Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 62 Ruins of the Ancient Gods
"Is the Blood Crystal really that magical?" Feng Lishuang couldn't help but ask curiously when she saw Ling Xuan praising the Blood Crystal so highly.

"Absorbing Blood Crystals can enhance your clarity of laws. Each additional crystal you fuse increases the demands on your body tenfold. After fusion, your perception and power over each law will be improved. Fusing one crystal will increase it by 20-30%, fusing two crystals by 50%, and fusing three crystals by 100%."

"So strong?" Ren Yaoli's bright eyes widened in surprise.

"However, fusion is not so easy. The process is very painful, but as long as you fuse just one, the reward is immense." Ling Xuan sent them a video of himself fusing Blood Crystal.

"Hiss~" Seeing the various strange changes happening to Ling Xuan, Leng Yanqiu gasped. "So ugly."

"Don't worry, whether it succeeds or fails, it will return to normal, there are no side effects." Ling Xuan thought Leng Yanqiu was worried about becoming ugly, but he also couldn't bear to see his wife become ugly.

"I mean you're ugly," Leng Yanqiu said with a huff.

“Uh~” Ling Xuan paused for a moment upon hearing this, “You dare to say I’m ugly? I’ll record a video of you becoming ugly and show it to you every day.”

"you dare!"

The three women were united in their hatred and wanted to film Leng Yanqiu. What if they ended up filming themselves too?
“Master, I have collected and sorted out the treasures that the World Lord had just taken. Some of the equipment and armor from the Blood Luo World are not worth much outside, so we will have to discount them. The total value is about 3.5 Chaos Units.”

"This realm lord is really poor." Ling Xuan shook his head in dissatisfaction.

"However, this realm lord possesses a considerable number of Blood Luo Medals, which he likely uses to cultivate powerful individuals under his command."

"That's normal. After becoming Blood Warriors, the beings of the Blood Luo World go to the World City of their respective regions to receive the Blood Luo Medal. This guy is probably the World Lord of that world, which is a good thing for me."

"Now that you've come to the Blood Luo Continent, you'll not only gain opportunities to become stronger, but you can also directly complete two missions," Ling Xuan continued, extending his invitation.

“Then let’s get ready to set off, the three of us,” Leng Yanqiu suggested.

“Okay, let’s go.” Feng Lishuang agreed.

"agree."

……

After sharing the information with the three women, Ling Xuan continued his cultivation.

Like a crimson meteor streaking across the void, the Crimson Dragon King arrived at the Ruins of the Ancient Gods in just over a month.

Ling Xuan pushed open the cabin door and plunged headfirst into the swirling cloud vortex.

As they passed through the fifteenth cloud barrier, the scarlet mist suddenly surged, resembling a boiling sea of ​​blood hanging upside down in the sky.

The invisible malevolent energy was like thousands of fine needles, piercing through the body's protective force and going straight to the bone marrow, even the breath carried a rusty, fishy taste.

"Kill! Kill!"

The shattered roar seeped into Ling Xuan's consciousness along with the blood mist, stirring his heart and stirring a murderous desire within him.

"These ancient god ruins are indeed wondrous." Ling Xuan's mind was unwavering; he remained completely undisturbed and continued his descent downwards.

The moment the last layer of blood mist was broken through, Ling Xuan hovered in mid-air.

The sight below made him gasp: the mountain range stretching for thousands of miles had its peaks neatly sheared off, revealing a flat cut surface as if cleaved by a giant axe.
On the vast wasteland, giant pits are arranged in a circular array, with dark purple crystals condensed on the edge of each pit, as if the footprints of giant beasts are imprinted on the earth.

Even more chilling was the fact that the entire area was shrouded in a flowing crimson mist.

"I heard that this ancient god ruins is the battlefield ruins where humans from the universe fought against the creatures of this Blood Luo world. Countless immortal gods have fallen there. I wonder if any treasures have been left behind. If I could pick up one or two fragments of immortal armor or weapons and sell them, it would be a fortune."

Just as he was about to investigate the nearest pit, his boots were pierced by something unknown, but were stopped by the Netherworld Armor that protected them on its own.

"Good heavens, did I really find it?" Ling Xuan lifted his foot, revealing a broken sword fragment below. The fragment was about two feet long, the blade covered with ancient, tadpole-shaped patterns, and the broken part shimmered with the cold light unique to metal. Even though it was only half left, its sharpness still made the air hum slightly.

"Hahaha, I never expected to find such a treasure while walking around, and it's even a fragment of a sixth-order weapon used by an immortal powerhouse. The primordial universe really loves me."

Ling Xuan thought of a predecessor who was also favored by the primordial universe.

"Sixth rank...at least three mixed units can be exchanged!" Puff's cute face appeared in front of Ling Xuan, helping him analyze the situation.

"Good stuff, keep it." Ling Xuan happily put it into his world ring.

"I'll cultivate here in these ancient god ruins until Li Shuang and the others arrive on the Blood Luo Continent." Ling Xuan found a deep pit with heavy malevolent energy and used the maintenance robot from the Crimson Flame Dragon King to dig a cave dwelling inside.

"Wow! This feels so good!" Ling Xuan felt as if countless water droplets were nourishing every cell in his body. The rich baleful aura flowed through his body, and he noticed a significant change.

Because it's so obvious, it feels exceptionally clear.

It refers to the changes in the deepest parts of the body's cells, and can even be said to be the changes in the most fundamental genes that make up the body.

It's like transforming from a cocoon into a butterfly.

"Kill!!!" An endless killing intent surged into Ling Xuan's soul, and due to the slow transformation of his body, a large amount of killing intent began to lurk deep within Ling Xuan's body. As time went by, these would merge with Ling Xuan's soul, and those with weak willpower might even go insane.

Even a person with a strong will can become a bloodthirsty person.

"Let's see if the remaining killing intent of the fallen beast god is stronger, or the fighting spirit of my human race, which has fought its way up from the weakest to the strongest." Ling Xuan sat down cross-legged, absorbing the surrounding baleful energy to improve his body.

Inheriting the ancient human race's will to create the world and fight against the heavens and the earth, Ling Xuan was not intimidated by the will of a beast god who had already been killed by human powerhouses.

dong dong~
As time went by, Ling Xuan's mind gradually calmed down. The malevolent energy here could no longer affect him. He could only feel the silence around him, with only the sound of his own heartbeat remaining.

"Let's find another place." Ling Xuan patted his butt, walked out of the cave, and went to find a pit with a stronger malevolent aura.

After flying for a distance, at the speed of a Dao-Slaying King, they should have covered several thousand kilometers in such a short time.

Boom boom boom~
Suddenly, a huge commotion came from ahead, with blood mist surging and light and lightning intertwining, clearly indicating that powerful figures were fighting.

"This commotion indicates that at least Realm Lord level experts are fighting. Fighting fiercely in these ancient god ruins is dangerous; a slight misstep could lead to being corrupted by the baleful aura and turning one into a madman. Could it be that they've discovered something valuable?" Ling Xuan quietly approached.

The deeper one ventures into the ruins of the ancient god, the denser the malevolent aura becomes, and the blood mist obscures the view, making it impossible to see the path.

If you're not careful, you could be ambushed by the hidden sixth brother.

Just to be on the safe side, Ling Xuan pulled an ancient purple bronze mirror from his sea of ​​suffering and placed it on his head.

As the wisps of Daoist essence cascaded down from the bronze mirror, Ling Xuan's "unease" immediately subsided.

"Kid, I didn't realize you were so cautious?"

"What are you saying, senior? Is it wrong to be cautious?" Ling Xuan looked completely innocent. "Besides, I'm just being prepared."

The Void Mirror ignored him, and Ling Xuan continued forward.

After traveling several hundred miles more, the battle fluctuations coming from ahead became increasingly intense.

The thick blood mist seemed to be stirred up by a pair of invisible giant hands, surging and rolling, before being dispersed by the aftershocks of the battle, forming an extremely rare clean area.

(End of this chapter)