22: Annihilation! I'm having hot pot in a pool of blood!

Black Wind Canyon, Blood God Cult Headquarters.

The terrain here is treacherous, shrouded in blood-colored poisonous miasma all year round.

At the entrance of the canyon, the famous "Blood Refining Array" was set up, claimed to turn even a Grandmaster into pus within moments of entering.

Usually, this was the most terrifying demon's lair within a thousand miles.

But today, the demon's lair met its terminator.

Gu Yang stood at the entrance of the canyon, looking up at the churning blood-colored array.

"Director Zhao said this place is easy to defend and hard to attack, requiring a large army to besiege it."

Gu Yang shook his head and weighed the coiling dragon pillar in his hand.

"That's because they don't understand that with enough strength, even a brick can fly."

He stepped back a hundred meters and then started to run.

Extreme Dao Burst Step—Acceleration!

With every step, a large crater exploded on the ground.

When he reached maximum speed, Gu Yang stopped abruptly, his waist twisting at an exaggerated angle. His right arm's muscles rose like dragons and snakes as he threw the 13,500-jin coiling dragon pillar like a javelin!

"Divine Ability—Extreme Dao Force Field! 5x Gravity Boost!"

Hum!!!

The moment the coiling dragon pillar left his hand, Gu Yang applied a terrifying gravity field around it.

The already incredibly heavy iron pillar now seemed to transform into a black meteorite with staggering mass!

Rumble—

The air was instantly torn apart, letting out a shrill sonic boom.

Carrying kinetic energy that could destroy everything, the coiling dragon pillar crashed straight into the so-called "Blood Refining Array."

Crack!

There was no suspense.

The array, which could trap and kill a Grandmaster, was like a fragile soap bubble, instantly punctured by this tyrannical iron pillar!

Then, the coiling dragon pillar's momentum didn't decrease as it smashed heavily into the mountain gate deep in the canyon.

Boom!!!

Half of the mountain Peak collapsed.

Countless boulders fell, burying the Blood God Cult's mountain gate along with dozens of Disciples guarding it.

"Who is it?!"

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Shrill alarms echoed throughout the canyon.

Countless cultists in blood-red robes rushed out in panic.

Gu Yang strode into the canyon, casually pulling out the coiling dragon pillar embedded in the ruins and shouldering it.

"Gu Yang of Qingyang City, here to pay my respects."

"And by the way... I'm borrowing your blood pool to take a bath."

"Arrogant brat! Kill him!"

The Left and Right Protectors, both at the Peak of the Viscera Refining Realm, roared and charged forward, followed by hundreds of elite Disciples.

Blood-colored True Qi and poisonous hidden weapons filled the sky, falling like rain.

"Too weak."

Gu Yang activated the Primordial Indestructible Golden Body, letting the attacks land on him without even leaving a white mark.

He reached out and grabbed.

Before the two Protectors leading the charge could react, their necks were seized by his large hands.

"I'll use you for a bit."

Gu Yang grabbed each Protector's ankle with his hands, using them directly as two "human Meteor Hammers."

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Gu Yang began to spin.

The two Protectors let out shrill screams as their bodies became the most terrifying weapons under high-speed rotation.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Any cultist who was even grazed by them had their bones broken; a direct hit turned them into meat paste.

In just a short moment, blood flowed like a river in the canyon.

Gu Yang was like a heartless meat grinder, killing his way from the mountain gate to the main hall of the headquarters.

Deep in the hall, a massive blood pool ten zhang in diameter was boiling.

The dense blood Qi turned into a red mist; an ordinary person would go mad from one sniff, but in Gu Yang's eyes, this was the purest energy!

In the center of the blood pool, an old man with red hair and beard sat cross-legged; it was the Blood Demon Ancestor, who was in secluded cultivation to break through to the Great Grandmaster Realm.

"Brat!!!"

Sensing the tragedy outside, the Blood Demon Ancestor was fuming with rage. He forcibly interrupted his cultivation and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"You destroyed my gate and killed my Disciples! I will skin you alive and turn you into a Ten-thousand-year-old Corpse Puppet!"

Gu Yang didn't pay him any attention at all.

The moment he saw the blood pool, his eyes lit up.

"Such dense energy..."

"Old man, move aside. This pool is mine."

Gu Yang casually tossed aside the two Protectors who had already fainted and then jumped directly into the blood pool like a cannonball.

Splash!

The waves of blood churned.

Gu Yang let out a comfortable groan: "So refreshing! The temperature is just right, like soaking in a hot spring."

[High-purity blood essence energy detected... Primordial Golden Body conversion in progress...]

[Obtained energy points: 10... 20... 50...]

System notification sounds flooded the screen!

The Blood Demon Ancestor was stunned.

This was the Myriad Spirit Blood Pool, a gathering of the blood essence of thousands of living beings and extremely toxic!

Usually, he only dared to carefully absorb a tiny bit during cultivation, but this kid actually jumped in to take a bath?!

Moreover, he could see with his naked eyes that the water level of the blood pool was dropping at an alarming rate!

It was being absorbed!

"My blood! My foundation for reaching the Dao!"

The Blood Demon Ancestor's mental state collapsed; he went completely insane.

"Die!"

He roared, his blood Qi burning as his body instantly expanded to three zhang tall, turning into a hideous blood demon giant. He struck at Gu Yang in the blood pool with a palm.

"I'm full, just in time for some exercise."

Gu Yang stood up from the blood pool.

At this moment, having absorbed a massive amount of blood essence energy, his body glowed with a golden light tinged with an eerie blood-red. His aura was several times stronger than before!

Facing the Blood Demon Ancestor's furious strike, Gu Yang didn't dodge or hide, throwing a punch.

Extreme Dao Divine Ability—5x Gravity!

Primordial Indestructible—Hundred-fold Counter-shock!

Boom!!!

One large and one small fist collided in the air.

The next second.

The blood demon giant let out a tragic wail.

His arm exploded inch by inch, followed by his shoulder and chest... In the face of Gu Yang's mountain-shaking monstrous strength and terrifying counter-shock force, his so-called Peak Grandmaster Dharma Idol was as fragile as paper.

Bang!

The Blood Demon Ancestor's body directly exploded into a mist of blood, falling back into the blood pool.

"Now it's really become hotpot base."

Gu Yang curled his lip.

Half an hour later.

Gu Yang walked out of the dried-up blood pool and let out a burp.

In the entire Blood God Cult headquarters, there was not a single living soul left.

He glanced at the attribute panel, where the number had turned into a dizzying astronomical figure—

Energy: 1,080 points!

"It's broken a thousand..."

Gu Yang clenched his fist, feeling the power within him like a nuclear reactor.

"A thousand energy points. I wonder if it can make my golden body... evolve again?"

He turned to look toward The Capital, a hint of ambition flashing in his eyes.

"The water in Qingyang City is too shallow."

"Since I'm already invincible here, I'll go to The Capital and see how many of my punches those so-called Great Grandmasters can take."