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Chapter 237 Five Hundred Clones Battle the Blood River (Second Update)

The Seven Sons of the Clouds had just killed the Nine-Headed Demon Python, and their true essence was insufficient. Even though they used the Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation, they were quickly suppressed by the Blood River and forced to retreat step by step. Even the spiritual light on their flying swords became much dimmer due to the filthy blood of the Blood River.

"Seven Masters of the Clouds, if you were in your prime, you might be able to fight me. For now, you'd better stay quietly to the side, or don't blame me for not giving Emei any face."

Blood God, enveloped in Blood River, pressed closer step by step, a smug smile once again appearing on his face.

Although there was a slight mishap just now, and he was ambushed and lost a lot of his energy, the guy below was only at the Foundation Establishment stage after all. He had some strength thanks to his body, which he had somehow cultivated, but he was just right to be countered by his Blood River Formation.

If the other party dares to enter the Blood River, he can refine them directly.

The Blood Demon Palace is the leader of the demonic path because of the Blood Demon Great Art they cultivate, which can corrupt magical artifacts and physical bodies, and restrain all magic in the world. Apart from the Emei sword cultivators, few at the same level can rival them.

Righteous cultivators are mostly skilled with magical artifacts. If their artifacts are defiled, their strength will drop to the lowest level. On the other hand, most unorthodox cultivators are demons. Once their true bodies and demon cores are invaded by tainted blood, their strength will be basically ruined.

"Should we take the risk?"

As the Blood River drew ever closer, Li Chuan hesitated.

He now has two options: one is to use the teleportation book to teleport away with the Seven Sons of the Clouds, the Lotus Fairy, and the Transformed Lingzhi. He has left spatial coordinates in the house he bought, so he can teleport there.

This is the safest choice.

Another method is to open the Eight Gates to the Gate of Death, relying on his powerful recovery ability to withstand the Blood River and rush in to attack the Blood God Child.

This choice is more dangerous, but the benefits are also obvious. If he wins, he can become famous overnight and his status in the cultivation world will be greatly enhanced. He will also be more respected when he goes to Emei.

Compared to Elder Nan Tong of the Xuan Yin Sect, this Blood God Child of the Blood Demon Palace is far more famous.

"Senior Brother Chu, does this Blood God Child have any weaknesses?"

Seeing the Blood River getting closer and closer, Li Chuan quickly turned to Chu Yuxiang beside him and asked.

He prefers not to take risks because there are many opportunities to become famous, and it's better to wait until he's stronger and more confident before taking any risks.

However, he still asked a question, just to give it a try.

Having exhausted his true energy, Chu Yuxiang was no longer able to control his sword. Like his fellow disciples, he could only wield a flying sword, preparing for a final, desperate struggle. Upon hearing Li Chuan's question, he answered without hesitation:

"The tainted blood of the Blood Demon Palace is countered by lightning magic, but none of us are skilled in lightning magic. Junior Brother Qingfeng, you should escape first. Although you are only at the Foundation Establishment stage, your physical body is strong, and you still have a chance to escape now!"

Chu Yuxiang and the others were not incapable of using lightning magic, but compared to swordsmanship, their lightning magic level was probably about the same as that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.

To break this Blood River Formation, either all cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage need to use lightning techniques, or at least several hundred Golden Core stage cultivators need to work together using lightning techniques to have a chance of breaking it.

There are very few Nascent Soul stage cultivators in the cultivation world who can cultivate lightning techniques to such a high level.

Of course, if they hadn't exhausted their true essence, they might not have been unable to break it even with the Big Dipper Sword Formation. The ultimate Geng metal energy of the Emei sword cultivators, combined with the power of the stars, would be difficult for the Blood River to pollute.

It's definitely hopeless now. Li Chuan is strong, but his strength lies in his physical body. He didn't kill him with his first sneak attack, so he has even less of a chance now.

Rather than die here with them, it's better to take this opportunity to escape and even send messages to Emei so that my senior brother and master can avenge them in the future.

As for the Lotus Fairy and Lingzhi, they were Blood God's primary targets, so there was no way they could escape.

"The weakness is lightning magic!"

Upon hearing Chu Yuxiang's words, Li Chuan's eyes lit up.

During his previous battle against the Xuan Yin Sect elder, he was trapped inside a large formation, and the opponent's Heavenly Demon seemed immune to normal spells, so his ninjutsu was basically unable to exert its full power.

Since the Blood River Formation is countered by lightning magic, he might as well give it a try.

If all else fails, we can always use the teleportation scroll to escape with everyone.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"

Having come up with an idea, he immediately formed hand seals and pushed the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to its limit.

In an instant, the entire summit of Drunken Immortal Cliff was covered with countless shadow clones of Li Chuan; if counted carefully, there were probably around five hundred.

Previously, he could release a maximum of about three hundred shadow clones in his second form, but now, after being injected with the Extremis virus, he can now create five hundred shadow clones in his second form.

"You dare to show off your clone technique, a scare tactic?"

The Blood God Child, who was in the Blood River, was not surprised to see five hundred Li Chuans suddenly appear below him; he simply smiled disdainfully.

The art of creating clones in this world is not a profound spell, but more like an illusion, mainly used to scare people and distract enemies.

There is no such thing as a clone technique like "one breath transforms into three pure beings" or "Sun Wukong plucks a hair and creates a bunch of clones".

Therefore, when Blood God saw Li Chuan create five hundred clones, he mostly thought that Li Chuan was trying to escape using this illusion.

In the end, the world of "The Legend of Shushan" is incomparable to top-tier mythological worlds like the prehistoric world or Journey to the West, whether in terms of magic or magical treasures.

"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"

More than 500 physical shadow clones simultaneously formed hand seals, and countless lightning spears roared towards the blood river rushing down on them.

Li Chuan's ninjutsu level, when he unleashed the power of an advanced lightning ninjutsu, was roughly equivalent to the power of a Core Formation stage lightning technique, according to the previous assessment of Elder Nan Tong of the Xuan Yin Sect.

If it's just a lightning spear, even if it's meant to suppress the tainted blood, it can only splash a tiny wave at most when facing the surging river of blood.

But this wasn't just one pole; it was over five hundred, all fired simultaneously. The powerful lightning bolts merged into one, and the quantitative change led to a qualitative change. Its power was now comparable to the lightning techniques released by a Nascent Soul cultivator who was proficient in lightning magic.

"How could this happen!"

As he watched the dense bolts of lightning surge into the Blood River, purifying vast swaths of its polluted waters with the intense power of the lightning, the Blood God's pupils constricted sharply.

He never expected that the Foundation Establishment cultivator below not only had a physical body comparable to a Nascent Soul Realm demon beast, but could also use a strange clone technique to unleash such a powerful lightning spell.

Before he was ambushed and his Blood Demon disintegrated, severely damaging his vital energy, he really wouldn't be afraid, because the Blood River he used back then was at least twice as strong as it is now.

It can ignore lightning attacks and forcefully suppress them, melting everyone down.

However, due to his severe damage to his vital energy, the endless bolts of lightning put his Blood River at a disadvantage. If this continued, he might lose.

"I don't believe that someone as mere Foundation Establishment cultivator as you could have so much true energy to continuously unleash lightning spells!"

With a loud shout, Blood God Child mobilized all his true essence, expanding the Blood River once again and pressing it downwards.

He was a Nascent Soul cultivator, while his opponent was only at the Foundation Establishment stage. He didn't believe that the opponent's true essence was more abundant than his own, allowing him to continuously unleash lightning spells. He believed that as long as the opponent's true essence was exhausted, he would still be the final winner.

(End of this chapter)