Chapter 2055: Please the Saint Venerate to Die

“Good, good, good!” Lingze burst out laughing. Although he had expected this, seeing Ma Shangsi truly behave so spinelessly, a flicker of disdain still crossed his eyes.

He raised a hand, and a fierce, bloody light surged on his palm, slowly congealing. After a long while, a single drop of precious blood, as red as a ruby, finally formed.

A hint of fatigue and weakness surprisingly appeared on Lingze’s face.

It was also the first time Lu Ye had personally witnessed another Blood Race Holy Venerable condense their own precious blood. Compared to himself, Lingze was not just a little bit inferior.

Ma Shangsi’s gaze immediately fixated on the drop of precious blood, as greedy as a leech.

This was the expected reaction of any ordinary Blood Race member.

Lingze smiled faintly: “Take it. Refine it right here. I will protect you!”

Although Ma Shangsi had agreed to become his Blood Servant, and the process of refining the precious blood would involve no accidents or dangers, such a matter naturally had to be completed under his watchful eye. Lingze would not possibly let him leave before Ma Shangsi refined the precious blood.

“Yes!” Ma Shangsi took a few steps forward and respectfully took the ruby-like precious blood from Lingze’s hand. He then stepped back, sat cross-legged, and swallowed the precious blood whole.

The next moment, blood qi surged around him, spreading in all directions. Within a short period, the entire hall was enveloped in a crimson glow, and intense energy fluctuations rippled out from it.

“Hmm?” Lingze, seated above, suddenly frowned. He vaguely felt that something wasn't quite right. As a newly ascended Sunlit cultivator, Ma Shangsi’s blood qi seemed overly dense, which undoubtedly indicated a very solid foundation.

That alone wouldn't have been an issue, but the commotion Ma Shangsi was making while refining the precious blood… it was quite substantial.

Normally, refining precious blood wouldn't create such a large disturbance. He had taken a Blood Servant before, and when that Blood Servant refined their own precious blood, it wasn’t like this.

Could it be because Ma Shangsi was already a Sunlit cultivator?

After all, he had never taken a Sunlit cultivator as a Blood Servant before, so he truly didn't know if this was a normal phenomenon.

Just as he was about to continue observing, Ma Shangsi, who had been sitting cross-legged with closed eyes, suddenly opened them. A low voice rang out: “Holy Venerable!”

“What is it?” Lingze replied.

“Holy Venerable, please prepare to die!”

Almost at the same moment Ma Shangsi’s words fell, the already immense blood qi suddenly became even denser. Concurrently, the resonant clang of a blade echoed.

Before Lingze could even react to what was happening, he suddenly felt an extremely terrifying sanctity erupt within the surrounding blood qi.

The intensity of that sanctity was something even the purest bloodline in this world couldn't compare to.

This sudden suppression made Lingze groan involuntarily, his face turning pale.

A figure had already moved to strike him. Lingze only vaguely saw a flash of blade light, then felt a sharp pain as his internal blood crystal shattered!

His formidable cultivation as a late-stage Sunlit cultivator plummeted wildly as his blood crystal shattered. Then he felt a large hand press against his forehead. A sanctity even more terrifying than what he had just experienced enveloped his mind…

It was a level he couldn't even begin to imagine. Facing this second type of sanctity, he felt as if he had fallen into the vast, boundless starry sky, endless and without any support.

“You…” A short gasp also came from Tianyu, as Ma Shangsi had already lunged at him and grasped his head.

The sudden turn of events caught Tianyu completely off guard, and he had no idea why Ma Shangsi would suddenly attack him.

Before he could even ask for clarification, Ma Shangsi tightened his grip, crushing his skull.

There was a gap in their strengths, and Tianyu was also suppressed by the sanctity. He had no power to resist in front of Ma Shangsi.

Meanwhile, Lu Ye had already reached out and pressed his hand onto Lingze’s forehead, his divine sense surging.

A Spark of Understanding!

From the moment Lingze summoned Ma Shangsi here, intending to take him as a Blood Servant, Lingze and his son were doomed to a grim fate.

Ma Shangsi couldn't possibly refine Lingze’s precious blood; he was incapable of it. Therefore, if events were allowed to unfold naturally, Lingze would soon discover something amiss, and then realize that Ma Shangsi had already become a Holy Venerable.

Given this, killing was the only option!

On this point, Lu Ye and his servant shared a tacit understanding.

However, killing Lingze was not Lu Ye’s sole objective for this trip. He needed to understand more things. He had just been considering how to infiltrate Tianya Pavilion, and using Lingze’s identity was undoubtedly a good method.

He could use the Thousand-Face Spiritual Mark to disguise himself as Lingze and even activate Mimicry to simulate Lingze’s aura. Only Lingze’s memories required A Spark of Understanding to probe.

If possible, Lu Ye would not have wished to do this. Probing others’ memories was never a pleasant experience. Especially with a late-stage Sunlit cultivator like Lingze, whose life’s memories were incredibly vast and complex, this level of probing would cause a great impact on Lu Ye himself.

Having killed so many Blood Race members, he naturally knew the location of their blood crystals. Taking advantage of Lingze being suppressed by Ma Shangsi’s sanctity, he shattered the opponent’s blood crystal with a single strike.

This ensured that Lingze would not die immediately. Instead, his cultivation would rapidly recede, making it easier for Lu Ye to carry out his plan.

At this moment, his own sanctity also erupted, and Lingze became completely like fish on a chopping block.

Upon activating A Spark of Understanding, Lu Ye, however, didn't perceive any of Lingze’s memories. Instead, he felt some resistance.

He immediately realized that cultivation at the Sunlit level already involved the spiritual realm. For him to probe the memories of a Sunlit cultivator with a single divine mark would not be as easy as before.

Even though Lingze was severely injured and his cultivation had receded, these were merely physical repercussions. His spiritual soul attainments were not significantly affected.

What was obstructing his probing at this moment was undoubtedly Lingze’s spiritual soul barrier!

Realizing this, Lu Ye immediately channeled his soul power to activate the Sharp Divine Mark, transforming it into successive attacks that blasted into the ethereal realm.

It took more than a dozen direct assaults for him to breach Lingze’s spiritual soul barrier. During this process, Lingze’s face contorted in agony.

With the spiritual soul barrier no longer impeding him, a vast amount of convoluted information flooded into Lu Ye’s mind, making his expression contort in struggle. It felt as if his entire head was crammed with a multitude of useless things, making his consciousness feel heavy.

He then channeled more soul power into the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus. Seven-colored radiance bloomed, and the heavy sensation abruptly vanished, replaced by significant ease.

Originally, with the shattering of his blood crystal, Lingze had fallen into a coma. However, Lu Ye’s actions finally roused him.

He groggily opened his eyes and saw Lu Ye’s face. Then, feeling his own condition, Lingze’s heart sank to rock bottom…

For any Blood Race member, the shattering of the spiritual crystal was an irreparable injury. It could be said that with its shattering, most of a lifetime’s cultivation would dissipate. Even if one didn't die, only physical accumulation would remain.

Moreover, Lu Ye’s actions at this moment sent shivers down Lingze’s spine.

“Soul search?” His expression was twisted, and he gritted his teeth, letting out a low growl. Mustering his last shred of clarity, he exerted his soul power, and with a sudden surge, his spiritual soul instantly left his body.

A crimson light shot straight towards Lu Ye’s head.

Such desperation from Lingze was unexpected by Lu Ye. For the current Lu Ye, killing a Blood Race Sunlit cultivator was simple, but he couldn’t account for their desperate struggle.

After his spiritual soul left his body, Lingze’s physical body became an empty shell. A Spark of Understanding, when he cast it, could no longer glean any information.

The next moment, Lu Ye felt his own spiritual soul barrier violently shake.

As expected of a late-stage Sunlit cultivator, launching a direct attack by separating his spiritual soul was indeed exceptionally fierce. Lu Ye’s spiritual soul barrier was far beyond what an ordinary newly ascended Sunlit cultivator could compare to. Under the nurturing of the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus over the years, his soul power had constantly grown, making his spiritual soul barrier extremely resilient.

Even so, he couldn't completely block Lingze’s desperate assault.

In that case…

Lu Ye simply lowered his spiritual soul barrier, allowing Lingze’s soul body to pass straight through.

His thoughts settled. The next moment, in Lu Ye’s Sea of Consciousness, his soul body manifested, and he immediately saw Lingze, who had intruded into his Sea of Consciousness.

At this moment, Lingze was merely a human-shaped crimson light. He was holding an object that looked like a bottle, but it was also blood-colored.

Lu Ye scrutinized it closely and immediately determined that the bottle-like object was not a soul treasure. Since it wasn’t a soul treasure, it must be Lingze’s Soul Suppression Secret Art.

He wondered what kind of power this object could unleash.

“Who are you?” Lingze roared in fury. Having suffered such a great loss this time, even if he miraculously survived, his lifetime of cultivation would be gone forever.

He couldn’t understand who he had offended or provoked, to be ambushed in his own territory for no reason.

One more thing puzzled him: the terrifying sanctity Lu Ye had unleashed earlier. It was a level he couldn't imagine, a height that shouldn't exist in this world.

Had he not been suppressed by such terrifying sanctity, he wouldn't have been utterly defenseless.

Lu Ye completely ignored him. Although the recent events were brief and Ma Shangsi’s blood art provided concealment, it was better to be cautious and finish quickly.

With a thought, he also activated his own Soul Suppression Secret Art.

The next moment, under Lingze’s dumbfounded gaze, a warship appeared out of thin air beneath Lu Ye’s feet, rapidly solidifying. On the warship, several busy figures also emerged.

Formation arrays hummed. The warship sliced through waves and charged towards Lingze.

Lingze was utterly dumbfounded. His own cultivated Soul Suppression Secret Art was already mysterious enough, but he never imagined there was something even more mysterious in this world than his own.

And this was Lu Ye’s Sea of Consciousness, his home ground.

The outcome of such a confrontation was naturally without suspense.

After Lingze blocked Lu Ye’s first few waves of attacks, he had no power left to retaliate, and was relentlessly blasted into fragments by Lu Ye, who controlled the Ghost Ship.

Crimson light scattered everywhere, but instead of falling into the Sea of Consciousness, it seemed to be drawn by some force, gathering uniformly towards the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus.

Lu Ye focused his gaze, observing that the crimson light was quickly devoured by the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus.

The next moment, a multitude of scattered, disorganized memories surfaced in Lu Ye’s mind, and these memories, astonishingly, all belonged to Lingze.

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