chsdbacks Chapter 415 Hunting the Monarch, A Fortuitous Encounter with Bloodborne
Chapter 415 Hunting the Monarch, A Fortuitous Encounter with Bloodborne
Chapter 415 Hunting the Monarch, A Fortuitous Encounter with Bloodborne
At the same time, the instant he passed through the spatial rift, Li Xijun did not feel the relatively gentle transition he had experienced when he entered the martial arts world. Instead, he felt a more primitive and savage sense of spatial tearing, as if he had been thrown into a huge turbine filled with viscous blood and violent life energy.
When he regained his balance, the sensation beneath his feet was not solid ground, but a warm, soft, fleshy surface that seemed to be pulsating slightly.
The air was thick with a nauseating stench of blood, mixed with the aura of a violent, greedy, and relentlessly evolving desire.
We've arrived at the Blood Kun Mythical World.
Li Xijun immediately concealed his aura to the extreme, achieving a kind of "disguise" with the environment.
Like the most cunning predator, he minimized his presence, so that even a divine scan would only perceive him as a slightly harder "rock" or "skeleton".
At the same time, his divine sense spread cautiously outwards like an invisible tide.
The world before him overturned his conventional understanding of "the world".
The sky was an unchanging dark red, as if soaked in congealed blood. There were no sun, moon, or stars, only thick, murky blood clouds slowly rolling, with occasional large, vein-like streaks flashing with dark red lightning appearing and disappearing in the clouds.
The earth is not soil, but is composed of layers of biological tissues, bones, shells, and even undried blood plasma that have long lost their original form and have been forcibly compressed and fused by some force. Stepping on it will cause it to sink slightly and seep out a dark red, viscous liquid.
What stands in the distance are not mountains, but the skeletal remains of some incredibly large creatures, resembling mountain peaks. From the gaps in the skeletons grow fleshy fungi and writhing vines that emit an eerie phosphorescence.
The free-floating energy in the air was violent and chaotic, filled with the laws of "devouring" and "plundering".
Here, the only rule of survival seems to be mutual predation and rapid evolution.
The law of the jungle has been taken to its extreme.
At the edge of his vision, near the exit of the massive rift connecting to the main world, Li Xijun indeed sensed several human-style metal war fortresses, driven into this fleshy land like nails.
Energy shields flickered around the fortress, and figures and turrets could be vaguely seen.
In more distant areas, the powerful auras of scattered human martial artists could be seen moving about, battling with mythical creatures of various shapes and exuding ferocity.
But Li Xijun's gaze merely swept over that spot before shifting away without a trace of lingering affection.
His purpose for this trip was clear—
Hunt down mythical creatures of monarch-level power comparable to the Vajra Realm, and use their boundless life essence to fill the treasures of the Blood Sea True Immortal, replenishing the eight hundred years of lifespan lost due to the use of the Time Tribulation Sword.
And take advantage of the opportunity to enter this perfectly suited world.
Li Xijun even planned to recharge the blood bead several more times, giving him several thousand or even tens of thousands of years of lifespan.
After all, no one can ever have too much life.
Therefore, Li Xijun did not intend to communicate with the stationed martial artists to obtain intelligence during this operation.
Those were all a waste of his time.
With his current strength at the Great Vajra Realm, coupled with his multiple trump cards such as the Time Sword Intent, the Emperor Dragon Fist, and the Vajra Indestructible Body, he was confident that he could dominate this hunting ground as long as he didn't provoke that Emperor-level Blood Kun.
As Li Xijun unleashed his divine sense to its fullest extent, it acted like a net covering the entire planet, filtering out the "miscellaneous fish" at the outer realm and Golden Core levels, and specifically searching for the majestic aura of those whose life energy level had reached the Vajra Realm.
Soon, several thousand miles to the northwest of the entrance fortress, deep within a "bone forest" composed of countless enormous skeletons, he locked onto a powerful aura that was ferocious, domineering, and filled with a voracious appetite.
It was a mythical creature that resembled a six-legged, sword-backed Tyrannosaurus Rex magnified ten thousand times, but its body was not covered with scales, but with constantly writhing dark red fleshy growths and bone spurs. A row of ferocious bone blades on its spine gleamed with a cold metallic light, and at the end of its tail was a sucker-like mouth covered with sharp teeth that opened and closed continuously.
It was lying on a "throne" made of the bones of other creatures, tearing apart the remains of several smaller mythical creatures. It exuded a monarch-level aura, which made lower creatures within dozens of miles dare not approach.
"First target." A cold glint flashed in Li Xijun's eyes, and his figure transformed into a dark golden streak that almost blended into the blood-red background of the environment, and he sped away silently.
A moment later, a short, furious roar came from the depths of the bone forest, then abruptly stopped.
Standing beside the enormous corpse that had lost its life force and was being rapidly "digested" by the surrounding flesh and blood, Li Xijun felt the slightly warm, dark red blood bead in his sea of consciousness once again unleash its devouring power.
A wave, like a black hole, appeared out of nowhere, emitting an invisible suction force, instantly devouring the most essential life essence and blood energy of this monarch-level mythical creature.
A visible torrent of dark red water surged into the blood bead, causing the crimson aura inside to intensify at a visible rate.
"really----"
As Li Xijun sensed the feedback from the blood bead, he understood, "This treasure can easily and directly absorb the life essence of unrefined monarch-level mythical creatures, far more efficiently than using a refined blood core."
"At this rate, about five or six of these creatures would be enough to completely fill the blood bead."
"Although there aren't many mythical creatures at the monarch level comparable to the Vajra Realm even in this [Blood Kun World], at this rate, it's very possible that I can replenish it for 9,000 to 12,000 years."
This discovery greatly encouraged him.
The hunting efficiency was higher than he had expected.
He didn't linger; his figure vanished again as he began searching for his next monarch-level target on this vast and brutal land of flesh and blood.
With his powerful divine sense, Li Xijun was like a top hunter, incredibly efficient.
Within a few days, he traveled tens of thousands of miles and successively hunted down four more mythical creatures of different shapes, but equally ferocious and powerful monarch-level creatures.
The life essence within the blood bead accumulated at an astonishing rate, already nearly 90% full, and the life aura it emitted startled him.
However, just as he was pursuing his fifth prey and was about to complete the first blood bead filling and provide feedback on his lifespan,
The fifth prey skillfully charged into a complex, labyrinthine area woven from the viscera of countless enormous, petrified creatures.
This unusually rich blood energy fluctuation, surpassing even that of all previous monarch-level beings, attracted his attention like a lighthouse in the night.
This blood energy did not originate from a single organism, but rather emanated from the depths of this "internal viscera labyrinth." It was vast and chaotic, yet it carried an ancient and sinister allure, as if calling upon all beings yearning for evolution and power.
Li Xijun stopped in his tracks, not even bothering with the petty gains he had just made, and instead used his divine sense to probe the ground like a drill.
As his divine sense deepened, he "saw" a breathtaking scene.
Deep beneath this region lies an immense underground space, far exceeding any imagination. It is more like a lost ruin composed of congealed blood, the enormous skeletons of countless creatures, and architectural remnants shimmering with a dark metallic luster, seemingly from an ancient civilization!
Within the ruins, the rich aura of blood emanated from a certain point in the center.
What caught his attention even more was that he sensed at least six powerful auras of monarch-level mythical creatures in different locations within the ruins!
They did not appear to be fighting each other, but rather lingered among the ruins, greedily absorbing the blood energy emanating from the center, while remaining wary of each other and potential outsiders.
At the very core of that blood energy, there was an even more profound and deep fluctuation, seemingly containing countless life codes and evolutionary possibilities, like a huge "blood source," constantly "nurturing" the surrounding monarch-level creatures.
"A bloodline—composed of a high concentration of life essence, possibly the essence of a powerful ancient being that perished, or some strange creation of this world—has attracted multiple monarch-level creatures to guard, devour, and evolve here?"
Li Xijun instantly understood the situation, and a sense of excitement rose in her heart.
This is a golden opportunity!
One place is home to at least six monarch-level creatures, and there is an even larger "blood source" that may contain even more immense life force.
If we can wipe them all out, not only will the blood beads be filled, but we may also accumulate a much larger lifespan than ever before!
As for the risks?
The combined might of six monarch-level beings is indeed a force to be reckoned with, and could even attract the attention of other powerful beings.
But given his current strength and resources, he is not without confidence.
Regardless of his other trump cards, Li Xijun's current mastery of the Vajra Indestructible Body, which is seventy percent of the true essence, and his Seven-Turn Great Vajra Body are enough.
More importantly, the allure of that "blood source" made him vaguely feel that this was definitely a treasure in this [Blood Kun Myth World].
"Fortune favors the bold." Li Xijun's eyes hardened, and he no longer hesitated.
He found a relatively weak "entry point"—
A huge, long-dried blood vessel leading underground; his figure transformed into a wisp of smoke and silently slipped into it.
The inner walls of the passage were covered with a thick, petrified biological membrane, and the air was filled with the stale smell of blood and faint energy radiation.
Li Xijun concealed all his aura and descended swiftly like a ghost.
The deeper you go, the denser the blood energy becomes, even beginning to form a pale red blood mist.
The surrounding "walls" gradually transformed from petrified tissue into a structure truly made of coagulated blood plasma and massive bones.
Some skeletons are as large as houses, bearing horrific signs of gnawing and battle, telling tales of the devastation of ancient times.
Finally, after passing through the long passage, the view suddenly opened up before us.
Li Xijun stood at the exit of the passage, before which lay an incredibly magnificent underground cavity.
The cavity is estimated to be over a thousand feet high, as if it had hollowed out a mountain.
The dome is supported by countless intersecting, giant ribs that gleam with a dark, blood-red light. The walls are inlaid with countless skulls of creatures of varying sizes, with eerie green phosphorescent flames flickering in their empty eye sockets, providing a faint light source.
The ground was made of a thick, semi-solidified dark red blood plasma, which was sticky and elastic when stepped on, like a carpet of living flesh and blood.
Within the blood plasma, one can see all sorts of enormous and bizarre skeletons, some of which even have glowing flesh or strange fungi growing on them.
Scattered throughout the cavity are metal remnants and stone building fragments with obvious traces of unnatural carving, in an ancient and rugged style, with twisted totem patterns carved on them that seem to record devouring and evolution.
This is indeed an ancient site.
The most striking feature is the center of the cavity.
There is a circular altar-like structure made up of countless precious biological crystals and huge bones.
At the center of the altar was not a physical object, but a constantly surging and expanding dark red energy ball, with a diameter exceeding one hundred feet.
It is like a living heart, beating slowly but powerfully, each beat radiating a massive amount of pure and evolutionarily alluring blood energy.
This is the "Bloodborne"!
Six enormous and ferocious figures were coiled in six relatively distant locations around the altar. They varied in form: some resembled multi-headed pythons, some resembled mountains of flesh encased in carapace, and some were aggregates of countless tentacles.
Without exception, their auras had all reached the late stage of the monarch level, and some even showed signs of transforming into a higher level.
They greedily absorbed the blood energy emanating from the "blood source," and subtle, continuous changes occurred on their body surfaces. At the same time, they were wary of each other, maintaining a fragile balance.
Li Xijun's infiltration was completely silent.
He moved cautiously, avoiding areas that might trigger alerts, his sharp eyes scanning the entire cavity, assessing the target and any potential traps.
However, just as he locked onto one of the closest monarch-level creatures, a giant ape clad in bone armor, and prepared to launch a thunderous attack to eliminate it and reduce the pressure, "Roar—?!"
The giant ape-like monarch creature, along with two other multi-headed serpents and bat-winged bone dragons with exceptionally keen senses, almost simultaneously turned their heads sharply. Their compound or single eyes, filled with greed and ferocity, locked onto the shadowy corner where Li Xijun was!
The strong aura of an outsider, no matter how much it was concealed, was still like water droplets falling into boiling oil, instantly breaking the fragile balance at such close range, with the other party fully sensing the fluctuations of "blood source"!
Six ferocious auras, each at the monarch level, erupted like six volcanoes.
Filled with rage at the invasion of their territory and greed for the rich life force emanating from Li Xijun, it swept towards him like a net from heaven and earth.
The hunt, from the moment Li Xijun infiltrated, had already transformed into being hunted!
Inside the cavity, blood mist churned, and a murderous intent suddenly arose!
Li Xijun showed no sign of wavering or regret in response.
Because a terrifying golden light, filled with an indestructible intent, had emerged from his body.