127: Tower Break (Part 2)

Such power must be the Perfection of Geng Metal Sword Intent!

The Sword Cultivator in green robes gently pushed with two fingers, and the three-foot green sword, carrying the momentum to sever Reincarnation, slashed down from the sky.

Blood Sea's eyes cracked at the corners, and his Physical Body, in the Late-stage Demon Infant (Cultivation Stage), let out a groan as bones shattered under the sword pressure. Blood beads seeping from his seven orifices were evaporated into a red mist by the Sword Qi before they could even hit the ground.

At the brink of life and death, blood-colored Dao patterns ignited in his eyes, and the Perfection Blood Intent Realm suddenly erupted.

A violent Blood Intent swept out, forcibly pushing back the sword edge condensed from Geng Metal Sword Intent by three zhang. The air was instantly filled with a rusty, bloody smell.

"Sky Destroyer!"

The demonic sword, coiling with monstrous demonic flames, slashed upwards. Under Blood Sea's urging, the Nine Yang Demonic Flames condensed into nine ferocious Dragon heads coiling around the sword body.

The two swords clashing made no sound; only the energy ripples bursting from the collision shaved off half the peak of Black Mountain.

The tip of the long sword formed by the green-robed Sword Cultivator's Sword Intent shattered, and his entire body was sent flying into the sky by the explosion.

Blood Sea's right arm, along with the demonic sword, exploded into a blood mist, but amidst his maniacal laughter, he activated the Divine Blood Divine Ability. The splashing blood beads, like living things, flowed back to his severed limb, and even the demonic sword formed from Source Blood was restored simultaneously.

As the silver light of the Heaven-Observing Divine Eye swirled, he not only discerned the circulation trajectory of the Geng Metal Sword Intent but also captured its inherent flaws.

His newly regenerated right arm grasped the re-formed demonic sword, its blade simultaneously entwined with blood-colored Dao patterns and black-purple demonic flames.

"Sky-Slaying Sword!"

The demonic sword in Blood Sea's hand slashed diagonally upwards, all his magical power and spirit converging into this single sword strike. Even thirty percent of his Destruction Sword Intent and his Perfection-level Blood Intent Realm were integrated into this one sword.

A dark red crescent-shaped Sword Qi left the blade.

In the mid-air, golden light flashed in the hollow eyes of the green-robed Sword Cultivator. A terrifying Sword Intent reappeared, and the shattered Sword Intent green sword at his fingertips re-coalesced. He met the attack with a sword strike, neither dodging nor evading.

However, Blood Sea had already seen through this Geng Metal Sword Intent. The crescent-shaped Sword Qi exploded just before impact.

In terms of sharpness and armor penetration, even with Blood Sea having comprehended thirty percent of Destruction Sword Intent plus his original Perfection-level Blood Intent Realm, he was far from being his opponent.

But in terms of eerie (strangeness/unpredictability)...

Blood Dao Cultivators were by no means easy to deal with.

The exploding Sword Qi caused the green-robed man's body to momentarily stiffen. The Blood Intent Realm hidden within this strike erupted, and dense blood mist filled an area of a hundred zhang.

The green-robed Sword Cultivator's protective Sword Qi rippled but couldn't prevent the blood poison from seeping into his Meridians—this was precisely the killing move Blood Sea had laid after thoroughly understanding the opponent's Sword Intent circulation.

Even the green sword in his hand could not be maintained and dissipated with it.

At this moment, this Mid-stage Soul Transformation Sword Cultivator's entire body was corroded into a sieve by the blood mist. Blood Sea raised his hand and activated Blood Burst.

The figure, still struggling to resist the blood mist's erosion, trembled, then exploded and scattered.

"Killed one Soul Transformation Realm Cultivator, gained 2648 Attribute Points."

As the panel prompt arrived, a voice also echoed in Blood Sea's mind: "Challenge to the third floor passed. Do you wish to continue?"

The voice was neither male nor female, ethereal with a certain inhuman quality.

Blood Sea hesitated slightly, then chose to give up, taking out a blood-colored jade tablet and crushing it casually.

The next moment, he appeared outside the tower.

He briefly looked around, seeing countless eyes fixed on him, and many Divine Sense fluctuations hidden, clearly communicating via Divine Sense.

But Blood Sea didn't mind. He merely cupped his fists in salute to Elder Jing of the Blood Palace, who was looking at him from the pavilion, then sat cross-legged on the spot to recover his magical power.

He had already noticed that he was the fastest to come out; even Young Master Teng was still fighting on the third floor.

Passing three floors of the Blood Fiend Tower allowed one to become an Outer Sect Disciple of the Blood Palace, while breaking through the fourth floor directly made one an Inner Sect Disciple.

However, Blood Sea knew that if he didn't use his soul infant trump card now, he could at most fight a Mid-stage Soul Transformation Cultivator.

From the fourth floor onwards, the Cultivation Stage of the Blood Fiend Tower's guardians would no longer increase. Instead, they would be replaced by projections of Prodigies who ranked among the top ten thousand in the same Realm among all past challengers.

The victor would have their name inscribed on the blood fiend stele and become an Inner Sect Disciple of the Blood Palace.

This was a great honor.

One must know that the Blood Palace had existed for nearly a hundred thousand years, and the number of challengers to the Blood Fiend Tower was immeasurable.

Those who could rank among the top ten thousand were all terrifyingly powerful Prodigies.

Blood Sea inwardly questioned whether, with his current Foundation, even if he could pass the fourth floor, his Blood God Body and Divine Soul Realm would likely be exposed.

It would be better to enter the Blood Palace first and then make further plans.

After all, the Jade Slip given by Gao Hou had long recorded that after becoming a Blood Palace Disciple, one could still improve their status within the palace by challenging the tower.

Although Blood Sea was the first to break through the third floor of the Blood Fiend Tower, the remaining nine people were still engaged in fierce combat.

The spectators' gazes had already shifted from him, refocusing on the light screen.

In the projection, a deep green illusory figure condensed behind Teng Wuji. The molten giant ruler in his hand, when wielded, was actually suppressing an opponent three Realms higher than him.

Teng Wuji was a Genius in the Late-stage Demon Infant (Cultivation Stage), and the third floor's opponent was also a Mid-stage Soul Transformation guardian.

The guardian he was fighting was a handsome young man who had comprehended Saber Intent.

Their battle was entirely close-quarters combat, with sparks flying and Qi surging from the clash of their weapons.

The white-robed young man wielding a saber possessed Saber Intent. Although it hadn't reached Perfection, it was several times stronger than Teng Wuji, who had just touched the threshold of Concept.

However, azure flames rose around the young man, and his magical power surged like an angry tide. He actually used a storm-like offensive to suppress his opponent, preventing him from accumulating power.

According to this situation, the guardian would be blasted apart by him in not much time.

Sure enough, after a hundred breaths, accompanied by the ear-piercing sound of metal breaking, the white-robed young man's long saber shattered into points of light.

Teng Wuji's giant ruler, imbued with the momentum of wind and thunder, smashed the guardian deep into the earth's veins.

The projection already showed Teng Wuji passing the third stage, clearly indicating that the final blow had directly killed the guardian.

But something that astonished everyone happened: Teng Wuji did not choose to exit the tower. In his projection, the terrain changed again.

Teng Wuji appeared on a majestic snow mountain.

The Elder of the Teng Family, who was drinking tea with Elder Jing, had his fingertips tremble slightly, spilling tea onto his brocade robe without realizing it.

"Nonsense!" The Elder suddenly slammed the table, then slumped back dejectedly.

Elder Jing stroked his beard and frowned, looking at the figure surrounded by azure flames on the light screen.

Acting so rashly, if he truly perished in the tower, he would also be in trouble.

Although he wasn't afraid of the Teng Family, no one wanted to needlessly make enemies.

Once the Blood Fiend Tower was activated, outsiders couldn't interfere at all. To get out, the challenger had to crush the jade tablet themselves.

The Elder of the Teng Family no longer cared about drinking tea, staring intently at the projection.

At this moment, he could only fret anxiously from outside.

He had already instructed Teng Wuji when he arrived that passing three floors would suffice, and the Family would naturally help him become a Disciple under an Inner Sect Elder.

But something like this still happened.

In the projection, at the peak of the snow mountain, Teng Wuji's giant ruler pointed diagonally at the sky, the deep green phantom and the surrounding flames reflecting each other.

However, his opponent had not yet appeared.

Suddenly, a clear flute sound pierced through the rustling pines. A barefoot girl walked slowly through the snow, a jade flute swirling with frost at her lips.

"It's the Flute Demoness Zhu Tianwei, ranked nine thousand six hundred forty-first in the Nascent Soul Realm."

"This woman specializes in sound techniques, and she comprehended the Frost Concept among the elemental Concepts during the Nascent Soul period."

"Over nine thousand! Then this Young Master Teng should have a chance, right?"

"Hehe! I think it's unlikely!"

Someone in the crowd recognized the projected guardian Prodigy who appeared and began to discuss animatedly!

But the next moment, the discussions abruptly ceased.

In the light screen, Teng Wuji transformed into an azure meteor and shot out violently. His giant ruler brought a scorching heatwave as it ferociously slashed towards the girl.

The flute sound suddenly became sharp as a knife, and an invisible sound wave exploded on Teng Wuji's chest.

His surrounding flames and the phantom figure instantly shattered. The young man, like a kite with a broken string, flew backward, smashing through ice and rock, a sweet fishy (fishy/bloody) taste in his throat as he spewed a sky full of blood mist.

Barefoot imprints on the snow advanced step by step, and thousands of ice crystal musical notes condensed into blades amidst the flute's melody.

Teng Wuji's face was pale, his eyes filled with unwillingness and terror.

But he still reacted, his right hand curving to reveal a blood-colored jade tablet.

"I surrender!" Teng Wuji roared as he crushed the jade tablet. His afterimage had not yet dissipated when his true body stumbled out of the tower in disarray.

Blood Sea had already exited his meditation state when the exclamations rang out in the arena. He had also witnessed Teng Wuji's attempt at the fourth floor of the tower, and his evaluation of the Blood Fiend Tower's fourth floor rose a few points.