168: Chapter 168 The First Bloodline to Die

[Ding ding ding! Red Alert! Red Alert! ...]

The System's voice grew increasingly shrill, causing a sharp, stinging pain in Luo Yunkai's Sea of Consciousness.

Luo Yunkai increased the distance of his Space Teleportation even further. His body was being torn by spatial forces, leaving trails of wounds, but he had no time to worry about them.

Those wounds should have healed automatically after a full cycle of Luo Yunkai's spiritual energy, but the spatial energy clinging to them was like maggots on a bone, constantly tearing at the small gashes.

By the time Luo Yunkai arrived, he was drenched in blood and barely looked human, appearing even more wretched than the person he had come to save.

When Luo Yunkai looked at the youth lying in a pool of blood within the Formation—one hand clutching his own throat while the other pulled at the choking hand—he was frozen in shock.

How could it be Bai Ji?

Why was it Bai Ji?

Luo Yunkai thought of Kong Yishui, whom Chu Feng had intentionally let go, and felt a chill wash over his heart.

He looked around with difficulty, his gaze locking onto two corpses lying not far away.

One corpse was Bai Shao, whose blood had been drained dry, turning him from a fat lump into a withered frame with skin sagging over bones.

The other was Kong Yishui!

Luo Yunkai's eyes turned blood-red.

His hands, hanging at his sides, were trembling.

He forced himself to stay calm, not wanting anyone to see the slightest inkling of his distress.

"Kong Yishui, you are still committing evil!"

"Give up. I am here. Even if you succeed in your Possession, only death awaits you!"

Kong Yishui was busy devouring Bai Ji's Soul while simultaneously trying to stop Bai Ji's suicidal actions; he hadn't noticed Luo Yunkai's arrival at all.

Upon hearing the voice, his Soul-body suddenly stiffened.

He looked at Luo Yunkai in disbelief, his voice hoarse. "You... how did you find me?"

Luo Yunkai watched his son's body make a bizarre expression. One eye stared at him, filled with terror, while the other eye didn't look in his direction at all, its depths calm with the resolve to die.

His heart gave a violent twitch.

However, even that slight, extremely suppressed leak of emotion was captured by Kong Yishui.

"You're feeling heartache?"

"Hahaha! Luo Yunkai, was that expression just now heartache?"

That half of the face let out a bizarre, wild laugh. "Could it be that this body is also your son?"

Boom!

Bai Ji's dark emotions seemed to whip up a stormy wave.

That eye, which had been as still as a stagnant well, miraculously synchronized with the other eye and looked toward Luo Yunkai.

He saw Luo Yunkai covered in wounds and drenched in blood, yet seemingly oblivious to it. He wasn't healing himself, only staring at him without blinking for a second.

Bai Ji gave a miserable laugh.

Why let him know only now?

"Father..." The hoarse, low voice sounded like a vengeful ghost crawling out of Hell.

Luo Yunkai's entire body trembled.

[Ding! Bai Ji has recognized his father. Ten million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones for the education fund have been received. Host, please check!]

[Ding! Recovered Bloodline +1, Points +1!]

"Father has come to save you..."

A trace of a bitter smile flashed in Bai Ji's eyes.

It's too late.

Immediately, his gaze turned fierce!

He heard Kong Yishui's arrogant laughter.

Wanting to use his body to make his relative hesitate out of fear for his safety?

What a joke!

He, Bai Ji, would rather everything be destroyed together!

Decisiveness flashed in Bai Ji's eyes. Taking advantage of the moment Kong Yishui's mind wavered, his right hand—the only part he could still control—suddenly exerted force.

Crack!

"No!"

Following the crisp snap of the neck and an unwilling roar was the dull thud of a body hitting the ground.

Bai Ji's neck went limp.

Luo Yunkai lunged forward, his mind shaking violently.

He looked at the person whose head was twisted at a bizarre angle. His lips moved, but he seemed suddenly mute, unable to make a single sound.

Chu Feng arrived with Ye Fan, and what they saw was their blood-covered father holding Bai Ji, whose head hung down with a clearly broken neck and no breath remaining.

Silence reigned.

Ye Fan stepped forward with a sliver of hope to check Bai Ji's condition.

The cold, stiff body caused Ye Fan to lower his eyes in silence.

He cast a worried glance toward Chu Feng, who had been standing frozen since seeing this scene.

They were all smart people; with a bit of deduction, they could understand the causes and consequences of everything here.

Chu Feng didn't dare to step forward.

Shi Kui arrived a step late. Seeing the tense atmosphere, she didn't dare to be a bystander seeking amusement and stood obediently behind Luo Yunkai like a little maid devoted to her master.

While to others Luo Yunkai seemed lost in grief, he was actually checking the System panel.

His gaze was fixed on the choice between two functions.

Without hesitation, he firmly chose "2", the Special Customization Function.

In his mind, various names appeared: myriad soul banner, Soul-Gathering Bottle, Soul-Summoning Flag, and so on.

Luo Yunkai looked at his single point, not daring to use it recklessly.

"System, why do I only have one point? Haven't I found so many sons? Their cultivation has also broken through major Realms. Where are those points?"

[Host, points will only be settled after the Point Settlement Function is activated.]

The implication was that everything done previously was for nothing.

Luo Yunkai didn't argue with the System; it was meaningless.

Descriptions of various Innate Spirit Treasures for summoning and gathering Souls surfaced in his mind.

But none of them could 100% guarantee that they could save his son.

His son's Soul had first been scattered, then weakened, then devoured by Kong Yishui's Possession, and finally, he had committed suicide. Would so-called Soul-gathering really work?

But as Luo Yunkai scoured all the knowledge in his head, he couldn't find a single item that could explicitly tell him it could save his son!

Luo Yunkai suddenly snapped his eyes open.

Why did he have to create those so-called Primordial Spirit Treasures?

The Primordial Era was just a myth from his past life, and those Innate Spirit Treasures were the same!

If predecessors could fictionalize them, why couldn't he fictionalize and mold a Spirit Treasure himself that could definitely save his son?

Luo Yunkai once again scrutinized the description of the Special Customization—

[Special Customization Function: As long as you have points, you can use them to customize any special item the Host can imagine. One point per customization!]

Luo Yunkai moved his gaze from the System panel and looked at Chu Feng.

Chu Feng stiffened, his face as pale as a ghost's, his expression looking as if he might burst into tears at any second.

"Xiao Feng." Luo Yunkai's voice carried an unspeakable hoarseness. "Take a drop of Essence Blood, fuse it into your Blood River, and summon your younger brother's blood soul shadow."

Chu Feng stumbled to his knees and crawled to Luo Yunkai's feet. "Father, it's useless. A blood soul shadow is just a wisp of Soul without any consciousness, carrying only a fraction of the original body's power."

Luo Yunkai's eyes were very bright. "Quickly!"

Ye Fan was smart and immediately said to Chu Feng, "Brother Chu Feng, don't hesitate. Perhaps Father has another way to awaken the blood soul shadow. Listen to Father first!"

Chu Feng gritted his teeth, released his Blood River, and extracted the Essence Blood from Bai Ji's corpse.

Fortunately, Bai Ji was now at the Golden Core stage, so his Essence Blood wouldn't disappear immediately after death.

A clump of crimson Essence Blood flew out from Bai Ji's body and merged into Chu Feng's Blood River.

Chu Feng could feel a brand-new blood soul shadow condensing within the Blood River.

"Father..."

Luo Yunkai had already closed his eyes again, his thoughts unknown.

Chu Feng bit his lower lip hard, so hard that it broke and blood seeped out.

His expression was almost numb.