Origin of the Blood Kui Beast
What are those people doing?
Song Wen noticed that at the foot of Year Mountain, there was a large pit, several tens of feet in size.
Scattered throughout the large pit were numerous pieces of blackened flesh.
The pieces of meat varied in size, ranging from several meters in size to the size of a bowl.
The meat emitted a strong fishy and rotten smell.
There were six disciples of the Beast Taming Sect at the Late Qi Refinement Refining, each with a jade box ten feet tall in front of them.
They were using knives to cut up the rotting flesh and then packing it into a jade box.
Perhaps fearing to disturb Blood Year, the six of them did not dare to use any spiritual power, but instead relied on their physical strength to work.
Liu Leyi glanced in the direction of the meat pit and explained.
"Those chunks of flesh are the rotting flesh expelled from the Blood Year's body, containing a trace of the Blood Year's spirituality, making them excellent food for spirit beasts. The flesh balls that your Pill Peak uses to raise the Man-Snake are made from this rotting flesh and some spirit medicine."
Upon hearing this, Song Wen's eyes lit up.
He suddenly felt a strong hunger emanating from the Sacred Beetle Gu within his body.
The Sacred Beetle Gu has a strong interest in the rotting flesh expelled from the body by the Blood Year.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Song Wen dared not release the Sacred Beetle Gu. He calmed the Sacred Beetle Gu down and continued to watch the flesh pillar eat.
Soon it was Liu Leyi's turn to be fed.
His ten Late Qi Refinement cultivators dragged over a thousand mortals, who were bound by chains, and flew towards the summit of Year Mountain.
Amidst the terrified pleas of mortals, they were thrown one after another toward the fleshy pillar at the center of Year Mountain.
At this point, all ten thousand mortals on the ten spaceships had been swallowed by Blood Year.
After the last string of mortal blood food was swallowed by Blood Year, the ten Late Qi Refinement cultivators who had fed him were preparing to return to the spaceship.
Suddenly, a powerful pressure erupted from within Year Mountain.
This oppressive force was violent and vast, descending like a mountain pressing down.
The first to be affected by this oppressive force were the ten Late Qi Refinement cultivators who were feeding the animals.
"Puff..."
All ten Qi Refinement cultivators coughed up blood on the spot.
Their Flight Technique was immediately broken, and they plummeted rapidly from the sky.
The entire Year Mountain began to tremble violently.
All eighteen Cave on the mountainside sent a strong gust of wind blowing outwards.
It was as if something was drilling into the mountain at high speed, forcibly squeezing the air out of the Cave.
In the blink of an eye.
Eighteen tentacles, each four or five zhang thick, burst forth from these Cave.
The tentacles continued to extend and grow longer, engulfing the ten Qi Refinement cultivators, and then gently tossed them toward the fleshy pillar at the mountaintop.
The next group to be preyed upon were six Qi Refinement cultivators who were collecting carrion at the foot of the mountain.
Then, the tentacles coiled towards the spaceship.
Defensive formations lit up on the spaceships.
The third-tier defensive formation, capable of withstanding attacks from Golden Core cultivators, was as fragile as paper in front of the tentacles, instantly shredded by them.
The hundred-meter-long ship was also shredded, and the cultivators on board abandoned the ship and fled.
However, apart from the single Foundation Establishment cultivator on each spaceship who could barely fly on a sword, all the other cultivators could only watch helplessly as they plummeted towards the ground.
Before they could even reach the ground, most of them were grabbed by tentacles and thrown into Blood Year's mouth.
Song Wen's spaceship was at the very back, and the tentacles attacked the spaceships in front first, which bought them a moment to escape.
"Follow me!"
Liu Leyi's face was serious as he roared.
As he spoke, he took off on his sword and rushed towards the mist he had come from.
Song Wen and Zhou Siyi followed closely behind, also taking off on their swords.
Stepping onto the flying sword, Song Wen's figure suddenly swayed.
The pressure released by Blood Year was too strong. Even though they were several miles apart and the pressure was not directed at Song Wen, it greatly reduced Song Wen's escape speed.
Moreover, it takes ten times more spiritual energy than usual to maintain the ability to fly.
Zhou Siyi only had the Foundation Establishment Early Stage and had never experienced a life-or-death crisis. Faced with the pressure of the Blood Year, her mind was in chaos and she could hardly fly on her sword.
However, she has a spirit beast to help her.
She summoned the large eagle, a late-stage second-tier creature, and rode on its back.
As soon as Song Wen and his two companions left the spaceship, a tentacle reached out and gently coiled around it, shattering the spaceship into pieces.
On the spaceship, several Qi Refinement cultivators who couldn't escape in time were picked up one by one by the tentacles and thrown into Blood Year's mouth.
The deaths of these Qi Refinement cultivators bought Song Wen and his companions time to escape, and the three of them quickly arrived before the mist.
Along with the three, five Foundation Establishment cultivators also escaped the tentacle's pursuit.
The eight people disappeared into the mist.
As soon as he entered the mist, Song Wen felt his body lighten.
The oppressive aura of Blood Year vanished.
Song Wen, who was speeding along on his sword, turned his head and glanced back.
The Blood Year's enormous tentacles were gradually obscured by the mist, slowly becoming increasingly blurry.
The tentacles did not probe into the mist.
He glanced around at the other seven people who were fleeing in panic.
Song Wen slowed his escape, landing last without leaving a trace. Two Sacred Beetle Gu fell from the back of Song Wen's neck.
These mists were formed by an array, which had the effect of obscuring vision and blocking Divine Sense. In addition, the Sacred Beetle Gu was good at concealing its aura. Furthermore, everyone was busy escaping, so no one noticed Song Wen's little actions.
Soon, the eight people passed through the mist and arrived outside the Year Mountain formation.
After flying ten miles outside the formation, the group stopped their escape and looked back with lingering fear in their eyes, gazing in the direction of Year Mountain.
"What just happened? Why did the Blood Year suddenly go berserk and start hunting?"
Zhou Siyi asked, her face somewhat pale.
Liu Leyi shook his head; he didn't know either.
At this moment, a cultivator who looked quite old offered his explanation.
"It should be that the Blood Year is gestating the Blood Kui Beast."
"The Blood Year awakens once every twenty years, feeds continuously for thirty days, and then falls back into slumber."
"However, every hundred years or so, the Blood Year will give birth to a Blood Kui Beast. At this time, the Blood Year's appetite will increase greatly."
"This time, Blood Year has been awake for four days and has been fed the usual amount of food every day. It must be that Blood Year is not getting enough food and is feeling hungry, which is why it suddenly attacked people."
Everyone was astonished upon hearing this.
"Is the Blood Kui Beast a descendant of the Blood Year?"
The elderly cultivator said, "It can't really be considered a descendant. Rather, the Blood Kui Beast is a creature that parasitizes the Blood Year's body. The Blood Kui Beast helps the Blood Year cleanse its body of rotten flesh. And the rotten flesh helps the Blood Kui Beast increase its strength."
"Why would the flesh and blood on Blood Year's body rot naturally?" Zhou Siyi asked curiously.
The elderly monk shook his head.
"No one knows for sure. Legend has it that over a thousand years ago, there was a Supreme Elder whose lifespan was nearing its end. Perhaps seeking a fortuitous opportunity, or perhaps to satisfy his curiosity, he willingly allowed himself to be devoured by the Blood Year and enter its body."
"After being trapped inside the Blood Year for a whole day, he escaped from the Blood Year eating."
"However, he also suffered extremely serious injuries and passed away not long after."
"According to this Supreme Elder, there are several Blood Kui Beast inside Blood Year's body, and these Blood Kui Beast can survive inside Blood Year for a long time, feeding on Blood Year's rotting flesh."
"It was after that that the sect learned of the Blood Kui Beast's existence and devised a plan to lure it out of Blood Kui Beast Blood Year's body and capture Blood Kui Beast."