Chapter 675: The Lord of Scarlet and Meng Chan

First Episode: Secret Technique 'Three Autumn Leaves'

Author: I Eat Tomatoes

The Scarlet Lord looked at the Dongning City Lord before him in surprise. He had expected the City Lord to be nervous, wary, and on guard when he came knocking. Instead, the Dongning City Lord was remarkably casual, not taking him seriously in the slightest.

"Our Black Demon Hall affords a certain degree of respect to Six-Tribulation Realm mighty figures," the Scarlet Lord's voice echoed. "If it's to help friends or clan members, even wiping out a few of our Black Demon Hall's branch teams, we wouldn't mind. And if it's to complete an Eternal Tower mission, preventing two or three of our Black Demon Hall's actions without killing any of our members, we can tolerate that too."

"Our tolerance for Six-Tribulation Realm individuals is already quite high."

"But you?" the Scarlet Lord continued, his malevolence intensifying significantly. "With no personal connection, you've acted twice, slaughtering everyone without exception. You even annihilated their true bodies and avatars across space. We grant you face, but you give our Black Demon Hall no face at all."

Meng Chuan looked at the Scarlet Lord and smiled. "'Face'? So, in the Scarlet Lord's eyes, slaughtering cultivators is insignificant, while 'face' is more important?"

The Scarlet Lord looked at him, his gaze growing colder. "You seem very displeased with our Black Demon Hall?"

"Since you've become devils, don't expect me to give you any face," Meng Chuan said, looking at him. "Throughout the entire River of Spacetime, your Black Demon Hall's reputation has long been utterly foul. Though few dare to directly confront you, many mighty figures have still dealt with you. Even Seven-Tribulation Realm mighty figures have targeted your Black Demon Hall. Isn't it precisely because successive waves of mighty figures have targeted and opposed you that you've developed these so-called 'rules' for your actions? To minimize creating enemies?"

The Scarlet Lord's expression darkened.

The Black Demon Hall's brutal methods naturally incurred the enmity of some mighty figures. Thus, they had to adhere to rules even more strictly to minimize hostility.

"'Devils? You're quite right. We are devils,'" the Scarlet Lord said, staring at Meng Chuan. "This devil wants to see just how capable you are."

The words had barely left his mouth.

Where the Scarlet Lord stood, he became the core of the surrounding spacetime, causing a billion-mile expanse of spacetime to twist around him, also affecting Qianshan Star.

In the distance, Qianshan Star's array formation flowed, isolating all external forces. Meng Chuan had even, in a single thought, sent two Venerables who happened to be passing through the billion-mile radius into Qianshan Star.

"What a powerful domain," Meng Chuan marveled, looking around. He gazed at the Scarlet Lord, who stood amidst the swirling blood waves at the center of the spacetime vortex. "Scarlet Lord, draw your blade."

"You're not worthy of me drawing my blade."

As the Scarlet Lord spoke, a wave of blood separated from the surging blood waves beneath his feet, instantly traversing the void to Meng Chuan's front and sweeping directly over him.

Every drop of blood within the wave was as heavy as a star, and countless drops combining together underwent a qualitative change. A typical Six-Tribulation Realm physical body, caught by this blood wave, would be riddled with holes, likely contaminated, corroded, and utterly annihilated in a few breaths. Moreover, this blood wave possessed a slight 'dark primordial chaos' power, capable of devouring everything and twisting spacetime, making escape difficult.

"Impressive," Meng Chuan murmured in admiration, feeling the power of the attack. At the same time, he vaguely disappeared.

In terms of primordial chaos rules, Meng Chuan's accumulation was clearly much deeper.

He clearly analyzed the changes in the twisted spacetime. With one step, he was already a hundred million miles away, easily avoiding the blood wave. After all, Meng Chuan was a Primordial Spirit avatar, and he didn't wish to be tainted by it.

"Can you truly evade?"

With a thought, the Scarlet Lord, standing at the center of the spacetime vortex, unleashed all the surging blood waves beneath his feet. They split into eight streams, which, combined with the previous one, formed nine blood waves converging on Meng Chuan from all directions.

Meng Chuan, facing the strangling blood waves, instead looked directly at the Scarlet Lord.

"Hmm?" The Scarlet Lord felt that the black-robed, white-haired Dongning City Lord's eyes were as dark as an abyss, and he was irresistibly drawn in, sinking deeper.

"This is bad."

The Scarlet Lord realized something was wrong, but he couldn't break free. His mind and consciousness were completely drawn in, constantly falling, falling into a bottomless abyss...

Eight-Tribulation Realm Secret Technique: Eye of Darkness!

As Meng Chuan's cultivation and accumulation improved, the Eye of Darkness secret technique had now reached its sixty-fifth layer. The most crucial aspect of this secret technique was still Meng Chuan's spiritual will.

In terms of spiritual will, the Scarlet Lord was not as powerful as his combat strength suggested, being at the normal level for a Six-Tribulation Realm mighty figure with a physical body. With the might of his physical body, most Primordial Spirit secret techniques from Six-Tribulation Realm Primordial Spirit mighty figures couldn't threaten him. However, Meng Chuan was using an Eight-Tribulation Realm secret technique, and his spiritual will was terrifyingly strong.

The moment the Scarlet Lord's consciousness sank, the nine blood waves attacking Meng Chuan completely dispersed.

"Go."

Simultaneously, Meng Chuan waved his hand.

A vast amount of lightning from the surrounding area gathered, instantly coalescing into a lightning spear. Under the condensation of countless lightning bolts, the spear itself was deep black, with streaks of lightning pulsing across its surface.

Secret Technique: Primordial Chaos Lightning Spear!

After mastering the particle rules, this secret art, with primordial chaos rules at its core, was clearly more powerful. The convergence of lightning was more refined at the particle level, its density much higher, making it even darker and deeper.

"Boom."

The moment this Primordial Chaos Lightning Spear formed, it blasted towards the Scarlet Lord, whose consciousness was sinking.

"Go, go, go!" Meng Chuan used his Primordial Spirit power to draw in lightning from all directions and swiftly condensed Primordial Chaos Lightning Spears.

In almost a single breath of time, nine Primordial Chaos Lightning Spears consecutively formed and were launched one after another, all targeting the same individual: the Scarlet Lord.

The Scarlet Lord, whose consciousness was sinking, had a very weak perception of the outside world. He felt as though he was looking up at the outside world from a dark abyss. He saw the outside world as twisted and distorted, and Primordial Chaos Lightning Spears seemed to warp as they assailed him. He knew he was under attack, but he couldn't unleash any defensive moves or even dodge. Boom, boom, boom, he could only let the Primordial Chaos Lightning Spears strike his body.

"Wake up, wake up, wake up!!!"

The Scarlet Lord's consciousness struggled desperately.

But he felt this endless darkness was too profound, constantly dragging his consciousness deeper. He looked up at the outside world, resisting frantically again and again. Finally, with a "thud," his consciousness broke free from the profound darkness. He could finally clearly perceive his physical body and the outside world; the external scene was no longer distorted but had returned to normal.

"Rumble!"

The Scarlet Lord then realized another lightning spear had pierced his body, and a vast amount of lightning was destroying his body.

He had mastered two Six-Tribulation Realm rules: the 'Rule of Blood' and the 'Rule of Gravity'. The combination of these two rules allowed him to cultivate an incredibly powerful physical body. This external true body required over a hundred thousand units of external primordial crystals to cultivate. It was exceedingly powerful; even if he simply stood there, other top Six-Tribulation Realm mighty figures would find it difficult to severely injure him.

"'My consciousness was submerged for nearly a breath, and 30% of my physical body was destroyed?'" the Scarlet Lord thought, secretly astonished. Even without employing any defensive moves, simply letting himself be bombarded without resistance, having 30% of his physical body destroyed was still terrifying.

"'This lightning spear is causing my physical body to collapse at the particle level?'" the Scarlet Lord realized.

"Kill."

The Scarlet Lord couldn't afford to think further and instantly drew his blade.

The blade light flashed, traversing several hundred million miles and striking Meng Chuan. Meng Chuan dissipated like a phantom, reappearing several hundred million miles away.

"Too slow," Meng Chuan said, shaking his head slightly.

In terms of movement techniques, Meng Chuan, who had mastered the rules of lightning, particles, and space to near their limits, was indeed far too strong. He easily avoided the opponent's attacks. In fact, even if the opponent struck him, it wouldn't threaten his 'Particle Undying Body'; Meng Chuan simply didn't wish to be hit.

After his blade missed, just as the Scarlet Lord was about to unleash his power, he felt a pair of dark eyes appear in his mind.

"Not again!"

The dark eyes gazed at him, and the Scarlet Lord sank again, the outside world becoming twisted and illusory.

"Break, break, break, break free!"

The Scarlet Lord struggled desperately once more.

Finally, he struggled free once again. His body had now transformed into surging blood waves, and his injuries were more severe.

Although the Scarlet Lord's perception of the outside world had been blurry moments ago, he clearly knew that the Dongning City Lord had again bombarded him with lightning spears and intended to capture him and throw him into a prison. Therefore, relying on his blurry control over his physical body, he completely dispersed into a 'sea of blood'.

His physical body, when condensed, was powerful, but when completely dispersed into a sea of blood, its life-saving ability was even stronger.

"'Another 30% destroyed? One more time and I'd be finished, wouldn't I?'" The Scarlet Lord felt his sea-of-blood body was incredibly weak. Clearly, even in the sea-of-blood state, he could still be destroyed at the particle level.

"'His Primordial Spirit secret technique is too terrifying; I must leave quickly.'"

The Scarlet Lord dared not hesitate. This physical body of his had cost over a hundred thousand units; if it were utterly destroyed, the loss would be too great.

Immediately, a spacetime teleportation talisman was activated.

He immediately wrapped himself and fled. As he fled, he found a pair of dark eyes appear in his mind again.

As he traversed spacetime, the dark eyes also vanished from his mind.

"'Thankfully, I escaped quickly.'" At this moment, the Scarlet Lord actually felt fortunate for his decisiveness. If he had been even a little slower, he feared he would have lost his life there.