Blood Fiend Adept, a Body Like a Top-Grade Earth-Rank Magic Treasure?
Ji An didn't delay any longer and immediately activated the Void-Escaping Boat, transforming into a streak of silver-gray Flowing Light that shot away. According to the intelligence from Heavenly Treasure Mountain, the Blood Fiend Adept was hiding deep within the Blackwater Mountains, tens of thousands of miles away from Blackwater City.
Piloting the Void-Escaping Boat, Ji An soon arrived above the Blackwater Mountains.
He stood at the bow of the boat, his gaze sweeping across the rolling, rugged mountains below. The cold night mist shrouded the surrounding area, adding to the eerie and sinister atmosphere.
"Found it." A flash of Thunder runes appeared between Ji An's eyes, the insightful power of the "Thunder God Eye".
His gaze pierced through a seemingly ordinary desolate valley below, revealing the scene concealed by the illusion array—a "Blood Fiend Pagoda" permeated with a heavy aura of blood and resentment, which was laid bare before him.
Without the aid of Divine Consciousness or special eye techniques, even Wanxiang Adept would find it difficult to locate him.
"What a filthy den." Ji An's eyes flashed with cold light, his killing intent as solid as ice.
The Void-Escaping Boat instantly retracted.
"Go down."
He whispered something, and his figure swooped down like a shooting star.
In the instant of his dive, Ji An's third vertical eye, the Eye of the Thunder God, suddenly opened, and an invisible bolt of Thunder struck a blood-red array flag precisely, shattering it instantly.
Buzz-
The surrounding space distorted for dozens of miles, the desolate valley vanished instantly, and a huge tower made of dark red rock appeared, exuding a strong smell of blood.
The Exterior Scenery the tower was like hell: countless mortals, dressed in rags, toiled endlessly like walking corpses, driven by whips.
They dug deep, bottomless blood channels outside the tower, throwing fresh corpses into them. The blood flowed along the channels towards the tower, while the corpses transformed into essence blood, continuously surging upwards towards the blood-red Altar at the top of the tower.
Ji An hovered high in the sky, looking down on this hell on earth. The Thunder God's Eye could see into the netherworld, and naturally he could also see the merits and defilements on people. As far as his eyes could see, those fierce and menacing overseers who were wielding whips were all entangled with a "defilement of sin" so thick that it was almost solidified. Its intensity far exceeded that of ordinary evil people.
These people, shrouded in filth, each have their hands stained with the blood of innocent people.
"Those who aid and abet evil deserve to die!"
"He deserves divine punishment!"
A surge of killing intent welled up in Ji An, and he immediately activated the Dao Domain - Thunderfire Domain!
With a hum, a terrifying pressure originating from the Origin Law Heaven and Earth suddenly descended, and countless flames and lightning instantly appeared in the sky.
Those overseers, tainted with sin and filth, were mostly Xiantian Lifeform, no different from ants before Ji An.
With Ji An summoned flames and lightning from the sky, which then struck the overseers with pinpoint accuracy.
However, the flames and lightning did not ignite or injure them; instead, upon contact with their bodies, they simply merged into them and disappeared.
"Ugh--!"
A series of shrill screams rang out instantly. Before they could say anything, the bodies of these Xiantian overseers suddenly stiffened, and countless flames instantly spewed from their eyes, nostrils, ears, and mouths.
Their eyeballs bulged in pain and a burning sensation in their souls, and charred lines appeared on their skin, as if they had been struck by invisible Thunder.
They were once slaves who were whipped, but later, when Blood Fiend Adept was cultivating his supernatural powers and lacked manpower, he made them overseers. After becoming overseers, their methods were even more vicious than the torture they had suffered before.
Moments later, all the sinful overseers seemed to have been drained of their life force, their bodies went limp and they died without a breath, their deaths extremely gruesome.
"W--what's going on?" The mortal slaves, who had been working numbly, were stunned by this sudden change and stood there dumbfounded, looking at the cruel overseers who used to beat and scold them at every turn. They collapsed and died instantly like wheat being harvested.
They looked up in disbelief at the figure in the sky that exuded an aura of Thunder and fire.
Just then--
Boom-!
A dense, bloody aura suddenly erupted from the top of the crimson tower, like a sea of blood surging back upside down. A figure instantly appeared in mid-air, shouting fiercely, "Who dares to destroy my array flags and kill my blood slaves?!"
Ji An looked closely and saw that the person who came was a middle-aged man wearing a spotless white Daoist robe and with three long wisps of beard.
His face was thin, but his eyes were as sinister as a venomous snake. He was surrounded by a thick, nauseatingly dense, blood-red aura of malevolence, creating an extremely eerie contrast with his ethereal white robes. According to the intelligence from Heavenly Treasure Mountain, this man was none other than the Blood Fiend Adept!
He stared intently at Ji An, his killing intent almost tangible, and a chilling pressure emanated from him, causing the surviving mortals below to tremble and barely breathe.
Ji An hovered silently in mid-air, his eyes as cold as ancient ice, his Thunderfire Domain flowing silently around him, completely isolating him from the oppressive aura of his opponent.
The Blood Fiend Adept hovered above the Blood Fiend Pagoda, his body surging with bloodthirst, his sinister gaze fixed on Ji An.
However, when he saw the silent, flowing field of purple Thunder and crimson flames around Ji An, which seemed to form its own Heaven and Earth, his pupils, which were originally filled with violent killing intent, suddenly contracted!
"The Domain of the Dao?!" he exclaimed, his voice filled with shock. As an old demon in the late stage of the Myriad Phenomena realm, he knew all too well what the "Domain of the Dao" meant—this was a realm that ordinary Myriad Wanxiang Adept could not comprehend. A Myriad Manifestations Myriad Phenomena who possessed the Domain of the Dao, even if only in the early stage, was enough to easily crush a late-stage Myriad Phenomena without a domain.
This seemingly ordinary young man, who appears to be only at the level of Godfiend Body Refinement Myriad Phenomena, has actually comprehended the Domain of the Dao?!
An unprecedented chill instantly enveloped his entire body. He wasn't unfamiliar with killing geniuses, but this one before him was absolutely monstrous!
Revenge and saving face were instantly forgotten; only one word remained in his mind—escape!
Without the slightest hesitation, Blood Fiend Adept bit his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of his life essence blood and merging it into the blood fiend surrounding him, then let out a fierce shout.
"Blood Shadow Escape."
In an instant, he transformed into a blurry streak of blood-red Flowing Light, flying away at top speed in the opposite direction from Ji An.
At the same time, a jade talisman appeared in his palm, his most treasured life-saving item, the Minor Teleportation Talisman.
"Hmph, no matter how monstrous your talent or how strong your Dao Domain is, you can't possibly stop my Minor Teleportation Talisman!" A hint of smugness flashed in Blood Fiend Adept's eyes. Without hesitation, he crushed the jade talisman, activating the Spatial Power within, attempting to instantly teleport out of Ji An's sight.
However--
The anticipated sense of spatial tearing did not occur; the surrounding space seemed to have frozen.
"What?!" Blood Fiend Adept's face instantly filled with terror, and the Minor Teleportation Talisman in his hand flickered a few times before going out completely.
"Impossible! My Minor Teleportation Talisman!" he roared in despair, unable to understand why his trump card had failed at this moment.
Of course it won't work.
With Ji An's strength, he could have killed him the moment he appeared. The reason he wasn't afraid of him escaping was because he had already disrupted the surrounding space with the Qiankun Great Dao True Meaning when he arrived, rendering Dao Minor Teleportation Talisman completely ineffective.
These Minor Teleportation Talisman were mostly made by powerful individuals at the Myriad Phenomena or Primordial Spirit levels. How could their understanding of the "Heaven and Earth Great Dao and Earth" compare to Ji An's?
Unless Blood Fiend Adept possesses Supreme Treasure of the Great Teleportation Talisman level, but such Supreme Treasures are extremely rare even among Earth Immortals, how could he possibly possess one?
"You can't escape." Ji An flapped his fiery wings, following closely behind the crimson Flowing Light, his voice icy. "For a single divine power, you slaughtered so many mortals. After you die, the suffering these people endured will return to you a thousandfold."
"Senior!" Blood Fiend Adept turned around and looked at Ji An, who was following not far away, and hurriedly begged for mercy, "They are nothing but ants, please spare me, senior, I am willing to acknowledge you as my master!"
"Claim yourself to be my master?" Ji An looked at him coldly, his tone full of disdain. "An ant? In my eyes, aren't you just an ant too! Besides, your sins are heinous, I find you disgusting."
If the sins of those Xiantian overseers were merely turbid energy, then the Blood Fiend Adept was enveloped in an intensely thick, impenetrable blood-red light, the weight of his sins being horrifying!
"You...!" Blood Fiend Adept was both shocked and furious.
He had roamed Anchan Commandery for many years, slaughtering countless lives. Even the Yinglong Guard had once besieged him, but he always managed to escape by chance, relying on his powerful Blood Fiend Body and unpredictable escape techniques. How could he have ever been so looked down upon?
Ji An's disdain completely ignited the ferocity and madness within him.
"Since you refuse to give us a way out, then let's die together! Die!" Blood Fiend Adept's eyes were filled with savagery as he let out a sharp shriek.
The crimson Flowing Light that had been desperately fleeing suddenly stopped, then turned around at an even faster speed, rushing towards Ji An who was chasing after it like a crimson meteor!
The crimson aura around him rapidly condensed, forming a scarlet armor on his body. Countless vengeful spirits on the armor roared and grotesquely, emanating a chillingly evil aura.
At the same time, the excess blood energy condensed into countless tiny blood-red flying needles, which were his signature move – "Blood God Needles"!
Faced with the frenzied counterattack of Myriad Phenomena late-stage evil cultivator, Ji An's eyes remained icy. "Wouldn't it be better to just obediently die?"
He gently shook his head, his right hand clenched in the air, and with a hum, the Universe Sword instantly appeared in his palm, its blade trembling slightly and emitting a clear, melodious sword sound. Ji An faced the oncoming blood-red figure and simply swung his sword.
This sword strike unleashed the power of Heaven and Earth!
Boom!
Wherever the sword passed, Thunderfire intertwined in the void, and the thunder of Heaven and Earth and earth and the fire of origin were all condensed on the sword blade.
Purple Thunder and crimson flames intertwined and merged, transforming into a dazzling crimson sword light.
As the sword light flashed, the crimson needles were completely annihilated by the residual power of the flames before they could even get close.
The sword light was incredibly fast, instantly striking the Blood Fiend Adept's crimson armor.
Clang-!
A terrifying shockwave suddenly spread out in a ring, sending sand and stones flying through the valley below. The mortals were thrown to the ground by the blast wave, watching in horror the fierce battle in the sky.
Blood Fiend Adept's body trembled, and he took several steps back. However, the sword strike that was enough to easily kill Godfiend Body Refinement Stage 1 Myriad Phenomena only managed to knock him back, barely causing a minor injury.
"Haha! The power is indeed astonishing, what a pity!" Blood Fiend Adept laughed wildly, his voice shrill and full of smugness, "If you want to break through my Blood Fiend Body, you still—"
Before he could finish speaking, Ji An raised the Universe Sword in his hand once more.
If the previous sword strike had summoned the Thunderfire of Heaven and Earth, then at this moment, Ji An himself had transformed into the very source of Thunderfire, and the Universe Sword in his hand had become a combination of a thunderbolt that pierced through Thunder and Heaven and Earth and a world-burning flame!
"Thunderfire Annihilation!"
Ji An uttered four cold words, without any further reservation.
Boom-!
This sword strike represents his most extreme application of the Thunderfire Dao at this stage.
With a flick of his wrist, Ji An sent the light from the Universe Sword flying like a meteor toward the still-laughing Blood Fiend Adept.
Wherever the sword's edge passed, even the space itself was scorched.
The sword light pierced through Blood Fiend Adept's chest without any hindrance.
Puff!
The ecstasy and smugness on Blood Fiend Adept's face froze instantly, replaced by unbelievable horror.
His prized Blood Fiend Body, comparable to an Earth Rank -rank magic weapon, was as fragile as paper before the sword light that condensed the power of Ji An's entire Thunderfire Dao Domain.
The sword light instantly pierced into his body, and the next moment—
Boom!!
A terrifying surge of energy erupted from Blood Fiend Adept's body!
His body was like dry tinder ignited from within, with billions of dazzling purple lightning bolts and crimson flames erupting from the inside out. His skin, muscles, bones, and internal organs were instantly annihilated by this domineering power of Thunderfire and fire.
"No-!"
A bloodcurdling scream, the most agonizing of all, became the last sound Blood Fiend Adept left in this world.
His body and soul Thunderfire Annihilation, leaving not even a trace of ashes, completely turning into nothingness.
The lingering smell of burning in the air proved that a ferocious demon in the late stage of the Myriad Phenomena had just stood here.
The thunderclouds and sea of fire in the sky slowly dissipated, revealing the once tranquil night sky.
Ji An sheathed the Universe Sword, and the aura of Thunderfire and fire around him completely subsided.
The first sword strike was just a casual blow; he hadn't expected the Blood Fiend Adept's Blood Fiend Body to have such defensive power. Since that was the case, he could only expend more effort.
"Thank you, Immortal!"
"Thank you so much, Immortal, for saving my life!"
In the valley below, the surviving mortals gazed at the figure in the sky, who seemed like Heavenly God descending to earth, their eyes filled with shock and gratitude. They all knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly in thanks.
Ji An's gaze fell on the mortals, but he didn't say much or linger. He simply waved his hand, and the Space Ring that Blood Fiend Adept had left behind flew into his hand.
With a flicker, he transformed into a streak of Flowing Light and vanished into the deep night. As for these mortals, the Blackwater City garrison would naturally come to settle them.
Inside an elegant mansion in Blackwater City, this was a residence specially prepared for Ji An by the general who was in the early stages of the Myriad Phenomena.
Ji An entered the quiet room, waved his hand to set up layers of isolation barriers, then sat cross-legged and took out the dark red Space Ring belonging to the Blood Fiend Adept.
The restriction on the ring was instantly broken, and the internal scene was clearly revealed: the Essence Liquid Token of Heavenly Treasure Mountain, several high-quality Earth Rank magic treasures, various kinds of insidious cultivation materials, and a book with a cover written in blood-red divine and demonic script, on which were written the three large characters "Blood God Body".