152: Cheng Tianhao's status

Inside the treehouse.

Xiao Shi carefully reviewed the information Meng Que and the others had gathered about the Blood Martial Realm over the past few days.

He gained a deeper understanding of breaking through to the Blood Martial Realm.

To advance from the Qi Martial Realm to the Blood Martial Realm, especially for True Blood breakthrough, one needs to extract the Blood Source from a Blood Beast.

The specific extraction method wasn't a secret; with Meng Que and his companions' abilities, they easily obtained it.

However, what made Xiao Shi frown was that once the Blood Source was extracted, the Blood Beast could no longer survive.

It would dissipate.

As for his own Blood Beast, Xiao Shi hoped it could continue to exist.

He really wanted to know, if he kept nurturing the Blood Beast, to what extent could it eventually be raised?

After all, the mature stage was not the Blood Beast's ultimate limit.

Xiao Shi also felt that the Blood Beast's purpose was far more than just providing Blood Source for Blood Martial Realm martial artists.

It might possess other undiscovered potentials.

However, most Blood Beasts were used by martial artists for Blood Martial Realm breakthroughs during their mature stage.

Hence, there were very few Blood Beasts beyond the mature stage.

Especially with the scarcity of Blood Beasts across the entire Tian Dou Province currently, they were even harder to find.

"If I want to preserve the Blood Beast, then I'll have to make some modifications to the Blood Source extraction method."

After some thought, Xiao Shi immediately began to study the Blood Source extraction method.

He discovered that, according to this method, all of the Blood Source would be completely extracted from the Blood Beast's body, with no remnants left.

It was precisely because of this that the Blood Beast couldn't survive after its Blood Source was extracted.

"What if I only extract a portion of the Blood Source? I wonder if that would work?"

Xiao Shi had an idea, but he quickly shook his head, dismissing it.

If he only extracted a portion of the Blood Source, he would definitely be unable to break through to the Blood Martial Realm with such an incomplete Blood Source.

A breakthrough to the Blood Martial Realm required a complete Blood Source.

Moreover, if the Blood Beast's Blood Source became incomplete, the Blood Beast itself would also suffer problems.

This idea was clearly unfeasible.

Xiao Shi was quite troubled by this, and after much deliberation, he couldn't come up with a better solution.

"If all else fails, then I'll just have to extract it the conventional way…" Xiao Shi sighed.

Although he really wanted to preserve the Blood Beast, breaking through to the Blood Martial Realm was the most important thing right now.

Just then, "Hmm?" Xiao Shi suddenly looked up, towards the treehouse door.

His gaze seemed to penetrate the entire treehouse door, clearly seeing a young man who had appeared before it.

This was an ordinary-looking young man with a distinguished demeanor, carrying an air of nobility, clearly accustomed to a high position for many years.

This made him look down on most people with an arrogant and disdainful attitude.

At the same time, an extremely powerful aura emanated from him.

Even through the treehouse door, Xiao Shi could feel that this person had already reached the Blood Martial Realm!

The young man stood before the door, but instead of knocking, he simply raised his hand and waved it directly at the door.

He directly used his own authority to forcibly open the door to Xiao Shi's treehouse.

A cold glint flashed in Xiao Shi's eyes.

The other party's direct intrusion made him realize that the visitor meant trouble.

Although with Xiao Shi's current authority in Tree Shadow City, let alone this young man, even the Elder guarding Tree Shadow City wouldn't be able to open his door with their own authority without his permission, Xiao Shi didn't want to expose himself yet.

Therefore, he allowed the young man to open his door.

Whoosh!

As the treehouse door opened, the young man immediately saw Xiao Shi inside the treehouse, and also noticed the Blood Beast beside him.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

He took a step forward, entering the treehouse, and looked down at Xiao Shi with a condescending attitude, saying indifferently, "You must be Nie Jie, Cheng Tianhao's guard, right? I am Feng Suxing, a Rapid Shadow Palace sequence disciple, and I'm here to take your Blood Beast."

After speaking, he didn't even bother to offer any further explanation to Xiao Shi.

He walked straight towards the Blood Beast, intending to take it away.

He had always looked down on guards like Xiao Shi.

After all, as a Rapid Shadow Palace sequence disciple, he was long accustomed to being in a high position.

Let alone Xiao Shi, even Cheng Tianhao himself, within their faction, had to be respectful towards him.

To him, regardless of whether Xiao Shi was willing or not, as long as he spoke, Xiao Shi had to hand over the Blood Beast.

Xiao Shi's expression had completely darkened at this point, his eyes filled with killing intent.

He hadn't expected… that the other party was here for his Blood Beast!

Thinking about it carefully, he and Cheng Tianhao had brought back two Blood Beasts this time. With Cheng Tianhao's current brilliance, no one would dare to covet his Blood Beast.

However, his public identity was merely Cheng Tianhao's guard.

If Cheng Tianhao were still here, perhaps these people would have been deterred by Cheng Tianhao and wouldn't dare to snatch it.

But now that Cheng Tianhao had entered the Land of Inheritance, no one could protect him, which gave them an opportunity.

Xiao Shi hadn't expected his low profile to attract such trouble.

However, he also knew that this was mainly because he hadn't anticipated Cheng Tianhao entering the Land of Inheritance, which led to a loophole in his arrangements and attracted trouble.

Regardless, he absolutely could not hand over the Blood Beast.

"It seems I can't keep this identity hidden anymore." Killing intent surged in Xiao Shi's eyes, and he was already prepared to abandon this identity.

Even if he, under this identity, killed a Rapid Shadow Palace sequence disciple and caused a major incident here, it wouldn't implicate his original identity.

After all, there was no connection between these two identities.

Even Cheng Tianhao and the others didn't know that the identity of Nie Jie was fake.

As long as he killed the person and then returned to his Xiao Shi identity, making Nie Jie disappear, no one would ever be able to find Nie Jie again.

Afterward, he could find an opportunity to create a new identity.

Anyway, with his current authority in Tree Shadow City, he could easily create a new identity at will.

Although it was a bit regrettable to abandon the identity of Nie Jie like this, since it had already attracted such trouble, there was nothing he could do.

After all, when Xiao Shi first acted under the identity of Nie Jie, he had considered that there would be a day he would have to abandon it.

As long as his true identity was not exposed, that was fine.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shi remained outwardly calm, but was already prepared to strike.

As soon as the person approached, he would immediately make his move and kill him!

The opponent was, after all, in the Blood Martial Realm, so Xiao Shi didn't dare to be careless. He planned to use the opponent's underestimation of him to deliver a fatal blow when he least expected it!

As Feng Suxing continuously approached, just as he was about to reach the Blood Beast and Xiao Shi was preparing to strike, a figure suddenly appeared outside the treehouse with a whoosh!

"Hmm?" Feng Suxing's footsteps halted. He turned around and immediately saw a woman wearing a silver crown, a silver ring around her neck, and a silver robe.

Their gazes clashed in the air, as if sparks flew.

The arriving woman was also a Rapid Shadow Palace sequence disciple, but she belonged to a different faction.

It was evident that this woman was also here for Xiao Shi's Blood Beast.

Almost at the same instant the woman arrived, whoosh! Whoosh! Several more figures appeared outside Xiao Shi's treehouse, turning into sequence disciples.

Suddenly, sequence disciples from various factions of the Rapid Shadow Palace gathered outside Xiao Shi's treehouse.

These sequence disciples harbored hostility towards each other, all coming for the Blood Beast.

"They came so fast!" Feng Suxing's face darkened.

Although they had anticipated that people from other factions would come to snatch the Blood Beast, they hadn't expected them to arrive so quickly.

He glared at everyone and said in a deep voice, "This Blood Beast belongs to Cheng Tianhao. As a member of our faction, we have the right to keep his belongings. You have no right to snatch it here!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a sequence disciple sneered, "That's ridiculous. By your logic, Cheng Tianhao is a disciple of our Rapid Shadow Palace, so Cheng Tianhao's belongings are also the sect's belongings. As members of the sect, we also have the right to help Cheng Tianhao keep his belongings."

Feng Suxing's eyes narrowed slightly. "So, you mean to snatch it?" Another sequence disciple curled his lips. "Why waste words! Since everyone wants this Blood Beast, let's see who has the ability to get it."

As he spoke, his aura erupted, creating a storm around his body.

The other sequence disciples also refused to be outdone.

Boom!

Under the explosion of so many people's auras, even Xiao Shi's treehouse couldn't withstand it.

Amidst a roar, it directly collapsed and exploded into pieces.

All these sequence disciples had already reached the Blood Martial Realm!

And according to the rules of the Rapid Shadow Palace, sequence disciples must enter the Blood Martial Realm with True Blood.

Therefore, any one of these sequence disciples was far more powerful than an ordinary Blood Martial Realm practitioner.

They were even incomparable to the Blood Martial Realm demon statue Xiao Shi encountered in the Game Arena earlier.

Xiao Shi could clearly feel the power of each and every one of them.

Judging by the current situation, these sequence disciples were about to engage in a chaotic battle.

Xiao Shi decided not to act hastily and would observe the situation first.

For a time, under the clash and impact of these sequence disciples' auras, the tension between them grew increasingly thick.

Just as several of the sequence disciples couldn't help but prepare to strike, "Presumptuous!!!" A low, angry roar suddenly echoed from within Tree Shadow City.

The roar seemed to emanate from the entire Tree Shadow City, stirring up ripples in the air and spreading outwards.

Under this spreading sound wave, the aura on all the sequence disciples, like burning flames, was abruptly extinguished by a bucket of cold water.

They could no longer release any aura.

At the same time, numerous trees around them shot out branches, tightly binding their bodies and rendering them immobile.

The faces of these sequence disciples all changed.

They all turned their heads to look in a direction behind them.

A figure was coalescing there.

This was a man in a light green robe, with his hands clasped behind his back and a solemn face.

Just standing there, he gave off the impression of a massive, ancient tree.

Even these Blood Martial Realm sequence disciples appeared extremely small in front of him.

It seemed as though he could easily crush them with just a single finger.

"Fifth… Fifth Elder!" All these sequence disciples bowed their heads.

The stern man who appeared before them was precisely the Fifth Elder, who was stationed in Tree Shadow City.

Under the Fifth Elder's gaze, they all felt as if they were being stared at by a ferocious beast.

The Fifth Elder glared at these sequence disciples, and his deep, authoritative voice boomed and exploded in their minds simultaneously.

"Although Rapid Shadow Palace has no prohibition against disciples fighting each other, as sequence disciples, you represent the face of our Rapid Shadow Palace. To fight here, what kind of decorum is that!!!"

Every word he spoke was like a thunderclap exploding within the minds of these sequence disciples.

Especially the last four words, which carried a severe reprimand, made these sequence disciples turn pale, their hands and feet cold, and their bodies break out in a cold sweat.

"I don't care what you do elsewhere. In short, in my Tree Shadow City, if anyone dares to continue causing trouble, don't blame me for being ruthless."

The Fifth Elder's gaze was like lightning, sweeping coldly across these sequence disciples, making all of them tremble.

"Scram!" As he spoke, the branches binding them retracted from their bodies.

These sequence disciples shivered, no longer daring to linger there for another second.

They all fled from Tree Shadow City at the fastest possible speed.

Whoosh!

At the same time, the Fifth Elder's figure also dissipated from its original spot, as if he had never appeared.

From beginning to end, he hadn't spared a glance for Xiao Shi, nor did he pay any attention to the Blood Beast beside Xiao Shi.

However, Xiao Shi knew that the Fifth Elder's appearance this time was clearly to help him resolve the crisis!

Xiao Shi believed that with his identity in Tree Shadow City, it was impossible for the Fifth Elder, who was stationed there, to come forward for him.

The reason the other party appeared this time was clearly because of Cheng Tianhao.

Not only Xiao Shi realized this, but the retreating sequence disciples also understood the reason.

This greatly shocked them.

Although they knew that Cheng Tianhao's performance in the Blood Sect Game had made the sect value him immensely, they hadn't expected even the Fifth Elder to intervene for this!

Now, with the Fifth Elder's words, as long as Xiao Shi remained in Tree Shadow City, no one in the entire Rapid Shadow Palace would dare to snatch Xiao Shi's Blood Beast.

"Damn it!!!" "The Fifth Elder actually intervened…" While these sequence disciples felt regretful about this, a sense of crisis also arose in their hearts.

Cheng Tianhao's rapid rise made all of them feel a sense of danger.

It was truly because his rise was too fast.

He had just become a sequence disciple, yet he had suddenly become the most dazzling figure in the Rapid Shadow Palace.

Even the sequence disciples from the same faction as Cheng Tianhao felt a bit uneasy.

Originally, by seniority, Cheng Tianhao was only considered a junior among them.

But now, with the sect's emphasis on him, it was likely that once Cheng Tianhao emerged from the Land of Inheritance, he would directly surpass them.