Blood Devour Dragon Pearl, Ten Dragon Codex

"Hah..."

Having successfully slain the Bloodforged Patriarch, Sikong Jing let out a long breath and slowly withdrew his true qi.

Then Sikong Jing saw a blood-red pearl roll from the Bloodforged Patriarch's shattered corpse to his feet.

The pearl glowed with an intense light. Clearly, this was the Bloodforged Patriarch's treasure...

There had to be storage space inside, along with a great many treasures—cultivation methods, martial techniques, Bright King Crystals, and the like. Without hesitation, Sikong Jing drew it over and sent his consciousness inside.

The next instant, a voice softly rang out in his sea of consciousness: "Blood Devour Dragon Pearl!"

That was the blood-red pearl's name.

With the Bloodforged Patriarch dead, it had lost its master, allowing Sikong Jing to claim it with ease. Without hesitation, he dripped blood onto the pearl.

He urgently wanted to use the things inside the Blood Devour Dragon Pearl to learn about the Central Plains.

Buzz...

Yet the instant Sikong Jing dripped his blood onto it, the Blood Devour Dragon Pearl flared with crimson light. It immediately dragged his consciousness into a strange, blood-red space... and at that very moment, a burst of manic laughter rang out.

"You little beast, you truly know nothing."

"Hahaha! Do you think you can simply make the Blood Devour Dragon Pearl of I, the Bloodforged Patriarch, acknowledge you as its master just because you want to?"

"How could a treasure of this level possibly be obtained by a mere Extraordinary Realm cultivator like you?"

"I said that even if I died, I would still kill you—and I will keep that promise. Now, endure the annihilating strike of the Blood Devour Dragon Pearl!"

That voice was actually still the Bloodforged Patriarch's.

Before Sikong Jing could react, a terrifying bloodlight blasted toward his consciousness.

A cold glint flashed