Spirit Realm Chapter 630-631

Chapter 630: Unprecedented Pressure

Lang Xie and the Blood Spear’s arrival excited the Blood Fiend Ten Elders greatly. They felt like the future of Blood Fiend Sect’s revival was within their grasp.

Originally, they all thought that Qin Lie was the key to continuing Blood Fiend Sect’s glory. But the moment Lang Xie showed up, they immediately put all their hopes on him.

For the next few days, the Blood Fiend Ten Elders would seek out Lang Xie from time to time and imparted Blood Fiend Sect’s ancient history, former glory, intimidating power when they dominated the Land of Chaos, traditions, and so forth to him.

They didn’t care if Lang Xie himself was willing to listen.

The Blood Fiend Ten Elders who had not recruited a disciple for many years looked as excited as if they were high on drugs. They immediately split the Blood Spear martial practitioners they thought to possess limitless potential amongst themselves.

And so the ten extraordinarily talented youths who possessed a pure scent of blood immediately gained a Nirvana Realm master to themselves.

Five days later, six Spirits of Void and Chaos actually appeared at the same time while Qin Lie was cultivating in silence!

The three new Spirits of Void and Chaos were in the shape of an unrefined gold beast, a pangolin, and a spirit snake. Their respective attributes were metal, earth, and water.

All six Spirits of Void and Chaos treated him as their closest relatives. The moment they appeared, they immediately cried out and asked him for food.

Thankfully, the spirit artifacts of the six attributes Xing Yuyuan had delivered to him after robbing Black Cloud Palace and Heavenly Sea Pavilion were enough to sate the appetite of the six.

While he was playing with them, Hu Yun came over as a representative of Gold Sun Island to summon him to the giant bone ship Blood Fiend Sect was sailing toward his island.

Qin Lie immediately figured out that Xue Li had probably succeeded in awakening Mo Lingye.

Sure enough, the moment he arrived on the bone ship, he immediately discovered that Lang Xie and the Blood Fiend Ten Elders had already showed up. Xue Moyan had a white dress on, and she wore the first reserved smile that sprung from the bottom of her heart in a long time on her beautiful and outstanding countenance.

Several hundred Blood Fiend Sect martial practitioners were standing on the two sides of the deck.

Their gazes were all centered at the stairs leading to the cabin. All of them were waiting for a certain group to arrive in silence.

A few minutes later, Xue Li, who had successfully merged with the Blood Progenitor’s body appeared from the stairs while supporting a beautiful, middle-aged woman.

Xue Li hadn’t exuded an impossibly thick blood fiend aura like Qin Lie did when he fused with the Blood Progenitor’s body.

It was obvious that Xue Li possessed greater control over the Blood Progenitor’s body due to his realm and and strength of his soul. He was able to hide the terrific blood aura inside the Blood Progenitor’s body.

The beautiful woman looked to be about forty years old. She was petite in form and had a bit of white hair on the two sides of her head. Even the corner of her eyes were wrinkled. She looked quite fragile as she was supported by Xue Li as she said to Mo Jun and the others, “I didn’t think I would be able to see all of you again.”

“Well met, sister-in-law!” Hong Bowen grew excited.

“Well met, sister-in-law!” Mo Jun and the others were also incredibly moved.

“Who’s… Qin Lie?” Mo Lingye suddenly asked.

“It’s that kid over there!” Xue Li pointed at Qin Lie before laughing loudly.

The woman’s kind gaze instantly moved to Qin Lie. She nodded repeatedly, “A good child. You are truly a good child. You are the benefactor of our entire family, and without you this old lug here wouldn’t have been able to break through Jiang Zhuzhe’s seal, and Moyan… would’ve died in the Graveyard of Gods. I would’ve lost all of my life force over the next dozen or so years and died, too.”

“You praise me too much, Auntie Mo,” Qin Lie said respectfully.

“The reason our family can be together again is all thanks to you, so we can never thank you enough.” Mo Lingye looked deeply at him.

Unlike most Blood Fiend Sect martial practitioners, Mo Lingye’s gaze was calm, collected, and lacked any trace of violence or arrogance.

When she looked at him, Qin Lie felt as relaxed as if he were in a green bamboo forest, listening to the melodious, peaceful sounds of shaking bamboo.

It was a warmth that one could trust very easily.

“Alright, alright, let us finish with the formalities already. I never thought of him as an outsider anyway.” Xue Li withdrew his smile and asked, “Mo Jun, how much longer will it take before Black Voodoo Cult and the three great families’ ships arrive at the Setting Sun Islands?”

“Ten days at most.” Mo Jun straightened his expression.

“Ten days. So we still have ten days to prepare.” Xue Li narrowed his eyes and pondered for a moment. “If the enemy does not send over an Imperishable Realm expert, then we should be able to withstand them with our current strength.”

“From what we heard of the latest news, the Black Voodoo Cult member who will be leading the assault is Guan Xian, and the leaders the three great families are Xiahou Qi, Su Zhi, and Lin Bin. Out of these four, Guan Xian is the only one who is at the late stage of the Nirvana Realm, while the remaining three are at the middle stage of the Nirvana Realm,” Mo Jun explained.

“Black Voodoo Cult and the three great families will send at least ten Nirvana Realm experts after us this time. They will definitely have greater numbers than we do!” Xue Li frowned. “The three great families have too few Imperishable Realm experts, so they may not send one after us this time. But Black Voodoo Cult is different. As a powerful force on the Land of Chaos, Black Voodoo Cult conceals many Imperishable Realm experts in their ranks. They would definitely send at least an Imperishable Realm expert to accompany their invading group in secret to ensure that the battle goes in their favor.”

The moment they heard the title “Imperishable Realm,” all Blood Fiend Sect martial practitioners fell silent.

To most forces, an Imperishable Realm expert was an absolutely devastating presence.

Not a single member in Blood Fiend Sect was currently in the Imperishable Realm. If the enemy really were to send out an Imperishable Realm expert, then there was probably no one who could stop them.

Everyone felt pressure that was as heavy as a mountain.

“If I were to unleash the bloodthirsty dragon with the Blood Progenitor’s body and fight them to the death, I should just barely be able to hold back such a foe,” Xue Li said while frowning. Then, he immediately added, “But that is only if the enemy is at the early stage of the Imperishable Realm.”

The crowd’s faces were still downcast.

“If, and this is just speculation, but if…” Xue Li inhaled deeply and said seriously, “If the enemy has more than one Imperishable Realm expert, if one of them is in the middle stage of Imperishable Realm…”

Xue Li looked at the Blood Fiend Ten Elders and said, “You will activate the blood demon art together. You will use your refined blood to create the blood demon’s body, and you will use your souls to create the blood demon’s soul!”

The Blood Fiend Ten Elders nodded slightly.

All Blood Fiend Sect disciples shuddered at this moment.

Qin Lie was also stunned by this.

He had read through the blood scripture closely, and he knew that the creation of a blood demon using the refined blood and souls of ten Nirvana Realm experts was one of the cruelest secret arts in existence.

The ten Nirvana Realm experts who executed this secret art would lose all their cultivation after the blood demon was created. Their thousands of years of cultivation would turn to nothing, and they would instantly fall from a Nirvana Realm expert to a mere mortal. After that, they would at best have around five years left to live.

This meant that the moment the Blood Fiend Ten Elders executed this secret art, they would gain a blood demon that had the potential to kill a middle stage Imperishable Realm expert, but they would die a slow, certain death later.

“I need time to fuse with the Blood Progenitor. As long as we survive this, as long as I have more time to fuse with this body, the power I will be able to unleash will soar by leaps and bounds!” Xue Li said through gritted teeth. “Ten years later, Blood Fiend Sect will be able to truly establish themselves on the Land of Chaos. A hundred years later, I am confident that I can restore Blood Fiend Sect to its former glory! Three hundred years later, I will make Blood Fiend Sect reach the heights our first sect master Li Xin had!”

“Don’t worry, Big Brother Xue. We know what to do for the sect’s future!” Mo Jun said calmly.

“I promise you that I will eliminate Black Voodoo Cult and the three great families in the future without fail!” Xue Li said heavily.

Qin Lie’s calm mind was disturbed once more by the conversation between Xue Li and the Blood Fiend Ten Elders.

It was only now that he realized the consequences the unprepared Blood Fiend Sect was going to face before the impending invasion of Black Voodoo Cult and the three great families.

“If we really can’t beat them, then… can’t we just retreat for now?” Xue Moyan said softly.

Xue Li cast her a glance and sighed, “My girl, every Land of Chaos martial practitioner and force have set their eyes on us. Illusory Demon Sect, Terminator Sect, and Heavenly Sword Mountain has already acknowledged our proper status, and even Ten Thousand Beast Mountain and Celestial Artifact Sect are maintaining a rare, neutral silence. This means that we only need to face the assault of Black Voodoo Cult and the three great families, and not one from all the powerful forces in the Land of Chaos.

“This battle is Blood Fiend Sect’s chance to attain our proper name. This is also a chance that Qin Lie and all of you had barely won by obtaining the ancient remains from the Graveyard of Gods.

“Therefore, we cannot back down from this battle. If we back down again, then we will never be able to establish ourselves on Land of Chaos with honor!”

Mo Lingye also softly interjected, “Your father is right. This is not an easy opportunity to come by, and it is not like we don’t stand a chance at all. That is why we must fight. Back then, all the silver rank forces had joined together and fought their way into the Blood Cloud Mountain Range while we had to deal with a traitorous Jiang Zhuzhe in our midst. But even then the previous generation of Blood Fiend Ten Elders chose to stay back and fight to the bitter end. Although Blood Fiend Sect was destroyed in that battle, all forces who participated in that attack paid the price of at least one Imperishable Realm expert!”

All Blood Fiend Sect disciples grew impassioned upon hearing her words.

“Compared to the despair we faced a thousand years ago, I can at least see a chance at victory in this upcoming battle.” Mo Lingye smiled faintly and added, “We will fight even when there is no hope of victory. So how can we possibly surrender a hopeful battle that we can win?”

“I understand.” Xue Moyan nodded slightly.

“You grew up in Illusory Demon Sect. You are still a little lacking in your knowledge of Blood Fiend Sect.” Mo Lingye smiled kindly.

“BOOOOM!”

Suddenly, a shocking explosion rang out from the island where Tang Siqi and Mo Hai were.

As thunder boomed and lightning slithered, fire also surged out of the blast zone like meteors.

There was also poisonous miasma in all sorts of colors spreading silently from the thick flames, turning that area into a complete mess.

“What’s this?” Xue Li was surprised.

“It’s the Raging Flame Profound Bomb. That Tang Siqi girl is probably testing the Raging Flame Profound Bomb’s power.” Mo Jun grew spirited as he began to explain in excitement, “Big brother Xue, that girl is incredible. Not only does her Raging Flame Profound Bomb possess all the characteristics of a Terminator Profound Bomb, it can also produce powerful blazing flames as well. As of late, she and that Lian Rou girl were trying to add poisonous miasma into the Raging Flame Profound Bomb, and from the looks of it… I think they have probably succeeded.”

“It has the characteristics of a Terminator Profound Bomb? Can they amplify one another then?” Xue Li’s eyes lit up.

“They can!” Mo Jun nodded strongly.

“Good girl!” Xue Li exclaimed in excitement, “Let’s head over and take a look!”

Qin Lie was also clicking his tongue in wonder as he watched the poisonous miasma that rose from the blazing flames.

Lian Rou was good at using poison, and she was trying to mix dangerous poison into the Raging Flame Profound Bomb. When the bomb exploded, the poison inside the bomb would instantly spread to the surroundings. This meant that the Raging Flame Profound Bomb’s power had gone up another level.

Suddenly Qin Lie counted his lucky stars, grateful that Tang Siqi and Lian Rou had chosen to stay behind in the Setting Sun Islands.

Chapter 631: Go Back?

Tang Siqi, Lian Rou, Mo Hai, Song Tingyu, and Xie Jingxuan were staying at the island where the ancient being remains were put. When Qin Lie, Xue Li, and everyone else had arrived, they noticed that Xing Yuyuan and Xiang Xi had come over as well.

At the southwest corner of the island, there was a patch of ground that was burning with fire and sparkling with electricity.

When the fire burned, clumps of colorful poison were also spreading towards all direction following the fire’s spread.

“It worked!” Tang Siqi clenched her little fist and waved it repeatedly. She wore a look and excitement and wild joy on her fiery face.

Lian Rou was carrying many porcelain bottles of colorful poisons in her waist pockets. She also looked spirited as she smiled at the thick, poisonous smoke that rose from the flames.

Beside her, Yi Yuan was sweating all over while looking slightly pale.

“Move further away away from here!” Mo Hai yelled loudly.

After the crowd came over, they subconsciously looked to the places where the colorful poison had spread to. They noticed that the all the plants that the poisonous smoke passed through were swiftly wilting.

Some of the small bugs they purposely tossed into the range of the poisonous smoke had all died as well.

“Be careful, everyone!” Mo Hai hurriedly exclaimed when he saw their approach, “The dark rain corrosive poison can seep into the blood and enter the bones. It will gradually corrode a person’s bone and blood and cause their internal organs to melt into a pool of blood.”

Those people who wanted to move closer for a better look all shuddered at once when they heard Mo Hai’s explanation.

Xing Yuyuan, Xiang Xi and other Gold Sun Island martial practitioners had backed away almost immediately at first notice. The Blood Fiend Ten Elders had also retreated in silence after the initial surprise.

For a time, the people couldn’t help but look at Tang Siqi and Lian Rou with a bit more fear than they used to.

“This Dark Rain Corrosive Poison is a little too vicious.” Feng Rong sighed.

“We’ve only created three of these Blazing Profound Bombs with dark rain corrosive poison in order to deal with those savage people.” Mo Hai pondered and explained softly, “Most Blazing Profound Bombs only contains a rainbow miasma that will cause a martial practitioner to become delirious and hallucinate things. This will keep them from fighting effectively.”

“Mm. That’s better.” Feng Rong nodded.

It was at this moment Qin Lie and Xue Li had walked up to Mo Hai. Qin Lie asked, “Is the idea to add the Dark Rain Corrosive Poison and rainbow miasma to the Blazing Profound Bomb Senior Sister Tang and Senior Sister Rou’s idea?”

“Mm.” Mo Hai’s expression was calm, “Siqi was well versed in artifact forging, and little Rou has a unique understanding towards poisonous substances. They worked together to put toxin into the Blazing Profound Bomb.”

Qin Lie looked at his surroundings.

He noticed that the window sills of the stone buildings nearby were all stacked with a large amount of resources.

These resources included all kinds of spirit materials. Some of them were Gold Sun Island’s old stash, and some of them had been recently looted from Black Cloud Palace and Heavenly Sword Mountain.

After Gold Sun Island and Blood Fiend Sect recognized the value in Tang Siqi and Mo Hai’s artifact forging, they immediately arranged the two of them to receive their required resources first if possible.

One could say that the resources Mo Hai and Tang Siqi were enjoying on Gold Sun Island far exceeded what they did back at Armament Sect.

After all, Armament Sect was just a Black Iron rank force on Scarlet Tide Continent. They were lacking in a lot of precious spirit materials, and there was no guarantee that the spirit materials would always be available.

As a Copper rank force, Gold Sun Island and Blood Fiend Sect both had some accumulated resources. Adding that to the humongous amount of resources they’d just recently robbed from Black Cloud Palace and Heavenly Sea Pavilion, Mo Hai, Tang Siqi and Lian Rou were guaranteed to have their hands full with all kinds of resources.

That was why some of the ideas they used to entertain only in their minds were naturally brought to existence under their hard work.

The Blazing Profound Bombs and that rare spirit armor was just a natural product of success.

“Elder Mo, how many… Blazing Profound Bombs have you created as of now?” Xue Li also asked with a respectful tone.

“As of now, we’ve created over fifty Blazing Profound Bombs. Among them, there are twenty or so that contains the rainbow miasma, while the rest are normal Blazing Profound Bombs.” Mo Hai explained calmly, “We haven’t started on that type of spirit armor yet. If Setting Sun Islands could survive this trial, then we will be able to refine them in great numbers. However, we are still lacking in… manpower.”

“Scarlet Tide Continent’s Armament Sect exists only in name, and now the teleportation formation connecting to the ultimate blood ground has already been constructed.” Qin Lie rubbed his chin and pondered for a moment. Then, he said, “Once we’ve survived Black Voodoo Cult and the three great families’ invasion, I believe we can return directly to Scarlet Tide Continent through the ultimate blood ground. When that time comes, we will do our best to absorb those inner sect disciples of the former Armament Sect over… we may think of this as an extension of Armament Sect’s legacy!”

Xue Li’s eyes lit up.

It was a good thing for any force to possess a group of useful artificers to themselves.

If these artificers were very skilled in artifact forging, then the sect’s combat power would be greatly increased again.

By absorbing the inner sect disciples of the former Armament Sect and creating an extraordinary artifact forging force in Setting Sun Islands, they would be a great boost to Blood Fiend Sect’s future.

“Those inner sect disciples are probably not doing so well in Scarlet Tide Continent right now. It will be best if we can absorb them to this place.” Mo Hai agreed wholeheartedly.

“For now, please forge more Blazing Profound Bombs. Those spirit armors… can wait for now.” Xue Li said.

Mo Hai nodded in understanding.

“Elder Xue, please save up three ancient being remains for Gao Yu. You may take the rest of the remains and find someone suitable to absorb their strength and receive their inheritance.” Qin Lie said.

“Alright!” Xue Li looked moved.

After bidding goodbye to Mo Hai and Xue Li, Qin Lie went to the stone building Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan were in.

During this period of time, the two women had been staying inside and putting all their energy in learning the power of inheritance inside the ancient being remains.

When Qin Lie stepped into the stone building and saw Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan, his eyes immediately lit up.

Both Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan had stopped cultivating and waited for him inside the building after sensing his arrival.

The light in their eyes had been withdrawn, and every movement they made gave of the wonderful feeling that they were one with the world and was able to do whatever they wanted to.

It was the most natural expression of a Fulfillment Realm martial practitioner.

“Have you both stepped into Fulfillment Realm?” Qin Lie smiled.

“The ancient being remains’ energy and inheritances are urging us higher. We wouldn’t have been able to stop ourselves from ascending even if we wanted to.” Song Tingyu’s beautiful face was filled with joy, “Moreover, I have not merged all of the ancient beast’s energy into my bones. Perhaps these energy and power of inheritance can push me further into the middle stage of Fulfillment Realm in a short amount of time.”

Qin Lie shook in surprise and turned to look at Xie Jingxuan.

Xie Jingxuan’s eyes were indifferent, “I’m about the same as her.”

“Compared to you girls, my realm… seems to be advancing rather slowly.” Qin Lie laughed in embarrassment.

The second he said this, the girls’ eyes immediately turned strange. The way they looked at him made him feel a little chilly.

“When I first knew you, you were just a Natal Opening Realm martial practitioner. At the time… I was already at the late stage of the Netherpassage Realm.” Song Tingyu said.

“When I first know you, you were just a little worker in Li’s Shop. At the time…” Xie Jingxuan shook her head, “Your realm was literally not worthy of even a mention.”

Qin Lie was startled.

When he thought about it carefully, it was true that his realm wasn’t worth mentioning back when he first met Xie Jingxuan at Icestone City, and compared to Xie Jingxuan… the status quo between them was like heaven and earth.

But in just less than ten years, he had already stepped into the late stage of the Netherpassage Realm. He wasn’t far away from attaining the Fulfillment Realm either.

In terms of true strength, he believed that he wasn’t in any way weaker than Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan. Even his identity and status had experienced a complete turnaround.

When he thought up to this point, he understood why Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan were wearing such odd looks on their faces.

“Qin Lie, you know… it is exactly because we are together with you that the pressure we have to endure grows heavier and heavier.” Song Tingyu suddenly sighed quietly.

Xie Jingxuan also looked to be in agreement with Song Tingyu.

“I think it wouldn’t take long before you’ll exceed us in terms of realm, and after that… we’d eventually be far, far behind you.” Song Tingyu looked helpless.

“I heard that the teleportation formation connecting to the ultimate blood ground had already been constructed on Flaming Sun Island?” Xie Jingxuan suddenly asked.

Qin Lie nodded.

“When this battle is over, Sister Tingyu and I are going back to Scarlet Tide Continent.” Xie Jingxuan said softly.

“G-go back, you say…” Qin Lie looked stunned by this sudden proclamation.

“We hail from the Scarlet Tide Continent, so of course we’re going back. The reason we came to the Land of Chaos is to participate in the Graveyard of Gods’ Trial, and now that the trial is over, now that we have obtained a power and inheritance that we didn’t even dare to dream, now that even our realms had attained a breakthrough…” Xie Jingxuan said softly, “It is only naturally that we would go back.”

Song Tingyu was silent.

Qin Lie was also silent.

A long while later, he suddenly said, “If you wish to leave, then leave sooner.”

Song Tingyu’s eyes trembled, and she couldn’t stop herself from asking, “Do you want me to leave?”

Xie Jingxuan also felt a clog in her heart. She couldn’t describe what the feeling was; she only knew that she was a little disappointed with Qin Lie.

“Blood Fiend Sect may not be able to stop Black Voodoo Cult and the three great families’ invasion. This matter has absolutely nothing to do with you, so there’s no need for you girls to stay behind and risk your life.” Qin Lie said seriously, “I can arrange for you girls to teleport through the teleportation formation to the ultimate blood ground immediately. The ground above the ultimate blood ground is the Nether Battlefield, and now that we share an excellent relationship with the Nether Realm you can return to the Scarlet Tide Continent safe and sound. You don’t need to stay behind and endure the risk of death along with Blood Fiend Sect.”

The two girls said nothing. They simply stared at him deeply with a cold look in their eyes.

Qin Lie was startled by this before he said with a pained look, “I… I don’t want you girls to be in danger.”

It was only after he said this that the chilliness on their faces finally faded bit by bit. Song Tingyu regained her smile, and she suddenly urged him, “Why don’t you leave first? We’ll tell you when we want to go back!”

Once she said this, she forcefully pushed Qin Lie out of the building.

Qin Lie complained a little on the outside as he couldn’t figure out what the girls were trying to do. In the end, he could only leave grudgingly.

It was only after he walked away that Song Tingyu broke into soft laughter. She complained, “That idiot!”

“Why didn’t you tell him that you would be returning here after you go back to the Scarlet Tide Continent?” Xie Jingxuan asked.

“Why should I tell him that?” Song Tingyu smiled and countered with a question of her own, “What about you? Once you’re done clearing things up with Profound Heaven Alliance, are you going to stay there or return to the Setting Sun Islands?”

“I’m not sure yet.” Xie Jingxuan shook her head and answered softly.