658: Chapter 209_3 658: Chapter 209_3 The tomb was incomparably massive, even larger than many palaces.
In front of the tomb stood a monument with six large characters carved on it.
[Tomb of the Heaven Illusion Sword Monarch]
Although the crowd had seen other tombs before, the sight of this one still filled them with a sense of awe.
Looking at those six characters, everyone felt as if each stroke and line of the characters was a sword move.
Strangely enough, there were chains on the tomb, linking the entire tomb and the monument together.
“Chains?
Only those formations intended for suppression would use such chains.
Why are there chains on this tomb?
To confine themselves?”
Beichen Ying muttered softly, and suddenly, the tomb started shaking violently.
Following that, a figure emerged before their eyes.
Heaven Illusion Sword Monarch!
Although they had previously seen the residual apparition of Heaven Illusion General and could not discern the details of Heaven Illusion Sword Monarch’s appearance, everyone felt as though they had seen him clearly before.
Yet, when they tried to recall, they felt they had forgotten what the Heaven Illusion Sword Monarch looked like.
The Heaven Illusion Sword Monarch nodded slightly toward the crowd and spoke slowly, “Congratulations, you have passed my trial.
By arriving here, you are now in a place where you can feel spiritual energy and restore your cultivation bases.
The long journey you took to get here, with your mortal bodies, must have spanned at least fifty years.
Fifty years are enough for you to understand the lives of mortals and to experience their suffering.
During these fifty years, no matter what difficulties, setbacks, or temptations you faced, you did not resort to killing each other and all made it here.
This proves that you are all people of virtue.”
Cao Zhen listened to the Heaven Illusion Sword Monarch’s words and felt secretly relieved, thankful that the Minor Era of Inversion of Heaven and Earth had arrived, changing the Heavenly Dao and damaging part of the formation here.
They were able to use their mana to summon a Flying Boat and fly here, otherwise, it would have taken them at least fifty years to reach this place!
And according to the Heaven Illusion Sword Monarch, there were various other dangers and temptations along the way!
Fortunately, they had flown directly and did not have to face other dangers.
But why did the Heaven Illusion Sword Monarch do this?
As he pondered this question, the voice of the Heaven Illusion Sword Monarch was heard again.
“You were able to discover my tomb and enter this world, which suggests your cultivation bases have reached the Earth Immortal Realm.
You naturally recognize this Blood River and should know of the Boundless Bloody Hell.
I, myself, have entered the Boundless Bloody Hell.”
Upon hearing this, everyone’s expression changed drastically, and they exchanged glances, all revealing a look of surprise.
Cao Zhen clearly remembered Lan Pili once said that nobody had seen what the Boundless Bloody Hell was like, and people only speculated that it was full of demonic beasts sustained by blood.
They also inferred that it housed the most formidable beings.
Now, the Heaven Illusion Sword Monarch was saying that he had been to the Boundless Bloody Hell.
Had he not encountered those supreme beings—?
The Heaven Illusion Sword Monarch paused for a moment before continuing, “The other end of the Boundless Bloody Hell is even more terrifying than what people have previously conjectured.
Moreover, the demonic beasts there are not only capable of slaughter; they also know how to cultivate, and they know how to tempt us humans.
After I entered, on the periphery of the Boundless Bloody Hell, I didn’t encounter too much danger.
However, as I delved deeper, the strength of the demonic beasts grew.
They all fed on the blood of living beings.
Although there was fresh blood in the Boundless Bloody Hell that could sustain them, they needed to consume the blood of living creatures to grow stronger.
Especially the blood of more powerful individuals, which could enhance them significantly!
You can imagine, the blood of mortals to them is what spirit stones are to us cultivators.
And for these demonic beasts, the blood of cultivators is the equivalent of Spirit Crystals!
I entered the Boundless Bloody Hell, cutting down demonic beasts along the way and quickly drawing the attention of supreme beings within the Boundless Bloody Hell.
I managed to escape only by using all the means at my disposal.
Then I sealed this place.
After I recovered my strength, I entered the Boundless Bloody Hell again to explore that vast blood prison.
Moreover, that time, I invited a friend along.
Yet again, we encountered pursuit and managed to escape before recovering and re-entering the Boundless Bloody Hell.
After multiple such experiences, I realized that my power alone was insufficient to explore the Boundless Bloody Hell.
Therefore, I shared the secret of discovering and entering the Boundless Bloody Hell.
In order to prevent a panic across the world and in the entire Immortal Cultivation community, only the top experts of the time were privy to this information.
I invited several of those top experts to join me in the Boundless Bloody Hell.
We cooperated and cut down Blood Demons.
As we continued to approach the center of the Boundless Bloody Hell, where we felt we could finally understand its mysteries, a traitor emerged among us.
Two people, tempted by the Blood Demons, betrayed us.
Even though there were only two of them, they chose to attack when the Blood Demons launched a full assault.
Taking us by surprise, they ambushed the two strongest among us from behind when we were least prepared.