Deep within the Blood煞 Cave.
The Ancient Corpse King sat in a massive pool of blood, absorbing the Blood煞 energy within.
The blood pool churned and boiled.
The blood rapidly decreased.
The absorption rate was no less than Su Yuan's.
As the Blood煞 energy continuously poured into him, the Ancient Blood煞 Corpse King's aura grew stronger.
Finally, as the blood pool dried up, the Corpse King's aura shuddered.
The Ancient Corpse King opened his eyes, his crimson pupils flashed with excitement.
“Golden Core Realm!”
The Ancient Corpse King's entire body began to shed its old, weathered skin, revealing the red, vibrant flesh underneath.
A thick layer of blood mist erupted from the flesh, then tightly adhered to it, becoming new skin.
The Ancient Corpse King's entire body turned crimson, with sharp horns and bone spurs protruding everywhere.
His entire appearance was like wearing a suit of armor forged from congealed blood.
“First, absorb the煞 energy in the Underground Battlefield.
Otherwise, I can't beat a normal Golden Core cultivator with this body that can't generate true essence.”
He stood up, his eyes fixed on the ground.
His red fist rose high.
Whiz!
His fist tore through the air.
With unseen speed, he punched the ground.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The earth shattered, large rocks were smashed in and buckled.
Another punch.
The earth trembled.
The Ancient Corpse King madly punched the ground again and again.
Under the impact of such terrifying power, the entire Blood煞 Cave was affected and began to tremble.
Those in other passages also noticed this.
Everyone stared blankly at the swaying cave, wondering what had happened.
Senior Brother Ling quickly took out his communication jade pendant and began sending messages.
【Senior Brother Ling】：What's going on?
【Wang Xian】：I don't know.
【Yue Lian】：I don't know.
【Xia Yuan】：I don't know either.
【Mo Xue Yao】：I don't know either.
A long while passed.
Senior Brother Ling, seeing that Qiu Shan Ye still hadn't responded, sent another message.
【Senior Brother Ling】：Where's Qiu Shan Ye? Respond.
A long silence.
【Wang Xian】：Something happened to Qiu Shan Ye?
【Senior Brother Ling】：Qiu Shan Ye is in the second passage. Xia Yuan and Yue Lian, your passages are next to Qiu Shan Ye's.
But your strength is slightly higher than Yue Lian's, so you go check it out.
【Xia Yuan】：Received.
As they finished speaking.
The earth-shattering tremors ceased.
The Ancient Corpse King had smashed a huge hole in the ground.
The hole led to the bottomless depths.
Waves of 幽寒, frigid煞 energy wafted out of the hole.
The Ancient Corpse King, sensing this powerful energy, smiled contentedly.
He jumped straight down.
Below was an ancient battlefield.
The ancient battlefield was filled with the lingering resentment of countless soldiers who had died in battle.
This resentment, after years of sedimentation, had become extremely thick and powerful.
“Woo woo...”
“Wah ah...”
The Ancient Corpse King, upon landing on the ancient battlefield, was immediately besieged by countless wandering spirits.
But the Ancient Corpse King, like them, was also dead.
He wouldn't be harmed.
Instead, he opened his mouth wide and frantically absorbed these resentful spirits.
“Woo woo...”
It was as if countless wronged souls were crying.
But they were uncontrollably forcibly absorbed into the Ancient Corpse King's body.
With each wisp of resentment absorbed, the Ancient Corpse King's body would tremble slightly.
It was as if he was enjoying an incredibly delicious feast.
As he absorbed more and more resentment, the Ancient Blood煞 Corpse King's body underwent some changes.
His originally crimson skin began to turn dark red.
Like red-hot Xuan iron that had cooled naturally, it shimmered with an eerie luster.
After completing this series of transformations, the Ancient Blood煞 Corpse King became a truly terrifying being.
Two auras emanated from his body.
One was a nauseating bloody aura.
The other was an endless 幽寒 essence.
At this moment, he seemed to be the embodiment of death.
The Ancient Corpse King raised his hand slightly, a giant arm condensed from blood energy and countless resentful spirits emerged from his body.
The countless spirits within it all screamed simultaneously.
The deathly silence sent chills down the spine of the entire ancient battlefield.
Feeling this power, the Ancient Corpse King smiled contentedly, “My soul is complete, my physical body is strong.
Just a few more human cultivators, extract their true essence, and escaping Nine幽宗 shouldn't be a problem.”
“Let the killing begin!”
The Ancient Corpse King forcefully jumped back into the Blood煞 Cave.
Xia Yuan, who had been summoned to check on Qiu Shan Ye, had already reached this passage.
The sound of the Ancient Corpse King landing echoed from afar.
Xia Yuan, without thinking, ran towards the source of the sound, asking as he ran, “Qiu Shan Ye! What happened? Why aren't you responding?”
The closer he got, the more Xia Yuan felt something was wrong.
The earthquake had destroyed the luminous stones that illuminated the passage, causing it to be pitch black ahead.
If this were Qiu Shan Ye, he wouldn't have ignored his message.
A wave of chills and fear rose from Xia Yuan's heart.
His running gradually slowed to a walk.
In the end, he stopped walking altogether.
Suddenly.
A wave of 幽寒 energy appeared behind Xia Yuan.
The Ancient Corpse King's voice sounded, “What's wrong? Scared to approach?”
‘Bone Piercing!’
Xia Yuan immediately turned around, his tightly gripped long spear stabbing back.
Clang!
The spearhead collided with the Ancient Corpse King's body, making a crisp sound that only metal could produce.
“Damn it!”
He felt a numbness in his hand.
Xia Yuan didn't hesitate for a second, immediately using his technique.
His entire body was enveloped in a layer of true essence, his figure transformed into a gust of wind, and he flashed to the rear passage.
Then he desperately ran out.
At the same time, he took out his communication jade pendant and sent a message to Senior Brother Ling.
The Ancient Corpse King looked at Xia Yuan's back and grinned.
He laughed, “Run! The more you run, the more desperate you'll become!”
“Damn it! Didn't the elders and senior brothers already clear this place once?
How is there still a Golden Core Blood煞 Corpse?!”
Xia Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Ancient Corpse King wasn't chasing him.
He grumbled as he ran.
He turned his head, only to see a resentful spirit's head on his shoulder.
Seeing Xia Yuan notice him, the resentful spirit opened its mouth wide and bit off Xia Yuan's head.
Xia Yuan was dead.
When the Ancient Corpse King reached Xia Yuan's corpse, he discovered a jade pendant on the ground.
He picked it up and took a look.
A message had already been sent: Danger, run!
Senior Brother Ling, Wang Xian, Yue Lian, and Mo Xue Yao, seeing Xia Yuan's message, anxiously asked.
【Senior Brother Ling】：What happened, Xia Yuan! What danger!
【Yue Lian】：Yeah, explain yourself!
【Wang Xian】：Xia Yuan's in danger, he's probably dead.
【Mo Xue Yao】：Senior Brother Ling, what do we do?
【Senior Brother Ling】：Let's all go to Passage Two and gather to investigate what's going on.
Otherwise, we'll be afraid to run back to White Bone Peak without knowing anything, and we'll definitely be punished.
We'll gather at the entrance to the passage in two minutes.
【Wang Xian】：What about Su Yuan? Don't we send someone to tell him?
【Senior Brother Ling】：Don't worry about him for now.
【Wang Xian】：Alright.
【Yue Lian】：Coming right away.
【Mo Xue Yao】：Okay.
The Ancient Corpse King looked at the content on the jade pendant and laughed, “You're actively delivering yourself, good, good.”
On Su Yuan's side.
The amount of blood in the blood pool had decreased by another third.
It wouldn't be long before he drained the blood pool.