Starting as dockworkers, they swept through Chongqing.

The woman's blood-red armor instantly caved in, and she was lifted off the ground, staggering backward more than ten steps.

She twisted her waist forcefully, landing on her feet, her shoes leaving two long marks on the stone slab.

"Is that all the strength you have?"

Xilun stood with his spear across his chest.

An unnatural flush rose to the woman's pale cheeks.

"very good."

"It's been a long time since anyone dared to speak to me like that."

She held the scimitar horizontally in front of her, her scarlet eyes fixed on Xiren.

"My name is Urlan."

"Remember this name. When you reach the underwater underworld, you will know who killed you."

Xilun did not respond.

Ulran's expression grew even colder.

She took a step forward, and crimson energy spread from beneath her robe, instantly blowing up the dust and withered leaves on the ground.

The curved blade slashed out repeatedly.

Three crimson blades of light crisscrossed from different angles, completely blocking all of Xilun's evasion routes.

The first incision is made towards the throat.

The second slash was aimed at the legs.

The third strike is hidden behind the first two, aiming straight for the heart.

Xilun spun the Thunder Spear in his hand.

Blue and white lightning converged into an arc on the gun.

The spear tip first shatters the blade light above, then the spear butt touches the ground, using the recoil to change the body's center of gravity.

A second streak of blood swept past his feet, cutting a narrow trench in the ground.

When faced with the final flash of light, Xilun did not dodge.

He let out a breath.

A thunderous roar, like distant thunder, resounded from within his chest.

Great Thunder Breathing Method!

Three golden lightning patterns spread downwards from between the eyebrows, traversing the chest and major tendons.

The Thunder Spear thrust straight forward.

Lightning and blood-red light collided head-on.

boom!

The air inside the stone chamber suddenly jolted.

The crimson blade light shattered from the center, turning into countless tiny points of light.

The bluish-white spear's momentum hadn't yet dissipated, and it pierced straight towards Ullan's brow.

Urlan's pupils contracted, and he hastily blocked with his scimitar.

The spear tip touched the blade.

A continuous surge of energy traveled along the curved blade into her arm.

Fourfold.

Fivefold.

Sixfold!

Urlan's hand split open, and blood flowed down his wrist.

She could no longer hold the curved knife steady; the blade bounced upwards, exposing her bare chest.

Xilun stepped forward.

His left fist landed heavily on her abdomen.

boom!

Urlan bent over and shot backward like an arrow, crashing into a pile of weapons at the edge of the stone chamber.

Several rotten longswords broke on the spot.

Dust billowed up.

From the moment Urlan made his move to the moment he was repelled, only three moves had passed.

Xilun did not immediately pursue.

When that punch landed, he clearly felt a layer of flexible armor beneath Urlan's robe, which absorbed most of the force for her.

Moreover, this person's aura did not show any obvious signs of weakening.

The Sea Demon Palace's ability to send her alone to compete for a cave dwelling left behind by a third-tier extreme realm expert suggests that she is not only capable of this.

Sure enough, a low laugh soon came from within the dust.

"good."

"He does have some skill."

Urlan slowly stood up.

Blood seeped from the corner of her mouth, but her scarlet eyes shone even brighter than before.

"His strength has been tempered by about 50% to 60%, and he is also practicing a lightning technique with extremely strong amplification."

"I've killed three extraordinary individuals of your caliber before."

She raised the curved sword in her hand.

The blood flowing from the tiger's mouth did not drip down, but instead spread upwards along the hilt of the knife, quickly staining the entire curved knife a dark red color.

The blood scattered inside the stone chamber also seemed to be drawn by some kind of force.

Ripples appeared in the pool of blood near Enoch's body.

Tiny drops of blood rose from the ground, one after another, until they all disappeared into the scimitar.

hum!

The blade vibrated violently.

A ring of solidified blood-red light spread outwards, impacting the nearby medicinal garden, causing the leaves of several herbs to sway gently.

Xilun's eyes darkened slightly.

He moved two steps to the side, blocking the herb garden behind him.

These materials are extremely precious.

It would be such a waste if it were destroyed in battle.

Urlan noticed his movement and a cold smile appeared on his lips.

"I still have the mind to take care of the medicinal herbs."

"Looks like you really think you've got this in the bag."

She ran her left hand across the blade.

The wound reopened.

More blood flowed into the blade.

Urlan's pale face turned even paler, but his breathing suddenly intensified.

The red robe fluttered without wind, revealing a twisted sea of ​​blood behind it.

Amidst the sea of ​​blood, countless severed arms could be vaguely seen extending outwards.

As a result, spiritual pollution spread.

I could hear faint cries and pleas for mercy.

The silver moon in Xilun's mind rotated gently.

All the noise disappeared instantly.

"They refuse to leave."

"Then I'll kill you before I go."

Xilun exhaled slowly, his Thunder Dragon Heart pounding violently within him.

Boom!

Boom!

With each beat, a surge of pure blood and energy flows to the limbs.

The three lightning patterns between his brows lit up completely.

A faint fourth lightning mark was also faintly visible on his chest.

As the Golden Thunder Vortex reached its limit, a golden thunder eagle phantom nearly ten feet long unfurled its wings from behind him.

Dense lightning flowed down his arm into the Azure Thunder Spear, adding a wisp of dazzling gold to the bluish-white spear tip.

For the first time, a look of seriousness appeared in Ulran's eyes.

Although she was at a disadvantage in the first three moves, she still believed that she had a trump card up her sleeve that would be enough to turn the tide.

But when the phantom of the Thunder Eagle actually appeared, she actually felt a pressure from it that was close to the third-level extreme realm.

"Playing tricks!"

Ullan gave a low shout, and the sea of ​​blood behind him suddenly contracted.

All the crimson power flowed into the blade.

Her figure disappeared again.

This time, the speed was almost twice as fast as before.

A very thin line of blood swept past Xilun's body.

Xilun parried with his spear.

clang!

Amidst the ear-piercing metallic clang, the stone slab beneath his feet cracked, yet his body remained perfectly still.

Urlan used the recoil to propel himself into the air, and his scimitar slashed down from above.

Each strike was accompanied by a phantom image of a sea of ​​blood, so heavy it seemed to cleave the entire stone chamber in two.

Xilun raised his gun to meet the attack.

The first strike caused the spear to tremble.

The second strike sent sparks flying.

As the third strike landed, countless bloody hands behind Urlan suddenly materialized, grabbing at Xilun's body from both sides.

A ray of golden light shot out from Xilun's thunderous eye between his brows.

Dozens of bloody hands evaporated instantly.

Lightning erupted beneath his feet, and the Canglang Step and lightning power burst forth simultaneously, allowing him to instantly leap over the scimitar and appear beside Urlan.

"Too slow."

The Thunder Spear swept out horizontally.

The power to overturn the sea!

Ninefold Tide!

The first layer of force clashed with the crimson armor.

Urlan is still able to hold out.

When the third wave of power erupted, the armor began to tremble.

By the sixth level, the surface of the blood-red armor was covered with cracks.

The final three surges of energy exploded almost simultaneously.

boom!

The blood armor was completely shattered.

Urlan spat out blood, his body flew dozens of steps, and crashed heavily under the black stone seat.

The skeleton was shaken, and the scroll in its hand rolled to the ground.

Ulran struggled to his feet, his scarlet eyes filled with disbelief.

"impossible."

"You've only used about 60% of your strength in tempering, so why are you so powerful?"

Her judgment was correct.

Xilun's Qi tempering is indeed only 60%.

However, his physique was far beyond that of an ordinary third-stage perfect cultivator.

With the Thunder Dragon Heart, Storm Bloodline, and countless unique talents, coupled with the layered amplification from the Overturning Sea Technique and the Golden Thunder Vortex Scripture, he was able to directly contend with the top ten experts of the Inner Academy even without relying on the Blackwater environment.

Urlan might be considered a genius in the Sea Demon Palace.

If placed in the inner courtyard of the Holy Light Monastery, it would probably be among the top thirty.

But their current strength is no longer enough to threaten Xilun.

"Is this all the Sea Demon Palace can do?"

Siron stepped forward, spear in hand.

Urlan's expression shifted.

She bit her tongue, opened her mouth, and spat out a cloud of blood.

The blood mist landed on the curved blade, and the blade immediately emitted a sharp screech, as if it were alive.

"Blood Pagoda!"

Ulran gripped the knife with both hands and brought it down with a sudden slash.

The light in the stone chamber dimmed instantly.

A massive, blood-red phantom rose from behind her, with countless corpses floating in the blood.

As the scimitar fell, the sea of ​​blood transformed into a nearly two-zhang-long crimson blade of light, crushing towards Xilun.

The ground along the way was cracking and crumbling.

The strong smell of blood was almost suffocating.

Xilun did not retreat.

He gripped the Thunder Spear with both hands, and the power of his Overturning Sea Technique rapidly gathered within his body like a deep-sea undercurrent.

A slight stinging pain came from my chest.

The injuries left by the spatial turbulence had not yet fully healed, and the dark red and black energy deep within his right arm took the opportunity to stir.

Xilun directly suppressed it with his profound Yin coldness.

Then, the phantom of the Thunder Eagle suddenly folded its wings and completely merged into the tip of the spear.

Three colors of light—white, gold, and deep blue—intertwined.

"Cang Lei".

The spear thrust out.

There were no major anomalies.

All the power was compressed into a single point at the tip of the spear.

The moment that spark of lightning collided with the crimson blade's edge, the entire stone chamber fell into a brief silence.

The next moment, a deafening roar suddenly erupted.

The sea of ​​blood was torn apart from the center.

Countless phantom corpses turned to ashes in the lightning.

The scimitar in Ulran's hand let out a mournful cry as the blade broke in two.

The violent lightning energy flowed along the broken blade into her body, exploding large chunks of flesh and blood.

She was sent flying backwards again.

This time, it didn't stop until it crashed into the mountainside dozens of meters away.

The wall is recessed.

Ullan fell to the ground, his red robe mostly torn, his left arm hanging unnaturally, and a charred bloodstain on his chest.

She looked up at Xilun.

The arrogance in his eyes finally vanished, replaced by fear.

This rogue cultivator of unknown origin actually shattered her strongest strike head-on!

If you keep hitting her, she will die.

The moment that thought crossed his mind, Urlan no longer hesitated.

She pulled a dark red bead from her waist and crushed it violently.

A large amount of blood mist surged out of the bead, instantly filling the entire stone chamber.

The blood mist not only obscured vision but also had a strong corrosive effect, causing black smoke to quickly rise from the surface of nearby wooden crates.

Ulran turned and fled.

Instead of going through the entrance, she smashed open a hidden stone door on the side and rushed along another upward passage.

"Trying to leave?"

A golden light flashed in Xilun's eyes.

Thunder Eye pierced through the blood mist, firmly locking onto Urlan's aura.

He swung his spear, creating a gust of wind that dispersed the surrounding bloody aura, before using the Canglang Step to chase after the enemy into the passage.

The two moved at a rapid pace, one in front of the other.

Urlan kept throwing poison needles, blood beads, and hidden weapons backward, but they were all deflected by Xilun's gun.

At the end of the passage was a stone slab hidden under the grass and trees.

Ullan shattered the stone slab with a single palm strike and leaped out.

The outside is the side of the cliff.

The steep rock face extends upwards for dozens of meters, with several thick vines hanging down.

She grabbed the vine, channeled her strength into her arms, and quickly climbed upwards.

Xilun followed closely behind and rushed out of the passage.

Looking up, Urlan was less than twenty meters from the top of the cliff.

"grown ups!"

As Urlan climbed, he shouted sharply:

"I admit defeat today!"

"The herbs and the cave are yours; I will never contend for them again!"

"Kill me, and you'll be hunted down by the Sea Demon Palace. Let me go, and we'll call it even!"

Xilun did not respond.

He raised the Thunder Spear, and three thunder patterns lit up again.

Urlan noticed the rapidly gathering lightning below, and his face turned deathly pale.

"You can't kill me!"

"My master is an elder of the Sea Demon Palace!"

"I bear the Blood Soul Mark. If you kill me, the Sea Demon Palace will surely find you!"

Xilun's eyes remained expressionless.

The spear flew out of his hand.

boom!

The Azure Thunder Spear transformed into a streak of blue-white lightning, instantly traversing a distance of twenty meters.

Urlan twisted his body desperately, trying to avoid it.

But she had only moved half a foot when the lightning pierced through her back.

puff!

The spear tip pierced through her chest, drawing large amounts of blood, and continued its momentum into the cliff face, pinning her in mid-air.

The vine slipped from my hand.

Urlan looked down at the blood-stained spear tip on his chest, his eyes filled with resentment and bitterness.

"A lowly rogue cultivator..."

"You dare offend the Sea Demon Palace..."

Blood gushed from the corner of her mouth.

"I'll be watching from down here."

"Watching your soul being extracted and turned into a blood slave..."

The voice grew softer and softer.

A moment later, she lost all strength and her head drooped.

Xilun climbed up the vines to the corpse, stepped onto the rock wall, and reached out to grasp the Cang Lei Spear.

"Sea Demon Palace".

He calmly drew his gun.

Ulran's body fell from the cliff and crashed heavily into the rubble below.

The instant the corpse hit the ground, a faint wisp of blood-red aura flew out from between her brows and quickly disappeared into the back of Xilun's hand.

A dark red mark the size of a pinhead appeared on the surface of the skin.

The chilling aura and the power of lightning immediately surged forth.

The mark trembled slightly, but instead of dissipating, it burrowed deeper into the skin.

Xilun's eyes darkened slightly.

This must be the Blood Soul Seal that Ullan spoke of before his death.

Methods used to locate the perpetrator.

He did not continue to forcibly remove it, but instead used the Xuan Yin Coldness to temporarily freeze and seal the mark.

Once we return to the Holy Light Monastery, there will naturally be a way to handle this.

Xilun leaped back through the passage and returned to the stone chamber.

The blood mist has gradually dissipated.

He first arrived at the edge of the herb garden.

Although the five medicinal herbs were affected by the blast wave, they were undamaged.

Xilun crouched down and examined it carefully.

The brown herb in the center is called Thick Soil Rootless Leaf, which is one of the main earth-based materials needed to cultivate the flawless golden body.

It appears to be rooted in the soil, but in reality, all its roots are suspended in the crevices of the soil to absorb the pure earth energy for growth.

Xilun took out the jade box, pried open the surrounding soil with the tip of his spear, and dug it out along with a small patch of brown soil below the roots.

As the sealing talisman landed, the herbal scent quickly dissipated.

The leaves of the second medicinal herb are grayish-white and shaped like a bent finger bone.

After Xilun saw it clearly, he paused slightly.

"Nether Bone Leaf".

The second main ingredient for Bone and Soul Elixir.

He had previously obtained the Bone Nether Grass in the Blackwater Abyss, but he was still missing the Nether Bone Leaf to match it.

Unexpectedly, a plant was growing in this medicinal garden.

With these two main ingredients, all that's needed is to gather the auxiliary ingredients, return to the monastery, and ask an alchemist to help you concoct the Bone and Nether Elixir.

This agent is extremely important for impacting the fourth stage.

Even if it cannot directly increase the probability of promotion, it can protect the bone marrow during the bone-repairing process, preventing irreparable damage when divine power first enters the bone.

A hint of joy appeared in Xilun's eyes.