Blood Demon Ancestor

The moment the bronze coffin shook violently, Li Chen Zhou's eyes flashed with a fierce light. His bones crackled like popping beans, and his skin instantly turned a reddish-bronze color as he activated the Indestructible Divine Skill to its fullest!

"Now!" Li Chen Zhou roared, his figure shooting out like a cannonball. The Blood Demon Blade emitted a piercing screech, and the Taotie eye on the blade suddenly opened, its scarlet pupils reflecting the horrified face of the Five Venoms Venerable.

"Three Abyssal Slashes—Sever Samsara!"

Before the blade even arrived, the entire world seemed to change color. Countless wraithlike figures of wronged souls appeared out of thin air around the altar, and viscous blood seeped from the cracks in the ground. The Five Venoms Venerable turned around in a panic, only to see three blood-colored slashes interwoven into a net, as if to cut the entire space into pieces!

"Five Venoms Divine Palm!" The Five Venoms Venerable shrieked, his palms instantly turning dark green. Illusory images of five venomous creatures solidified around him, transforming into five barriers of poison to meet the blade light.

"Boom—"

The shockwave exploded, instantly turning Heavenly Devil Sect disciples within a thirty-foot radius into a bloody mist. Li Chen Zhou's momentum didn't falter. He thrust out with his left hand, unleashing the Heavenly Frost Fist, and icy true energy swept across the entire area like raging waves.

"Crack, crack—"

A dozen black-clad figures who were about to form a formation were frozen into ice sculptures with horrified expressions. Frost spread from their orifices, freezing their flesh and blood into crystalline ice.

"You little brat, courting death!" The Five Venoms Venerable's mask shattered, revealing a hideous face covered in venomous sores. He bit the tip of his tongue and spat out venomous blood, which transformed into nine blood-colored centipedes in the air, lunging toward Li Chen Zhou's face.

Li Chen Zhou sneered, and the Three-Aspect Primordial Energy gathered in his palm. The wind, cloud, and frost true energies merged perfectly, forming a rotating, transparent vortex.

"Break!"

Wherever the vortex passed, the blood-colored centipedes were utterly pulverized. The Five Venoms Venerable staggered backward, a bowl-sized hole now gaping in his chest.

"Impossible! What kind of technique is that?!" he roared, venomous blood gushing from the wound.

Li Chen Zhou didn't answer, raising the Blood Demon Blade once more. This time, the Taotie eye on the blade fully awakened, detaching from the blade and floating behind him, transforming into a massive, blood-colored phantom.

"Second Slash—Abyssal Hell!"

Before the blade light was even released, the entire altar had already begun to collapse. The Five Venoms Venerable frantically made hand seals, sending out his natal venomous insect from within his body to try and resist, but it was devoured the instant it came into contact with the blade light.

"Ah—" Amidst a miserable scream, the Five Venoms Venerable's right arm was severed at the shoulder. Before the severed arm could even fall to the ground, it was swallowed whole by the Taotie phantom.

"Venerable!" Yin Wujiu cried out, wanting to help, but the Earthly Fiends Four suddenly appeared, blocking his path.

Li Chen Zhou stepped closer, walking on the ground littered with ice sculptures. With each step, the reddish-bronze luster on his body intensified. In his left hand, he held the Heavenly Frost Fist; in his right, the Blood Demon Blade. The Taotie phantom behind him roared to the heavens, like a demon god descending upon the world.

"The final slash—"

"Stop!" A deafening roar suddenly came from the center of the altar. The bronze coffin exploded, and amidst the blood mist, a figure as withered as a skeleton slowly stood up.

"Martial Truth - Interdimensional Calamity!"

The instant the blade light fell, the Five Venoms Venerable frantically condensed his Five Venoms True Energy, forming an emerald-like venomous barrier in front of him.

"Crack—"

The barrier shattered in response, and the blade energy passed through his body. The Five Venoms Venerable's meridians were severed, and he fell like a rag doll to the edge of the altar.

"Soul Absorption Art!" Li Chen Zhou formed a claw with his five fingers, and a black vortex enveloped the Five Venoms Venerable.

"No… Ancestor, save…" The hoarse cry for help came to an abrupt end, and thirty years of pure inner energy flowed in like a river entering the sea.

Ding—Gained 30 years of inner energy.

Current inner energy value: 245 years.

Realm breakthrough to Fifth Rank Late Stage.

The bronze coffin exploded, and amidst the blood mist, a withered, skeletal figure slowly stood up. The shriveled lips opened and closed, emitting a metallic, grating sound:

"You… little brat… you're courting death…"

The Blood Demon Ancestor had returned to the world.

"System, scan the Blood Demon Ancestor's information."

"Scanning…"

"Ding—"

Character: Blood Demon Ancestor

Gender: Female

Realm: Grandmaster (Life force depleted, currently can only exert Fourth Rank Peak strength)

Techniques: Blood Demon Scripture, Star Absorbing Art

A cold glint flashed in Li Chen Zhou's eyes. "Fourth Rank Peak? That's all?"

Before the words even faded, the Blood Demon Blade, imbued with the Frost Heaven Six Annihilations True Energy, was already slashing out ferociously. Where the blade light passed, countless ice crystals condensed in the air, and the ground instantly froze into a mirror.

"Three Abyssal Slashes—Frost Annihilation - Interdimensional Calamity!"

In an instant, the entire altar transformed into an icy hell. The Blood Demon Ancestor's withered body was frozen within, her astonished expression solidified into an ice sculpture.

"Three-Aspect Primordial Energy!"

Li Chen Zhou pushed out with both hands, and a transparent energy sphere whistled forth, distorting the air in its wake. Just as the energy sphere was about to hit—

"Crack!"

The ice sculpture exploded, and the Blood Demon Ancestor broke free, her gaunt body teetering.

"Little brat… courting death!" The hoarse voice sounded like sandpaper rubbing together. She raised a withered claw, and a terrifying suction force suddenly erupted.

"Star Absorbing Art!"

The surrounding Heavenly Devil Sect disciples instantly contorted, their flesh and blood drawn away like threads. Zhang Zhiruo and the scholar lost control, on the verge of being pulled into the vortex.

"Cosmic Shift!"

Li Chen Zhou flashed, his palm wind wrapping around the two like silk, forcibly pulling them from the suction field. As he turned, his pupils shrank—

The Heavenly Devil Sect disciples who had been drained had turned into dried corpses, while the Blood Demon Ancestor's withered body was visibly filling out. White hair turned to black, wrinkles smoothed, and in the blink of an eye, he transformed into a stunning woman with skin like jade.

"Hahaha... This old one has finally..."

Before the words were finished, Li Chen Zhou's long-prepared killing move had already landed.

"Three-Aspect Convergence!"

The purple lightning ball tore through the air, and the Blood Demon Ancestor hurriedly formed a seal: "Blood Demon Body Protection!"

The blood-colored skull phantom had just formed when it was shattered by the lightning ball. The shockwave from the explosion shook the entire underground palace, causing dust to fall.

"Three Abyssal Slashes—Martial Truth - Interdimensional Calamity!"

"Frost Annihilation - Interdimensional Calamity!"

"Three-Aspect Convergence!"

Li Chen Zhou didn't give him any chance to breathe, his blade light and fist shadows pouring down like a storm. The underground palace trembled violently in the continuous explosions, and rubble fell like rain.

"System, secondary scan!"

Ding—

Current Status: Grandmaster (Injured, vitality weakened, combat power reduced to half-step Rank Three)

As expected! Li Chen Zhou was clear in his mind. Even if the Star Absorbing Art was heaven-defying, it couldn't instantly make up for a century of losses. This old hag was at the end of his rope!

"Go!" he suddenly roared, the Blood Demon Blade sweeping across the battlefield, its blade energy completely cleaving the crumbling dome. With a "rumble," the entire underground palace began to collapse.

The three figures moved like lightning, weaving through the falling boulders. Behind them came the Blood Demon Ancestor's hysterical roar: "This old one will definitely suck your marrow dry—"