Chapter 253: Bloodline Hatred

"During ancient times, performing the ritual as I instructed caused no problems. What's going on now?"

The Immortal Fairy, quick to correct her mistakes, sought out the problem and looked for solutions to prevent future errors.

"I understand now. The barbarian tribes I knew in ancient times were the first generation, with pure bloodlines, and they directly benefited from my blessings!"

"After 300,000 years of inheritance, the proportion of immortal blessings in the ancient barbarian bloodline has diminished, and by this generation, it's very low."

"So, when my blessings were strong, they had a suppressing effect on demonic beasts, but when they're weak, the beasts retaliate against me?"

"They're just bullies! How does the Qilin Immortal manage these demonic beasts? They show me no respect at all!"

The more the Immortal Fairy thought about it, the angrier she became. She decided that once she found the Qilin Immortal, she would teach him a good lesson.

"Fairy, is there a way to make Mang Gu's ancient barbarian bloodline recede again?" Lu Yang had somewhat anticipated that activating the ancient barbarian bloodline would attract enmity.

After all, given the things the Immortal Fairy did when she was alive that angered both gods and humans, it was only normal for her to have enemies.

It was only because the Immortal Fairy was still alive before that she could suppress them.

As soon as the Immortal Fairy faltered, her enemies sensed it and came flocking.

The Immortal Fairy mused, "I hadn't considered that. Let me think... Shouting 'The Qilin Immortal is a scoundrel'... No, that might attract more trouble."

"Ah, I remember! By having Mang Gu continuously shout 'Immortal Fairy lives forever,' his bloodline can be further activated, reaching a level where it can suppress demonic beasts!"

Lu Yang felt this method sounded quite unreliable.

"Let's fight them. It's only six Golden Core stage demonic beasts; the four of us can handle them." Lu Yang sighed, realizing his cheat power had failed, and began formulating a battle plan.

"Meng Jingzhou and I will each handle two Golden Core stage demonic beasts. Junior Sister Tao and Mang Gu, you two will each take on one—yes, those two late-Golden Core stage beasts are yours."

The four had come to the dense forest precisely to seek out combat opportunities, so advancing their plan a little earlier wasn't a major issue.

Tao Yaoye and Mang Gu felt immense pressure, as they had never faced Golden Core stage demonic beasts before.

Mang Gu felt the most pressure. He helplessly said, "Brother Lu, I have no objection to your battle plan, but I do have a question."

"What is it?"

"All six demonic beasts seem to be targeting me. How do we fight them?"

Lu Yang: "...The three of us will go first and leave one for you."

A patterned giant python, about ten meters long, flickered its tongue, its eyes cold. Its body taut, it slithered rapidly across the ground, aiming to constrict Mang Gu.

It had never met Mang Gu before, but the source of its bloodline kept telling it that this person was dangerous and must be killed.

So, it decided to kill him!

He was only at the late Foundation Establishment stage!

It tightly coiled around Mang Gu, making it difficult for him to breathe, his face turning pale. Suddenly, the giant python felt its body lighten, and the Mang Gu it had been coiling around vanished.

The python's pupils constricted sharply as it realized the problem.

It had unknowingly fallen into an illusion!

"Your opponent is me."

A graceful figure stood behind the giant python, holding a red paper umbrella, like a beauty from a painting.

The giant python abruptly turned its head, just as it was about to attack Tao Yaoye, only to see one graceful figure after another emerge from behind her, surrounding it completely.

It had fallen into another illusion!

Lu Yang raised his sword and walked step by step towards the two demonic beasts, the tip of his blade tracing a straight mark on the ground.

Suddenly, Lu Yang flicked his sword upwards, raising dust that narrowed the eyes of the two demonic beasts.

The two demonic beasts unfurled their spiritual senses, searching for Lu Yang.

However, they found no trace of him. Instead, a magnificent striped tiger appeared, holding an unparalleled treasured sword in its mouth.

Lu Clan Pictographic Fist, First Form – Tiger Fist!

The two demonic beasts had not anticipated this situation and were momentarily stunned.

In that moment of shock, the striped tiger, still holding the sword, attacked, aiming to sever the necks of the two demonic beasts!

The two demonic beasts quickly dodged. The Azure Edge Sword grazed past their fur, slicing an opening in their proud coats, causing blood to flow freely.

The two demonic beasts were not to be underestimated. They controlled the muscles around their wounds, using their strength to directly seal them.

Golden Core stage cultivators could manipulate every part of their bodies!

This was precisely why Lu Yang had said that the Combined Combat Technique would only be able to patch its loopholes at the Golden Core stage.

The striped tiger's claws were already sharp enough to tear flesh and bone off a person. Now, with the sword in its mouth, its combat power increased even further!

It was like adding a sword to a tiger!

The two demonic beasts searched for the striped tiger but found nothing.

Where was it?

One of the demonic beasts reacted first, staring at the ground. Just as it was about to spread its spiritual sense to investigate, the tiger emerged from the ground and thrust its sword!

It directly severed one of the demonic beast's forelegs!

The two demonic beasts tried to counterattack, but saw the tiger leap back into the mud.

For Lu Yang, who had mastered the Earth Shrinking spell, the mud was not mud, but a pool of water!

Mang Gu was facing an armored demonic beast, about the height of a person. Its scales resembled fish scales, yet were finer, more like a pangolin's.

The armored demonic beast roared and charged at Mang Gu.

Not to be outdone, Mang Gu shouted, "Immortal Fairy, protect me!" and also charged at the armored demonic beast.

The armored demonic beast had never seen such a courageous human. This mere human brat at the late Foundation Establishment stage dared to compete with it in physical strength?

*Boom!*

The human and the beast collided, the sound deafening.

Both sides stumbled back several steps, unable to maintain their footing, and eventually crashed into a large tree before stabilizing themselves.

The armored demonic beast treated this as a formidable challenge; it hadn't expected its opponent's physical body to be so terrifying, capable of matching its own.

Mang Gu was breathing heavily, having taken the worse end of the last collision. But as he continuously chanted the Immortal Fairy's name, he felt his physical body growing stronger.

"Immortal Fairy, protect me!"

He roared and charged at the armored demonic beast once more.

Like Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou was facing two mid-Golden Core stage demonic beasts: a tiger whose bloodline originated from the ancient great demon Lu Wu, and a lion whose bloodline came from the ancient Nine-Headed Lion. Neither was easy to deal with.

These two demonic beasts were even more dangerous than the two Lu Yang had encountered.

The two demonic beasts glared menacingly at Meng Jingzhou. The power of their bloodline urged them to kill Meng Jingzhou, this obstacle, and then kill Mang Gu.

This was hatred stemming from their bloodlines, unresolvable, unending, and could only be brought to a halt by death!

"Tsk, why is my luck so bad?"

Meng Jingzhou mumbled, fumbling in his robe. This made the two demonic beasts tense their bodies, focus their minds, and mobilize all their strength, confident they could dodge any hidden weapon Meng Jingzhou pulled out and then counter-kill him.

This was the pride stemming from their ancient bloodline!

With lightning speed, Meng Jingzhou tossed something glimmering with an unusual light far away, with no intention of aiming at the two demonic beasts.

The lion demon's eyesight was top-notch among Golden Core stage cultivators. It clearly saw what the item was, immediately turned its head, and ran off to chase it.

The tiger demon stood frozen, bewildered: "Human, what did you just throw?"

"A high-grade spirit stone."

The tiger demon immediately turned and went to pursue the lion demon.

Bloodline hatred didn't seem so important anymore.