"To think you could still put up some resistance within my domain! The Ancient Desolate Sacred Body does have a few tricks!"
Li Wushang looked sinisterly at Ye Hao in the courtyard and let out a grating cackle. "I won't give you any chance! Now watch helplessly as the Ye Lineage is destroyed!"
Before his words had faded, the blood-colored domain filling the sky descended over the entire Ye Lineage.
"Everyone, be careful!"
Ye Cangqiong shouted, his flame domain churning violently as it blocked the descending blood-colored domain.
"Sss..."
The blood-colored domain ground and collided against Ye Cangqiong's flame domain, producing a piercing, grating sound.
Everyone in the Ye Lineage could clearly see Ye Cangqiong's flame domain thinning at a speed visible to the naked eye.
They all faintly sensed an utterly sinister blood-colored power seeping into their bodies through every pore. Even the circulation of divine power within them slowed beyond their control, as though it had rusted.
Jiang Chen looked up at the sky and flicked a finger. An invisible force landed on the blood-colored domain, and the blood-colored domain filling the sky instantly vanished without a trace.
"Urgh!"
Li Wushang spat out a mouthful of blood. He stared at Jiang Chen in shock and uncertainty and shouted, "Just who are you?"
"Someone you can't afford to provoke," Jiang Chen replied indifferently.
"Stop putting on a mysterious act! Slash!"
A fierce gleam blazed across Li Wushang's face. A three-foot blood sword flashed into existence at his Wheel Sea, thick blackish-red blood dripping from its blade. It cast the entire sky in the likeness of hell as it cleaved through the void, striking straight at Jiang Chen.
This three-foot blood sword was a magical treasure Li Wushang had refined throughout his life. As long as it could inflict even the slightest wound, it could instantly devour every drop of his opponent's blood essence. More than ten Marquises had died beneath its blade, and its might was tremendous.
"Die!"
Jiang Chen lightly thrust out a palm, and a dazzling golden palm imprint flew from his hand, bearing towering might.
Heavenly Emperor Suppresses the Prison!
This was originally the cultivation technique Ye Hao practiced. Jiang Chen possessed a hundred times Ye Hao's insights, and his understanding of Heavenly Emperor Suppresses the Prison was far beyond anything Ye Hao could compare to.
"Bang!"
The three-foot blood sword shattered on the spot the moment it touched the golden palm imprint. Without slowing, the golden palm imprint descended upon Li Wushang.
Terror appeared on Li Wushang's face. All the blood in his body burned furiously as he tried to escape from beneath this palm.
Yet it was useless!
The phantom golden palm was like a cage formed from heaven and earth. It sealed the void, shackled the myriad Daos, and ruthlessly suppressed Li Wushang beneath it.
"I am the enforcement elder of the Blood Refining Hall! If you dare kill me..." Li Wushang roared in shock and fury.
But before he could finish his sentence, his entire body disintegrated in an instant. In the blink of an eye, he was suppressed and slain, reduced to nothingness.
Li Wushang was dead!
At that moment, Jiang Chen faintly sensed a weak yet exceptionally pure power merge into his body.
This was all of Li Wushang's cultivation, refined and purified by the Heavenly Emperor Prison-Suppressing Scripture, then directly converted into Jiang Chen's cultivation.
Not only that, all of Li Wushang's divine abilities, Dao arts, secret techniques, ultimate skills, cultivation insights, and more became part of Jiang Chen's knowledge and experience. He could even consult his memories at any time!
Heavenly Emperor Suppresses the Prison-once within the prison, no secret could remain hidden!
"Bang!"
At this sight, Li Canglan, head of the Li Lineage, smashed the round rosewood table laden with delicacies before him in the Drunken Immortal Pavilion with a single slap. Cups and plates lay scattered across the floor, and grease stained his robes.
Li Canglan noticed none of it and cried out involuntarily, "Impossible!"
Zhao Wuji, head of the Zhao Lineage, had been leaning against the railing and watching from afar. An invisible shock wave erupted from him, shattering all the railings before him. A trace of profound fear showed faintly in his eyes as he murmured in disbelief, "He suppressed and killed the Blood Refining Hall's enforcement elder in a single move. Just who is this young man?"
Li Canglan took a deep breath, narrowing his eyes slightly as he said sinisterly, "Hmph! The Blood Refining Hall is not to be trifled with! With their enforcement elder dead, how could they let this go? It won't be so easy for the Ye Lineage to escape this calamity!"
Zhao Wuji's expression shifted slightly, and he said worriedly, "If Old Devil Blood Nether comes in person, never mind the Ye Lineage-I fear the whole of Green Yang City will become a hell on earth!"
"Then what should we do? Do we need to evacuate Green Yang City?" At these words, Li Canglan's face turned deathly pale, and he grew somewhat flustered.
He merely hoped the Blood Refining Hall would wipe out the Ye Lineage so his Li Lineage could reap the fisherman's rewards. But having his own Li Lineage dragged into it was something he absolutely did not wish to see!
Just then, Zhao Wuji suddenly looked up at the sky above the Ye Lineage and cried out in utter horror, "A sea of blood fills the sky! Daoist Blood Nether is here!"
Li Canglan sighed, weighed down with worry. "Now we can only pray that the young man at the Ye Lineage can hold off Daoist Blood Nether! Otherwise, both our lineages will be buried alongside the Ye Lineage!"
The Crimson Flame Ancient Sect.
"So strong! Just who is this man?" The Crimson Flame Sect Master sucked in a cold breath, fiery light flickering in his eyes as shock overwhelmed him.
One move!
With just one move, he had easily suppressed and killed the Blood Refining Hall's Marquis Realm enforcement elder. Wasn't that far too heaven-defying?
Where exactly had the Ye Lineage found such a powerful helper?
Elder Chen, who controlled the Luminous Fire Cloud Mirror, stared with his cloudy eyes wide open. His lips trembled involuntarily. "The man beside Ye Hao can actually suppress and kill a Marquis in a single move. Am I dreaming?"
The Crimson Flame Sect Master said softly, "I said just now that I couldn't see through the young man beside the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body! Perhaps the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body's ability to cultivate has something to do with him!"
Elder Chen's heart trembled slightly, light flickering in his eyes as he said gravely, "That Ancient Desolate Sacred Body is no ordinary figure either. To briefly exchange blows with a Marquis while in the Wheel Sea Realm is already enough to be proud of!"
The Crimson Flame Sect Master said with feeling, "Legend has it that if the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body can break the curse of heaven and earth, he will be invincible within his realm! At greater mastery, the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body can contend with a Great Emperor! At perfection, he can defy the ranks and slay immortals! From what we see now, these legends are very likely true!"
At this point, the Crimson Flame Sect Master sighed despondently. "Perhaps we are about to witness the rise of an Ancient Desolate Sacred Body of this generation! We had a chance to deliver coal in the snow, but unfortunately..."
"Sect Master, we stood by and left them to die. The Ancient Desolate Sacred Body may bear a grudge against us! If he truly rises, we'll be in danger! Is there still any way to make amends?" Elder Chen forcibly suppressed his shock, worry appearing on his face.
The Crimson Flame Sect Master pondered for a moment. Suddenly, his face filled with righteousness, and he said, "Abandon the Ye Lineage? Hmph! How dare those below me conceal such an utterly unconscionable deed from me? I will punish them severely without mercy!"
Before his words had faded, the Crimson Flame Sect Master seemed to sense something and looked up at the treasured mirror. His eyes lit up, and he chuckled. "A boundless sea of blood! Heh! Daoist Blood Nether has come in person! It seems there's still a chance to make amends!"
Elder Chen hurriedly said, "Sect Master! Don't forget the Hundred Refinements Devil Palace! If we offend the Hundred Refinements Devil Palace over this, our Crimson Flame Ancient Sect cannot bear the consequences either!"
"In this age of great contention, we have already made one mistake. We cannot make another! The Ancient Desolate Sacred Body has immense potential and is worth our wholehearted support! Besides, the background of the man beside the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body may not be inferior to the Hundred Refinements Devil Palace!"
Leaving these words behind, the Crimson Flame Sect Master vanished from the spot, heading toward Green Yang City amid a vast spatial fluctuation.