273: Crimson Power

Furthermore, this fire is extremely difficult to extinguish, and weakened enemies will ultimately be burned to ashes by the Evernight Fire.

Mu Zun did not seem affected by the Evernight Sealing Technique at all. Brilliant golden light appeared on his body surface—the dao patterns belonging to the Innate Sacred Body Dao Fetus.

The Evernight Fire landed on the dao patterns but had no effect whatsoever; instead, it was assimilated by Mu Zun's Chaos Qi.

"I'll give it back to you."

The Yin and Yang phenomenon appeared behind Mu Zun. A sacred White Flame emerged in his hand, its Aura somewhat similar to the Evernight Fire.

This was the flame that Mu Zun derived from the book of changes, the exact opposite of the Evernight Fire: Daylight Fire.

Mu Zun slammed a palm, carrying the Daylight Fire, heavily onto Wei Wujin's chest.

"Cough!"

Wei Wujin's eyes bulged, and he opened his mouth wide, coughing up a mouthful of blood.

He was then sent flying backward.

"amitabha, it seems Young Lord Mu Zun has stepped onto the Evil Path and is beyond saving."

"We shall now send Young Lord Mu Zun on his way."

At that moment, three figures surrounded Mu Zun.

Upon closer inspection, they were the three Arhats: Cloth Bag, Long-Browed, and River-Crossing.

But they were different now compared to when they were outside the palace hall earlier.

Their eyes were stained blood-red, leaving only black pupils.

Their originally sacred Buddha Power was also tainted with a bloody hue.

"Even dignified Arhats can be affected? It seems your Ancient Buddha Spirit Mountain is nothing special."

Mu Zun shook his head slightly.

However, it was reasonable for them to be affected. After all, they had already intended to attack Mu Zun, and this Blood-Colored Qi happened to incite their anger toward him, coinciding perfectly with their intentions.

"It seems Young Lord Mu Zun has fallen into the Demonic Path. It is time to conclude this Karma."

Long-Browed Arhat struck first. He wore an expression of furious indignation, and his long eyebrows began to continuously extend.

The thick, long eyebrows acted like innate Magic Treasures, transforming into a pair of Cymbals as they spun, intending to trap Mu Zun within.

River-Crossing Arhat formed hand seals of Law and chanted Buddhist scriptures, immediately unleashing the Six-Word Mudra, a Move powerful enough to destroy heaven and earth.

Cloth Bag Arhat pointed a finger, summoning the Great Wheel Heavenly Finger, a Move capable of sending millions of demons and evil spirits to the Western Heaven, its might terrifying.

Facing such an offensive, Mu Zun remained calm.

He slightly raised his hand, and golden Symbols and deep black Symbols appeared simultaneously. As Magic Power surged into the Symbols, they erupted with terrifying power far surpassing everything else.

This was the supreme Divine Ability used by Ancient Dust Immortal, the Great Destruction God and Demon Curse, comparable to an Immortal Dao Spell.

Now that Mu Zun used it again, its power was surely more than a hundred times greater than before?

Boom!!

Several great Moves collided, and terrifying power swept out like a tide, the aftermath blasting everything inside the great hall away.

"Pfft!"

The three Arhats spat out large mouthfuls of blood and fell like cannonballs.

Meanwhile, Mu Zun floated in the Void Realm, his white robes flowing, completely unharmed.

"How could this be..."

Amidst the pain throughout his body, Cloth Bag Arhat recovered a bit of Consciousness.

However, he clearly realized that he had lost to Mu Zun, even when Long-Browed Arhat, River-Crossing Arhat, and he had attacked together.

Was this the reason Elephant-Riding Arhat failed?

His Consciousness blurred again, and Cloth Bag Arhat's rage was once more stimulated by the Blood-Colored Power.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!"

Although the three Arhats were severely injured, they quickly got up, preparing to strike again.

"You are so annoying."

Mu Zun frowned slightly.

He then circulated the Six Paths Reincarnation Heavenly Art.

The Law of Yin and Yang, the Law of Destruction, the Law of Life and Death, the Law of War, the Law of the Sword, the Law of Thunder, and the True Meaning of Reincarnation—

Six Great Reincarnations. This was the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist!

With a single punch, the three Arhats were unable to resist, their bodies instantly blasted into Reincarnation, perishing on the spot.

After the three Arhats perished, their Divine Souls were not found.

Clearly, just like Elephant-Riding Arhat, their true Souls were not within these bodies.

The Cultivators who had been thrown back by the aftermath of the clash between Mu Zun and the three Arhats let out painful wails, their current appearance unrecognizable from their original selves.

They were now a group of Monsters completely stained with blood, fighting relentlessly even as if their heads had been severed.

Aside from not having mouths growing on their bodies, they were no different from the Monsters in the Black Tide.

"Ugh..."

A voice filled with pain and confusion rang out.

Wei Wujin clutched his head and climbed up from the ground.

"Are you awake now?"

Mu Zun stood in front of Wei Wujin. His previous palm strike had directly absorbed and cleared the Blood-Colored Qi within Wei Wujin's body.

Mu Zun only casually saved him because Wei Wujin was sensible and more pleasing to the eye compared to the other Prodigies.

Otherwise, he would have ended up like the surrounding Myriad Universes Cultivators, transformed into Monsters who only knew how to fight by the Blood-Colored Qi.

"I'm awake... I was too weak, to be controlled so unknowingly..."

Wei Wujin recalled the memories in his mind, a bitter smile on his face.

It was undoubtedly a humiliating thing for him, a dignified Imperial Clan Forbidden Prodigy, to be controlled as easily as these Myriad Universes Cultivators by the Blood-Colored Power.

After all, his Cultivation alone surpassed that of the Myriad Universes Cultivators who came to the Netherworld Palace.

But now he had fallen to the same Rank as them; this was a massive joke.

If people within his clan knew about this, Wei Wujin feared he would truly lose all face.

Mu Zun ignored Wei Wujin at this moment and looked toward the center of the palace hall.

At this moment, a figure like a Demon God descended. The Blood-Colored Qi covering his entire body seemed capable of polluting the entire Universe.

His body radiated terrifying Emperors Might, constantly reminding others that he was a true Great Emperor.

After Mu Zun saw him, the figure moved and descended right in front of Mu Zun and Wei Wujin.

The moment he descended, all the Cultivators infected by the Blood-Colored Qi trembled, as if they had seen their King.

Wei Wujin's body involuntarily retreated, his eyes filled with shock and fear.

"A Great Emperor..."

He sensed that the figure enveloped in blood-red color before him was a genuine Great Emperor, and not an ordinary one at that. Even some Ancient Ancestors of the Wei Imperial Clan might not possess an Aura as terrifyingly intense as his.

Did an Emperor Realm really exist in this palace hall? Could he be the King of the Underworld?!

Wei Wujin's mind raced, trying to guess who the figure in front of him was and how to escape.

"I finally meet you, Young Master of the Qin Clan."

A hoarse voice came from the blood-red figure, sounding incredibly ancient, as if it had lived through countless Epochs.

"To be remembered by a Great Emperor of this caliber, should I call it an honor?"

Mu Zun's words seemed complimentary, but his expression was calm and indifferent.

"Hahaha... Even This Emperor's Blood-Red Curse couldn't control you, Young Master of the Qin Clan. It seems you truly have something commendable."

The blood-red figure laughed.

As he spoke, the blood-red color surrounding him gradually merged back into his body, revealing his true Form before Mu Zun and Wei Wujin.

It was this appearance that caused Wei Wujin's pupils to contract, clearly shocked by it.

What stood before them was a Monster woven and pieced together from various Human skins and internal organs, exuding a bloody, foul odor. On its chest was a smiling Human face that had been stitched on.

forbidden darkness! This was definitely the forbidden darkness!

A Monster capable of possessing such a terrifying Form should fundamentally not exist among the Living beings of the Myriad Universes.

"This Emperor's name is Blood Abyss. Young Lord Mu Zun, you probably won't be affected by my appearance, right?"

On Blood Abyss's head, pieced together from various human internal organs, a human mouth was speaking.

And as the mouth spoke, the Human face on his chest would also change Expressions.

"The end of the Physical Body is naturally like this, constantly transforming, like a Serpent shedding its skin to become a Dragon."

"Soon, you too will become like me."

As he spoke, his hands suddenly exploded.

The Chunks of flesh that fell to the ground scattered like Worms.

"Not good!"

The hairs on Wei Wujin's body stood on end, and he rapidly retreated backward.

These Chunks of flesh were extremely fast, difficult to capture even with Divine Sense.

Their target was clearly not Wei Wujin, but Young Master Mu Zun of the Qin Clan.

The Chunks of flesh moved up Mu Zun's feet, attempting to cling to and cover his body.

Bang!!

Mu Zun's entire body burst forth with Great Dao Golden Light, instantly blasting the Chunks of flesh away from his feet, preventing them from approaching him at all.

"Ough..."

Blood Abyss continuously opened his mouth until it stretched to an inhuman degree, and a Blood-Colored Aurora shot out from it, annihilating the Void Realm and corroding all things in the world.

Mu Zun also struck simultaneously.

Mu Zun directly used the Heavenly Emperor Fist.

The unparalleled supreme Fist seal, as if a peerless Heavenly Emperor spanning antiquity and the present had struck, carried the Nine Heavens Palace, crushing endless enemies.

The terrifying and corrosive Blood-Colored Aurora was instantly obliterated by the Heavenly Emperor Fist seal upon impact.

The Heavenly Emperor Fist, its momentum undiminished, fiercely suppressed and struck towards Blood Abyss.

The Heavenly Emperor Fist seal landed on Blood Abyss's body, blasting the Human face on his chest into a terrifying Blood hole.

"A Divine Ability that surpasses Emperor Law? You actually possess such a Divine Ability?!"

Blood Abyss sounded slightly surprised; Mu Zun's Heavenly Emperor Fist was beyond his expectations.

"No wonder 'Hand' Lord places such importance on you. It seems you truly have this value."

Having said that, Blood Abyss struck again.

The Chunks of flesh wriggling on the ground seemed to receive his summons and returned to his body.

An extreme Blood-Colored Power erupted, instantly transforming the entire palace hall into a Boundless Sea of Blood, forming a terrifying Domain.

Wei Wujin's expression slightly changed. Floating in the Void Realm, he looked at the Boundless Sea of Blood below. His Consciousness clearly told him that the Sea of Blood beneath was not an illusion, but a real Sea of Blood.

Blood Abyss used a Divine Ability to turn the entire palace hall into his Blood-Colored World.

The half-dead Myriad Universes Cultivators who had become Monsters fell into the Sea of Blood, becoming its Nutrients.

Wei Wujin felt a massive headache. Clearly, this Blood Sea World could affect the Consciousness of others. If it weren't for the power Mu Zun had left inside him to help him stay awake, he would probably have been controlled by Blood Abyss again.

All the surrounding Blood-Colored Power began to converge on Mu Zun, and Water columns shot up from the Boundless Sea of Blood below, attempting to drown Mu Zun.

Facing this, Mu Zun floated in the Void Realm, raising his hands. Three distinct streaks of Sword light appeared between his palms.

Behind Mu Zun, the Taiji phenomenon manifested.

Under his control, the three streaks of Sword light interacted and merged, finally transforming into one brilliant Sword Light.

The Grass Character Sword Art, the Pacifying Chaos Art, and the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art—three great Primordial Sword Arts—were unified through derivation from the book of changes.

This ultimately formed a Sword Art unique to Mu Zun.

This was Severing My Self to See My Self.

Throughout my life, I only loved the Seven-foot sword; Severing My Self to See My Self, I am not myself.

The Sword Light slashed out, seeming to sever Reality and Karma. The Blood Sea World shattered under the Sword Light and shot directly toward Blood Abyss's location.

Facing the Sword Light before him, Blood Abyss finally began to feel uneasy.

He never imagined that a mere Human Race Cultivator who hadn't even reached Quasi-Emperor, let alone Chaos Profound Venerable, could unleash such a terrifying Sword Dao Divine Ability.

He wanted to escape, but found that the Sword Light clung tightly to his back. No matter where he fled, he couldn't shake it off, and it was about to land on him.

"Damn it!"

Blood Abyss grew furious. He once again used his World-destroying might, attempting to suppress the Sword Light with the Boundless Sea of Blood.

Unfortunately, this was all for naught.

Severing My Self to See My Self points directly to the True Self; even with ten thousand layers of concealment, one cannot escape the Original heart.

"'Hand' Lord..."

The Sword Light slashed onto Blood Abyss's Emperor Body. The invisible Annihilation caused Blood Abyss's Emperor Body to begin collapsing from within.

Although Blood Abyss's body looked bizarre, its Physical Body strength was unattainable even by the Sacred Bodies and Divine Bodies that had achieved emperorship.

Yet, now it was collapsing inch by inch under this Sword Light.

A Chaos Profound Venerable slaying an Emperor Realm Expert—how preposterous.

Just as Blood Abyss was about to perish, he saw a severed hand.

This caused the previously panicked Blood Abyss to calm down again.

After that, he completely dissolved into nothingness... On the other side, the Netherworld Palace.

Wei Wujin's mouth was wide open at this moment, wide enough to fit an apple.

His scalp tingled, clearly so shocked that his brain couldn't process thoughts.

If previously injuring a Ninth Layer Quasi-Emperor with one Move was considered extremely exaggerated.

Then this time, directly forcing an Emperor Realm Expert to flee—this was simply... And did that Sword Light severely injure that forbidden darkness?

Wei Wujin speculated inwardly.

However, at this moment, Wei Wujin finally understood what a Fated Person was.

Perhaps Mu Zun truly was the Protagonist of this epoch, destined to stand above everyone else.

If he didn't still hold the status of a Wei Imperial Clan Forbidden Prodigy, Wei Wujin would have wanted to immediately bow down and acknowledge Mu Zun as his Boss.

There was no way; how could he be an opponent for such a Prodigy?

Mu Zun looked in the direction Blood Abyss fled.

He knew Severing My Self to See My Self had hit Blood Abyss.

And it was highly possible that Blood Abyss had perished.

However, something like the forbidden darkness, even if it dies, might not truly perish.

After all, even the Top echelon of the Human Race might not fully understand the forbidden darkness.

After all, the forbidden darkness doesn't belong to this Universe, and besides Mu Zun, no one knows where they come from.