Blood Demon True Technique

The oppressed miners, instigated by certain individuals, finally erupted.

Thousands of miners rioted, crazily attacking the mine guards like madmen, venting their long-suppressed fury.

However, their resistance was a joke in front of the heavily armored mine guards.

One by one, the rebellious slaves were mercilessly killed by the guards as if they were cutting melons and vegetables.

Although the riot was grand in scale, it ultimately failed to gain traction, and quelling it was only a matter of time.

However, the objective of "General" and the others had been achieved.

Looking at the chaotic mine.

The "General," hiding in the shadows, became agitated.

He laughed heartily and said to several of his confidants, "My friends, our chance has come!"

The breathing of several people suddenly quickened.

The "General" was originally a noble from the Eastern Ridge. Under the conscription of the Eastern Ridge Royal Court, he joined the war against the Great Zhou Dynasty.

However, during a battle with cultivators from the Great Zhou Dynasty, he was defeated and severely wounded. Although he managed to escape, he fainted not long after.

When he woke up, he was already a prisoner of the Zhou Army.

Fortunately, his clan had a secret technique to conceal his aura, and there were no experts in the Zhou Army, so his identity as a cultivator was not exposed, and he narrowly escaped with his life.

It must be known that the Great Zhou Court had always been ruthless towards enemy cultivators.

Although he had luckily saved his life, he was reduced to a slave and sold to Ascending Dragon Prefecture.

Finally, he was bought by the Li Family and became a mine slave.

To think that he, a dignified cultivator of the Qi and Blood Realm, was doing the most lowly work in the world, and even being physically assaulted by a bunch of ants every few days.

Thinking of these humiliations, the "General's" killing intent could no longer be concealed.

However, now was not the time for revenge.

The priority was to leave this place first.

The group took advantage of the chaos and ran towards the path down the mountain.

There was only one path down the mountain, and the Li Family had built a sturdy pass on this essential route.

On both sides of the pass were cliffs thousands of feet deep.

Even a cultivator of the Qi and Blood Realm would be shattered into pieces if they fell down.

The group hid in the distant woods, only peeking their heads out to cautiously observe the situation at the pass.

Tie Xiong asked with a puzzled look, "General, there seems to be no one on this pass?"

The "General" quickly looked.

Indeed, as Tie Xiong said, the Silver Ridge Pass, which was usually heavily guarded, was now deserted.

"General, this is so unusual, could it be a trap?"

A confidant beside him said nervously.

The General shot him a glance and said proudly, "There's no turning back once the arrow is shot. Even if it's a trap, so what? Who can stop me if no one from the Qi and Blood Realm makes a move?"

After speaking, he walked out directly.

Seeing this, the others gritted their teeth and quickly followed.

They knew in their hearts that only by following the General could they have a chance to survive.

The gate of the pass was wide open. As long as they passed through this gate, they would regain their freedom.

But for some reason, as they got closer to the pass, the General felt an inexplicable sense of unease.

It was as if a terrifying presence was watching him from the shadows.

"We must leave this damned place quickly."

The fear in their hearts drove the General and the others to quicken their pace.

Finally...

The group passed through the pass.

Before they could even rejoice, their footsteps all stopped in unison.

Following their gaze.

They saw a slender figure in a blue robe standing with his hands behind his back on the road ahead, blocking their way.

"My friends, Li has been waiting for a long time."

A gentle voice echoed throughout the pass.

The figure in blue slowly turned around, revealing a young face with a slight smile.

Looking at this young face, the General's heart instantly leaped into his throat, pounding wildly.

He felt an extremely dangerous aura emanating from this young man.

He wasn't an idiot and instantly guessed the identity of the young man in green.

Although he hadn't met him, his great name had long been known to him.

There were many Li Family cultivators stationed at the mine, and in their daily conversations, the one they mentioned most was their Patriarch, who possessed monstrous talent.

He had cultivated to the Qi and Blood Realm at the age of seventeen and became the Patriarch of the Green Maple Li Clan.

When the clan was in danger, he stepped forward, turned the tide, and even killed an established Qi and Blood Realm cultivator, eliminating the clan's century-old enemy.

He had initially thought the reputation didn't match the man.

But after seeing him today, he finally understood what a great reputation truly meant. This Li Family Patriarch was even more terrifying than the rumors suggested.

The General took a deep breath.

He cupped his fists and said, "Eastern Ridge Han Jie, greetings, Fellow Daoist."

"Your actions do not befit the title of 'Fellow Daoist'," Li Xinge said with a light laugh.

The General's heart sank, but he forced a smile. "I was compelled by circumstances. I implore Patriarch Li to be magnanimous and spare me. Upon my return to Eastern Ridge, I shall offer a generous reward."

He knew he was no match for Li Xinge, so he surrendered immediately.

However, Li Xinge was unmoved.

He simply spoke to himself, "I think this place is quite a good spot. What do you all think?"

Upon hearing this, Han Jie and the others' faces turned extremely grim.

Yet, they dared not react and merely said sheepishly, "Fellow Daoist, you jest."

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The smile on Li Xinge's face gradually faded, replaced by an undeniable killing intent.

"I, Li, do not joke."

As soon as he finished speaking.

The seemingly refined and amiable young man's aura instantly turned sharp.

The formidable Qi and Blood Realm pressure erupted without reservation, directly suppressing Han Jie and the others.

In an instant, the world's winds and clouds changed, and sand and stones flew.

Only when subjected to this terrifying pressure could one truly understand how powerful Li Xinge was. Everyone was almost crushed, unable to breathe.

Han Jie thought that even at his peak, he would have no chance of winning against Li Xinge.

How could such a monstrous person exist in this world?

And why would such a monstrous person appear in such an obscure, unknown small family?

The pressure intensified, and everyone felt as if their internal organs were about to explode.

Han Jie's face turned red. "Patriarch Li, I am from the Eastern Ridge... Han Family. If you kill me... the Eastern Ridge Han Family..."

Han Jie's words abruptly stopped.

Looking at Han Jie and the others who died with blood streaming from their seven orifices, as if he had casually crushed a few ants, Li Xinge's eyes remained unfazed.

"Let alone the Eastern Ridge Han Family, even the Eastern Ridge royal family would not dare to cause trouble in my Central Plains," Li Xinge said dismissively.

Although the Eastern Ridge Barbarians were making a great commotion in the Eastern Continent Prefecture, it was merely because the court officials were busy with power struggles and had no time to deal with them.

But if they dared to come to the Central Plains, the officials of the court would make the Eastern Ridge savages understand what a six-thousand-year-old dynasty meant.

Therefore, Li Xinge had no reservations about killing these people from the so-called Eastern Ridge Han Family.

[Detected Heavenly Tier Intermediate cultivation technique Blood Demon True Technique fragment, do you wish to pick it up?]

In his mind, the system's voice suddenly sounded.

Li Xinge was slightly stunned. This situation seemed to be the first time something like this had happened – killing someone actually dropped a cultivation technique?

Without further questions, after a moment of hesitation, he chose to pick it up.

Instantly, everything related to the Blood Demon True Technique was poured into his sea of consciousness.

It turned out that the Blood Demon True Technique was created by an eternal giant known as the Blood Demon Heavenly Venerate.

Li Xinge was unsure of the realm of an "eternal giant," but anything related to the word "eternal" was bound to be extraordinary.

The Land Celestial of the Great Zhou Dynasty had lived for eight hundred years and dared not claim to have achieved eternity.

This Blood Demon Heavenly Venerate was born into a poor farming family and made a living by herding cattle since childhood.

Although life was hard, he had both parents, who loved him dearly, and his family life was harmonious and happy.

The Blood Demon Heavenly Venerate, who thought his life would pass by ordinarily, returned home one day after herding cattle to find not his parents' kind smiles, but two cold corpses.

His neighbors told him that his parents had been beaten to death by a spoiled brat from a prominent family in town, simply because they had accidentally blocked his path.

After learning all this, the Blood Demon Heavenly Venerate did not make a scene, as if he had accepted his fate.

But from then on, his temperament changed drastically.

He began to seek knowledge everywhere, resorting to any means necessary to embark on the path of cultivation and become a cultivator.

However, he was repeatedly and cruelly told that his talent was low and that he was destined to be a mere peasant his entire life.

The Blood Demon Heavenly Venerate refused to accept this. He vowed to create a cultivation technique that did not require talent.

Those around him thought he had gone mad, casting sympathetic glances his way.

The Blood Demon Heavenly Venerate paid them no mind.

Three years later, the Blood Demon True Technique was born.

"Seize the fortune of others for one's own use, transform decay into the miraculous, and ascend to longevity."

These few simple sentences encapsulated the true essence of the Blood Demon True Technique.

By absorbing the qi and blood of others and converting it into his own cultivation, the Blood Demon Heavenly Venerate completed his revenge in just one year with the Blood Demon True Technique.

That family was uprooted, and all its members were drained into mummified corpses by him.

As for the profligate son with whom he shared an irreconcilable hatred, he received a different kind of "fortune."

The Blood Demon Heavenly Venerate severed his limbs, gouged out his eyes, cut out his tongue, and kept him alive in the family's most prized rice vat.

The Blood Demon Heavenly Venerate did not wish for him to die. To ensure he lived well, he searched for various rare medicinal treasures while killing people to practice his technique.

In just a hundred years, the Blood Demon Heavenly Venerate, through the use of precious medicines, managed to raise that profligate son to the Land Celestial realm.

However, the Blood Demon Heavenly Venerate's rampant slaughter also angered numerous ancient powers.

Several Longevity Giants emerged from these ancient powers.

They ganged up to kill the Blood Demon Heavenly Venerate. That battle turned the heavens and earth dark.

Two Longevity Giants bled in the sky, and the Blood Demon Heavenly Venerate disappeared without a trace afterward.

Seeing that the Blood Demon Heavenly Venerate had become an ultimate expert in just a few hundred years after cultivating the Blood Demon True Technique, it was only natural for Li Xinge to be tempted.

His rapid breathing betrayed him, and a hint of madness flashed in his eyes.

But soon, clarity returned to Li Xinge's eyes.

He shook his head. While the Blood Demon True Technique was powerful, it was not suitable for the benevolent.

Of course, Li Xinge was not a benevolent person himself.

He simply recognized the drawbacks of the Blood Demon True Technique.

This Heaven-tier technique, while capable of rapidly increasing a cultivator's power, came with significant side effects.

After all, in the final analysis, the cultivation gained was forcibly seized external power; the foundation would inevitably be unstable, as it wasn't truly one's own.

It seemed the Blood Demon Heavenly Venerate was later affected by these side effects, his sanity gradually deteriorating until he became a mere killing machine that only knew how to slaughter indiscriminately, thus angering those ancient powers.

If even the Blood Demon Heavenly Venerate, the creator of the Blood Demon True Technique, could not resolve the side effects, how could anyone else?

On the other hand.

This Blood Demon True Technique was merely a fragment, not the complete technique. It could only be cultivated to the Qi and Blood Realm, offering little help to Li Xinge.

However, this method was suitable for cultivating death warriors.

With this thought, a strange glint flashed in Li Xinge's eyes.