Chapter 2295: Blood Red Light
Chapter 2295: Blood Red Light
Zhao Hai walked calmly across the grassland, the same grassland where he had killed the Blood Wolves. He had previously visited the mountain with the blood mace but couldn’t see anything else there, so he returned to this grassland. He wanted to see if he could encounter Blood Beasts.
Blood wolves are just a type of demonic beast, not blood beasts. Blood beasts and demonic beasts are different. Blood pools only exist where blood beasts are, and the demonic blood in the blood pools is what the Forbidden Path Sect needs. Zhao Hai didn’t know where the blood pools in the Blood Demon Realm were, so he could only try his luck.
Logically speaking, the people from the Forbidden Path Sect have been to the Demon Blood Realm many times, so they should know where the Blood Pools are. However, this was not the case. The Blood Pools in the Blood Demon Realm are very strange. It is as if they are living beings. Once you take demon blood from the Blood Pools, the Blood Pools would slowly seep into the ground and then reappear in another place. They seem to be alive, not dead.
That is why every time someone from the Forbidden Path Sect enters the Blood Demon Realm, they have to start searching for their own blood pool again, mostly by relying on their luck.
Zhao Hai’s trip to the grassland wasn’t entirely relying on luck. Although the Blood Wolf is a type of demon beast rather than a blood beast, in the Demon Blood Realm, demon beasts can still use blood pools to cultivate. There’s such a large pack of wolves on this grassland, and these Blood Wolves aren’t weak either, so Zhao Hai thought there might be a blood pool somewhere on the grassland, which is why he came here to look for it.
As Zhao Hai continued his journey, the sky gradually darkened. To Zhao Hai’s surprise, a moon could still appear after dark, although it was blood red. The moon shrouded the entire Blood Demon Realm in a thick red light, making it look extremely eerie.
Zhao Hai continued on his journey into the night. There weren’t many things in the Blood Demon Realm that could threaten him, and there were no cultivators above the Teleportation Realm here. Those people couldn’t possibly detect his strength, let alone the existence of his spatial abilities, so Zhao Hai felt completely at ease acting at night.
After walking for more than three hours, Zhao Hai finally arrived at the depths of the blood-red grassland. To Zhao Hai’s surprise, the depths of the grassland turned out to be a desert, and the sand was also blood-red.
Zhao Hai naturally didn’t stand on ceremony and directly collected some of the sand for the SPace. This sand was also quite special. It was a type of poisonous sand. However, the blood poison it contained wasn’t particularly strong, so it wasn’t very useful to Zhao Hai.
What puzzled Zhao Hai was that he hadn’t seen a single blood wolf after being here for so long. He knew that although he had killed many of the blood wolves last time, quite a few remained. These blood wolves should live on the grasslands, but he hadn’t seen a single one there. Now that he has reached the desert, could it be that the blood wolves were hiding there?
While thinking about these things, Zhao Hai already stepped into the desert. The desert looked very large and very desolate, giving people a cold feeling.
Zhao Hai had just walked about ten kilometers into the desert when he heard a wolf howl. Then he saw a large group of blood wolves charging towards him from a distance.
Zhao Hai, seeing that there were probably around a thousand blood wolves, didn’t hold back and waved his hand, releasing the Silver Tiger once more. This time, the Silver Tiger’s body had turned blood red. As soon as the Silver Tiger appeared, it immediately released twelve metal beasts. Together with the blood wolves from before, clashed instantly with the incoming enemies. Zhao Hai discovered that for every blood wolf that died, he would gain a trace of blood qi. Although this blood qi was insignificant compared to the blood qi of the Crazed Elephant, it added up little by little. In the future, as long as he fought battles, the blood qi from those battles would accumulate and replenish him, resulting in an astonishing amount of blood qi he could use.
The number of Silver Beasts increased while the number of Blood Wolves decreased. However, this time the Blood Wolves did not retreat. They seemed to be fearless and kept attacking the Silver Beasts. Although the attacks were futile, they did not stop and continued to attack.
To be honest, Zhao Hai quite liked wolves. Their wildness, their unity, and their loyalty were rare among the demonic beasts. However, the fact that those blood wolves were clearly protecting something made Zhao Hai even more curious. He wanted to see what exactly those blood wolves were protecting.
The wolf pack dwindled to just over a hundred, all wounded. But the blood wolves did not retreat. Before long, all of them were killed, leaving behind a field of corpses.
Zhao Hai couldn’t help but sigh. Then all of a sudden, a wolf howl came, and a huge blood wolf slowly walked out from the depths of the desert. Zhao Hai was stunned when he saw the blood wolf. This was because he felt that the blood wolf’s aura was somewhat unstable, as if it had just broken through.
This discovery caused Zhao Hai to stare, but it also made him realize that the blood wolves were indeed protecting something, their leader. And this blood wolf leader had just broken through to the next level. Now, the strength of this blood wolf leader was equivalent to a cultivator at the Teleportation Realm, albeit his strength was still a bit unstable.
Zhao Hai waved his hand, and all the Silver Beasts were sent back to the Space. He wanted to deal with the Blood Wolf leader himself. It wasn’t that he didn’t trust the Silver Beasts, but he believed that the Blood Wolf leader shouldn’t die at their hands, which would be disrespectful.
The leader of the Blood Wolves also saw Zhao Hai. His eyes revealed a deep-seated hatred. Then, he suddenly rushed forward and pounced on Zhao Hai.
Zhao Hai knew that this blood wolf had just broken through and couldn’t teleport yet, which was why it was using this attack method. Zhao Hai roared and charged forward, and the two of them began to fight.
The Blood Wolf leader was incredibly powerful, but Zhao Hai’s defense was equally formidable. Combined with his strength, the Blood Wolf simply couldn’t do anything to him.
Even so, Zhao Hai’s clothes were torn in many places by the Blood Wolf. If it weren’t for Zhao Hai’s defensive capabilities, he would probably be injured by now.
The Blood Wolf leader’s attacks proved fruitless, and the hatred in his eyes grew even more intense. Then, he opened his mouth wide, and a beam of blood-red light shot out towards Zhao Hai at an incredible speed. Zhao Hai had no chance to dodge it.
As soon as the beam hit Zhao Hai, he felt the blood qi in his body disappearing. Before long, the blood qi in his body had decreased by one layer. This was only because his blood qi was thick. If it were an ordinary cultivator, he would probably lose all his blood qi and be killed by the beam.
Zhao Hai didn’t expect the Blood Wolf leader to possess such skill. He no longer dared to hold back. He immediately unleashed his full power, while also keeping a close eye on the Blood Wolf leader’s mouth, determined not to give him a second chance to unleash that beam.
However, the Blood Wolf leader was clearly not very proficient in using the blood red beam. After using it once, he did not immediately use it a second time, and his expression was even more dispirited than before.
Although Zhao Hai lost some of his blood qi, his blood qi was still extremely strong and powerful. The blood wolf leader was no match for him. After fighting the blood wolf for more than a hundred moves, the blood wolf was finally killed by Zhao Hai with a single punch.
Zhao Hai collected the Blood Wolf Leader’s corpse as well as its demon core. Then he immediately sat cross-legged, absorbing the core to replenish his own blood qi.
Previously, Zhao Hai had believed himself to be immortal due to his various extraordinary abilities, but today’s battle with the Blood Wolf revealed that he wasn’t truly immortal, he could still die. The method to defeat him was quite simple. Just like what the Blood Wolf leader did, shine that blood red beam on him. A beam that drains one’s blood qi. After being exposed to beamlight for a period of time, Zhao Hai’s blood qi would completely drain away. And once it was gone, he would naturally die.
Actually, when the beam shone on Zhao Hai, some of it was already absorbed by the Space. However, the Space indicated that the beam was an unknown energy and its level was extremely high. The Space was currently unable to analyze the light, but it could generate that kind of light. In other words, Zhao Hai could use that beam to deal with others in the future, but the Space was currently unable to decipher it. If Zhao Hai were to be exposed to that beam of light again, he would still lose his blood qi.
Although there was no way to counter it, Zhao Hai felt it was worth it to have obtained such a trump card. After all, he had only seen Blood Wolf leader use this light once, and had never seen anyone else use it, or even heard of it. In other words, this light posed very little threat to him.
After refining the demon core of the Blood Wolf leader, Zhao Hai’s blood qi was completely replenished, with even some of the demon core remaining. Satisfied, Zhao Hai stood up and waved his hand. A beam of blood-red light shot out from his hand and shone directly on the Blood Wolf leader’s corpse on the ground. Under Zhao Hai’s gaze, the Blood Wolf leader’s corpse lost all its blood qi in the blink of an eye and turned into a pile of ashes.
Zhao Hai put away the red light, feeling quite surprised. He really hadn’t expected the light to be so powerful. But thinking about it, it made sense. His current defensive capabilities were equivalent to those of a Diamond Body Realm cultivator yet he still lost a layer of his blood qi after being hit by that light. In other words, the light could ignore robust defenses. Such an attack was truly too powerful.
Although Zhao Hai now believes he can escape with his life even against a Diamond Body Realm cultivator, defeating one is extremely difficult. With his current strength, breaking through a Diamond Body Realm cultivator’s defenses is very challenging. However, things are different now. With this red light in hand, he can completely ignore the Diamond Body Realm cultivator’s defenses and directly cause them to lose their blood qi. Although the blood qi of a Vajra Realm cultivator is extremely strong, they probably can’t withstand being exposed to this light for too long.
The name “Diamond Body” means that one’s body is as strong as diamond, impervious to all blades. In other words, upon reaching the Diamond Body Realm, your body will be transformed by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, becoming extremely powerful. Under these circumstances, your blood qi will naturally become extremely rich as well. Ordinary teleportation realm cultivators are no match for a single move from a Diamond Body Realm cultivator.
Besides their intense blood qi, Diamond Body Realm cultivators also possess terrifying recovery abilities. However, Zhao Hai believed that even if Diamond Body Realm cultivators had strong blood energy, it might not be as strong as his, and even if their recovery ability was fast, it might not be as fast as his. Therefore, he believed that the red light would definitely be useful to Diamond Body Realm cultivators.
Now, Zhao Hai really wants to find anyone who can use this red light to test it out. He also wanted to see if he could block the red light after crystallization. When he was hit by the red light before, he did not use his ability to crystallize, which is why his blood qi was lost so quickly. He wants to see if his blood qi would still be lost so quickly if he used the ability to crystallize.
Unfortunately, Zhao Hai can no longer find anyone who can use this red light. Although he himself knows this light, it cannot harm him, so even if he wanted to try it out, it would be impossible.
After taking a deep breath, Zhao Hai walked into the desert. When he fought the blood wolf leader earlier, Zhao Hai smelled a very strong bloody odor. He was certain that there must be a blood pool somewhere in the desert. What Zhao Hai needed to do now was to find that blood pool and take some of the demonic blood from it.
After walking for about half an hour, a strong smell of blood hit him. Zhao Hai quickened his pace and leaped over a sand dune where a huge lake appeared before him.
This was a huge lake spanning over a hundred kilometers. Most importantly, the water in the lake was almost stagnant and it was emitting a very strong stench of blood. Zhao Hai knew he had found the right place. There really was a blood pool here, and a massive one at that.
However, Zhao Shao did not immediately go down to collect the demonic blood from the blood pool. He was well aware that such a huge blood pool must contain extremely powerful blood beasts. If he rashly went down, he might encounter attacks from those blood beasts. Zhao Hai had heard that a level three blood beast was enough to deal with a cultivator at the teleportation realm. Moreover, the larger the blood pool, the stronger the blood beasts. He really couldn’t imagine how powerful the blood beasts in such a large blood pool were. He dared not take the risk of putting himself in danger for a little demonic blood. Zhao Hai wasn’t foolish enough to do that.