Battle Garment

The pure-blooded younglings had watched his entire transformation.

Every creature was stunned by Shi Yi's unfathomable depths. His flesh seemed like a bottomless pit, devouring far too much of the qilin blood's essence.

By comparison, Jin Yunteng, the foremost of the Primordial Divine Mountain's younger generation, fell far short. Before Shi Yi, he was like a firefly beside the bright moon.

As those bloody feathers peeled away layer by layer, pushing Shi Yi's cultivation and physical strength to new heights, the pure-blooded younglings felt suffocated, unable to catch their breath.

No creature had ever subjected them to such terrifying pressure. He was so powerful that they could only despair, left far behind to gaze up at his retreating back.

Even Jin Yunteng, whose strength came closest to Shi Yi's, felt the gap between them widening.

Earlier, he had still been able to exchange blows with Shi Yi. Even in defeat, he had only lost to those double pupils; in other respects, he had not fallen far short.

But now, after the blood pool baptism, the gap between them had widened visibly. Jin Yunteng's heart seized. He had a premonition that if Shi Yi pulled ahead of him in the blood moving realm, the gap would only grow in the realms to come, until Shi Yi disappeared beyond even his distant gaze.

At this moment, Shi Yi had finished his baptism and stood at the very head of the Qilin Blood River, casually stretching his newly transformed body.

Having undergone a feather-shedding transformation on a foundation of one hundred and eight thousand jin of strength in a single arm, followed by yet another comprehensive sublimation, Shi Yi's physical strength had broken through its limits and reached a truly terrifying level.

And he was still two months shy of his sixth birthday.

If Shi Yi chose to remain in the blood moving realm until he was seven, the natural growth of his blood and vital energy would make him even more terrifying within that realm.

But he could not possibly do that.

Whoosh!

With Shi Yi's transformation complete, the Qilin Blood River he had intercepted was no longer obstructed. At last, it surged downstream in its full form.

Powerful pure-blooded prodigies such as Jin Yunteng had also more or less completed their baptisms. Their bodies were nearing saturation, and they no longer devoured the river's essence.

Although the river's flow had passed its peak and entered its dwindling phase, to the pure-blooded younglings downstream, it was still like divine music from the heavens.

At last, they had some hope of tasting a little of the broth.

With the river's volume sharply reduced and its flow about to run dry, the pure-blooded younglings downstream frantically devoured every kind of essence within it to seize more opportunities, leaving nothing for the creatures behind them. They laid bare the full cruelty of the struggle for the Great Dao.

But none of this had anything to do with Shi Yi anymore. At the top of the Blood Pool's food chain, he had already achieved everything he sought and turned his attention elsewhere.

His eyes shone as he drove his transformed double pupils to their utmost. Like two suns, they stared intently at the passage spewing purple qilin blood, attempting to see through it.

Beside him, Little Golden Spider had also completed its blood pool baptism. Its entire body had undergone an earth-shaking transformation, taking on a brilliant, pure golden hue without the slightest impurity. It was utterly flawless.

It had grown stronger, but it still retained its fundamental reverence for Shi Yi, because Little Golden Spider knew that his transformation was even more terrifying, beyond imagination.

Seeing Shi Yi's double pupils blazing as he stared at the pitch-black passage from which the purple qilin blood flowed, Little Golden Spider felt an inexplicable trace of foreboding rise within it.

This... surely it's impossible. Since ancient times, more than one pure-blooded creature taking part in the blood pool baptism has set their sights on that passage, hoping to find the river's source and claim its heaven-shaking fortune alone.

But every attempt ended in failure. No one could enter that passage. Terrifying restrictions barred the way, and even the most dazzling and powerful pure-blooded prodigies in history were helpless against them. They couldn't even get close, Little Golden Spider murmured inwardly.

It guessed that Shi Yi had designs on that passage. After all, the purple Qilin Blood River that had brought about his transformation and sublimation had gushed out of it. If he could find its source, the fortune there might be even more astonishing.

At that thought, even Little Golden Spider could not help feeling tempted, but it immediately shook its head.

All of it was nothing more than meaningless fantasy, impossible to realize.

Even knowing how immensely powerful Shi Yi was, it still believed his plans would come to nothing. He could not force his way into the passage.

Not only Little Golden Spider, but the other pure-blooded creatures also noticed what Shi Yi was doing.

"He really does have his head in the clouds. Our ancestor tried exploring that passage in his youth. The result was hardly surprising-he couldn't even approach its entrance.

"No matter how his blood and vital energy surge to the heavens, he cannot break the restrictions at the entrance. All his efforts will be in vain," one pure-blooded youngling declared categorically, convinced that Shi Yi was wasting his effort.

Other pure-blooded younglings thought Shi Yi was too greedy. Even after swallowing most of the opportunities offered by this Qilin Blood River, he was still unsatisfied and wanted to devour more.

Jin Yunteng looked at Shi Yi's back, a trace of hesitation in his eyes.

Although the pure-blooded predecessors had failed to open the passage and deemed it an unreachable place, Shi Yi possessed eyes that could see through all things in the world. Perhaps he really could find a way in.

Just as the pure-blooded younglings fixed their gazes on Shi Yi, waiting to see him run into a wall, he moved.

With his powerful, transformed double pupils, he had already discerned a few clues about that passage.

The moment the purple Qilin Blood River ran dry, the passage would seal completely. His opportunities were few and far between. If Shi Yi wanted to seek out the river's source, he had to act swiftly.

Although the dangers within the passage were impossible to predict, and although this was a risky undertaking, Shi Yi had to gamble once. After all, whatever lay at the river's source was surely more precious than the river itself.

Watching the purple Qilin Blood River dwindle at an alarming speed, Shi Yi knew that if he did not act now, it would be too late.

As he moved, he sent a voice transmission to Little Golden Spider, giving it several instructions and reminders.

"Brother Shi Yi, this is too dangerous! If the ancestor knew, he would never agree to let you put yourself at risk." Little Golden Spider's expression changed drastically, terrified that Shi Yi might remain here forever. If that happened, Demon Spirit Lake would lose a prodigy of utterly heaven-defying talent.

"Stay out of matters that do not concern you. Just convey my words to the Two Founding Masters," Shi Yi replied coldly.

Hearing this, Little Golden Spider immediately swallowed the words on the tip of its tongue.

The next instant, Shi Yi set off. His left eye glowed, streams of light flowing from it and condensing into crystalline plates that covered his vital areas, forming an unparalleled battle garment.

Its metallic sheen was cold and sharp. Clad in that unparalleled battle garment, Shi Yi looked transcendent, his black hair dancing as though he were a young god of war striding out of antiquity.

At the same time, he drove the divine radiance in his blood, his physical strength, and everything else within him to their utmost, raising himself to his strongest state.