541: Chapter 541 The Lost Blood Lotus, Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire

"Very well!" Hun Tiandi was extremely indifferent and did not act immediately.

Looking at Tang Junyao floating in mid-air, it seemed that after her trip to the Tianshan Blood Pool, her cultivation had broken through the peak of the Dou Huang level and reached the Dou Zong level.

It made sense; with the foundation of the Burning Flame Valley and her proficiency in alchemy, reaching the Dou Zong level was not a difficult task.

However, Hun Tiandi still did not believe that Tang Junyao had the strength to kill Princess Nian Youyou.

He was certain of this.

Splash!

Suppressing the throb in his heart, he looked at the blood-red scene before him. Blood surged from the void like a river, falling to the ground like a crimson waterfall.

Flowing through the ruins, it was no wonder it was called the Blood River Ruins.

But the source was still unknown; blood gushed from the depths of the void. This natural creation was no less spectacular than a river flowing backward.

"Everyone, only by breaking this spatial barrier can we discover the source of this blood river."

An expert from the Starfall Pavilion said indifferently, making this suggestion, and no one objected.

"Then let's do it!" an expert from the Gu Clan said coldly.

The experts from various major forces present exchanged glances, and the vast Dou Qi within their bodies surged out. They performed powerful Dou Techniques and blasted toward the blood river barrier.

Rumble!

The powerful attacks caused the flowing blood river to churn with crimson waves, looking extremely bewitching.

Under the forceful assault, a shattering sound rang out, cracks spread, and the crimson torrent surged out even faster.

Seeing the initial success, they put in more effort.

Crack!

With a loud shattering sound, the crimson barrier broke apart.

Boom!

Endless blood gushed out, a scene that caused the expressions of many experts from various forces to change.

"A blood river? Just how many people were killed to form these Blood River Ruins?"

An expert from the Lei Clan said in horror.

"Have you forgotten how much of a bloodbath that demon from the Hun Clan caused in Zhongzhou back then? He slaughtered countless living beings, turning millions of miles blood-red..."

A person from the Starfall Pavilion raised their voice, causing everyone present to tremble.

"Hun Clan, Hun Tiandi?" The bloody executioner who performed a blood sacrifice on Zhongzhou to condense an Emperor Pill and advance to the supreme Dou Di level.

It could be said that Hun Tiandi was a taboo topic, having brought the greatest blood catastrophe in history to the Fighting Qi Continent.

Fortunately, there was a lucky genius who turned the tide, attaining the Dou Di level through the path of Strange Fires. The Battle of Two Emperors was world-shattering.

In the end, he was sealed in the endless void, enduring the burning of Strange Fires.

Buzz!

After the crimson torrent poured out, the flow speed slowed down, revealing the source of the blood river.

Before them was a giant blood-red lotus; it was from this blood lotus that the blood was gushing.

Many experts present were shocked.

The one most surprised was Hun Tiandi, who stared dumbfounded at the blood lotus in mid-air, his body trembling and his eyes flashing with excitement.

"Heh, a country bumpkin who hasn't seen the world, scared silly by a treasure like the blood lotus!"

"Look at how excited you are. Could it be that this blood lotus belongs to you?"

From a distance, Tang Junyao's mocking voice reached Hun Tiandi's ears.

Hearing this, the people from the Starfall Pavilion also showed expressions of mockery.

Hun Tiandi suppressed the excitement in his heart: "The blood lotus that was condensed for the refining of the Emperor Pill during the blood sacrifice of Zhongzhou back then has actually appeared before me, even forming the Blood River Ruins."

However, after the Battle of Two Emperors, it had been lost in Zhongzhou—the missing blood lotus.

Looking at it again, his heart was filled with infinite emotion. No wonder he had felt a faint, invisible summoning after entering the Blood River Ruins.

Now, looking at it with Hun Tiandi's eyes, the refining method of this blood lotus was too crude.

The blood stained the earth, hundreds of millions of lives were lost, and the resentment and sin shook the heavens.

"Hahaha, a treasure like the blood lotus belongs to my Burning Flame Valley..." While everyone was waiting, a seven-star Dou Zun expert from the Burning Flame Valley laughed arrogantly.

He charged toward the blood lotus with extreme speed, as if afraid others would compete for it.

At the same time, experts from the Starfall Pavilion and the Lei Clan also acted. Although they were allies, taking this treasure would truly increase their sect's strength.

Who would be willing to give it up?

They fought fiercely, their paths converging in mid-air as they vied for the blood lotus, their momentum shaking the world.

Just as the eight experts condensed energy handprints to grab the blood lotus, a cluster of crimson lotus flames suddenly sprouted from it.

The eerie flames appeared and directly burrowed into the bodies of the eight experts. The terrifyingly high temperature was released, incinerating their physical bodies and souls.

Ah...

With a sudden scream, and before they could retreat, the eight experts froze and fell directly from mid-air.

They landed in the flowing blood river, sizzling with white smoke as their flesh and bones were corroded and melted by the blood river, becoming a part of it.

This terrifying and eerie scene completely stunned the experts present.

Every one of these experts had fought their way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood; whether in mental fortitude or talent, they had all experienced the tempering of life and death.

Yet, under the burning of this crimson flame, they perished in a single encounter.

Hun Tiandi's expression was also solemn. These eight experts were all at the Dou Zun level, yet they were unable to resist this eerie flame.

There was only one person present whose beautiful eyes flashed with excitement upon seeing this crimson and eerie flame.

"Red Lotus Karma Fire, is it really you?"

This person was Huo Zhi of the Yan Clan. As a member of the Yan Clan, her clan had possessed five types of Strange Fires from the strange fire ranking list during its peak.

The Eight Wastelands Destruction Flame ranked sixth, the Nine Serene Golden Ancestral Fire ranked seventh, the Red Lotus Karma Fire ranked eighth, the Fire Cloud Water Flame ranked sixteenth, and the Volcanic Rock Flame ranked seventeenth.

The Red Lotus Karma Fire among them was mastered by Huo Zhi of the Yan Clan, but in the final battle, it was summoned away by Xiao Yan and merged into the Emperor Flame.

Consequently, the Emperor Flame became the number one Strange Fire on the strange fire ranking list.

The Yan Clan, having lost its Strange Fires, suffered a great decline in strength and had only recently begun to recover some vitality.

Over the years, Huo Zhi had searched the Fighting Qi Continent, hoping to find another Strange Fire to revitalize the Yan Clan.

Although only twenty-two types are listed on the strange fire ranking list, this does not mean that no other Strange Fires exist on the Fighting Qi Continent.

They are simply hidden extremely well, some even in places that human experts find difficult to reach.

Now, in the Blood River Ruins, she had discovered a Strange Fire that was both familiar and strange, and the excitement in her heart was beyond words.

However, in Huo Zhi's perception, this Red Lotus Karma Fire was even more powerful than the one she had once possessed.

The Red Lotus Karma Fire, once ranked eighth on the strange fire ranking list, is a very terrifying flame that can only be nurtured in a place filled with endless sin.

Once nurtured, it is inherently terrifying; any person, magical beast, or even other races with karma upon them...

...cannot escape the burning of the Karma Fire.

What does the Karma Fire burn? It burns cause and effect, and it burns sin.

Any living being, if they have experienced slaughter, been tainted by killing intent, or committed boundless sins, will be like boiling oil touching a spark once they come into contact with the Karma Fire.

It detonates on the spot, turning into a monstrous fire that incinerates the self, turning them to ash within the Karma Fire. It has always been a flame feared by countless beings across the heavens.

Unless one's own karma is dissipated, it is difficult to extinguish.

The Red Lotus Karma Fire is a standout among them, a weapon of mass destruction.

Those who truly dare to refine it are very few; one must go through a process and endure a test of life and death.

Red Lotus Karma Fire, tempering the golden body with fire!

During refinement, it will trigger the karma within the body, turning it into Karma Fire that burns the self. If one survives, the sin disappears, and one takes command of the divine fire.

If one cannot survive, they will be turned to ash.

But once mastered, it is a terrifying power.