In the valley at the bottom of the lake, Li Xiaotian and the dark figure remained silent for about five minutes.
Suddenly, the dark figure moved, but instead of continuing forward, it flew directly backward.
"Friend, though I don't know where you are hiding, I can be sure you are nearby."
"You are powerful. I thought you would be at least injured after killing Yuan Tian, but I didn't expect you to be unharmed."
"I hope we don't meet in the Blood Lake in the future."
The dark figure transmitted divine thoughts as it retreated, disappearing thousands of meters away in the blink of an eye.
"Gulp."
Li Xiaotian returned to human form and looked at the retreating dark figure with surprise.
He was certain that the other party had not discovered him, but the opponent's vigilance had sensed the danger of the place.
It was somewhat like the ability of the Dragon Horse to ward off evil and avoid harm, Li Xiaotian mused.
The two were separated by thousands of meters. Although with Li Xiaotian's strength, this distance could be covered in an instant, he knew he could not catch up to the dark figure.
At this moment, the dark figure in the distance also stopped. A pair of eyes appeared from the shadow, staring intently at Li Xiaotian.
"Shadow Realm, Ying Sha!" the dark figure transmitted divine thoughts.
"Demon Summoning Realm, Mo Tian." Li Xiaotian raised an eyebrow, looking at the dark figure with some surprise. Not running away anymore?
"Fellow Daoist Mo Tian, at the deepest part of the Blood Lake, there is a palace that opens once every hundred years. All beings that have left the Blood Lake will return then."
"Legend has it that the palace hides a trace of the Blood Lake Master's Great Dao, and whoever obtains it can see their path to higher realms."
"According to the timing, the palace at the deepest part of the Blood Lake will open in a month. I wonder if fellow Daoist is interested in cooperating?"
The dark figure spoke, its tone devoid of emotion.
Li Xiaotian raised an eyebrow. He had seen this matter in Yuan Tian's memory, but Yuan Tian was timid and never entered the palace whenever it opened.
After killing ten people in the Blood Lake, one could leave, and these leaving beings could freely enter and exit the Blood Lake thereafter.
Therefore, every hundred years when the palace opened, many strong individuals would return, including quite a few mid-tier powerhouses.
Furthermore, the most precious thing in the palace was that trace of the Blood Lake Master's Great Dao. In addition to that, the palace also contained various opportunities to help one break through to the mid-tier.
It could be said that every time the palace opened, it was accompanied by bloodshed, and even peerless mid-tier cultivators might fall.
"I'm not interested. I just want to get out quickly, I don't care about anything else."
Li Xiaotian said calmly. Setting aside whether he wanted to go or not, it was too presumptuous for Ying Sha to talk about cooperation with him on their first meeting.
"Heh heh, fellow Daoist, don't be too quick to refuse. There is still a month. If fellow Daoist agrees to cooperate, you just need to crush this item."
The dark figure said with a smile, simultaneously sending a stream of light towards Li Xiaotian.
Li Xiaotian reached out and caught it. It was a black crystal, but he couldn't tell what material it was made of.
By now, the dark figure had already left. Li Xiaotian stood in place, lost in thought, unable to understand the other's intentions. They had just met, and he was already proposing cooperation. Was it because he made the other feel threatened?
Interesting, Li Xiaotian smiled, then flew off in another direction.
In a month, he wanted to gather ten people. By then, he might go and check out that palace at the bottom of the lake.
In the Blood Lake, Li Xiaotian transformed back into a pool of blood, drifting with the undertow at the bottom of the lake.
He had now reached the bottleneck of the third tier. Breaking through to the mid-tier only required a catalyst.
But he was not in a hurry. He wanted to further strengthen his physique before breaking through.
The Undying Body was his goal!
The God Realm was too powerful. To protect Kyushu from the pursuit of the God Realm, he needed more trump cards.
A ripple came from the lake water. Li Xiaotian's heart stirred, and he controlled the blood water to drift towards the source of the ripple.
In the blood-red lake water, a figure exuding a terrifying aura was flying rapidly in one direction.
He had a human body and a dragon tail, clearly a member of the Dragon Clan.
Li Xiaotian sneered inwardly. Another Dragon Clan member. As expected of a top great clan in the Western Region. Thinking about it, since entering the Void Universe, he had encountered the most Dragon Clan members.
It was known that the Dragon Clan also had an ultimate world, which they called the Holy Realm, and it ranked quite high among the twelve ultimate worlds.
The Dragon Clan member in the lake water was flying at high speed, but suddenly, the lake water around him began to surge violently. Immediately, a blood-red giant hand appeared out of nowhere in the lake water and grabbed him.
"Damn it! Who is it? Get out!"
The Dragon Clan member roared. Just as he was about to resist with all his might, another blood-red giant hand appeared in the lake water around him.
One, two, three, a continuous stream of blood-red giant hands slapped towards him.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
In the blink of an eye, the Dragon Clan member let out a cry of unwillingness, and his body exploded on the spot.
Then, the surrounding lake water churned violently, swallowing the Dragon Clan member's corpse completely.
"Buzz!"
Another drop of blood, the size of a fist, appeared. This time, Li Xiaotian did not hesitate and directly opened his mouth to swallow it.
After a while, the lake water returned to calm, and Li Xiaotian left in a random direction.
The strength of this Dragon Clan member was weaker than the previous Yuan Tian, but he was still a peerless third-tier cultivator. If he had encountered someone else, he might have had a chance to escape, but unfortunately, he had encountered Li Xiaotian.
At Li Xiaotian's current strength, an ordinary peerless third-tier cultivator who met him would definitely be instantly killed by him.
Even then, he had not invaded the other's Great Dao space. Otherwise, the other party probably wouldn't even have a chance to react.