126: Chapter 126 The Rift, the Blood Demon Clan

The Blood Demon Realm is a medium-sized world among All Realms, inhabited by a unique race: the Blood Demon Clan.

This clan lives within the massive Sea of Blood in the Blood Demon Realm.

Beneath the Sea of Blood, deep within the Blood Demon Ancestral Land, lies a massive rift.

The rift is three thousand miles long, its edges constantly writhing as it spews a unique Evil Qi.

The Blood Demon Clan Leader stood on an altar at the edge of the rift, with twelve Clan Elders behind him.

"What do you think of the Heavenly Court's decree?" His voice was hoarse. "Should we report this?"

"Of course we don't report it."

A red-robed Clan Elder immediately stepped forward and opposed the idea:

"Clan Leader, this rift is a gift from the heavens. As you know, since it appeared, our progress in cultivating the Blood Evil Body has become much, much faster."

As he spoke, he looked at the Myriad Soul Pillars standing amidst the skeletons outside the rift, a fanatical look flashing in his eyes.

"If we report it and the Heavenly Court sends people to Seal it, our clan's plan to become a top-tier powerful race will be cut short, and we will be severely punished. Therefore, we cannot report this."

Upon hearing this, the Blood Demon Clan Leader hesitated for a moment before nodding.

"That makes sense."

"But that is the Heavenly Court," another Clan Elder said with worry.

"The Heavenly Emperor's decree... Over the years, the fates of those who disobeyed are clear for all to see. If we do this and get caught..."

"What are you afraid of? With profit comes risk. The greater the risk, the greater the reward. For our clan's hegemony, what's wrong with taking a little risk?"

"Do you want to stay like this forever? Keep the Blood Demon Clan in obscurity? Don't you want the Blood Demon Clan to become a top-tier powerful race?"

At these words, the high-ranking members of the Blood Demon Clan began to think seriously.

On one side was racial hegemony; on the other was the risk of a Heavenly Court investigation.

After a while, the Blood Demon Clan Leader turned around, his dark red eyes scanning the crowd.

He was a powerhouse at the third heaven of the Quasi-Emperor realm. His cultivation of the Blood Demon Dao had reached the Transcendent stage, and he was only one step away from touching the threshold of the fourth heaven.

And this step required the Blood Evil Qi spewing from this rift for tempering.

"The decree only says to report the situation, not how to report it," he spoke slowly, a cold smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

"We will report it, but we can report it... lightly. We will control the scale!"

Three days later, a Jade Slip was delivered to the Heavenly Court Inspector in charge of this Star Domain.

The Jade Slip stated that a small rift had been discovered on the edge of the Blood Demon Star Domain, preliminary measures had been taken, and there was no immediate threat.

The Inspector was a Human Race Great Saint. He looked at the Jade Slip and then consulted the star map.

He felt something was slightly off. After a moment of contemplation, he decided to go and see for himself.

The Blood Demon Clan Leader received the Inspector with great courtesy.

"Please look, My Lord, it is right over there." He pointed toward a distant, desolate mountain range.

"Occasionally, Chaos Qi leaks out. We have already set up a nine-layered Seal Formation; it is absolutely safe."

The Inspector released his Divine Sense to investigate.

There were indeed Formation fluctuations beneath the mountain range, layered and seemingly very tight.

When his Divine Sense touched the edge of the Formation, he felt something abnormal.

It wasn't the reaction a defensive Formation should have; it felt more like it was concealing something.

"Open the Formation. I want to go in and see the core," the Inspector said.

The Blood Demon Clan Leader's smile remained unchanged:

"My Lord, the core of the Formation is extremely fragile. Forcing it open might trigger a violent surge of Qi. How about this? I will accompany you on a patrol of the perimeter. Once safety is confirmed, you can return and report, and our clan will regularly reinforce the Seal."

The Inspector stared at the Blood Demon Clan Leader for a few seconds.

"Fine." The Inspector nodded. "Then we shall look around the perimeter."

The Blood Demon Clan Leader personally accompanied them as they circled the desolate mountain range.

The Inspector secretly left an obscure tracking mark and then took his leave.

As soon as he left, the smile on the Blood Demon Clan Leader's face vanished instantly.

"He's suspicious."

The Blood Demon Clan Leader hadn't expected the Heavenly Court Inspector to be so difficult to deal with.

"Clan Leader, should we..." A Clan Elder made a throat-slitting gesture.

"Idiot!" the Blood Demon Clan Leader barked in a low voice.

"Kill someone from the Heavenly Court? Do you think our clan isn't dying fast enough?" The Blood Demon Clan Leader paced back and forth.

"Strengthen the concealment. Suppress the actual fluctuations of the rift by another thirty percent. Also, send people to the Heavenly Court to smooth things over and give that Inspector's superiors some 'hard work' fees."

He thought he had done everything perfectly.

A day later, at the Heavenly Court Law Enforcement Hall.

Lin Mo looked at two reports on his desk.

One was a copy of the Blood Demon Clan's report Jade Slip, and the other was the Inspector's patrol record.

At the end of the record, the Inspector had added a line of small text: "The Blood Demon Clan's attitude was cooperative, but the Formation is suspicious. Suggest a detailed investigation."

"What do you think?" Lin Mo asked the Human Race Inspector standing below.

The Inspector hesitated for a moment:

"Captain Lin, I believe the Blood Demon Clan definitely has a problem. They are hiding something."

Lin Mo didn't speak, his fingers tapping lightly on the desk.

The hall was so quiet that one could hear breathing.

Lin Mo finally spoke, "Since you say they have a problem, then we shall go and see."

Lin Mo was a small team captain in the Law Enforcement Team with a Quasi-Emperor cultivation. He had handled many various matters over the years and was very experienced.

He stood up: "Assemble a team and bring the Sky-Peering Mirror."

The Sky-Peering Mirror was a special Magical Artifact refined by the Heavenly Court, capable of penetrating most camouflage Formations to see the direct Origin.

It was usually only used when dealing with significant threats.

When the Blood Demon Clan Leader received the news, his face changed.

"Clan Leader, what should we do?" The Clan Elders panicked.

"What can we do?" The Blood Demon Clan Leader gritted his teeth. "Let them look, but only allow them to see the fake Formation eye in the mountain range. Isolate the real rift's fluctuations completely!"

He personally led his people into the starry sky to welcome them.

Lin Mo brought a five-man team; except for him, they were all at the Peak of the Great Saint realm.

One of them held an ancient bronze mirror, its surface hazy, reflecting distorted starlight.

"Captain Lin's presence is a great honor; please forgive our lack of a proper welcome." The Blood Demon Clan Leader squeezed out a smile.

Lin Mo nodded and went straight to the point: "By the Heavenly Emperor's decree, we are here to inspect the rift. Please lead the way, Clan Leader."

"Yes, yes, this way please." The Blood Demon Clan Leader led the group toward that desolate mountain range.

The ancient bronze mirror glowed slightly along the way.

Once above the mountain range, one of the Law Enforcers raised the Sky-Peering Mirror, pointing its face downward.

A beam of clear light shot out, shining onto the Seal Formation beneath the mountain range.

The layers of the Formation revealed themselves, appearing quite complete.

The Blood Demon Clan Leader breathed a sigh of relief.

But at that moment, the Sky-Peering Mirror suddenly let out a soft hum!

The scene within the mirror began to distort. Those seemingly tight Formation lines quickly faded under the clear light, revealing the crude, hollow structure underneath.

And deeper down, a massive, chaotic energy fluctuation filled with Evil Qi was exposed!

"This is..." A Law Enforcer's gaze turned cold.

The Blood Demon Clan Leader's face turned deathly pale.

Lin Mo took the Sky-Peering Mirror and activated it himself.

The mirror's light suddenly intensified, penetrating the mountains and the crust, shining all the way into the deepest part of the Blood Demon Ancestral Land.

The three-thousand-mile-long hideous rift was clearly revealed in the mirror!

The surging Evil Qi, the dense clusters of Blood Demon Clan cultivation altars at the rift's edge, and the mountain-like piles of skeletons from various races whose essence and blood had been sucked dry...

"Blood Demon Clan Leader," Lin Mo put down the Sky-Peering Mirror, his voice terrifyingly calm, "do you have anything to explain?"

Among the Clan Elders behind the Blood Demon Clan Leader, some had weak knees, while others were already backing away.

"Captain Lin... this, this is a misunderstanding..." Sweat beaded on the Blood Demon Clan Leader's forehead.