"Goo goo~~"
Blood surged from the springs, churning out clouds of blood mist. The air above the eight blood pools was shrouded in mist, the primal energy exceedingly dense.
To cultivate here would surely break through the peak Heaven Fusion realm in half a month!
"Let's go!"
Elder Xue whispered to Elder Yue. As the two moved, Ying Yu and Yan Hai hastily followed.
"Plop~"
Each person occupied a blood pool and jumped in. Instantly, they cried out in pain, their faces contorted in agony.
"Xi Thirteen, you can meditate and cultivate here!"
Xu Chu said softly to Xi Thirteen beside him. As a Spirit Venerable, it certainly couldn't enter these blood pools.
"Don't worry, sirs. This one will guard all four directions for you!"
Xi Thirteen continuously stuffed various elixirs into its mouth, its skin glowing red.
"Let's go!"
Wang Yue glanced at the others. They nodded at each other and walked towards the Blood Refining Pools. Seeing the churning blood mist within, they hesitated not at all and stepped into the pools.
The blood pools were not deep; after they entered, the blood reached only their necks.
After they entered, especially Xu Chu's pool, it churned violently. The blood within the pool seemed to be drawn by some force, rushing madly into Xu Chu's physical body.
Compared to Xu Chu, the blood pools of the others merely churned up some waves; they did not surge as violently as Xu Chu's.
"Ah!"
Xu Chu roared ferociously. The thick, viscous blood madly broke through his skin. His entire body was a bloody mess, as if he had been flayed alive, a horrific sight.
"This isn't blood exchange, ah!"
Xu Chu screamed wildly, causing the others to shiver. Terrifying! Xu Chu now looked like a blood man, with some of his white bone structure exposed. Xi Thirteen, watching from afar, closed its eyes in terror.
Wang Yue and Li Bai did not have as strong a reaction as Xu Chu. Streams of blood instantly transformed into tiny blood snakes, piercing through the barriers of their hair and entering the minuscule pores, seeping into their flesh. A fierce blood-red light spread, nourishing their bodies layer by layer.
"Huff... huff..."
In less than a moment, all of them looked pale, their foreheads covered in cold sweat.
"Ah!"
Yan Hai roared. The blood energy within him began to surge. He, who already had a short lifespan, now seemed reborn. His skin gradually shed an old layer, revealing skin as tender as a baby's.
"Ah!"
Xu Chu suddenly stood up. The blood in the entire pool seemed to stick to him, impossible to shake off. The blood streams, like writhing snakes, coiled around Xu Chu, ten feet deep inside and out. At this moment, Xu Chu resembled a behemoth, filling the entire blood pool. Su Dan Novel Network
"General Xu Chu, hold on!"
Li Bai opened his eyes, gritting his teeth, and looked at the terrifying blood man. He too was being pulled by the blood pool, unable to stand. His primal energy was controlled by the blood, circulating throughout his body.
With each circulation, Li Bai felt his physical body growing stronger, and his own blood energy gradually becoming more robust.
"Ah!"
Wrapped in blood, Xu Chu continuously struck out. He could not see and his consciousness was extremely blurred. He furiously attacked his surroundings. The terrifying part was that his blow, capable of killing Cang Qian, landed within the blood water, yet it didn't even stir a ripple.
In the blink of an eye, they had spent seven days in the blood pools. Outside, a dark cloud had already descended.
...
"Report!"
"Prime Minister, General Cen Peng's urgent dispatch!"
"What?"
"Bring it!"
In the Prime Minister's mansion in Chang'an City of the Great Han, Li Si looked at the military report with a grave expression. At the junction of the Great Han's northern border and the Ancient Wilderness, layers of red mist began to appear, and the Void Seal started to crack.
This was not just happening on the Great Han's northern frontier; the same situation occurred wherever the Human Race territory in the Southwest Region connected to the Ancient Wilderness.
The entire Southwest Region began to panic. The people knew that the ancient seal was about to shatter completely, and disaster for the Human Race was imminent!
"Has the million-strong army of the barracks reached the various legions?"
It had been over a month since Wang Yue, Li Bai, and Xu Chu entered the Imperial Dynasty's secret treasure. The million-strong army, after Yang Hao continuously used the Barracks cards, had entered the Origin Returning realm a few days prior and departed from Chang'an that day to their respective legion garrisons.
"Reporting to the Prime Minister, it will still take about ten days for the armies to arrive!" The soldier, his face pale, shook his head. If the seal were to break now, even the mighty Great Han would suffer considerable losses.
"We can't delay any longer. You stay here and wait. I will go and see the King!"
As Li Si was about to step away, the old man who had disappeared for a month reappeared in the void. His benevolent eyes, filled with tears, swept over the homeland he had protected one last time.
"Hum~~"
The old man raised his palm. In his hand, he held a yellow scroll. At this moment, all the humans in the Southwest Region stopped in their tracks, gazing at the old man holding the yellow scroll.
"By order of His Majesty!"
"Edict!"
The old man roared, and the yellow scroll in his hand instantly emitted golden light, covering the entire Southwest Region.
"With me as the guide!"
"Reopen the Imperial Will!"
"Seal!"
The old man roared, and the white primal energy in his body surged, flowing into the yellow scroll. His body rapidly faded.
"Junior generations of the Southwest Region, I, Elder, inheriting the Imperial Will, using my Heaven-Piercing Mirror primal energy, will reseal the Imperial Seal and buy another half a year for our Human Race territory!"
"Open!"
The old man roared, and his entire body turned blood red. He instantly dissipated. At the moment of his dissipation, the old man turned his head slightly to look at this magnificent land.
"Hum~~"
The yellow scroll shattered, and a thousand-zhang figure clad in imperial robes and wearing a crown instantly appeared.
"Alas!"
"The seal has finally been broken!"
The figure sighed softly, instantly drew the Emperor's Sword from his waist, and swept it towards the ancient seal site!
"Bang!"
As the Emperor's Sword pierced the seal, layers of golden waves rapidly dispersed the red mist. Layers of interwoven gold, like a spiderweb, quickly covered the cracked void, resembling an unbreakable Vajra wall that re-stabilized the fracturing seal!
"Thus!"
"Alas!"
The figure in imperial robes sighed and vanished as the golden net took shape!
This sudden turn of events left the martial artists of the Southwest Region with mixed emotions of sorrow and joy. Sorrow that the seal would only protect the Southwest Region for half a year, and joy that the old man who guarded the Imperial Dynasty's palace had destroyed his own soul to unleash the Emperor's might and re-stabilize the seal!