Chapter 491: Unying Blood Demon Body

Chapter 491: The Indestructible Blood Demon Physique

In truth, there was no need to witness the strange vision of the blood moon over the sacred mountain; before Zhao Changhe even arrived, he could roughly deduce what had transpired here.

It was nothing more than the escape of Venerable Duoluo, who had been squeezed out of the Blood Ao's body yesterday and fled into this place, causing trouble once again.

From his past experience in Kunlun, the mystic realm space formed by the Heavenly Book was actually coextensive with the vast territory of the entire Spirit Race; it would not generate an additional nested sub-realm inside. The reason this small, isolated space had formed was instead the result of a formation that Venerable Duoluo had constructed by utilizing the celestial phenomena, the mountain itself, and other elements.

Through the effects of this special formation, Venerable Duoluo had not only hidden the Ao Pool but had also concealed the existence of the Heavenly Book, hoping to claim it directly for himself once he revived. Thus, he had undoubtedly known of the Heavenly Book's existence from the very beginning, and immediately after his defeat yesterday, he had fled at top speed toward its location.

It was hard to say whether this concealment of his had trapped the Spirit Race or if it had actually been somewhat beneficial.

If the Heavenly Book had been laid bare right before the eyes of the Spirit Race, it might have given rise to a transcendent clan, but Zhao Changhe felt that the aura of the Heavenly Book was exceedingly peculiar. It was far more likely to leak out and arouse the greed of other entities, thereby inviting disaster instead.

For instance, back when Xia Longyuan conquered the Miao territory, if he had sensed the aura of the Heavenly Book here, there was a high probability he would have blasted his way in; alternatively, Ying Wu's Brotherhood was searching for these things day and night, and it was hard to say whether they might have discovered it.

With the Heavenly Book concealed, the Spirit Race certainly derived no benefit from it, yet they had also managed to multiply normally to this day, which could be considered the bliss of ignorance.

However, there was still one matter he had not quite figured out.

According to the Kunlun experience, these gods and demons were actually unable to approach the Heavenly Book. That was why the faction at Kunlun had to force Yu Xu to retrieve it, and when Yu Xu refused to cooperate, they resorted to trapping villains into doing this kind of work, which was a disguised way of eradicating evil. The same applied to the Blind Girl; she also hoped that he, Zhao Changhe, or the former Xia Longyuan could faithfully help her collect the Heavenly Book pages, indicating that she could not do it herself. If she could have retrieved them on her own, the matter would likely have been settled long ago...

There was a very high probability that it was a question of whether one possessed a physical body. Venerable Duoluo's fusion with the Blood Ao was also for the sake of obtaining a proper physical body to retrieve the Heavenly Book; a solitary soul could not take it, and the same logic applied to the Blind Girl and the Kunlun gods and demons.

In fact, before, when Venerable Duoluo's fusion with the Blood Ao was not quite complete, he had been unable to take it either. The reason he chose to send emissaries to the Spirit Race every year during the Dragon Boat Festival to demand sacrificial offerings was that during the festival, the Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon occupied the highest position in the sky for the entire year. It was the day when life force was at its most vibrant, making it the most favorable time for the fusion of his body and soul.

Although Zhao Changhe did not understand body-possession, he did understand the Rejuvenation Art, knew the intent of the Azure Dragon, and also understood the methods of tempering flesh and blood. In this regard, he might be even more of an expert than Venerable Duoluo, so he could determine that the beginning and end of the matter was definitely like this, without a doubt.

Therefore, Zhao Changhe was not terribly worried about Venerable Duoluo running toward the Heavenly Book; if the monk could have taken it, he would have done so long ago, so why would he have waited until now.

Yet, the result was that he actually could still stir up trouble. How was he doing it?

While Zhao Changhe pressed his hand against the blood moon, making others think he was analyzing the situation with complete confidence—as if the "Sacred Emissary knows everything"—in reality, his heart was shouting to the Blind Girl: "Blindie, open the door."

The Blind Girl replied, "Scram!"

"?" Zhao Changhe wondered in surprise, "Is it that time of the month?"

The Blind Girl sneered, "I reminded you about the Heavenly Book last night, yet you had the leisure to stay there and get a foot massage with someone. Now, why don't you go on ahead and keep doing it."

Zhao Changhe was greatly shocked, "Was that really you last night?"

"Go die for a bit!" With a heavy kick to his backside, he was sent hurtling straight into the blood moon.

"Holy shit, I still have to wait for Hongling!"

"She doesn't need you to wait!"

To outsiders, it looked as though the Sacred Emissary's figure flashed and he entered immediately, incredibly fast.

From behind, Yue Hongling swept over at high speed and asked Sisi urgently, "Why did he leave without explaining anything, suddenly going in all by himself?"

Sisi was also bewildered, "I don't know why he suddenly became so resolute. Perhaps something very urgent happened inside."

Yue Hongling stamped her foot and charged straight into the blood moon.

Strangely enough, she also went right inside... It was as if the barrier isolating the Spirit Race people was completely nonexistent before this young couple.

Sisi scratched her head and tried to go in herself to take a look, but as a result, she was bounced back by the blood moon, nearly falling squarely on her bottom.

"What is going on... Is Sister Yue also attuned to the Ancestral God?"

Of course there was an attunement, though it was not any so-called attunement to the Ancestral God.

If Zhao Changhe had not called out to the Blind Girl and had tried to charge in himself, he actually would have entered easily anyway, because that was the attunement derived from his long-term possession of two pages of the Heavenly Book toward another page.

Not everyone had engaged in dual cultivation with Zhao Changhe; Yue Hongling just happened to be the only one.

...

On the other side, inside the blood moon, Zhao Changhe plummeted inward like a cannonball, unable to stop at all.

Ahead was still the mountain body. Looking up, he could see the very tip of the mountain peak, where a golden book page hovered above, emitting a mysterious and vast aura. This aura gave Zhao Changhe a sense of familiarity, and he distinguished almost immediately what kind of nature this page of the Heavenly Book possessed.

If the initial gold foil was considered a general outline of martial arts, and the page from Kunlun subdivided the domains of nature, mountains and rivers, flowers and plants, the power of sound and imagery, the utility of the five elements, and so forth, then the page before his eyes was related to life: the strength of the Dragon-Elephant, the secrets of witchcraft and Gu, the giant Ao treading upon the four seas with legs that supported heaven and earth, and the Kunpeng spreading its wings across the firmament with wings that blotted out the sun and obscured the sky.

Strength, speed, agility. The tempering of the physical body, the rushing of bloodlines, and... the ethereal qi of the human body: true qi, blood qi, malevolent qi, hostile qi... all of them were encompassed.

The Heavenly Book was a synthesis of the martial path; it was not a display of Genesis, but rather everything related to martial arts. With just a single glance, a relevant martial artist could obtain an inspiration belonging to themselves, or even gain comprehension of a divine art.

Unfortunately, at this moment, Zhao Changhe did not want to be inspired; he only knew that he was about to crash to his death headfirst.

"Bang!" Zhao Changhe flattened straight against the mountain body ahead, slowly sliding down.

"Oh, the second tier of the Blood Asura Body, quite decent. This strike-resistance capability has clearly improved. Is it the merit of the Juntian Blood Jade?" The Blind Girl clicked her tongue, "Whenever this sliding down can carve out a trench, you might just reach grand completion."

Zhao Changhe said in exasperation, "We aren't here for sightseeing!"

Of course they weren't here for sightseeing; he could see a figure drenched in blood standing before the Heavenly Book, clutching it and screaming in agony.

The sight of that flesh and blood shattering and restructuring made one's heart go numb; it was even impossible to see clearly what his face looked like.

But Zhao Changhe could guess that this was Shi Wuding.

Shi Wuding had rolled down the cliff and was not very far from the sacred mountain; the probability of Venerable Duoluo encountering him while running in this direction was quite high. Since both were enemies of Zhao Changhe, they naturally struck a deal right away... Whether he had been possessed or if Duoluo was lodged somewhere on his body like the Blind Girl, in short, the reason he could approach the Heavenly Book had been found, since he now had a physical body.

And beside him, there was another object like a blood bubble, throbbing on the ground, beating just like a heart.

Was this Venerable Duoluo?

The Blind Girl said coldly, "They desired to take the Heavenly Book but were strongly rejected, turning into this state."

Zhao Changhe said, "The Heavenly Book can reject people? Why doesn't it reject me?"

The Blind Girl sneered, "You are welcome to try."

Zhao Changhe: "..."

"The other pages are fine, but this page is the path of life. One is incomplete, and the other is merely a remnant soul; it would be a wonder if the Heavenly Book accepted this kind of trash." The Blind Girl said indifferently, "Of course, this rejection is not a complete refusal either. As long as they become a complete life form, the Heavenly Book will naturally recognize them."

Incomplete... Did this refer to Shi Wuding being heavily injured? If that was the case, wasn't he himself incomplete too...

"How do they become complete?" Zhao Changhe asked cautiously.

"Duoluo naturally possesses the Buddhist creation from nothing and the divine ability to grow flesh over bone. Compounded with the methods of flesh and blood he has comprehended within the Blood Ao over these years, and with the assistance of the Heavenly Book, he can naturally cause Shi Wuding to shed his mortal body and exchange his bones. And he himself is the same; as long as he obtains flesh and blood, he will have the chance to manifest and become a human being. The blood color in the heavens and the blood moon before your eyes are both celestial phenomena drawn forth by the emergence of this divine art into the world!"

"Divine art..."

"Naturally, it is a special divine art that combines Duoluo's two types of abilities, which could perhaps be called the Indestructible Blood Demon Physique... If Shi Wuding also knows how to integrate his own intent of sword-qi rebirth, he can probably transform into a kind of Indestructible Sword Physique as well. In front of the Heavenly Book, the birth of any divine art is not surprising. There is only one person whose head is full of white turbid fluid, who has carried two pages of the Heavenly Book for a year, and is still like a weakling, knowing absolutely nothing."

Zhao Changhe: "..."

"Swish swish swish!" Along with the voice, the blood-man's screams gradually diminished, and the blood splatters around his body encircled him like sword qi, grim as a forest.

The blood-man Shi Wuding panted, slowly uttering, "Zhao... Chang... He..."

"They are already close to completion... Once completed, let alone taking away the Heavenly Book, Shi Wuding will even break through to the Triple Secret Realm and kill all of you." The Blind Girl sneered, "With a matter as urgent as fire singeing your eyebrows right before you, are you still getting a foot massage?"

"Isn't it still incomplete." Zhao Changhe's Longque left its sheath, and with a sudden leap, he slashed straight at the blood-man-like Shi Wuding.

"Roar!" Shi Wuding let out a non-human roar and abruptly slapped back with his hand, striking the side of Longque squarely.

It was clearly just a single palm strike, yet it was sharp sword qi that pierced into the meridians. Zhao Changhe had not recovered from his injuries, and he was forced into a slight stumble by the impact. Behind him, sword qi whistled as Yue Hongling arrived just in time, her sword bypassing Zhao Changhe's side to take on this palm strike from Shi Wuding.

Shi Wuding panted, looking at this adulterous couple who were like pieces of plaster, always fighting side-by-side no matter what, feeling utterly suffocated in his heart.

Fighting one was never a problem, but fighting the two of them together was always excruciatingly frustrating.

Historically, swordsmen were always lonely, sword-slaves were merely tools, and the only thing they ever trusted was the sword in their own hand.

At this moment, Shi Wuding was deeply regretful. If he had brought his sword slaves into this secret realm instead of having them guard the entrance to keep others out... perhaps with the combined strength of everyone, they would have won long ago. How could it have come to this?

Or if Han Wubing had not turned against him, with his sense of loyalty, he would never have watched his master suffer so.

Alas, there are no ifs.

But it didn't matter. This time, Shi Wuding also had help.

From the blood bubble pulsating like a heart over there, a wave of extremely sinister blood energy suddenly emanated, sweeping over Yue Hongling's body.

When the Buddha-light-illuminating Buddhist method transformed into a flesh-and-blood witchcraft, was that the withering of death?

Yue Hongling felt suffocated, dizzy, her heartbeat began to stop, and even her fair skin had the illusion of about to wither.

“Whoosh!” Zhao Changhe flung the bone sword, stabbing straight into the blood bubble: “You hold off Shi Wuding, I'll deal with this one.”