It was precisely because of the hidden techniques within this Blood River that its bloated expanse, stretching hundreds of kilometers, was not a disadvantage at all. Instead, it could become a concealed trap laid out in plain sight!
If someone, believing the enormous Blood River could not evade their attacks, launched a furious bombardment in hopes of severely injuring it,
they would be stepping straight into the trap Left Heavenly Venerate had set for them!
The vast Blood River would devour attack after attack from its enemy, digesting them into the purest power and using it in turn to strengthen itself. Once the opponent had exhausted their strength, it would suddenly erupt in its peak state, leaving them nowhere to flee and nowhere to hide!
Over the course of his cultivation career, Left Heavenly Venerate had used this very tactic to trap and kill countless people.
At the very beginning,
Left Heavenly Venerate had intended to do the same—swallow Zhang Qingyuan into the Blood River, then use its endless power to consume and digest him.
Yet he had never expected
Zhang Qingyuan to unleash a sword strike whose Sword Momentum exceeded what the Blood River could withstand, carving a massive wound into it. Not only did it injure the Blood River that Left Heavenly Venerate had merged with once more, it also took the opportunity to break through the Blood Sea's covering shroud!
Immediately afterward,
Zhang Qingyuan did not probe at all. He directly unleashed his most powerful Great Divine Ability of the Five Elements—the technique that had allowed him, back in the True Essence Realm, to challenge above his level and slay a Cave True Great Power!
The power of this divine ability had clearly surpassed the upper limit of what Left Heavenly Venerate's Blood River could bear!
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