Blood Dao Ancestor

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan and the three elders exchanged glances, their eyes filled with delight.

Judging by the expressions of the three ancestors in the ancestral shrine, the strength of the ancestor about to awaken was clearly no simple matter.

In other words, his Lu Clan would weather another crisis.

Rumble!

Inside the ancestral shrine, the entire Lu Clan was trembling violently.

The enemy had come in force and struck ruthlessly.

With a Xuan Clan Quasi-Emperor joining the attack, the clan-protecting formation was already buckling under the strain, on the verge of collapse.

Seeing this, Ancestor Xuanzhen's face darkened.

The clan-protecting formation he had labored so hard to create had only managed to stop the enemy once in the end.

Times really had changed.

"Quick, the Lu Clan's clan-protecting formation won't hold out much longer!"

"Let's move quickly. Delay may bring trouble."

The Xuan Clan patriarch looked at the Xuan Clan Quasi-Emperor beside him, and they exchanged a meaningful glance.

Once they entered the Lu Clan, they would head straight for its ancestral shrine!

Hum-

Suddenly, just as the clan-protecting formation was about to collapse, a disturbance came from the Lu Clan's ancestral shrine.

A thick stench of blood rushed toward them.

The bloodlines of the entire clan quivered violently, growing restless and excited.

At the same time, the whole sky was dyed blood-red.

Clatter.

The incense burner on the stove shifted.

The wisps of smoke rising from it had turned to bloody smoke, and then a figure slowly stepped out of it.

He was tall and slender, exceptionally handsome, but his hair was a vivid red. Even his eyes seemed like a boundless sea of blood, making anyone who saw them shudder.

Blood Dao!

This was an ancestor who specialized in the Blood Dao!

Even Lu Qingshan and the other younger clansmen could not help taking a couple of steps back.

They too knew very well what the Blood Dao meant.

It was one of the most vicious Daos under heaven.

None who followed the Blood Dao were good people; all under heaven would join in killing them.

Yet to their surprise, the Lu Clan had an ancestor who cultivated the Blood Dao, and more importantly, he had even entered the Ancestral Land.

For a moment, the ancestral shrine was so quiet that a falling pin could be heard.

Yet the newly awakened Blood Dao Ancestor merely swept his gaze over the people in the ancestral shrine before raising his head and staring straight at the sky.

Boom!

Just then, the clan-protecting formation collapsed completely.

Several figures immediately prepared to charge into the Lu Clan and unleash a massacre.

"Wait!"

The Xuan Clan Quasi-Emperor abruptly stopped, staring in horror at a particular spot in the Lu Clan: the ancestral shrine.

"Senior Xuan Ye, what is it?"

the Xuan Clan patriarch asked in a low voice.

"Let's retreat, quickly!"

The Xuan Clan Quasi-Emperor's pupils contracted sharply, and he moved to pull the Xuan Clan patriarch away with him.

The others turned pale with fright.

They were no fools. The Xuan Clan Quasi-Emperor's reaction meant that something utterly terrifying was definitely still inside the Lu Clan.

Sure enough, a voice utterly devoid of emotion suddenly rang out from within the Lu Clan.

"You want to leave? Too late."

Whoosh!

Blood-red light surged between heaven and earth!

A blood-red barrier abruptly enveloped all of Qiyun Mountain, covering a far greater area than the clan-protecting formation Ancestor Xuanzhen had set up.

In an instant, all the invaders were trapped inside.

"The Blood Dao! It's the Blood Dao!"

"How dare your Lu Clan allow someone to cultivate the Blood Dao!"

"Just you wait. Great calamity will soon befall your Lu Clan!"

Seeing such a technique, the attackers immediately began shouting curses, but nothing could hide the fear in their eyes.

At that moment, a figure slowly walked toward the sky.

He strolled at leisure, his face utterly expressionless as he simply stared at the group.

"Over two million years have passed. I never expected to save the Lineage once again."

He murmured to himself, then slowly raised his palm toward the Xuan Clan patriarch and the others.

In an instant, everyone felt a presence that made their hearts tremble.

"Wait, I..."

The Xuan Clan patriarch wanted to say something more.

But the next moment, the Lu Clan's Blood Dao Ancestor abruptly clenched his raised hand into a fist.

Pfft~

In the blink of an eye, everyone the Xuan Clan patriarch had brought with him began to fall from the sky like kites with their strings cut. Only the Xuan Clan Quasi-Emperor remained, watching him with a pale face.

"A Blood Dao Quasi-Emperor. Truly terrifying."

The Lu Clan's Blood Dao Ancestor said mildly, "You withstood one of my attacks. That alone is enough for you to be proud of."

"Farewell. I won't see you out."

He waved at the man, as if saying goodbye.

Immediately afterward, however, the light gradually faded from the Xuan Clan Quasi-Emperor's eyes, and his entire body withered. In the end, he fell from the sky like the others.

Just like that, the battle was over.

The Blood Dao Ancestor had crushed every last invader.

Rumble!

Peals of thunder rolled across the sky.

A massive tribulation cloud had begun to gather.

A tribulation!

The Blood Dao Ancestor had not yet undergone his tribulation, which meant that he had not been at his strongest just now.

Inside the ancestral shrine, everyone wore a grave expression.

They all knew that this newly awakened ancestor was exceptionally powerful. The presence they felt from him even surpassed Ancestor Dali's. By rights, they should have been happy.

Yet they could not quite put aside their reservations about him being a Blood Dao expert.

Boom!

A moment later, the tribulation cloud fully took shape.

A pitch-black tribulation bolt struggled and churned its way out of the cloud, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws in restless agitation.

"A black tribulation bolt!"

"According to the rumors, that's an utterly terrifying heavenly tribulation."

"This ancestor must be at least a Five-Tribulation Quasi-Emperor."

Crackle-

The black tribulation bolt struck the Blood Dao Ancestor in an instant. Black and red intertwined, unleashing a terrifying presence in the sky.

Yet after just a day and a night, the tribulation lightning had already begun to dissipate.

It was over.

In the sky, the Blood Dao Ancestor glanced down at the Lu Clan, and a trace of familial affection welled up deep in his eyes.

But then he turned and left the Lu Clan.

"This..."

Inside the ancestral shrine, Lu Qingshan and the others watched their Blood Dao Ancestor leave. They hesitated, not knowing what to say.

Ancestor Tianyan shook his head slightly.

"There are no records of this Blood Dao Ancestor in the Lineage, and I haven't divined any information about him either."

Hearing this, the grand elder, Lu Guangyao, said worriedly, "A Blood Dao expert can even forge a bloodline. Could it be...?"

Ancestor Danyang dismissed the idea. "That's impossible. After all, he came from the Ancestral Land. How could anyone who isn't one of our clansmen enter the Ancestral Land to sleep eternally? Don't underestimate what our forebears put in place."

At that moment, Ancestor Xuanzhen, who had been silent for some time, said, "I think we're paying too much attention to the Blood Dao. No matter what Dao this senior cultivated, he is a member of our Lu Clan, at the very least. And he truly cares about the Lineage and helped it through this crisis."

Ancestor Xuanzhen's words touched everyone's hearts.

He was right.

This ancestor had clearly stepped in to help the Lineage, yet they had not offered him so much as a word of thanks. Instead, they had viewed him through prejudiced eyes.

For a moment, guilt slowly welled up in their hearts.

"When this ancestor returns, we must give him a proper welcome."

"Yes, we must let him feel the familial affection between us."

"We're one family."