Lu Ye had never expected that such a crisis would be hidden deep within these Ruins, a place only those who had entered the Dao could access.
The only thing he could not understand was why Nine Infants had taken over this Blood Race body. If its consciousness had remained all along, then given its realm, there was no need for it to keep hiding here. Any Merging Dao cultivator outside would find it difficult to resist the erosion of its consciousness.
Leaving aside those Merging Dao cultivators, even he had greater potential than that Blood Race member, yet Nine Infants had chosen the other party.
There had to be a reason!
Bifu!
Lu Ye's gaze immediately fell upon the Blood Race member's chest. When he had first obtained Bifu, he had only felt that it resembled a piece of armor plate. But now, it was clearly no armor plate at all—it was a serpent scale!
A serpent scale left behind by Nine Infants' true body.
Although any cultivator who had entered the Dao could wield strength far beyond their own after obtaining Bifu, the power different cultivators could bring forth still varied—and the difference was immense.
That was why Yan Hong needed to resonate with Bifu, deepening his compatibility with it!
Amid the Chaos, a flash of inspiration struck Lu Ye.
The erosion of Nine Infants' consciousness was likely related to Bifu. That was why it had chosen this Blood Race member. In other words, Bifu was a bridge.
Anyone who possessed Bifu and could reach this place would become its chosen target.
Unfortunately, reaching this place required at least the power of roughly thirty Daos. Setting aside an anomaly like Lu Ye, anyone who could meet that condition would certainly be someone who had entered the Dao and