154: The Palace Master Arrives

Dazzling light erupted!

A wave of destruction, mixed with dark-gold fragments and dark-red God-Slaying Blood Flame, swept in all directions!

The entire corpse miasma space shook violently, on the verge of collapse!

Xiao Zhuo was hit hard, his body, like a meteor, was violently smashed into the ground below, creating a huge deep pit and stirring up a cloud of smoke and dust!

His arms were in excruciating pain, the God-Slaying Blood Flame covering them dimmed slightly, and a trace of blood, tinged with divine golden light, oozed from the corner of his mouth!

However—

"Crack!!!"

A crisp, heart-shattering sound of cracking originated from Heavenly Corpse True Lord's clasped fists that had smashed down!

One could see that the dark-gold giant fists, covered in Corpse King Golden Body, had several deep, bone-penetrating cracks erupting at the center point where the fist met Xiao Zhuo's crystal-diamond blood flame!

Through the cracks, the dark-red God-Slaying Blood Flame, as if finding a Breakthrough, madly drilled in and burned!

The light of the Corpse King Golden Body flickered violently, unable to repair itself immediately!

"Impossible!" Heavenly Corpse True Lord's consciousness was filled with utter terror! Its strongest defense had been broken head-on!

"It's my turn!" From within the deep pit, Xiao Zhuo's ice-cold voice was like a declaration from the God of Death.

He suddenly shot up from the smoke and dust, his body's blood flame flared wildly again, and his injuries rapidly healed under the effect of the divine blood!

He instantly appeared before the dark-gold Corpse King's chest, which was rigid from the recoil!

His right fist, enveloped in raging God-Slaying Blood Flame, like a red-hot meteor iron, slammed heavily into the Corpse King's chest!

The dark-gold chest armor deeply dented! Cracks spread!

His left fist followed closely, striking the same spot!

The chest armor completely shattered, revealing the squirming gray-green corpse flesh inside! The God-Slaying Blood Flame frantically infiltrated!

His right fist came again! Striking directly at the Dragon's vitals!

"Pfft!" His fist deeply penetrated the Corpse King's chest!

The blood flame erupted violently within its body!

The Corpse King's massive body trembled violently as if struck by lightning!

"Die for me!" Xiao Zhuo, like a madman, his fists turning into afterimages, each strike accurately hitting the vital points of the Corpse King's chest and abdomen!

Amidst the dull thudding sounds like drumbeats, there were terrifying sounds of bones shattering and corpse flesh incinerating!

Dark-gold fragments mixed with gray-green corpse blood splattered everywhere!

The Corpse King's chest was completely blown open, its internal structure churned into a bloody mess by the violent force and blood flame!

"Roar...!" Heavenly Corpse True Lord was left with only painful wails, the light of the Corpse King Golden Body completely extinguished, and the vortex at its head spun erratically, as if about to collapse at any moment!

"I'll send you to your grave!" Xiao Zhuo's figure leaped high, surpassing the tottering Corpse King.

All his strength, burning divine blood, and boiling God-Slaying Blood Flame, converged into his right fist!

On the fist, dark-red light condensed to the extreme, as if holding a blood-colored sun about to explode!

With a single punch, carrying the will to end all ages, he tore through the sky and slammed heavily into the chaotic devouring vortex core at the Corpse King's head!

There was no sound.

Only a boundless light!

The dark-red blood flame sun silently exploded at the center of the vortex!

Time seemed to freeze for an instant.

The next moment—

Boom boom boom!

The devouring vortex, along with the tattered dark-gold headless Corpse King, like glass thrown into a furnace, began to disintegrate, shatter, and vaporize from within, under the extreme burning of the God-Slaying Blood Flame and the impact of destructive power!

The gray-green corpse miasma space let out a final wail, dissipating in pieces like a Shattered curtain!

"Monster! You are the true monster!" Heavenly Corpse True Lord's lingering consciousness, filled with endless unwillingness and a hint of terror, was completely annihilated in the blood flame that burned all directions.

When the light dissipated, Corpse City disappeared.

In the eighth level space, only Xiao Zhuo's figure slowly descended.

His body's blood flame retracted, divine patterns disappeared, and he breathed slightly, his chest rising and falling.

On his arms, there remained white marks from collisions with the dark-gold Corpse King, and some areas even had torn skin and flesh, oozing blood with a dark-gold luster, but under the powerful restorative ability of the divine blood, they were healing at a visible rate.

He stood in the Void Realm, looking down at his blood-stained fists, his eyes cold and calm.

It was as if the brutal melee just now, which obliterated the imprint of the peerless fiend ranked three hundred and one, was merely a warm-up.

Blood Fiend Plaza fell into absolute silence.

There were only countless heavy breaths and the sound of wildly beating hearts.

Everyone, including the hundred or so Inner Sect Elders who had already arrived, stood frozen like stone statues, staring intently at the figure in the light screen, who resembled a blood-soaked War God, their minds blank.

Bare-handed... tore apart Heavenly Corpse True Lord's projection?!

When did such a terrifying fellow appear in the Blood Palace Outer Sect?

This thought kept emerging from the hearts of everyone who witnessed this battle.

And many Elders who Cultivated the Blood Dao stared at Xiao Zhuo in the image, as if looking at a rare treasure.

Innate Blood God Body, it must be the Innate Blood God Body!

This is the strongest Physique for Blood Dao Cultivators, bar none.

Xiao Zhuo's sudden burst of terrifying power just now could not be hidden from these old monsters who had lived for countless millennia.

And Xiao Zhuo had no intention of hiding it.

He had already guessed the Blood Palace's reaction when he reached the seventh level.

He deliberately chose this moment, when all eyes were on him, to expose his talent.

Not only could it provide an excuse for his terrifying promotion speed, but it could also attract the attention of the Blood Palace's true high-ranking officials.

And displaying it in front of so many people also prevented some from secretly posing a threat to him.

In the eighth level of the Blood Fiend Tower, Xiao Zhuo sat cross-legged on the desolate black ground, surrounded by uneven terrain.

The divine blood, flowing with a dark-gold luster, was rapidly repairing the wounds on his arms, and every inch of new flesh and blood contained a heart-pounding power.

The silence of Blood Fiend Plaza was suddenly broken by an invisible, vast pressure like a sea of blood.

It wasn't a sound, but space itself trembling.

Above the plaza, a thick, impenetrable blood-colored vortex condensed out of thin air. At the center of the vortex, a blurry figure, seemingly capable of crushing all ages, slowly emerged.

She did not intentionally exude her might, but merely the projection of her existence instantly made most of the Inner Sect Elders' faces turn pale, as if their throats were clutched by an invisible giant hand. They involuntarily bowed in salute, and some even felt their knees weaken, almost kneeling!

"Palace Master!" Someone, with extreme reverence, hoarsely cried out.

Xue Qin! The current Palace Master of the Blood Fiend Demonic Palace, a peerless Blood Demon at the Mahayana Peak!

Her gaze pierced through the Void Realm, landing on Xiao Zhuo's blood-stained back in the light screen.

Her gaze was cold and profound, like a blood river flowing through eternity, carrying the indifference of scrutinizing all things, yet subtly hinting at a sharp gleam, as if discovering a peerless treasure.

Innate Blood God Body... This Physique, rumored to exist only in the Innate Blood God Bloodline, actually Awakened in an Outer Sect Disciple?

Her consciousness swept across the entire scene like invisible ripples; no one dared to look up, no one dared to breathe.

Xiao Zhuo seemed to sense something, abruptly looked up, his gaze like a sharp sword piercing into the Void Realm, as if looking across the tower levels at that great existence.

There was no fear in his eyes, only a calm indifference.

Xue Qin's pressure suddenly retracted. With a wave of her hand, a blood-colored throne appeared in the high heavens, and a faint smile played on her lips as she settled onto the throne.

Everyone in the arena felt a huge mountain pressing on their hearts instantly disappear.

But they still dared not act rashly, only quietly watching the blood fiend stele's light screen.

Xiao Zhuo had long since retracted his gaze, fully focused on healing his injuries. Activating the ultimate form of his Innate Divine Ability, divine blood, had consumed a tremendous amount of his energy. In that state just now, his Qi and blood were burning every second, and his magic power was constantly being drained by the God-Slaying Blood Flame.

After the battle, nearly half of his strength was depleted.

It wasn't until the three-hour rest period was almost over that Xiao Zhuo, with the help of his panel, added points to the Primordial Chaos Golden Scripture once, and through the White Mist Space, completely restored his state to its Peak.

"Please choose your challenge target for the ninth level!"

The neutral voice of the Tower Spirit echoed in his mind, urging him to choose an opponent.

The names of the pioneer powerhouses in the top hundred of the blood fiend stele appeared before Xiao Zhuo, transforming into blood-red characters.

Xiao Zhuo's gaze swept over the unfamiliar names, then looked towards the golden-glowing name at the very top.