Chapter 230: Blood Flood Dragon Secret Realm
As soon as time was up, everyone familiarized themselves with the Jing Tian Token.
Qi Nianshuang activated incantations, shooting a beam of golden light toward the Black Tower phantom.
At that moment, the Black Tower shook slightly, spiritual power gathering at the base of the tower body, and a spatial rift suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
Energy like tiny lightning continuously swirled around the entrance, the secret realm’s power fluctuations spreading out like ripples in water.
“After entering, you will be randomly teleported to various places in the secret realm. There are no feral beasts inside, only evil beasts evolved from Blood Flood Dragon essence blood and spirits. If you have the skill, kill them freely. Go.”
As the voice fell, Nine Peaks Sect disciple Xing Xi Yang stepped forward, as if cloaked in flames, heading straight toward the spatial rift at the river bottom.
“Yuan Yi, I’ll wait for you inside!”
He glanced back at Yuan Yi, his eyes full of provocation, his cold voice reaching everyone’s ears. The people on the Dali Profound Boat showed varied expressions.
“Hahaha, Xing Xi Yang, do you think I’m afraid of you?”
Yuan Yi burst into loud laughter that seemed to drown out the waves, a Greedy Wolf phantom faintly appearing as if howling at the sky. He stepped forward, his figure vanishing into the secret realm entrance.
The two had prior disputes. If he could win once, he could win a second time, a third time. This was just a change of venue.
“Go.”
Seven or eight people in quick succession also hurried inside. These were from other sects. Though not comparable to major sects like Beast King Sect or Sword One Sect, they were still sects with some ability to come here.
Everyone entered one by one. Su Yan watched for a while before moving, when he suddenly heard Yan Yin’s voice transmission.
“Su Yan, after entering the secret realm, eliminate the Monster Suppressing Guard, Nine Peaks Sect, and Sword One Sect people. If the sect takes first place, I’ll give you a third-order high-grade item.”
Su Yan’s eyes flickered slightly. Yan Yin nodded slightly with a smile.
Su Yan showed a smile, then flew into the Blood Flood Dragon Secret Realm.
“Fellow Daoist Yan thinks highly of this disciple. Could it be you think he can outperform our Monster Suppressing Guard?”
Zang Liangcai smiled faintly. Though he didn’t know what Yan Yin said, the voice transmission right before departure suggested he had bet on this disciple.
Yan Yin smiled indifferently: “Without any confidence, how could I dare bet a third-order Moon Tin Ore mine with you?”
A third-order Moon Tin Ore mine was something even Monster Suppressing Guard and Beast King Sect had to strive hard for. This was one of the points of benefit friction between them.
Qi Nianshuang gave him a deep look: “Then we’ll wait and see. Results will be clear in three days.”
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“Elder Yan Yin seems to have placed a heavy bet.”
Space inverted, and Su Yan instantly appeared in a wilderness. The sky was dark, drizzling heavily. The wilderness and rain merged into one, a scene of unrelenting storm.
He showed a thoughtful expression. Yan Yin’s reminder was surely not for his own sake. The outcome of this Blood Flood Dragon Secret Realm competition affected sect benefits, so there must be underlying gamesmanship.
He formed sword finger with two fingers, slashing out a sharp edge, attacking the space in front of him directly.
The powerful attack stirred no ripples. After flying four or five zhang, the power dispersed like dissipating mist, quickly vanishing.
“Such strong space, far more stable than the small secret realm. As expected of a secret realm formed by a Half-Saint incarnation.”
The higher the intensity of the small secret realm, the higher the limit of power it could bear.
This small secret realm could likely withstand Golden Body Realm True Persons entering, but due to Jing Tian Tower’s suppression, Dan Qiao Realm was the limit.
Knowing the secret realm’s strength, Su Yan smiled, thinking to himself: “This is perfect. I can be unrestrained now.”
He waved his hand to summon the Six-Winged Blood Centipede. With the Insect Realm Space opening, over ten thousand Fiend Bees flew out immediately.
Go.
With a thought, the Fiend Bees scattered in all directions, beginning to explore the entire secret realm.
Fiend Bees continuously flew away. Soon they had covered seven or eight li, and Su Yan gradually grasped the secret realm’s size.
Soon, news came from the Fiend Bees in the east—they had encountered a monster.
The Six-Winged Blood Centipede shot into the sky, and Su Yan arrived at the small slope in moments.
Dozens of Fiend Bees surrounded a blood-colored brown bear. The brown bear roared nonstop, its scale-covered giant claws sweeping continuously, producing whooshing sounds through the air.
Its massive body was particularly sturdy. Even the Fiend Bees couldn’t break through its mane for the moment.
“Roar!”
The moment Su Yan appeared, the blood bear whipped its head around, staring fixedly at him. Its beast eyes surged with malice and fury.
It pounced fiercely. The ground under its four claws instantly caved into a small pit, malevolent energy gathering on its body.
Su Yan stood steadily on the Six-Winged Blood Centipede, unmoving. The Six-Winged Blood Centipede whipped its tail like a lash. The blood bear took the hit head-on and was blasted away like a boulder, smashing a deep pit into the ground and kicking up clouds of dust.
The blood bear’s body cracked, but it fearlessly charged again, only to be pounced on by the Six-Winged Blood Centipede, which bit off more than half its body in one bite.
Life breath vanished, instantly turning into a blood mist that condensed into a thumb-sized crystal core, crimson in color, emanating dense spiritual energy.
At the same time, a streak of dark glow entered the Six-Winged Blood Centipede’s body, slightly increasing its soul power by a bit.
‘Eat it.’
Su Yan ordered the Six-Winged Blood Centipede to devour the Blood Flood Dragon essence blood. After one bite, its expression changed—indeed, there was a change.
【Six-Winged Blood Centipede 92/400（Mature Stage）】
“Increased by two points? It seems the benefits to the contracted beast are truly significant.”
He looked down at the mark on the Jing Tian Token. The number had changed, showing “five.” That second-order mid-stage blood bear evil beast had provided 5 points of spirit.
Su Yan understood. The Jing Tian Token recorded based on the strength of evil beasts killed.
“Then let’s go on a killing spree.”
This time, Su Yan made no effort to conceal. He directly released the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust, spreading his hand wide. Tens of thousands of Blood Bees and Fiend Bees flew out, beginning a carpet search for evil beasts around.
Countless Blood Bees and Fiend Bees acted together, unearthing large numbers of evil beasts for him.
These evil beasts were all similar: blood-colored bodies shaped like feral beasts but with some flood dragon traits—claws bearing scales, powerful auras, each with strength above second-order.
Fiend Bee swarms charged, biting directly, tearing open their skin, then Blood Bees and Fiend Bees burrowed in through the wounds.
Every evil beast encountering Fiend Bees would immediately draw over a thousand more to swarm and attack.
Even second-order mid-stage ones could hardly fully resist such attacks. If they withstood, the next moment, swarms from farther away concentrated, numbers doubling, continuing the assault.
With this method, soon all evil beasts within seven or eight li centered on Su Yan were locked in fierce battles—fully thirteen locations with second-order mid-stage and above.
“Fiend Bee erosion works, but evil beasts aren’t afraid of too much malevolent energy. Must try breeding stronger bee strains.”
Blood Bees and Fiend Bees kept falling. Though they were consumables, over two thousand were lost in this short battle. To spread across the entire secret realm would likely fall short.
He frowned slightly. One thing was even worse—distance.
With the Jing Tian Token on him, unless he was close enough or deemed the killer, the spirit from killing evil beasts wouldn’t count toward him.
“Fine, more trips it is.”
The Six-Winged Blood Centipede flew up, carrying Su Yan straight to the evil beasts.
On the ground, a monster with a flood dragon head and lion body was already covered in wounds. Fiend Bees had invaded its body. Though malevolent energy erosion wasn’t enough to strip its combat ability, the physical attacks had already shattered its internal muscle and bone.
The Six-Winged Blood Centipede swooped down, its bloody maw opening wide, swallowing most of its body directly. The physical body turned into Blood Flood Dragon essence blood, the soul body into Blood Flood Dragon spirit, all falling into Su Yan’s hands.
Su Yan tossed it over, feeding it directly to the Six-Winged Blood Centipede.
Within seven or eight li, the strongest surrounded by Fiend Bees was a second-order late-stage blood-colored Alligator Dragon monster—thick-skinned and sturdy. Blood Bees could do nothing, and it swallowed over a thousand Fiend Bees in one gulp.
Its mouth seemed to have a divine ability to dissolve bone and erode flesh, turning Fiend Bees and Blood Bees into bloody filth in one bite.
Fortunately, the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust flew over directly. Its tail hook like a spear pierced the air like thunder through clouds, instantly piercing half the blood-colored Alligator Dragon’s body.
By the time the Six-Winged Blood Centipede arrived, the blood-colored Alligator Dragon was down to half a life.
The Six-Winged Blood Centipede wasn’t polite, gulping it down whole, fusing all its flood dragon essence blood and flood dragon spirit into itself.
【Six-Winged Blood Centipede: 133/400（Mature Stage）】
Jing Tian Token: 209 spirit
The Six-Winged Blood Centipede kept growing stronger. Though Su Yan gained some power through contracted beast feedback, not directly absorbing the essence blood and spirit limited his profits.
Su Yan knew this was a flaw in Beast King Sect’s cultivation method—resources couldn’t fully convert to his own cultivation.
“Just kill more.”
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“What’s going on? Not a single evil beast within several li around. Weren’t evil beasts everywhere in previous years?”
At this time on the wilderness, three or four Flag Bearer Guards moved quickly, brows furrowed.
“Zhuifeng, you’re skilled in tracking. Any discoveries?”
The three turned their gazes to a lean man, inquiring.
After everyone entered the Blood Flood Dragon Secret Realm, they were scattered. But this colleague was skilled in scouting, gathering them.
“Traces of battle. Not Monster Suppressing Guard methods. Someone got here first and killed the evil beasts.”
Li Zhuifeng frowned slightly, still harboring some concern. The attack seemed hesitant yet decisive—hard to tell if expert or novice.
He simply raised the issue: “Chase or not? I can’t gauge this person’s strength.”
The yellow-faced, rough-bearded man on the left immediately said: “Chase. Lord Qi has ordered: eliminating Beast King Sect, Sword One Sect, Nine Peaks Sect disciples earns merit. Defeating top ten disciples brings even greater rewards. Have you all forgotten?”
Yan Yin could promise Su Yan victory rewards, but Monster Suppressing Guard was more direct: defeat you to maintain Lingnan Prefecture’s top title.
The group looked motivated. No one could have too much merit—enough could exchange for breakthrough pills or cultivation manuals.
The youth holding the nine-section whip said coldly: “He’s ahead of us. If we don’t take him out, we won’t encounter any evil beasts unless we go deeper.”
A sharp glint flashed in Li Zhuifeng’s eyes. He steeled his resolve, thinking: “I’m thirteenth among Flag Bearer Guards. That guy may not match me. Hesitating won’t beat Gu Lingfeng and the others.”
So he said: “All four of us attack together. Follow my command.”
Li Zhuifeng and the four held their breath, movement techniques ghostly as they skimmed the ground, striving to conceal their auras, steadily closing in on Su Yan’s direction.
All from Monster Suppressing Guard, their tracking skills varied but were never poor.
Slithering like snakes or foxes, soon they passed the small slope ahead.
Several Fiend Bees instantly spotted their tracks, buzzing as they approached.
Su Yan in the distance immediately detected them, revealing a smile.
With a thought, the Six-Winged Blood Centipede shot into the sky, flying into mid-air toward the four.
“Wait! Bee insects! Why are there bee insects here?”
The moment Li Zhuifeng spotted the Blood Bees, his face changed drastically. He threw his dagger, swift as wind, instantly piercing several nearby Blood Bees and Fiend Bees.
Blood Bees turned to bloody filth, but Fiend Bees merely became a mass of malevolent energy, reforming in an instant.
Li Zhuifeng’s face darkened. Colleague Feng Lin reached out, true essence condensing like tiger claws, grinding the Fiend Bees to nothing.
“Such solid malevolent energy. Not from Blood Flood Dragon evil beasts. Beast King Sect method.”
Blood Flood Dragon evil beasts, when killed, would release some Blood Flood Dragon spirit, but these strange bee insects had none.
This meant the bee insects were likely someone’s technique. Among those entering the Blood Flood Dragon Secret Realm, who besides Beast King Sect had such ability?
Buzzing grew louder. A hundred meters away, Fiend Bees swarmed like thick black fog. Closer, a patch of blood red, like a blood-colored tornado sweeping toward the four.
Li Zhuifeng immediately released true intent. A Black Flame Poisonous Snake over two zhang long appeared behind him. His long sword rang like a dragon roar, slashing out sword light.
The Black Flame Poisonous Snake spewed poisonous mist, forming a black tornado that churned into a vortex, enveloping the sword light to tear through the bee swarm encirclement.
Blood Bees pressed down, suddenly turning into malevolent energy form.
Thick malevolent energy like blood suspended in mid-air instantly enveloped the sword light. Thousands of Fiend Bees half-manifested, continuously eroding. In a blink, the sword light vanished.
Poisonous mist reached them but was blocked by malevolent energy. Though it dissipated a layer and poisoned thousands of Fiend Bees.
But the remaining rolling malevolent energy and ferocious Fiend Bees surged out even more viciously.
“Behind!”
Front Fiend Bees encircled like an army, yet blood mist-like swarms also closed in from behind, left, and right. Blood Bees and Fiend Bees intertwined, turning the entire sky around them into oppressive crimson.
Surrounded!
The four faces turned ashen. Failed to catch the chicken, lost the rice— in this situation, even escaping would mean serious injuries in combat.
Moreover, with so many Blood Bees, the mastermind wouldn’t let them slip away easily, right?
The four formed a back-to-back formation. Li Zhuifeng’s forehead veins bulged, throat bobbing, heart far from calm. Forcing composure, he shouted loudly toward the swarms: “Bullying with numbers, hiding in the shadows. Fellow Daoist of Beast King Sect, with such methods, how can Zhuifeng accept defeat? Dare to fight?”
The four eyes darted, minds racing. Monster Suppressing Guard intelligence was strong; they knew Beast King Sect’s standout disciples well.
But none had heard of any whose contracted beast was these gu worm-like Blood Bees.
“Such goading on me—do you think you can escape?”
The Six-Winged Blood Centipede descended from above. Su Yan stood on its back, robes billowing in the wind, gaze sweeping the four before settling on Li Zhuifeng.
“It’s him?!”
