160: First Battle in Blood Martial Realm

This was a middle-aged man with a sallow complexion.

Under the perception of the Crimson Tiger Totem, Xiao Shi clearly detected this person's cultivation, which was the First Blood Realm within the Blood Martial Realm.

However, Xiao Shi was not in a hurry to make a move.

He knew very well that even at the First Blood Realm, there could still be powerful enemies he couldn't match.

He couldn't be careless.

Under normal circumstances, a First Blood Realm martial artist would continuously improve and strengthen his Natal Martial Blood through cultivation, until his Natal Martial Blood reached its peak.

Therefore, within the First Blood Realm, there would also be a clear difference in strength.

Although the Crimson Tiger Totem could now perceive that the opponent was at the First Blood Realm, it could not perceive the strength of his Natal Martial Blood.

It could only determine that the opponent's Natal Martial Blood was not True Blood, but Mortal Blood!

"If it's just Mortal Blood..."

"Then I should have the power to fight!"

Xiao Shi's heart stirred.

The difference between True Blood and Mortal Blood in the Blood Martial Realm was still very significant.

Even if the opponent's Natal Martial Blood had undergone some improvement and strengthening, Xiao Shi figured he should still have a chance to fight.

Even if he couldn't win, he could still escape.

However, he needed to guard against other Blood Martial Realm martial artists rushing to provide support at a critical moment.

Although the perception of Blood Martial Realm martial artists had not yet reached the level of Martial Soul Realm powerhouses, they wouldn't immediately perceive a fight as soon as it started.

But once the fight lasted too long, it would inevitably be noticed by these Blood Martial Realm martial artists.

"In other words..."

"I must finish this battle quickly."

"I can't drag it out for too long."

"If the battle lasts too long and other Blood Martial Realm martial artists rush to support, that would be bad..."

After realizing the key to this, Xiao Shi immediately began to prepare.

Before making a move, he needed to first understand the target's movements and find the most suitable time to act to avoid any unexpected situations.

In addition, for absolute certainty, Xiao Shi investigated the strength of all fourteen Blood Martial Realm martial artists as much as possible.

Except for a few Blood Martial Realm martial artists who had not shown themselves, Xiao Shi had a general understanding of the strength of all the other Blood Martial Realm martial artists.

Among them, he discovered three First Blood Realm martial artists.

Xiao Shi planned to choose the most suitable person from these three to kill.

Immediately, Xiao Shi carefully observed these three First Blood Realm martial artists, making his selection based on their movements, habits, and so on.

Soon, Xiao Shi chose a long-faced middle-aged man from the three.

The main reason for choosing this person was that his location was relatively remote and far from other Blood Martial Realm martial artists; as long as he could be killed as quickly as possible and then immediately leave the area, it was believed that other Blood Martial Realm martial artists would not have enough time to provide support.

However, to be on the safe side, Xiao Shi decided to observe a bit longer, ensuring his strike would be foolproof.

Thus, after two consecutive days of observation, Xiao Shi already had a preliminary plan in mind.

Late that night, he arrived in front of the pavilion where the opponent resided.

His figure flickered, and he silently entered the pavilion, heading straight to the opponent's room door.

To ensure a quick resolution to this battle, Xiao Shi had already entered the Invincible Vajra Body state before arriving.

"It's a pity that if I use the Extreme Seal, I might be detected..."

Xiao Shi regretfully shook his head.

If he could use the Extreme Seal to leave a mark on the opponent, he would be able to easily grasp all of the opponent's actions.

Unfortunately, the Extreme Seal was a Qi Martial Realm Secret Skill.

If it were used on a Blood Martial Realm martial artist, there was a high probability that the opponent would detect it.

Xiao Shi didn't want to alert the enemy, so he didn't use the Extreme Seal on him.

Although he couldn't sense the opponent's exact location through the Extreme Seal, he knew the person was in the room in front of him.

"Kill!"

A cold glint flashed in Xiao Shi's eyes, and he stepped forward.

In an instant, he vanished into the Yin, silently passing through the door and directly entering the room.

He saw at a glance that the opponent was currently cultivating with his eyes closed in the room.

Although Xiao Shi made no sound or movement as he traversed through the Yin, the opponent, as a Blood Martial Realm powerhouse, still sensed him immediately.

"Who!"

The long-faced middle-aged man let out a low growl.

He raised his hand, and a greatsword instantly appeared in it; with the circulation of his Natal Martial Blood, the entire greatsword turned blood-red, emitting a brilliant and dazzling bloody light.

He raised the greatsword in his hand and fiercely slashed at the void in front of him.

Whoosh!

The blood-red sword light directly tore open the void, revealing Xiao Shi's figure within the void.

At the same time, two larger black pupils, exuding an eerie aura, were present on either side of Xiao Shi, intently staring at the long-faced middle-aged man.

The moment the long-faced middle-aged man saw these two black pupils, his entire movement paused.

His eyes seemed to be assimilated by the black pupils, transforming into their shape, and his consciousness became lost.

Although the entire process only lasted for a very short few seconds, the pause he experienced also caused his sword strike to halt.

Normally, in combat, such a pause is undoubtedly extremely fatal.

When the long-faced middle-aged man recovered his senses, he already realized something was wrong.

The enemy who was originally in front of him had disappeared, having already circled behind him while his consciousness was lost.

"Damn it!"

The long-faced middle-aged man's expression was grim.

He hadn't expected the opponent to possess such a bizarre technique.

He immediately turned around, only to see that the enemy who had suddenly attacked him raised his right hand and, with a seemingly casual motion, slashed forward.

This slash initially appeared very ordinary, but after it was unleashed, a huge blood-axe phantom appeared behind the opponent.

This axe was enormous, stained with blood, and exuded an extremely strong bloody smell, as well as a terrifying murderous aura that continuously emanated from it.

It seemed that this blood-axe had undergone countless slaughters and been nourished by countless amounts of blood.

Now, it descended with the opponent's right hand!

The long-faced middle-aged man's pupils contracted violently, and an incredibly strong sense of life-and-death crisis welled up in his heart.

He let out a low roar, daring not to hold back at such a critical moment of life and death, and his Natal Martial Blood erupted completely.

Boom!!

Waves of blood-red ripples spread out from his body in circles as his Natal Martial Blood erupted.

A drop of blood even floated out from within him, suspended in front of him, transforming into a ferocious and sinister head, emitting an bone-chilling coldness.

The moment it appeared, the entire room condensed with frost, and even the pavilion outside showed some signs of freezing.

Although Xiao Shi didn't know what kind of Natal Martial Blood this was, he realized that the opponent's Natal Martial Blood must be related to ice.

Under this freezing frost, the blood-red axe phantom he had unleashed was also affected, not only slowing down but also having its power reduced.

"Blood Martial Realm martial artists are indeed not simple."

Xiao Shi was not surprised by this.

Although this was his first time fighting a Blood Martial Realm martial artist, he had anticipated beforehand that the opponent would not be so easily killed by him.

"Then..."

Blood light flickered in Xiao Shi's eyes.

A deep tiger roar suddenly erupted from his Natal Martial Blood.

Roar!!

The entire tiger roar directly formed waves of blood-red ripples, spreading out in all directions with Xiao Shi's body as the center.

The rising frost was instantly shattered by the impact of the blood-red ripples, and even the ferocious head suspended in front of the long-faced middle-aged man shattered directly under the impact of these ripples, without any ability to resist.

The long-faced middle-aged man's expression changed dramatically.

His entire body retreated repeatedly, his face pale as if he had suffered a severe injury.

He became dispirited, raising his head in disbelief, and couldn't help but exclaim, "True Blood!!"

He knew very well that this was the opponent directly suppressing his Mortal Blood with True Blood!

This was also the huge difference between a Mortal Blood Blood Martial Realm and a True Blood Blood Martial Realm.

When a Mortal Blood Blood Martial Realm martial artist faced a True Blood Blood Martial Realm martial artist, he would inherently be at a huge disadvantage.

Unless his strength far surpassed the opponent's, he could still ignore the suppression brought by True Blood and forcibly kill him.

But once the gap was not significant, he would be extremely passive.

Now, his Natal Martial Blood was directly suppressed by the opponent, making it difficult for him to unleash his full strength.

At the same time, without the frost brought by his Natal Martial Blood, the blood-red axe phantom that Xiao Shi had unleashed continued to rage towards him at an extremely fast speed.

The intense sense of death crisis made the long-faced middle-aged man's eyes fill with madness.

"If I die, we die together!!"

His expression was ferocious, his face twisted.

He directly moved to detonate the Natal Martial Blood within his body.

Swoosh!

His body instantly became covered with cracks, and through these cracks, numerous icy cold auras permeated, and just a trace of the escaping frost aura had already caused the entire pavilion to be covered in frost, as if it had become an ice sculpture.

Even Xiao Shi's expression changed at this moment, and a sense of crisis surged in his heart.

He hadn't expected Natal Martial Blood to be able to detonate!

And the power of the detonation was far stronger than its normal state.

Although his True Blood could suppress Mortal Blood, it couldn't stop this kind of self-detonation.

Once he succeeded in self-detonating, even Xiao Shi would face a life-and-death crisis.

This made Xiao Shi realize that if the blood-red axe phantom he had unleashed couldn't kill the opponent before he self-detonated, then he would face an extremely huge crisis.

And even if he could survive, he would gain nothing.

After all, the opponent's death was due to his self-detonation, a suicide, not killed by him.

Naturally, no items would drop.

"I must take him down before he self-detonates!!"

Xiao Shi's heart was also filled with a hint of urgency at this moment.

Although he had anticipated beforehand that Blood Martial Realm martial artists would not be easy to kill, he hadn't expected the opponent to have such a self-destructive move.

Now, although the blood-red axe phantom he had unleashed was no longer frozen by the frost, its power had already been weakened by the previous freezing cold.

Even if it could hit the opponent before he self-detonated, it might not be able to kill him instantly.

Xiao Shi's eyes sharpened.

Two black shoulder guards quickly appeared on his shoulders.

The moment these two shoulder guards appeared, they immediately began to reassemble, and during the reassembly, they seemed to form two thick black turtle shells, located on the left and right sides of Xiao Shi's shoulders.

"Crushing Pressure!!"

Xiao Shi roared in his heart, using the Crushing Pressure form of the Martial Emperor Shoulder Armor to condense all the crushing pressure onto the descending blood-red axe phantom.

With the augmentation of the crushing pressure, the speed of the blood-red axe phantom, which was already descending at an extremely fast pace, surged again on its original basis.

At the same time, the long-faced middle-aged man's self-detonation had also progressed to its final stage.

At this moment, his entire body was like cracked porcelain, covered with countless alarming fissures.

Meanwhile, the frosty aura emanating from these fissures had already shattered everything on his body.

"Die!!"

The long-faced middle-aged man's cracked face was filled with madness.

Just as his Natal Martial Blood was about to detonate, a blood-red axe phantom slashed across his forehead.

It was as if a mountain peak had crashed down.

The long-faced middle-aged man's body instantly exploded, but as his body burst apart, a portion of his Natal Martial Blood also detonated.

A white cold current immediately spread and exploded from his shattered body.

Boom!!

This cold current possessed astonishing lethality.

As it diffused and impacted, it not only completely turned the entire pavilion into an ice sculpture, but also transformed all buildings within a ten-mile radius around the pavilion into ice sculptures.

Xiao Shi bore the brunt of this cold current, which swept over his body.

With a stinging pain throughout his body, his entire being was instantly frozen by the frost, and his vitality drained away rapidly.

This cold current not only ravaged his body but also surged into his interior.

Fortunately, his powerful body, honed through body refinement, prevented him from dying directly, even with his entire body frozen inside and out.

At the same time, his Natal Martial Blood began to emit waves of warmth, flowing within his body to dissolve the freezing cold current.

As his Natal Martial Blood continuously flowed, a cracking sound was heard!

The frost on Xiao Shi's body shattered, and he successfully broke free from the ice.

He knelt on the frosty ground, feeling a lingering fear.

"Just barely..."

He was very startled, not expecting that just a First Blood Realm martial artist would leave him in such a sorry state.

Blood Martial Realm martial artists were even harder to kill than he had imagined!

Although he had recovered his mobility at this moment, his face was extremely pale and he was very weak.

"I must leave immediately!"

He knew that the commotion from this battle was too great, and it must have already alerted other Blood Martial Realm martial artists, so he had to withdraw immediately.

Immediately, Xiao Shi forced his heavily injured body to stand up, and after picking up the items that dropped after the opponent's death, he dared not linger for a second and immediately left the area at his fastest speed.