370: Chapter 37 The Moment Behind the City Wall!

"Blood condensation life creation, Blood Flame Incinerates the Heavens!"

With a low shout, the blood-colored patterns surrounding the blood condensation life creation cauldron seemed to come alive, suddenly lighting up and emitting a strange, scorching glow!

From within the mouth of the cauldron, a surge of blood qi, so dense it wouldn't dissipate, billowed out!

This blood qi did not disperse; instead, it rapidly converged, compressed, and underwent a qualitative change above the cauldron's mouth!

In the blink of an eye, a strange flame only the size of a fst, yet a deep dark red with countless tiny sparks frantically leaping and twisting inside, took shape!

This was the Life Creation Blood Flame!

One of the killing techniques inherent to the blood condensation life creation cauldron!

The moment this blood flame appeared, the surrounding temperature did not rise sharply; instead, a strange sensation of icy burning spread out.

The nearby air emitted faint crackling sounds, as if the energy particles within were being ignited and annihilated by this blood flame!

It burned quietly, yet emitted a wave of destruction that made even the spirit tremble.

"Go!"

Qin Yan pointed forward with his left hand!

That clump of dark red Life Creation Blood Flame, like a living blood-colored meteor trailing a faint blood tail, charged with incredible speed toward the fist print blasted by the earthy-yellow puppet.

The moment the blood flame made contact with the earthy-yellow fist print—

There was no loud crash, no explosion.

Only a soft "chi" sound.

The heavy and solid earthy-yellow fist print, which was enough to crush Qin Yan's Spear Qi, was easily enveloped, corroded, and burned by that strange flame the instant they touched!

In just a single breath, the massive fist print rapidly melted away, then vanished without a trace!

Meanwhile, the momentum of the Life Creation Blood Flame did not diminish at all; its color even deepened slightly as it landed directly on the charging earthy-yellow little man!

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, the earthy-yellow puppet, completely swallowed by the blood flame, exploded.

It turned into countless tiny, lusterless earthy-yellow energy particles, which, along with the strange blood flame, slowly dissipated into the air.

One hit, an instant kill of a Fourth-Grade mid-stage gatekeeper!

"Hiss... What an overbearing spirit weapon! What a strange blood flame!"

Qin Yan looked at the blood condensation life creation cauldron in his hand as its light faded and it returned to its simple, ancient appearance, his eyes filled with wonder.

As expected of a ten thousand-patterned spiritual weapon!

Even though he could only barely activate a sliver of its power with his current cultivation level.

The lethality it displayed was enough to turn the tide of battle and instantly kill powerful enemies of a higher rank!

"However... the consumption is just too great."

Qin Yan's face turned slightly pale; feeling the sudden reduction of nearly thirty percent of the blood qi in his body, along with a hint of fatigue in his spirit, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Activating the blood condensation life creation cauldron once had nearly exhausted most of the power he had left after continuous high-intensity combat.

"The spirit weapon is good, but at this stage, it cannot be easily used as a regular method," Qin Yan sighed inwardly.

Before Qin Yan could fully recover from the consumption of activating the spirit weapon, the Secret Realm Tower's unreasonable teleportation mechanism started up again.

With a flash of light, Qin Yan's figure appeared on the thirty-fourth floor.

Looking at the blue little man opposite him—entirely azure, shrouded in mist, and already in a fighting stance—Qin Yan felt only helplessness.

"I wonder who designed the rules of this Secret Realm Tower.

One cannot voluntarily exit midway; one must fight until exhaustion or defeat to be teleported out of the tower, ending the challenge!"

At this moment, the blood qi in his body was significantly depleted from activating the blood condensation life creation cauldron, and his spirit was also somewhat weary; he was clearly unfit to continue challenging a water-element opponent that was obviously no weaker than the earthy-yellow puppet.

Qin Yan first put away the blood condensation life creation cauldron in his hand.

In his current state, he no longer had the strength to activate this high-consumption spirit weapon again.

Using it just now was more to initially verify its power, and the result had satisfied him greatly.

Facing the continuous azure attacks from the blue little man, which were like surging waves, Qin Yan symbolically raised his long spear and circulated his remaining blood qi to block.

"Boom!"

The powerful Water Elemental True Qi slammed into the spear's shaft; that continuous force, which contained the path of vortex redirection, was even harder for the already weakened Qin Yan to neutralize.

The blue little man pressed its advantage, waving its hands as fist prints poured down like a rainstorm!

Qin Yan barely blocked a few waves, but eventually, his strength failed him.

A tricky-angled attack broke through his defense and slammed hard into his chest.

"Pfft..."

A sweet taste filled his throat, and he spat out a small mouthful of blood, his body flying backward like a kite with a broken string.

The light and shadows before him shifted rapidly, and the familiar sensation of teleportation arrived.

Failed the tower challenge, teleporting out.

...

Outside the Secret Realm Tower, at the base of the ancient standing tower, space rippled.

With a "thud," a slightly disheveled figure was "spat" out by a soft yet irresistible force, stumbling a few steps before finally landing on his buttocks on the bluestone ground outside the tower; it was indeed Qin Yan.

He was already long accustomed to this.

Quickly adjusting his posture, he sat cross-legged, closed his eyes to concentrate, and circulated the Blood Chapter of the Indestructible Blood Demon Scripture, beginning to rapidly regulate his breathing and recover his depleted blood qi and energy.

About fifteen minutes later, Qin Yan slowly opened his eyes, the light in them returning to clarity.

Most of his depletion had been replenished, and the slight discomfort from the impact on his body had vanished.

Taking a long breath, Qin Yan stood up, brushed the dust off his clothes, and intended to leave the square.

However, just as he had turned around and before he could take a step—

"Rumble—!!!"

An extremely dull roar, as if originating from deep underground or like the impact of some colossal object, exploded without warning!

The roar was so violent that even the ground beneath Qin Yan's feet shook and trembled violently!

Many students in this area were caught off guard, shaken until they were swaying and falling, as cries of alarm rose everywhere.

"What's happening? An earthquake?!"

"The sound came from over there!"

Qin Yan was greatly alarmed; he suddenly steadied himself and turned his head sharply, his gaze like lightning as he looked toward the direction of the roar!

What met his eyes was not some strange building.

But a towering city wall.

Qin Yan had an impression of this city wall.

Back when he had just enrolled and they first entered this area.

There were some curious Classmates who tried to approach, only to be sternly stopped by powerful soldiers stationed nearby.

They were told the area ahead was a restricted zone and strictly forbidden for anyone to approach.

Usually, this city wall seemed like just a backdrop to the campus, so quiet it was almost forgotten.

But now, that roar, which seemed capable of tearing the sky asunder, came from right behind that city wall!

"Behind the city wall... just what is it?"

A massive question mark sprouted wildly in Qin Yan's heart like weeds.

The terrifying energy fluctuations contained in that roar were by no means caused by an ordinary accident!

Intense curiosity drove him to involuntarily start walking, heading quickly toward the direction of that towering city wall.