A Mortal's Start in the Spirit Beast Mountain

Chapter 451 Blood Sea Realm

Although its strength is now far from its peak due to the sealing of its main body and the great damage to its origin, its cunning and ruthlessness, as well as the various ancient demonic arts it has mastered, are still extremely terrifying.

He brought everyone here precisely because he wanted to take advantage of breaking the restrictions and opening the blood pool to devour the essence and nascent souls of several Nascent Soul cultivators and accelerate his recovery!

"So that's how it is—no wonder he could control the formation to restore itself and trap us. This entire secret realm has probably already become his trap!" Luo Ming realized that if this fiend didn't die, they would have no chance of survival!

"Junior! What kind of spiritual flame is that on your body? It can actually suppress my original essence blood incarnation!" The cultivator surnamed Yan was both shocked and angry. He sensed a very uncomfortable and even faintly threatening aura from the silver flame.

Without further hesitation, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes. With a swift movement, he abandoned the Ninth Elder and Blood Fiend, transforming into a streak of blood-red light, much dimmer than before but still incredibly fast, and pounced towards Luo Ming! He had to deal with this biggest variable and unexpected event first!

A gigantic, blood-red hand, now several sizes smaller but still incredibly powerful, condensed once more and slammed down towards Luo Ming's head! The palm wind howled, and a stench filled the air.

Luo Ming's eyes narrowed, but he remained completely calm in the face of this furious attack. A sudden flash of earth-yellow spiritual light appeared beneath his feet!

"Whoosh!"

His figure seemed to merge with the earth, disappearing from his original spot in an instant. The next moment, he appeared in another open space dozens of feet away. Although the space here was reinforced by the formation and the earth-遁术 was suppressed, short-distance teleportation was still swift.

As he dodged the crimson giant hand, Luo Ming shouted to the Ninth Elder and Blood Fiend in the distance, "Fellow Daoists, don't panic! This fiend's true form is sealed within the demonic bones at the bottom of the pool. The body it's currently controlling is merely a more powerful avatar connected to its original formation. While it appears formidable, each time it uses a powerful divine ability, it depletes the source power controlling the formation, making it unsustainable! We only need to engage in prolonged combat, and once it's exhausted, it will be time to counterattack!"

Upon hearing this, the Ninth Elder and Blood Fiend were first taken aback, then their eyes suddenly blazed with hope!

They had already sensed that the aura of the cultivator surnamed Yan had weakened after the attack, and now, with Luo Ming pointing it out, they suddenly understood!

It turns out that the opponent is strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Although he is rampant by manipulating the formation here and accumulating the power of the blood of all spirits, his foundation is unstable and he is consuming a lot of energy!

"So that's it! No wonder his aura was fluctuating!" Blood Fiend licked his lips, his eyes flashing with ferocity again, and his aura of bloodlust rose once more.

"Fellow Daoist Luo is absolutely right! Let us join forces and entangle him!" The Ninth Elder's spirits lifted, he suppressed his injuries, and once again activated the Starfall Sword, its light flashing as it pointed at the cultivator surnamed Yan.

Seeing that Luo Ming not only dodged the attack but also saw through his true strength, the cultivator surnamed Yan was even more shocked and angry.

He knew that he had only recently absorbed the Nascent Soul of the cultivator surnamed Yan and gained initial control of this body, and being separated from his original self, he couldn't sustain a prolonged battle. His previous use of supernatural abilities like the "Blood Palm" had already depleted a significant portion of this avatar's power. He had intended to finish the fight quickly, capturing the somewhat unexpected Luo Ming, and then dealing with the remaining two. Now, his plan had been exposed—

"Hmph! So what if you see through me?" The cultivator surnamed Yan sneered, a ruthless and resolute glint flashing in his blood-red eyes.

"This physical body was of mediocre quality to begin with, utterly useless. So be it! I'll spare no expense to send you on your way!"

Before he finished speaking, the previously fluctuating crimson aura around him suddenly surged again at a frenzied speed.

Boiling! An even more violent, chaotic aura, seemingly capable of destroying everything, erupted from his body!

He no longer cared about the limits of this physical body's endurance and began to frantically squeeze and burn all the remaining essence and nascent soul origin of it, even triggering a forbidden power at a deeper level that was connected to the demon bones at the bottom of the pool!

Its aura, which had been declining, began to rise again. Although it was not as strong as it was at its peak, it had reached a terrifying height!

"Not good! He's going to go all out!" The Ninth Elder's expression changed.

"Everyone, it's a fight to the death!" Blood Fiend roared, no longer holding back. His blood and qi erupted like a volcano, surging out wildly and condensing and solidifying on his body, forming a thicker, more ferocious, dark red blood armor covered with sharp spikes and barbs. His body also swelled several sizes, entering a short-term "berserk" state.

The Ninth Elder dared not be negligent. He took out a silver talisman that he had treasured for a long time and patted it on his chest without hesitation.

The talisman transformed into a clear, silvery stream of light and entered his body. In an instant, starlight shone brightly around him, and a strange spatial fluctuation rippled outwards. The oppressive force from the formation was immediately weakened by more than half, and his figure appeared much lighter.

Seeing this, Luo Ming knew that the final moment had arrived. He took a deep breath, and his body-refining technique was running wildly. The power of his dantian and the power of his blood and qi merged and surged at an unprecedented speed.

A layer of condensed, thick, pale golden armor, shimmering with a dark metallic luster, emerged from beneath his skin and quickly covered his entire body. It was not an illusion, but rather a tangible suit of armor!

Faced with the three of them simultaneously entering a life-or-death state, a hint of madness and disdain flashed in the blood-red eyes of the cultivator surnamed Yan.

"Ants gathered together are still ants! Let you lowly cultivators of the lower realm witness the divine power I recently comprehended after being trapped for ten thousand years—the Blood Sea Realm—a power that only cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage and above can wield!"

He let out a sharp, piercing roar, and suddenly spread his arms wide to the sides, making a gesture of embracing heaven and earth.

The next moment, to the horrified eyes of Luo Ming and the other two, the body of "Elder Yan" possessed by the cultivator surnamed Yan, along with the extremely surging crimson spiritual light surrounding him, suddenly shrank inward, and then "BOOM—!!!"

A muffled, deafening explosion! The body had violently shattered! No blood or flesh flew everywhere; all the blood and flesh...

The bones, and even the remaining essence of the nascent soul within them, all transformed into a dense, viscous "blood mist" that was so thick it couldn't be dissolved, exuding a terrifyingly bloody and evil aura the moment it exploded!

The blood mist spread and permeated rapidly, at an incredible speed, instantly enveloping every inch of the underground cave! The entire cave was covered and permeated by this viscous, scarlet blood mist!

The blood mist churned, seemingly possessing a life of its own, emanating countless mournful howls. A vast, heavy force, as heavy as the sea, spread out, frantically eroding and suppressing the magical power, blood, and even the souls of all living beings within it!

In the blink of an eye, what was originally a slightly dark cave has transformed into a boundless, suffocating, and despairing "sea of ​​blood"!

Luo Ming, the Ninth Elder, Xue Sha, and even Ling Yuling and Fairy Miaoyu, who were bound by chains, were instantly swallowed up by this terrifying sea of ​​blood. All that remained in their sight was an endless, churning, and writhing crimson!

Luo Ming, the Ninth Elder, and Xue Sha were instantly separated, their vision limited to only a few feet around them. Their divine senses were also severely suppressed and distorted, and all they could hear were the wailing of the rolling blood mist and the mournful howls of countless demonic beast phantoms within it.

"Roar!" "Awooo!" "Hiss!"

Countless crimson phantoms, formed from pure blood and brutal will, roared and pounced from the thick blood mist in all directions, baring their fangs and claws, towards Luo Ming. These phantoms were of various shapes: tigers, leopards, wolves, pythons, eagles—

They all exuded an aura no weaker than that of a Core Formation stage cultivator, and carried with them a bloodthirsty power that tainted divine consciousness and eroded magical power.

Luo Ming frowned. In this strange "Blood Sea Realm", he not only felt his magic power was sluggish and his blood and qi were about to boil and leak out, but he also felt heavy all over, as if he were sinking into a swamp. Every move he made was under great pressure.

"Gravity? This sea of ​​blood actually contains a gravitational field? It seems that this monstrous creature possesses the Xuanwu bloodline and controls similar supernatural powers." Luo Ming's mind raced, but his hands moved without slowing down at all.

He let out a low shout, flicked his sleeve, and thirty-six beams of blue light shot out—these were his natal magic treasure, the "Mysterious Origin Pearl." The blue light scattered and evenly distributed within a space of several dozen feet around Luo Ming, echoing each other and instantly forming a profound array.

A powerful and heavy gravitational field spread out from Luo Ming, subtly resisting the invisible gravity permeating the sea of ​​blood, creating a relatively "clean" area around him.

The blood-red phantom beasts that rushed in suddenly slowed down as soon as they entered the range of the Xuan Yuan Heavy Water Formation. As if they were carrying a heavy weight, their movements became sluggish and distorted. Some of the weaker phantom beasts were even crushed and torn apart by the gravity of the formation, turning back into wisps of blood mist.

"It really works!" Luo Ming felt a little relieved, but then his expression darkened. He could clearly feel that maintaining the Xuan Yuan Heavy Water Formation against the omnipresent pressure and erosion of the Blood Sea was consuming mana at a rate several times faster than usual! Moreover, the gravity field in the Blood Sea seemed to be constantly strengthening, forcing him to continuously increase his mana output in order to maintain the stability of the formation.

"This fiend's true form is sealed. Although the Blood Sea Realm's divine powers are strong, the consumption must be enormous. He intends to exhaust our magical power and life force!" Luo Ming instantly understood, recalling the information he had gleaned from the memories of the devoured demon soul!

A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and he patted a spirit beast pouch at his waist.

"Buzz"

A blinding golden cloud of insects roared out—it was his Gold-Devouring Insects! Under Luo Ming's divine command, the cloud of insects did not disperse to attack the blood-red phantoms, but instead quickly flew to the edge of the Profound Origin Heavy Water Array. Like a greedy golden grinding wheel, it began to frantically gnaw and devour the viscous blood energy that constituted the Blood Sea Realm!

The Gold-Eating Insects' insatiable nature was on full display at this moment. With each opening and closing of their sharp mandibles, large amounts of pure and violent blood energy were sucked into their bellies.

Such a large number of Gold-Eating Insects possess terrifying devouring abilities, constantly consuming and weakening the power of the Blood Sea Realm, especially directly eroding the "Essence Blood Source" that constitutes the core of the Blood Sea.

Just as Luo Ming was maintaining the great formation, directing the Gold-Eating Insects to devour the blood energy, and remaining vigilant against a possible sneak attack from the demon cultivator's true form...