128: Blood Pool, time for a meal! I'm here to buy supplies!

Deep within the Myriad Beast Valley, blood-red light soared into the sky.

At the command of Vice Mountain Master Man Lie, the giant pool that had been silent for a century in the center of the valley shook violently. Countless complex runes lit up on the ground, and then, pool water as thick as red liquid mercury gushed out from deep underground, filling the entire valley in an instant.

This was no ordinary blood, but the "concentrated essence" of ancient Vicious Beasts hunted by generations of Myriad Beast Mountain experts, refined and sealed through secret methods. Every drop of pool water weighed over a thousand jin, containing violent, untamable primal beast nature and extremely vast life energy.

"The Blood Pool is open! Enter for the selection, time limit: three days!"

Man Lie's voice echoed in everyone's ears.

Gu Yang stood by the edge of the pool and took a deep breath. The rich blood Qi mixed with medicinal fragrance rushing toward him caused the Divine Demon Golden Body Second Turn Qi and blood in his body to boil to its peak instantly. Every cell was screaming frantically; it was the excitement after extreme hunger.

Splash!

While the group of Saints and Saintesses were still cautiously observing and preparing to use Magic Treasures for protection, Gu Yang did not hesitate at all. He directly swung his star shattering hammer and leaped in.

Like a dark gold meteorite, he crashed brutally into the center of the Blood Pool.

The moment he entered the water, Gu Yang felt an unprecedented pressure squeezing him from all directions. The density of this blood water was tens of thousands of times higher than normal, and it carried extremely strong corrosiveness and beastly impact. If it were an ordinary Soul Transformation Cultivator, they would likely be turned into white bones by this Law-infused Qi and blood in an instant.

However, for Gu Yang, who followed the "Extreme Path Style," this environment was simply paradise.

"The gravity, pressure, energy level here... perfect!"

Gu Yang did not stay on the surface of the Blood Pool to carefully absorb energy like the others. He kicked his feet hard, and his body turned into an afterimage, charging directly toward the deepest part of the Blood Pool.

The deeper he dove, the darker the blood-red color became, and even streaks of golden light began to appear. Those were the top-tier essence blood left behind by ancient Divine Beasts.

When he reached a depth of about five hundred meters, the surrounding pressure was enough to deform a peak-grade Spiritual Artifact on the spot. Gu Yang stopped his descent and sat cross-legged at the bottom of the pool, which was filled with a sense of oppression.

"Five Elements Furnace, for me... open at full power!"

Gu Yang let out a low growl in his heart.

Every acupoint in his body transformed into a miniature black hole at this moment. The already thick Blood Pool water seemed to have found a floodgate, forming a massive, sky-reaching red vortex with Gu Yang as the center.

Rumble—!

Above the Blood Pool, the Prodigies who were carefully absorbing energy were horrified to find that the water level of the entire Blood Pool was actually starting to drop at a visible speed.

"What's happening? Is the Blood Pool leaking?!"

"Look at the center! That vortex... it's caused by that dark fellow!"

At this moment, Man Lie, sitting on the high platform, also stood up abruptly, his eyes filled with shock. He had guarded Myriad Beast Mountain for many years and seen countless brilliant Body Cultivators, but he had never seen anyone dare to "whale-swallow" the Blood Pool energy so unreservedly.

"This kind of devouring speed... is his body made of a Void Beast?"

Meanwhile, at the bottom of the Blood Pool, Gu Yang was enjoying an unprecedented gluttonous feast.

[Devoured True Dragon residual blood, energy points +20,000!] [Devoured Qilin residual blood, energy points +25,000!] [Devoured ancient Kui Ox essence blood, obtained attribute enhancement: Thunder Sound Vibration!]

The System notifications were as dense as raindrops.

Gu Yang could clearly feel that his Divine Demon Golden Body Second Turn Physical Body was undergoing a microscopic qualitative change and rebirth. His muscle fibers, which were already refined to the limit, began to grow strange dark-red Demonic Patterns internally after absorbing these Divine Beast essences.

His bones became increasingly heavy, their density evolving in an incredible direction. His originally crimson blood now faintly carried a touch of golden glow.

But he did not choose to immediately charge for the Third Turn (Void Refinement Stage).

"No rush... the Third Turn requires comprehending the Concept of Shattering the Void. My current accumulation isn't thick enough yet. I want to push the combat power of the Second Turn to an unprecedented extreme!"

Gu Yang forcibly suppressed the feeling of a Breakthrough in his Realm, using all the energy to strengthen his existing body particles.

Just then, the disturbance at the bottom of the Blood Pool caught the attention of something.

"Roar—!"

Several illusory Vicious Beast remnant souls, hundreds of feet long, emerged from the mud at the bottom of the pool. They were the lingering resentment of ancient giant beasts after death, acting as the "gatekeepers" of this Blood Pool. They would launch a fatal attack on any creature that tried to excessively plunder the energy.

Three "Nine Nether Poison Dragon" remnant souls, emitting the pressure of the Late-stage Spirit Transformation, pounced toward Gu Yang. Their cold Soul Power caused the surrounding blood water to freeze into a layer of eerie ice crystals.

"When you were alive, you were just things to be killed. Now that you're dead, you still want to tell me what to do?"

Gu Yang suddenly opened his eyes, his dark gold pupils showing no emotional fluctuations.

He didn't stand up, but simply grabbed at the void.

"Extreme Path—Force Field Tear!"

Hum!

With Gu Yang as the center, the gravity within a hundred-foot radius instantly underwent tens of thousands of rapid reversals. That terrifying physical twisting force directly acted upon the structure of the remnant souls.

Crack!

Amidst the shrill screams of the three poison dragons, their massive remnant soul bodies were actually twisted into a ball of pure energy by Gu Yang's grab.

Gu Yang opened his mouth and sucked hard at the ball of energy.

Slurp—

The three remnant souls, which would have been a massive headache for even a Late-stage Spirit Transformation expert, were swallowed by him like a post-meal dessert.

"The taste is a bit cold, but the nutritional value is good."

Gu Yang patted his stomach and looked deeper. There, at the very bottom of the Blood Pool, was a mass of concentrated essence blood pulsing like a heart, emitting an alluring fragrance that would make even Mahayana Stage old monsters green with envy.

"Is that... the Blood Pool Eye?"

Gu Yang grinned, his eyes shining.

"Since Myriad Beast Mountain is being so polite, I'll politely pack it up and take it with me."

...By this time, the outside world was in complete chaos.

"Mountain Master! This is bad! The Blood Pool's water level has already dropped by half!"

The deacon in charge of monitoring ran toward Man Lie on all fours, his voice trembling.

"If this continues, the Blood Pool Ceremony will turn into 'pulling green onions from dry land'!"

Man Lie's face was so dark it looked like it was about to drip water. He stared fixedly at the black hole vortex in the center of the Blood Pool that was still expanding, and gritted out four words:

"This! Starving! Ghost!"

He wanted to go down and stop it, but the rules of Myriad Beast Mountain were that no expert could interfere while it was open. Moreover, Saintess Feng Ni of the Heavenly Phoenix Sect was standing in front of him with a faint smile, clearly intending to shield her protégé to the end.

"Vice Mountain Master Man, since it's a trial, it's naturally every man for himself."

Feng Ni lightly stroked her long dress, but her eyes also flashed with uncontrollable shock.

Just then, in the deepest part of Myriad Beast Mountain, a mountain peak covered in snow all year round suddenly shook violently.

An ancient, heavy, and terrifying pressure carrying a primal killing intent swept across the entire Qing Province like a tide.

"Who... is disturbing this old man's slumber?"

The Old Ancestor of Myriad Beast Mountain, who had been in seclusion for a thousand years—Man Tian (Void Refinement Perfection)—had awakened!