Blood River Acknowledges Master

"Ling Xiao was right—the Blood River really exists!"

Gu Sheng's spirits lifted, and he forcibly gathered a little more of the Spiritual Power that was nearly exhausted within him.

Suddenly, the sound of something slicing through the air came from his left.

Gu Sheng instinctively twisted aside. A streak of azure sword light grazed his cheek and shot past, exploding among ancient trees in the distance.

"Wang Xiujie!"

Gu Sheng's pupils contracted as he recognized the owner of that sword light.

A sinister-looking man strode through the air, the killing intent in his eyes nearly solidifying into substance.

"Gu Sheng, when you killed my brother, did you ever think this day would come?"

Gu Sheng offered no explanation, nor did he have the strength to explain.

That conflict had begun with the Wang Family disciples bullying the weak through sheer strength. He had merely defended himself and retaliated.

Anything he said now would be futile. He plunged straight into a swamp shrouded in miasma.

Deep within the swamp, every step Gu Sheng took felt like stepping on a blade's edge.

The mud and water here were fiercely corrosive. His boots had long since rotted away, and his feet were a mangled, bloody mess.

He did not dare stop, because stopping meant death.

"Almost there. I'm almost there."

Gu Sheng raised his head toward the blood-red mountain. It seemed a little closer now.

Suddenly, every hair on his body stood on end, and he lunged forward.

The mud behind him exploded as a shadow burst from underground. It was a colossal black python, as thick as a water barrel.

"A fifth-rank demonic beast!"

A demonic beast of this level was comparable to a human Nascent Soul cultivator. Under normal circumstances, he could still fight it, but now...

The giant python opened