99: Chapter 99: Ancestral Witch Body Refining Method

Xiao Yuan was delightfully absorbing the energy inside the giant cauldron, feeling extremely comfortable.

The space inside the creation cauldron was actually slowly expanding!

It wasn't the kind of expansion used for storing items, but a deeper kind—how should he put it, like an expansion on a perceptual level?

In any case, Xiao Yuan couldn't explain it clearly either; he just felt like the creation cauldron had become even more "formidable."

As for how formidable it specifically was, he hadn't had time to study it yet, but it was formidable nonetheless!

"Absorb, absorb! Absorb more!" He chuckled happily as he absorbed the energy.

The battle outside grew even more intense.

The three blood shadows were like cats whose tails had been stepped on, attacking the Cultivators madly. Although the Cultivators had superior numbers, they were forced back step by step, their miserable screams ringing out continuously.

"Roar—!"

The three blood shadows roared in unison, and the aura on their bodies surged dramatically once again!

Xiao Yuan was shocked as he watched: "Holy crap, they can get even stronger?"

But he couldn't care about that too much, because the speed at which the creation cauldron absorbed energy was getting faster and faster!

The energy in the giant cauldron rushed toward the creation cauldron in his Dantian like floodgates opening!

"Almost done, almost done, it's about to finish absorbing..."

Just then, the three blood shadows suddenly stopped attacking and roared toward the sky in unison!

The sound shook the entire space, making it tremble!

And then—

Buzz!

A terrifying spatial ripple erupted from their bodies, instantly enveloping the entire field!

Before Xiao Yuan could react, his vision blurred, and his head spun!

"Holy crap—!"

By the time he regained his senses, the surrounding scenery had completely changed.

It was no longer the Alchemy room, but a world of blood red!

The sky was blood red, the ground was blood red, and even the air was filled with a thick, suffocating blood fiend Qi. The smell was pungently metallic and sweet, making one dizzy with a single breath.

"Wh-Where is this?!" Ye Qingcen cried out in alarm, grabbing Xiao Yuan's arm.

Su Li also pressed closely against Xiao Yuan, vigilantly looking around.

Su Ruotong and two Jade Maiden Palace Disciples turned pale, standing back-to-back, ready to strike at any moment.

Xiao Yuan looked up—that giant cauldron was still floating above his head! It had been teleported over along with them!

Around them, all thirty-plus Cultivators were present, tumbling about in disarray, faces filled with complete bewilderment.

"What's going on?!"

"Where is this?"

"Blood... so much blood..."

Suddenly, someone pointed ahead, their voice trembling:

"Th-That pool..."

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed.

Not far ahead, a massive Blood Pool was churning!

That Blood Pool was at least a hundred feet wide, filled with a thick, bubbling blood-red liquid!

A terrifyingly intense blood fiend Qi surged from the pool, weighing down so heavily that everyone struggled to breathe!

"Wh-What place is this?!"

Someone suddenly exclaimed in shock:

"Could it be... the one recorded in the ancient texts?!"

"What ancient texts?"

"The Cultivation Holy Land of the Qingyuan Sect! The Witch Clan Blood Pool!"

"The Witch Clan Blood Pool?!"

"Those three blood shadows... could they be ancient Witch Clan Remnant Souls?!"

Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed drastically!

Xiao Yuan was stunned as well.

The Witch Clan? The ancient Witch Clan?

From his memories of reading novels in his past life, he knew of this race—a powerful race from the primordial ancient era with invincible Physical Bodies, capable of battling the heavens and earth.

This Blood Pool was the Witch Clan's Cultivation Holy Land?

Those three blood shadows were Witch Clan Remnant Souls? A Human Race Sect like the Qingyuan Sect actually possessed such a Cultivation Holy Land, and even had Witch Clan Remnant Souls existing here?!

Could it be that these members of the Witch Clan had also once been Disciples of the Qingyuan Sect?!

Before he could think further, the three blood shadows appeared above the Blood Pool.

They hovered there, their aura surging frantically, growing more than ten times stronger than before!

Six crimson eyes looked toward Xiao Yuan in unison!

To be precise, they were looking at the giant cauldron above Xiao Yuan's head!

Then, they moved!

Three streaks of blood-red lightning pounced toward Xiao Yuan!

"Not good!" Xiao Yuan's face changed dramatically.

He instinctively tried to dodge, but the speed of those three blood shadows was too fast; in the blink of an eye, they were right in front of him!

The thirty-plus Cultivators who had been teleported in were all standing still on the spot.

Not a single person stepped in to help. Their expressions were strange, seemingly watching the show, yet also seemingly trying their best to resist the dense blood fiend Qi around them.

Xiao Yuan had no time to worry about those people at all, because the foremost blood shadow was already blasting a fist toward him!

That fist carried world-destroying might, and before it even reached him, the fist wind alone pressed down so hard that Xiao Yuan could barely breathe!

Peak Foundation Establishment!

A genuine, true Peak Foundation Establishment!

Xiao Yuan's pupils shrank as he desperately circulated all the spiritual energy in his body while simultaneously activating the Blood Shadow Divine Scripture!

"Burning Blood Fierce Flame Burst!"

He blasted out a fist, and a surge of blood-red flame burst from his fist, turning into a violent attack that met the blood shadow head-on!

This was the strongest offensive secret technique in the Blood Shadow Divine Scripture! Burning essence blood to unleash a lethal blow!

Even if this strike couldn't kill a Peak Foundation Establishment powerhouse, it could at least delay the enemy!

Seeing this attack, a flash of surprise actually flickered across the blood shadow's crimson eyes!

It uttered a deep, heavy voice that seemed to come from ancient times: "This is... the Ancestral Witch Body Refining Technique?"

The next second, it punched out, also sending forth a blood-red fist glow that met Xiao Yuan's attack head-on!

Boom—!

The two forces collided, erupting with a earth-shattering roar!

Xiao Yuan's attack was shattered with a single fist from the blood shadow!

As for the blood shadow itself, it merely took half a step back!

Under the powerful force of the recoil, Xiao Yuan was forced back three steps, his face changing drastically.

Although Burning Blood Fierce Flame Burst couldn't kill a Peak Foundation Establishment powerhouse in one hit, it shouldn't have been caught so effortlessly by the opponent either!

Moreover, the opponent held an absolute upper hand.

What shocked him even more was—

In that fist from the opponent, he felt a familiar aura!

That aura was almost identical to the Blood Shadow Divine Scripture he Cultivated!

"You..." Xiao Yuan's eyes widened. "You also Cultivated the Blood Shadow Divine Scripture?"

The blood shadow didn't answer, merely staring at him with a complex expression flickering in its crimson eyes.

It raised its hand, and a blood-red rune surfaced in its palm.

That rune was something Xiao Yuan was beyond familiar with!

The core mark that appeared when Cultivating the Blood Shadow Divine Scripture!

Xiao Yuan stared at the rune in the blood shadow's palm, completely stunned.

"You also Cultivated the Blood Shadow Divine Scripture?" he blurted out.

The blood shadow paused slightly, a trace of confusion flickering in its crimson eyes.

"Blood Shadow Divine Scripture?" It spoke, its voice raspy and ancient, as if echoing from endless ages ago. "What is that?"

It stared at Xiao Yuan and said word by word, "What you Cultivate is clearly my Witch Clan's secret, untaught technique—the Ancestral Witch Body Refining Technique!"

Xiao Yuan's head buzzed.

Ancestral Witch Body Refining Technique?

What he Cultivated was clearly the Blood Shadow Demonic Classic upgraded into the Blood Shadow Divine Scripture using the creation cauldron. Could it be...

Was the Blood Shadow Demonic Classic originally an incomplete fragment derived from the Ancestral Witch Body Refining Technique?

Had the creation cauldron merely purified it and restored it close to its original form?

"Where did you learn this Cultivation Technique?" the blood shadow asked in a deep voice.