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

"They are not yours either."

Shen Ye stepped into the middle pool.

The blood river beneath their feet instantly changed color.

The blood in the outer pool was murky.

There is resentment.

There is a remnant soul.

It has a rotten, bloody smell.

The blood in the middle pool, however, was very still.

It was as quiet as a deep red mirror.

As soon as Shen Ye stepped inside, his reflection appeared in the mirror.

In the reflection, Ye Yu was not behind him.

There is no Candle Nine.

There is no Longyuan.

There was no calamity.

He was the only one standing in the middle of the blood.

Xue Li stood opposite, with the Nine Nether King's blood suspended above her palm.

Her voice was cold.

"The first rule of Zhongchi".

"To see one's true self."

"All external forces are illusory."

The words fell.

Shen Ye felt a weight lift from his shoulder.

Yoru's aura was separated by Nakaike Kagami's blood.

The shadow of Zhu Jiu was pressed into the soles of his feet.

The battle blood patterns of Longyuan have fallen silent.

Jie Chen's Heavenly Punishment Eye was also covered by a layer of blood-red mirror light.

It didn't disappear.

It was partitioned off.

Xue Li looked at Shen Ye.

"You were able to save Ming in the outer pool because you had four tamed beasts to share the burden with you."

"Once you reach Zhongchi, you'll have to rely on yourself."

Shen Ye raised his hand.

The myriad beast divine patterns glowed faintly, but seemed to be suppressed by the surface of water, unable to fully unfold.

A system notification sounded.

[Enter the middle pool rules area.]

[Beast Taming Appearance is Restricted.]

[The efficiency of using the Myriad Beasts Divine Rune has decreased.]

[Note: The rules for the Middle Pool apply to Beastmasters.]

Shen Ye looked at Xue Li.

"Prepared especially for me?"

Xue Li said:

"You rely too much on beast taming."

Shen Ye smiled.

"Do you have some misunderstanding about beast tamers?"

Xue Li's eyes were slightly cold.

Shen Ye gripped his sword.

"They are my beasts."

"It's not my crutch."

Xue Li raised her hand.

The blood of the Nine Netherworld King spun in her palm.

Beneath the blood in the central pool, a dark blood serpent slowly emerged.

The blood snake had nine shadows on its back and dark blue pupils, and its aura was very similar to that of Zhu Jiu.

Xue Li said:

"This drop of Nine Nether King's blood was originally prepared by the Blood Clan Royal Court for the Ancestral Pool Nether Serpent."

"Your snake wants it."

"First, we must prove who is worthy to inherit the royal bloodline."

Her fingers fell.

The dark, blood-red serpent lunged forward.

Extremely fast.

In an instant, it circled behind Shen Ye and opened its mouth to bite his shadow.

Zhu Jiu let out a low growl from the shadows.

But the rules of the middle pool suppress it, preventing it from fully manifesting itself.

Shen Ye did not turn around.

He stepped down.

Black and gold blood patterns spread from his feet, directly shaking off the dark blood snake.

"come out."

Xue Li frowned.

"Under the rules of the middle pool, it cannot get out."

Shen Ye said:

"I didn't call it that."

The words fell.

The shadow behind Shen Ye suddenly split into nine.

It is not the external manifestation of Candle Nine.

Instead, it was the mark of the Nine Netherworld Burial Shadow, which emerged from Shen Ye's own Myriad Beasts Divine Pattern.

Xue Li's expression changed.

"You've inscribed your beast-taming abilities into your divine runes?"

Shen Ye said:

"I just learned it."

The Beast King's Contract lit up.

After his second awakening, Shen Ye no longer merely borrowed the power of beast taming.

He can briefly inscribe the essence of contracted beasts into his own body.

The pressure in the middle pool is externally apparent.

But it cannot suppress the essence of the contract.

Nine shadows simultaneously emerged, entangling the dark blood serpent.

The dark, blood-red snake struggled frantically.

Xue Li snorted coldly and pointed a finger.

Blood surged in the central pool.

A second dark, blood-red snake appeared.

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In the blink of an eye, nine dark, blood-red snakes appeared simultaneously.

They are not ordinary blood beasts.

Within each one, there is a wisp of the Nine Nether King's blood.

Nine blood snakes swam simultaneously, turning the entire central pool into a dark snake nest.

Xue Li said:

"You can carve one."

"Can you carve nine lines?"

Shen Ye did not answer.

Because the nine blood snakes have already arrived.

The first one bit his throat.

The second one wrapped around his arms.

The third one burrowed into the shadow.

The fourth one goes straight to the spiritual sea.

The remaining five snakes weaved through the blood mirror, their attack trajectories extremely unpredictable.

Shen Ye closed his eyes.

The central pond reflects the true soul.

Then you don't need to use your eyes to see.

He heard the flow of blood.

I heard the sound of nine blood snakes moving under the mirror.

They also heard Zhu Jiu's suppressed growl from the shadows.

Shen Ye spoke:

"Candle Nine".

"Look carefully."

The vertical pupils of Zhu Jiu in the shadow suddenly lit up.

Although it cannot be displayed externally, it can be seen.

Judging from Shen Ye's divine markings...

See through Shen Ye's blood.

See through Shen Ye's shadow.

The next moment, Shen Ye moved.

The first sword strike severed the blood snake at the throat.

The second sword strike, Shadow Wrapping on the severed arm.

The third sword strike pierced the blood mirror beneath his feet.

Click!

The third blood snake hidden under the mirror was pinned down.

Shen Ye turned around, grabbed the head of the fourth blood snake with his left hand, and let its soul poison pierce into his spiritual sea.

The Soul-Suppressing Wall trembled.

He remained expressionless, and with a burst of black sun flames in his palm, he shattered it.

Xue Li's eyes grew colder and colder.

"Your injury hasn't healed yet."

"It won't last long."

Shen Ye said:

"Enough to kill you."

Xue Li charged forward on her own initiative for the first time.

A blood-red longsword materialized in her hand.

The blade is as smooth as a mirror.

The blade was dark and shadowy.

She is not a pure sorcerer.

Rather, he is the guardian of the ancestral pool of the vampire royal court, possessing extremely strong bloodline, combat skills, and soul techniques.

The knife fell.

Within the blood-red pool, nine afterimages of blood snakes moved simultaneously with the blade.

Shen Ye parried with his sword.

clang!

The mirror beneath his feet shattered.

He took three steps back.

Blood Glass's second strike has arrived.

The third cut.

The fourth cut.

The knife pressed against his wound.

She was very accurate in her judgment.

The sword wound on Shen Ye's chest, left at the Night-Slaying Platform, has not yet fully healed.

With each collision, the wound reopens.

Fresh blood dripped into the middle pool.

Nakaike Kagami immediately wanted to swallow the blood.

But Shen Ye's Beast King Contract appeared, forcefully locking his blood back in.

Xue Li frowned.

"Your blood is such a hassle."

Shen Ye looked up.

"Your knife is good."

Xue Li said coldly:

"Praising me won't help."

Shen Ye said:

"I mean..."

"It should make a sound when it breaks."

Xue Li's eyes turned cold.

She slashed down with her sword.

Shen Ye did not take the hit head-on.

His figure suddenly sank into the blood-red reflection in the mirror.

Xue Li's pupils contracted.

"How could you use Nakaike Mirror Release?"

Shen Ye's voice sounded from behind her.

"You'll learn a little bit after watching it once."

The Nine Netherworld Burial Shadows of Zhu Jiu.

Add the blood from the middle pool.

Shen Ye indeed cannot completely control Zhongchi like the vampires.

But a fleeting moment is enough to capture the essence of a scene.

He slashed at Xue Li from behind with his sword.

Blood Glass wields a backhand horizontal slash.

clang!

Swords clashed.

The next moment, nine shadows rose up simultaneously beneath Shen Ye's feet.

It's not about attacking Xue Li.

Instead, they attacked the nine dark, blood-red serpents.

Nine Netherworld Burial Shadows, each locking the shadow core of one of the nine snakes.

Shen Ye looked at Xue Li.

"Who says I can only carve one line?"

The nine snakes froze simultaneously.

In the shadows, Zhu Jiu let out a low hiss.

It is learning.

Learn the flow pattern of the blood of the Nine Nether King.

Learn the kingly nature of the nine dark, blood-red serpents.

Learn how to nourish the soul, cleanse the blood, and reflect one's image in the Zhongchi Pool.

Xue Li finally understood.

Shen Ye's intention from the beginning was not simply to win against her.

He was using her to feed Zhu Jiu.

Xue Li's eyes were icy cold.

"You're using me as a whetstone?"

Shen Ye said:

"It's blood."

"I can't sharpen the knife."

Xue Li's blood-red blade trembled violently.

Deep within the pool, the drop of blood from the King of the Nine Netherworlds suddenly lit up.

The nine blood snakes stopped struggling.

Instead, it deliberately exploded, transforming into nine dark blue blood-red beams that all surged toward Xue Li.

Her aura began to surge.

Peak of the fifth tier.

Half a step to the sixth level.

It is infinitely close to the sixth order.

Xue Qianqiu stood outside the Zhongchi Gate, his eyes slightly brightening.

"Princess Xue Li is getting serious."

Shen Ye observed the change in her aura but did not retreat.

Blood Glass hovered above the central pool, and the ancestral pool mark between its brows lit up completely.

"The Night King"

"Second rule of the middle pond".

"The one who guards the ancestral pool can borrow half a breath of the king's blood."

She raised her hand.

The blood of the King of the Nine Netherworlds fell on her brow.

The next moment, her eyes turned a deep blue.

A truly regal aura filled the central pool.

Zhu Jiu suddenly looked up from the shadows.

There was no fear in its vertical pupils.

Only longing.

Xue Li said coldly:

"Now."

"Let your snakes see what the blood of the Nine Nether King is."

She slashed down with her sword.

The blood vessel in the central pool was cut open.

The dark blue blade light was like a chasm from the depths of the netherworld, directly slashing at Shen Ye's soul.

Shen Ye did not use the "All Beasts Return to One" technique.

He simply raised his hand and pressed it against his own shadow.

"Candle Nine".

"Come out to eat."

In the shadows, Zhu Jiu's vertical pupils suddenly ignited with eerie blue flames.

The middle pool rules are being aggressively suppressed.

But Shen Ye's Beast King Contract on his chest lit up at the same time.

He used his own soul to create a crack for Zhu Jiu.

Zhu Jiu peeked half his head out from the shadows.

Open your mouth.

He bit down on the dark blue blade.

Xue Li's expression changed drastically.

"It dares to devour the King's Blood Blade Intent?"

Shen Ye raised his sword to block the blade's momentum.

The voice was calm.

"It has always had a good appetite."

Click.

A piece of the dark blue blade was bitten off by Zhu Jiu.

next moment.

The Netherworld behind Zhu Jiu expanded dramatically.

Deep within the pool, the drop of true Nine Nether King's blood suddenly detached from Xue Li's brow and flew towards Zhu Jiu.

This was the first time Xue Li had lost her composure.

"impossible!"

Shen Ye took a step forward.

"Who will it choose?"

"It's not up to you."