304: Chapter 34 The Cause and Effect of the Matter!

According to the account of Hall Master Blood Absolute, this seal was originally established by the Royal Court with all its might and at a great cost, making it extremely stable.

The Black Demon Emperor was suppressed within it. After the erosion of long years, the power of his true body should have continued to decline, and breaking the seal was still a distant prospect, perhaps requiring tens of thousands of years more.

The change occurred the day before yesterday.

Outside the Blood God Hall, a prodigy arrived.

That prodigy's constitution, talent, and temperament all surprised Blood Absolute.

Especially their constitution, which actually possessed an extraordinary compatibility with the Great Dao of Blood cultivated by Blood Absolute!

The loneliness of guarding for long years, combined with the obsession to completely eradicate the Black Demon Emperor—the Royal Court's former major threat—led Blood Absolute to conceive a bold and risky idea the moment he saw this "perfect" successor. He wanted to take this opportunity to try and use the power of this prodigy, combined with his own remaining strength and the Sealing Array, to deliver a "root and branch" strike against the Black Demon Emperor.

If he could completely obliterate its remaining origin, he could eliminate the future trouble forever!

However, while ideals are full, reality is incredibly cruel.

Blood Absolute severely underestimated the "growth" and cunning of the Black Demon Emperor during the long imprisonment.

The Black Demon Emperor was not as weak as expected; instead, in this endless darkness, it had tempered its own evil thoughts and malice to be even purer and more terrifying!

When Blood Absolute temporarily released part of the seal's restrictions, the moment the prodigy's aura and power touched the seal's core through a special channel—the "Black Demon Emperor" seized this once-in-a-lifetime gap!

It did not hesitate to burn a portion of its original Demonic Intent to forcibly break through the suppression.

And taking advantage of the moment the seal loosened, it successfully separated its purest wisp of core Demonic Intent.

It condensed a Black Demon Clone that possessed a portion of its original consciousness and power!

Which is exactly that mass of terrifying black mist currently engaged in a fierce battle with that prodigy high in the sky!

Blood Absolute finished recounting the cause and effect.

After listening, the shock and doubt in Qin Yan's heart did not completely dissipate, but he had a clear understanding of the sequence of the entire event.

"You mean... that senior currently battling the Black Demon Clone in the sky is actually also a prodigy participating in this Hidden Dragon Assembly? And they just entered the day before yesterday?"

How is this possible?!

That kind of power, summoning a blood river hundreds of feet wide with a wave of the hand and fighting that terrifying black mist until the heavens and earth cracked, that level of power fluctuation beyond his comprehension...

And now he was being told that this was the strength a young prodigy from the same batch entering the Canglin Ancient Peak could possess?

This was too ridiculous! This was completely beyond the scope of a "prodigy"; it was simply an Ancient Titan in the skin of a prodigy!

Blood Absolute's silence was equivalent to an admission.

Qin Yan felt his mouth go dry, while simultaneously feeling an unimaginable curiosity and a hint of awe toward that Blood-robed Woman he had never met.

Just what kind of monster-like existence was this?

"Then, Hall Master, even if I understand the cause and effect, my strength..."

Qin Yan spread his hands with a bitter smile and said, "As you can see, with my meager cultivation, I can't even withstand the aftershocks of such a battle, let alone help."

Blood Absolute's gaze fell upon Qin Yan, his eyes like blood-colored stars seeming to ripple with light.

He didn't answer Qin Yan's question directly but slowly raised that huge, blurry palm composed of pure blood qi.

In the center of his palm, a speck of dark red light, so intense it seemed to condense countless blood essences and ancient runes, began to gather and rotate.

The light was not dazzling, yet it emitted a supreme aura that caused the surrounding rushing blood rivers to slow down and pay homage.

Countless tiny runes containing the ultimate truths of the Great Dao of Blood flickered and reorganized within it, finally condensing into a complex, profoundly mysterious dark red three-dimensional Runic Seal!

The blood palm gave a gentle push.

That dark red Runic Seal instantly vanished into Qin Yan's chest!

Qin Yan didn't even have time to react before the rune merged into his body.

"Buzz—!"

In the next instant, Qin Yan felt as if billions of thunderclaps had exploded in his mind simultaneously!

No, it wasn't pain, but a massive, indescribably pure amount of insights, knowledge, and Law Fragments regarding "blood," surging into his consciousness like a bursting flood!

But that wasn't all. As these insights poured in, an ineffable sense of "control" rose from the depths of Qin Yan's soul.

He felt as if he had become one of the "rulers" of this blood-colored world.

He possessed a nearly instinctive, effortless absolute control over the surrounding ceaselessly flowing blood rivers and the blood qi permeating the air!

"Hah!"

Almost instinctively, Qin Yan gave a low shout, following that newly born, majestic will of control in his mind, and shifted his thoughts!

"Splash—!!!"

In an instant, the void behind him shook violently!

Endless blood qi converged frantically from all directions, no longer a simple surge of energy, but as if responding to a monarch's command!

This blood qi rapidly condensed, compressed, and underwent a qualitative change. In the blink of an eye, it actually formed a grand, solid Blood-Colored Long River behind Qin Yan, a hundred feet wide and over a hundred feet long!

As the blood river rolled and flowed, it emitted a deafening roar, as if it could wash away all filth and obstacles in the world!

Qin Yan could clearly feel the terrifying power contained within this blood river; it was a destructive energy sufficient to make mountains and rivers change color and strike fear into the hearts of powerful enemies!

With another thought, he tried to control this blood river generated by his "single thought."

He raised his arm and gave a gentle wave toward a vast, empty patch of blood-colored void in the distance.

"Go!"

Word as Law!

"Whoosh—Rumble!!!"

That hundred-foot Blood-Colored Long River, like an awakened Primeval Beast, let out a heaven-shaking roar and, carrying a terrifying momentum that could crack the sky and split the earth, surged and crashed in the direction Qin Yan pointed!

Everywhere it passed, the space emitted groans of being overburdened, and a startling, long-unhealing dark red energy trail was forcibly plowed out!

The Blood-Colored Long River, with unstoppable momentum, slammed violently into that patch of void!

The expected earth-shattering explosion did not occur.

Instead, it was replaced by an even more hair-raising sight—

"Crack... Crackle..."

The dense sound of shattering glass rang out.

In the area struck by the Blood-Colored Long River, the spatial structure, as if subjected to an unbearable impact of immense force, began to collapse and disintegrate extensively and completely!

It wasn't that cracks appeared, but rather, like a broken mirror, it fell away and disappeared in large pieces.

Revealing the deep, dark, void-like Essence of Space behind it that seemed capable of swallowing everything!

A massive hollow, over ten feet in diameter with extremely irregular edges and absolute darkness and nothingness inside, abruptly appeared there!

Around the hollow, remnants of violent Spatial Turbulence and blood-colored energy embers remained, preventing the space from repairing itself.