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

"I'll kill you."

"The road was then opened."

Shen Ye stepped into the dark river.

The dark red river water was above ankle level.

The stench of decay and blood assaulted my senses.

Xue Ming stood opposite him, holding a withered blood lotus in his hand, his eyes cold and sinister.

"The Blood River Saint Son died at your hands, and it was not unjust."

"Unfortunately, you are not at your peak condition on the Night-Slaying Platform right now."

"Your injury hasn't healed yet."

"The divine runes are unstable."

"And he's dragging along a bunch of burdens."

Qin Wuji's face darkened.

"Who is he calling a burden?"

Meng Qianqiu smiled and said:

"It shouldn't be me."

Li Xuance looked at the blood corpse formation.

"Stop arguing."

"The corpse formation has moved."

On both sides of the underground river, hundreds of blood-soaked corpses simultaneously raised their heads.

The withered lotus marks on their chests lit up.

The Soul-Suppressing King Lotus was meant to suppress souls.

However, after withering, it is refined by Xue Ming into the core of the corpse array, which can lock the lingering thoughts of the corpses, making them unaware of pain and unafraid of death.

Xue Li whispered:

"Blood Darkness is more troublesome than Blood River Saint Son."

"The Blood River Saint Son likes to overpower people head-on."

"Blood Demon is skilled at using corpses to wear down enemies."

Zhou Xuan's array plate lit up.

"We can't linger here."

The outer city blockade is closing in.

Shen Ye looked at Xue Ming.

"Therefore, kill them quickly."

Xue Ming sneered.

"Kill me quickly?"

The withered lotus in his hand spun.

Hundreds of blood-soaked corpses lunged out at the same time.

The first wave of blood-soaked corpses rushed towards Shen Ye.

The second group circled around Xue Li and Zhou Xuan.

The third wave headed directly towards the underground river's exit, aiming to block their escape route.

It is clear.

Blood Demon's purpose is not only to kill.

It will take even longer.

Qin Wuji unleashed a burst of lightning.

"Leave the exit to me!"

The phantom of Emperor Lei Zupeng rushed towards the third batch of blood corpses.

Li Xuance and Meng Qianqiu separated to the left and right, their swords flashing as they cleared the flanks.

Chu Jinglan was still recovering, his face pale, but the Canghai Domain was still spreading out, suppressing the power of the underground river.

Zhou Xuan led Xue Li back half a step, and the array flags fell to protect the center line.

Shen Ye charged straight at Xue Ming.

Blood-soaked corpses blocked the way.

He did not waste the sword.

Night Feather, Black Sun, and Netherfire descended first.

The bloodstains on the blood corpse were burned off, but the withered lotus mark on its chest did not immediately shatter.

Shen Ye's eyes flickered slightly.

"The aura of the Soul-Suppressing King Lotus."

Xue Ming laughed:

"good."

"The remaining petals and lotus roots in your hands can save Lu Chenzhou."

"But my withered lotus corpse array will ensure he never wakes up again."

He raised his hand and pressed down.

Dozens of blood-soaked corpses suddenly opened their mouths at the same time.

A series of soul-suppressing echoes erupted from the corpse array.

The black box shook violently.

Inside, the blue light on Lu Chenzhou's life tablet dimmed.

Lu Qingshan is not here.

But Shen Ye's eyes instantly turned cold.

"You're asking for it."

He raised his hand and pressed down on the black box.

Zhu Jiu emerged from the shadows.

Having just obtained the blood of the Nine Nether King, its vertical pupils were a deep blue. As soon as the Nine Netherworld opened, it directly enveloped the black box.

The Nine Netherworld Soul Cleansing Descends.

The reverberation of the Soul-Suppressing Sound was forcibly separated.

Xue Ming's eyes narrowed.

"The blood of the King of the Nine Netherworlds?"

"Xue Li, you even let him take this?"

Xue Li said coldly:

"Wang Xue chose it himself."

Blood Demon's eyes flashed with even stronger killing intent.

"traitor."

The withered lotus flower in his hand cracked open.

Deep within the underground river, three unusual blood corpses slowly rose to the surface.

These three blood corpses were all at the early stage of the sixth rank.

A figure holding an axe.

A suit of armor.

Both arms were covered with blood-red bone spurs.

Xue Li's expression changed slightly.

"The Three Corpse Guards of Blood Demon."

"In their previous lives, they were all sixth-order sin slaves, whom he transformed into corpse guards."

Shen Ye said:

"Your corpse-blocking formation."

"Blood and darkness belong to me."

Qin Wuji shouted:

"You're fighting a peak sixth-tier enemy and three sixth-tier corpse guards all by yourself?"

Shen Ye had already rushed out.

"Um."

Qin Wuji clicked his tongue.

"That sounds unreasonable."

Xue Ming raised his hand.

The three Corpse Guards attacked Shen Ye simultaneously.

The axe-wielding corpse guard swung down at his head.

Shen Ye sidestepped.

The axe flashed into the underground river, sending up a spray of blood dozens of feet high.

The armored corpse guards charged head-on.

Long Yuan stepped out of the Beast Taming Space, and the phantom of the Fighting King Ape punched the armored corpse guard in the chest.

boom!

Longyuan took half a step back.

The armored corpse guards were also forced back half a step.

The third bone-spiked corpse guard flashed, its bone spikes aimed straight for Shen Ye's back.

The shadow of the nine-nine-year-old candle, buried in the dark, pinned down its own shadow.

Night Feather Black Sun Netherfire fell.

Black smoke billowed from the Bone Spike Corpse Guard.

But none of the three Corpse Guardians felt pain.

They paused only for a moment before surrounding them again.

Xue Ming stood at the back and said coldly:

"The Night King"

"You can't even get past my corpse guards."

Shen Ye did not reply.

He's watching.

The actions of the Three Corpse Guards are not entirely independent.

When the withered lotus mark on their chests lights up, a strand of soul thread connects to the withered lotus in Xue Ming's hand.

Blood Demon uses withered lotus to control corpses.

Then we don't need to fight them one by one.

Shen Ye raised his hand.

"Dust of Calamity".

Jie Chen opened the Heavenly Punishment Eye on his forehead.

The lightning seal flew out as the door was broken open.

This time, the Corpse Guards were not attacked.

Instead, it fell into the withered lotus in Xue Ming's hand.

Xue Ming's eyes changed slightly, and he immediately stopped.

The withered lotus vanished into the blood mist.

The Thunder Seal that can break down doors is not a normal attack.

It marks the intersection of the door pattern, blood pattern, and soul pattern.

Just as the withered lotus disappeared into the blood mist, the gray-white lightning gave chase.

boom!

The withered lotus was struck by the lightning seal, leaving a slight crack.

The three bodyguards froze simultaneously.

Shen Ye seized the opportunity and closed in instantly.

The black and gold short sword slashed towards Xue Ming's wrist.

Xue Ming reacted extremely quickly, his body transforming into a blood shadow as he retreated.

The sword light only severed a section of the sleeve.

Xue Ming's face was gloomy.

"Heavenly Punishment and Beast Taming, indeed troublesome."

Shen Ye said:

"Just troublesome?"

The second Thunder Seal of Tribulation Dust has been formed.

Xue Ming dared not be so arrogant anymore.

He opened his mouth and spat out a drop of his heart's blood, which landed on the withered lotus.

The cracks in the withered lotus were instantly repaired.

The aura emanating from the Three Corpse Guards surged dramatically.

At the same time, the ordinary blood corpses around them also began to burn.

Xue Li said urgently:

"He's sacrificing corpses in a formation!"

"Retreat now!"

But Shen Ye did not back down.

The sacrifice of corpses indicates that Xue Ming is desperate.

If you're in a hurry, you'll reveal your true colors.

He stepped into the encirclement of the Three Corpse Guards.

The axe-wielding corpse guard slashed down.

Shen Ye's left shoulder was grazed by the axe's light, and his flesh was torn open.

Armored corpse guards charged in.

Longyuan held firm.

The bone-spiked corpse guard stabbed towards Shen Ye's abdomen.

Candlelight locks the shadows, night feathers burn and pierce.

Despite being surrounded by the three Corpse Guards, Shen Ye managed to force a gap through them.

Blood Dark's pupils contracted.

"Are you crazy?"

Shen Ye was already in front of him.

"You already said that."

The sword light fell.

The withered lotus in Xue Ming's hand was slashed by a sword.

Click!

The withered lotus has split open more than halfway.

The three Corpse Guards simultaneously let out low growls, their movements becoming uncontrollable.

The surrounding array of corpses also instantly scattered.

Xue Ming retreated, his face turning grim for the first time.

"The Night King!"

Shen Ye raised his hand.

The third door-breaking lightning seal fell.

The withered lotus was pinned to mid-air by the heavenly tribulation lightning.

Blood can be gathered up, but it cannot be taken back.

Shen Ye gripped the sword with both hands.

Night Feather Netherfire burns lotus leaves.

The nine candles wash away the soul, severing the lotus heart.

The blood-red patterns of the Dragon Abyss battle suppressed the corpse formation and launched a counterattack.

The Heavenly Punishment of Calamity and the Thunder Seal lock the Blood Nether Soul Line.

The sword flashed down.

boom!

The withered lotus shattered completely.

Hundreds of blood-soaked corpses froze simultaneously.

The withered lotus marks on the chests of the three sixth-tier corpse guards also collapsed.

Xue Ming suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

Shen Ye gave him no chance to catch his breath.

He pierced through the fragments of withered lotus, his sword aimed straight at Xue Ming's heart.

Xue Ming's face turned sinister, and he suddenly raised his hand to grab his own chest.

Xue Li's expression changed.

"Be careful!"

Xue Ming actually pulled out a blood-red lotus seed from his chest.

Inside the lotus seed lies half a withered soul of the Soul-Suppressing King Lotus.

"Shen Ye."

"You want to save Lu Chenzhou?"

"Then let's see if you dare to sever this half-wisp of lotus soul!"

He held the blood-red lotus seeds in front of him.

Shen Ye paused for a moment.

Xue Ming laughed.

But the next moment, his smile froze.

Because Zhu Jiu's Nine Netherworld Cleansing had silently landed on the lotus seed.

The half-wisp of withered lotus soul was enveloped in a dark blue light and separated from the blood-red lotus seed.

Blood Dark's pupils suddenly contracted.

"impossible!"

Shen Ye continued forward with his sword.

"You talk too much."

puff!

The black and gold short sword pierced through Xue Ming's chest.

Xue Ming's body stiffened.

He looked down at the sword blade on his chest, his eyes filled with resentment.

"I... am at the peak of the sixth rank..."

Shen Ye said:

"Um."

"They died quickly too."

The sword flashed.

Xue Ming's body shattered.

Blood River Saint's elder brother, Blood Dark, a sixth-tier peak Blood King of the Blood Court, is dead.

A system notification sounded.

[Blood Demon defeated.]

[Obtained half a wisp of the withered lotus soul.]

[Repair materials for the Soul-Suppressing King Lotus have been replenished.]

[Lu Chenzhou's conditions for returning to his soul have been updated: The remaining petals, roots, and withered lotus soul of the Soul-Suppressing King Lotus have been collected.]

All the blood-soaked corpses at the exit of the underground river collapsed.

The pathway is open.

Qin Wuji ran over, panting, and looked at the blood-soaked, shattered corpse on the ground.

"You really killed him?"

Shen Ye sheathed his sword.

"The road has been opened."

Xue Li looked at him and suddenly said:

"Do you know?"

"Xue Ming ranks among the top ten in the sixth rank of the vampire clan."

Shen Ye said:

"What number are you in now?"

Xue Li was startled.

Qin Wuji burst out laughing.

There are no rankings now.

Zhou Xuan, however, did not laugh.

He looked into the distance.

"Hurry up and go."

"A seventh-tier aura is approaching."

Deep within Blood King City, three terrifying auras are approaching.

Wei Cang is holding them back outside the city, but he can't stop them forever.

The group rushed into the underground river.

At the end of the underground river lies a blood-red gate.

Xue Li raised her hand and pressed it on the gate.

"Going outside leads to the abandoned canal of the outer city."

"Ten miles ahead is the breach opened by Wei Cang."

The gate slowly rose.

Outside, the night wind rushed in.

But just as everyone was about to rush out...

The ancestral blood mark on Shen Ye's wrist suddenly lit up.

A wisp of the blood essence remaining after Xue Ming's death was swallowed by the mark.

Shen Ye paused in his steps.

The system prompts an error.

[The Ancestral Blood Mark absorbs the remaining blood of a peak sixth-tier vampire.]

[Undergoing unknown changes.]

[Warning: Imprint activity increased.]

Xue Li's face turned pale.

"Quickly, hold it down!"

Shen Ye hadn't spoken yet.

From the direction of the Blood King City's royal court in the distance, a seventh-tier will suddenly locked onto him.

"I've found you."

Outside the blood-red gate.

A projection of the Blood King slowly condensed.