162: Rock Tracking, Blood Sacrifice for Little Red!

Torchwood Bar, underground secret room.

Bedrock waited two full days and finally received a huge package.

He took out a black stone altar, about half a meter high, from the package.

The surface of the altar was covered with eerie blood-red runes; it clearly wasn't anything good.

He flipped through the included instruction manual, studying it carefully.

After a long time, he let out a sigh of relief.

He gritted his teeth and said:

"Lu Yuan!"

"I will definitely find you!"

"The flame heart crown! It's mine! It can only be mine!"

After venting his frustration into the air, he took out an ebony box, opened the lid, and inside were nine bone needles, each about an inch long, neatly arranged.

Blood Soul Guidance Charm!

This was an extremely sinister tracking secret art within the Torchwood organization.

Using the blood soul of a living creature as a guide, it forcibly traces the location of its closest kin.

Members of the Torchwood organization came from various worlds, employing diverse methods, and this Blood Soul Guidance Charm was a remnant secret art from a destroyed minor world, insidious and vicious, yet extremely effective.

The price was the sacrifice of a portion of a living creature's life and soul.

"Chirp chirp..."

Little Red seemed to sense immense danger and took off running.

Its tiny body erupted with its last strength, attempting to escape.

But how could Bedrock give it a chance?

He reached out his large hand, grabbing Little Red like an iron clamp.

"Chirp... chirp chirp..."

"Little thing, stop struggling."

Bedrock's voice was cold.

"If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for following the wrong master!"

"Offer your soul and guide the way for me!"

He sneered, pressing the struggling Little Red firmly into the central groove of the black altar.

Then he pulled out a leather strap and bound it tightly.

Little Red let out desperate "chirp chirp" sounds, its limbs flailing in vain.

"Hmph, little thing, now you know fear?"

Bedrock was expressionless as he picked up a bone needle and aimed it at Little Red's head.

"Chirp—!"

A shrill scream echoed in the secret room.

The bone needle mercilessly pierced Little Red's tiny body.

Immediately following were the second, then the third... all nine bone needles plunged into Little Red's body.

At this moment, Little Red was completely disfigured.

It was like a fruit pit from which all juice had been squeezed, shriveled and withered.

Its flame-like fur had completely lost its luster, turning a dead gray-black.

The breath of life was already extremely faint, as if it could extinguish at any moment.

Strands of faint blood-red soul threads were forcibly drawn from its body by the bone needles, floating above the altar.

A mad glint flickered in Bedrock's eyes as he began to chant ancient and obscure incantations.

As the incantations sounded, the blood-red runes on the altar lit up one by one, emitting an eerie red glow.

The blood-red soul threads drawn from Little Red's body also seemed to be pulled by some force, slowly rotating and converging above the altar.

"With soul as guide, blood pact to seek!"

Bedrock's incantations grew more urgent, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Activating such a vicious secret art was a considerable drain on him as well.

"Condense!"

He suddenly let out a low shout, forming a strange hand seal and slamming it heavily onto the altar!

"Buzz buzz buzz—!"

Little Red's struggles ceased abruptly, leaving only faint twitches.

Its once lively eyes had now lost all their brilliance, becoming dim.

Above the altar, the cluster of blood-red soul threads grew denser, eventually forming a blurry blood-red light mass.

Inside the light mass, a scene vaguely emerged.

It was a vast primeval forest, with three "moons" of different colors hanging high in the sky.

The blood moon was eerie, the blue moon was cold, and the silver moon was bright.

"This is..."

Bedrock stared intently at the phantom image, his pupils suddenly contracting!

"Nine Heavens Secret Realm?! The third heaven, March Forest?!"

Three moons in the sky—he would never mistake this iconic celestial phenomenon!

That was the core secret ground of the Mobei Nine Heavens Academy!

"Lu Yuan... you really aren't dead!"

"Hahahahaha!!!"

"Good! Very good!"

Bedrock didn't get angry; instead, he laughed, his laughter filled with chilling killing intent.

"You had a path to heaven but chose not to walk it; there was no gate to hell, yet you barged in!"

"Nine Heavens Secret Realm, is it? I'd like to see how you escape my grasp!"

After pointing the direction, the blood-red light and shadow began to slowly dissipate.

The secret art was complete. The red light on the altar gradually receded, and the phantom image formed by the blood-red soul threads also vanished.

Only a faint wisp of blood-red aura remained, pointing towards the distant northwest.

Bedrock glanced at the languishing Little Red on the altar, without a trace of pity in his eyes.

At this moment, his heart held only the obsession to reclaim the flame heart crown.

"Nine Heavens Secret Realm..."

Bedrock's eyes flickered as he quickly calculated.

That was the territory of the Mobei Nine Heavens Academy, heavily guarded, and it would not be easy to infiltrate silently.

The Torchwood teleportation array also required specific anchored coordinates.

Moreover, the Mobei Region was under military jurisdiction!

Even the Torchwood organization had relatively weak influence there.

But, there was still a chance!

"Hmph, what if it's the Mobei Nine Heavens Academy?"

Bedrock sneered.

"As long as I want to get in, there's always a way!"

He immediately began to act.

First, he contacted the Torchwood organization's secret liaison in Canglan Province, conveying his request to go to Mobei and find a way to enter the Nine Heavens Secret Realm.

The Torchwood organization was highly efficient.

Less than half an hour later, a reply came.

The organization would arrange a secret passage for him and provide assistance for infiltrating the outer areas of the Nine Heavens Secret Realm.

However, subsequent deeper penetration and actions within the secret realm would be his responsibility.

"That's enough!"

A fierce glint flashed in Bedrock's eyes.

As long as he could enter the Nine Heavens Secret Realm, he was confident he could find Lu Yuan!

The flame heart crown, he was determined to get it!

He quickly packed his belongings, stuffing the half-dead Little Red into his backpack, as it would still be useful for receiving the crown later.

Then, he placed a large number of origin crystals and activated the medium-range teleportation array in the secret room.

The target was the Torchwood stronghold in Mobei Province City!

This time, Lu Yuan absolutely could not escape!

With a flash of light, Bedrock's figure disappeared into the underground of the Torchwood Bar.

A pursuit spanning several provinces was about to unfold...