69: Chapter 69 The Adventures of the Bloodthirsty King
Upon hearing news of the War Body, many universities immediately began dispatching representatives toward Zhao County.
Other geniuses only have a chance of becoming a King if they are nurtured well, but a War Body, as long as they do not die, will certainly enter the King Realm in the future.
And so, the insignificant little place known as Zhao County was once again pushed into the eye of the storm.
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"Whew, I finally escaped." The Blood Devouring King looked at the Queen Ant with some lingering fear. As a King-level powerhouse of the Demon Race, the fact that he had been reduced to this state was all thanks to that detestable old man.
There were no seals within the Lesser Beast Realm. He had originally thought that with his strength, he could devour the living beings of an entire world, but he never expected to encounter that old man who was traveling about!
A trace of reminiscence flashed through the Blood Devouring King's eyes. He thought back to how glorious he once was; as a genius of the Demon Race, he was wild, untamable, and pretentious, always believing he could reach the supreme peak.
However, he never expected that after secretly sneaking into the Human Realm, he would be hunted by a large number of powerhouses and forced to flee to the Lesser Beast Realm to hide.
Seeing this unoccupied Small World, he had planned to perform a blood sacrifice on the living beings of the entire world and then devour the world's source essence. His strength would have surely surged, potentially even breaking through to the Monarch Rank.
But he never expected that as soon as he arrived near this forest, he would encounter an old man. This person had no aura about him, yet he came floating through the air. Before he could even react, the old man slapped him into a seal deep underground.
His physical body was annihilated. After the old man took the items from his storage ring, a portion was left behind underground.
As for why he wasn't killed, as his consciousness was falling into a slumber, he heard the old man's faint murmur: "I'll leave you here to bear a thread of karma."
By the time he woke up again, he found himself attached to the Queen Ant.
The Blood Devouring King felt extremely aggrieved. If it weren't for the fact that this Queen Ant found him too noisy and kicked him out of her mental core, he probably wouldn't have been able to break free even if he waited until his soul dissipated.
Sighing, the Blood Devouring King's divine sense flew toward a mortal rank sixth stage Tiger Armor Ant Soldier. His divine sense was currently too weak and fragile to fly very far, so he could only choose a nearby Ant Soldier.
His divine sense entered the body of the Ant Soldier. The Blood Devouring King felt it out; it was mediocre, but it would do as a temporary residence for a while.
With a slight ripple of his divine sense, he wiped out the Ant Soldier's mental energy. The Blood Devouring King entered its mental core and quickly took possession of it.
Having gained control of the body, the Blood Devouring King breathed a sigh of relief. At least he no longer had to worry about his divine sense dissipating.
But in the next second, his expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly tried to flee from the Ant Soldier's body.
However, it was already too late. A familiar mental power instantly enveloped him. In the next moment, the Blood Devouring King's face twisted in horror; he was completely imprisoned within this Ant Soldier's body!
A power of laws shrouded him. A look of ferocity appeared on the face of the Blood Devouring King's divine sense. Just what kind of monster was this!
Opposite him, the Queen Ant suddenly woke up and looked at him with some confusion.
For a moment just now, she felt the soul of one of her children vanish. She hadn't paid much attention to it at first, but in the next moment, it seemed as if the child had come back to life?
She had this resurrected Tiger Armor Ant Soldier come to her side. The Queen Ant tilted her head; this child seemed to have become a bit different, and there was even a sense of resistance toward her.
The Queen Ant's antennae vibrated slightly. According to her master's words, she must have given birth to a mutated child!
The Queen Ant felt very delighted. This child, like herself, was capable of independent thought!
Her antennae tapped lightly on the head of this cute little Ant Soldier, and the Queen Ant, feeling very gratified, let it leave.
One day, this child would become as smart as its mother!
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Inside the Blood Energy Space, Chi Anlin began to trade blows back and forth with the figure.
Three days had passed, and he had already become somewhat numb to dying.
Chi Anlin knew very well that he was not a genius. Even with a system, he couldn't just sit back and enjoy the fruits of success to become stronger.
But at least the path he was taking should be the right one. Without contracting the Queen Ant, he wouldn't have obtained so much blood energy; without contracting Xiao Yue, he might have been directly burst to death by the Queen Ant's spiritual energy; without contracting the Treasure-Seeking Mouse, he wouldn't have encountered Qi Zhan back then.
Nurturing his soul beasts and improving himself—Chi Anlin had never neglected either.
He looked at the figure. His innate comprehension was indeed not strong. In a place like this, if it were Chi Xueyue, she would probably have already reached the Lesser Success stage by now.
With guidance that perfectly suited him and endless life-and-death battles, if he couldn't even endure this bit of pain, then he would be far too useless.
Blocking a sword strike aimed at his crotch, Chi Anlin made a move to give them a taste of their own medicine. However, just as the figure swung its sword to block, he suddenly changed his strike to an upward slash.
The Profound Yin Sword Technique, to put it bluntly, was a sword technique for 'underhanded bastards'. The more underhanded the strike, the more one grasped its true essence.
In this sword technique, the concepts of using any means necessary and being crafty and treacherous were expressed to the fullest.
The figure was wounded by this move, and a faint realization dawned in Chi Anlin's heart. A cold, sinister energy appeared in his dantian, which was then quickly fused with Chi Anlin's own ice spiritual energy, turning into an even stranger type of spiritual energy.
Spiritual energy surged upon the longsword, entering the figure's body and beginning to destroy its meridians.
In the next moment, Chi Anlin executed several sword strikes in succession. The aura on his body also slowly shifted, becoming more restrained.
Compared to his previous sharpness, the current Chi Anlin was like a cold, venomous snake, beginning to hide his form, ready at any moment to deliver a fatal blow.
The Mastery stage—he had broken through.
The figure retreated step by step and soon had no power to fight back. The Blood Energy Space also directly deactivated, allowing Chi Anlin's consciousness to return to his body.
In the cultivation room, Chi Anlin opened his eyes. The sound of sword hums in the surroundings vanished, and the three mentors clearly felt the change in Chi Anlin's aura.
"The epiphany is over?" He Rouyun appeared before Chi Anlin as if she had teleported.
"Epiphany?" Chi Anlin was a bit puzzled, but then he thought about how his method of comprehending martial techniques was indeed unlike that of ordinary people, so he nodded thoughtfully.
"Let me see to what extent you've learned!"
A longsword flew over, and Chi Anlin instinctively caught it, immediately blocking a sword strike from He Rouyun.
This was a strike delivered with He Rouyun's power under control; otherwise, with Chi Anlin's current realm, he certainly wouldn't be able to take a strike from a Fifth Realm cultivator.
Clang! Clang!!
The two of them engaged in battle. To his surprise, He Rouyun was also using the Profound Yin Sword Technique, and she had a much more thorough understanding of it than Chi Anlin. Within a few strikes, she directly sent Chi Anlin flying.
After sending Chi Anlin flying, He Rouyun stood dazed on the spot. Through those few strikes just now, she had already felt it—Chi Anlin had cultivated this martial technique to the Mastery stage!
She looked at Chi Anlin with burning eyes. Even if she couldn't compete with those top-tier universities, she would pull Chi Anlin onto her own ship!
The Chi Anlin before her was still very weak; her investment was undoubtedly providing help when it was needed most!