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

He swung his sword down with a backhand motion, slashing directly at his own shadow.

The moment the black and gold sword light fell, Zhu Jiu hissed in the shadows.

The shadow beneath Shen Ye's feet was forcibly sliced ​​in half.

It's not about dividing it into two.

Instead, a gray-white crack appeared in the middle of the door.

A pale hand was reaching out from the crack in the door, its five fingers almost touching Shen Ye's heart.

The Blood Ancestor Priest's true form cracked open at the corner of his mouth.

"To sever one's own shadow?"

"Night King, you're ruthless."

Shen Ye ignored him.

The sword continued to press down.

The Nine-Nine Netherworld King's Mark lit up, forcibly separating Shen Ye's true form from the door's shadow.

The door seemed to struggle like a living thing, trying to stick back to Shen Ye's feet.

The Heavenly Punishment Eye on Jie Chen's forehead suddenly lit up.

The door-breaking seal was nailed to the center of the door seam.

The pale hand paused in motion.

Shen Ye's eyes turned cold.

"Sever."

Click!

The door was cleaved open by a single sword strike.

Before the pale hand could retract, it was sliced ​​across the wrist by the sword light.

Half a hand fell into a sea of ​​blood.

Jie Chen opened his mouth and swallowed it directly.

The system prompts an error.

[Sever the pull of the shadow gate.]

[Ancestral Blood Mark activation failed.]

[The dust of calamity devoured the remnant palm of the Blood Gate.]

[The Door-Breaking Lightning Seal is being strengthened.]

Shen Ye's feet swayed.

The shadow was severed, and the backlash was extremely severe.

He felt a tightness in his chest, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

Zhu Jiu also emerged halfway out of the shadow, a long crack appearing on its scales.

Shen Ye raised his hand and pressed down on its head.

Hang in there.

Zhu Jiu's vertical pupils were icy cold as he sank back into the shadows.

The Blood Ancestor Priest stared at Shen Ye, his voice low and deep.

"You can cut once."

"How many more times can I cut him?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the blood chains at the bottom of the altar lit up simultaneously.

Chains of blood sprang from the dried-up corpse, stabbing at Shen Ye like venomous snakes.

Shen Ye swung his sword and severed three roots.

The fourth one was burned off by Night Feather Netherfire.

The fifth one was shattered by the blood patterns from the Dragon Abyss Battle.

However, the sixth blood chain did not pierce Shen Ye.

Instead, it pierced deeper into the bottom of the altar.

There, there is a section of pure white root.

Shen Ye's eyes narrowed.

The root of the Soul-Suppressing King Lotus.

The Blood Ancestor Priest smiled.

"You saw it?"

"You thought the giant water lily only had half a petal left?"

"The lotus root is still there."

"But now, it belongs to the altar."

The pure white root was entangled by the blood chain, constantly drawing out clear light and sending it toward the gray-white doorway in mid-air.

Zhou Xuan's voice came from above:

"Shen Ye!"

"The door's shadow is still intensifying!"

Shen Ye looked up.

Above the altar, Qin Wuji and the others had already been forced back by the blood shadows of the gate.

Chu Jinglan knelt in the sea of ​​blood, and the light of Canghai Nilin grew dimmer and dimmer.

Li Xuance's Azure Lotus Sword Formation was crushed layer by layer.

Meng Qianqiu had three bloody marks on his body.

More than a dozen of Zhou Xuan's battle flags have been broken.

They can't hold out for long.

Shen Ye withdrew his gaze.

"Blood Glass".

Xue Li stood at the edge of the upper altar, gritting her teeth as she said:

"The lotus root must not be cut!"

"If we cut it down, the Soul-Suppressing King Lotus will be completely ruined."

Shen Ye said:

"How do I retrieve it?"

Xue Li looked at the blood chain.

"Cleanse the Blood Lock first."

"Break the sacrificial staff again."

"Finally, use the power of the Nine Netherworlds to support the root."

The Blood Ancestor Priest chuckled.

"Well said."

"But who will give you the time?"

The crack in the chest of the dried-up corpse suddenly opened.

A beam of grayish-white light shot towards Shen Ye.

Shen Ye parried with his sword.

boom!

He was forced to take a half step back by the light emanating from the door.

A sea of ​​blood exploded beneath their feet.

The system is beeping wildly.

The stability of the Second Blood Gate Altar has returned to normal.

Current stability: 64%.

The pollution of the Soul-Suppressing King Lotus's roots has worsened.

[Warning: In thirty breaths, the lotus root will be completely consumed by the altar.]

Thirty breaths.

Shen Ye looked up.

That's enough.

He stepped toward the dried-up corpse.

The Blood Ancestor Priest himself sneered.

"Enough for you to die."

The blood chain resumes.

Shen Ye did not block them all.

He let the two blood chains pierce his shoulders, using the momentum to get closer.

Night Feather Black Sun Netherfire burned toward the sacrificial staff.

The Blood Ancestor Priest immediately raised his hand, intending to retract his staff.

Long Yuan burst out of the Beast Taming Space, pressing his hands against the sacrificial staff.

"roar!"

The fighting king's blood erupts.

The sacrificial staff was forcibly pressed into place.

The Blood Ancestor Priest's expression finally changed.

"Merely taming beasts..."

Jie Chen struck him in the chest with a lightning strike that shattered the door.

The door jolted open.

Seizing the moment, Shen Ye raised his hand and pressed it against the blood lock on the lotus root.

"Candle Nine".

The Nine Netherworld Soul Cleansing Descends.

The deep blue light gradually washed into the lotus root along the blood lock.

The pure white roots trembled.

The blood on the blood lock began to fade.

The blood ancestor priest said angrily:

"You dare steal the sacrificial offerings!"

Shen Ye remained silent.

With a flick of the sword's edge.

The first blood lock broke.

The second one.

The third one.

The lotus root shone with a clear light.

The gray-white doorway of the altar above was noticeably darker.

Xue Li said urgently:

"The sacrificial staff!"

Shen Ye turned around.

The sacrificial staff was still stuck in the chest of the Blood Ancestor Priest.

Longyuan pressed it down hard, but the door patterns on the sacrificial staff caused his arms to crack.

Shen Ye took a step forward.

The Blood Ancestor Priest suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a black door talisman.

The door charm was not used to attack Shen Ye.

Instead, it was aimed at Zhou Xuan's array plate.

Zhou Xuan's expression changed.

"not good!"

Once the array plate shatters, everyone above will be immediately pressed down by the shadow of the door.

Shen Ye's eyes turned cold.

He flicked his left hand.

The black box flew out.

Lu Chenzhou's life tablet lit up with a blue light and struck the black door talisman.

boom!

The door charm exploded.

The black box flew back, and the light of the life tablet dimmed for a moment.

Shen Ye caught the black box, his voice low.

Thanks.

In the life tablet, Lu Chenzhou's remnant soul only replied with two words.

"Quickly strike."

Shen Ye put the black box back into his pocket.

Then grip the sword with both hands.

This sword strike will not hold back any longer.

The Beast King's Contract lit up.

The essence of the four beasts, Ye Yu, Zhu Jiu, Long Yuan, and Jie Chen, was simultaneously pressed into the sword's edge.

The Blood Ancestor Priest's expression changed.

"If you use that sword again, the ancestral blood mark will be completely absorbed into your blood!"

Shen Ye said:

"Then I'll kill you first."

The sword light fell.

The wraith fire burns the sacrificial staff.

The shadowy door pattern.

Bloodshed and corpses shattered.

The lightning strike severed the source of blood.

boom!

The sacrificial staff was severed in two by a single sword strike.

The Blood Ancestor Priest's chest exploded.

The second Blood Gate altar trembled violently.

The gray-white peephole above suddenly contracted.

A system notification sounded.

The Blood Priestess herself was severely injured.

The stability of the Second Blood Gate Altar has decreased to 31%.

[The roots of the Soul-Suppressing Lotus have been contaminated and interrupted.]

Shen Ye did not stop.

He reached out and grabbed the section of the pure white lotus root.

The lotus root feels cool to the touch.

A surge of calming light flowed into his palm, instantly quieting his mind, which had been shaken by the blood gate.

[Obtained the Lotus Root of the Soul-Suppressing King.]

[Can be combined with the remaining petals to replenish the materials needed for Lu Chenzhou's Soul Return.]

The Blood Ancestor Priest's body was half-shattered, but he was not dead yet.

He stared at Shen Ye, then suddenly smiled.

"The Night King"

"You stole the lotus root."

"But you forgot one thing."

Shen Ye's eyes narrowed.

The Blood Ancestor Priest's broken hand suddenly pressed against the last gate mark on his chest.

"The altar doesn't necessarily have to be opened."

"It can also be blown up."

Xue Li's expression changed drastically.

"retreat!"

It's too late.

All the gate markings on the Second Blood Gate Altar reverse simultaneously.

The entire underground sea of ​​blood began to collapse toward the center of the altar.

Zhou Xuan roared:

"He's going to unleash a sea of ​​blood!"

Shen Ye looked up at the crowd above.

Let's look at the Blood Ancestor Priest's true form.

He stuffed the lotus root and half a lotus petal into the black box, and raised his hand to press down on Jie Chen.

"Thunder Seal that Breaks Through the Door"

The Heavenly Punishment Eye on Jie Chen's forehead shone so brightly it was blinding.

Grayish-white lightning marks appeared.

Shen Ye pressed the Thunder Seal onto the sword's edge.

"The final strike."

The Blood Ancestor Priest himself sneered.

"If you kill me, even a sea of ​​blood will explode."

Shen Ye took a step forward.

"Who said I'd kill you?"

The sword light bypassed the Blood Ancestor Priest's main body.

Cut straight into the inverted gate pattern at the deepest part of the altar.

Click!

The reverse door pattern is broken in half.

The collapse of the sea of ​​blood suddenly stopped.

But half of the gate pattern has already sunk into the deeper blood sea veins.

The laughter of the Blood Ancestor Priest emanated from his shattered corpse.

"It's too late."

"The Night King"

"The sea of ​​blood beneath Blood King City will bury you all for me."

A deafening roar echoed from the depths of the sea of ​​blood.

The entire altar began to sink.

Xue Li's face turned deathly pale.

"The exits are blocked!"

Shen Ye looked up.

Above the sea of ​​blood, the branch of the blood river from which we came has disappeared.

All around, there was blood and broken bones from the collapse.

Just then.

The Canghai Nilin in Chu Jinglan's hand suddenly lit up again.

A faint trace of lingering regret emanated from the reverse scale.

There is an underground sea.

"Where there is sea, there is a way."

Chu Jinglan suddenly looked up.

Shen Ye also looked at him.

Chu Jinglan gripped the halberd tightly, his eyes gradually brightening.

"I understand what our ancestor meant."

He stepped into the churning sea of ​​blood.

The phantom of the Azure Ocean Demon Whale appeared behind him.

This time, it's not about suppressing a sea of ​​blood.

Instead, it calls upon the true water vein beneath the sea of ​​blood.

Chu Jinglan said in a low voice:

"A sea of ​​blood is still a sea."

"Then listen to me this once."

boom!

For the first time, the ancient water veins beneath Blood King City, which had been dormant for many years, responded to him.