424: Phoenix Shadow

Song Zhong turned around and looked at Xia Simeng with a smile, saying, “I like dealing with smart people!”

After speaking, Song Zhong clapped his hands, and a green light appeared beside him; it was Shen Qingzhu.

“Greetings, Lord of the Nation!” Shen Qingzhu bowed and said.

“Take Xia Simeng to the Huasheng Pool and prepare the Materials for the consecration ceremony.”

Xia Simeng’s situation was different from Zhou Ping’s. No, it should be said that only a freak like Zhou Ping was an exception; there weren’t many Geniuses who could comprehend the power of Law on their own.

For those like Shen Qingzhu and Xia Simeng, the old method of relying on the Huasheng Pool to replace Bloodline and reshape the divine body was still necessary.

However, this process had been optimized with many more steps compared to Shen Qingzhu’s time.

Shen Qingzhu thought for a moment and said, “Lord of the Nation, since the Huasheng Pool is being used for the consecration, which Puppet of a God should be chosen this time?”

When Song Zhong fought the Egyptian Ennead previously, he did not annihilate them but refined them into Puppets.

Song Zhong pondered for a moment and said, “Xia Simeng’s body already contains Phoenix True Blood, which has the effect of Nirvana Rebirth. Given this, among the existing Puppets, only the God of Death Nephthys has a more suitable affinity. Use this Puppet.”

Although Xia Simeng didn’t know what this so-called “consecration” ceremony was, she had heard of the God of Death Nephthys, one of the Nine Pillar Gods of Egypt.

The consecration ceremony actually required the use of a Puppet of a God? This setup was quite luxurious.

Xia Simeng instantly felt like she was Liu Laolao visiting the Grand View Garden, as if she hadn’t seen much of the world.

Shen Qingzhu then came before Xia Simeng and said, “Captain Xia, please follow me.”

Feeling the intermittently appearing Law power on Shen Qingzhu, Xia Simeng felt even more certain in her heart that she had made the right gamble this time.

Following Shen Qingzhu, Xia Simeng arrived inside a deep cave.

A massive blood pool appeared before them, and within the blood pool stood several Puppets of Gods.

“This is the Huasheng Pool. Soon, Captain Xia will need to enter it to complete the replacement of divine blood.”

Xia Simeng looked at the bright red blood pool before her and couldn’t help but quip, “Why does it feel like our place is like a demon sect’s lair?”

Shen Qingzhu smiled faintly, “The scene is indeed a bit bloody, but it’s truly effective.”

Xia Simeng didn’t hesitate much at this point and jumped directly into the Huasheng Pool.

The moment she entered the Huasheng Pool, Xia Simeng felt a huge suction force, as if it wanted to devour her.

Immediately after, a sharp pain struck, and Xia Simeng felt as if her skin was melting.

She bit her lip, not letting out a single sound.

Red sweat dripped from her forehead, falling into the Huasheng Pool and creating a ripple.

Song Zhong stood on the high platform, his gaze profound, as if he could penetrate all obstacles and directly see the situation inside the Huasheng Pool.

He took out the jade carving of the Kingdom Origin and pointed it at the Void Realm.

Boom!

In the Huasheng Pool, countless golden runes suddenly appeared.

Those golden runes were like tadpoles, crawling onto Xia Simeng’s body and disappearing into her.

At the same time, in the center of the Huasheng Pool, the body of the God of Death Nephthys began to shrivel rapidly, and the blood in the Huasheng Pool gently swirled, drawing all the divine blood from her body.

The moment the divine blood entered the Huasheng Pool, the entire pool immediately boiled, like a simmering hotpot.

A misty vapor rose from the surface of the pool, and within the mist, Nephthys’s screams faintly echoed…

Under the attraction of the golden runes, all the divine blood converged towards Xia Simeng’s body. It seemed the temperature of this Huasheng Pool was too high, and this divine blood wanted to find a cool place to hide.

The divine blood entered Xia Simeng’s body through her pores. Xia Simeng felt a slight itchiness amidst the pain.

Soon, Xia Simeng’s entire body swelled up at a visible rate.

A large amount of divine blood entered her body. At this moment, Xia Simeng was like a toy balloon, almost floating on the Huasheng Pool.

As a large amount of divine blood entered her body, Xia Simeng’s original mortal blood was also expelled.

A large amount of blood mixed with Impurities was expelled from her body, and those runes also began their true work.

The runes inside Xia Simeng’s body now transformed into tiny scalpels, beginning to move through Xia Simeng’s body.

These “scalpels” began to destroy Xia Simeng’s body from within, while the powerful vitality brought by the divine blood began to stitch together the damaged tissues.

Having finally found a cool place, this divine blood did not want to lose the protection of this body.

Thus, Xia Simeng’s body continuously cycled between destruction and Rebirth.

Just then, an unexpected change occurred.

Xia Simeng suddenly felt something was wrong inside her body, and a violent urge to vomit assailed her.

She couldn’t control herself at all, and with a “wah” sound, she spat out a mouthful of black blood.

Song Zhong, who was on the high platform, frowned. Indeed, an accident had still occurred.

According to the original expectation, if the speed at which the golden runes destroyed the body reached a balance with the speed at which the divine blood reconstructed the body, then the consecration ceremony would have no risks.

However, if the reconstruction speed was faster than the destruction speed, it would lead to incomplete body shaping, and some parts of the body would not have guaranteed strength due to overly rapid reconstruction.

Conversely, if the destruction speed was greater than the reconstruction speed, the experimental subject being consecrated would die completely before the divine body reconstruction was complete.

Currently, the destruction speed of the golden runes inside Xia Simeng’s body had exceeded the repair speed of the divine blood.

If this continued, Xia Simeng would die completely before the divine blood could repair her, and this consecration ceremony would be declared a failure.

Shen Qingzhu, standing by the blood pool, also noticed something was wrong. Xia Simeng’s various qualities far surpassed his own back then, so why was an accident occurring now?

Song Zhong sighed. Faced with this situation, he was powerless.

No one could interfere with the consecration ceremony’s process, so once an accident occurred, there were no means of remedy.

This was why Song Zhong had sought Xia Simeng’s opinion in the first place.

As things stood, the only thing Song Zhong could do was to refine her body into a zombie after Xia Simeng died, so at least Xia Simeng could have a complete corpse.

Otherwise, her body would turn into ashes under the power of the golden runes.

It seemed not everyone could successfully endure the consecration ceremony!

Just when Song Zhong and Shen Qingzhu both thought the matter was settled, an unexpected change suddenly occurred.

From within the Huasheng Pool, a cry suddenly rang out!

The sound was incredibly high-pitched, piercing through layers of mountains and reaching the sky.

“This is…” Song Zhong was somewhat surprised, then realized, “Phoenix crying Bloodline? So that’s it, this fellow has Phoenix Bloodline in her body!”

Shen Qingzhu, standing by the Huasheng Pool, suddenly widened his eyes. He saw a phantom suddenly appear within the mist. That phantom shone brilliantly, like a Phoenix undergoing Nirvana Rebirth.