175: Magic Hand Tribe

Inside the Rainforest.

Poof!

A bloody finger-beam pierced directly through the neck of a Blood Martial Realm martial artist, killing him instantly.

Xiao Shi emerged from the Tai Yin.

He began to collect the spoils of war.

In addition to the items that dropped after the opponent's death,

the opponent's Natal Martial Blood and the items in his storage bag also belonged to Xiao Shi.

However, since Xiao Shi's Natal Martial Blood had already reached its peak, refining the opponent's Natal Martial Blood would not bring any further improvement.

Therefore, Xiao Shi was not in a hurry to refine it.

After killing him,

Xiao Shi rummaged through the opponent's storage bag, searching for more information related to Demonic Path forces to further understand them.

He then took the entire corpse with him.

This would be his pledge of allegiance to the other two cities later.

And so,

three of the four Blood Martial Realm martial artists from Zhuogu City had already been killed by Xiao Shi.

Although they could gain a significant power boost in this Rainforest, it was still not enough to contend with Xiao Shi.

Now, only one person remained.

The last Blood Martial Realm martial artist was the one whose Natal Martial Blood was a black arm.

According to the information Xiao Shi had gathered,

this person, whose Natal Martial Blood was a black arm, was not simple.

Although Blood Martial Realm cultivators of Demonic Path forces primarily use the Secret refining method to refine their chosen items into Natal Martial Blood,

which could be living creatures or other things,

in Zhuogu City, there was a special clan.

Its name… the Demon Hand Clan.

The special characteristic of this clan was that all its members refined Demon Hands into their Natal Martial Blood.

And the Demon Hands they refined were extraordinary.

Typically, their clan would specifically raise some servants.

These servants would cultivate according to the special secret methods provided by the clan.

When these servants cultivated to the Blood Martial Realm, their arms would undergo a transformation, forming an incredibly powerful Demon Hand.

According to the information Xiao Shi had learned,

just these servants who had formed Demon Hands already possessed terrifying combat power that ordinary Blood Martial Realm martial artists would find extremely difficult to match.

Their Demon Hands… could even unleash power comparable to Blood Weapons!

However, once a member of the Demon Hand Clan began to prepare to enter the Blood Martial Realm,

these servants would have their Demon Hands severed, and their Demon Hands would be used as the Natal Martial Blood for the Demon Hand Clan members!

The name Demon Hand Clan came from this very practice.

When Xiao Shi previously saw the Demon Hand inside the opponent's body with his Scarlet Blood Demon Eye, he did not know all of this.

Now, upon careful recollection,

the Demon Hand within him was indeed not simple.

He also knew that the Demon Hand Clan was like a noble existence throughout Zhuogu City.

If he could kill this Demon Hand Clan member and bring him to the other two cities, the weight of this pledge of allegiance would surely allow him to smoothly join the other two cities.

However, Xiao Shi knew that killing this Demon Hand Clan member was clearly not an easy task.

But he had no intention of giving up.

On one hand, he was very confident in his own strength.

On the other hand, he needed to create Blood Arts through combat.

The three Blood Martial Realm martial artists he had killed earlier were too weak.

As a result, the entire battle process did not give him any inspiration.

It was rather dull.

Xiao Shi speculated that perhaps only by fighting against stronger opponents would it be easier to complete the creation of Blood Arts in battle.

However, this Rainforest was, after all, part of Zhuogu City's territory.

As a noble in Zhuogu City, the opponent would surely be protected by Zhuogu City.

Therefore, he could not stay here for too long.

He needed to finish the fight quickly.

Soon,

Xiao Shi found the opponent's location through the Blood Seal.

Swish!

His Blood Shadow Sky Bow appeared directly in his hand. He drew the bowstring, condensed Blood Power into an arrow, and shot it.

At the moment the arrow was shot,

he didn't wait to see the result. He instantly flashed to the other side at the fastest speed.

He raised a finger.

Immediately, a bloody finger-beam shot out from his fingertip, cutting through the sky and flying away at an extremely fast speed.

The previous three Blood Martial Realm martial artists were all killed by him in this manner.

Since Xiao Shi was in the Tai Yin, he had the advantage of taking the initiative.

Even if these Blood Martial Realm martial artists could resist the arrow shot from the Blood Shadow Sky Bow with all their might, they could not withstand the bombardment of the Blood Vein Finger.

However, Xiao Shi's opponent this time was this Demon Hand Clan member.

Xiao Shi had no illusions about this.

He knew that these two attacks alone would definitely not be enough to kill the opponent.

Therefore, the moment the Blood Vein Finger was struck, he immediately launched a third attack.

A drop of blood, crimson on the outside but with white frost inside, flew directly from Xiao Shi's fingertip, closely following the bloody finger-beam and shooting away.

This was an exotic blood that Xiao Shi had refined through the Blood Refining Art, using the material Extreme Cold Sky Freeze combined with his own Blood Power.

“Hmm?”

The moment Xiao Shi made his move,

this Demon Hand Clan Blood Martial Realm martial artist had already sensed the opponent's attack.

He instantly turned around.

His expression was solemn, and he felt that the arrow Xiao Shi shot had considerable power.

He extended his hand.

His entire right hand quickly turned black, forming a ferocious and savage Demon Hand, covered in dark scales and also bearing strange demonic patterns.

When he used his entire Demon Hand to grab the arrow, which was in the form of a giant blood-tiger, charging towards him,

Poof!

His entire Demon Hand directly pierced through the blood-tiger, instantly shattering the entire blood-tiger with a single blow.

This allowed him to grasp the bloody arrow.

Under the immense impact of this bloody arrow,

his body continuously retreated.

He carved two deep, long marks on the ground.

However, the bloody arrow in his hand was directly crushed by his tight grip of the Demon Hand.

His eyes were filled with horror.

The power of this arrow… was even more terrifying than he had expected.

However, he had no time to ponder now.

In addition to this blood arrow, there was another powerful attack sweeping and roaring towards him from another direction.

He clenched his entire black Demon Hand into a fist, quickly turned around, and threw a punch.

Boom!!

The black fist and the bloody finger-beam collided fiercely.

Centered on the point of collision,

a terrifying ripple of red and black intertwined exploded.

The entire ripple spread out in a circle in all directions,

shredding all the trees and grass along the way.

Even the ground cracked and exploded.

Under this violent collision,

the Demon Hand Clan Blood Martial Realm martial artist retreated repeatedly.

Each step left a huge footprint on the ground.

His heart was incredibly shaken.

These two attacks… each one stronger than the last.

He had to go all out to resist them.

However… the crisis in his heart had not dissipated.

Instead, it was still intense.

“There’s more!!”

He stared intently in another direction.

There was a drop of blood shooting towards him.

This drop of blood looked ordinary.

However, with the perception of this Demon Hand Clan Blood Martial Realm martial artist, he felt an even stronger sense of crisis from this drop of blood than before.

He took a deep breath.

One of the demonic patterns on his entire Demon Hand immediately glowed,

as if activated by him.

The moment this demonic pattern was activated,

his entire Demon Hand began to writhe, and as it writhed, it expanded and enlarged at a visible speed.

It actually doubled in size from its original state.

At the same time, the power fluctuations emanating from his Demon Hand also increased tremendously.

He raised his entire colossal Demon Hand.

He directly slammed it towards this drop of blood that brought him a strong sense of crisis.

Buzz!

When his giant Demon Hand

touched this drop of blood,

he did not feel any powerful force from this drop of blood.

At the same time, this drop of blood directly shattered and exploded in front of his Demon Hand, without any resistance.

However, as this drop of blood exploded,

the surrounding temperature instantly plummeted.

This caused the area around this Blood Martial Realm martial artist to seem to transform into a land of ice and frost.

Under this astonishing severe cold,

the entire Demon Hand of this Blood Martial Realm martial artist quickly became covered with a layer of white frost.

And it wasn't just his Demon Hand that was frozen.

Even the powerful force he unleashed by swinging his Demon Hand was also frozen.

And the frost continued to increase.

Dense and numerous,

it covered his entire Demon Hand, completely freezing it.

“This… What kind of power is this?!”

The eyes of this Blood Martial Realm martial artist were filled with terror.

He had never seen such a strange power in his entire life!

“Is this… the effect of Extreme Cold Sky Freeze combined with the Blood Refining Art?!”

Xiao Shi's heart was also somewhat surprised.

He hadn't expected that with good materials, the exotic blood refined with the Blood Refining Art would be so effective!

If he had had such materials when he killed those Blood Martial Realm martial artists in Zhongjiu City,

he could have easily killed those Blood Martial Realm martial artists with just this powerful refined exotic blood.

Now, under the freezing effect brought by the exotic blood,

this Demon Hand Clan Blood Martial Realm martial artist was completely frozen.

If his Demon Hand wasn't strong enough,

under this frost, his life would surely rapidly drain away.

Until death.

Fortunately, with the strength of his Demon Hand, although this frost was powerful, it could only freeze him and not cause substantial damage.

However, he knew that even if the frost could not cause substantial damage, being frozen in this state was quite fatal.

Therefore, before Xiao Shi could make a move while he was frozen, he had already activated the second demonic pattern on his Demon Hand!

Boom!!

With the activation of the second demonic pattern,

his entire frozen Demon Hand suddenly trembled.

And as it trembled, a crimson color suddenly appeared on this black Demon Hand, causing the entire Demon Hand to change from black to dark red.

And it wasn't just the color that changed.

Even the aura became different.

The Demon Hand now seemed to have become chaotic.

Some of its scales split open on their own, revealing a strange face on the entire Demon Hand.

It was a smiling face.

However, Xiao Shi could not feel any joy from this smiling face; he only felt eerie and terrifying, sending shivers down his spine.

At the same time, piercing, strange laughter continuously emanated from this smiling face.

Boom!

With the change in the entire Demon Hand,

the frost that had frozen it immediately shattered.

It could no longer keep it frozen.

“The Demon Hand Clan… is indeed not simple!”

Xiao Shi's eyes narrowed slightly.

An ordinary Blood Martial Realm martial artist would certainly not be able to withstand his three attacks.

However, this person, relying on his Demon Hand, blocked all three of his attacks.

This also made Xiao Shi realize the might of the Demon Hand Clan.

Although he was currently in the One-Blood Realm,

his combat power was already completely sufficient to kill ordinary Second Blood Realm martial artists.

Among the One-Blood Realm, few could possess such formidable combat power as him.

But now… Xiao Shi realized that this Demon Hand Clan Blood Martial Realm martial artist's combat power was not weaker than his own.

Even if he used his powerful exotic blood,

the opponent could resolve it.

And after the opponent activated the second demonic pattern, his Demon Hand once again strengthened to another level.

This already made Xiao Shi feel a faint threat.

However,

Xiao Shi's methods were far from limited to this.

He still had more powerful methods.

However, if he were to use these methods… he himself would also pay a price.

Just as Xiao Shi was considering whether he needed to use these methods,

suddenly,

his brain began to vibrate.

It was as if many inspirations were wildly flashing in his mind.

These inspirations… were all his Blood Art inspirations!

“Finally, I have them!”

Xiao Shi's heart was incredibly excited.

He vaguely realized… that only when he encountered an opponent stronger than himself, or an equally matched opponent in battle, and when his ordinary methods could not defeat the enemy,

would the inspirations for Blood Arts emerge.

For example, in his usual battles, if he easily killed enemies,

no inspiration would appear.

Now, with the many inspirations emerging in his mind,

Xiao Shi quickly summarized and organized them.

He wove and combined all these inspirations together.

This allowed him to form the prototype of a Blood Art in his mind.

All of this sounds slow,

but in reality, it happened within a few seconds.

When this Demon Hand Clan Blood Martial Realm martial artist activated the second demonic pattern, his temperament also seemed to be affected, becoming irritable and chaotic.

At the same time, in this state, his body would bear a considerable burden and could not sustain it for long.

Therefore, after he broke through the frost,

he was already red-eyed, and with a roar, he charged towards Xiao Shi.

Although Xiao Shi was still in the Tai Yin at this time,

after he made his move, this Blood Martial Realm martial artist had already sensed his location.

Boom, boom, boom!

This Demon Hand Clan Blood Martial Realm martial artist now seemed to have transformed into a berserk wild ox.

Carrying a heaven-shaking aura,

he charged towards Xiao Shi,

desiring to tear Xiao Shi apart.

Previously, he had been passively taking hits.

Now, he was going to retaliate.

Xiao Shi, however, was completely immersed in the creation of the Blood Art.

He didn't feel any danger at all.

He allowed this Blood Martial Realm martial artist to charge at him violently.

At the speed of this Blood Martial Realm martial artist, it would only take about one second to reach Xiao Shi's front.

However, the moment he charged in front of Xiao Shi,

Buzz!

Xiao Shi's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.