Blood Commands All Emerge

Blood Commands All Emerge

Seeing the old fellow before him, Lin Yu felt a sense of relief. At least he was the cicada, and the master of this cicada had just been slain. Even if he came out now, it would only be a fight to the death, fish dead and net torn.

"What did you do to my prince?" Yan Po spoke carelessly, yet the vital energy that burst forth from him in that instant carried a certain majesty. Lin Yu's expression did not change as he said, "What did I do? Haven't you already seen it? Must I spell it out—that your master was slain by me—before you understand?"

Lin Yu was no longer at his former peak. Fighting a ninth-rank opponent was utterly hopeless.

"Are you one of the Ancient Emperor's men?" Yan Po looked at the sword in Lin Yu's hand, then quickly realized something. "No, you're not one of the Ancient Emperor's men. Who exactly are you..." He knew that the most important thing now was to learn the identity of the person before him. Otherwise, many things would be too difficult to make sense of.

"Correct. I'm indeed not one of the Ancient Emperor's men. But the Ancient Emperor is my enemy, and so is the Flame Emperor. Which of those two do you think I'll spare? As for that old man who was chopped into pieces, he tried to stop me from taking the medicine. Do you think your fate will end well?" Lin Yu did not hide his methods in the slightest, laying everything out at once...

At the same time, Yan Po reached out with a claw and seized Lin Yu by the sleeve. "That's right! I don't know your methods, so why not let me have a good look at them now?" His fist came swinging straight at him, followed by a kick that struck Lin Yu's body. Lin Yu staggered back several steps, but there was no great reaction from him.

Lin Yu no longer knew what to say. His first impression was simply that this old fellow before him was far too strong. He glanced at him again, then said, "Let's see how many times you can hit me." This time, he moved. His earlier exertion had been considerable, but with the Five Poisons True Scripture, he absorbed Spirit Stones much faster and recovered far more quickly.

He threw a punch, only to be kicked away in return. Lin Yu crashed facedown onto the ground, completely dazed this time. Then a voice sounded beside his ear. "Go unconscious. This will be over soon." As soon as the words fell, Lin Yu completely passed out.

Seven streaks of blood energy flew out in an instant, and a booming voice rang out. "Old bastard, do you think you can hit our young master whenever you please? If not for the fact that our young master's spiritual power has yet to recover, would the likes of you even get a turn?"

"What? What are these things? Get lost! What business is it of yours? He killed our young master. Taking his life is only natural and right!" Yan Po had truly never imagined that such secrets lurked within this youth.

As soon as those words fell, another voice answered, "Natural and right? Are you worthy of saying that? I think you're courting death!" The voice fell, and that streak of blood energy shot directly forward. Yan Po hurriedly dodged. He could tell that the spiritual power contained within this artifact was not something he could touch.

That blood energy had nearly killed him. Though he evaded its strike with a flip, a wound was left on his face. When he reached up to touch it, he discovered there was not even a trace of blood. It was as though something had simply sliced across it from thin air.

A Blood Command hovered in midair, smacking its lips. "What kind of trash bloodline is this? It's truly dirtied my mouth." Its words drained much of the color from Yan Po's face.

A figure beside it giggled. "Greedy Wolf, it's not that I want to criticize you, but you really are greedy enough. You took a mouthful of blood, yet you still complain. If it tastes so bad, then give this one to me!"

"Scram. Move aside. My standards for blood aren't that high." The Blood Commands needed blood energy to recover, especially now. Greedy Wolf might have been greedy, but it was also for the sake of recovery.

"Enough, enough. You've said all that needs to be said. Hurry up and finish him. Master will be waking soon." The Blood Command standing farther away spoke as though issuing an order, stirring the fighting spirit of the other Blood Commands.

"Wait... wait... There's still something I don't understand. Tell me, tell me, what exactly are you things..." Yan Po truly did not want to die at the hands of such things.

The Blood Command stood there and gave a teasing smile before speaking. "I forgot to tell you. Our name is Blood Command. We have always followed Young Master's side, serving as his Natal Spirit Artifacts..." As the words fell, a Blood Command flew out.

Yan Po had lived long enough that he naturally knew of such things. "Impossible, impossible! That's something from legend. How could it possibly appear in the Eight Desolations? Impossible, absolutely impossible..." The Blood Command stood there, then said, "Why is it impossible? Die!"

All seven Blood Commands flew out together. One command, one kill. When Blood Command emerged, blood would surely be seen. Looking again, Yan Po stood where he was, roaring, "Even if I'm ground to dust, I will never let you off! Never..." At that very moment, Yan Po became a pile of mangled flesh. Even his bones were chopped to pieces.

"Well? Is the blood you ate today enough to last you for a while?" A Blood Command standing there suddenly said this.

Greedy Wolf stood there and replied, "Mm, it's enough to sustain us for a while. I only hope our master's cultivation speed can become faster. Otherwise, who knows what year or month it will be before we recover?"

"Tch, I think Master's current cultivation speed is quite good. Otherwise, the blood energy we consume won't be enough either." The Blood Command smiled again and said no more. The seven Blood Commands vanished once again, and there was no one left around them.

Those cultivators also knew that the cultivators here were powerful, not opponents they could contend with for this treasure. They all departed one after another. At the same time, Lin Yu woke and looked over everything around him. He let out a long breath, then said, "This spiritual power before me... I can't make sense of it..." He could only sense an extremely familiar aura.

He now knew one thing: the ones who had acted just now were the Blood Commands. Lin Yu let out another long breath, then said, "I should take the Colorful Butterfly first. Those cultivators should have withdrawn as well..." He walked beneath the great tree and took down the Colorful Butterfly. Lin Yu exhaled deeply, sensing the surroundings once more. Only after discovering there were no threats nearby did he finally relax completely.

"The one thing I never expected from this battle was the Blood Commands. They really are strong..." Lin Yu's eyes narrowed once more in that instant...