi.

On the landmass grew a few spiritual herbs, extinct in the outside world, emitting a chaotic luster. And at the very center, a mass of soft yet incredibly profound, hazy gray light was quietly suspended.

The light mass was only the size of a fist. Within it seemed to contain the birth and death of infinite worlds, the evolution of star rivers. Just a glance made one's heart tremble, as if seeing the origin of the Great Dao!

Chaos Bead (Fragment)!

Although it was merely a fragment of the complete Chaos Bead, the prestige and energy it emitted far surpassed any spiritual treasure Tongtian had ever seen! It was even slightly superior to the Four Swords of Zhu Xian he possessed in his prime, on a "qualitative" level! After all, this was formed from the lotus seedpod of the Chaos Green Lotus that nurtured the great god Pangu; it was a true fragment of a Chaos Supreme Treasure!

Tongtian suppressed the excitement in his heart and, without hesitation, reached out to grab the Chaos Bead fragment!

However, just as his fingers were about to touch the hazy gray light mass—

"Wretch! How dare you!"

A sharp, blood-red streak came from behind, a belated but incredibly fierce attack aimed at Tongtian's wrist! At the same time, the entire secret realm space violently vibrated, and the surrounding chaotic barriers began to become unstable, clearly indicating that the Blood God Son clone was forcibly attacking the secret realm itself!

If Tongtian didn't retract his hand, his wrist would be severed! If he retracted it, he might miss this golden opportunity, or even be trapped in this secret realm!

In this critical moment, a fierce glint flashed in Tongtian's eyes!

He advanced instead of retreating, his speed increasing by a few points. He reached out to grab the Chaos Bead! At the same time, his mind raced, "System! Defense!"

[Received! Activating emergency energy barrier, consuming seven-tenths of host's remaining Method Power!]

A transparent light screen, as thin as a cicada's wing yet shimmering with countless tiny data streams, instantly appeared on Tongtian's wrist!

Clang!!!

The streak of blood-red light fiercely slashed onto the light screen, emitting a piercing sound like metal clashing! The screen rippled violently, instantly covered in cracks, but it ultimately didn't shatter immediately!

And in the split second gained, Tongtian's palm had already grasped the hazy ball of light!

It felt cold to the touch, yet incredibly heavy, as if holding a world!

Buzz!!!

The Chaos Bead (Imperfect) trembled violently, and a resistant will emanated from it, seemingly unwilling to be collected!

"Suppress!" Tongtian grunted, forcefully activating the nascent Primordial Dao Seed within him, which emitted a chaotic aura of the same origin!

As if sensing a higher-level power of the same origin, the Chaos Bead (Imperfect)'s resistance instantly weakened significantly.

Tongtian seized the opportunity to quickly cast several profound restrictions provided by the System, temporarily sealing the Chaos Bead's aura and tucking it into his embrace!

"You court death!" The Blood God Son's clone was utterly enraged upon seeing this! He hadn't expected the other party to actually dare to withstand its attack head-on to seize the treasure, and succeed! This was an unbearable humiliation!

It held nothing back, blood-red light erupting from its body, transforming into a massive blood-red vortex. A terrifying suction force emanated, intending to devour and refine Tongtian along with the entire secret realm! The entire secret realm space began to collapse at an accelerated rate!

Tongtian had collected the Chaos Bead and withstood an attack, his Method Power almost depleted, and his injuries were aggravated again, causing a trickle of golden blood to seep from the corner of his mouth.

But he dared not delay for a moment!

"Kui Niu isn't here, I can only rely on myself!" His gaze swept over the collapsing secret realm, and he suddenly focused on the spatial weak point created by the Blood God Son's clone's frenzied attack!

There!

He forced out another drop of his origin blood, burning it!

"Escape!"

With a flash of blood-red light, he unleashed a Blood Escape Technique that consumed his origin, like a blood-red meteor, narrowly grazing the edge of the massive blood-red vortex and charging towards that weak point!

"Where do you think you're going!" The Blood God Son's clone roared, splitting into countless blood shadows to intercept him!

Tongtian's eyes sharpened, and he suddenly threw a Chaos Spirit Grass he had casually picked while collecting the Chaos Bead backward!

The spirit grass contained pure chaotic energy. To beings born from the Sea of Blood like the Blood God Son, it was both a potent poison and an irresistible temptation!

As expected, the Blood God Son's clone's movements instinctively faltered, and the blood shadows that had split off instinctively coiled towards the Chaos Spirit Grass!

In that momentary delay!

The blood-red light that Tongtian had transformed into slammed into the spatial weak point!

Boom!

The secret realm, already on the verge of collapse, could no longer hold on and exploded completely! Terrifying chaotic turbulence and Sea of Blood energy clashed and annihilated each other!

Tongtian felt an irresistible, immense force from behind him. He was sent flying like a kite with a broken string, directly blasted out of the collapsing secret realm and back into the surging Sea of Blood!

Puff!

He coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, more cracks appearing on his Saint Body, his aura weakening to the extreme, almost falling from the Quasi-Saint realm!

But he gritted his teeth tightly, using the impact of the explosion, and unhesitatingly fled madly in the direction away from the Blood God Palace, as indicated by the System!

"Roar!!!"

Behind him, the Blood God Son's clone's roar became even more furious and crazed! Although it hadn't suffered major damage, it had been tricked, and the treasure thief had escaped right under its nose! It immediately locked onto Tongtian's weak aura and pursued relentlessly!

At the same time, the entire Netherworld Sea of Blood seemed to have "come alive"!

Wuu--wuu--wuu-- Low, murderous horn calls sounded from all parts of the Sea of Blood!

Countless Asura warriors swarmed out from palaces, blood ravines, and vortices, forming battle formations and initiating a large-scale search!

Powerful Asura generals at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level appeared, commanding their troops and setting up a net!

Even more terrifyingly, Tongtian could clearly feel a vast, boundless, cold, and evil will slowly awakening from the deepest part of the Sea of Blood, like an ancient behemoth opening its eyes, indifferently sweeping across the entire Sea of Blood!

Old Ancestor Minghe's main body had been thoroughly alerted!

[Warning! Preliminary lock by Old Ancestor Minghe's main body's divine sense! The Sea of Blood Great Formation is being fully activated! Host is advised to escape the Sea of Blood's range at all costs immediately!] The System's prompt became extremely urgent.

With blockades ahead, pursuers behind, and the Old Ancestor's divine sense locked on from above!

Tongtian had fallen into the greatest life-or-death crisis since his rebirth!

His eyes turned cold, and he frantically squeezed every last bit of power within him, pushing his speed to the limit. Under the System's precise navigation, he weaved through dense Asura patrols and natural hazards, desperately fleeing towards the edge of the Sea of Blood!

He had to escape!