Breaking the Formation

In the Blood Demon Cave, a passageway was shrouded in a thick, blood-mist-filled Abyssal Rift.

"Clatter"

"Clatter"

"Clatter"

Dressed in a purple gauze robe, Bai Muxi paced back and forth in the darkness. Her clenched fists beneath the wide sleeves and the palpable tension on her delicate face made her appear extremely uneasy.

During the escape led by Li Qingyan, she witnessed the destruction caused by the battle between the Barbarian King and the young master.

She couldn't even imagine what would happen if such a battle, which nearly destroyed the entire terrain, took place in the Underground City.

The events of the past ten days have completely shattered the worldview she had built up in the Underground City.

The power of the Strange Ghost.

The power of the Barbarian Tribe.

And, the prince's Strange Ghost transformation

Although the young master's appearance was only brief before Li Qingyan dragged her away, she still sensed through the Blood God Stone Pendant how severe the Strange Ghost transformation of the young master's body had become.

If that young master were to completely transform into Strange Ghost

Thinking of this, Bai Muxi's breathing became slightly rapid. She looked at the red-robed woman sitting quietly cross-legged on the ground, resting with her eyes closed, and suggested:

"Your Highness, the appearance of these Abyssal Rift is too strange. Should we..."

"Shut up."

Li Qingyan had already changed into her favorite red robe. While circulating her Cultivation Method to regulate the injuries she had sustained in the previous battle with the Ink Snake, her clear, cold voice left no room for doubt, revealing no sign of tension:

"Wait here."

Bai Muxi bit her lip:

"If something happens to the young master, won't you be worried?"

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A moment of silence,

The woman in red, with her eyes closed, gave the same simple answer:

"If anything happens to him, then I will die with him in this Underground Palace."

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Bai Muxi looked slightly disappointed and withdrew her gaze, staring at her toes without saying a word, continuing to pace back and forth in the narrow passageway.

Time slipped by quietly amidst Little White's anxiety.

I don't know how much time passed,

suddenly.

"Clatter."

A footstep, and a man in blood-stained clothes suddenly appeared between the two women without warning.

Li Qingyan immediately opened her phoenix eyes.

Bai Muxi, who was pacing with her head down, bumped straight into him. She looked up slightly in confusion, and upon meeting his blood-red eyes without any whites, she instinctively shrank back. Then, a look of joy immediately appeared in her beautiful eyes, and she instinctively hugged the Blood-robed Man before her.

"Young master, are you alright?"

Feeling the softness against his chest, Xu Yuan put his arm around Little White Bai's boneless waist and chuckled softly:

Something's happened, and it's serious.

Li Qingyan rose from the ground, clutching the Blood God Stone Pendant in her hand. She stared at him for a moment, sensing his presence, and a slight smile curved her rosy lips.

"It does look quite big."

As they spoke, a wave of energy emanated from the Blood God Stone Pendant.

Then,

Xu Yuan then realized that he seemed to have established some kind of strange connection with the woman in red in front of him.

Xu Yuan narrowed his bloodshot eyes, feeling his consciousness returning to normal. Meeting her gaze, he subconsciously smiled slightly.

"You seem to already know how to use this jade pendant?"

Li Qingyan narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly and smiled.

"Of course, if you truly become Strange Ghost, I intend to use this thing to become your master Third Young Master."

"Wow, quite ambitious."

Xu Yuan chuckled softly, and with his arm around Little White's waist, he walked towards Li Qingyan, extending his hand to her as he said, "Come here."

Li Qingyan glanced at the Little White dog who had buried its head in his chest, reached out and grabbed it, his voice tinged with laughter:

"It seems the situation has become so tense that you've had to enjoy the blessings of having two wives?"

"Look at what you're saying."

Xu Yuan chuckled softly, then his eyes turned serious:

"Qingyan, the Barbarian King is about to break through to become a Saint."

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The air suddenly fell silent.

Li Qingyan quickly accepted this fact, pondered for a moment, and asked softly:

"So you've made a deal with that Strange Ghost?"

"Our princess is as clever as ever."

Xu Yuan pulled her slightly, and Li Qingyan was drawn into his arms. He smelled the fragrance of her hair and smiled, "We need to go to the Blood Nest to get the Demon Crystal immediately. I'm holding Bai Muxi because you're too slow; it's just for transportation."

Li Qingyan wrapped her jade-like arms around his waist, rested her head on his shoulder, and chuckled:

"I didn't say anything, why explain?"

"Well, I always have to explain."

As he spoke, Xu Yuan's figure soared into the air, one arm around a beautiful woman, and he transformed into a blood-red afterimage in the dark passageway, speeding towards the depths of the Underground Palace.

Because he was carrying two burdens, Xu Yuan couldn't use the teleportation-style travel method of the Void-Stepping Slash, but with his current Mortal Shedding body, his speed wasn't much slower than before.

About fifteen minutes later,

Xu Yuan then led the two women to the collapsed passageway that Luo Xiran had created to prevent him and the Barbarian King from going deeper into the Underground Palace.

At this moment, several grotesque Origin Beginning Strange Ghost were crawling outside, guarding a narrow passageway about ten feet in diameter.

Sensing Xu Yuan's arrival, the two Strange Ghost did not move at all until the blood-red light carried the two women past them, at which point the Strange Ghost began to move.

They relentlessly attacked the relatively sturdy passageway, advancing outwards until the previously excavated passageway collapsed once more, completely severing the path from the Underground Palace to the Blood Nest.

"Boom!"

Hearing the noise behind him, Xu Yuan sped through the dark and cramped passageway.

As the darkness on both sides receded rapidly, the passageway gradually transformed from a cramped space of about ten feet into a spacious and expansive one.

And how long they've been gone is unknown.

A massive stone door appeared at the end of the cave, which was over ten feet in diameter.

Upon seeing this, Xu Yuan did not hesitate and rammed directly into the stone gate.

Sensing an obstacle ahead, Li Qingyan subconsciously looked up at the stone gate carved with dragons and beasts, while Bai Muxi nestled her head against Xu Yuan's Xu Yuan like a little bird.

"Buzz!"

Unexpectedly,

They felt no impact whatsoever, and after a buzzing sound, the three of them passed straight through the stone gate.

Entering the stone gate, one finds a hidden world within.

This is a huge cave shrouded in blood Abyssal Rift, its length, width, and height all pitch black and seemingly endless.

That stone door was a kind of restriction, but because of the long time that had passed, its spiritual power had been almost completely dissipated, leaving only a negligible illusion.

After entering the stone gate and glancing around, Xu Yuan sensed the auras of countless high-level Strange Ghost, but did not linger and continued to speed inside.

The cave was very dark. After speeding for a while, a faint light suddenly emerged from the blood mist a thousand feet ahead.

As they drew closer, Xu Yuan realized that the faint light was emitted by countless unknown luminous gems embedded in the ground.

The luminous gems stretched endlessly in long lines, reaching the horizon where they formed a grand avenue on the ground, flanked by countless crawling Strange Ghost.

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Bai Muxi sensed the dissipated aura of these Strange Ghost, and her breathing became slightly rapid.

This is the Blood Nest that countless generations of people in their Underground City have longed to reach.

But when she actually arrived here, she realized just how powerful these Strange Ghost were.

Thinking about it, she subconsciously looked up at the young master's handsome profile, only to find him staring blankly at the end of the gemstone avenue.

Following his gaze, Bai Muxi's eyes flashed with surprise.

She saw an altar.

An altar that looks almost exactly like the one in the center of their Underground City!

Although they look the same, the altar in this Blood Nest is much larger than the one in their Underground City.

Standing a hundred feet tall, it resembled a colossal beast crouching in the darkness. As the three approached, they could vaguely see the massive altar glowing with a faint bloody light.

Standing beneath the altar, Xu Yuan silently set the two women down.

Li Qingyan's Lotus Boots landed on the ground. He frowned as he examined the altar and said in a low voice:

"Changtian, what is this altar?"

"Blood Nest."

A cold and noble voice came from the top of the altar, and a bewitching woman appeared at the end of the altar steps. "This altar is the Blood Nest where the life essence of us Strange Ghost is stored."

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman raised her hand and threw a dark crystal that streaked through the air and hurtled towards Xu Yuan.

"Smack."

Xu Yuan caught it casually, sensed it for a moment, tossed it into his mouth and ate it, then stepped up the stairs and laughed:

"Luo Xiran, I remember your true form was a flesh and blood monster, how come you've become human?"

"Changtian, you found me ugly, so you recreated me."

The alluring woman crossed her arms and chuckled softly, "If you're not satisfied, I can always change it."

"Change?" Xu Yuan raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, like this."

Standing atop the altar, Luo Xiran glanced at Li Qingyan was positioned to Xu Yuan's side and behind him.

Suddenly, her alluring figure contracted and changed, and a dashing woman in a red robe appeared in Xu Yuan's field of vision:

"Well, whatever you like, I can have it all."

"." Li Qingyan.

Xu Yuan stared at "Li Qingyan" above for several breaths, then stepped forward, instantly arriving at the top of the altar.

"Alright, enough nonsense. The Barbarian King has probably broken through by now. We need to get out of here quickly."

Luo Xiran crossed her arms and gestured towards everything on the altar with her lips:

"Do whatever you want. You can touch anything here. If you need my cooperation, just say so."

Xu Yuan gave her a slightly strange look:

Aren't you afraid I might do something else?

"I'm afraid, but it seems I have no other choice now."

Luo Xiran stared at Xu Yuan, a hint of a smile appearing in her equally crimson pupils, "And if you do anything strange, these two women should die."

Xu Yuan gave a soft snort, said nothing more, and looked around.

The layout of this altar is almost identical to that in the previous life of Cangyuan, except that it has many more intricate details.

He looked around and his gaze settled on the center of the altar.

There were some intricate array patterns carved on the ground, and in the center of the array patterns was a huge pool of blood.

Xu Yuan teleported directly to the blood pool, staring at the boiling, viscous solution below:

Can I get down?

"You want to enter the Blood Nest?"

Luo Xiran, disguised as "Li Qingyan," slowly approached and reminded him with a smile, "I have no objection, but once you go in, your human consciousness will quickly dissipate."

Within Blood Nest where life essence is extremely concentrated, the transformation into Strange Ghost will be accelerated a hundredfold or a thousandfold.

Xu Yuan paused for a moment, stared at Li Qingyan in front of him, and said in a low voice:

Give me the Blood God Stone Pendant.

"Good."

Luo Xiran decisively stretched out her hand, made a palm, and "plop" stabbed it into her chest, pulling out a blood-red jade pendant. She smiled and said, "Here you go."

Xu Yuan took the object, sensed it briefly, and after confirming it was correct, glanced at the princess with her breast-bound dress at the edge of the altar.

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Their eyes met, and Li Qingyan immediately understood and tossed the one in her hand to Xu Yuan.

Luo Xiran asked with a smile:

"These two jade pendants were made by the group from the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion to control us. What do you intend to do with them in the Blood Nest?"

You'll find out soon enough.

Xu Yuan held two almost identical jade pendants in his hand and smiled gently at Luo Xiran: "If the Barbarian King arrives before I come out, can you hold him off for me?"

Without waiting for Luo Xiran's reply, Xu Yuan jumped directly into the boiling blood pool.

Silence descended upon the altar.

Watching Xu Yuan's figure disappear into the blood pool, Luo Xiran's crimson pupils turned to the two human women at the edge of the altar, and she sighed as she asked:

"Hey, does Changtian always talk to himself like this?"

"..." Bai Muxi felt stared at for a moment, then immediately shrank behind Li Qingyan and remained silent.

Li Qingyan met the other person's gaze calmly.

Count interest,

Li Qingyan suddenly spoke, his voice clear, cold, and hoarse:

"What Changtian does normally is none of your business."

Upon hearing this Luo Xiran's lips curled up, her handsome eyes showing interest.

"Changtian is already Strange Ghost. Why is it none of my business that he will live with me to the end of the world?"

Li Qingyan's phoenix eyes flashed with a hint of mockery as she looked at Luo Xiran, who looked exactly like her:

"The man who uses my appearance to please me, is this the king of the Strange Ghost?"

"This Empress?"

Luo Xiran raised a finger and tapped her fair cheek, her scarlet pupils holding a hint of appreciation:

"Your name is Li Qingyan, right? I suppose you must be a holy maiden of some sect? I saw everything you did earlier; you have good courage. Why don't you become one too?"

Before the words were finished,

"Buzz---"

A tremendous buzzing sound reverberated throughout the entire cave!

The sudden turn of events caused both Luo Xiran and Li Qingyan to look towards the blood pool simultaneously.

Li Qingyan frowned and asked:

"Strange Ghost, what are these?"

How did I know?

Luo Xiran's phoenix eyes showed a hint of seriousness. "Didn't you come in with Changtian?"

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At this point, neither of them spoke.

As the buzzing sound emanated, the entire cave began to tremble, and countless blood-red patterns instantly appeared around the massive altar.

These are array patterns.

However, unlike the Great Yan array patterns of today, these array patterns, after becoming full and bright, begin to float as if they were alive!

These emerging array patterns are just the beginning.

Centered on the altar, countless thick, blood-red array patterns, each over ten feet long, appeared on the ground and spread out along the darkness of the underground cave.

In the blink of an eye, the enormous Blood Nest transformed into a massive array!

An eerie blood-red light illuminated the entire dark cave, and the viscous liquid in the blood pool gradually began to boil!

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