Reborn as a lotus, she initially refuses to hand it over to the state.

Inside the cave, Chu Zhou continued to devour the Crimson Serpent King's crystal core.

Almost at the very moment Chu Zhou was frantically devouring the Crimson Serpent King's crystal core, the Crimson Serpent King's blood-red eye, which had dimmed considerably, suddenly opened.

hum!

A cold and evil will instantly enveloped the entire snake cave.

The Crimson Serpent King's body suddenly stiffened, and the sliver of clarity that had just returned to its eyes was quickly covered by blood.

"Lord Blood Gate, I have not betrayed you."

However, before the Crimson Serpent King could finish speaking, the blood-red eye emitted a beam of blood-red light that directly entered its sea of ​​consciousness.

The Crimson Serpent King immediately let out a shrill scream.

Chu Zhou's eyes turned cold: "Trying to silence me? Did you ask me first?"

In the underground ancient city, the strange rock immediately warned, "It wants to destroy the remaining memories of this snake. Don't touch the core of the blood-red eye, and stop the leaking power."

Chu Zhou did not hesitate, and the Azure Lotus Domain closed in once more.

Tiny roots pierced into the head of the Crimson Serpent King, but did not approach its blood-red eyes; instead, they protected its sea of ​​consciousness.

At the same time, more roots wrapped around the blood-red light, frantically devouring the blood gate power that was escaping.

"Ding! Absorbed the aura leaking from the Blood Gate, gained 120000 Evolution Points."

"Ding, you have purified your mental pollution and gained 150000 evolution points."

"Ding, successfully extracted fragmented memory."

His bloodshot eyes darted wildly, and for the first time, his icy will revealed a clear anger as he roared, "Insolence!"

Chu Zhou said calmly, "I'm sick of hearing that phrase lately. Can't you forbidden beings come up with something new?"

boom!

The blood-red light suddenly surged, and dozens of lotus roots rapidly decayed under its influence.

But as soon as the old roots break off, even more new roots sprout from the ground.

They avoid the core of the blood-red eye and only consume the leaking power.

The system notification sound kept ringing.

"Ding! Absorbed the aura leaking from the Blood Gate, gained 130000 Evolution Points."

"Ding! You have devoured the remnant will of the Blood Gate and gained 180000 evolution points."

"bite……"

In just a few breaths.

Chu Zhou then gained a large number of evolution points once again.

Blood Gate's will quickly realized that continuing the entanglement would only benefit the green lotus in vain.

The bloodshot eye coldly stared at the surrounding roots and said in a chilling voice, "Azure Lotus, once the Blood Gate opens, I will surely kill you."

Chu Zhou calmly said, "You? You're not worthy! You're just a coward hiding behind the Blood Gate."

Blood Eye was also stunned.

He clearly hadn't expected to encounter such an arrogant being as Chu Zhou this time.

Despite his anger, he was very clever. His blood-red eyes quickly contracted, transforming into a streak of blood-red light, preparing to burrow underground.

Chu Zhou did not pursue its core, but he also did not intend to let it leave unscathed.

"Since you're already here, you should leave something behind."

The Azure Lotus Domain suddenly pressed down.

A beam of blue light swept across the surface of the blood-red eye.

Blood Eye jolted violently, and a small clump of rich, blood-red essence was forcibly extracted.

"Ding! You have devoured the leaked essence of the Blood Gate and gained 350000 evolution points."

"Ding, you have obtained a special mark: Blood Gate Coordinate Remnant."

"Blue Lotus!"

The Blood Gate's will roared in fury.

Chu Zhou responded calmly, "I heard you, don't shout."

With a flash of blood-red light, the blood-red eye completely disappeared underground. Without the support of the Blood Gate's will, the Crimson Serpent King's massive head slammed heavily onto the ground.

Its consciousness was mostly shattered, and the remaining trace of its consciousness was like a candle flickering in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment.

Chu Zhou quickly read several fragmented images through the roots of the green lotus.

In the midst of ice and snow, a blood-red tower is sealed beneath a layer of ice thousands of feet deep.

In the dark depths of the sea, an ancient well is tightly bound by hundreds of black chains.

In the boundless yellow sand, a half-exposed altar was visible, and countless desiccated corpses knelt around it.

The three images flashed by in an instant.

However, the aura emanating from it was indeed extremely similar to that of the Blood Gate of Crimson Cloud Ridge.

Chu Zhou: It seems it wasn't lying. The Blood Gate has left behind far more than one blood nest in this world. We'll go check them out when we have time.

Strange Stone couldn't help but ask, "What are you going to see?"

Chu Zhou replied matter-of-factly, "Let's see if there's anything edible."

The strange stone was completely speechless.

Inside the cave, the Crimson Serpent King struggled to open its vertical pupils, staring at the green roots, its voice barely audible.

"Lord of the Azure Lotus, I have told you everything I know."

Chu Zhou calmly said, "Therefore, I will give you a quick death."

The Crimson Serpent King's vertical pupils narrowed slightly: "You?"

puff!

A lotus root instantly pierced through its seven inches.

The Crimson Serpent King never had the chance to say his last words.

Chu Zhou had not forgotten.

This guy sent out more than three hundred blood snakes, trying to destroy his spiritual field, poison his water veins, and even try to massacre the young demon academy.

If Qingfeng hadn't discovered it in advance, Black Dragon Mountain would definitely have suffered losses tonight. Keeping this kind of thing around is a hidden danger.

The roots of the lotus suddenly tightened.

The remaining life essence and blood essence within the Crimson Serpent King's body were all forcibly extracted.

Its enormous demonic body withered at a visible rate.

Finally, it completely lost its vitality.

"Ding! Successfully killed the fifth-tier demonic python, the Crimson Serpent King."

"Gained 1800000 Evolution Points".

"Ding! You have devoured the life essence of a fifth-tier demonic python and gained 600000 evolution points."

"Ding! You have absorbed the essence of the Crimson Serpent Bloodline and gained 500000 Evolution Points."

"Ding! Special material obtained: Blood Essence of the Crimson Serpent King"

"Ding, obtained the coordinates of the incomplete blood nest ×3."

A series of notification sounds rang out.

In the center of Heilong Lake.

The seven lotus leaves of the Chu boat swayed in the breeze.

He glanced at the system panel.

Only one last evolution point is needed to break through to the late stage of the sixth rank.

However, Chu Zhou was not in a hurry.

Because the Crimson Serpent King had just given him a legacy, namely the Blood-Veined Vermilion Fruit.

In the underground ancient city.

Sensing Chu Zhou's thoughts, the strange rock immediately spoke up: "Lotus Demon, you don't still want to go to that blood cave, do you?"

Chu Zhou said solemnly, "Before Chi Lian died, she offered Chixia Ridge to me. What's wrong with me going to receive what's mine?"

The strange stone sneered: "It was just something he said casually to save his own life."

Chu Zhou said calmly, "Respect for the dead is paramount, and I respect its last wishes."

The strange stone rolled its eyes and snorted, "You lotus demon really know how to make excuses for yourself."

Chu Zhou ignored the strange rocks and directly manipulated his roots to continue spreading deeper into Crimson Cloud Ridge, following the remnants of the Blood Gate coordinates.

Soon after, a huge, blood-red cave appeared within Chu Zhou's perception range.

A large area of ​​blood-red spiritual plants grew around the cave.

Blood-red fruits hung from the branches, their surface undulating with slowly rising and falling crimson patterns.

From a distance, they look like beating hearts.

And at the deepest part of the cave.

The ancient bronze blood gate stood silently.

The bloodshot eyes on the door had closed again, but Chu Zhou could clearly feel it.

The will behind the door was coldly watching over every single one of its roots.

The strange stone whispered a reminder: "Those Blood-Veined Vermilion Fruits are all connected to the Blood Gate. Purify them first before devouring them, lest you devour the Blood-Veined Vermilion Fruit and then be tricked by that guy from the Blood Gate."

"Little Stone, you know perfectly well what I'm capable of. Are you trying to show concern for me?"

Chu Zhou increasingly realized that the strange rock wasn't as bad as he had imagined. Since its recovery, it hadn't done anything particularly bad.

He asked me to sacrifice living beings, but I didn't, and he didn't pursue the matter.

The strange stone was clearly not expected that Chu Zhou would say such a thing. Upon hearing this, it immediately became furious: "Get as far away from me as possible."

"Oh, you're all bark and no bite, I get it, Little Stone, I'm really growing to like you more and more."

The strange stone was disgusted by Chu Zhou. Damn it, how could this lotus demon be so shameless?

After teasing the strange rock for a while, Chu Zhou stopped teasing it, figuring that if he continued, the rock would explode.

Without wasting words, he directly manipulated his body, causing a large number of green lotus roots to break through the soil at the same time.

All of them rolled around to the sides, revealing the ripe, blood-red fruit.

Whoosh!

One by one, the sacred plants were uprooted.

Before the Blood-Veined Vermilion Fruit could struggle, it was enveloped in azure light.

The system notification sounded immediately.

"Ding, Blood-Veined Vermilion Fruit contaminated by Blood Gate has been detected."

"Purify and devour?"

"Devour".

boom!

The first Blood-Veined Vermilion Fruit exploded within the roots.

The dense blood-fiend energy had just surged out when it was forcibly cleansed of its contamination by the purifying power of the Azure Lotus.

A tiny bloodshot mark hidden deep within the fruit emitted a sharp hiss before finally vanishing completely in the blue light.

"Ding! Purified the mature Blood-Veined Vermilion Fruit, gaining 350000 Evolution Points."

"Ding, purified the Blood Gate Mark, gained 80000 Evolution Points."

Chu Zhou's expression immediately lit up with joy.

One fruit can provide more than 400,000 evolution points.

There were more than a dozen ripe Blood-Veined Vermilion Fruits inside the cave.

This is hardly a Blood Gate granary.

It was clearly a treasure trove of evolution points prepared for him.

Chu Zhou immediately increased his speed.

Large swaths of blood-red fruits were devoured and purified by the roots of the green lotus.

"Ding! Purified the mature Blood-Veined Vermilion Fruit, gaining 360000 Evolution Points."

"bite……"

The evolution points on the system panel began to rise rapidly.

In the underground ancient city.

The strange stone watched this scene in silence. It was also relieved that it wasn't one of its own, otherwise, if it had encountered this lotus demon, it would have been utterly annihilated, which would have been terrifying.

On Chu Zhou's side, in just a dozen breaths, he had already taken away and purified the seven-tenths mature Blood-Patterned Vermilion Fruit in the cave.

Just as Chu Zhou was about to continue his attack.

From the depths of the Blood Gate, a muffled heartbeat suddenly resounded.

The entire cave shook violently.

The bloodshot eye on the door opened a crack.

An even more terrifying sense of oppression than before instantly enveloped the entire mountainside, and the remaining Blood-Patterned Vermilion Fruit was also shrouded in a layer of dense blood light.

A cold, angry voice came from behind the door: "Qinglian, how dare you steal my blood offerings?"

Chu Zhou did not continue to be greedy. Since the Blood Gate had truly awakened a portion of its power, staying would not be about taking advantage of them, but about going head-to-head with them.

He decisively manipulated the main root, quickly burrowing into the ground with the Blood-Veined Vermilion Fruit he had already obtained.

However, before leaving, Chu Zhou still retorted, "I even killed the snakes you raised, so what's wrong with taking a few of your fruits?"

boom!

The Bronze Blood Gate was utterly enraged, and streaks of blood light transformed into sharp blades, slashing wildly at the underground roots.

puff!

Dozens of lotus roots that couldn't be removed in time were instantly corroded into ash by the bloody light.

Chu Zhou's body trembled, and the backlash from the broken roots caused a brief stinging pain in his consciousness.

However, compared to this gain, this loss is insignificant.

The main root, carrying most of the Blood-Veined Vermilion Fruit, successfully retreated back to the Black Dragon Mountain veins.

Blood Gate was furious again.

Before it is truly activated, it is impossible to cross such a long distance to pursue Chu Zhou's main body.

Inside the Blood Cave of Crimson Cloud Ridge.

The bloodshot eyes on the door stared intently at the broken roots and stems of the spiritual plants scattered on the ground.

The blood mist throughout the cave churned violently because of its rage.

"Azure Lotus, when I am reborn, I will refine you into a bloodline!"

In the distant ley lines.

Chu Zhou's voice drifted over: "The fruit is well grown. Remember to inform me when it ripens next time."

Blood Gate fell completely silent; perhaps even it didn't know how to respond to such a shameless scoundrel.

In the center of Heilong Lake.

Each blood-patterned vermilion fruit was sent back to the vicinity of its original body by the roots of the blue lotus.

Chu Zhou did not swallow them all at once, but used the purification power of the Azure Lotus to peel away the blood gate marks remaining inside each fruit one by one.

Each fruit is purified.

The evolution points on the system panel will then increase dramatically.

"Ding! Purified the mature Blood-Veined Vermilion Fruit, gaining 380000 Evolution Points."

"bite……"

As the last Blood-Patterned Vermilion Fruit was completely devoured, an immense surge of energy instantly flooded into Chu Zhou's body.

All seven lotus leaves vibrated simultaneously.

The entire Heilong Lake was churned up with huge waves.

The system notification sound finally rang.

"Ding, the current evolution points have met the breakthrough requirements."

"Has it broken through to the late stage of the sixth rank?"

Chu Zhou did not hesitate for a moment.

"breakthrough!"

boom!

The words fell.

The entire Black Dragon Lake seemed to be instantly awakened by some terrifying force, and the lake water churned violently.

A dazzling blue beam of light shot into the sky from the center of the lake.

The once pitch-black night sky above Heilong Mountain was illuminated by a bluish light, making it as bright as day.

At this moment, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of hundreds of kilometers was drawn in, transforming into visible rivers of spiritual energy that surged wildly toward Black Dragon Lake.

The seven lotus leaves of the Chu boat slowly unfurled.

Each lotus leaf expanded again at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters.

Ultimately, each lotus leaf resembles a green island floating on the lake.

The silver crescent patterns on the surface of the lotus leaves also began to change.

Silver-blue lines extend from the veins of the leaf, intertwining with each other to eventually form a natural blue lotus array.

Deep at the bottom of the lake, countless roots penetrate into the earth's veins.

Chu Zhou's consciousness perception range also expanded rapidly outward along with the root network.

In the blink of an eye, it extends to four hundred kilometers.

The entire Black Dragon Mountain range, as well as the surrounding vast mountain ranges and ridges, clearly appeared in Chu Zhou's consciousness.

Even the underground rivers, the nodes of the spiritual veins, and the little demons lurking in the soil cannot escape his perception.