A Great Haul

"Blood Warrior!" Gulanxiu thought with a sigh. Then, in an instant, he conjured a hundred Phantom Bodies and charged toward the area where the baleful qi was thickest.

That was right! Gulanxiu had no intention of continuing to fight the Bullhead. From their recent clash, he had already realized that the Bullhead's mastery of the Laws was no weakling's—roughly on par with the fourth level of the Sky Bridge. Although not as strong as Gulanxiu, he wasn't far behind. Add in his World Lord Third Stage foundation and the threefold boost from being a Blood Warrior, and even with Stim's enhancement, Gulanxiu wouldn't be a match for him.

Besides, the Ancient God Ruins were teeming with powerful beings, and Gulanxiu wouldn't use the Laser Gun lightly here. After all, it made quite a commotion. If he attracted a knowledgeable member of the Immortal Temple and exposed himself as an outsider from beyond the world, he would have no choice but to flee in his spacecraft.

Leaving the Bloodfall Continent was easy, but returning would be difficult. Now that he had discovered Bloodfall Crystals could benefit him, he certainly had to collect as many as possible—ideally enough to upgrade the Green Bud again.

Space Law truly had an advantage in speed, especially in sudden acceleration. Even though the Bullhead was a World Lord, he still couldn't match Gulanxiu's instantaneous acceleration.

Once the Bullhead had built up speed, Gulanxiu flashed to the side and changed direction, leaving him several miles behind once more.

A moment later, watching Gulanxiu disappear into the Baleful Qi Vortex, the Bullhead reluctantly stopped and sighed. "Where did that freak come from? He's only at Domain Level 9, yet he's cultivated Space Law to such a degree. I cultivate Earth Law. My top speed might be greater than his, but I'm nowhere near as agile. And he seems not to fear the baleful qi at all. Even I wouldn't dare enter a vortex with a concentration that high just now, yet he went in without hesitation. Isn't he afraid of turning into a Blood Demon and wishing he were dead?"

Gulanxiu couldn't hear the Bullhead's lament. By then, he had already found the location marked on Liu Qingyuan's map. He had to admit he was lucky—the landscape here had barely changed in thousands of years.

Following the map's directions, Gulanxiu headed toward the Immortal Corpse marked on it.

As he continued onward, the surrounding baleful qi grew thicker, and visibility steadily diminished. After walking for a little over a day, Gulanxiu finally reached the edge of a canyon.

The canyon was about ten meters wide, but neither end was visible. It looked as though the earth had been cleaved open.

Gulanxiu followed Liu Qingyuan's markings for two hours before finally finding the spot he had described. Through the haze, he made out a corpse kneeling at the bottom of the canyon.

It was a naked, middle-aged man with blood-red hair. From his appearance, he looked much like an Earthling.

Clearly, his clothes had completely weathered away over the endless ages, leaving only his divine body behind in this world.

Looking at the completely naked man, Gulanxiu finally understood why Liu Qingyuan had worn such a strange expression.

It was also because of the man's naked state that Liu Qingyuan and Gulanxiu could tell he was a native Immortal of the Bloodfall Continent. Immortals from beyond the world wore Force Battle Suits, after all.

The man knelt at the bottom of the canyon, supporting himself with a blood-red longsword in his hand.

Even after countless years, he still looked lifelike. If Gulanxiu hadn't sensed that he was utterly lifeless, he would have thought the man was still alive.

The closer Gulanxiu got to the edge of the canyon, the denser the baleful qi became. Without the Green Bud protecting him, he might never have made it here.

Gulanxiu descended along the canyon. Suddenly, through the Heavenly Eye's perspective, he spotted another man at the bottom, with blood-red hair and a long saber in his hand. He seemed to be guarding the corpse, his back against the cliff wall as he faced the dead Immortal.

As if sensing Gulanxiu's arrival, the man abruptly raised his head and looked at him.

His eyes were completely blood-red, filled with slaughter and madness. The moment he saw Gulanxiu, he flew at him without hesitation, swinging his blood-red saber in an instant, intent on cutting him down.

Fortunately, the man wasn't especially powerful—only around Domain Lord Sixth or Seventh Stage. Gulanxiu swung his axe sideways, striking the man's saber in an instant.

With a thunderous crash, the saber in the man's hand snapped. Gulanxiu's blow cleaved his body in two as well.

Yet the man didn't die at once. His severed upper body swung its broken saber and charged at Gulanxiu again.

"Blood Demon!" Gulanxiu thought with a sigh. He had recognized the man's condition by now. Clearly, the baleful qi had driven him completely mad, turning him into a monster that knew only how to kill.

That was why he had dared to attack Gulanxiu first despite the difference in their levels. Normally, a Domain Lord Sixth Stage cultivator was already eight times weaker in basic strength than a Domain Lord Ninth Stage cultivator. Only an unparalleled genius could overcome such a gap.

Blood Demons usually instinctively headed toward places where the baleful qi was thickest. Since dense baleful qi shrouded this Immortal Corpse year-round, it was only natural that one had been drawn here.

Gulanxiu looked at the Blood Demon with pity, but the giant axe in his hands showed no mercy as he brought it down. For a Blood Demon, death might be a release.

Another thunderous crash rang out, and the Blood Demon's entire upper body was shattered. Even the Core Nucleus hidden in his head was split in two by Gulanxiu's axe. The spatial equipment in the Blood Demon's possession burst apart as well, scattering its contents across the ground.

Gulanxiu hurried forward and gathered everything up. The most useful items among them were naturally the two Bloodfall Crystals. The other odds and ends were of little use to him.

After collecting the items, Gulanxiu finally reached the Immortal Corpse. After examining it for a while, he discovered that the Immortal God had hidden his storage device inside the blood-colored longsword.

Gulanxiu fed Original Force into the spatial equipment to open it. The space inside was about a thousand meters across, with all kinds of objects neatly arranged: rare ores, finished weapons, World Crystals, Immortal Crystals, and more.

Of course, Gulanxiu wasn't particularly interested in those things. What caught his attention most was the pile of Bloodfall Crystals in the corner.

Bloodfall Crystals were practically the common currency among the Bloodfall Continent's upper echelons. An Immortal God like this man would naturally have a sizable collection. Gulanxiu took a quick look and found more than five thousand. He couldn't help but beam with delight.

With a wave of his hand, Gulanxiu stored the Immortal Corpse away and sent a message to Qila'angsi, who was far away in Danyang City. Since Liu Qingyuan hadn't lied to him, Gulanxiu would naturally honor his promise. He might not have promised Liu Qingyuan anything, but he had made a promise to himself!