137: Bloody Trap

Black Rock Canyon, true to its name, was filled with jagged rocks and devoid of any vegetation.

Deep within the canyon, a chilling gale perpetually enveloped the area. Only when the gale occasionally paused would a faint, fragmented Aura of Divine Origin, like bait, surge out from the bottomless spatial rift.

At this moment, Lin Ye's face, perfectly displaying a mix of 'vigilance' and 'yearning,' showed no unusual expressions. Like any Wild God new to this place, drawn by the faint Divine Origin Aura, he cautiously, step by step, 'stumbled' towards the canyon's depths, which were fraught with unknown dangers and fatal temptations.

However, beneath his lowered eyelids, his dark eyes held a cold, calm gaze, like that of a hawk!

"Has he arrived...?"

He could clearly sense a cold Aura, brimming with endless greed and cruelty, like a venomous snake lurking in the dark, already hidden in the deepest, most complex, and most advantageous spot for an ambush behind the rock pile in the canyon's depths!

Although that Aura was deliberately restrained to the extreme, under Lin Ye's acute perception, which had been honed to a Prodigy-like level by the System, it was still... impossible to hide!

blood butcher, blood butcher!

The corners of Lin Ye's mouth slowly curved into a cold, mocking arc.

He did not hesitate, maintaining his 'unprepared' demeanor, step by step, like a lamb already targeted by a hunter, calmly walking into the... death hunting ground that had been prepared for him!

...Deep in the canyon, behind the pile of rocks.

Blood Butcher's murky old eyes, hidden in the shadows of his blood-red cloak, were locked onto the approaching, unsuspecting 'prey.' His gaunt, corpse-like old face was already covered with a cruel, cat-and-mouse-like playful smile.

Stupid!

Utterly stupid!

These Wild Gods, who had just climbed up from the Lower Realm, were always so naive, so... oblivious to death!

They had no idea that this 'Black Rock Canyon,' seemingly full of Opportunities, had been cultivated by him, Blood Butcher, for hundreds of years! It had long become his exclusive... hunting ground! His slaughterhouse!

And that so-called 'Divine Origin Aura' was merely... bait that he had deliberately released!

"Hehehe..."

Watching his 'prey' finally step into the core area of his Myriad Blood Molten God Array, Blood Butcher could no longer suppress the greed and killing intent in his heart, letting out a hoarse, spine-chchilling laugh like a night owl!

Now!

His withered, ghost-claw-like fingers suddenly formed a strange seal in the Void Realm, filled with endless evil and bloody Qi!

"Myriad Blood Molten God, Soul Refining and Spirit Scattering!"

"Formation, rise!!!"

A furious roar, filled with endless malice and cruelty!

Boom!!!

The entire Black Rock Canyon trembled violently at this instant!

Centered on Lin Ye's position, within a hundred-zhang radius, the ground, without warning, was covered with dense, crimson blood-colored patterns, like a spiderweb!

These patterns, as if alive, wriggled and spread frantically! In an instant, they completely... sealed all of Lin Ye's escape routes!

An indescribable, terrifying Aura, filled with endless blood, decay, and a sense of utterly melting the Divine Soul, surged from the blood-colored patterns, soaring into the sky! It transformed into a vast, continuously churning... viscous sea of blood!

Within the sea of blood, one could vaguely see billions of human faces, filled with endless pain and resentment, frantically rising and falling, wailing! Emitting piercing screams that could tear apart one's Divine Soul!

This was Blood Butcher's signature killing move—the Myriad Blood Molten God Array!

It was a malicious demonic Formation he had refined over hundreds of years, collecting the essence blood and resentful souls of countless living beings!

Once trapped within it, let alone an Early Stage Demigod, even a Middle Stage Demigod expert, without special means, would find it impossible to escape easily! In the end, their Divinity and Divine Soul would be completely... melted! And devoured by the endless blood Qi and resentful souls!

"Little thing!" Blood Butcher's figure slowly emerged from behind the rock pile. He was enveloped in the churning sea of blood, his murky old eyes, like two ghost fires burning in the blood sea, filled with endless greed and cruelty, locked onto Lin Ye, who was already completely submerged by the sea of blood. "To die under this 'Myriad Blood Molten God Array' of mine is also... your honor!"

"Now, let this old man properly 'savor' your pure... Divine Soul Origin!"

Saying that, he suddenly clapped his hands together!

"Melt!!!"

Boom!!!

That viscous sea of blood, which had only been churning, completely boiled at this instant! It transformed into a ten-zhang tall, hideous blood demon, condensed from endless fresh blood and resentful souls!

The blood demon opened its enormous, blood-red mouth, capable of devouring mountains, and with a terrifying high temperature and resentful Aura capable of utterly melting the Divine Soul, it lunged down upon Lin Ye, who was already submerged by the sea of blood and appeared utterly powerless to resist... to devour him!

However, just as that hideous, blood-red mouth was about to touch Lin Ye's body—

The young man, who should have been panicked and despairing, slowly raised his head.

His face, which had previously displayed 'vigilance' and 'yearning,' no longer showed any of its former expressions.

All that remained was an unfathomable, chilling coldness and... mockery that made one's heart palpitate.

"Oh?"

He spoke slowly, his voice not loud, yet every word was clear, like a clap of thunder, resounding violently in the space already completely submerged by the sea of blood!

"Is that all?"

Just two words, yet they seemed to contain a terrifying magical power capable of subverting all common sense!

Blood Butcher's old face, which had been filled with cruelty and smugness, instantly froze! For the first time, a trace of uncontrollable... surprise appeared in his ghost-fire-like eyes!

Before he could react!

"Om—!!!"

An indescribable, terrifying storm, filled with endless profundity and vastness, suddenly erupted with Lin Ye's body as its center!

Beneath his feet, on the dark red ground already completely covered by blood-colored patterns, a much larger, more complex, and even more... terrifying Formation diagram suddenly appeared without warning!

That Formation diagram was vast and boundless! It seemed to encompass the entire Nine Heavens Star River! Eighty-one brilliant star pillars, emanating endless Divine Might, shot up into the sky! Like the strongest cage, and also the most perfect barrier, they instantly... enveloped the churning sea of blood, along with that arrogant, hideous blood demon, in a reverse manner!

And in the very center of that brilliant star river, a terrifying vortex, half holy and half demonic, filled with endless devouring and suppressing intent, slowly rotated, exuding a... supreme Divine Might capable of making heaven and earth tremble!

With the Nine Heavens Star Array as the foundation! With the God-Demon Prison Suppressing Body as the core!

This was Lin Ye's... true killing move, which he had already prepared for him!

—The Star Suppressing Prison Array!

"Formation... a Formation?!"

Blood Butcher looked at the sudden, vast starry sky before him, filled with endless profundity and terrifying Qi. He looked at the hideous blood demon, which had been so aggressive but was now like it had fallen into a quagmire, unable to move an inch. For the first time, a trace of true... horror appeared in his murky old eyes!

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!" He shrieked, his voice becoming sharp and ear-piercing due to extreme fear. "How could you... how could you also set up a Formation?! And... such a... such a terrifying Formation?!"

He couldn't understand!

How could this 'Wild God,' who in his eyes should have been like a newborn lamb, ready for slaughter, possess such elusive and endless bizarre methods?!

Could it be... that everything he did before was... an act?!

As soon as this thought appeared, it spread like rampant weeds, instantly occupying his entire mind! His heart, which had been twisted by greed, was instantly filled with a cold chill named 'fear'!

Turning the tables?

Setting a counter-trap?!

"No..."

He instinctively moved to activate a secret technique, wanting to forcefully... escape from this strange starry sky, filled with unknown dangers!

However, how could Lin Ye give him this Opportunity?

"Only now do you want to leave?"

Lin Ye's cold voice, devoid of any emotion, slowly echoed in his ears like a death sentence.

"Too late."

Before he finished speaking!

Boom!!!

That vast starry sky, which had only been slowly rotating, completely boiled at this instant!

Endless brilliant starlight, as if endowed with life, transformed into billions of Star Divine Swords, filled with endless sharpness and purifying intent!

Like a world-destroying sword rain pouring down from the Nine Heavens, it slashed down upon the hideous blood demon, which was already firmly restrained by the power of the stars... to cut it down!

And in the center of that starry sky, the black and white vortex, filled with endless devouring and suppressing intent, suddenly expanded! It transformed into a terrifying giant mouth, capable of utterly devouring all the myriad worlds!

It fiercely... devoured Blood Butcher himself, who was already scared to the point of Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering!

"Ah—!!!"