Chapter 739

Within the ancient hall, silence lay as still as congealed ink. Only the blood bubbles continuously rising from the depths of the blood pool sent gurgling echoes reverberating through the hall, like a bloodline that had slumbered for a thousand years murmuring in song. Time passed soundlessly in such silence, and in the blink of an eye, a month had gone by.

Inside the blood pool, the crimson water still boiled. Fine bubbles burst across the surface one after another, and the splashing droplets landed on Xiao Ling's fair, jade-like skin before merging into his flesh in an instant.

At this moment, countless thin strands of blood drifted and surged faintly beneath the skin all over his body. Like awakened scarlet spirit serpents, they slowly flowed along his meridians and gathered within him.

With every infusion of blood threads, the aura surrounding him quietly rose another notch. That aura gradually changed from its initial steadiness into something deep and powerful, faintly carrying signs of a breakthrough. He was utterly unlike the weakened state he had been in after the Blood Replacement a month ago.

Boom!

No one knew how long the hall's stillness lasted until, at a certain moment, the violently boiling blood pool abruptly froze, as though some invisible force had seized its pulse.

The next second, a deep explosion burst from the center of the pool. Crimson blood mist and shockwaves scattered in all directions, while a dazzling violet-gold radiance strangely spread from Xiao Ling's body. Like a tangible barrier, that light forcibly blocked the blood threads trying to burrow into his meridians outside his body!

This sudden change instantly roused Xun Er and Xiao Xuan, who had been cultivating beside the blood pool with their eyes closed.

The two abruptly opened their eyes. Staring at the violet-gold