With the revival of spiritual energy, I cultivated the Great Emperor's Technique on Blue Star.

Far beyond, in the depths of the vast starry sea.

Countless distances from Blue Star lie an area perpetually shrouded in crimson mist, where countless shattered blood stars float, exuding a terrifying aura and surging malevolence. This territory is the Blood Soul Clan's forward starfield stronghold—Blood Luo Ancient Star.

Crimson nebulae surged, and gurgling crimson clouds flowed through the void. Floating blood palaces took root on shattered stars, their malevolent aura soaring to the heavens, accompanied by the wails of ghosts and gods.

The entire star was enveloped by a thick blood-path array, interwoven with endless killing intent, a stable territory cultivated by the Blood Soul Clan over countless years.

Inside the main hall of Blood Luo, the air was thick with the vapors of blood, and the place was dark and terrifying.

A towering alien figure, clad in blood-red bone armor and standing thousands of feet tall, sat atop the highest blood throne. Dense blood mist surrounded him, and endless killing rules swirled around his body. Every wisp of his aura was enough to shake a whole star sea.

This is the seventh-tier star lord of the Blood Soul Clan stationed on this great star. He controls the entire outer frontier territory, possesses immense cultivation, and has a long lifespan.

The Blood Luo Star Lord sat with his eyes closed, his body surrounded by a blood-red aura, breathing in and out the blood energy of the star field to nourish his own bloodline origin. His right hand tapped the throne occasionally, producing a series of chilling sounds.

Below them, dozens of sixth-order Blood Soul Clan beings stood on both sides, their auras cold and their killing intent chilling; they were all veteran powerhouses who had fought in the Star Sea.

According to tribal tradition, every ten days an elite reconnaissance team will go out to explore the surrounding unknown star regions, mark the territories that can be conquered, and provide intelligence for the tribal expansion.

The team that had ventured beyond the Blue Star domain after sensing the aura of the same bloodline, only to be completely wiped out by Lin Yan, was one of the regular reconnaissance teams.

Now, the ten-day deadline has arrived, but the team has yet to return.

The atmosphere inside the main hall grew increasingly somber and oppressive.

"The Blood Shadow Squad has failed to return for three days, has lost all signal, and its bloodline imprint has completely disappeared."

An elderly sixth-level cultivator bowed and spoke, his voice hoarse and grating, filled with deep doubt and astonishment.

"The squad leader is at the late stage of the sixth rank and wields the Blood Soul Annihilation Formation. With the seven of them working together, they are enough to sweep away all beings below the seventh rank. It is impossible for them to be wiped out inexplicably."

"Moreover, the area surrounding that star field is unclaimed territory, with no high-level beings residing there, and no ancient forbidden zones or dangerous places. How could they all perish?"

Another sixth-tier being spoke in a cold voice, his blood-red pupils filled with surprise and doubt.

All the Blood Soul Clan cultivators wore solemn expressions, each deducing the situation.

In their understanding, Blue Star was nothing more than a low-level life planet that had just recovered its spiritual energy. The native creatures were weak in combat, with the highest cultivation level being only at the fifth-order ant level. They simply did not have the power to annihilate the Blood Shadow Squad.

But now, all seven elite warriors have perished, their bloodlines severed, and their life force extinguished, leaving the entire exploration star field completely cut off.

It's eerie, mysterious, and shrouded in endless, unknown danger.

The Blood Lord, seated on the highest Blood Throne, slowly opened his eyes.

Those eyes were pure, solidified blood-red, without a trace of white. With each opening and closing, a torrent of bloodthirsty energy swept through the entire hall, forcing everyone to lower their heads and hold their breath.

"The bloodline imprint has vanished, leaving no residual fluctuations, no aftershocks of a fierce battle, and no trace of the great formation's self-destruction..."

The Blood King's voice was low and hoarse, carrying an ancient chill, "They didn't die in a bloody battle, they were instantly obliterated and completely devoured, leaving not even their origins behind."

Upon hearing this, everyone gasped, momentarily stunned.

The ability to instantly annihilate an elite squad led by a sixth-tier leader, devour all the source energy, and erase all traces is a skill that no low-level star field creature could possibly possess.

That remote and desolate region hides unknown terrors!

"Could that low-level star be hiding an ancient powerhouse? Or perhaps concealing an ancient restriction or a secret killing realm?" an elder speculated in a low voice.

"impossible."

Blood King shook his head slightly, his gaze piercing through layers of blood-red nebulae, as if he could see that ancient star of life that was rapidly recovering its vitality.

"I have been monitoring that star field for over a hundred years. The star's foundation is shallow, the beings' martial arts are immature, there is no trace of ancient remnants, and no fluctuations from forbidden or secret realms."

"The only variable is that of an unknown powerful individual who has only recently emerged."

He lightly raised his fingertip, and a wisp of crimson divine thought rose into the air, piercing through the gaps in the void, attempting to trace the previous exploration trajectory of the Blood Shadow Squad.

However, when his divine sense crossed the void and touched the places that still retained the aura of the Blood Soul Clan, it was instantly met with a strange backlash.

puff!

The moment the crimson divine sense touched it, countless fine, pitch-black Devouring Dark Patterns erupted instantly, silently devouring the crimson light and disintegrating the Origin Divine Sense. Furthermore, a vast, domineering, and terrifying aura that suppressed all paths faintly surged back.

Boom!

An invisible tremor came from the distant void.

Blood King's body trembled violently, his throne slumped slightly, and the blood in his eyes surged violently as he looked shocked.

"Strange Dao patterns! Supreme Devouring Dao!"

"This star field seems to have been completely altered, with a deadly trap set up to erase all traces and seal off all tracing and investigation!"

He had lived for thousands of years and fought countless battles in the starry sea, but he had never seen such a domineering and refined Devouring Dao Aura.

It does not belong to the Blood Soul Clan, nor to any of the known races, nor even to martial arts; it exudes a strange, vast, supreme, and boundless aura.

Like the beginning of all the heavens and myriad paths, it devours the heavens and the earth, suppressing all alien laws!

Even the slightest wisp of aura he sensed was far more terrifying than the oppressive feeling emanating from the Blood Soul Clan ancestor!

"It could not possibly have been done by the native creatures of that star!"

Blood King instantly saw through the truth. His blood-red eyes were filled with undisguised fear and lingering dread. If he hadn't retreated quickly and decisively, abandoning that part of his martial will on the spot, he would probably be nothing but an empty shell now!

"Unexpectedly, a forbidden land was born outside that low-level star field. It is likely that the reason why the Blood Shadow Exploration Team was wiped out was because they accidentally entered it and encountered an unprecedented and terrifying killing intent, which led to their instant death."

Inside the main hall, all the elders were in an uproar, their bloodshot eyes filled with disbelief.

The fact that a newly revived life-bearing planet still has taboos in its outer regions is too incredible and overturns all their understanding of low-life planetary regions.

"Pass on my order: designate that area as a forbidden zone, and absolutely forbid anyone from approaching it again..."

Suddenly, an overwhelming and vast pressure descended, and a Great Dao Treasure Bottle appeared in the sky. Its mouth was aimed at the Blood Luo Ancient Star, spewing out blazing chaotic immortal light, containing an incomparably terrifying power to devour the heavens.

In an instant, it seemed as if everything in the world had stopped, time and space were frozen, and the Great Dao was silent. In particular, the expressions of terror on the faces of these Blood Soul Clan cultivators were frozen in that moment.

Those mysterious array patterns imprinted on what they thought was a "forbidden land" actually followed the aura of the Blood Luo Star Lord all the way down to this place!