Reaching the Blood Sea Again, Discovering the Blood Sea's Secret

The Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo sped across the ocean with Lin Tian in tow.

They flew for a full several hours.

It was not until the sky was pitch black that they finally arrived at a desolate island.

This island was not large in area.

It was covered in jagged reefs.

There was not a single trace of vegetation.

The air was thick with the pungent stench of blood and the scent of decay.

Upon arriving here, a smile finally appeared on the Evil Soul Master's face.

It was as if he had returned home.

This was his base of operations.

His appearance in Proud Arrival City was no coincidence.

His base was located on this very island within the waters surrounding Proud Arrival City.

Not all Evil Soul Masters of the Holy Spirit Sect remained within the sect.

Nearly half of the powerhouses had their own bases scattered across the Douluo Continent.

After all, the headquarters was in the Far North Lands, a place of extreme bitterness and cold.

It was only suitable for hiding, not for development.

This island was known as Blood Island.

On the island were his blood servants and blood slaves.

"This old man is Blood Fiend, titled Blood Shadow. This is my territory. From now on, you will live here with me. I will nurture you well and turn you into a top-tier powerhouse."

Blood Shadow Douluo added a sentence in his heart, which he did not speak aloud:

"And then, I will devour you."

"Aren't you afraid that I'll run away after I become stronger?"

Lin Tian retorted with a question.

Blood Shadow Douluo merely chuckled upon hearing this:

"Haha, you brat are truly extraordinary to have hit the nail on the head. But this old man is not afraid at all, because even if you escape Blood Island, you will never be able to return."

"Brat, do you know? Evil Soul Masters are divided into innate and acquired."

"What are you trying to do?"

Lin Tian glared at Blood Shadow Douluo, a sense of unease rising in his heart.

"What am I doing? Naturally, I am helping you complete a magnificent evolution."

Blood Shadow Douluo clapped his hands.

The figure beneath the black robe swayed slightly.

He immediately pulled a series of bottles and jars from his storage Soul Tool.

Every one of them exuded a cold, evil aura.

As he set them up, he spoke slowly:

"Do you know that Evil Soul Masters are also divided into different ranks?

Those born with innate evil Martial Souls are one in ten thousand, and their growth speed far exceeds that of ordinary people."

However, the number of innate Evil Soul Masters is far too small, and most Evil Soul Masters in the world today are acquired ones, who require the Holy Sect's unique secret art of corruption

to help them awaken an evil Martial Soul.

Your Martial Soul's blood is already balanced between a normal Martial Soul and an evil one, and with such a powerful devouring ability on top of that, once you are corrupted, even I dare not imagine

how high the rank of your evil Martial Soul will be.

The more Blood Fiend spoke, the more excited he became.

Evil Soul Masters cultivate very quickly in the early stages, but they suffer backlash later on;

unless one is gifted with extraordinary talent, it is impossible to break through to more powerful levels.

For many Evil Soul Masters, the ceiling is the Titled Douluo rank, and to become a Super Douluo, one must possess one-in-ten-thousand strength, or have the blessing of the Demon Emperor.

He had no connections within the Holy Sect, so he could only rely on himself.

He had a premonition:

as long as he nurtured Lin Tian, and then devoured everything he had, his own Martial Soul would inevitably evolve by a major grade, and he would finally break through his bottleneck of many years

to reach a higher realm.

This was why, the moment Lin Tian mentioned that possibility, he had left without hesitation, with no desire to kill in his eyes, because, compared to Lin Tian, everything else was fleeting.

If he wanted to obtain blood, the blood servants and blood slaves on this Blood Island were more than enough for him to slaughter.

He truly never imagined

that a remote little fishing village like Proud Arrival City, which he had never looked upon with any regard, could awaken a genius possessing Twin Martial Souls, and such heaven-defying ones at that;

he had simply stumbled upon a treasure, and the heavens had been kind to him indeed.

Thinking this to himself, he finished the setup.

As the crimson soul power was injected, the entire magic array activated in an instant.

"Hum!"

A low, resonant hum echoed out, and thick black blood mist immediately surged from the array, rushing madly toward Lin Tian and wrapping around his body.

Lin Tian felt a bone-chilling cold spread through his entire being, and immediately after, his Starfish Martial Soul and the Blood Martial Soul in his right hand were passively activated, manifesting in his hands to continuously resist the invasion of this evil energy.

"Kid, stop resisting and join us in this great evolution. You have no idea what kind of power our Holy Sect possesses. The Demon Emperor is a true deity; only by becoming an Evil Soul Master can you receive her protection. Once your Martial Soul is corrupted, it will be more than ten times stronger. Stop resisting and accept this power."

"I will never accept my fate!" Lin Tian roared, desperately channeling the soul power within him to resist.

"You truly refuse to shed tears until you see the coffin. Let me speed things up for you, old man."

With that, Blood Fiend immediately released his Blood Snake Martial Soul, and a vast Blood Sea surged behind him—all of it blood consumed by his Blood Snake Martial Soul.

The foul-smelling Blood Sea surged to envelop Lin Tian, entangling the Blood Martial Soul in his hands, intent on completely corroding and corrupting it.

But just then, a sudden change occurred.

The Blood Martial Soul, engulfed by Blood Fiend's Blood Sea, suddenly erupted with a brilliant, extreme crimson radiance, and then a terrifying suction force emerged, instantly forming a horrific blood-colored vortex.

The suction of the vortex was outrageously powerful; the surrounding air was instantly drained, the Blood Sea was devoured frantically, and Blood Fiend's Blood Snake Martial Soul didn't even have time to react before it was immediately swallowed by the crimson vortex.

With his Martial Soul devoured, Blood Fiend suffered an immediate backlash, his face turning deathly pale.

The suction force continued unabated.

After devouring the Martial Soul, it was now his turn!

"No! This is impossible! How could your Martial Soul possess such terrifying devouring power? What kind of Martial Soul is this?"

Blood Fiend let out a terrified roar, pushing his soul power to the limit to resist.

However, in the face of this suction that felt like a law of nature, his resistance was meaningless.

With a sharp whoosh, his entire body was forcibly dragged by the vortex, transforming into a black shadow as he was pulled into the swirling abyss.

With a series of clattering sounds, his clothes, black robe, storage ring, and identity token all fell to the ground, while he himself vanished completely from the Douluo Continent.

Lin Tian was oblivious to all of this. His eyes were bloodshot and he was shrouded in black mist; his mind had already fractured, and his Blood Martial Soul was on the verge of corruption.

But the moment Blood Fiend disappeared, Lin Tian's soul instantly left his body, following him into the Blood Sea.

"This... is this the Blood Sea from my dreams? Am I back here again? No, that's not right. This is Blood Fiend—why did he follow me into the Blood Sea? He was clearly sucked in by the vortex created by my Martial Soul just now. Could it be..."

A look of shock appeared on Lin Tian's face as he considered a bizarre possibility. "Could this Blood Sea be the manifestation of my Blood Martial Soul? No way, right?"