51: Arrive at the core area and start fighting!

Xu Yi sighed softly, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes.

He had originally thought he would obtain a large amount of essence blood this time.

Now, it seemed he had been overly optimistic.

Afterward, Xu Yi did not linger, his figure instantly transforming into a streak of lightning.

He returned to the thunder ink.

After quickly adjusting his emotions, his calm voice echoed into the ears of the martial artist army, who were still immersed in excitement and adoration.

He issued his next command:

"Continue forward!"

He was preparing to meet the evil god from beyond Blue Star.

"Understood!"

The elite martial artist army's morale surged upon hearing this; they had just witnessed Xu Yi's feat of instantly killing five Martial Emperor Level cultivators with a single strike.

They were filled with reverence for Xu Yi's strength.

The team quickly adjusted and set off again, advancing towards the core area of the mountain range ahead!

Although there were still controlled Puppet Believers attempting to obstruct them along the way, their resistance seemed very weak in front of Xu Yi and the many elite martial artists.

It failed to create any ripples...

As the elite martial artist army continued to advance, they soon reached the core area of the mountain range.

A seemingly ordinary mountain range, yet one that exuded an eerie aura, gradually came into view.

The interior of the mountain range had been hollowed out to form the Blood God Sect's lair.

An indescribable bloody aura permeated from within, sending shivers down one's spine!

"Listen, what's that sound outside?!"

A captive martial artist suddenly spoke, his voice trembling slightly.

"It sounds like chariots and warplanes. Could it be that the army has come to rescue us?"

Another captive martial artist beside him responded, hope flickering in his eyes.

"..."

Many civilians and martial artists, who were imprisoned inside and had not yet been sacrificed to the evil god, listened to the faint sounds coming from outside.

Their eyes immediately gleamed with the light of hope in a desperate situation.

They whispered excitedly among themselves.

Inside the thunder ink, Xu Yi, relying on his keen perception, clearly caught these subtle conversations.

His figure flashed again, appearing high in the sky.

His deep eyes stared directly at the Blood God Sect's lair.

At the same time,

the Martial Emperor Level pressure emanating from his body surged like a tide into the mountain range, attempting to intimidate the evil god hiding within!

Behind him, in the SS-grade warplane, Sun Jingyan, the president who was a Martial Saint-grade martial artist,

also heard, as expected,

the voices of the many civilians and martial artists from within the Blood God Sect's lair ahead!

He then flashed out of the warplane and appeared beside Xu Yi.

He asked respectfully, his voice full of deference:

"Sir, should we immediately rush in and begin the rescue?"

Xu Yi did not answer immediately.

Just as he was about to extend his perception deep into the cave, attempting to sense the situation within,

Suddenly,

a powerful and evil martial artist's pressure erupted from deep within the cave, surging out like a torrential storm towards Xu Yi and the others who were preparing to charge into the cave!

"This is... another Martial God Level martial artist forcibly catalyzed?"

Xu Yi's expression was slightly solemn.

He then quickly determined the opponent's level based on this aura, reaching the Martial God Mid-Stage Realm!

"What strong pressure! Its level is definitely above those five Martial Emperor Level believers from earlier!"

Sun Jingyan, who was beside him, also felt this pressure.

His face slightly changed as he asked nervously:

"Sir, this seems to be a Martial God Realm believer. Do we need to ask the Two Councilors for help now?"

He hadn't expected that the evil god within this cult

could actually produce a Martial God Level martial artist!

Although Xu Yi's current strength was formidable, having reached the peak of the Martial Emperor Level,

the gap between the Martial God Realm and Martial Emperor Level was a chasm, and he didn't know if he would be a match for this Martial God-level Puppet Believer...

Xu Yi listened to Sun Jingyan's slightly panicked words, his face still maintaining its calm composure.

"What's the panic? Do we need to ask the Two Councilors for help for such a small matter?"

His words exuded confidence.

At the same time,

he released his own pressure, forming an invisible barrier to contend with it.

He calmed the unease and panic in the hearts of the surrounding army martial artists, protecting them from the influence of the Martial God Level pressure.

He had already discerned from the strong yet slightly unstable pressure emanating from the opponent

that although the opponent was at the Martial God Mid-Stage Realm,

because he was forcibly catalyzed by the evil god inside, his combat power was far inferior to that of a Martial God Level expert who had cultivated to this level normally!

This discovery made Xu Yi even more confident.

"With my current strength, I am fully capable of handling this."

Xu Yi mused to himself, a confident smile playing on his lips.

Just then,

a blood-red figure, like a dark meteor before dawn, suddenly burst out from the depths of the Blood God Sect's lair!

Like a demon from hell, it charged directly towards Xu Yi.

It was a Martial God Mid-Stage Realm believer puppet, covered in blood-red armor and wielding a heavy, gigantic warhammer, controlled by the evil god!

The pressure emanating from its body caused the surrounding air to solidify!

Xu Yi's eyes showed no fear at the sight.

With a thought,

the Azure Sky Thunder Prison Axe leaped out from his infinite storage space and settled firmly in his hand.

He gazed at the rapidly approaching Martial God Level puppet.

A low voice, filled with battle intent, echoed in the air:

"Good, just in time for some practice!"

With that,

he turned and issued a command to Sun Jingyan, who was beside him:

"Everyone fall back! Don't get caught in the crossfire. Watch me slay this Martial God!"

Then, his figure flickered, transforming into a streak of lightning, and he engaged the Martial God Level puppet in battle!

The heavy great axe and warhammer collided.

"Bang!!!"

An deafening roar erupted instantly, along with several terrifying energy ripples that spread wildly in all directions!

Sun Jingyan also reacted immediately.

As he rapidly retreated, he loudly commanded the surrounding martial artist army:

"All troops, fall back!"

The battle between Xu Yi and this Martial God Level believer puppet was something they could not interfere with.

They could only maintain a safe distance.

To avoid being injured by the ripples that would rage during the upcoming battle.

At the same time, he silently prayed in his heart.

Hoping that Xu Yi could, as before, slay this Martial God Level puppet with the force of a Thunderbolt...

Xu Yi watched the rapidly retreating martial artist army.

With no further worries in his heart, he ended the initial probing.

He had confirmed that although the Martial God Mid-Stage Realm martial artist, who was forcibly catalyzed, was strong,

he was far from unbeatable!

Xu Yi's eyes burned with even greater battle intent; he had finally found a somewhat decent opponent since his rapid breakthrough in cultivation.

"Now I can go all out!"

Xu Yi roared and soared into the sky.

Dark clouds gathered again in the high sky, and thunder rumbled!

"Thunder Axe Splits the Sky!"

As Xu Yi's voice rang out, the lightning energy within his body rapidly responded to the summons.

It surged wildly into the Azure Sky Thunder Prison Axe!

The axe head was instantly enveloped in brilliant lightning, glowing with immense light, as if a thunder god had descended.

It seemed capable of splitting heaven and earth and severing all things!

Xu Yi wielded this gigantic axe, imbued with terrifying thunder power, and fiercely cleaved downwards towards the ground.

The powerful aura seemed as if it would cleave the entire world in two!

And that Martial God Level believer puppet,

faced with this world-destroying strike, was not to be outdone!

Its entire body suddenly ignited with fiery red flames, containing terrifying energy auras that spread wildly in all directions.

It gathered all its strength onto the warhammer in its hand.

The warhammer was instantly enveloped in raging flames, like a burning comet, charging towards Xu Yi's Thunder Axe!