Crimson blood churned and intertwined in midair as though it were alive.
At last, it condensed into a Blood Puppet. The aura of a Late-Stage Grandmaster radiated from its body!
Its body seemed formed from congealed blood, dark red all over and glowing faintly.
During this time, Qin Yan had slain so many Grandmasters that their blood had all become fuel for his growing strength.
He had used the excess to nurture Blood Puppets.
Now, within the Blood Demon Nest inside him, there were fully two hundred Late-Stage Grandmaster Blood Puppets!
Two hundred was not the most Qin Yan could nurture. It was simply the number he could manage without sacrificing their quality.
Among those Blood Puppets were also five Blood Demons, their bodies threaded with blood and Demon Qi!
The Blood Demons also radiated Late-Stage Grandmaster auras, but their strength far surpassed the Blood Puppets'.
Blood Demons were an advanced form of Blood Puppet, wielding the dual powers of blood and demons.
But the Cangwu Small World might be under the secret watch of Holy Land experts, so he could not readily release a Blood Demon.
Besides, Blood Demons were precious. He only needed something to test the path, and a Blood Puppet would do.
"Blood Puppet, try the Third Layer."
Qin Yan gave the order.
At his command, the Blood Puppet stepped without hesitation toward the dense Heaven-Earth Force of the Third Layer.
Yet the instant it took one step forward, its body burst apart, as though an invisible hand of Rule had crushed it from within. It became a cloud of crimson blood mist that bloomed silently in the air.
Qin Yan stared, stunned.
That Blood Puppet was a Late-Stage Grandmaster, strong enough to hold its own in the outside world. Yet one step had reduced it