bookcurios Chapter 155 Blood Demon
Chapter 155 Blood Demon
The Blood Demon's four hands formed the same incantation, and his two mouths chanted the same mantra. A large blood cocoon slowly formed around Liu Xing, and the Blood Demon laughed uncontrollably. With the Blood Pill nearing completion and the possibility of forming a pill in sight, the Blood Demon's state became even more frantic.
Liu Xing's head was spinning, his body bulking up. His meridians, blood vessels, and dantian were on the verge of bursting. Simultaneously, his blood and mana were mobilizing, forming a vortex within him, seemingly brewing something. Using his body as the cauldron, his blood as the raw material, his mana as the elixir fire, and his life as the price, he was refining the blood elixir, also known as the human elixir. This was the most cruel alchemy method practiced by the demonic cultivators, unacceptable to the world. His consciousness gradually faded, and the last shred of clarity in his mind was only sustained by his immense willpower.
At that moment, he sensed a faint glow from the bamboo flute in his storage bag, as if calling to him. With a sudden thought, he used up his last bit of mana to summon the bamboo flute and grasped it. Instantly, a powerful suction force emanated from the bamboo flute, drawing away all his mana and external energy, then instantly returning a stream of pure spiritual energy. Liu Xing instantly returned to normal. The returned mana surged his power, advancing him to the peak of the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. Overwhelmed with joy, Liu Xing grabbed the bamboo flute and gave it a few hearty kisses. It truly was a lifesaver.
Having resolved the thorny issue of the spiritual energy tank, Liu Xing abandoned his complacency and prepared to strike the Blood Demon with swift force. He summoned the missile cone in one hand and the ray saw wheel in the other. The ray saw wheel first pierced the blood cocoon and slammed into the Blood Demon beside him. The Blood Demon was horrified. Something had happened to his blood pill, and his mind instantly collapsed. All his long planning, all his hard work, had finally come to nothing. He was filled with hatred, blaming this brat for ruining his plans, and he vented all his anger on Liu Xing.
The Blood Demon raised four fists, each as large as a bowl, and smashed them towards Liu Xing. If they were hit, he would surely be shattered. Liu Xing broke free from his blood cocoon and immediately flew out of the altar. Over a month of battling the mountain cat had made him incredibly agile, allowing him to easily dodge the Blood Demon's punches. Once out of danger, he summoned Duoduo, asking it to stand guard and provide support in case of any emergencies. Seeing the Blood Demon before him, Duoduo sensed a profound threat and his expression grew tense.
The ray saw wheel was knocked away by a fist. Liu Xing controlled the missile cone and quietly approached the blood demon. The blood demon was about to pounce on Liu Xing, but a sudden sense of danger made him stop in his tracks. He moved his body an inch to the side, avoiding his heart. The missile cone hit his right chest.
With a loud boom, the missile cone exploded with immense force, blasting a hole through the Blood Demon's right chest. Blood flowed profusely, and flesh and blood flew everywhere. The Blood Demon was severely wounded, but he had avoided a critical hit to his heart, saving his life. Liu Xing seized the opportunity, readying the demon-binding rope and entwining it with the Blood Demon.
Unexpectedly, Liu Xing's attacks and magical weapons were so powerful, and the Blood Demon, caught off guard, suffered a heavy loss. Furthermore, he had to pay close attention to the nearby mountain cat, forcing him to focus his full attention on Liu Xing. Seriously wounded, the Blood Demon immediately released a massive blood cocoon to envelop himself, both to ward off further attacks and to buy time to heal. The demon-binding rope entangled the cocoon, leaving a deep mark. He then summoned his mantis hammer and slammed it hard. Liu Xing's magical power was now comparable to that of an early Jindan cultivator. The full force of the mantis hammer instantly deformed the cocoon. Liu Xing was astonished by the Blood Demon's cocoon's thickness and formidable defense; he had expected it to shatter with a single blow.
A fierce glint flashed in Liu Xing's eyes. The Blood Demon had nearly killed him before, and now he hated it to the core, holding back no longer. He brought down his mantis hammer, hammer after hammer, hammer after hammer. The Blood Demon within the blood cocoon suffered uncontrollably, roaring in frustration. Liu Xing's ferocity left him no time to recover from his injuries, forcing him to concentrate on maintaining the cocoon's defenses, consuming a tremendous amount of his mana. Turbulence surged within him. What kind of monster had he encountered? A cultivator in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment possessed the attack power of an early stage Core Formation cultivator. He was shooting himself in the foot, courting death. The nearby mountain cat, Duoduo, watched this scene with trepidation. His master was too powerful, his every blow shaking the earth. He felt as if one of those hammers had landed on him, he would be instantly reduced to a pulp. He secretly congratulated himself on making the right choice back in the Doramaya Mountains, following such a powerful master. Otherwise, he would have been smashed into a pool of meat. His master usually looked kind and amiable, but he didn't expect that he would have such a fierce side when fighting. It looked scary. Duoduo now had a little more awe for Liu Xing.
After five or six hammer strikes, the blood cocoon finally shattered, allowing the demon-binding ropes to bind the Blood Demon's body. The mantis hammers continued unabated, smashing one of the heads apart with a single blow, sending brains and flesh splattering everywhere. The Blood Demon's other head screamed in agony, its eyes bloodshot and a face filled with panic, flailing with fear, its hands and feet flailing, trying to grasp at a glimmer of hope. Liu Xing showed no mercy, transforming into a cold-blooded killer, hammering down without hesitation. The Blood Demon raised all four of its arms simultaneously to block the mantis hammers, but the massive collision shattered all four. From then on, the Blood Demon had no power to resist. His entire magical power was concentrated on the blood pool and his body, now shattered by Liu Xing.
Liu Xing rushed forward, sealing the Blood Demon's remaining magical powers. He grabbed his head and began to search his soul. The Blood Demon roared in agony, but Liu Xing ignored it. Through soul searching, he learned that hundreds of cultivators had died at his hands while cultivating his magic, each one drained of blood in a gruesome death. "He deserved to die," Liu Xing cursed bitterly, "for killing so many of his fellow cultivators."
The Blood Demon hailed from the Blood Demon Sect, a foremost sect in the demonic realm. He secretly practiced the sect's forbidden art, the "Blood Pill Method." The core of this technique involves absorbing the essence and blood of other cultivators to enhance his own cultivation, while simultaneously using living humans as cauldrons to refine blood pills to overcome bottlenecks. This technique was considered extremely diabolical and detrimental to the harmony of nature, earning it a designation as a forbidden art. The Blood Demon stole the manual and secretly cultivated here, his power increasing rapidly, reaching the Fake Pill realm in just a few decades. Unbeknownst to him, the higher his realm, the more insane his state became. Liu Xing would not practice this unholy art; he could not accept the idea of turning a person into a fool. However, some of the techniques within the technique were worth learning, such as the incarnation, body refinement, and self-healing abilities. Therefore, he copied the entire technique for future study.