241: Chapter 241 Devouring the Yellow Springs, Source of the Blood God

"Nine Nether Art, Huang Quan Tribulation!"

Huang Quan let out a low, guttural roar. He pushed the Nine Nether Art to its absolute limit, with black gas swirling around his body as he thrust his hands forward with a boom.

The black phantom behind him gathered its sky-covering palms, condensing a massive black sphere of light that radiated an evil, sinister coldness. It tore through space, hurtling toward Hun Tiandi.

"Thunder Blade, Slash!"

Hun Tiandi let out a roar, raising his long blade high toward the heavens. A massive blade aura emerged, carrying destructive lightning as it cleaved downward from the sky.

The black sphere of light and the massive blade aura collided in mid-air.

The sharp and domineering blade aura slashed through the energy sphere. With its momentum undiminished, it continued its strike toward Huang Quan.

Rumble...

Successive loud explosions shook the air, and the sound of the blasts spread as destructive energy impacted the surrounding fields. The pavilion and the pool where the cold jade ancient zither was kept were completely destroyed.

Aow...

The phantom behind Huang Quan pressed its palms together, forcefully blocking the blade aura that was slashing down from the sky.

Roaring and shaking incessantly, Huang Quan's eyes were filled with shock and fury. Not even the Nine Nether Art could defeat this youth.

Orange Sword Soul Slash!

With a thought, Hun Tiandi once again activated the soul orange sword within his sea of consciousness, sending it sweeping toward Huang Quan's soul accompanied by a peerless rain of swords.

Ah...

Suddenly, Huang Quan let out a high-pitched scream, clutching his head. Waves of sharp pain radiated from his soul to his body, causing him to react instinctively.

As the black phantom behind him dissipated, Hun Tiandi's expression changed. He shifted his long blade, redirecting the blade aura to strike the ground.

The violent energy sent Huang Quan flying. He was heavily injured and collapsed to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

His aura was weak to the extreme. Hun Tiandi had turned his blade at the last moment because he was afraid of killing Huang Quan instantly.

If he died, the plan to devour the Huang Quan Body would fall through.

Hu!

Hun Tiandi exhaled softly and took out a healing pill, swallowing and refining it to recover from his injuries. Half an hour later, his injuries had recovered by about eighty percent.

Carrying the long blade, he walked toward Huang Quan and arrived at his side.

"What do you want to do?" Huang Quan asked in terror.

"I want to eat you!" Hun Tiandi gave a wicked smile. He grabbed Huang Quan and vanished from the spot in a flash.

At the foot of a mountain range, he carved out a cave and threw Huang Quan onto the ground.

Hun Tiandi sat cross-legged and consumed pills to heal, ensuring his strength was at its peak before devouring the Huang Quan Body.

An hour later, Hun Tiandi's injuries were fully healed.

"Devouring the Huang Quan Body!"

Hun Tiandi said coldly. He then formed hand seals, and countless runes emerged, melting together to form a white lotus that bloomed with white light.

Faint white light surged as a holy white lotus appeared, imprinted with runes.

"Living Sacrifice, Open!"

With a low murmur, he pushed his hands forward. The lotus, radiating a faint white light, moved above Huang Quan. As the word 'Open' was uttered, the faint white light descended, enveloping Huang Quan's body.

Ah...

Huang Quan howled in agony as the white light spread, gradually permeating his entire body. The dense white light was like a flame, wrapping around Huang Quan.

Amidst screams that didn't sound human, Huang Quan's body was scorched and incinerated by the flames an hour later.

Only a mass of black-red lifeblood essence remained. This was the source of the Huang Quan Body, and it slowly rose into the air, falling into the lotus.

"Devour... Gulp!"

Hun Tiandi opened his mouth wide and swallowed the white lotus. Immediately, a faint white light swirled around him, making him look like a radiant angel, holy and flawless.

After the lotus entered his body, Hun Tiandi slowly closed his eyes and focused his mind.

"Blood Scripture, devour the source essence blood!"

Immediately, the Blood Scripture within his body began to circulate slowly. Dou Qi surged out, traveling through his meridians as the white lotus released wisps of source essence blood.

Wrapped in Dou Qi, the essence followed the circulation path of the Blood Scripture technique, refining the source of the Huang Quan Body.

However, the source essence blood seemed to sense danger and incessantly released Nine Nether Cold Qi, causing a layer of black ice to form on his skin.

Hun Tiandi was encased within it, looking like an ice sculpture.

He focused entirely on circulating the Blood Scripture to melt the source. This time, performing a Living Sacrifice on the Huang Quan Body and melting its source essence blood felt somewhat easier.

This was likely due to two reasons: first, he already had experience devouring source essence blood; second, the Huang Quan Body was incomplete and not fully perfected.

Naturally, it was much easier to devour.

Time passed quietly as Hun Tiandi remained in seclusion.

At the fork in the cavern, several figures were waiting anxiously. Faced with this massive maze earlier, no one had dared to enter lightly.

They feared there was danger inside—that they might have the life to go in but not to come out. The cruelty of the Forbidden Realm of Qin had made everyone realize that people really did die here.

It was definitely no joke; a single moment of carelessness could cost them their lives.

However, it was impossible for them to retreat willingly, so they lingered around the fork.

Earlier, Huang Quan from the Yellow Spring Pavilion had entered the passage and had not come out since.

"Could the Young Master have encountered danger?" Quan Yi and Quan Er looked at each other, feeling anxious.

If anything happened to the Young Master, a catastrophic disaster would await them upon their return to the Yellow Spring Pavilion.

Everyone was still waiting, as no one dared to be the first to go in.

Inside the cave.

Hun Tiandi's devouring of the Huang Quan Body had reached the final stage. This time, the refining speed had increased several times over.

When the last trace of source essence blood in his body was completely refined,

The blood-colored Dou Qi inside him surged and flowed through his meridians. The pure energy roared, sending a wave of comfort through him.

Boom!

Immediately, the abundant Dou Qi, like a fierce giant snake, surged toward the cyclone Dou Crystal and poured into it with a crash.

The blood-colored light sphere rotated, incessantly devouring the Dou Qi energy. The spatial runes on its surface flickered; no matter how the Dou Qi roared, it couldn't be shaken in the slightest.

The blood-colored light sphere accepted all comers, devouring the surging energy like a gluttonous Taotie.

The volume of the cyclone was expanding, and the blood-colored light sphere was also swelling. Hun Tiandi's strength was rising as well.

Eight days later, the aura on Hun Tiandi's body surged. A fierce aura erupted from him, roaring and surging within the cave.

Chii!

His eyes suddenly snapped open, shooting out two beams of blood-colored light that tore through the air in front of him.

"What a waste, an incomplete Huang Quan Body!"

A hint of anger appeared on Hun Tiandi's handsome face as he barked coldly.

After devouring the Huang Quan Body, his strength had risen from a Three-star Dou Ling to a Five-star Dou Ling. With a thought, he circulated the Blood Scripture, and the energy of heaven and earth roared.

The efficiency of his body devouring and refining energy had improved, but not by much.

"Blood Scripture, advanced to a High-Rank Mystery Level cultivation technique!"

This was also why Hun Tiandi was angry; he had originally thought the Blood Scripture could evolve into an Earth Level technique.

"Oh well, High-Rank Mystery Level it is!"

Hun Tiandi sighed helplessly. He closed his eyes slightly and sank his soul into his body, looking at the blood-colored light sphere within the cyclone.

The Dou Crystal had changed significantly after dual cultivation with Feng Qing'er; the original sea urchin Dou Crystal had become a blood-colored sphere, so calling it a Dou Crystal was no longer appropriate.

"From now on, it shall be called: Source of the Blood God!"

Hun Tiandi spoke solemnly. He opened his eyes, stood up, and looked at the storage ring left behind by Huang Quan. With a grab through the air, it landed in his hand.

Soul power surged out, erasing the soul seal and entering the ring.

Piled inside were hundreds of weapon embryos, radiating a crystalline and extremely dazzling light. He then took out the weapon embryos.

He stored them into the Netherworld. If there was anything on Hun Tiandi that couldn't be searched,

It was the small world he had opened: the Netherworld.