Ancestor River Styx

[Match rules: whoever acquires more Blood Origin Stone wins.]

"Blood Origin Stone, it must be some kind of ore."

Dai Mubai's gaze swept back and forth between the surging Sea of Blood and the ground beneath his feet. Instinctively, he felt that since the name contained the word "stone", it was most likely some sort of mineral.

It was either sunken deep within the Sea of Blood or buried beneath the ground they were currently standing on. The more he thought about it, the more logical it seemed, and he was already preparing to make a move.

"Then let's hurry up and dig!" Ma Hongjun grabbed Dai Mubai and Oscar directly and flew toward the other side. He picked a spot that looked soft and started digging the moment he landed.

While rolling up his sleeves, Ma Hongjun cast a wary glance back in the direction of the other two groups, terrified that someone would come over and steal their results. "Dig fast, dig fast, don't let them beat us to it!"

Xiao Hongchen stood in place, watching the three people who had flown away as if he were looking at three clowns. "Idiots, truly three idiots."

None of them in this group had any idea what a Blood Origin Stone was, and they were even unwilling to gather information from Xie Xie and the others. They were simply hopelessly stupid.

"So, what on earth is a Blood Origin Stone?"

"The crystals left behind after members of the Asura Clan perish are Blood Origin Stones."

Yuezheng Yu stated the origin of the Blood Origin Stone. They only appeared after an Asura Clan member died, which meant that to acquire one, they had to confront and kill an Asura Clan member directly.

"Well then, this path is completely blocked."

After hearing this, Xiao Hongchen rolled his eyes and started looking around for where to surrender. He was joking; if it were truly a mineral, they could roll up their sleeves and dig, and at worst, it would take some effort.

But fight the Asura Clan? He had never even heard of this race, but to be able to survive in such a terrifying Sea of Blood, their strength was likely at least at the god level. What was there to play here? He might as well just surrender.

"Xie Xie, what are you thinking about?"

Xu Lizhi rubbed his head and looked at Xie Xie, who had fallen into deep contemplation beside him. Xie Xie had not said a word since just now, his gaze fixed intently on that patch of the Sea of Blood.

Without a word of reply, Xie Xie walked toward the edge of the Sea of Blood. Reaching the shore, he dropped directly to his knees. "Your junior Xie Xie earnestly requests to see Senior River Styx."

"Crap! Xie Xie! Have you lost your mind?! That is Ancestor River Styx! Ancestor River Styx, who follows the path of slaughter to achieve enlightenment!"

Yuezheng Yu's face instantly turned ashen. He suspected that Xie Xie's brain had been fried by the stimulation just now, given that he was proactively requesting an audience with Ancestor River Styx.

Ancestor River Styx followed the path of slaughter, achieving enlightenment through killing. She killed the heavens, killed the earth, and killed all living beings. She was a truly supreme, ferocious deity forged in mountains of corpses and seas of blood! Delivering oneself right to her doorstep—was this not courting death?

Clearly, Xie Xie's words successfully carried across. Or rather, ever since they had appeared at the Sea of Blood, she had already been paying attention to this place.

"Junior, although this seat has no interest in slaughtering a few ants, you have come to my Sea of Blood without cause..."

Before her voice could fade, a figure was already seated atop a blooming Red Lotus, its petals stacked layer upon layer, as though condensed from burning fresh blood.

She wore a black dress, and her long black hair cascaded directly over her shoulders. Her bangs covered one eye, while the remaining crimson pupil outside swept coldly over the people below.

Though physically brimming with a soul-captivating charm, she radiated far more killing intent—the intent to slaughter the heavens, the earth, and all living beings.

"This person is Senior River Styx..."

Although it was his first time seeing her, Yuezheng Yu dropped directly to his knees on instinct. He dared not raise his head, feeling only as though that figure were pressing down on the crown of his head like a massive mountain, leaving him incapable of even generating the thought of resistance.

Xu Lizhi reacted the exact same way, his legs trembling as he dropped straight to his knees. He clenched his teeth tightly, terrified that making a sound would provoke that existence.

Xiao Hongchen, Ji Juechen, and Ye Guyi had at least seen battlefields before, and while they were not terrified into kneeling on the spot, their facial expressions were hardly any better.

As for Xu Feng, he was utterly dumbfounded. Crap! Tokisaki Kurumi?! Xu Feng had considered every possibility, but never once this one.

This so-called Ancestor River Styx actually possessed a face identical to Tokisaki Kurumi's. This was neither scientific nor Douluo-like. Wait, it actually seemed somewhat Douluo-like.

Xu Feng suddenly thought of a soul beast: the Emperor Auspicious Beast. Since the original Imperial Auspicious Beast could transform into that appearance based on Huo Yuhao's preference for the Goddess of Light,

then if the person she made contact with was himself, and she had even truly viewed his memories, it was indeed possible she would turn out like this.

After all, before transmigrating, he had been a standard Kurumi fanboy. The first mobile game he ever spent money on was to buy Kurumi's skin, and the first figurine he ever bought was also Kurumi.

Though strictly speaking, he was consuming a substitute, Xu Feng felt as though some switch inside him had been flipped. He wanted to see the Auspicious Beast—he had an urgent desire to see her.

And while Xu Feng could guess this possibility, Ditian, acting like an overprotective father, recognized her instantly. After all, she was his daughter whom he had raised for tens of thousands of years. Though her temperament and appearance had undergone massive changes, he recognized her at a single glance.

"Good grief! Is the path the Auspicious Beast walks in the future this terrifying?"

The Crimson King looked at the Imperial Auspicious Beast before him—who could trade blows with the little cat—and then glanced back at Ancestor River Styx on the skyscreen, who slaughtered the heavens and the earth. Just what on earth had happened?

"I don't know, but the Auspicious Beast looking like this in the future is actually quite good."

Ditian did not care what path the Auspicious Beast would walk in the future; he only cared whether the destination of that path was favorable.

Yet for now, not only was the Auspicious Beast extraordinary in strength, but her status was likely not low either. Even though this Sea of Blood sounded like it guarded the gates of the underworld,

one had to consider what it represented. It represented the final security of the Six Paths of Reincarnation. It could be said to be a crucial node that would perfect the entire reincarnation system in the future.

Furthermore, the path the Auspicious Beast walked in the future was indeed the path of slaughter—the path of slaughtering the heavens, the earth, and all living beings. This path was both easy and difficult to walk.

The reason it was easy was that this path required no excessive contemplation; one simply slaughtered their way forward. The reason it was difficult was that once one encountered an unimaginably formidable foe, they were very likely to get stuck at a certain tier and never be able to break through.

"Still, the Auspicious Beast is truly far more extravagant than I am. That Red Lotus, and the two swords hanging beside her—those are probably divine tools."

Ditian only possessed the Dragon God Claw as something he could proudly display. He felt that even if he became a god in the future, he probably wouldn't possess any divine tools, yet the Auspicious Beast made her entrance and immediately pulled out three divine tools.