King of Creation
Chapter 452 - 446: New Discoveries about the Mirage Dragon Pearl

Chapter 452: Chapter 446: New Discoveries about the Mirage Dragon Pearl

"Blood River... Suppress!"

Four chilling words burst forth from the mouth of the Blood Spirit.

The instant the Blood Demon Guardian uttered these words, a pearl the size of a fist, radiating blood-red light in front of the Blood Spirit, exploded with light. It was as if a dam had burst, and a rolling Blood River poured down from the sky with sudden force.

Just at that moment, Wanji Peak Master Yi Hanshuang propelled the mystic light-rotating small mountain peak to crash down directly on top of the Blood Spirit.

This time, the Blood Spirit didn’t try to dodge; its figure shot up a hundred meters, and with a slight lift of the Blood River Pearl in its hand, a blood river poured down on the mystic light-rotating small mountain.

Spurt!

Yi Hanshuang’s face turned deathly pale, and he couldn’t help but spew out a mouthful of fresh blood. The Sect Guardian Spiritual Artifact, Peak of Extinction, also tumbled down from the sky spinning, its mystic light completely extinguished.

"Yi Hanshuang, how do you like the taste of this Blood River nurtured with the essence blood of your Wanji Peak’s experts?"

The Blood Spirit laughed arrogantly. During its laughter, it shook the Blood River Pearl in its hand, and four more blood rivers poured down from the sky, instantly sealing all possible escape routes for Ye Zhen, who was trying to evade the falling Blood River.

A foul and filthy Blood River poured down right over Ye Zhen’s head.

Sssss!

The Blood River falling onto Ye Zhen’s Red Jade Spirit Armor hissed like a hot knife through butter and began to rapidly erode the armor.

In shock, Ye Zhen pumped all his spiritual power into sustaining the Red Jade Spirit Armor, while the Heavenly Thunder of Fright in his palm burst forth incessantly.

But still, he couldn’t change the dire situation.

The Red Jade Spirit Armor protecting his body grew thinner by the second, and Ye Zhen was entirely engulfed by the Blood River. Although the Heavenly Thunder of Fright erupted continuously, each time only a space a few meters wide in the Blood River would vaporize into a bluish smoke. Compared to the endless torrents of Blood River unleashed by the Blood Spirit, it was too little.

Outside the Blood River, Yi Hanshuang, withstanding the soul damage from his destroyed spiritual artifact, attacked the Blood Spirit relentlessly in an attempt to rescue not only Ye Zhen but also Wanji Peak.

As the Blood River descended, a part of it, beyond the Blood Spirit’s control, fell directly onto Wanji Peak. Wherever the Blood River touched, the ground became scorched, and ordinary disciples screamed in agony the moment they were splashed with even a drop of its waters. In a short while, they dissolved into bloody puddles.

This chilling scene drove the elders of Wanji Peak to rush to the ground, attempting to save the disciples and stop the Blood River’s rampage.

Yet, this very spectacle brought great delight to the Blood Spirit.

"Hmph, push me to the brink and I will obliterate Wanji Peak with the accumulated Blood River of hundreds of years, even if it costs me dearly. Ye Zhen, just wait to become a soul of the Blood River, to be refined and enslaved by me for all eternity!"

"And you, Yi Hanshuang, once I deal with Ye Zhen, you’re next!" the Blood Spirit, now the Blood Demon Guardian, thundered tyrannically from the sky.

Within the Blood River, Ye Zhen was at the brink of life and death!

Surrounded by layers of Blood River, no matter how skillfully Ye Zhen fought, he was helpless and frantically sustained the Red Jade Spirit Armor while desperately trying to find a way out.

The most likely means of escape for Ye Zhen was to use the power of the Silver Line Demon Eagle King Soul Pearl within the Mirage Dragon Pearl to perform the Silver Line Flash.

However, it was uncertain whether the Silver Line Flash could break free from the encircling Blood River; should it fail, Ye Zhen faced the fate of being eroded by the Blood River and reduced to filth and bones.

"Lip Dragon Pearl?"

As this thought struck him, an incredibly insane idea suddenly took root in Ye Zhen’s mind.

Before reaching the Spirit Transformation Realm, Ye Zhen had directly devoured various energies inside demon cores and spiritual medicines using the Lip Dragon Pearl on his chest to quickly enhance his Cultivation. The Mirage Dragon Pearl would refine all the toxins, violent and murderous energies, and other negative aspects within, leaving behind only the purest and cleanest energy to be easily absorbed by Ye Zhen as Cultivation for rapid improvement.

However, after breaking through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, the progression of Spirit Cultivation was chiefly constrained by the rate of tempering the Acquired Spiritual Body. Thus, after his breakthrough, Ye Zhen seldom used the Mirage Dragon Pearl.

But now, the Mirage Dragon Pearl offered Ye Zhen a glimmer of hope for survival.

If the Mirage Dragon Pearl could devour the violent and even toxic energy within demon cores, could it not also devour the Blood River?

Indeed, the waters of the Blood River were also a form of energy, condensed from the essence blood of martial artists but magnified immensely in quantity, resulting in the Blood River.

One had to admit, it was a wildly insane idea.

Yet, once it took hold, it surged uncontrollably in Ye Zhen’s mind, and almost instantly, he made a decision. He didn’t have much time left, surrounded by the overwhelming Blood River.

In the very next moment, Ye Zhen’s immense Divine Soul Power surged into the Mirage Dragon Pearl, and with a spur of Divine Sense, a tremendous suction force emanated from the location of the Mirage Dragon Pearl at his chest.

"Whoosh!"

Like a whale sucking in water, the Blood River enveloping Ye Zhen was voraciously absorbed into the Mirage Dragon Pearl, and suddenly, the pressure in front of Ye Zhen lessened significantly.

"Huh, still not dead? Ye Zhen, I wonder how much longer you can hold on?" From the sky, the Blood Spirit, while dealing with Yi Hanshuang’s attacks, waved his hand dismissively, and an immense volume of Blood River poured down once again.

Almost at the same time, Ye Zhen’s face lit up with wild joy.

"It worked!"

To his amazement and delight, not only could the Mirage Dragon Pearl devour the Blood River, it could also utilize it.

As the vast volume of the Blood River was devoured by the Mirage Dragon Pearl, directed by the pearl’s inherent guidance, it furiously battered against the barriers sealing the Third Stage space within the pearl.

Mysterious Qing light emerged from the barriers of the Third Stage space, and the pounding Blood River was directly extinguished by the flashing Qing light into nothingness.

But visibly, a crack had been opened—or rather torn—into the third-stage spatial barrier by the Blood River.

Seeing the Mirage Dragon Pearl swallowing vast amounts of the Blood River without injury, but instead reaping great benefits, Ye Zhen lost all his reservations.

With his Divine Sense furiously pushing, the Blood River that had trapped Ye Zhen seemed to have found a place to drain away, being voraciously devoured by his Mirage Dragon Pearl.

Once this immense Blood River was absorbed by the Lip Dragon Pearl, it surged wave after wave, relentlessly assaulting the seal barrier of the Mirage Dragon Pearl’s third stage.

In just a few breaths, Ye Zhen had dissolved the surrounding Blood River, leaving the area around him empty of blood.

This scene stunned the Sect Elders of Wanji Peak, who dared not approach, to the point of speechlessness.

In the sky, the Blood Demon Guardian engaged in fierce battle with Yi Hanshuang, waiting for Ye Zhen to succumb to the erosion of the Blood River. Perhaps out of extreme confidence or believing such an event to be impossible, it did not notice immediately that Ye Zhen had already escaped the encirclement of the Blood River.

Moreover, due to his instinctual drive, the torrent of the Blood River continued to spill out from within the Blood River Pearl, its brilliance rapidly weakening.

Seeing the Blood Spirit’s lack of reaction, Ye Zhen was in no hurry, driving the Mirage Dragon Pearl to absorb the blood waters pouring down from the sky.

Ye Zhen was aware that the Blood Spirit’s main reliance was actually the Blood River.

Without the support of the Blood River, not only would the Blood Spirit be no different from an ordinary Martial Artist in the Vein Forging Realm, it also would no longer be able to rely on the terrifying energy of the Blood River to recover at any time.

While driving the Mirage Dragon Pearl to absorb the Blood River, Ye Zhen was also pondering another issue.

Ye Zhen suddenly realized that today, possibly by chance, he might have discovered an excellent life-saving tactic.

In the future, should he face a terrifying attack that he could neither dodge nor withstand, perhaps he could use the Mirage Dragon Pearl to dissipate it, which could have miraculous effects!

Of course, this would depend on the situation and would severely test one’s judgment and timing.

But if used correctly, it might have an exceptionally wondrous effect, just like now!

"The Blood River?"

"My Blood River?"

"Ye Zhen, you damned thief, my Blood River! Give it back to me!"

Perhaps by inadvertently glancing at the composed Ye Zhen, or perhaps sensing the rapid drain of power from within the Blood River Pearl, the Blood Demon Guardian, Blood Spirit, began to scream like a madman after seeing the lackluster Blood River Pearl just once.

Eighty percent!

In just this brief moment, more than eighty percent of the power inside the Blood River Pearl had been lost!

Outsiders could not understand the importance of the power within the Blood River Pearl to a Blood Demon. With a Blood River Pearl full of Essence Blood, the Blood Demon possessing it, to some extent, would have attained an undying body!

That was also the reason behind the Blood Spirit’s brazen arrogance.

But now, its form of immortality had been broken by Ye Zhen!

At the moment of realization, Blood Spirit’s stance was thrown into utter chaos!

"Blood Spirit, it’s only fair to return the favor. Now, it’s my turn to deal with you!"

With a stern shout, Ye Zhen’s figure flickered, and suddenly he split into four. Four silhouettes charged at Blood Spirit from four directions, each hand flickering with Thunder Light!

Spirit Light Transformation into Shadows Secret Technique!

Since the Blood Spirit was prepared and Ye Zhen’s Heavenly Thunder of Fright could not hit him, Ye Zhen decided to distract him!

With Cultivation comparable to a Martial Artist in the Peak of Vein Forging Realm, and possessing immeasurably strong Soul Power,

Blood Spirit was initially startled to see four figures, each with Thunder Light shining in their hands, charging towards him. However, as his Divine Sense swept across them, it became clear which of the thunderous figures were illusions and which were real.

Boom!

Almost simultaneously, successive Heavenly Thunders of Fright were unleashed from Ye Zhen’s hands. Stored within the Thunder Aperture, the Heavenly Thunder of Fright, when triggered, only needed a thought to be unleashed at the speed akin to Divine Skills.

In an instant, Ye Zhen’s hands moved in a chain, launching one Thunder Net after another, blanketing the sky and bombarding Blood Spirit.

Sizzle!

Even though Blood Spirit reacted very quickly, shrinking down to a meteor, wanting to form a blood pearl the size of a rice grain to evade the Thunder Light, just as his body shrank to a point, a Thunder Light exploded right above his head!

Blood Spirit let out a scream upon impact, the Blood Light trembling violently as massive amounts of it scattered. The quickly formed blood-colored meteor dimmed rapidly.

As is known, the electrical damage from Heavenly Thunder of Fright is extremely frightening, and this damage, when applied to a shadowy creature like the Blood Demon, would be multiplied.

Even a Blood Demon Guardian with Blood Spirit’s immense Cultivation would tremble for a tenth of a moment when struck by a single Heavenly Thunder of Fright.

A tenth of a moment was long enough for Ye Zhen!

With successive Heavenly Thunders of Fright pounding away, Blood Spirit screamed pitifully amid the thunders, continuously wailing and cursing Ye Zhen. Amid the curses, the Blood Light was rapidly weakening, and even the absorption of all the remaining Essence Blood from the Blood River Pearl could not sustain it.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

After thirty or so Heavenly Thunders of Fright, the screams of Blood Spirit abruptly ceased, and the murky hue of Blood Light vanished within the thunder.

For a moment, as the Thunder Light gradually dissipated, a crystal clear gemstone-like bead the size of a fingernail, resembling a ruby, quietly floated in the void. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users, please read at m.qidian.com.)