Chapter 2395: Blood Prison

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“Going to other sub-palace areas won't lead directly to the central hub; that's absolutely not feasible. There's no other way. We'll follow him later. Let's be careful not to be discovered. Once inside, as long as we seize the opportunity while he's searching for treasures in this area, we can still enter the central region ahead of him,” Xiao Ming said slowly after pondering for a moment.

“That's the only option,” Qingping Daoist said with some concern after nodding. “However, the area previously chosen by the Three Sages of Wuling is quite unusual. It appears to be the Blood Prison, where True Immortal Tianding once suppressed his formidable enemy back then.”

“Of course, we saw it,” Xiao Ming said with a frown. “But we are currently preoccupied and can only let them go there. Although there might be significant treasures left by powerful figures of the past in the Blood Prison, compared to gaining control of the central hub earlier, it's something we simply cannot help.”

“What a pity,” Qingping Daoist said regretfully. “According to the ancient texts I inherited, the Blood Prison truly suppressed several ancient powerful experts whose abilities and divine powers were almost on par with True Immortal Tianding. After so many years, even if they are dead, the legacies and treasures they left behind are probably extraordinary.”

“We originally planned to make the Blood Prison our second target,” Madam Wanhua asked with a gloomy expression. “Daoist Qingping, the Three Sages of Wuling went directly to that area; surely they don't also know about the Blood Prison, do they?”

“That's hard to say,” Qingping Daoist said, his expression uncertain. “Although True Immortal Tianding's legacy has only been passed down through my lineage, there's no guarantee that other powerful figures from his era didn't leave behind clues. The Blood Prison was renowned in its time, once awe-inspiring across the entire Blood Heaven Continent.”

“Never mind,” Xiao Ming said solemnly, looking at the area Han Li had entered earlier. He sensed that the rumbling sounds from inside were gradually fading. “Since we can't attend to the Blood Prison matter, there's no need for further speculation. It's almost time. We should go in too.”

Madam Wanhua and Daoist Qingping naturally had no objections.

Consequently, the three of them, enveloped in their escape lights, plunged into the area covered by the blue light curtain. However, their chosen entry point was naturally far from where Han Li had entered.

“Cold, extremely cold.”

Han Li hovered above a glacial world covered in blue, feather-like snow, a strange expression on his face. He sensed the extraordinarily cold aura emanating from all directions; in some places, the cold even penetrated his protective spiritual light, forming glistening blue frost on his body.

Since his Brahma-Saint True Devil Arts reached perfection, such extreme cold sensations had become exceedingly rare for him.

It seemed that the environment conjured by this area was so incredibly cold, indicating that the restrictions here were far more formidable than those in previously traversed regions.

After Han Li had hovered quietly in place for a considerable period, a layer of silver flames suddenly burst forth from his body with a whoosh, and the bone-piercing cold sensation instantly vanished.

Han Li stirred and slowly flew forward. However, after flying only a few miles, strong winds suddenly erupted from all directions, and the dense snowflakes abruptly solidified, magically transforming into thousands of blue ice sparrows out of thin air.

As they spread their wings, numerous blue light clusters immediately spewed forth.

Han Li's spiritual sense briefly perceived the power of these light clusters. His expression subtly changed. He formed another hand seal, and the silver flames on his body suddenly intensified, becoming several times denser than before.

The next moment, the light clusters densely struck the silver flames and exploded one after another. For a moment, silver and blue light intertwined, forming a massive hurricane that soared into the sky…

In another icy region, in a different direction, Xiao Ming and his two companions had summoned over a dozen treasures and were fiercely battling more than a dozen blue giants, each the size of a small mountain.

Each of these giants could directly manipulate ice and snow to conjure armor and various gigantic weapons. Furthermore, no matter how great the damage they sustained, as long as a tiny bit of their body remained, they could immediately reconstruct themselves with the aid of the pervasive snow, appearing even more formidable than ordinary immortal bodies. As a result, even though the true strength of Xiao Ming and his companions far surpassed these giants, they were forcefully stalled in place for a time.

In a vast hall filled with countless blood-red colossal pillars, the Three Sages of Wuling cautiously advanced, riding three enormous spirit-beasts resembling insects. They carefully steered clear of the nearby giant pillars.

From a distance, these blood-red pillars appeared ordinary. However, upon closer inspection, one could discover that their surfaces were embedded with countless blood-red skull heads, and streams of surging blood constantly flowed down them.

“Daoist Yu, we haven't come to the wrong place, have we? Is this really the entrance to the Blood Prison?” an elder sitting cross-legged on a gigantic centipede asked his companion, his voice betraying a hint of unease.

“Brother Wu, don't worry,” another elder, seated on the head of a giant black scorpion, said confidently. “You saw for yourself how easily the outer restrictions were broken just now. That alone proves that the records in that ancient stele are likely true, and this place is definitely where True Immortal Tianding suppressed his powerful enemies back then. Heh heh, back then, our Wudao lineage's strongest expert, ‘Lord Tianwu,’ fought True Immortal Tianding for seven days and seven nights before being suppressed in the Blood Prison due to a single misstep. Otherwise, with Lord Tianwu's talent and divine abilities, he would certainly have ascended to the immortal realm successfully back then.”

“This place is indeed somewhat eerie, so it's no wonder Brother Wu is a bit worried,” the last emaciated elder said calmly. “However, what we cultivate are Wudao divine abilities, which are quite incompatible with ordinary cultivation methods. True Immortal Tianding's inherited techniques might not be of much use to us. On the other hand, if we can obtain Lord Tianwu's cultivation methods and treasures from the Blood Prison, that would be greatly beneficial, perhaps even offering a chance to ascend to the immortal realm. Therefore, even if this Blood Prison carries some risks, we must venture into it.”

“Indeed,” the elder surnamed Yu sighed. “It's a pity that ancient stele suffered some unknown calamity back then, and nearly half of it is missing. It only records the method for breaking the outer restrictions. Otherwise, if it also contained ways to break the inner restrictions, we could rest easy.”

“Heh heh, knowing the exact location of the Blood Prison is already a considerable stroke of luck,” the elder surnamed Wu chuckled. “Even if there are some formidable restrictions inside, with the three of us working together, are we afraid we can't break them?”

“That's right. Now that we're here, turning back is impossible,” the elder surnamed Yu said after nodding. He then suddenly changed the topic, pointing to Han Li and the others they had met earlier. “However, that young man we encountered earlier outside, who possessed a true ape body, truly had formidable divine abilities. If it weren't for Old Monster Xiao and his companions appearing to intervene, we would have really liked to refine him into a flesh-and-blood puppet.”

“The giant ape he transformed into indeed possessed an extremely powerful physical body, and his subsequent second transformation somewhat resembled demonic arts,” the elder surnamed Wu said with a sneer. “Even if the three of us joined forces, we likely wouldn't have been able to subdue him quickly. The reason we put on a show as if we were about to engage in a fierce battle was originally to prevent them from following us into the Blood Prison. Now that we've displayed such an arrogant demeanor, I believe others are unlikely to do anything that would bring trouble upon themselves.”

“This was a strategy we discussed long ago, and I believe it will certainly be effective,” the last elder said, his eyes flashing. “As for the others, only Xiao Ming and his two companions in the Heavenly Cauldron Palace can pose a real threat to us right now. Xiao Ming was known as the ‘Mad Demon’ back then, not an ordinary Mahayana Patriarch, and with Madam Wanhua and Daoist Qingping assisting him, if we truly fought, we wouldn't have much chance of winning.”

“Since our scouts left behind haven't sent any information, it seems Xiao Ming and his group haven't followed us. They most likely have another target,” the elder surnamed Wu said with a sinister smile. “This is for the best; we can now focus all our attention on the Blood Prison.”

But just as the others were about to reply, the three gigantic insects, which had been moving forward, suddenly let out strange cries simultaneously, stopped their advance, and lowered their bodies into a defensive posture.

The three elders' expressions immediately changed. Streaks of radiant light enveloped their bodies, and their respective treasures flew out, circling and guarding them.

With six eyes gleaming, the three elders focused their gaze intently forward.

What they failed to notice was that the blood flowing down the blood-red pillars in the hall was gradually becoming viscous, and its color was simultaneously turning blackish-red.

A “shasha” sound emanated from the front.

A moment later, in the somewhat dim void ahead, small green flames suddenly appeared, followed by the emergence of numerous strange, thumb-sized bone butterflies.

These bizarre butterflies flickered with phosphorescent light on their surfaces, their entire bodies skeletal, appearing extremely eerie. Their number was astonishing, easily exceeding ten thousand.

“Oh no, it's the Bone-Devouring Butterflies! Retreat quickly!”

As soon as the elder surnamed Wu recognized the appearance of these bone butterflies, he immediately cried out in alarm.

The other two elders' faces also turned pale.

The three of them urged their giant insects, and almost simultaneously, they flew backward and retreated.

Meanwhile, the bone butterflies surged forward silently, closely pursuing the trio.

In an instant, they fled several hundred zhang away, at a speed hundreds of times faster than their arrival.

A series of strange cackles echoed!

On the surface of the previously motionless blood-red cylindrical pillars, the blackish-red blood suddenly solidified. Then, after black mist billowed forth, blood-red skull heads suddenly flew out from them.

As soon as these skull heads flew out, they swelled with the wind, instantly becoming the size of chariot wheels. Emitting strange cries, they charged directly at the three elders, immediately blocking their path.

“These are Blood Spirits, formed from the vital essence and blood of the powerful individuals who perished in the Blood Prison long ago,” the elder surnamed Wu said calmly, despite his grim expression. “Brother Yu, quickly use your Spirit-Expelling technique! We two will protect you and temporarily hold back the Bone-Devouring Butterflies and these Blood Spirits for a while.”

“Alright, I'm indebted to both of you Daoists,” the elder surnamed Yu said, proving quite decisive. He immediately agreed upon hearing this. After halting the centipede beneath him, he instantly flicked both sleeves and sat down cross-legged.

Immediately, black and green jade tablets flew out from within the elder, instantly transforming into an eerie magical formation that lifted his body.

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