125: Chapter 125 Dimensional Reduction Attack

The blood mist stopped churning.

The air inside the Myriad Insect Tomb seemed to be completely drained at this moment.

The flesh-and-blood quagmire on the ground ceased its writhing, and countless tiny poisonous insects, as if sensing the arrival of a natural predator, frantically burrowed into the deeper layers of mud.

Click.

A foot wearing a blood-colored cloud-patterned war boot stepped onto the flesh-and-blood quagmire.

Xu Yin slowly walked out of the mist.

There was no anger in his eyes, only a supreme, extreme indifference.

Then, his gaze swept over the chaotic scene and landed on the fifteen Iron Corpse Puppets that were guarding Gu Shen tightly in the center.

"Private soldiers of Qingmu Cliff."

Xu Yin's voice was extremely calm, yet it echoed in the passage like low thunder. "Wei Lingfeng used them to block my path. But these few seem to have been refined by you again. They lack corpse Aura, yet they exude a strange vitality."

His gaze finally pierced through the corpse formation and locked onto Gu Shen.

"Qi Refining Level 7. Not only were you able to kill my four Qi Refining 9th Layer Junior Brothers, but you also just killed my Corpse Demon. You have enough reason to be proud."

Xu Yin slowly raised his right hand.

"Hand over the corpse control plaque. I still need to chase after Wei Lingfeng to retrieve the blood marrow lotus. I don't have time to waste on an ant like you."

Standing in the center of the Iron Corpse Puppets, Gu Shen felt a trace of nearly imperceptible mockery flash in his eyes upon hearing the words "blood marrow lotus."

"Retrieve the blood marrow lotus?"

Gu Shen sneered inwardly. This high-and-mighty true disciple of the Blood Fiend Sect had no idea what kind of monster he was chasing. The blood marrow lotus had long since been chewed up and swallowed by Wei Lingfeng in the underground cavern of Baiyin Mountain. That Wei Lingfeng was now a bona fide Foundation Establishment Initial Stage Cultivator!

Wei Lingfeng had deliberately hidden his cultivation level to escape, clearly having devised a sinister plan to play the pig to eat the tiger and counter-kill his pursuers.

However, Gu Shen would not utter a single word of this top-secret intelligence.

Letting these two Foundation Establishment Stage vicious dogs tear each other apart was his only chance of survival to snatch chestnuts from the fire.

"If you want the corpse control plaque, come and take it yourself."

Gu Shen's voice was hoarse, showing no fear.

"Stubborn and unyielding."

Xu Yin didn't waste any words and suddenly pressed his right hand downward. Boom!

The moment his voice fell, the terrifying Spiritual Pressure of the Foundation Establishment Stage erupted without reservation!

This was not the intangible Aura of the Qi Refining Stage, but truly materialized liquid mana!

Viscous blood light spewed out from Xu Yin's body, instantly transforming into a blood-sea Domain spanning ten zhang in mid-air.

The density of the air skyrocketed instantly.

Gu Shen felt his shoulders sink abruptly, as if a mountain weighing a thousand jun had appeared out of thin air on his back. The circulation of mana from his Longevity Art was instantly sluggish by thirty percent.

Even with the support of his Major Achievement Thunder Bone, his legs couldn't help but bend slightly, and two deep pits were trampled into the quagmire beneath his feet.

"Realm suppression."

Gu Shen gritted his teeth. This was a Foundation Establishment Stage expert in their prime! The density of the Domain formed by this liquid mana alone was enough to make a Qi Refining Stage Cultivator struggle to move.

The sea of blood churned.

A huge handprint, a zhang in size and formed entirely of viscous blood, carrying a suffocating fishy wind, descended like a collapsing blood-colored mountain, slamming fiercely toward the corpse formation where Gu Shen was located!

There was no flashy probing, just pure mana and mass crushing!

"Formation, rise!"

Gu Shen spread his ten fingers, and the Soul-Pulling Threads pulled taut.

The ghostly green light in the eye sockets of the fifteen Iron Corpse Puppets flared brightly. Under Gu Shen's micro-control, they instantly formed the tightest tortoise-shell formation. Fifteen pairs of iron arms crossed and held high, like pillars supporting the heavens, bracing firmly against the descending blood-colored hand.

Rumble—!!!

A deafening roar exploded in the underground space.

Blood light and muddy water splashed everywhere.

At the moment of contact, Gu Shen's face turned deathly pale.

"I can't block it!"

He had underestimated the terrifying kinetic energy of the Foundation Establishment Stage's liquid mana. The skin and flesh of the Iron Corpse Puppets were indeed tough, and their bones, infused with mutated wood marrow, were extremely rigid.

But the force of that descending blood-colored hand was simply too immense!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The teeth-aching sound of bones breaking rang out densely.

The hard arm bones of the three Iron Corpse Puppets at the front were forced to bend and snap under the violent crushing of the blood hand! The stark white bone splinters pierced through the dark green fascia, exposed to the air.

The immense impact force, like a tangible wave, penetrated the defense of the Iron Corpse Puppets and slammed fiercely into Gu Shen behind them.

Bang!

Gu Shen felt as if he had been hit head-on by a battering ram. The layer of indestructible Wood Armor Technique on his body instantly shattered into a sky full of cyan light spots.

His whole body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, slamming heavily into the rock wall behind him.

"Pfft!"

Gu Shen spat out a large mouthful of blood. The blood was even mixed with fragments of shattered internal organs.

If not for the thousand-tough black silk armor worn close to his body, which had dissipated more than half of the force, and the Thunder Bone protecting his internal organs, the aftermath of this blow alone would have been enough to take his life!

It was not just a severe injury to his Physical Body.

"Urgh—!"

Gu Shen clutched his head with both hands, blood flowing from his seven orifices.

That was the Divine Sense backlash transmitted back by the Soul-Pulling Threads! Three Iron Corpse Puppets were instantly severely damaged, and the yin threads attached to them suffered violent shocks, directly tearing the edge of Gu Shen's Sea of Consciousness.

"Master! The target's mana energy level exceeds the calculation limit! The physical structure of the Iron Corpse Puppets cannot withstand this kind of kinetic strike! The defense line collapse rate has reached forty percent!"

The Crab's extremely sharp alarm sound echoed frantically in his mind.

Gu Shen struggled to push himself up from the ground.

In front, that blood-colored hand had slowly dissipated.

But his pride and joy, the Iron Corpse Puppet army, was now scattered and broken. Three Iron Corpse Puppets had both arms severed, their breastbones collapsed; several others were smashed deep into the quagmire, their movements becoming extremely sluggish.

Although the mutated wood marrow was writhing frantically in an attempt to repair the injuries, in the face of absolute power, this repair speed was of no use at all.

"So, this is Foundation Establishment."

Gu Shen wiped the black blood from the corner of his mouth, staring intently at Xu Yin, who was stepping through the bloody mud and walking slowly toward him.

Those fifteen Iron Corpse Puppets, which made Qi Refining 9th Layer demonic Cultivators despair, were like sandcastles built by children in front of Xu Yin, easily kicked to pieces with one foot.

"Your bones are quite hard. You didn't die after all."

Xu Yin looked at Gu Shen, who had stood up again, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

An ordinary Qi Refining Level 7 Cultivator would have turned into a puddle of flesh after taking the aftermath of his "Blood Fiend Great Handprint." The Physical Body strength of this Loose Cultivator in front of him was comparable to a humanoid Tier 2 Yao Beast.

"But this is the end."

Xu Yin had no interest in playing with his prey.

He gripped his right hand in the air, and a spear, extremely solid and emitting a pungent smell of blood, formed instantly in his palm.

The killing intent of the Foundation Establishment Stage locked firmly onto the center of Gu Shen's eyebrows.

"Can't escape."

Gu Shen's brain was like a cold, precision instrument, spinning frantically.

The surrounding space was locked down, and the [Heaven and Earth Furnace] required three breaths of channeling time to cross the boundary.

And Xu Yin's blood spear would pierce his skull in less than a tenth of a breath.

This was a complete and utter dead end.

Xu Yin moved.

The blood spear turned into a red light that tore through space, so fast that only an afterimage remained on Gu Shen's retina.

Gu Shen did not retreat, nor did he uselessly try to command the broken Iron Corpse Puppets.

His right hand was raised extremely slowly, yet with absolute firmness, his palm facing the incoming blood spear.

"Since the methods of Qi Refining cannot kill you."

In Gu Shen's eyes, dyed red with blood, a light as cold and extreme as a polar glacier burst forth.

"Then I shall borrow the sword of Core Formation to cut off your head!"

Within his Dantian, the remaining Qi Refining Level 7 mana, like a breached river, flooded frantically into his right palm.

In the palm of his hand, that originally extremely faint pale golden small sword mark suddenly ignited under the infusion of vast mana!

Hum—!!!

A terrifying Sword Intent that surpassed Foundation Establishment and belonged to a Core Formation Stage expert suddenly awakened in the abyss of the Myriad Insect Tomb!

Golden Light Sword Talisman Treasure, activate!