Starting with SSS-rank talent, I contracted the Forbidden Ferocity.

We've arrived at the Blood River Ancestral Pool.

At the end of the crimson bridge, a massive blood gate stood in the void.

The gate is a hundred feet high.

There are no runes on the door.

Instead, they were solidified blood vessels.

Every blood vessel is pulsating slowly, as if the door itself were alive.

thump.

thump.

thump.

An ancient heartbeat came from behind the door.

The Myriad Beasts Divine Mark on Shen Ye's chest began to heat up slightly.

Jie Chen rested on his shoulder, while Tianfa Jie's eyes were half-open, their gray-white lightning fixed on the depths of the Blood Gate.

Xue Qianqiu stopped in front of the door, turned around and smiled:

"The Night King"

"please."

Shen Ye did not move.

He looked at both sides of the blood gate.

Three blood-red phantoms stood there.

Not a living person.

Rather, it is the guardian will of the ancestral pool left behind by the vampire royal court.

Each one exuded the aura of a peak sixth-tier cultivator.

If it weren't for the rules of the ancient battle monuments suppressing him, any one of them could have attacked Shen Ye.

Xue Qianqiu said gently:

"take it easy."

"They won't kill you."

"The rules of Zuchi are that we only test blood, we don't kill guests."

Shen Ye said:

"How do you test it?"

Xue Qianqiu raised his blood-red wooden staff and pointed it at a blood-red stone cup in front of the door.

"Those who enter the Ancestral Pool must first shed a drop of blood."

"The blood has been recognized by the ancestral pool, the door opens."

"I don't agree..."

He smiled.

"If you don't agree, Zuchi will return your blood."

If Qin Wuji were here, he would definitely curse.

The term "blood repayment" used by vampires is never a compliment.

Shen Ye looked at the blood-red stone cup.

The stone cup was empty.

But at the bottom of the cup, there is a closed, bloodshot eye.

That thing isn't a blood test.

It is recording blood.

The Blood River Saint said this before he died.

The door has already memorized Shen Ye's blood.

Now the vampires are making him bleed again.

I just want Zuchi to remember this again.

Once the Blood Gate coordinates and the Ancestral Pool's blood essence lock him in at the same time, Shen Ye could be chased by the vampires wherever he goes.

Xue Qianqiu looked at Shen Ye, who remained motionless, and sighed softly:

"If the Night King is afraid, he may choose not to enter."

"But Lu Chenzhou's remaining half-soul probably won't last much longer."

The black box trembled slightly.

Inside, half of the life tablet glowed with a faint blue light.

Shen Ye raised his hand and pressed down on the black box.

"Afraid?"

He looked at Xue Qianqiu.

"Is this the only word you vampires can say?"

Xue Qianqiu's eyes were slightly cold.

Shen Ye walked to the stone cup.

The three guardian spirits opened their eyes simultaneously.

The blood vessels on the blood vessels also lit up.

Shen Ye raised his right hand.

The fingertips split open.

A drop of Black Gold King's blood condensed.

A hint of greed surfaced deep in Xue Qianqiu's eyes.

But the next instant, the night feather on Shen Ye's left shoulder suddenly flapped its wings.

The black sun and ghostly fire landed on the outer layer of that drop of royal blood.

Zhu Jiu emerged from the shadows, the power of the Nine Netherworlds enveloping the bottom of his blood.

The fighting king's blood pressure from Longyuan entered it.

The Heavenly Punishment of Calamity descended, and gray-white lightning completely sealed off the center of the blood droplet.

At last.

The Beast King Contract on Shen Ye's chest lit up.

That drop of black gold royal blood was enveloped by the power of the four beasts and formed into a small beast-patterned blood seal.

Shen Ye flicked his finger.

The bloodstain fell into the stone cup.

hum!

The bloodshot eye at the bottom of the stone cup suddenly opened.

It wanted to swallow that drop of blood.

But the moment it touched it, the Black Sun Netherfire ignited on it.

The bloodshot eyes emitted a sharp hiss.

The Nine Netherworld Shadows pinned its pupils.

The divine lightning struck his eyes.

The blood-stained patterns from the battle forcefully pushed open the stone cup.

The wills of the three gatekeepers trembled simultaneously.

Xue Qianqiu's expression finally changed.

"What did you do?"

Shen Ye said:

"blood test."

"It's not blood feeding."

Click.

A crack appeared in the stone cup.

The black-gold beast-patterned blood seal was not remembered by the ancestral pool, but instead left a mark belonging to Shen Ye in the stone cup.

A system notification sounded.

[The blood test at the ancestral pool is complete.]

[The host's bloodline coordinates have not been revealed.]

[The Beast King's Contract has successfully de-marked the target.]

[Access to the outer pool of the ancestral pool has been granted.]

The Blood Gate burst open with a roar.

Behind the door lay an endless expanse of blood-red world.

A river of blood hangs upside down.

Blood mist covered the ground.

In the distance, there are one blood-red pool after another, like eyes opening on the earth.

Deep inside, one can vaguely see a dark pool of blood.

There is the aura of the Netherworld there.

Zhu Jiu's vertical pupils lit up instantly.

Blood of the King of the Nine Netherworlds.

It's right inside.

Xue Qianqiu's expression returned to calm, but his eyes had become much colder.

"The Night King has some impressive methods."

Shen Ye glanced at him.

Are you still leaving?

Xue Qianqiu laughed:

"certainly."

"As the guide, I will naturally lead you to the outer pool."

He stepped into the Blood Gate.

Shen Ye then entered.

As soon as I stepped across the threshold, the world around me suddenly seemed to sink.

The stench of blood is not overwhelming.

Instead, it burrows directly into the bone.

The Myriad Beasts Divine Pattern within Shen Ye's body trembled slightly, blocking the bloody aura from entering his meridians.

Night Feather Cries Coldly.

Candlelight enters the shadow.

Long Yuan opened his eyes in the Beast Taming Space.

Jie Chen stared at the deepest part of the ancestral pool, his Heavenly Punishment Eye flashing incessantly on his forehead.

There's something there.

It shares the same origin as the Blood Gate Severed Palm.

Xue Qianqiu walked ahead, his voice slowly rising:

"The Blood River Ancestral Pool is divided into three levels."

"Outer pool, wash away the blood."

"The central pool nourishes the soul."

"Inner Pool, Hidden Ancestor."

"The blood of the Nine Nether King that you seek is in the Central Pool."

"The blood lock on Lu Chenzhou's remnant soul can only be cleansed in the central pool."

Shen Ye said:

"How do I get into the middle pool?"

Xue Qianqiu stopped in his tracks.

A river of blood appeared ahead.

There is no bridge over the river.

Countless white bones floated in the river.

On the chest of each skeleton is engraved a name.

Xue Qianqiu pointed at the Blood River and smiled:

"Get through it."

"The Blood River does not stop the vampires."

"But it will block the human race."

"If the Night King wishes to enter the Middle Pool, he must first gain the recognition of the Outer Pool."

Shen Ye looked at the Blood River.

In the river, streaks of blood slowly rose to the surface.

There are blood beasts.

It possesses a blood soul.

There were also some mutilated corpses wearing human armor.

Their eyes were vacant, and their bodies were covered in ancestral pool blood patterns.

Xue Qianqiu said:

"These are all people who failed to break into the Ancestral Pool before."

"If you fail, you'll stay here too."

Shen Ye remained silent.

He stepped into the river of blood.

boom!

The entire outer pool of blood river instantly erupted into chaos.

Countless blood-red figures rushed in at the same time.

Xue Qianqiu stood on the shore, his smile gentle.

"The Night King"

"The first rule of the outer pool".

"Those who enter the river must not fly through the air."

"We can only take it one step at a time."

Before he could finish speaking...

A blood-red behemoth had already pounced on Shen Ye.

Shen Ye raised his hand.

One sword.

The blood beast split in two on the spot.

But the next moment, the blood river surged, and the blood beast actually reformed.

Xue Qianqiu said:

"I forgot to mention."

"Outer Pool Blood Shadow, Immortal."

"unless……"

Shen Ye didn't let him finish speaking.

Night Feathers flapped their wings.

The black sun and ghostly fire fell into the river of blood.

It's not the Burning Blood Shadow.

It is the bloodstains on the surface of the Burning River.

The Nine-Nine Candles spread out of the Netherworld, directly locking in the shadow of Blood Shadow's rebirth.

Jie Chen opened his mouth and inhaled, swallowing the blood thunder and resentment from the blood river.

Long Yuan took a step forward and slammed his arms into the river of blood.

boom!

The entire river of blood was smashed and its flow was interrupted in an instant.

Those blood-red figures that were about to reunite all froze.

Shen Ye drew his sword and moved forward.

step.

One cut.

With each step, the river of blood split open by ten feet.

The smile on Xue Qianqiu's face gradually faded.

He suddenly realized that the outer pool was indeed blocking the human race.

But they couldn't stop Shen Ye.

Because Shen Ye didn't cross the river using the rules of the vampire clan.

He is dismantling the rules.

In the middle of the blood river, a human corpse suddenly raised its head.

The words "Chen Beiwang" were engraved on its chest.

Shen Ye paused in his steps.

It wasn't just Chen Beiwang.

Zhao Hanchuan.

Gu Shanhe.

Xu Zhao.

The names of the remnant souls he had released in the Blood River Burial Map also surfaced in the depths of the outer pool.

Xue Qianqiu's voice rang out:

"The Night King"

"You think smashing the tombstones really sends them on their way?"

"The Ancestral Pool of the Vampires has collected their blood."

"Their names are still here."

Shen Ye's eyes turned cold.

Xue Qianqiu continued:

"You can cross the river."

"It can also save a name."

"But if you save them, Lu Chenzhou will have to wait longer."

"If you don't save them, they will remain in the outer pool forever."

On the River of Blood, the names of the fallen lit up one by one.

Like countless silent eyes, they were watching Shen Ye.

Xue Qianqiu laughed.

"The Night King"

"What will you choose this time?"

Shen Ye raised his sword.

"You vampires really enjoy having people choose you."

Xue Qianqiu squinted.

Shen Ye slashed into the blood river with his sword.

The Beast King's Contract lit up.

The black and gold beast patterns spread along the sword light, lifting those remaining names one by one from the river of blood.

"Then I'll say it too."

"I want them all."

The River of Blood erupted in a violent uproar.

From the depths of the outer pool, an ancient and cold will resounded.

[The Night King of the Human Race.]

Greed will lead to ruin.

Shen Ye looked up and gazed into the depths of the ancestral pool.

"Then give it a try."

next moment.

The outer pool of blood river completely reversed.

Countless blood-stained names rose from the riverbed.

At the end of the Blood River, the Gate of the Central Pool slowly opened.

Behind the door, a drop of royal blood, so dark blue it was almost black, hung in mid-air.

Zhu Jiu suddenly looked up from Shen Yeying.

The blood of the King of the Nine Netherworlds has appeared in the world.