Ancestor River Styx

[Competition rules: Whoever obtains the most Blood Origin Stones wins.]

"Blood Origin Stones should be some kind of mineral, right?"

Dai Mubai's gaze swept back and forth between the churning Sea of Blood and the ground beneath his feet. Instinctively, he felt that since it had the word "stone" in its name, it was probably some kind of ore.

Either they were buried deep beneath the Sea of Blood, or they were hidden beneath the ground they were currently standing on. The more he thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed, and he was already preparing to start digging.

"Then let's hurry up and dig!" Ma Hongjun directly dragged Dai Mubai and Oscar toward the other side. They picked a spot where the soil looked loose, landed, and immediately got to work.

As Ma Hongjun rolled up his sleeves, he warily glanced back toward the other two groups, afraid someone might come over and steal their results. "Dig, dig! Don't let them beat us to it!"

Xiao Hongchen stood where he was, watching the three fly away as though he were looking at three clowns. "Idiots. Three complete idiots."

None of them knew what Blood Origin Stones were, yet they could not even be bothered to ask Xie Xie and the others about them. They were hopelessly stupid.

"So, what exactly are Blood Origin Stones?"

"Crystals left behind after members of the Asura Clan die are Blood Origin Stones."

Yue Zhengyu explained the origins of the Blood Origin Stones. They would only appear after an Asura Clan member died. In other words, if they wanted to obtain them, they had to kill an Asura Clan member head-on.

"Well, that route is completely blocked off."

After hearing that, Xiao Hongchen rolled his eyes and began looking for where to surrender. If they really were minerals, they could at least roll up their sleeves and dig, even if it took some effort.

But fight the Asura Clan? He had never even heard of that race. Yet if they could survive in such a terrifying Sea of Blood, their strength was probably at least god-level. What was there left to play? They might as well surrender immediately.

"Xie Xie, what are you thinking?"

Xu Lizhi scratched his head and looked at Xie Xie beside him, who had fallen into deep thought. Xie Xie had not said a word since earlier, his eyes fixed intently on the Sea of Blood.

Xie Xie did not answer. Without saying a word, he walked to the edge of the Sea of Blood. Once he reached it, he directly knelt down. "This junior, Xie Xie, respectfully requests an audience with Senior Minghe."

"Damn it! Xie Xie! Have you lost your mind?! That's Ancestor River Styx! Ancestor River Styx, who follows the path of slaughter!"

Yue Zhengyu's face instantly turned pale. He suspected that Xie Xie's mind had been damaged by the earlier shock. He had actually taken the initiative to request an audience with Ancestor River Styx.

Ancestor River Styx followed the path of slaughter, using slaughter to attain the Dao. She slaughtered heaven, slaughtered earth, slaughtered all living beings. She was a peerless fiend who had fought her way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood! Going to her on his own initiative—was that not simply courting death?

Clearly, Xie Xie's words had successfully reached her. Or rather, she had been watching them ever since they appeared in the Sea of Blood.

"Young ones, while I have little interest in killing a few ants, you appeared in my Sea of Blood for no reason..."

Before her words had even ended, a figure was already seated atop a blooming Red Lotus. Its layered petals looked as though they had been condensed from burning blood.

She wore a black dress, her long black hair draped over her shoulders. Her bangs covered one eye, while the exposed crimson eye coldly swept across the people below.

Though her appearance possessed a soul-stirring charm, what she radiated even more strongly was killing intent—the killing intent to slaughter heaven, slaughter earth, and slaughter all living beings.

"So this is Senior Minghe..."

Although it was Yue Zhengyu's first time seeing her as well, he instinctively dropped to his knees. He did not dare raise his head. He only felt as though that figure were a mountain pressing down on him, leaving him unable to even form the thought of resisting.

Xu Lizhi reacted the same way. His legs trembled as he fell to his knees, gritting his teeth tightly for fear that making a sound would anger that being.

Xiao Hongchen, Ji Juechen, and Ye Guyi had at least been on the battlefield before. Though they were not so frightened that they immediately knelt, their expressions were not much better.

Xu Feng was completely dumbfounded. "Holy shit! Kurumi Tokisaki?!" Xu Feng had considered every possibility, but he had never considered this one.

This so-called Ancestor River Styx actually had a face identical to Kurumi Tokisaki's. That was not scientific, and it did not fit Douluo either. Wait, it actually seemed pretty Douluo.

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

then if the one she had come into contact with was him, and she had even truly seen his Remembrance, it was indeed possible for her to become like this.

After all, before transmigrating, he had been a devoted Kurumi fan. The first game he had ever spent money on was to buy a Kurumi skin, and the first figure he had bought had also been Kurumi.

Though, strictly speaking, he was settling for a substitute, Xu Feng felt as though some switch inside him had been flipped. He wanted to see the Auspicious Beast. He desperately wanted to see her.

If even Xu Feng could guess at this possibility, then Di Tian, as her old father, recognized her immediately. After all, he had raised his daughter for tens of thousands of years. Though her temperament and appearance had changed drastically, he still recognized her at a glance.

"Damn! Is the path the Auspicious Beast takes in the future really this terrifying?"

Scarlet King looked at the Imperial Auspicious Beast before him, who could tussle with the little cat, then looked at Ancestor River Styx on the Skyscreen, who slaughtered heaven and earth. What exactly had happened?

"I don't know, but the Auspicious Beast looks pretty good like this in the future."

Di Tian did not care what kind of path the Auspicious Beast would take in the future. He only cared whether the destination of that path was a good one.

But from the looks of it now, not only was the Auspicious Beast extraordinarily powerful, her status was likely not low either. Although this Sea of Blood sounded as though it was guarding the gates of the Netherworld,

it depended on what it represented. It represented the final safeguard of the Six Paths of Reincarnation. It could be said to be a crucial point in the future completion of the entire reincarnation system.

Moreover, the path the Auspicious Beast took in the future was still the path of slaughter—the path of slaughtering heaven, slaughtering earth, and slaughtering all living beings. This path could be easy to walk, yet it could also be difficult.

It was easy because this path did not require too much thought. One only needed to kill all the way forward. It was difficult because once one encountered an unimaginably powerful enemy, one could very likely be stuck at a certain level forever, unable to advance any further.

"But the Auspicious Beast is really far more extravagant than me. That Red Lotus, and those two swords hanging beside it, are probably all Divine Artifacts."

Di Tian only had one Dragon God Claw worth showing off. Even if he became a god in the future, he probably would not have many Divine Artifacts. Yet with this single appearance, the Auspicious Beast had directly displayed three Divine Artifacts.