Volume 2 Chapter 27: The Secret of the Blood Pool

  "You detestable cultivator, I will tear you into a million pieces, annihilate your soul and spirit, and make it so that you can never be reborn!" Amidst the furious roar, the Ghost King of No Soul appeared above Bi Tian. It was seen that with a flip of its hands, a rolling mist of blood shot out, enveloping Bi Tian's body within. Within the churning blood mist, countless fierce ghosts opened their mouths wide, crazily eroding Bi Tian's body and sucking his fresh blood.

  The falling Dou Li, with great effort, turned his head to look at Bi Tian, his lips moving slightly, but unfortunately, he couldn't make a sound, only the endless sigh in his eyes. Jian Wu Chen and Liu Xing Hun exchanged a glance, their bodies simultaneously leaping up, their twin swords carrying a powerful attack, aimed directly at Gui Wang. At this moment, although they both knew that the outcome might not be ideal, they had to try their best. Because if Bi Tian died, they would absolutely be unable to explain themselves when they returned to Ru Garden.

  As soon as the two of them made a move, Gui Shuai let out a cold laugh and his body transformed into twelve ghostly shadows that blocked their path from all directions. In mid-air, Xue Wudao and Liu Xingyun's bodies paused for a moment, obstructed by Gui Shuai's powerful attack, leaving the two of them both shocked and enraged, yet helpless. With an angry shout, Liu Xingyun swung his sword wildly, launching a frenzied attack on Gui Shuai in an attempt to force it back and rescue Bi Tian. However, at this moment, Gui Shuai was well aware of their intentions and would not give them even the slightest opportunity.

  In the bloody mist, Bi Tian's whole body was covered in blood, and he curled up into a ball, letting out an extremely mournful cry. The intense pain from being devoured by the fierce ghost made Bi Tian, who was already heavily injured and on the verge of death, even more powerless to resist, and soon he fell into a coma. Just as it seemed that Bi Tian would die at the hands of the Ghost King, suddenly, an extremely powerful and extraordinary aura appeared above the Ghost King's head.

  Only to see a spatial fluctuation above, Lu Yun's body suddenly appeared. He glanced at Bi Tian below and his eyes turned cold. With a wave of his hands, a sparkling ball of lightning appeared in his palm. His hands quickly closed together, and a foot-sized lightning ball stopped at his chest. At the same time, a sudden clap of thunder burst forth in mid-air, and a powerful bolt of lightning struck the lightning ball. Lu Yun's eyes were icy cold as he flipped his hands, and the rapidly expanding lightning ball instantly enveloped the Ghost King who was trying to escape.

  In the Soulless Void King City, countless dense lightning and thunderbolts mixed with the power of destroying heaven, crazily slashing at that giant electric light ball. The extreme yang and strength of the thunder and lightning, mixed with Lu Yun's anger, fiercely destroyed the Ghost King's Blood Evil Ghost Qi. In mid-air, nine dazzling light pillars appeared simultaneously, amidst nine earth-shaking roars, nine stocks of unparalleled destructive power struck the lightning ball outside the Ghost King's body at the same time. Suddenly, that giant lightning ball compressed and transformed into a three-foot size in an instant. Inside the ball, the Ghost King let out a terrified roar, his blood-red protective true energy shattered and fragmented, revealing his terrifying bloody true form.

  Around them, Ao Xue and Cang Yue, along with four others, appeared simultaneously. Zi Yang Zhen Ren glanced at Du Li and said: "Yun Feng, go bring that Du Li over, take a look at his injuries when you have time. Yuan Yang, go rescue Bi Tian back. The two of them are currently severely injured, for safety's sake, they will temporarily follow us. As for that Gui Shuai, let the two experts from Tian Jian Academy handle it."

  Half empty, Liu Xinghun suddenly appeared in front of Lu Yun, and his heart finally felt a little relieved. Suddenly, Liu Xinghun thought of something and hastily said to Jian Wucheng: "Wucheng, quickly go down, I'll take care of this place, remember to definitely take out that Soul Seal." After finishing speaking, he suddenly increased his strength and wrapped himself around Gui Shuai Wuwei with all his might.

  Jian Wuchen glanced at Lu Yun, then his gaze shifted to Ao Xue and Cang Yue. His face slightly darkened, a hint of gloom flashed in Jian Wuchen's eyes as he charged towards the Blood Pool. As he approached the pool, a purple glow flashed around his body, and an incredibly powerful protective shield appeared, enveloping him as he plunged into the pool. A massive wave of blood surged up, and a powerful devouring force suddenly pulled Jian Wuchen's body down. Startled, Jian Wuchen struggled with all his might to break free from the restraint, but at the same time, a bloody aura frantically eroded his protective true energy, making it impossible for him to cope with both attacks simultaneously. With all his strength focused on protecting his body, Jian Wuchen's body slowly sank into the Blood Pool.

  The thunder gradually dissipated, and the lightning in the sky finally converged on a ball of light in mid-air. In the light ball, the Ghost King's miserable cry had weakened, and under the strongest and most powerful Thunder God's spell, it was slowly refined. Lu Yun glanced at the Ghost General who was frantically attacking Liu Xingyun in the distance, with a faint smile hanging from the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "It's time to end, Ghost King, you may not be convinced in your heart, but unfortunately, you're out of luck. Under the Thunder God's spell, all ghostly creatures will be exterminated!" As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Yun flipped his hands over and then clasped them together. Suddenly, the light ball containing extremely powerful energy exploded under Lu Yun's control. A strong gust of air carrying destructive power completely tore apart the Ghost King's soul.

  On this side, Gui Shuai Wu Bo let out a loud roar and punched Liu Xing Hun back. His body shot backwards rapidly. Turning his head, he gave Lu Yun a cold glance before disappearing into thin air. Liu Xing Hun breathed a sigh of relief as his body fell beside Zi Yang Zhen Ren.

  "It's a good thing you arrived in time, otherwise Bi Tian and Du Li would have been in danger. If that had happened, how could I have faced Hao Yun?"

  Looking at Liu Xinghun, Zi Yang Zhenren said indifferently: "No need to thank you, Ru Garden and our Yi Garden have always had a good relationship. Seeing them in danger, how can we stand by and do nothing?" Liu Xinghun nodded slightly and gently shifted his gaze to the two injured people beside him.

  Lu Yun glanced at Liu Xinghun, his body lightly falling beside the Blood Pool. Lu Yun was clear about Jian Wucheng's sneaky entry into the Blood Pool earlier, but he didn't say anything. At this moment, standing by the Blood Pool, Lu Yun furrowed his brow tightly, a hint of solemnity in his eyes. The Blood Pool emitted an aura that pierced the sky, and the unparalleled, domineering blood slaughter aura made people fearful, making Lu Yun exceptionally vigilant.

  Snowflakes gently fell beside Lu Yun, gazing at the Blood Pool Path: "This pool is actually the Soul-Transforming Pool? How evil. This blood aura is fierce and overbearing, containing unparalleled danger; to enter it would be extremely perilous."

  "Whether or not the Soul Pool is unknown to anyone, but this is the first pool we've encountered in the Ghost Domain. Now, whether it's true or not, we have to give it a try. Swordless has already gone down, and now I'm going to go take a look too. Remember, none of you are allowed to enter this pool until I come out. Because this Blood Pool has an incredibly powerful devouring force that can swallow everything." After finishing speaking, Lu Yun's body slowly rose up, then slowly fell towards the blood pool.

  A flash of blue light, Lu Yun activated his protective true energy and carefully descended. Beside him, Ao Xue quietly watched him with concern in her eyes. Her lips moved slightly as she whispered, "Be careful, don't make me worry." The soft voice drifted away in the wind.

  He turned back, glanced at Ao Xue, and Lu Yun simply nodded without saying anything. His gaze shifted away, and Cang Yue's beautiful eyes were quietly watching him, a hint of shallow blessing flowing from her moving eyebrows. He lightly nodded, exchanged eye contact, and the four eyes met in this moment. Calmly turning back, Lu Yun had three parts smile on his face, and his body suddenly accelerated into the pool.

  Back among everyone, Ao Xue spoke up: "Now we need to wait, let's first find a place to rest for a bit, in case the ghost soldiers come to attack us later."

  Ziyang Zhenren glanced at Liu Xinghun and said softly, "Alright, during this extraordinary period, we will gather together and find an inconspicuous place to quietly wait for their news. After they come out, we'll discuss what to do next." After finishing speaking, he let Yun Feng and Yuan Yang take the two injured people away from the square.

  As soon as he entered the Blood Pool, a powerful devouring force, mixed with a fierce and wild aura, continuously eroded the protective true energy surrounding Lu Yun's body. Through the protective screen, Lu Yun looked around at the blood-red churning **, unable to see anything else. Feeling the strong suction pulling himself down, Lu Yun didn't struggle, but instead transformed the easy garden's mantra into the Ghost Sect's soul transformation, his entire body shrouded in a black ghostly energy.

  Also don't know how long it took to sink, Lu Yun began to feel the blood waves at the bottom of the pool start to rotate. In addition to being pulled down by force, his body was also slowly being pulled and twisted by a powerful rotating force. After sinking for about another hundred feet, Lu Yun clearly felt that the blood waves in the pool were violently fluctuating, two extremely strong centrifugal forces spinning and pulling in two different directions, causing Lu Yun's whole body to be stretched straight, making his body very uncomfortable.

  Suddenly, a pattern flashed through Lu Yun's mind, and it was the scene of Swordless Dust struggling with all his might not far below. The image flashed by, and then two strange glows appeared in the blood pool. Two bright characters, "Life" and "Death", suddenly appeared at the two openings below, flashing with a very eerie light. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that there were two passageways at the bottom of the blood pool, one marked with the character for "Life" and the other with the character for "Death", allowing people to choose their own path. At the same time, two powerful whirlpools of blood were emitted from those two openings, accompanied by an incredibly strong devouring force that wanted to swallow everything.

  Jian Wucheng's body was already close to the entrance, and Lu Yun's heart shook. He moved all his strength in that direction, wanting to enter before him. However, at this time, Lu Yun had a skillful body, but he was floating and rolling in the bloody waves, completely unable to move as he wished. At this moment, the pool bottom suddenly shone brightly with red light, and the life character that flashed with strange light, suddenly emitted a dazzling light, immediately wrapping Jian Wucheng's body into the cave. Just as Jian Wucheng's body was wrapped in, a red light flashed by, and the entrance closed silently.

  Lu Yun's eyes revealed a hint of sigh, and his body followed the remaining powerful blood wave into the passage representing death. As soon as he entered the passage, a red light flashed behind him, and a mysterious barrier isolated the outside world. Calming down, Lu Yun carefully observed the surroundings, with his whole body on high alert. Without the strong suction force, Lu Yun slowly moved forward, gazing around.

  The tunnel was not small, with a diameter of over three zhang, and the surrounding walls were all dark black stone. The air in the tunnel was now pale red, gradually changing from blood-red as Lu Yun advanced. After about 100 zhang, a strange barrier appeared before Lu Yun's eyes, blocking his path. It was an invisible and colorless barrier that seemed to be nothing at first glance, but would bounce back anyone who approached it.

  After a moment of contemplation, Lu Yun deployed his Soul Transformation and slowly approached the strange seal. As soon as he drew near, a powerful rebound force shook his body. Lu Yun's eyes changed, and he resisted with all his might, but was still repelled. Retreating three feet, Lu Yun adjusted the true energy waves outside his body and began to explore the strangeness of the seal using the mysterious probing technique "Heart's Desire Without a Trace" of the Demon Sect.

  However, what surprised Lu Yun was that his true energy waves would automatically fluctuate with the frequency of the seal as soon as he approached it. But strangely, no matter how much they fluctuated, they were always just a little short, unable to break through. Lu Yun's heart skipped a beat, and a hint of puzzlement appeared in his eyes, unsure why this was happening. Standing quietly in front of the seal, Lu Yun fell into deep thought.

  Here is the translation:

  On this side, Jian Wucheng entered the passage representing life and found that it was flashing with silver-white light. There was no blood wave in sight around him, and the entire passage was dry. Why was it like this? He couldn't think of a reason and didn't try to think about it either. He just followed the passage forward. After walking for about 150 zhang along the winding passage, a large cave appeared before him. As he gazed quietly at everything around him, Jian Wucheng's eyes suddenly revealed a shocked expression.

  Only in the center of the vast cave, a three-zhang-sized blood tower, hovering and spinning. The blood tower is octagonal, with a blood-colored bell hanging from each corner, totaling eight blood bells, each engraved with eight different shapes of fierce ghosts. At the top, a blood jade Linglong pearl is quietly inlaid, shining with a seductive and eerie glow. Below, eight blood-colored light pillars are tightly connected to the blood tower, continuously transmitting a large amount of energy into it.

  Two hundred feet away from the Blood Tower, a blood-colored stele stood nearby, with a row of dazzling characters inscribed on it. Jian Wucheng cautiously approached and gazed at the inscription on the stele. Only after reading it did he understand that this Blood Tower was called the Linglong Blood Jade Tower, one of the treasures of the Ghost Domain, paired with the Yanwang Order as the dual treasures of the Ghost Domain. Its power was so extraordinary that it could rival the top ten of the twenty-four divine artifacts of the heavens. This tower could absorb all living spirits and ghosts, annihilating all kinds of demons and monsters. The aura of its blood evilness was second to none in the world.

  Carefully gazing at this strange treasure, Jian Wucheng's eyes shone with a scorching light. Trying to approach cautiously, he slowly walked to the edge of a red light pillar and stopped. Sensing the bloody aura emanating from the Blood Tower, Jian Wucheng suddenly raised his entire strength, and the incredible "Purple Flower Swallows the Sun" technique spread around him. With a swing of his divine sword, a five-colored radiance transformed into a vast net covering the sky, enveloping the rotating Blood Tower.

  A kaleidoscope of colors flashed, and the Blood Tower suddenly emitted a deafening roar, filling the entire space with the angry howls of fierce ghosts. As it spun, the eight Blood Lings produced strange sounds, forming an ear-piercing sonic wave that shook the soul, swirling around in all directions. At the same time, a burst of bloody mist appeared, and the eight ferocious killing spirits within the mist leapt about, their eyes blazing with fury. A crimson light exploded, releasing a powerful bloodthirsty energy that collided head-on with the sacred aura of the Heavenly Spirit Sword, causing a massive explosion to erupt suddenly.

  His body shook, and the sword trembled as it retreated several steps, staring at the Blood Tower in shock. Looking at the divine sword in his hand, then looking at the Blood Tower again, Sword Dust suddenly realized that he had used the wrong method. These two domineering divine weapons had opposite attributes and repelled each other, how could they be forced together? His eyes slightly dimmed, Sword Dust's mind was racing, constantly thinking about what to do to subdue this mysterious Linglong Blood Jade Tower.

  He suddenly raised his head, and the divine light in Jian Wucheng's eyes surged greatly as he stared intently at the Blood Tower in mid-air. Putting away his sword, Jian Wucheng quietly took out an object from his bosom. Unfurling it for a look, it turned out to be the Blood River Map gifted by that mysterious person. Looking at the object in his hand, a hint of determination flashed across Jian Wucheng's eyes as he decided to take a risk and give it a try. With a light breath, Jian Wucheng's entire body hovered three feet off the ground in a cross-legged sitting position. Between his legs, the Blood River Map lay quietly there, without any movement.

  Taking a deep breath, Jian Wucheng's entire body suddenly burst forth with powerful energy, his true yuan rotating wildly inside him at ten times the normal speed. As he gradually gathered all his true yuan, a faint purple glow appeared on his body. Time passed silently by, and when Jian Wucheng's purple aura turned into a dense black color, the Blood River Diagram that had been quietly placed between his legs began to emit a piercing bloody light.

  Only to see the Blood River Map slowly rising, slowly revolving around Swordless Dust. Every time it revolves, the purple energy on Swordless Dust's body becomes stronger. When the speed of the Blood River Map reaches 120 times per breath, the meter-sized Blood River Map suddenly enlarges and instantly envelops the entire space in an instant. Amidst the flashing red light, a blood-colored Bagua appears, quietly hovering above the Blood Pagoda. As the blood-colored Bagua revolves, a light shield covers the Blood Pagoda and slowly shrinks.

  A powerful binding force is transmitted, and the Blood Tower's entire body emits a red glow explosion, with the shocking howl reappearing. As the howl appears, the Blood Tower's rotation speed increases, and the Linglong Blood Jade Pearl on top of the tower begins to shine brightly. At the same time, the eight blood pillars below suddenly surge up, each emitting a beam of light that shoots towards the Linglong Blood Jade Pearl. With the assistance of the eight beams of light, the Blood Jade Pearl suddenly emits a dazzling beam of light, shooting straight up at the Blood-Colored Eight Trigrams above.

  The Blood River Diagram accelerated its rotation, and in the dazzling blood-colored Bagua, two shadows suddenly appeared, one red and one dark. The red shadow was a terrifying Naiyue Demon, with blood-red eyes that continuously emitted a red glow. The other dark shadow was a Tian Yao, whose body changed shape in an instant, creating countless illusions. These two creatures let out eerie and evil roars from their mouths, charging straight at the Blood Tower. As they attacked, the Naiyue Demon frantically rotated around the Blood Tower, continuously devouring the blood evil energy of the tower. The Tian Yao appeared below the Blood Tower, rapidly reversing its direction as it circled around the eight blood pillars.

  In the vast cave, only the top of the Blood Tower was visible, with a dazzling beam of light shooting straight up into the sky. Above it, the Blood River Map spun non-stop, and a burst of light suddenly exploded from the blood-colored Eight Trigrams, forming a solid-looking blood-colored Eight Trigrams that met the beam of light head-on. The beam of light was shining directly at the center of the Eight Trigrams, intersecting and clashing with each other. At this moment, Swordless Dust's body shook violently, his face turned pale, and a thread of blood hung from the corner of his mouth. With eyes wide open, staring at the two divine objects colliding in mid-air, a resolute glint flashed across Swordless Dust's eyes, his lips tightly pursed, supporting with all his might.

  Time passed in the confrontation between the two. When Blood Tower counterattacked for the twelfth time, Jian Wucheng's body was already shaking and he fell to the ground powerless. In mid-air, Blood Tower's light also gradually weakened under the powerful attack of Xuehetu, slowly shrinking. Among the heavens and earth, Blood Tower's Bloody Aura ranked second, while the one ranking first happened to be Xuehetu. At this moment, the two strong ones met, and in the end, Blood Tower still couldn't withstand Xuehetu's tyrannical aura, slowly transforming into a red light that was absorbed by Xuehetu.

  A flash of red light, and the Blood River Map returned to its original state, gently falling beside Swordless Dust. With a great deal of effort, he sat up, picked up the blood flag, and gazed at it quietly. Upon closer inspection, a hint of a smile appeared in Swordless Dust's eyes, for he saw that on the center of the eight trigrams on the blood flag, a symbol of a Blood Tower had appeared. Putting away the Blood River Map, a sharp glint flashed across Swordless Dust's eyes, as if saying something. This glint vanished in an instant, and then Swordless Dust began to cultivate his energy and regulate his breathing, starting to heal his wounds with all his might.

  On the other hand, Lu Yun had already switched to several techniques and after trying seven times, he finally used the space jump technique taught by Xiao Tian to break through this mysterious boundary. After entering the mysterious boundary, Lu Yun found that there was no more blood wave inside, and it was very dry all around. With a fixed gaze at the front, a strange scene appeared in front of Lu Yun.

  In the vast passageway, a strange light sphere with a diameter of five zhang appeared in mid-air. The dark black and dark red glows on the light sphere were alternating, emitting an eerie and bloody aura that rose and fell. Due to the light, Lu Yun couldn't see what was hidden inside, but he knew that there must be some unknown secrets hidden within. As he slowly approached, Lu Yun's divine sense clearly detected that the dark black energy on the light sphere actually carried the aura of a ghostly soul; while the dark red energy was filled with bloody and murderous intent, extremely similar to the aura in the Soul Locking Well back then.

  In the quiet space, Lu Yun's sword, Ruyi, suddenly flashed with a brilliant light, and a joyful sword hum echoed out. Lu Yun looked at Ruyi Sword, only to see that the dragon soul pattern on the sword body had disappeared, and what appeared instead was the pattern of Qianying Blood Demon. His eyebrows slightly furrowed, Lu Yun had a strange feeling in his heart, as if something was going to happen here, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

  Without deliberately suppressing the aura of Qianying Blood Demon, Lu Yun quietly explored the movements of this mysterious light ball. After a while, Lu Yun's handsome face had a hint of an unusual smile, and he walked towards the light ball with ease. As soon as Lu Yun's body flashed with a dark red glow, he disappeared into the light ball. Passing through the outer light shield, Lu Yun easily arrived inside, his eyes scanning around.

  A 10-foot-tall stone statue, carved with a ferocious and terrifying evil spirit. The evil spirit carved on the stone statue has three eyes of different colors - red, green, and blue - on its ferocious face. Its right hand holds an 8-foot-long giant fork, while its left hand grasps half a black jade token. On its chest, there is a 3-inch square gap, revealing a black heart inside, which is extremely eerie.

  Looking at the stone statue, Lu Yun's eyes revealed a hint of surprise, but was immediately drawn to the strange scene behind it. Passing through the statue, he saw a six-foot-sized blood pool appear on the ground. The blood waves churned inside the pool, and wisps of bloody mist formed three blood lotus flowers in mid-air, gently rotating and dancing. From the center of each blood lotus flower, three beams of light simultaneously shot out, converging into a flashing ball of light six feet above. On the surface of the light ball, dark black and dark red lights alternately appeared, intermittently emitting rays of light upwards.

  A six-inch flame, flickering with an evil glow, rose and fell along the dark red light emitted by the light ball. The flame was shaped like a human figure, slightly smaller, but very vivid. The flame's body glowed with an indescribable aura of evil, quietly jumping in mid-air.

  Looking at the jumping flames, Lu Yun's heart suddenly rose with a strong sense of unease for no reason, as if the flames would bring him unparalleled danger. The divine sword in his hand shook, and a joyful and trembling voice sounded simultaneously. Longhun's trembling voice suddenly came from the sword: "Lu Yun, leave here quickly. This flame is so evil, it's the most evil thing I've felt in years, ten times more evil than Qianying Blood魅. Hurry up, or it will be too late."

  Lu Yun's mind was shocked, his whole body burst with golden light, the Buddhist "Heart Chan Undestroyed Secret" firmly protected his entire body. He retreated a few steps back, Lu Yun thought for a moment, but still suppressed that curiosity, turned and left.

  "Now that you're here, why should you leave? After all these years, someone has finally come in today. As the host, how can I not treat you well?"

  "Who's there?" Lu Yun quickly turned around, his eyes scanning the surroundings in shock, but unfortunately, he saw nothing. His gaze fixed on the flickering flames, Lu Yun's face changed dramatically as he asked: "Are you the one speaking? What are you, and why can you talk?"

  Heh heh, a sinister smile spread, the jumping flames slowly cleared, and the last six-inch-tall figure faced Lu Yun with a smile: "Looks like you're quite clever, guessing it was me right away. Welcome to the Ghost Domain's Life and Death Arena, I am the Honored Master of the Dead!" The dark red eyes gleamed with an enchanting and evil gaze that made Lu Yun feel a chill in his heart. This was the first time Lu Yun had felt this way since he started practicing.