95: Chapter 95 Netherworld Altar, Blood Puppet Siege

Xuanyinzi abruptly turned around, his withered face filled with utter astonishment, which immediately twisted into a ferocious sneer.

"Bai Yunzhou? You actually managed to find this place!" A sinister glint flashed in his eyes, and with a wave of his hand, the blood-robed Cultivators surrounding the altar instantly closed in. "It seems that trash Blood Shadow Old Monster couldn't even handle such a trivial matter, allowing you to live until now."

Standing below the altar, Bai Yunzhou quietly unleashed his Chaos Domain. A pale gray light curtain enveloped his entire body, and the miasma and blood fiend Qi in the swamp instantly dissolved upon coming close.

"Xuanyinzi, you colluded with the Blood God Cult and slaughtered your fellow disciples. Today is your day of death." Wielding his liefeng sword, with the tip pointing obliquely at the ground, his Chaos Sword Intent intertwined with the Law of Blood, emanating a palpitating coercion from his entire body.

Xuanyinzi let out a sneer, raising his hand to slap the crimson rune at the center of the altar. "Death? Just relying on you, a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivator? Today, I will let you taste the might of my meticulously refined Blood Puppets army!"

The runes lit up, and the ground beneath the altar cracked open with a deafening roar as countless blood-drenched Blood Puppets crawled out from the fissures.

Unlike the crimson giants of the Black Wind Mountain Range, these Blood Puppets were only the size of ordinary humans, yet each of their auras was condensed. Their bodies were covered with eerie green ghost patterns and dark red fire patterns, clearly fusing the ghost Qi of Youquan Valley and the fire poison of the Fenji Sect.

What was even more alarming was that the leading three Blood Puppets had auras that actually reached the Nascent Soul Early Stage level, with dark red crystal cores embedded in their chests—the very cores condensed from blood fiend power.

"Kill!" At Xuanyinzi's command, hundreds of Blood Puppets roared simultaneously, lunging toward Bai Yunzhou.

As the Blood Puppets moved, blood fiend Qi surged around them, forming torrents of blood. The venomous insects in the swamp, contaminated by the blood fiend Qi, instantly went wild and also swarmed toward Bai Yunzhou, creating a terrifying sight.

Bai Yunzhou's eyes narrowed as he operated his Chaos Eye to its fullest, instantly seeing through the weakness of the Blood Puppets—the blood fiend crystal core on their chests.

"Blood Domain Chaos!" he let out a low cry, fusing the blood fiend Qi around him with his Chaos Domain to form a dark red Domain.

Once the Domain expanded, the blood fiend Qi on the Blood Puppets was forcibly suppressed, and their movements became sluggish. Meanwhile, the power of Bai Yunzhou's own Law of Blood doubled, and a faint layer of blood-colored light emerged on his liefeng sword.

"Qinglian Thunder Sword: Thunder Sound Slash!"

Bai Yunzhou's figure flickered, transforming into a cyan aftershock. With thunder sounding from his sword and purple lightning entangling his Chaos Sword Intent, he instantly slashed toward the foremost Nascent Soul-tier Blood Puppet.

As the sword light fell, the crystal core on the Blood Puppet's chest exploded with a roar. The Blood Puppet's body instantly stiffened before turning into a puddle of blood.

However, more Blood Puppets followed one after another. They were fearless of death; even with broken limbs, they could quickly regenerate using blood fiend Qi and continue lunging forward.

Treading upon his zhuiyun boots, Bai Yunzhou shuttled through the group of Blood Puppets. Every time his liefeng sword waved, it slew several Blood Puppets. Wherever the Power of Chaos passed, the blood fiend crystal cores shattered one after another, and the Blood Puppets turned into blood, being purified by the Chaos Domain.

Yet the number of Blood Puppets was simply too large and endless, and the blood fiend Qi in the swamp continuously poured into their bodies, making their regeneration speed faster and faster.

After a brief fierce battle, although Bai Yunzhou had slain dozens of Blood Puppets, his arm was scratched by the sharp claws of one. A burning pain surged from the wound—it was actually the fire poison of the Fenji Sect invading his body.

"Hahaha, Bai Yunzhou, do you feel it? These are the Blood Puppets fused with the secret techniques of the three sects. Although your Power of Chaos can purify blood fiends, it cannot withstand the erosion of fire poison and ghost Qi!" Standing on the altar, Xuanyinzi looked down at Bai Yunzhou with utter smugness in his eyes.

Bai Yunzhou circulated the Power of Chaos, forcibly suppressing the fire poison within his body, thinking to himself that this was bad.

If this continued, he would sooner or later be worn to death by the Blood Puppets; he had to deal with Xuanyinzi first.

Locking his gaze onto Xuanyinzi on the altar, his figure abruptly soared upward, wanting to break through the obstruction of the Blood Puppets and strike straight at Xuanyinzi.

"Want to run? Not that easy!" Xuanyinzi snorted coldly, raising his hand to deploy a crimson banner wrapped with countless grievance souls. "Blood God Banner: Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Hearts!"

Countless grievance souls flew out from the banner, transforming into a huge ghost net that shrouded toward Bai Yunzhou. The wailing of the grievance souls was extremely piercing, attempting to erode his Divine Soul.

Bai Yunzhou felt a jolt in his heart. His Green Lotus Sword Heart operated at full power, and the chaos lotus seed bloomed with a pale gray light to protect his Sea of Consciousness. At the same time, his liefeng sword slashed out a simplified version of the Chaos Heaven-Splitting sword qi, tearing apart the ghost net.

However, the moment the ghost net shattered, countless grievance souls dispersed like bone-gnawing maggots, entangling Bai Yunzhou's limbs and continuously eroding his spiritual power.

At the same time, the three Nascent Soul-tier Blood Puppets seized the opportunity to lunge forward, their sharp claws carrying eerie green ghost fires as they clawed toward Bai Yunzhou's vital points.

Facing attacks from front and rear, Bai Yunzhou was forced to retreat. His Chaos Domain contracted to its maximum, resisting the attacks of the grievance souls and Blood Puppets.

"Bai Yunzhou, you can't escape!" Xuanyinzi cackled, continuing to urge the Blood God Banner as even more grievance souls surged out from it. "Today, you shall become nourishment for my Blood Puppets army, helping me Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Late Stage Peak!"

Bai Yunzhou clenched his teeth, crazily operating the Power of Chaos within his body to purify the fire poison and ghost Qi that had invaded him bit by bit.

He knew he could no longer passively defend and had to unleash a fatal move.

"Chaos Sword Dao: Myriad Techniques Return to One!"

Bai Yunzhou took a deep breath, completely fusing the Chaos Origin, sword, thunder, blood, and ice Laws. Cyan, purple, red, blue, and gray five-colored radiance surged on his liefeng sword.

As the sword light rose, all Laws followed. A five-colored sword qi containing endless Laws condensed into shape. The surrounding space was twisted by the sword qi, and the blood fiend Qi and miasma in the swamp were instantly emptied out.

"Not good!" Xuanyinzi's expression changed drastically. Feeling the terrifying power contained within the sword qi, he hurriedly urged all the Blood Puppets to block in front of him while simultaneously bursting forth with blood fiend power to form a thick blood shield.

The five-colored sword qi crashed down, colliding with the group of Blood Puppets and the blood shield.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only silent annihilation.

In front of the sword qi, the group of Blood Puppets was like paper, turning into blood one after another. The blood shield shattered instantly, and Xuanyinzi was struck by the aftermath of the sword qi, spitting out a large mouthful of dark blood as his figure flew backward and smashed heavily onto the altar.

The remaining momentum of the sword qi did not diminish, striking the crimson rune at the center of the altar with a boom.

The runes trembled violently, emitting a piercing hum before shattering with a roar. The source of blood fiend power beneath the altar was completely severed.

Lacking the support of blood fiend power, the movements of the remaining Blood Puppets instantly became sluggish, and the ghost patterns and fire patterns on their bodies gradually dimmed, no longer possessing the ability to regenerate.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Bai Yunzhou stepped forward and slashed repeatedly with his liefeng sword. The remaining Blood Puppets fell to the ground one after another, turning into blood and being purified by the Chaos Domain.

The venomous insects in the swamp, losing the influence of the blood fiend Qi, instantly returned to calm and fled in all directions.

Bai Yunzhou looked toward Xuanyinzi on the altar and walked over slowly.

Xuanyinzi struggled to get up, dark blood continuously overflowing from the corner of his mouth. His aura was withered, and his eyes were filled with disbelief. "Impossible! How could you, a mere Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivator, possess such powerful strength?"

Bai Yunzhou did not answer, merely raising his liefeng sword as his Chaos Sword Intent condensed to the extreme. "Xuanyinzi, your deathday has arrived."

A trace of fear flashed in Xuanyinzi's eyes, which immediately turned into madness. "Want to kill me? Not that easy! I have made a blood pact with the Blood God Cult. If I die today, the Blood God Cult will surely pour out all their strength to annihilate the Taixuan Holy Land!"

As he spoke, his Dantian suddenly bulged, as if he intended to detonate his Nascent Soul to drag Bai Yunzhou down with him.

"Self-detonate? Too late!" Bai Yunzhou's eyes turned cold as the Power of Chaos condensed into a chain, binding Xuanyinzi's limbs while a wisp of Nirvana Sword Intent flicked from his fingertips, sealing his spiritual power.

Xuanyinzi's entire body went limp, his self-detonation forcibly interrupted, and his eyes filled with despair.

Bai Yunzhou walked up to him and pointed his sword at the center of his brows. "Tell me, how many more blood fiend altars does the Blood God Cult have in the Nether Swamp? Where are the remnant forces of the three major demon sects gathering?"

Xuanyinzi clenched his teeth and remained silent, clearly wanting to die rather than surrender.

"It seems I can only use the Soul Searching technique." Bai Yunzhou's eyes turned cold as he pressed his right hand onto Xuanyinzi's head, his Divine Sense forcibly invading his Sea of Consciousness.

Xuanyinzi let out a miserable scream, bleeding from all seven orifices as the memory fragments in his Sea of Consciousness were read one by one by Bai Yunzhou.

As it turned out, there were a total of three blood fiend altars in the Nether Swamp. Besides this main altar, there were two branch altars located respectively on the east and west sides of the depths of the swamp, storing a large amount of blood fiend resources and unrefined Blood Puppets.

Meanwhile, the remnant forces of the three major demon sects were gathering in Fentian Valley in the central Northern Region, overseen by True Monarch Xuehun, Ghost King Jiuyou, and Patriarch Fentian. They were refining an even stronger army of Blood Puppets, preparing to launch a general attack on the Taixuan Holy Land on the day of the Xuanhuang Tide.

In addition, lingering memories of secret talks with the higher-ups of the Blood God Cult remained in Xuanyinzi's Sea of Consciousness, revealing that the Blood God Cult had a trump card—a piece of demon gods essence blood, which could summon the descent of a demon god's will at a critical moment with infinite might.

"Very well." Bai Yunzhou withdrew his hand. Xuanyinzi's aura was completely gone, his Divine Soul thoroughly destroyed by the Soul Searching technique.

He turned around and looked toward the depths of the swamp, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

He had to destroy the other two branch altars as soon as possible to prevent the Blood God Cult from refining more Blood Puppets, while also transmitting the news of the three major demon sects' assembly back to the Holy Land.

Bai Yunzhou packed up Xuanyinzi's storage ring. Inside were quite a few blood fiend resources and secret art Jade Slips, as well as a ghost-patterned token from Youquan Valley and a fire-patterned token from the Fenji Sect—obviously proof of Xuanyinzi's collusion with the two sects.

Without lingering, he operated the Power of Chaos and flew toward the branch altar on the east side.

His Chaos Domain unfolded, forcibly purifying the miasma and blood fiend Qi in the swamp, leaving the path completely unobstructed.

Along the way, he encountered quite a few patrolling Cultivators of the Blood God Cult. These Cultivators were all at or above the Core Formation Late Stage Cultivator, yet they were vulnerable before Bai Yunzhou and were slain by him with a single sword strike.

Half an hour later, Bai Yunzhou arrived at the eastern branch altar.

This branch altar was relatively small in scale, guarded by only dozens of Blood Puppets and a hundred blood-robed Cultivator.

Without any nonsense, Bai Yunzhou directly launched an attack. Blood Domain Chaos opened, and Chaos Sword Intent raged horizontally and vertically, quickly slaying all guards and Blood Puppets and destroying the crimson runes of the branch altar.

In the secret room of the branch altar, he found a large number of blood fiend crystal cores and unrefined Blood Puppet embryos, as well as a Jade Slip recording the secret art of refining Blood Puppets.

Bai Yunzhou put away the blood fiend crystal cores, as these items were helpful for Cultivating his Law of Blood. Afterward, he set fire to burn the Blood Puppet embryos and the secret art Jade Slip to prevent them from falling into others' hands.

Following closely, he rushed to the western branch altar and, in the same manner, destroyed the branch altar and slew all the guards.

By this point, all three blood fiend altars in the Nether Swamp had been completely destroyed, and the Blood God Cult's Blood Puppets army plan had completely failed.

Standing at the edge of the swamp, Bai Yunzhou took out a communication talisman and detailedly reported the news of the three major demon sects gathering at Fentian Valley and the Blood God Cult possessing demon gods essence blood to True Monarch Tianxing.

After sending out the communication talisman, he let out a breath of relief. The Power of Chaos within his body had been heavily consumed, and although the wounds eroded by the fire poison earlier had already healed, his spiritual power was still somewhat chaotic.

"It's time to go back." Bai Yunzhou whispered, turning into a cyan streak of light as he flew in the direction of the Taixuan Holy Land.

However, not long after he left the Nether Swamp, a dark figure slowly walked out from a secretive cave deep within the swamp.

The dark figure was shrouded in thick black mist, making his face indistinguishable and revealing only a pair of scarlet eyes.

"Bai Yunzhou... Chaos Green Lotus Body..." The dark figure whispered hoarsely, a hint of greed in his voice. "It seems the plan needs to be advanced."

He raised his hand and waved, and a black communication talisman flew out, vanishing into the horizon.

Meanwhile, in Fentian Valley in the central Northern Region.

True Monarch Xuehun, Ghost King Jiuyou, and Patriarch Fentian were standing in front of a huge volcano. The crater continuously spewed dark red magma, in which the corpses of countless Cultivator were soaked—the source of essence blood collected by the Blood God Cult.

The black communication talisman landed in True Monarch Xuehun's hand. After reading the contents on the talisman, his expression changed. "The altar in the Nether Swamp has been destroyed, Xuanyinzi has fallen, and that kid Bai Yunzhou is actually so formidable!"

Ghost King Jiuyou let out a sinister smile. "Xuanyinzi was trash to begin with; his death is no loss. However, Bai Yunzhou's growth speed has indeed exceeded our expectations."

Patriarch Fentian said in a deep voice, "We can no longer wait; launch the general attack immediately! Relying on the demon gods essence blood in our hands and the existing Blood Puppets army, it is enough to break through the Taixuan Holy Land!"

True Monarch Xuehun nodded, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes. "Good! Pass down the order: in three days, the entire army will set out to attack the Taixuan Holy Land! This time, we must seize the Xuanhuang Leylines and summon the descent of the demon god!"

The three figures issued instructions simultaneously. In Fentian Valley, countless blood-robed Cultivator, ghost-masked black-robed Cultivator, and fire-patterned armored Cultivator assembled simultaneously. Blood fiend Qi, ghost Qi, and fire poison intertwined to form a pitch-black dark cloud shrouding the sky above Fentian Valley.

An even larger storm was brewing.

Meanwhile, Bai Yunzhou was unaware that danger was quietly approaching. He was flying on his way back to the Holy Land, and the chaos lotus seed in his Dantian slowly rotated, recovering his consumed spiritual power.

Looking at the blood fiend crystal cores in his hand, he thought to himself, "With these blood fiend crystal cores, my Law of Blood might be further perfected, and the Awakening degree of my Chaos Green Lotus Body can also be raised by a few more points."

Thinking of this, he accelerated his flight speed, wanting to return to the Holy Land as soon as possible to refine the blood fiend crystal cores, enhance his strength, and cope with the upcoming decisive battle.