Beast Taming: I Have an Immortal Mansion

As the blood-red Sword Shadow reached her, Chu Hongshang’s divine sense, which had been locked onto the Cloud-Clawed Lizard, erupted outwards with a hum. It became almost tangible, shredding the very air around her.

But even this was just barely enough to react to the sudden attack.

Chu Hongshang’s Body-Protecting Spirit Shield was pierced without a sound, as if it were made of paper. The moment her ornate dress tore, her figure blurred into a faint, flickering flame. When she reappeared, she was already more than ten zhang away.

"The Fire Escape Divine Techniques. Truly remarkable."

An elderly Male Cultivator strolled over from the distance. That blood-red Sword Shadow from before transformed into a streak of bloody light and returned to his hand.

Only then did everyone present realize that an unknown Nascent Soul Cultivator had appeared on the scene.

Watching from afar, Fang Qingyuan and Lechuan’s expressions turned grim the moment they saw the man appear.

For him to appear at such a critical moment and launch a sneak attack on Chu Hongshang—no matter how they looked at it, he was an enemy, not a friend.

Fang Qingyuan was inwardly shaken. With his level of perception, he could only vaguely sense the man’s cultivation. Based on the Spiritual Pressure he emitted, the man had to be a Mid-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator.

What was noteworthy was that the man was one-armed. An injury that even a Qi Cultivation Cultivator could heal, yet he had not. Clearly, there was something peculiar about how he had sustained it.

The blood-red Sword Shadow landed in the man’s hand and revealed its true form: a short, blood-red saber. A bloody aura swirled around it, with tiny, blood-red characters drifting across its surface, giving it a very bizarre appearance.

"The Nine Deaths Undying Nishang Divine Techniques? I was ready for that. The Blood Soul Ban from my Blood Transformation Demon Saber... it’s not a pleasant feeling, is it?"

The One-armed Nascent Soul chuckled softly, but Chu Hongshang’s expression remained impassive. She knew in her heart, however, that she hadn’t completely blocked that blood-red Sword Shadow.

An obscure energy was now slowly merging with her qi and blood, wandering throughout her body. ’This must be the Blood Soul Ban he mentioned.’

’It seems harmless now, but if I use my Innate Divine Techniques, this Blood Soul Ban will burrow deeper into my flesh. Every time I activate my Divine Techniques, the Ban will grow stronger until it fuses completely with me, becoming one with my very being.’

’The consequences are terrifying to even consider. My only option is to retreat, find a quiet place, and patiently work to locate and eliminate this Blood Soul Ban. That’s the only logical path. But now that my enemies have made their move, will they really give me the time to do that?’

Obviously, they would not.

After saying just those two sentences, the One-armed Nascent Soul flicked his wrist. The blood-red short saber in his hand shot into the air and flew toward Chu Hongshang.

This was no longer a sneak attack. The saber multiplied into a sky full of blood-red shadows, blanketing the hundred-zhang area around Chu Hongshang.

This all transpired in the span of two breaths. On one side, Yuan Duo and the Cloud-Clawed Lizard were still locked in fierce combat, the air thrumming with the power of Yuan Duo’s heavy hammer. On the other, the battle between the One-armed Nascent Soul and Chu Hongshang erupted into its most intense phase.

Flickering flames ignited out of thin air across the hundred-zhang Land Realm. In that instant, the world around Chu Hongshang became an inferno.

Every blood-red Sword Shadow was met by a corresponding flame. For a moment, the area looked as if tens of thousands of blood-red Red Lotuses had bloomed at once.

This was a battle of domains. Compared to the previous clash of auras between Yuan Duo and the Cloud-Clawed Lizard, the domains clashing between Chu Hongshang and the One-armed Nascent Soul were far vaster and more aggressive.

Mid-stage Nascent Soul versus Early-stage Nascent Soul. It seemed like only a single sub-realm of difference, but the gap in their respective methods and Divine Techniques was an undeniable hurdle.

Three breaths later, the commotion from Yuan Duo’s side suddenly died down. She had noticed something was amiss over here and was rapidly trying to disengage her domain-like aura from the Cloud-Clawed Lizard, preparing to pull back and deal with the new threat.

But at that very moment, a voice sounded in everyone’s ears.

"Now! Attack!"

The voice used a special technique to instantly travel over thirty li away. There, a figure stood planted on the earth, bow drawn, arrow nocked, and aimed in their direction.

In the next instant, the arrow shot out, vanishing from sight in a flash.

The bowstring thrummed violently, ringing like clashing metal, as if a thousand great hammers had struck at once. The resulting sonic boom alone was enough to blast all the flora within a hundred-meter radius of the archer into dust.

In Chu Hongshang’s senses, the arrow had barely left the string, yet its deadly point was already at her chest.

The attack was as swift as lightning. The archer was clearly another Nascent Soul Cultivator.

’Just now, the One-armed Nascent Soul used his domain to lock onto my position and immobilize me for a split second, creating an opening for his partner. What perfect coordination.’

The thought flashed through her mind, but she had no attention to spare for anything else. Faced with an attack powerful enough to shatter cities, Chu Hongshang had no choice but to use her Innate Divine Techniques.

’Nine Deaths Undying Nishang Dance!’

A flicker of rainbow silk flashed by as Chu Hongshang’s figure turned ethereal for a moment. The astonishingly powerful arrow passed straight through her, continuing onward. It cleaved through mountains and tore through the earth, flying more than ten li in the blink of an eye. Only then did a thunderous BOOM echo back, the shockwave washing over them.

But after dodging the attack, there was no trace of joy on Chu Hongshang’s face. She found that the Blood Soul Ban which had invaded her body had now formed an even tighter bond with her flesh.

Worse, a kind of Blood Transformation True Intent was now drawing on her True Essence Blood Energy, feeding on it to strengthen itself.