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

The moment the giant purple eye opened, the entire City of Broken Souls went dark.

It wasn't dark.

Instead, all the shadows in the city were worshipping that eye.

A sixth-order pressure surged forth from the abyss.

The lightning pattern between Qin Wuji's brows flashed intensely, and the Thunder Prison Dragon Eagle let out a low hiss.

Chu Jinglan's tidal domain had just unfolded when it was pressed back under his feet.

Even the Thousand Autumns Sword Bone on Meng Qianqiu's back emitted a soft creaking sound as it struggled to bear the weight.

This is just a projection of distraction.

But he had already surpassed the level of everyone present.

Xue Qianqiu stood atop the last Shadow Tower, looking down at the crowd.

"Shen Ye."

"The Divine Contract of Myriad Beasts on your body can break through the limits of your bloodline and open the path to mythology."

"The Shadow Queen needs this power."

"By sacrificing you, the Shadow Demons can create an army of Shadow Beasts with unlimited evolutionary potential."

Shen Ye's eyes turned slightly cold.

"So the Blood-Clad Tower has been collecting Beastmasters for the Shadow Demon Clan from the very beginning?"

Xue Qianqiu laughed.

"Not just beast tamers."

"Talent, bloodline, beast soul, and secret realm core."

"Everything that humans possess can be traded."

Li Xuance's grip on his sword tightened slightly.

"You are also a human."

Xue Qianqiu's smile deepened.

"Humans?"

"Only weak races like to bind themselves with bloodlines and territories."

"When the Queen Mother arrives, I will obtain a truly eternal shadow body."

Meng Qianqiu said calmly:

"That sounds so nice."

"Aren't we still just dogs for other races?"

Xue Qianqiu's face instantly darkened.

"court death!"

The giant purple eye turned slightly.

A beam of black light shot out from his pupils, heading straight for Meng Qianqiu.

Meng Qianqiu drew his sword.

The sword light clashed with the black light.

boom!

He was knocked back more than ten steps, his hand holding the sword split open, and blood dripped down the hilt.

Sixth-order power.

Even a casual strike from a projection is not something an ordinary fourth-tier cultivator can withstand head-on.

Shen Ye discovered something.

Every time the giant purple eye uses its power, the Mother Stone of Eternal Calamity trembles.

Beneath the Mother Stone, countless blood lines connect to the entire Broken Soul City.

A system notification appears.

The Shadow Demon Queen's avatar has not yet fully descended.

[Current power sources: Eternal Mother Stone, Blood Sacrifice Array, Shadow Tower of Soul-Severing City.]

Destroying the vessel that allows the descent can weaken the Queen Mother's divided spirit.

Shen Ye looked up.

"It's not fully here yet."

Qin Wuji immediately understood.

"The last shadow tower."

Chu Jinglan looked down into the abyss.

"And then there's the Blood Sacrifice Array below."

Shen Ye nodded.

"Qin Wuji and Li Xuance, destroy the tower."

"Chu Jinglan, suppress the Blood Sacrifice Array."

"Meng Qianqiu, come down with me."

Xue Qianqiu sneered:

"You think I'd just stand by and watch you make a move?"

Shen Ye looked at him.

"Your opponent is not me."

Longyuan took a step forward.

The Fighting Dragon Ape Body suddenly activated, and black and gold battle blood shot straight into the sky.

Night Feather spreads its wings, and the Soul Burial of the Underworld Phoenix envelops the top of the tower.

Zhu Jiu sank into the shadow of the entire Broken Soul City.

The Primordial Calamity Beast stared at the Myriad Calamity Mother Stone, and gray-gold tribulation lightning condensed on its short horn.

All four beasts simultaneously locked onto Xue Qianqiu.

Shen Ye turned and walked towards the abyss.

Hang in there.

Long Yuan grinned and pounded his chest.

Blood Thousand Autumns' eyes flashed with murderous intent.

"The gap between fifth-order and fourth-order cannot be bridged by quantity!"

He took a step forward.

The aura of a fifth-tier peak cultivator erupted completely.

But the next moment, the Primordial Calamity Beast raised its small paw.

"Eternal Seal".

The gray-gold mark fell.

Xue Qianqiu's internal energy and blood suddenly stopped for a moment.

We have arrived at Longyuan.

Fighting Fist!

boom!

Xue Qianqiu was knocked back half a step by a punch.

Night Feather Nether Phoenix Soul Burial followed closely behind.

The nine-year-old candle, its shadow entwined, blocks any escape route.

Shen Ye did not turn around.

He and Meng Qianqiu leaped down into the blood-red abyss.

The abyss is not the underground.

Instead, it is a folded shadow space.

Thousands of blood-red cages floated in the darkness.

Inside, there are human beast tamers, young spirit beasts, and even a few ancient beasts with weak auras.

Beneath each cage was a black chain resembling a blood vessel.

The power flowed deep along the chains.

The smile in Meng Qianqiu's eyes vanished completely.

"Are these all sacrificial offerings?"

Shen Ye did not answer.

His gaze fell on the altar in front of him.

There was a black register on the table.

Beside the roster stood eighteen Blood-Clad Tower assassins.

The leader's aura had already reached the early stage of the fifth rank.

"Night King, halt."

Eighteen people simultaneously slit their wrists.

Blood flowed into the formation.

One after another, shadowy phantoms rose up from behind them.

Shen Ye raised his hand.

The myriad beast sword patterns coalesce.

"Meng Qianqiu".

"Leave no one alive."

Meng Qianqiu drew his sword.

"That suits me perfectly."

The two rushed out at the same time.

The sword light tore through the darkness.

Shen Ye used Shadow Step to enter the assassin formation, and his black and gold short sword slashed across the throat of one of the assassins.

Meng Qianqiu then attacked with his sword from the front.

The Thousand Autumns Sword Bone was fully unleashed, piercing through three people with a single strike.

The assassins from the Blood-Clad Tower wanted to form the Blood Soul Array.

But Shen Ye didn't give them a chance to form a formation.

Shadow Cloak closes in.

The Forbidden Technique of Eternal Seal.

The Netherfire consumes the soul.

Every time the sword flashes, someone falls.

The leading fifth-tier assassin roared and pounced on Shen Ye.

"You're only at the early stage of the fourth tier!"

Shen Ye dodged the blood-stained blade by sidestepping and grabbed his wrist with his other hand.

"I've killed enough of you."

The Ghostfire Battle Body erupted.

A sword pierces the heart.

The ghost fire then poured in.

[Slay the Blood-Clad Tower's main protector.]

[Gained Evolution Points: 6000.]

[Obtained 1 Blood Order from the Main Altar.]

Moments later, all eighteen assassins fell to the ground.

Shen Ye walked up to the altar and picked up the black register.

One by one, transaction records appeared.

[Eastern Xia Border Defense Map, exchanged for 300 Shadow Demon Blood Crystals.]

[Twenty-seven beast-taming geniuses will exchange one King-level Shadow Beast embryo.]

[The route of the beast tide in Jiangcheng involves exchanging the core of pollution.]

[Coordinates of the twelve secret realms in Eastern Xia, exchanged for a spot to descend as a Shadow Demon.]

Shen Ye turned to the last page.

There is only one line of text above.

[Final Deal: Night King Shen Ye and the Covenant of Ten Thousand Beasts are exchanged for the body of Blood Thousand Autumn Shadow King.]

After reading it, Meng Qianqiu's eyes turned cold.

"There is enough evidence."

Shen Ye put away the roster.

[Main Quest Four Completed: Uncover the Truth Behind the Trade Between All Races.]

[Main Quest 3 Progress: 19 core members of the Blood-Clad Tower headquarters have been killed.]

Just then, the entire shadow space trembled violently.

A furious roar came from above.

"Shen Ye!"

"You dare destroy the foundation of my blood sacrifice!"

Shen Ye looked up.

Countless blood-red cages are falling.

The shadow space is about to collapse.

He pressed the blood edict from the main altar into the altar.

"Open the jail."

Click!

The black chains that bound all the offerings broke simultaneously.

A system notification sounded.

The blood sacrifice formation has been destroyed.

[The Shadow Queen's power has decreased due to a split in her consciousness.]

[Current danger level: Peak of Tier 5.]

Shen Ye turned around.

"Meng Qianqiu, take your men out."

Meng Qianqiu frowned.

"And you?"

Shen Ye looked up.

Xue Qianqiu's aura is surging wildly.

"I'm going to kill the landlord."