Chapter 190 - 219: Celestial Blood Thieves! Mysterious Great Sect Elder, Dharma Tripod Prison
Aboard the massive black ship.
Waves roared around the vessel, a churning mix of cerulean and blue, occasionally illuminated by a flash of blood-red light.
The ship was ink-black, and a torrent of Demonic Qi billowed from its stern.
A blood-red skeletal banner stood starkly in the center. Upon the square flag, currents of profound Demonic Qi and Evil Qi swirled and surged.
The banner emanated a peculiar fluctuation that echoed in all directions.
There weren’t many people on board, only about a hundred or so.
Each one looked ferocious and menacing, clad in a crimson Blood Robe, their auras astonishing.
At the bow stood a Jade Table, with three people seated around it.
One was a slender young man in a white robe, with brown brows and white hair.
He held a Jade Cup and sat facing north.
He seemed to be the leader of the trio.
At a certain moment, he spoke softly, his expression calm.
"That fellow, Bai Gu, is dead."
Beside him sat a portly man in a Black Robe with thick eyebrows and purple hair.
Upon hearing this, he immediately slammed the ink-black Jade Cup in his hand down on the table. BANG!
A look of doubt appeared on his face.
Then, he spoke in a booming voice, "Boss!"
"With our help, Bai Gu had already obtained the Cangming Daoist’s World-Suppressing Divine Technique, the Profound Nether True Body!"
"What’s more, if he had followed our orders and carried out the plan, a successful outcome would have let him break through to the Ninth Level of the Dragon Mansion Realm."
"With such profound cultivation, complemented by a Great Success Ninth Grade Divine Power—the Profound Nether True Body—who in this remote backwater could possibly kill him?"
He wasn’t lamenting the death of the Bai Gu Great Saint.
Rather, with this person dead, their subsequent plans...
’How are we supposed to proceed?’
Among the three, the last one, a brawny man with a full head of red hair, now smacked his lips.
He revealed blood-stained teeth and said, "That’s right!"
"Boss! With him dead, doesn’t that mean our entire prior investment has gone down the drain?!"
"How about we just charge into the Great Xia Dynasty and go straight for that prison...?"
Before the brawny man could finish, the white-robed youth shot him a glance.
He immediately understood and obediently shut his mouth.
After a moment, the white-robed youth began to speak slowly. "The Great Xia Territory, where Bai Gu was, is indeed a remote region that can’t even be considered part of the Cangzhou Territory. But you must not underestimate this land."
"Setting aside others, just consider the Great Sect Elder of the Great Xia Dynasty. If the two of you were to encounter him, you wouldn’t necessarily be able to escape."
As the youth’s voice fell, the other two, though displeased, understood that what he said was true.
After all, that Great Sect Elder possessed the bloodline of the Da Yu Royal Family.
His strength was unfathomably profound!
"Besides, don’t forget that Great Xia Boxing Saint. His strength also warrants close attention."
"Rumor has it that Bai Gu died at his hands."
"The Great Xia Boxing Saint? Interesting..." The purple-haired man mused, his eyes flickering.
The youth seemed about to say more, but suddenly, a dazzling golden Sword Aura shot down from the heavens!
Immediately after, a cold voice rang in the ears of the three men!
"Celestial Blood Thieves! You three killed a hundred disciples of my Sword Heart Sect!"
"Such a blood debt!"
"Must be repaid with your heads!"
...
Within Xia Imperial City, the bright sun hung high in the sky, casting a brilliant and festive glow over everything.
The streets bustled with people coming and going.
After Su Bai and the others enjoyed a hearty meal at the Yantian Sea restaurant, they all returned to their respective residences.
Most of the Martial Artists from the Prison Suppression Bureau were no longer young. Having reached the age of thirty, they had established their own families, with wives and children, so they naturally went home.
Zhang Wei had intended to invite Su Bai to stay at his home for a few days, but Su Bai politely declined.
He needed some time in private to study the Black Cauldron Dharma Aspect he had recently condensed.
After bidding farewell to the others, Su Bai quickly returned to the lowest level of the prison and headed into the depths of the mysterious cavern.
BZZZT!!
With a single thought, a large Black Tripod materialized before him.
The tripod before him was only three zhang tall, a size Su Bai had deliberately chosen.
Otherwise, if he were to unleash the Dharma Aspect’s True Body, the entire prison, and even all of Xia Imperial City, would be obliterated!
Inside the Black Tripod, countless specks of silvery-white light flickered like stars.
Probing it with his Divine Thoughts, he discovered that they were, in fact, special prisons!
These prisons were forged entirely from silvery-white Jade.
Within each prison, crimson Karmic Fire burned, dazzling and intense!
’Can these prisons hold criminals?’
Su Bai withdrew his Divine Thoughts, lost in contemplation.
And so, a smile touched his eyes as he looked toward a figure not far away: Xiao Heifeng, the Inner Sect Elder of the Canghai Sect, who was bound in black chains!
At this moment, under the constant draining of the black chains, Xiao Heifeng had become old and withered, his hair completely white.
His head hung low, and he was completely listless.
His entire state had dropped to rock bottom.
WHOOSH!
Su Bai flashed in front of him, then reached out with his right hand. With a slight exertion of force, he shattered the length of chain that pierced Xiao Heifeng’s Dantian Qi Sea.
’Such terrifying, astonishing power!’
The East Sea Dragon King, Ao Yuan, who was secretly watching through narrowed eyes from the side, felt his eyelids twitch violently!
’This man has grown stronger again!’
Ever since being bound by the black chains, he too had thought of using his formidable power to break free.
But no matter how many times he tried, he always ended in failure.
The black chains wouldn’t budge an inch!
Yet this Great Xia Boxing Saint, his captor, had just shattered the black chains with casual ease.
The gap between them was simply worlds apart.
With that, the last shred of hope for escape in his heart dissipated.
’Even if I did manage to escape, so what?’
’With this senior’s strength, I’d definitely just be captured and brought back here again!’
As Ao Yuan was lost in thought, his eyes suddenly flew wide open. He had just witnessed an unbelievable sight.
WHOOSH!
He saw Su Bai beckon with a finger. Xiao Heifeng, who had just broken free from the chains and regained his freedom, didn’t even have time to show a hint of joy.
He let out a wretched scream and vanished on the spot.
Ignoring Ao Yuan’s shock, Su Bai began to examine one of the specks of light within the Black Tripod.
This particular speck was the very prison holding Xiao Heifeng.
He sent his Divine Thoughts inside.
"Wh-where is this?"
"Let me out! Let me out!"
"AHH!!"
The next moment, Su Bai saw Xiao Heifeng desperately beating against the silver prison.
His entire body, all his Blood and Bone, was being incinerated by the searing Karmic Fire!
Screams and roars escaped his lips.
His miserable appearance was like that of a dying old wolf.
Under the burning of the Karmic Fire, Xiao Heifeng was enduring extreme agony at every moment.
It was a fate worse than death!
And this was the retribution he deserved for the grave sins he had committed.
"Not bad!"
After observing for a while, Su Bai withdrew his Divine Thoughts.
"This way, I’ll have another place to hold criminals in the future!"
A hint of delight appeared on his face.
After all, the number of black chains in this cavern deep within the prison was limited.
He couldn’t possibly imprison every single criminal here.
Su Bai pondered for a moment about the special prisons inside the Black Tripod.
He decided to tentatively name it the Dharma Tripod Prison!
’The Dharma Aspect becomes a Tripod, and within the Tripod, a Prison is born!’
That was the meaning behind it.
For now, Su Bai didn’t plan on moving all the criminals into the Dharma Tripod Prison.
At the very least, he would wait until all the black chains in the cavern were used up.
After all, these criminals, by feeding the tower with their bodies, could repair the cracks on it and also let him farm a good amount of Merit Points for free!
As for the use of these Merit Points...
He had already begun to scratch the surface of their function during this time.
Thinking of this, Su Bai checked his current Merit Points total.
[Merit Points: 356,805]
Over three hundred thousand Merit Points was not a small amount.
Once his Merit Points surpassed one million, he planned to test an idea he had in mind.
Snapping back to his senses, Su Bai was about to leave when he suddenly seemed to remember something.
He shook his head with a smile. "I almost forgot!"
Then, with a thought,
he released Xiao Heifeng, whom he had just imprisoned in the Dharma Tripod Prison.
WHOOSH!
A flash of light emanated from the Black Tripod.
Xiao Heifeng appeared out of the prison.
At this moment, Xiao Heifeng collapsed to the ground, his head bowed, drenched in sweat, his face deathly pale.
The depths of his eyes were filled with endless terror.
He was trembling uncontrollably.
’That prison... it was too terrifying!’
After binding Xiao Heifeng with the chains once more,
Su Bai took out the Golden Jade Pendant, intending to pull out the Bai Gu Great Saint he had suppressed inside it earlier.
But the next moment, he froze.
"The Bai Gu Great Saint is dead?"