Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 280 The End of the Blood Demon

As the Demon-Subduing Emperor brought down his blade, the surrounding air was compressed, forming a violent vortex.

At the center of this vortex, the mass of flesh and blood was subjected to extreme pressure. Subsequently, the dark source energy on its surface dissipated under the extreme compression, and the mass of flesh and blood was quickly annihilated.

But at this very moment, a change occurred behind the Demon-Subduing Emperor!

The White Tiger God Lord abandoned the Blood Demon without a word and ran away, his back view looking extremely disheveled.

The Blood Demon stopped chasing the White Tiger God and instead lunged fiercely at the Demon-Subduing Emperor.

What a shameless White Tiger God!
All the gods exclaimed in surprise. Among them, the Prison Suppressor General was the first to step forward. His taciturn face showed no emotion, but he slashed out with a sword full of fighting spirit.

Seeing this, Zhao Yifu drew his Killing Blade and Pure Yang Demon-Subduing Sword, holding one in each hand, and came behind the Demon-Subduing Emperor.

Sure enough, the Blood Demon split to the left and right in front of the Demon Suppressor General's blade, turning into two blobs of blood that circled around him before rushing toward the Demon Subduing Emperor's back, the place that Zhao Yifu was currently protecting.

The Blood Demon's blood-path supernatural powers were far more skillful and powerful than those of the Blood Shadow Demon Lord, leaving everyone somewhat caught off guard.

Fortunately, Zhao Yifu was prepared for this unexpected turn of events.

Or perhaps he had already developed sufficient reaction speed while dealing with the Blood Demon in the Heavenly Prison.

With a knife in his left hand and a sword in his right, he thrust at the two clumps of blood from afar.

But that wouldn't do, because the two clumps of blood were about to separate again.

Zhao Yifu coldly uttered a single word: "Sealed!"

The next moment, a thick book appeared in front of him, which was the 'Forbidden Book of the Great Void'.

At that moment, a powerful sealing force appeared on the 'Forbidden Book of the Great Void': the Great Void Spirit Locking Forbidden Formation!
In an instant, both halves of the blood demon stopped.

At this moment, Zhao Yifu roared again, "Sacrifice!"

Then, centered on his sword, the bloodstains surged like a raging torrent, transforming into tiny specks of scarlet power that flowed into the sword.

The power of blood sacrifice has been activated.

This is the most efficient way Zhao Yifu could think of to deplete the Blood Demon.

As that familiar feeling washed over him, the blood demon suddenly let out a sharp roar: "Warden?!"

"It's the warden!!"

It seemed to lack much rationality and began to struggle frantically.

It has been sealed by the 'Tai Xu Locking Spirit Restriction' for tens of thousands of years, so it is all too familiar with this feeling.

Especially this power of blood sacrifice, which was arguably the feeling it hated the most some time ago.

Zhao Yifu almost couldn't hold on...

No, it's not that he can't maintain it, but that he can't mobilize more of the power of the 'Spirit Locking Restriction'.

Because this seal was originally intended to suppress Mu Lu Yang, and now that it can use 30% of the sealing power, it is already at its limit. Mu Lu Yang has also begun to roar excitedly.

Zhao Yifu had now found himself in a very dangerous situation, caught between a rock and a hard place.

If the sealing power of the 'Forbidden Book of the Great Void' is further increased to suppress the Blood Demon, then Mu Lu [Yang] will break free of his restraints, which would be a disaster for him as well.

But if the status quo is maintained, he will soon be unable to suppress the Blood Demon...

Under these circumstances, he made a very crazy decision.

That is, he suddenly unleashed a monstrous demonic thought!
The power of emotion erupts; it is the ultimate anger.

This anger stemmed from the daily annoyance of the Forbidden Book of the Void, the Killing Blade, and the Pure Yang Demon-Subduing Sword constantly chattering away, and it was fully unleashed at this moment.

He was furious.

The extreme emotions transformed into demonic thoughts that suppressed the forbidden book of the Great Void, creating a counterforce against the will of that Lu Yang.

Under this clash, he suddenly unleashed 70% of the power of the Forbidden Book of the Void, suppressing the Blood Demon, who was also in a weakened state.

The blood sacrifice then increases the damage output.

The Killing Blade and the Pure Yang Demon-Subduing Sword were both drawing power from the demonic blood to nourish themselves, even more so than when they were in the Nine Heavens Prison.

Because the seal of the Nine Heavens Prison restricted and protected the Blood Demon, Zhao Yifu's blood sacrifice could not completely eliminate it.

But the situation is different now.

During the blood sacrifice, the sword and the blade were continuously strengthened, while the blood demon continued to weaken... weakening indefinitely.

At a certain moment, Zhao Yifu's eyes flickered, and then his demonic energy subsided.

Subsequently, the sealing power of the Forbidden Book of the Great Void also quickly subsided.

His brief outburst of anger had almost subsided, and Mu Lu [Yang] had begun to resist. He now had to restore the seal on the Tai Xu Forbidden Book.

The Blood Demon sensed the weakening of the sealing power and immediately struggled violently.

Just then, a beam of azure dragon blade crashed down!
The Demon-Subduing Emperor had clearly dealt with the Blood Shadow Demon Lord and was now turning around to help him.

However, the blade light did not fall directly, but hovered above the Blood Demon without descending.

The powerful blade pressed down slightly, causing the Blood Demon to tremble.

As a result, Zhao Yifu's pressure was greatly reduced, and he then continued to intensify the blood sacrifice.

However, knowing he couldn't be a key player, he looked up at the sky and shouted, "Brothers Xin and Liu, hurry and lend a hand!"

Everyone looked up and saw that dark clouds had suddenly gathered overhead, with two Thunder Marshals each leading their Thunder Heavenly Soldiers on the clouds.

Marshal Xin looked down and said, "I'm afraid it might hurt my worthy brother!"

Zhao Yifu said, "Don't worry, I have my own way of protecting myself."

Marshal Liu said, "Alright, then let's get started."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Thunder God's Heavenly Soldiers formed their battle formation, and then heavenly lightning struck!

"boom!"

A series of thunderclaps fell from the sky, relentlessly bombarding the Blood Demon's body.

This was quite a show of force, carried out with the intent to annihilate them.

Zhao Yifu's heart skipped a beat upon seeing this. He had thought that after so much training in the Heavenly Prison, he could test whether his physical body could withstand it...

This time, he dared not take any risks at all. He immediately covered his entire body with dark source power and then scrambled away from the range of the heavenly lightning.

The Thunder Department's formation was set up specifically to annihilate the Blood Demon.

This time, the heavenly lightning strike was extremely powerful, and even the Demon-Subduing Emperor dared not easily provoke it.

He sheathed his sword and pushed it away, then swung his Green Dragon Crescent Blade, unleashing a burst of leaping lightning.

The Blood Demon, meanwhile, was struck by heavenly lightning and quickly perished before everyone's eyes.

Zhao Yifu breathed a long sigh of relief.

He had already discovered the Thunder Gods setting up an array in the sky when he traveled with his divine sense, so everything he had done before was to buy time for the Thunder Gods to set up their array.

As expected, the Thunder Gods are the perfect solution for dealing with such an extremely difficult enemy.

Slowly, the lightning dissipated.

The dark source power on Zhao Yifu's body also subsided.

The dark energy was blasted twice and nearly collapsed.

Therefore, people should still have a sense of awe; he is far from being fearless.

Looking back at where the Blood Demon had been, a shocking ten-meter-deep crater was now visible.

This is a deep crater created by the thunderbolt; nothing is left inside, just scorched earth.

However, the crowd was still not at ease, and various deities appeared one after another, constantly scanning the pit to make sure that the blood demon was truly finished.

Seeing this, Zhao Yifu secretly said to the Demon Subduing Emperor, "Grandmaster, I'll take my leave now and won't disturb you any longer."

The Demon-Subduing Emperor nodded and said, "The demonic energy you just unleashed was quite extraordinary. Be careful not to attract attention."

Zhao Yifu gratefully clasped his hands in a fist salute, then tugged at Xuan Yin Cha Nu and said, "Let's go."

Xuan Yin Cha Nu immediately fled.

Zhao Yifu paused, then looked at the one-armed Hong Zhao Divine General and said, "I'm sorry, I am..." Hong Zhao Divine General shook his head and said, "I'm not the kind of person who can't distinguish right from wrong, but I'm very curious why I hated you before... You should be my husband..."

Zhao Yifu: "..."

He was speechless.

This Hongzhao deity is too influenced by that novel from the mortal realm, and it's foreseeable that this influence will only grow stronger...

He cares about Zhou Qingzhao, but this Red Zhao Divine General is a fictional personality created based on Zhou Qingzhao...

He could only sigh and say, "Take care, I'm going now."

As he spoke, he took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and slipped away.

Some time later, at the border between the Eastern Heaven Realm and the Western Heaven Realm, Zhao Yifu and Xuan Yin Cha Nu revealed themselves.

"Is the Blood Shadow Demon Lord definitely dead? I didn't see the specifics."

Zhao Yifu asked a question.

Xuan Yin Cha Nu silently raised her hand, revealing a ball of dark source energy.

It was the source of darkness extracted from the body of the Blood Shadow Demon Lord.

Zhao Yifu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It looks like the mission is complete. Let's hand it in then."

Xuan Yin Chan Nu paused for a moment, then asked, "If the Venerable One asks how we did it, what should we say?"

Without a second thought, Zhao Yifu replied, "That's fine."

Xuan Yin Cha Nu was taken aback, then reminded her, "Your relationship with the Demon-Subduing Emperor..."

Zhao Yifu said, "These are my personal relationships. Do I have to sever all my personal relationships just because I'm working for the Demon Lord? If that's the case, then I won't do it."

Xuan Yin Cha Nu was speechless for a moment. She was the only one who could threaten You Quan's research with the threat of quitting at any time.

Without further ado, she and Zhao Yifu arrived at the underground river deep within the earth's veins, whereupon she cut open her own palm and began to draw an array.

Soon, a sacrificial array drawn with blood was completed.

The will of the Nether Spring then descended.

"You guys did a great job."

He praised as soon as he opened his mouth.

Xuan Yin Chan Nu was momentarily dazed, then realized that her thoughts had been read by You Quan.

She felt a chill run through her body and fell silent, saying nothing.

She realized why Zhao Yifu didn't hide anything; it was because with her around, any attempt to conceal anything was futile.

This made her feel very discouraged.

Zhao Yifu asked, "The mission is complete. What reward do we get?"

The illusory figure of the Nether Spring said, "Of course there will be a reward..."

Zhao Yifu interrupted, "I don't need the Source of Darkness for now. Could you give me something more practical?"

Youquan pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll have someone send the things over to you. You'll definitely be satisfied."

"As for you... it seems you don't want the Source of Darkness anymore?"

Xuan Yin Chan Nu glanced at Zhao Yifu and nodded, saying, "I need a higher level of evil energy to cultivate the secret technique."

Youquan said, "Alright, you can go back first. I'll have someone bring it to you."

With that, he disappeared, and that was the end of our contact.

Zhao Yifu found it somewhat strange.

Xuan Yin Cha Nu said thoughtfully, "When He read my thoughts, I also sensed a bit of His feelings... He was afraid."

Zhao Yifu was taken aback, then realized, "He realized that the powerful beings in this world all coveted his dark source power and wanted to seize his strength!"

Xuan Yin Chan Nu didn't say much, because she was afraid that if she said or thought too much, You Quan would sense it.

Zhao Yifu continued nonchalantly, "Like this time, it should be that Blood Ancestor's attempt to seize the power of darkness."

"The Blood Shadow Demon Lord possesses the source of darkness. If he were to join forces with the Blood Demon, the will of the Blood Ancestor might resurrect from who knows where... The next step might not be to wreak havoc on the world, but rather to further seize the source of darkness from the Nether Spring Demon Lord."

"Unfortunately, the Blood Ancestor's methods were too crude. Not only did he fail, but he also alerted the enemy."

As Zhao Yifu spoke, he looked at Xuan Yin Chan Nu and said, "It seems that the Great Master Youquan will be quite cautious about bestowing the Source of Darkness. However, we are actually not too willing to accept this gift either."

Xuan Yin Chan Nu didn't reply, but instead took out the ball of dark source energy again and asked, "What should we do with this power?"

Zhao Yifu hesitated for a moment after looking at it, and said, "I am also quite cautious about this kind of power and dare not get too involved."

"If you don't mind, you can keep it yourself."

Xuan Yin Chan Nu shook her head and said, "No, I'm afraid that the more Dark Source I absorb, the stronger my connection with the Venerable will become... I think I'm good enough as I am now, and I don't need to strengthen the connection any further."

Clearly, Xuan Yin Cha Nu was also very wary of this.

Zhao Yifu nodded and accepted the power, saying, "Then let me handle it and give it to the big boss to study its uses."

As he spoke, he put it into his sleeve, intending to hand it over to his master when he had a spare moment.

Xuan Yin Cha Nu asked, "Aren't you afraid that Venerable You Quan will discover this?"

This was her way of reminding Zhao Yifu that she was still watching.

Zhao Yifu paused for a moment, then said, "Actually, I think that if Venerable Youquan wants to take over this world, he should at least communicate with the original big shots in the Three Realms."

"Sometimes cooperation is always more efficient than confrontation."

Xuan Yin Chan Nu had already realized that Zhao Yifu was simply fearless and had nothing to fear.

But perhaps this is the difference between her and Zhao Yifu.

She said, "Alright, I'll take my leave today. We'll meet again if there's anything else."

Zhao Yifu nodded, without saying anything more.

He was only temporarily partnered with this Xuan Yin Maiden, and he didn't want her to interfere too much in his life.

So he continued to use his escape technique and returned to Baiyun Mountain.

Back in the mountains, he shouted, "Grandmaster, Grandmaster?"

Then the grandmaster appeared.

"What's the matter?"

Zhao Yifu said, "This is the source of darkness of the Blood Shadow Demon Lord..."

As he spoke, he reached into his sleeve and pulled out the ball of dark energy.

He said, "I wonder if this will be of any use to my sect?"

Master Xuandu remained noncommittal upon seeing this, saying, "One similar sample is enough, but if you give it to me... it can be used for other purposes."

As he spoke, he accepted the dark source power.

Zhao Yifu was taken aback, then remembered the Myriad Gu Evil Lord who had been captured back then...

He said, "I see. Then there's no need to deliberately seek this item in the future."

Grandmaster Xuandu said, "Alright, the extra tasks have been completed. I will continue to explain the method of Yin and Yang transformation of water and fire to you."

Zhao Yifu quickly focused his mind and listened attentively.

The busy work just now, killing the Blood Demon and the Blood Shadow Demon Lord, seemed insignificant.

But just as he was listening attentively, Grandmaster Xuandu suddenly said, "By the way, when you have some free time, you can remind the Demon Subduing Emperor to be careful of the White Tiger God."

Zhao Yifu said in surprise, "Does the White Tiger God want revenge? It was clearly His own dishonest actions..."

Xuan Du interrupted, saying, "The White Tiger God was actually seriously injured by the Blood Demon's sudden attack, and I calculated that the Blood Demon had not truly perished."

Zhao Yifu: “!!!”

Good heavens, if that's true, this is a huge problem!

(End of this chapter)