Chapter 499: 485
“Just the sheer size makes it feel like no human could match it.”
Many Spirit Clan people knelt at Holy Mountain, worshipping from afar with hearts filled with trepidation.
Clearly seeing it could devour humans, knowing full well it wasn’t their protective Ancestor God, they bowed solely out of fear.
Sisi was extrely anxious in her heart. She instinctively wanted to go help, but then the Blood Turtle appeared, her own people knelt in droves, and they even ignored the prisoners they were supposed to be guarding. The old forces began to resist again, infuriating Sisi to the point of spitting blood.
Fortunately, her main force was the Xia army brought from outside, and they hadn’t even figured out to which side this monster belonged. Anyway, knowing that the people they had been cutting down were up again, they suppressed them swiftly; the situation was still sowhat under control.
Sisi reluctantly stayed at Holy Mountain to oversee their work, pressing down the thought of wanting to help deep in her heart. She was extrely worried—could the two of them really defeat this formidable presence?
The next mont she saw Zhao Changhe leap forward, with a sword in each hand, furiously slashing, “You can’t possibly be that big; who are you trying to scare with that act!”
Sisi: “?”
At the sa ti, Yue Hongling achieved Man and Sword Unity, her sword shooting toward the Blood Turtle’s eye like lightning.
No one noticed a black Gu Insect flutter out of Zhao Changhe’s ring, heading straight for the Blood Turtle’s forehead.
“Clang!” A terrifying Blood Qi Wall burst open around the Blood Turtle. The sword and the blade struck heavily upon the Qi Wall, both of them being shaken back, flipping in the air.
But the Qi Wall had indeed been weakened slightly by their attacks, allowing the Gu Insect to take the opportunity and charge in.
Then, both the Gu Insect and the Blood Turtle let out a surprised “Huh?”
The Corpse Demon intended to use its Beast Taming Technique to manipulate the Blood Turtle, only to find it was useless… because this Blood Turtle was not really the Blood Turtle; its soul had been replaced by another being.
Possession…
A person possessed the Blood Turtle’s body?
This was not like its current state of residing in a Gu Insect; this was real possession, body and soul united, the opponent now was the Blood Turtle.
Its Beast Taming Technique could only work to a small extent, causing the Blood Turtle’s body to stiffen a bit, not quite obeying the other party. However, the more important communication with the beast’s spirit was like banging against a wall, with absolutely no effect at all.
The opponent was also extrely surprised, “An Ancient Spirit Clan Elder of the Imperial Realm? There’s still a soul lingering…”
His Giant Transformation Technique collapsed due to the Corpse Demon’s struggle for control, the enormous body shrinking rapidly, soon becoming a blood-colored giant turtle about ten feet in size.
Although it was still much larger than the turtles people usually saw, qualifying as ‘giant,’ it was ultimately within the realm of acceptance.
How could Zhao Changhe pass up such an opportunity? He swung his blade again at the turtle’s head, “I knew it; even Lie’s Array Plate Turtle Shell is only a few tens of ters. You’re a newborn whelp still trying to act like you block out the sun… Let’s see if you’re still impervious to blade and spear!”
The Blood Turtle, stiff and unable to move, watched helplessly as the Dragon Sparrow angrily struck its head.
At the sa ti, Yue Hongling’s sword also stabbed again towards the Blood Turtle’s right eye.
The Blood Turtle closed its eyes.
The blade and the sword approached but could not penetrate.
The powerful Blood Qi, like armor, protected the part of the Blood Turtle that was exposed outside the shell. Zhao Changhe’s blade was just like when he previously struck the Blood n, hitting the dense Blood Sea, utterly aningless.
Yue Hongling’s sword did have so effect; the sharp Sword Qi pierced through the Blood Sea, barely touching the Blood Turtle’s eyelid, making a slight puncture. The end of the Sword Qi could not cut through, and the Blood Turtle’s skin was as hard as iron.
In pain, the Blood Turtle roared, and the terrifying Blood Sea erupted suddenly. Zhao Changhe, Yue Hongling, and the Corpse Demon inside the Gu Insect were all shaken off, tumbling to the ground several ters away.
The Corpse Demon was just a soul, a Residual Soul that had been Soul Searched into idiocy, truly unable to withstand a complete-body Exotic Beast.
But the Corpse Demon was sowhat excited, “What a good body; how did I never consider this thod… In this world, who is better suited to the Blood Turtle’s body than … Your fusion isn’t perfect, right, it feels severed, hahaha…”
The Blood Turtle was also extrely troubled by the Corpse Demon’s distraction, unable to pursue the two who had been shaken off, “I see, you are Blood Wu of the Ancient Spirit Clan’s Holy Beast Spirit Saint! You’ve escaped from Huasheng Temple!”
The Corpse Demon was extrely shocked, “How do you know this… I’ve got it, I’ve got it… you son of a bitch, you’re Duoluo Venerable from Huasheng Temple!”
The Blood Turtle did not reply.
“Ha… hahaha…” The Corpse Demon burst out laughing, “You motherfucker… aren’t you supposed to be illuminating with Buddha’s Light, aspiring to enlighten ? What the hell are you doing instead? Fighting over a body with a turtle is one thing, but you motherfucker, enslaving others, even consuming humans! You dare call yourself an Arhat!”
Zhao Changhe and Yue Hongling looked at each other.
After all that fuss, it turns out that this person is the master of the Maitreya Secret Realm, the Venerable of the temple where the Corpse Demon was held captive?
The Corpse Demon caused trouble in his temple and was captured; maybe he visited the Spirit Clan to discuss how to clean up the aftermath? Along the way, a heaven-earth calamity arose, and this Duoluo Venerable was rendered barely alive by the disaster. Just then, a page of the Heavenly Book fell into the land of the Spirit Clan, and ironically, the space of the Spirit Clan was preserved. Seizing the opportunity, this Residual Soul fled into this space, hiding and recuperating in the depths of the Turtle Pool?
No, that’s not right. Before he entered the space, he managed to set up an Array, resonating with the Heavenly Book… He didn’t just happen to flee here; he ca following the Heavenly Book that scattered here, planning for his recovery and the subsequent acquisition of the Heavenly Book!
Years ago, upon awakening, he started planning his recovery. The first thing he did was find a Blood Turtle egg and induced its growth to occupy its body? Due to the influence of the Blood Turtle’s body, he also figured out so sort of Blood Vicious Qi techniques, seemingly similar to what Lie had learned, but not the sa level. His own Buddhist Divine Power, he feared, could no longer be used…
After all that, the Spirit Clan’s Saint, Xue Wu, used the incomplete Buddhist Law he comprehended to deceive Maitreya and poison Jiangnan; in turn, a Venerable from the Huasheng Temple used the body of a Spirit Clan Holy Beast to poison the Spirit Clan.
You all rge together.
Don’t you see, at the onset of the great calamity, in the face of life and death, regardless of saints or demons, what everyone ends up doing isn’t that different?
Finally, Blood Turtle slowly said, “Now I know why over these many years, after seizing countless treasures from the Spirit Clan, employing nurous blood and flesh sacrifices, I still cannot completely control this body… Because with your disappearance, combined with the many deaths during the heaven-earth calamity, the lineage was broken, and a critical secret of the Spirit Clan’s Spirit Manipulation Technique was lost…”
The Corpse Demon burst into loud laughter, “That’s right, that’s right, I indeed have that technique. Do you regret not Soul Searching back then?”
Blood Turtle’s eyes flashed fiercely, “Swallow you… and the technique is mine. You have no body, you are no match for .”
Suddenly, Turtle’s mouth opened wide, a terrifying blood light surged towards the Gu Insect in which the Corpse Demon dwelled.
The Gu Insect’s body blood with gentle ripples, which were made of extrely pure Soul Power, forming a solid barrier, resisting the onslaught of the blood light.
As Blood Turtle said, having a body or not truly makes a difference.
The vast power contained within Blood Turtle’s body was not sothing the current state of the Corpse Demon could withstand.
But, as it happened, the Corpse Demon’s techniques had a restraining effect. Blood Turtle’s body stiffened, and its soul seed to be tearing apart, as if both were fighting for control of the body.
For Zhao Changhe and Yue Hongling, this was just like a practice target, seemingly easier to attack than when they had all ganged up on the Corpse Demon.
The Corpse Demon shouted emphatically, “One of you attack its forehead to disrupt the Spirit Platform; the other pierce its Heavenly Spirit to cut off from heaven and earth. So long as we disturb the coordination of its body and soul, I can fight for control of this body! If I can’t hold on first, everyone here will die! Be quick, I can’t hold it much longer!”
Without needing to be told, Yue Hongling’s Divine Sword already reached Blood Turtle’s forehead like a rainbow piercing the sun.
At the sa ti, Dragon Sparrow unleashed a Half Moon Blade Light, viciously chopping towards Blood Turtle’s Heavenly Spirit and exploding with a roar.
The sea of blood spread for miles, covering the entire Turtle Pool. All “Forbidden Land Envoys” within the range were overwheld by the blood light, their bodies withered, becoming nourishnt for Blood Turtle.
The energy around Blood Turtle beca even more vivid.
Yue Hongling realized that the Qi and blood inside her were in extre turmoil, almost bursting out of her body. In such a state, she could not exert the attack power she desired… With such a wide gap, it was simply the effect of an “aura” which she couldn’t withstand.
Perhaps Zhao Changhe could bear it, as that was what he trained in.
But what about herself?
Would she beco a liability in this battle?
Determination shone in Yue Hongling’s eyes. The setting sun from beyond the Holy Mountain’s gap cast a light on her body, revealing a faint golden glow.
Blood Turtle exclaid in shock to itself, “Sword Emperor…”
The Ancient Sword Dragon Emperor was also buzzing. Although it was an Ancient Tis Azure Dragon’s accompanying sword, unrelated to the Sword Emperor… it recognized the Emperor Aura.
The emperor in the sword was also an emperor.
Zhao Changhe didn’t know why Yue Hongling was connected to the Sword Emperor, but since Blood Turtle said so, repeating it twice… the Sword Emperor’s early and late stages aning…
His flashy skills were likely of the early stages, after all, he had not entered the core of Sword Tomb.
Whereas Hongling, during her early years wandering the Worldly Society, had entered an unknown Secret Realm and acquired an incomplete inheritance… That could very well be the unfinished late stages of the Sword Emperor.
Finally, the Ancient Sword Dragon Emperor unleashed a golden Emperor Aura. Yue Hongling’s Sword Intent rged perfectly with it, and a magnificent glow pierced into the blood sea, grinding the indestructible barrier to dust.
The sword tip penetrated Blood Turtle’s forehead, and a pained roar echoed throughout the realm.
Yue Hongling, having parted from Zhao Changhe, battled in Ba Mountain, ventured into the Miao Region, assassinated the Provincial Governor, confronted Wuding, realized the mundane in the Divine Sword, touched the Jun Heaven Blood Jade… quietly amassing her progress, now reaching a critical point.
Faintly, the intent of the Second Layer Secret Treasure erged within her, on the verge of breaking through, just one step away.
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