169: Chapter 169 You passed...

"Open!" Wu Li released one hand, the Blood Pupil on his forehead opened, and a crimson light shot out.

The Vicious Beast tilted its head, and the crimson light grazed its neck, leaving only a shallow scorched mark. It released its claws, and Wu Li fell from mid-air, flapping his wings to quickly stabilize his body.

"Like you're the only one who can fly!" Wu Li's eyes turned fierce. He flapped his wings and charged up with the fire halberd in his hand.

"Boom!" Wu Li flapped his wings violently, and his figure shot into the high sky like an arrow.

Seeing him fly up, the Vicious Beast let out a piercing screech, flapped its wings, and met him head-on.

One black, one red—the two figures collided above the arena.

The fire halberd swept horizontally, but the Vicious Beast dodged to the side. The iron feathers on its wings grazed Wu Li's ribs like razor blades.

Wu Li let out a muffled groan and thrust his halberd backhanded. A piercing fire cone formed; flames condensed into a spiral at the tip of the halberd, striking straight for the Vicious Beast's chest.

The Vicious Beast did not dodge or evade; it suddenly folded its wings, using them to block the attack.

"Bang!" A loud noise erupted. Flames exploded, leaving only a few scorched marks on the Vicious Beast's wings; not even a few feathers fell off.

"So tough?" Wu Li gritted his teeth and swung the fire halberd repeatedly, sending out fire blades one after another.

The Vicious Beast dodged left and right. When it couldn't dodge, it used its wings to take the hits head-on. The fire blades striking its body were like being tickled.

Wu Li became increasingly irritated. This beast's defense was stronger than any Vicious Beast he had fought before.

The fire halberd couldn't cut through, the fire blades couldn't cause damage, and while the Blood Pupil's crimson light could break its defense, it couldn't hit the target.

This beast was too agile in the air; by the time Wu Li charged up his power, it had already dodged.

"Caw!" The Vicious Beast lunged again. Wu Li did not retreat; he reached out with his left hand, and Colorless Profound Light surged from his palm, condensing into a pitch-black shield in front of him.

The Vicious Beast's claws struck the shield, exploding in a burst of black light. The shield shattered, and the Vicious Beast retracted its claws, the tips charred black.

"Taste this!" Seizing the moment it retracted its claws, Wu Li closed in and slashed down with the fire halberd.

"Caw!" The Vicious Beast let out a long cry and tilted its head. The halberd blade struck its shoulder, and flames exploded. The Vicious Beast's body sank violently, but it quickly stabilized.

It opened its beak and let out a sharp cry. Wu Li's ears buzzed, and the flame runes on the fire halberd dimmed slightly.

The Vicious Beast seized the Opportunity to lunge, clawing at Wu Li's chest. Flesh flew and blood sprayed. Wu Li was knocked down several yards by the blow, flapping his wings violently to stabilize himself.

"Damn it…" Wu Li looked down at the wound on his chest; blood was gushing out uncontrollably.

He looked up to see the Vicious Beast still circling above, its scarlet eyes fixed on him as if looking at prey already in its grasp.

"Come again!" Wu Li wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, gripped the fire halberd tightly, and flew back up.

Seeing him come up, the Vicious Beast flapped its wings and lunged at him. This time, Wu Li didn't engage in a head-on clash; he dodged left and right, circling in the air with the Vicious Beast.

Wu Li couldn't pierce its defense, and the opponent couldn't kill him for the time being either. Both sides traded blows.

The Vicious Beast's stamina seemed endless, while Wu Li's Demon Power was being consumed bit by bit.

"I don't believe you have absolutely no weaknesses!" Wu Li stared at the Vicious Beast, the Blood Pupil on his forehead rotating slowly, scanning its entire body.

Feathers, wings, claws, beak… The Vicious Beast's entire body was covered in iron feathers, with only its eyes exposed.

Wu Li had tried attacking its eyes, but this beast was too cunning.

"Caw!" The Vicious Beast lunged again. Wu Li dodged to the side and struck back with his halberd, but it was blocked by its wings once more.

It opened its beak, about to cry out again. Wu Li's pupils constricted violently! "Good chance!"

Before the Vicious Beast's cry could escape, Wu Li had already moved. "Hum~" "Die!"

Wu Li frantically poured all the Demon Power in his body into the Blood Pupil on his forehead. The Blood Pupil flared brightly, golden runes within the pupil exploded simultaneously, and a crimson light shot out from the pupil.

The crimson light shot precisely into the Vicious Beast's open mouth. "Squish!"

The Vicious Beast's cry turned into a muffled grunt. The crimson light pierced through its throat and came out the back of its head, bringing with it a mist of blood.

After that single strike… The Vicious Beast stopped crying completely. Its body stiffened violently, its wings froze in mid-air, and those scarlet eyes widened, their pupils dilating.

Wu Li lunged forward, thrusting the fire halberd into its chest, and flames exploded from the halberd's tip.

The Vicious Beast's body finally went limp, falling from mid-air and crashing heavily onto the arena, sending up a spray of gravel.

Wu Li landed alongside it and stood next to the Vicious Beast's corpse, gasping for air. His entire body was covered in wounds, and his Demon Power had bottomed out, but the corners of his mouth curled up.

The Vicious Beast's corpse remained motionless. The number on the stone pillar jumped. One hundred and eight!

Wu Li sat down on the ground, leaning the fire halberd beside him. He looked up at the grey, hazy sky and let out a long, heavy breath.

The darkness on the arena receded like a tide, and the grey-white mist surged back in. The mist churned more and more violently, as if something was about to crawl out from within.

Wu Li's Blood Pupil constricted slightly, and his hand rested on the shaft of the fire halberd, but he did not stand up. He no longer had the strength to stand.

In the center of the mist, a beam of light descended from the sky, illuminating the very center of the arena. Within the beam of light, a grey-white orb of light slowly emerged, floating in mid-air and emitting an ancient and heavy aura.

The light was not blinding, but as it shone upon him, Wu Li felt the pores all over his body open up, as if he had been washed from head to toe by something.

That hoarse voice sounded again, surging from all directions, but this time, the voice lacked the indifference and mechanical tone from before, and instead held a hint of… exhaustion.

"It has been one thousand nine hundred years."

The orb of light rotated slowly in the air, its grey-white radiance pulsing on and off, like a heart that had slept for too long and was beginning to beat once again.

Wu Li did not speak, staring at the orb of light, the scarlet glow in his Blood Pupil swirling.

"I am the Old Ancestor of Earthly Fiends, a Loose Cultivator from a thousand years ago, who spent my entire life cultivating the Dao of Slaughter."

"What I cultivated was not Spiritual Qi, but Evil Qi. The more people I killed, the heavier the Evil Qi became, and the higher my cultivation rose. At my Peak, I single-handedly slaughtered three Soul Transformation Families and annihilated two large Sects. Back then, I thought no one in this world could stop me."

"Until I provoked someone I shouldn't have—a Core Disciple of a large Sect…"

At this, a trace of impatience flashed in Wu Li's eyes.

"If you are going to tell me about these past events, I choose to skip them. Just tell me the result!"

Wu Li really didn't want to hear these useless things. If this Opportunity or Legacy had been given to him the moment he arrived, he would have been willing to listen, but now, this Opportunity was something Wu Li had fought for himself!

He was still covered in severe injuries that hadn't healed yet.

"You passed…" The voice within the orb of light did not hesitate. "I killed countless people in my life, and before I died, I left behind this trial, hoping to find someone who could inherit my Legacy."

As the words fell, the orb of light exploded violently, and the grey-white radiance spread in all directions like a tide, enveloping the entire arena.