Ancient Demon Remnant Limb

Fortunately, the Ancient Demon Remnant Limb did not move again. Lu Chen hurriedly summoned the Myriad Manifestations Furnace, forced himself to draw a breath, and burst out of the pool.

He collapsed onto the shore, gasping violently.

The newly added complete blood jade within the furnace was repairing his injured body. His shattered arm bones were reshaped by crimson energy, while faint golden light shimmered from the newly grown flesh.

He clenched his fist and gave it a light swing. The explosive burst of air sent the pool water surging backward.

If this punch were unleashed at full strength, even a peak Golden Core cultivator would have to give it a wide berth!

"The price was steep, but awakening a divine ability made it worthwhile..."

Blazing battle intent ignited in Lu Chen's eyes.

Shi Zhan's Earth Shattering Collapse Fist at the bottom of the pool was precisely the first divine ability he had awakened.

"Son of Heavenly Dao, are you ready?"

Watching his flesh gradually recover, Lu Chen looked toward the blood pool.

A low hum came from the depths of the pool, making his gaze flicker slightly.

Although he had taken the blood jade, the bloody water likewise contained the blood jade's essence energy. He could not leave it for the Blood Spirit Sect or King Yanbei.

With a thought, the phantoms of four furnaces lit up in succession.

The Asura Furnace hovered above his head, while the Myriad Manifestations Furnace guarded his dantian. The three external refining furnaces stood in the three-talents positions, their openings glowing dimly like the fangs of giant beasts.

"Devour!"

All four furnaces shook at once, and a hundred-zhang vortex instantly rose from the pool's surface.

The viscous blood water was drawn into four scarlet streams, pouring into the furnaces and churning like boiling water. Impurities turned into black smoke and dispersed, while pure blood energy condensed into droplets that fell to the bottoms of the furnaces.

Fragments of bones and broken weapons wrapped in the blood mud clattered wildly.

Three hours later, the pool water had fallen to a depth of three zhang.

The exposed rock at the bottom of the pool was covered in honeycomb-like holes. Within a central crack lay a ten-zhang-long black arm, thick black blood seeping from the gaps in its scales, its hooked fingers embedded in the rock.

Lu Chen slowly descended atop a furnace. The instant his boots touched the scales, the entire arm began to tremble violently.

"Ant... how dare you..."

The hoarse demonic voice shook loose falling rocks from the cliff walls. The scales on the arm peeled away inch by inch, revealing scarlet muscle beneath.

The flesh squirmed and formed the outline of a head. Two clusters of ghostly green fire ignited within its hollow eye sockets.

Rather than retreating, Lu Chen advanced. His Qi and Blood Domain burst open.

Four furnaces guarded the four directions, while a blood-colored curtain of light covered the battlefield like an overturned giant bowl.

Just as the Ancient Demon Remnant Limb was about to rise into the air, the Qi and Blood Domain suddenly appeared, smashing its newly formed head back onto the rock with a bang.

"Just a remnant soul!" Lu Chen sneered as his three clones approached, each carrying a furnace.

The clones to the left and right activated their furnaces, forming energy into chains that wrapped around the demon's wrist.

The central clone was the fiercest of all, hugging the furnace as it charged straight at the demon's head.

With a clang, the ancient demon's head was smashed to pieces.

Its howl brought down half the rock wall, and its demonic claw tore through the energy chains in a sweeping strike.

Taking the chance, Lu Chen's true body leaped onto the demonic arm. The Soul Severing Saber, wrapped in blade light, stabbed into the gap in its joint.

Blade qi traveled along its meridians, and everywhere it passed, flesh exploded like firecrackers.

In pain, the ancient demon slammed itself into the furnace formation.

"Turn!"

The four furnaces spun together, their four energy chains weaving into a net.

The instant the remnant limb struck the net wall, the Myriad Manifestations Furnace suddenly opened a gap. It was allowed to charge inside, only for the opening to snap shut again.

The Ancient Demon Remnant Limb rampaged wildly within, and its miserable screams shook cracks across the bottom of the pool.

The fierce battle lasted an entire day, and the rock layer had collapsed into a massive pit.

All the scales on the Ancient Demon Remnant Limb had fallen away, and its flesh had dried up like old tree bark.

Blood seeped from Lu Chen's seven orifices, yet his eyes burned brightly. When the remnant limb suddenly exploded, the Myriad Manifestations Furnace gave a violent shake.

A pigeon-egg-sized drop of liquid floated out.

The liquid flowed slowly, heavy and brimming with a sense of power.

It carried the aura of blood jade, yet it was far more concentrated.

Without hesitation, Lu Chen tilted his head back and swallowed it. Heat exploded from his throat and spread through his limbs and bones.

Crack— His arm bones snapped and popped like bursting beans, while the newly grown flesh shone with blazing white radiance.

With a casual punch, the blast of air punched a clean hole through a broken cliff three zhang away.

Lu Chen closed his eyes and examined himself internally, discovering that his blood vessels and meridians had widened more than threefold, while his bones seemed to have been plated with white gold.

His strength had reached an explosive level.

Scorching heat spread through his entire body.

Not only had his strength increased, his bloodline had also undergone a tremendous enhancement.

This was not recovery. It was improvement.

His physical strength alone had reached a terrifying three thousand Bull Strength, essentially matching the strength gained from leveling up.

A terrifying increase.

"What kind of liquid is this?" Lu Chen cried out.

With another thought, he drew out a single drop the size of a mung bean.

It had been refined from the remnants of the Ancient Demon Remnant Limb.

"Could this be an upgraded version of blood jade?" Lu Chen murmured. He carefully stored it in a small vial and placed it in his storage ring for the time being.

"The divine ability should be able to activate twice!"

He murmured as he stroked his right arm, where flesh had regrown.

The killing move that had previously required him to exhaust all his strength could now be unleashed twice with only seventy percent of his qi and blood.

If he erupted without regard for the cost, its power could shatter a Golden Core cultivator's protective artifact.

A sinister wind suddenly rose from the blood pool, and a warning surged in Lu Chen's heart.

He put away the furnaces and was about to leave when a blood-colored streak of light suddenly lit up the northwestern sky.

An enraged roar thundered from several li away: "You dare destroy the blood pool? Are you courting death?"

Lu Chen raised his brows and smiled lightly, tapping off the rock wall with the tip of his foot as he soared upward.

Blood Owl rode a bone boat formed from countless vengeful souls, breaking through the clouds as he arrived.

His scarlet cloak fluttered without wind. As the Blood Devouring Banner danced in his hand, the remaining blood mud at the bottom of the valley churned like living creatures, forming thousands upon thousands of Blood Puppets.

Bone blades extended from the joints of those puppets, and every step they took cracked the rock beneath them.

"You have ruined my holy sect's grand plan. Today, I'll use you as a sacrifice for my banner!"

Blood Owl grinned viciously and waved his banner. The army of Blood Puppets surged like a tidal wave toward Lu Chen, who stood atop the broken cliff.

The foremost ten Blood Puppets suddenly exploded, their rotten blood forming a poisonous net that descended over him.

Lu Chen lightly tapped the cliff wall with his toes, his body flipping into the air like a kite turning in the wind.

Qi and blood surged through his meridians like a river, and glimmers of light flickered around his right fist.

"Perfect. Let's test the power of this fist!"

The Earth Shattering Collapse Fist crashed down through the air. The blast kicked up by the punch tore the poisonous net to shreds, while the aftershock blasted the front ranks of Blood Puppets into pieces.

Boom!

His fist struck the ground, smashing out a massive crater.

The terrifying shockwave overturned a huge swath of Blood Puppets.

Blood Owl's pupils contracted sharply as he drove the Blood Devouring Banner into the ground.

A hundred-zhang blood python rose from the banner, the venom spewed from its maw condensing into chains in midair.

Lu Chen's three clones emerged at once, each wielding a furnace as they charged toward the python's body.

At the same time, they unleashed boundless, violent energy.

"Explode!"

The three furnaces shook together, and the blood python wailed as it exploded into a rain of blood.

Lu Chen's true body had already flashed behind Blood Owl, his blade slashing toward the latter's neck.

The instant it touched his skin, Blood Owl's body suddenly turned into scattered droplets of blood.

It was actually a substitute formed from Essence Blood!

The real Blood Owl appeared three hundred zhang away, his face pale as paper.

He bit through his tongue and sprayed blood onto the Blood Devouring Banner. Dense faces of vengeful spirits immediately emerged across the banner: "Blood Sea Without End!"

The entire valley shook violently, and the remains buried in the bone-strewn ground rose into the air.

They mixed with the blood mud, forming a blood wave that blotted out the sky and covered the earth.

Countless ghostly hands reached out from the wave, each carrying the pressure of an early Golden Core cultivator.

Yet Lu Chen was stirred to laughter by this display. "Good! Just what I wanted!"

The Asura Furnace flipped upside down with a roar, and the devouring force from its opening formed a gigantic vortex.

Before the blood wave could crash down, it was pulled into a spiral. Pure blood qi flowed into the furnace like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.

The three clones took the opportunity to charge forward, their bone blades shattering Blood Puppets along the way. Before Blood Owl's horrified eyes, they surrounded him.

"Explode for me!"

Blood Owl shook the Blood Devouring Banner madly, and seven purple Blood Puppets shot out beams of light.

The space where the beams converged twisted, forming a blood-colored rune that pressed down toward Lu Chen's head.

The muscles in Lu Chen's right arm suddenly bulged. At the instant the rune descended, his fist imprint shot into the sky.

The enhancement of his bloodline doubled the might of the Earth Shattering Collapse Fist. The rune shattered like glazed glass, and the backlash sent Blood Owl vomiting blood as he flew backward.