Chapter 103 - 102: Die, All of You
Chen Yuan tore through Gongyang Li’s Celestial Net of Blood not just with raw power, but also with the Blood Refining Divine Saber’s Blood Qi Power—an energy of the same origin, but far more condensed and potent.
Gongyang Li was not Feng Xieyun; he had never cultivated the original version of the *Blood Spirit Scripture*.
However, with so many disciples in the Blood God Sect, someone was bound to get curious and try cultivating the original *Blood Spirit Scripture*.
Of course, most would give up halfway due to its slow progress and difficult cultivation.
Gongyang Li had never practiced it himself, but he had seen others use some of the Secret Techniques from the original *Blood Spirit Scripture*. Chen Yuan’s strike was definitely the Blood Refining Divine Saber from that original version!
"You know our Blood God Sect’s Blood Refining Divine Saber? Then you must have cultivated the original *Blood Spirit Scripture*. Who are you? Could you be a spy that our Blood God Sect planted in Zhenwu Hall?"
Gongyang Li burst into laughter, his eyes filled with delight. "Of course, that doesn’t matter. You cultivate the original *Blood Spirit Scripture*, so your Blood Qi is even more condensed than He Cheng’s. By refining you into this Array, my chances of reforging the Blood Buddha Primordial Pill will be even greater! Heaven itself is helping me!"
Gongyang Li didn’t care at all whether Chen Yuan was a member of the Blood God Sect.
If he wasn’t from the Blood God Sect, he had to die. If he *was* from the Blood God Sect, he had to die even more!
After all, he had sacrificed quite a few Blood God Sect disciples today to reforge his Primordial Pill.
Even if the Blood God Sect headquarters didn’t come after him, the presiding Hall Master in Ning Province would certainly seek him out for trouble once he returned and learned the truth.
Therefore, everyone present today had to die!
Hui Ming, who was still resisting the Celestial Net of Blood, roared in anger, "I knew someone as vicious and ruthless as you couldn’t be a good person! So you’re a vile fiend from the Blood God Sect too!"
"Senior Brother Guang Ji died at the hands of a fiend like you. Sooner or later, I will avenge him and appease his spirit in the heavens!"
Xing Shen and Xing Nan also looked at Chen Yuan with a hint of killing intent.
Previously, they had thought Chen Yuan was from Zhenwu Hall, which was why they had restrained Hui Ming from clashing with him, urging him to consider the bigger picture.
Who would have thought he was actually a fiend from the Blood God Sect? In that case, there was nothing more to say. If they killed him, even Zhenwu Hall couldn’t complain.
Qi Yuanming pointed at Chen Yuan and sneered, "I was wondering how someone with your strength could kill so many from the Blood God Sect one after another. So it turns out you’re a mole the Blood God Sect planted in our Zhenwu Hall!"
"The Grand Commandant misjudged you, and the Hall Master misjudged you too! If I get the chance, I will purge our Zhenwu Hall of this disgrace!"
Of course, there was one thing Qi Yuanming left unsaid: that was only if he could escape.
If he managed to escape and kill Chen Yuan, it would be an enormous merit!
Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly. "So, all of you want to kill me now?"
Gongyang Li wanted to kill him for fuel for his array. Hui Ming wanted to kill him to avenge Guang Ji.
Qi Yuanming and Fei Bin already held a grudge against him. If they killed him now and slapped the label of "Blood God Sect spy" on him, not only would they get their revenge, but they would also earn great merit.
’By this count,’ Chen Yuan thought to himself, ’I seem to be on a path to certain death.’
Gongyang Li laughed boisterously. "Your life is mine! Not just yours, but the lives of these bald-headed mules as well!"
As his voice fell, Gongyang Li formed a Seal Technique with his hands and withdrew the Celestial Net of Blood.
These monks from Vajra Prajna Temple were tough to deal with, and Chen Yuan himself had practiced the Blood God Sect’s Secret Techniques. The Celestial Net of Blood was ineffective against them.
The next moment, the blood in the Blood Pool surged and boiled, rapidly merging into Gongyang Li’s body.
In an instant, the aura around Gongyang Li surged to its peak. It even formed a revolving Elixir Pill that radiated a bloody glow within his Dantian.
As Gongyang Li formed another Seal Technique, the blood-red Elixir Pill spun rapidly, and countless sharp, bloody strands of Sword Qi erupted in an instant. The dense waves of Sword Qi nearly filled half of the underground cavern.
The Blood Sword Primordial Pill!
The Primordial Pill is the core foundation from which a Martial Artist evolves their Martial Dao. It could be said that every Martial Artist’s Primordial Pill is unique.
Gongyang Li was not a Sword Cultivator. The Primordial Pill he cultivated was called the Soul-Devouring Primordial Pill, which could devour the Primordial Pills of other Martial Artists and convert them into his own power.
The Primordial Pill Gongyang Li had used before was this very Blood Sword Primordial Pill, which he had created after killing a Martial Arts Grandmaster from Lifting Heaven Sword Pavilion and seizing their Primordial Pill.
Now, his own Primordial Pill was shattered, but his control over the power of a Primordial Pill remained.
Using the power from the Blood Pool as a foundation, Gongyang Li could still unleash eighty percent of the Blood Sword Primordial Pill’s might from his peak.
Sixty percent of this dense barrage of bloody Sword Qi shot toward the five monks from Vajra Prajna Temple, while the remaining forty percent slashed toward Qi Yuanming and Chen Yuan.
’To be treated the same as Qi Yuanming, an Inspector at the Condensing Truth Realm... Gongyang Li really thinks highly of me,’ Chen Yuan thought.
Faced with a true attack of the Primordial Pill Realm Grandmaster Level, the five monks from Vajra Prajna Temple blazed with brilliant Buddha Light. Disregarding the cost, they began to burn their Qi Blood to forcibly withstand the bombardment of Sword Qi.
’This temporarily formed Primordial Pill won’t last long. As long as we can hold out until Gongyang Li’s Blood Sword Primordial Pill shatters, we’ll have a chance to counter-attack!’
At this moment, Qi Yuanming could no longer spare a thought for Fei Bin.
He formed a Seal Technique, his True Qi boiling like a blazing fire. His Qi Blood also began to burn, and in an instant, like adding fuel to a fire, scorching True Qi enveloped his entire body as he resisted the bloody Sword Qi.
In despair, Fei Bin could only hide behind Qi Yuanming. If even a single strand of Sword Qi were to land on him now, it would slice him in two.
Chen Yuan, however, showed no reaction, standing motionless on the spot as if he were scared stiff.
His gaze remained fixed on Gongyang Li. Only when all the Sword Qi from the Blood Sword Primordial Pill had been unleashed and its power was nearly depleted did Chen Yuan abruptly raise his left arm.
By now, the bloody Sword Qi hurtling toward Chen Yuan was less than three feet away. He could even clearly feel its piercing sharpness.
The next moment, an incomparably powerful, monstrous Demonic Qi, tinged with a ghastly, corpse-like power, suddenly erupted from Chen Yuan’s left arm.
The immense Demonic Qi surged out, completely overwhelming and pulverizing the bloody Sword Qi before him.
This sudden burst of power from Chen Yuan instantly drew everyone’s attention.
Gongyang Li’s expression changed drastically.
’What is this power? How can a Sea of Reincarnation Realm Martial Artist possess power of this level?’
’Even the Divine Platform Realm Grandmaster, the Demon-Subduing Arhat Kong Jing, who destroyed my Primordial Pill back then, couldn’t have unleashed such an extremely powerful, terrifying force!’
As the demonic mist spread, Chen Yuan’s entire left arm was torn apart, sending chunks of flesh and blood flying.
A black spike emerged from within, greedily absorbing Chen Yuan’s flesh and blood and transforming into a pitch-black Bone Spear.
This was none other than the Divine Artifact Incarnation of the Netherworld’s Demon Soldier, Corpse Tower Forest, which Chen Yuan had obtained in the Sealed Demon Valley!
From the moment he entered this place, Chen Yuan had been prepared to use the Divine Artifact Incarnation of Corpse Tower Forest.
Even with a shattered Primordial Pill, Gongyang Li was once a Grandmaster-Level figure. In the original story, he had also been able to escape the pursuit of Vajra Prajna Temple.
Therefore, if he wanted to seize the Supreme Mahasari from him, he had to use a trump card with power comparable to a Grandmaster’s.
Having been nourished by his flesh and blood for so long, Chen Yuan estimated that the Divine Artifact Incarnation was now powerful enough to slay even a true Primordial Pill Realm Grandmaster.
Having absorbed enough flesh and blood, Corpse Tower Forest let out a piercing shriek. A black streak shot across the cavern, its speed so fast that it reached Gongyang Li in the blink of an eye.
A flash of terror crossed Gongyang Li’s eyes. With a furious roar, he condensed the last wisp of Sword Qi from the Blood Sword Primordial Pill before him, trying to stop Corpse Tower Forest.
But his powerful Blood Sword Primordial Pill was like paper before the Divine Artifact Incarnation of Corpse Tower Forest—it was pierced in an instant!
The Demon Spear passed through Gongyang Li’s body without any resistance. Gongyang Li stared in disbelief at the bloody hole in his chest before crashing to the ground. A large amount of thick Qi Blood seeped out from his body, flowing back into the Blood Pool.
"A Divine Artifact Incarnation!"
The expressions on Xing Shen and Xing Nan’s faces changed abruptly. They finally recognized what this entity was.
As one of the Three Buddhist Temples, Vajra Prajna Temple naturally possessed a Divine Artifact. Its temple-guarding Divine Soldier, the Treasured Vajra Demon-Subduing Pestle, was an extremely formidable Attacking Divine Soldier.
However, creating a Divine Artifact Incarnation of the Treasured Vajra Demon-Subduing Pestle was very difficult and required extremely rare materials.
Therefore, only Chief Hall Masters or the most talented disciples of the younger generation were qualified to possess one. Monks of Xing Shen and Xing Nan’s level did not have one.
Although they didn’t have one, they had witnessed the might of a Divine Artifact Incarnation before.
This Demon Spear was definitely a Divine Artifact Incarnation, and its power was no less than that of the Treasured Vajra Demon-Subduing Pestle—perhaps even more terrifying!
What they couldn’t understand was why a Martial Artist of Chen Yuan’s level would possess a Divine Artifact Incarnation. Moreover, the original Divine Artifact itself seemed to have never appeared in the Jianghu.
Chen Yuan turned his gaze to the monks of Vajra Prajna Temple, a cold smile touching the corners of his lips. "Your turn."
Just now, when Chen Yuan had deployed the Divine Artifact Incarnation of Corpse Tower Forest, he had deliberately waited until after Gongyang Li had exhausted most of the Blood Sword Primordial Pill’s power.
Therefore, after killing Gongyang Li, the Divine Artifact Incarnation still retained nearly half of its power.
"You dare!"
Xing Shen roared, "If you kill us, my Vajra Prajna Temple will hunt you to the ends of the earth!"
Chen Yuan couldn’t be bothered to waste words on them. Corpse Tower Forest shrieked again as a black streak streaked through the cavern.
Whether it was the Vajra Zen of Hui Ming and the others or the Prajna Buddha Light of Xing Shen and Xing Nan, all were utterly useless before Corpse Tower Forest.
In the blink of an eye, bloody holes appeared in the chests of all five monks, and they collapsed one after another.
Qi Yuanming stared, dumbfounded, at the scene unfolding before him.
Chen Yuan’s sudden eruption of power had left him completely unable to react.
Gongyang Li, who just moments ago had been aggressively vowing to kill everyone, was dead.
The physically formidable monks of Vajra Prajna Temple were also dead.
Seeing Chen Yuan’s gaze turn toward him, terror flooded Qi Yuanming’s face. He hurriedly said, "Don’t kill me! I swear..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the black streak shot through, instantly piercing a massive, bloody hole in his chest.
After killing Qi Yuanming, the power of Corpse Tower Forest’s Divine Artifact Incarnation finally dissipated.
"Swear? But the only ones who can keep a secret are the dead."