Immortality System: Cultivating with Girls
Chapter 63 - 61: Triggering the Revival of the Withered Tree

Chapter 63: Chapter 61: Triggering the Revival of the Withered Tree

The intelligence of a Life Defying Blood Body wasn’t high. It mostly acted on instinct. It couldn’t understand Wen Zhixing’s thoughts. It just instinctively felt Wen Zhixing was somewhat perverse. It didn’t want to cut, but it had no choice. Wen Zhixing’s commands could not be defied.

SPLASH!

The blood-red sword passed over Wen Zhixing’s right arm. A wound, deep enough to reveal bone, appeared, and a torrent of fresh blood sprayed out. Wen Zhixing’s arm trembled, blood flowing down to converge in his palm.

He hesitated no longer. Using his hand as a brush and blood as ink, he drew one mysterious talisman after another on the ground. These talismans seemed chaotic, yet they contained some kind of pattern, as if everything unfolded naturally.

"Continue! Cut me!"

Feeling his wound beginning to heal rapidly and the blood flow lessening, Wen Zhixing had no choice but to speak again.

The Life Defying Blood Body was bewildered.

Keep cutting?

Such a freak.

It didn’t understand but continued to swing the blade.

SPLASH!

The second strike!

Blood splattered, yet Wen Zhixing only furrowed his brow slightly before resuming his drawing.

A moment later.

"Not enough! Cut again!"

SPLASH!

The third strike!

"Keep going! Wait, cut my left hand!"

SPLASH!

The fourth strike!

"Cut me! Harder!"

...

The ninth strike!

The tenth strike!

SPLASH!

The Life Defying Blood Body was now cutting in a daze. And Wen Zhixing was becoming numb from the cuts.

How is it that I don’t feel the cuts anymore?

Wen Zhixing shook his scar-covered arm. The loss of so much blood had turned his face ashen. His healing speed was fast, but not yet at the point of instant recovery.

But now was not the time to rest and wait for his wounds to heal. Wen Zhixing’s hands, moving like coiling dragons, continued to draw.

After a while, the blood-drawn talismans grew in number, and faintly, all of them seemed to merge into a single entity.

When the last stroke was fully drawn on the ground, Wen Zhixing turned his head and barked once again at the Life Defying Blood Body, "Quick, cut yourself!"

He was, after all, only a Shedding Mortal Realm cultivator. Without Spiritual Qi in his body, even if he used his blood essence to set up a Blood Fiend Array, it wouldn’t activate.

SPLASH!

The Life Defying Blood Body didn’t hesitate in the slightest. With a flash of blood-red light, it chopped off its own left arm in a single sword strike. It was even faster than when it had cut Wen Zhixing.

BOOM!

The severed left arm instantly turned into a blood mist, falling towards the ground. It melded into the talismans below. The blood mist seemed to contain some kind of power, causing the blood-red talismans on the ground to start boiling.

Wen Zhixing shouted again, "Channel the blood energy! Array, activate!"

Upon hearing this, the Life Defying Blood Body once again erupted with a dense Blood Fiend Energy, all of it pouring into the Blood Fiend Array.

BOOM!

Driven by the blood energy, the originally lifeless blood-red talismans on the ground began to stir restlessly. A blood-red glow started flickering. The blood-red talismans on the ground began to gradually change shape.

Then, the blood mist scattered, rapidly diffusing outwards and quickly enveloping the entire room.

"Success!"

Wen Zhixing clenched his fists, a flush of color returning to his pale face.

The next moment, he felt a powerful suction force emanating from within the Blood Fiend Array. His blood began to flow uncontrollably from his body.

An expression of extreme agony contorted Wen Zhixing’s face. It was an intensely uncomfortable sensation. It was different from essence absorption. That, after all, involved the union of Yin and Yang, where at least the initial stages were pleasurable. But this felt like being bled dry, forcefully draining a person’s blood essence.

It actually hurts this much!

Wen Zhixing clenched his jaw, veins bulging on his forehead, his eyes completely bloodshot. Even with his abnormal pain tolerance, he found it hard to bear at this moment.

The most troublesome part was that Wen Zhixing’s body instinctively tried to resist this suction force. This meant that while enduring the pain, he also had to suppress his body’s defensive instincts. The agony intensified!

The Life Defying Blood Body beside him also showed signs of pain. The attack of the Blood Fiend Array didn’t distinguish between friend or foe.

Wen Zhixing ordered through gritted teeth, "You get out first and stand guard for me!"

The Life Defying Blood Body seemed to partially understand and immediately fled like a wisp of smoke. The blood energy in its body was also being drained.

If I don’t run now, I’m done for!

At this rate, I’ll be sucked dry by morning.

Wen Zhixing took a deep breath. He gauged the rate at which his blood essence was being extracted and made a silent calculation. At the same time, he examined his chest. He found that the venomous worm was completely unaffected by the Blood Fiend Array.

I was originally planning to save you as a trump card, but it seems that won’t be necessary.

Wen Zhixing’s eyes flickered. This Heart-eating Venomous Worm truly had a trick up its sleeve.

Just then, a sudden change occurred within the array method. The blood essence drained from Wen Zhixing began to gather. Empowered by the array method, it transformed into streams of Blood Fiend Energy. Immediately, this energy formed into a ferocious Blood Beast that threw its head back, roared, and lunged at him.

A Blood Beast formed from condensed Blood Fiend Energy, is it...?

Wen Zhixing, bare-handed, was already prepared for battle. The Blood Fiend Array didn’t just absorb blood energy. The Blood Fiend Energy within the array method was the most difficult part to handle.

The next moment, a shrill howl pierced the air. An ordinary person hearing it would be terrified to their core.

With a flicker of his will, Wen Zhixing lightly tapped his toes, his body leaping backward to dodge the attack. Simultaneously, his muscles bulged, and veins surfaced like coiling dragons, looking as if they might explode at any moment.

BOOM!

He threw a ferocious punch.

With a muffled THUD, the Blood Beast’s head exploded like a firework, dissipating into a cloud of blood mist within the array method.

However, this wasn’t the end.

Soon, as more of Wen Zhixing’s blood essence was extracted, another mass of Blood Fiend Energy slowly began to condense. And the Blood Beast that Wen Zhixing had blasted into a blood mist began to re-form.

Truly worthy of the name Blood Fiend Array.

Wen Zhixing’s eyes narrowed slightly. He had set up this Blood Fiend Array himself, so naturally, he knew what would happen. Once activated, the array method was truly unceasing. But all of this was within Wen Zhixing’s calculations.

With only him inside the array method, the amount of Blood Fiend Energy that could be condensed was limited. Even if he was utterly drained, the Life Defying Blood Body would still be there.

Come on, then! Let’s see just how many Blood Beasts you can condense!

Though Wen Zhixing’s face was pale, he forcefully inhaled the dense blood energy around him and felt surprisingly refreshed.

...

Time passed, second by second.

Before he knew it, more than twenty Blood Beasts had appeared within the Blood Fiend Array. And Wen Zhixing had finally reached the end of his rope.

Yet his movements remained nimble. With a light tap of his toes, he crossed several meters in an instant, appearing beside a Blood Beast.

BANG!

He delivered a heavy punch.

Another Blood Beast was blasted into blood mist!

Then he struck again, his fists a veritable storm. None of the Blood Beasts could withstand a single blow from him.

The moment all the Blood Beasts were vanquished, Wen Zhixing’s legs gave way. The last shred of blood essence in his body was drawn out by the grand array.

And before him, several more masses of Blood Fiend Energy began to rapidly emerge.

The next moment, a prompt panel appeared.

[Your body has entered a withered state. "Revival of the Withered Tree" has been triggered.]