160: Blood Pool Showdown, Source Energy Purification

Chapter 160: Netherworld Blood Pool Decisive Battle, Origin Qi Purification

By the Netherworld Blood Pool, the aura of death and the smell of blood were suffocatingly thick. In the churning crimson blood waves, countless twisted soul faces wailed, and vast, evil energy, like boiling magma, surged madly towards the blurry black figure above the blood pool—Soul Heaven Emperor's ritual clone!

The clone's outline became increasingly clear, and the pressure it exuded made the entire underground space tremble, as if a world-destroying demon god was about to descend!

“Stop him!” Xiao Chen roared, his eyes blazing with a desperate light!

He knew that once Soul Heaven Emperor's clone fully materialized and absorbed all the energy from the blood pool, its strength would surge to an unimaginable level, possibly even triggering the Emperor Tribulation prematurely! By then, everything would be irreversible!

“Form a formation! Star Guardians!” Venerable Feng reacted swiftly, immediately ordering ten Star Guards to form an abstruse Star Barrier, protecting the team within it, resisting the terrifying corrosive death energy emanating from the blood pool.

“Blazing Dragon Scorches Heaven!” Flame Heart Princess let out a delicate cry, forming hand seals, and a crimson fire dragon roared out, charging towards the blood pool, attempting to incinerate the evil energy!

“Azure Dragon Splitting Sky Claw!” Commander Ao Zhan transformed into a half-dragon form, his giant claw tearing through space, aiming directly for Soul Heaven Emperor's clone!

“Myriad Flowers Bewilderment, Enchantment!” Flower Without Shadow cast an illusion, countless flower petals dancing, interfering with the clone’s mind and soul.

“Heavenly Sound Breaks Evil!” Wonderful Sound Emissary plucked the zither strings, and clear, resonant sound waves, like sharp swords, pierced towards the vengeful souls in the blood pool.

The team members used all their abilities, attacking with full force! However, their attacks on the blood pool and the clone were like stones sinking into the sea!

The surface of the blood pool rippled once and then swallowed the Blazing Dragon; Ao Zhan's dragon claw was easily repelled by the death energy barrier around the clone; illusions and sound waves were even less able to shake the almost materialized evil will!

“Ants trying to shake a tree!” Soul Heaven Emperor's clone let out a hoarse and majestic cold laugh.

He didn't even deign to look at Xiao Chen and the others, merely waving his hand casually!

“Nether Blood Wave, Devour the Heavens!”

“Boom—!”

From within the blood pool, towering blood waves surged, transforming into countless ferocious blood-colored demonic shadows, baring their fangs and claws as they pounced towards the Star Barrier! Wherever the demonic shadows passed, space corroded, and laws crumbled!

“Bang bang bang!”

The Star Barrier vibrated violently, its light shield covered in cracks! The ten Star Guards turned pale, desperately channeling their Origin Qi to maintain the formation!

Venerable Feng, Ao Zhan, and the others were also shaken by the aftershocks of the blood waves, their blood and Qi churning!

“No! Our attacks are completely ineffective!” Flame Heart's lips bled, her beautiful eyes filled with despair.

The strength gap was too vast! The clone, not yet fully formed, already possessed power comparable to the peak of a One-Revolving Dou Sheng!

“It's all up to you, Xiao Chen!” Venerable Feng looked at Xiao Chen, his eyes full of anticipation.

Now, only Xiao Chen, who possessed Origin Qi, could possibly create a miracle!

Xiao Chen's expression was extremely grave. He felt that Soul Heaven Emperor's clone's aura was still escalating wildly and had to be interrupted immediately!

However, after forcibly activating the Source Qi Origin for a ultimate strike, his current state was extremely poor, his Origin Qi was heavily depleted, and his soul was also significantly injured.

“There's no turning back...” Xiao Chen took a deep breath, his gaze becoming incredibly resolute.

He looked at the churning blood pool, then at his struggling teammates, and made a decision in his heart.

“Elder Feng, everyone! Buy me ten breaths of time!” Xiao Chen said in a deep voice, then sat down cross-legged, forming an ancient and profound hand seal!

It was a forbidden secret art recorded in the ancestor inheritance, one that burned the essence of life and temporarily stimulated the potential of Origin Qi—"Burning Blood, Igniting Soul, Origin Sacrifice for All Beings"!

“Xiao Chen! No!” Venerable Feng exclaimed in shock, realizing Xiao Chen was going to risk his life!

“Don't mind me! Protect him well!” Princess Flame Heart gritted her teeth, ignoring her injuries, and once again urged her Blazing Dragon, fighting desperately with Ao Zhan and the others to resist the increasingly violent blood wave attacks!

Flower Without Shadow and Wonderful Sound Emissary also exerted their full strength, buying time for Xiao Chen!

Xiao Chen focused intently, frantically operating the secret art! His vital blood and soul essence burned fiercely like fuel within him!

A terrifying, world-destroying aura erupted from his body! The Source Qi Origin in his glabella was stimulated, once again vibrating violently, emitting an even purer and more dazzling chaotic white light than before!

“With my blood, I sacrifice my soul! Awaken the spirit of Origin Qi, cleanse the evil of the world! Origin Sacrifice—Purification!”

Xiao Chen roared, golden blood seeping from his eyes, nostrils, ears, and the corners of his mouth!

He poured all the power gained from burning his life and soul, along with the boiling Source Qi Origin, into his palms, transforming it into a pure white light that was not massive but contained the supreme artistic conception of purifying all things and returning to their origin, shooting it towards the core of the Netherworld Blood Pool!

This white light, without earth-shattering momentum, carried a sacred aura that disregarded all evil and cleansed all filth!

Wherever it passed, the violent blood waves instantly calmed, and the ferocious demonic shadows let out shrill screams, dissipating like melting ice and snow! Even the death energy barrier around Soul Heaven Emperor's clone fluctuated violently!

“Origin Qi Purification?! You actually mastered this power?!” Soul Heaven Emperor's clone showed a look of shock for the first time!

Origin Qi was the foundation of all things, capable of creation and destruction, and its purification characteristic was the absolute bane of death energy, resentment, and all other negative energies!

“Stop him!” The clone roared, manipulating the blood pool's energy to condense a sky-obscuring Nether Blood Hand, grabbing towards the purifying white light!

However, it was too late! The purifying white light ignored the obstruction of the Nether Blood Hand, as if it possessed the characteristic of penetrating illusions and directly reaching the source, directly submerging into the deepest part of the blood pool!

“Om—!”

The entire Netherworld Blood Pool suddenly stilled! The churning blood waves froze, and the wailing vengeful souls solidified! The next moment, centered on the point where the white light entered, a soft yet irresistible wave of purification rapidly spread out like ripples!

Wherever the ripples reached, the crimson blood faded and clarified at a visible speed! The death energy, resentment, and evil will contained within it were forcibly stripped away and purified!

Countless tormented souls, previously imprisoned, showed expressions of relief and peace, transforming into specks of white light and dissipating between heaven and earth!

“No—!! My blood pool! My energy!” Soul Heaven Emperor's clone let out an angry and terrified roar!

He felt that the core energy needed for the clone's condensation was being rapidly purified! His aura began to become unstable, even starting to drop!

“It worked!” Venerable Feng and the others were both surprised and delighted!

But Xiao Chen paid a heavy price! He collapsed to the ground, his aura extremely weak, his face ashen, and his life force like a flickering candle in the wind.

The backlash from the secret art and the excessive consumption of Origin Qi had almost claimed his life!

“Now! Attack the clone!” Venerable Feng suppressed his excitement and shouted sharply.

“Kill!” Ao Zhan, Flame Heart, and the others were greatly invigorated, attacking the unstable Soul Heaven Emperor clone with all their might!

Having lost the continuous supply of blood pool energy, the clone's power was greatly diminished. Under the siege of everyone, he began to retreat steadily, his body also becoming illusory!

“Damn it! Xiao Chen! This Emperor remembers you! When my true body descends, I will make sure you never find peace!” Soul Heaven Emperor's clone let out a venomous curse, finally dissipating completely in an unwilling roar!

Soul Heaven Emperor's ritual was forcibly interrupted!

“We won! We won!” Princess Flame Heart cried tears of joy, and Ao Zhan and the others also breathed a sigh of relief.

Venerable Feng quickly went to Xiao Chen's side, took out a treasured life-saving pill and fed it to him, and used pure Origin Qi to help stabilize his injuries.

“Xiao Chen, how are you?” Venerable Feng asked anxiously.

Xiao Chen opened his eyes with difficulty, revealing a weak smile: “Still... not dead... Quickly, although the blood pool has been purified, this place is not suitable for long stays... The main force of the Soul Hall... will return soon...”

“Understood! We'll evacuate immediately!” Venerable Feng nodded, carried Xiao Chen on his back, and led the team to quickly return along the original path.

When they rushed out of the Netherworld Hall and returned to the Soul Burial Mountain Range, the feint attack on the front was also nearing its end.

The main force of the Anti-Alliance, seeing the signal (energy anomaly in the direction of the blood pool), knew the sneak attack was successful and began an orderly retreat.

The Soul Hall army, with its core destroyed, fell into disarray and was unable to pursue effectively.

In this battle, although the Anti-Alliance paid a considerable price, it successfully destroyed the Soul Hall's blood sacrifice ritual and severely disrupted Soul Heaven Emperor's plan, which could be called a great victory!

And Xiao Chen's life-risking strike was indispensable!

As the news spread, the continent was shaken! Xiao Chen's name once again resounded through the skies, hailed as the star of salvation!

The Anti-Alliance's morale soared, and more forces joined it. Meanwhile, the Soul Hall and the Heavenly Secret Pavilion fell into an unprecedented state of passivity and anger!

However, Xiao Chen, due to his severe injuries, fell into a long coma. Where would the future of the continent, the final decisive battle between the Anti-Alliance and the Soul Hall, lead? Everything awaited his awakening to continue writing...