579: Chapter 564: The Calamity between Heaven and Earth 579: Chapter 564: The Calamity between Heaven and Earth Several days later.
The Blood Spear watched the Golden Pill Cultivators like Hei Loushan, their gazes fixed silently on a person atop the mountain.
This was an elderly man with patchy white hair.
His face was full of crisscrossing wrinkles, his hair gray and disheveled, hanging messily behind him.
Without using Divine Sense, just by looking with the eyes, a stark sense of exhaustion became evident on his body.
He was indeed an old man.
Many among the Blood Cloud Cavalry thought to themselves.
Even for Golden Pill Cultivators, this was the age of twilight years, no longer young, no longer at their peak.
âDo we, have any other options?â
Someone asked in an extremely despondent tone, their voice lowered.
The goal of the Great Dao they had followed for hundreds of years, the purpose for which they had been born and died countless times, had vanished in an instant.
It was a hard feeling to bear.
Even the Dao Heart of a Golden Pill Cultivator shook at this moment.
âNo.â
The Blood Spear of Hei Loushan lowered his head to look at the blood spear in his hand and said indifferently, âThis is the closest weâve been to Nascent Soul.
The Hei Clan, the Yinâs, the Great Sun Sect, and the Great Sun Sword Sect, none will accept us or offer a Nascent Soul Opportunity.â
The people around him remained silent.
âThe Tushan Sword CultivatorâŠâ
Someone murmured.
Many were stirred by the thought.
Various pieces of information on Tushan Immortal City came to mind.
Since escaping from a Nascent Soul Monk, he was no longer an unknown figure.
Rumor had it that he in Tushan Immortal City had opened the path to immortality wide, not restricted by family names, and had strongly supported Loose Cultivators from all regions.
âNo, it wonât do, he is powerful, but thereâs no Nascent Soul Opportunity.â
âHe wonât accept us either.
There is no trust between us, and even if he advances to Nascent Soul, itâs not certain that he will keep his promise.â
Without waiting for others to speak, the person who had spoken sighed softly.
The Blood Cloud might have a thousand faults, but at least for now, it seemed still to have an exceptional reputation and valued loyalty.
The only worry,
If one failed to advance to Nascent Soul, the reputation of the powerless, the sentiments of the powerless, and the fame of the powerless, were all worth nothing.
CrackâŠ
In a matter of moments, there was again the sound of a Blood Lotus Child blooming.
The lotus garment shattered, revealing a naked person inside, the size of a thumb, with handsome features and translucent skin.
It was the second general of the Blood Cloud, Blood Hand Demon, Li Tu!
âBig brother?â
Li Tuâs eyes were full of confusion.
âIâm still alive?
How could this be?â
His last memory was of the excruciating pain as his Divine Soul and flesh shattered, a terror that lingered when he thought of it.
His blurred gaze gradually became clear as he looked at the person before him.
His face was creased with wrinkles, his hair gray, and he had a distinct odor, the odor of decaying flesh, indicating that the loss was not just of two hundred years of time.
âBig brother?!!â
Li Tu was greatly alarmed, his voice trembling as he asked, âWhatâs happened to you?
Why are you like this?!â
âSecond brother, donât worry about these things for now.â
The Blood Cloud smiled, unconcerned, and said, âLook at your Sea of Consciousness, see how your Sea of Consciousness is doing.â
As he spoke, the Magic Intention of the Blood Cloud surged up, enveloping the thumb-sized lotus seedling, ready to suppress it immediately if anything was amiss.
Of course, this was just a precaution.
He did not believe that across such a distance and after experiencing two rebirths through the Blood Lotus Child, with Divine Soul and flesh shattered and condensed, there would be any obligations left.
Li Tu instinctively did as told.
A moment later, his face turned extremely ugly, his bewildered gaze once again filled with fear and disbelief.
âItâs still there, big brother, itâs still there!â
âSword Intent!â
Li Tu was panic-stricken, trembling like a child as he said, âWhat is this Sword Intent?
Why hasnât it disappeared?
Why!â
âRelease the Sea of Consciousness!â
Blood Cloud roared furiously, his eyes once again becoming crazed, almost unable to resist charging toward Dizifeng Peak, recklessly attempting to slaughter his way there.
Die or live!
No longer caring about anything else!
Divine Sense surged into Li Tuâs Sea of Consciousness, searching bit by bit.
Within the crimson expanse of the Sea of Consciousnessâa common sight for a Blood Dao Cultivatorâthe core of Li Tuâs Sea of Consciousness harbored his frail, semi-transparent Divine Soul, which was curled up and trembling incessantly.
Engraved on his forehead was a faint sword scar.
This sword scar, carrying the aura of the spirit-breaking and Law-destroying, although incredibly faintâweaker even than the breath of weedsâwas firmly embedded at the core of Li Tuâs Divine Soul, almost fused with it.
Any force that sought to eliminate it would have to obliterate Li Tuâs Divine Soul first!
And this symbiotic existence was not the end.
With the help of the Divine Soul, it would slowly draw power from the Sea of Consciousness to restore itself, and once enough power was accumulated, it would immediately transform into a blade that relentlessly sought to annihilate the Divine Soul, without rest until death.
âTushan!â
âTushan Sword Cultivator!â
âThis is too much!â
Blood Cloudâs Magic Intention and Divine Sense probed to no avail, his eyes turned blood-red, and he became wildly furious.
âBig brother!
Stop!â
âDonât do it!â
Startled, the Blood Hand Demon Li Tu anxiously said, âIf I die, I die, but donât go after him!
You mightâŠâ
The rest of his words were not spoken, but those around understood.
In terms of personal strength alone, their world-renowned leader was probably no match.
A flicker of fear passed through the Blood Spearâs eyes at Hei Loushan.
Merely with a strand of Sword Intent, able to continually slay the resurrecting Blood Hand Demon, if faced in person, even fleeing might be a vain hope.
Not to mention, this person wasnât as openly and honorably as Patriarch Nascent Soul but was extremely cunning, without the slightest bit of a Sword Cultivatorâs face or demeanor.
In terms of danger, perhaps even more terrifying.
âI know.â
Blood Cloud took a deep breath, barely calming down.
All these years, he had encountered many insurmountable foes; no matter how angry or filled with killing intent he was, even if the whole clan were to be wiped out, he had to keep a tight rein on himself.
Otherwise, death would follow.
âThereâs still a way.â
Blood Cloudâs thoughts rapidly turned, and he quickly thought of a solution, âI will first seal this strand of Sword Intent, slowing down the rate at which it draws power from the Divine Soul.
It should not erupt for at least twenty to thirty years.â
âDonât panic, there will be a way in the future.â
âŠ
âThe Sword Intent feels a bit weakerâŠ
but itâs still there.â
Jiang Ding, with his Concealment, flew through the sky.
Within his Divine Sense, a tiny dot was moving, distancing itself from Dizifeng Peak, deliberately making detours, trying to hide, to evade.
All in vain.
While concentrating on distancing from Dizifeng Peak, the figure had actually gotten a bit closer to him.
âNo rush.â
âAccording to legends, is this a fate not yet fulfilled?â
Jiang Ding pondered and found it somewhat interesting.
The world is just that complex; even with murderous intent, now was not yet the time for the Blood Hand Demon to die.
If he had managed to escape, it indicated he had the strength or luck, not just a weak ant.
That meant he was useful.
People like the Blood Hand Demon Li Tu, capable of shaking the decadent rule of the Northern Plains families, would be somewhat beneficial to his future endeavor to eliminate all enemies, take over the world, gather its resources to build a super mothership, adding a one or two ten-thousandths chance of success.
Donât underestimate the small effects.
As the saying goes, âMany a little makes a mickle; without taking the first step, thereâs no journey of a thousand miles.â
An accumulation of minor factors can eventually converge into a mighty river, destroying the worldâs decay and allowing his path and the world to be reborn.