Chương 233: Zhang Mo's blood river

Zhang Mo grinned ferociously and rapidly made handseals. A bright red light shine around him, then it turned blood red and soon gathered behind him. A surging blood river manifested behind him, coiling around his body and releasing an unbelievably dense scent of blood into the air. The blood river was not large, just enough to cover his figure. But the energy contained within it was startling. And Hua Liuli also has a weird feeling from this river. As though it wasn't a simple manifestation but was actually there.

She didn't know how to explain this feeling though.

"Hehehehe! Behold! This is my Greatest skill and my proudest creation! This is my signature skill, The blood demon sea!. It isn't like other manifestations that just require energy. This blood demon sea is much more unique. I had to slaughter a total of ten thousand people at the Yin realm and above and absorb their flowing blood and resentment to cultivate this technique! If I reach fifty thousand people, if will transform into a true blood river.

And a hundred thousand people and above will make it reach it's peak, becoming a true blood demon sea!" Zhang Mo laughed heartily, turned to look at Li Yue'er when was staring at him coldly behind the thick barrier and pointed at her"Little Li girl, your family members were among those ten thousand! Hahaha!" Listening to his words and laughter, all of them turned pale. The sheer heartlessness and brutality was enough to make them terrified. To kill ten thousand people just to cultivate a technique!

And he had probably slaughtered much more than that in his life. Li Yue'er's cold expression became frighteningly icy and a dense killing intent began to surge in her eyes. Those light blue pupils seemed to contain a freezing cold glacier at this moment. Oblivious to their expressions, Zhang Mo continued"This is the third time I'm using this great technique of mine. You can all be proud of yourselves to be killed by this great imperial skill!" Hua Liuli gritted her teeth and glared at this madman"Bastard!

You deserve to die!" Her chest heaved as she breathed deeply and pulled the zither strings again, releasing a different tune. The sound itself didn't have much of an effect on Zhang Mo, but the sea of silver behind Hua Liuli churned and rushed over to engulf Zhang Mo's figure. If it did swallow him up, even he would find it hard to escape it without some serious injuries. But a glint flashed through Zhang Mo's eyes. His blood river rose to meet the sea of silver.

The size of the blood river was incomparable to the silver sea, but when they collided, the silver sea began to disintegrate without even slowing the blood river down. Wherever the blood river passed, the silver sea would rapidly fade away. When the blood river had passed through the entire silver sea, it completely vanished, leaving no trace behind. The blood river didn't lose any of it's power or momentum as it charged at Hua Liuli.

Hua Liuli's face was pale after her skill was forcefully broken, but she could only forcefully suppress that at the moment. The blood river had already closed in on her. And since dodging aside wasn't an option with Long Feng laying weakly behind her, she could only face it straight on. She rapidly pulled the strings of her zither, releasing a different song entirely. If the earlier tune was similar to a peaceful sound, a calm world devoid of filth, then this one told a tale of an ancient battlefield.

It was filled with a dense killing intent and murderous aura¹ that shook the mind!. The whole area seemed to have been transformed into an ancient battlefield. Thousands of corpses littered the land, giving it a desolate feeling. Of course this wasn't real. It was merely a vision in their minds induced by the immense killing intent around them. With every tug at a string, a visible energy ripple spread out and clashed with the blood river, forcing it's speed to fall and also beginning to affect it's stability.

Zhang Mo was startled by this. To think Hua Liuli could actually block this attack? But when he glanced at her, his heart relaxed. Her state was nothing short of pitiful. It was clear that this was a technique far beyond her capability. She couldn't possibly keep this for long. Hua Liuli's face was pale as paper and a trickle of blood flowed out of her thin lips. Her entire body was shaking and she seemed like she could collapse at any moment.

Her current situation was a combination of her exhaustion from rapidly rushing at her full speed, then immediately getting into a tough fight without resting to restore her energy. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.

"Liuli! Stop! Don't be reckless!" Behind her, Long Feng roared. But she didn't listen to him. Although it was clear that the blood river was beginning to fade away sightly under her attack, her situation was also getting increasingly worse. She would exhaust herself to death at this rate before the blood river would face by half! Long Feng's fists were clenched untill his fingers drew blood. He felt rage and helplessness beyond words. If he wasn't so weak.

The pills he took were taking effect slowly due to the severity of his injuries. If only he wasn't so weak! So… useless Utterly helpless to control anything, even his own life. If only he was stronger, he wouldn't have to watch his clan get slaughtered before his very eyes. If he was stronger, his friends wouldn't risk their lives constantly for his sake. He hated this feeling of weakness. He hated that young master Liu. And most importantly, he Hated Zhang Mo!

He wanted nothing more than to strangle Zhang Mo to death with his own hands, then kill that Young master Liu after that. But… it was impossible. Hua Liuli suddenly spat out blood as she finally reached her limit. This was an imperial grade martial skill, and using it with her rank four spirit realm cultivation was incredibly taxing on her and also came with a backlash. The blood river raged and rushed at her with the same speed as before, it's power barely reducing.

The blood river crashed into Hua Liuli just as Long Feng pulled her into his arms. A startlingly loud explosion sounded and a considerably deep pit was formed while thick dust surged and covered the pit. Zhang Mo smiled, satisfied with the power of his blood river. Even at just the initial stage, it could already be called a strong imperial skill. The mastery stage could most likely compare to peak imperial skills! Then he suddenly sigh after glancing at the thick dust"What a pity.

That brat must've died without leaving a corpse behind. Same as that Hua girl too. I hope the brat's head is intact so I can complete my mission!" With a shrug, he turned around and grinned widely at Li Yue'er behind the crimson barrier and walked over slowly. It was time to take care of that kid with the bloodline and then take Li Yue'er. Seeing Li Yue'er and Yan jian's blank faces as they stared at the place where the blood river destroyed, he laughed in satisfaction.

"Kids, it's okay. You'll be joining them soon. At least, the male would. You, Li clan girl, still have some use to me."

"I'll kill you! You bastard!" Yan jian roared in madness as he began to rain attacks on the barrier with all his strength, each of his attacks having a very high heat and burning flame.

"Ah, quite the sentimental person too I see. All of you are the same. Foolishly sentimental" Zhang Mo didn't want to waste more time on Yan jian so he lifted his hand, ready to attack him. But then he saw Yan jian froze, then he suddenly heaved a sigh of relief, staring behind Zhang Mo. Li Yue'er's blank face also suddenly exposed great relief and a bright smile appeared on her face and quickly disappeared. Zhang Mo's heart began to beat faster as he turned around suddenly.

The dust had slowly faded, revealing the figures of Long Feng and Hua Liuli surrounded by a thin white light shield that appeared around them to block the attack. But the barrier was currently covered in cobweb like cracks that were filed with a blood red glow, obviously the remnant of the blood river energy trying to corrode the shield. Zhang Mo's eyelids began to twitch as he stared at the two dumbly.

"Damn it! Why don't you just die brat?!!" He spat through gritted teeth, glaring at Long Feng. Then he turned to Hua Liuli"To think you had such a defensive treasure? It should be able to withstand one attack of a peak spirit realm warrior right?" That was the source of the white shield. It was Hua Liuli's life saving means given to her by her father long ago. Today, it finally saved her life. Hua Liuli ignored Zhang Mo and turned to Long Feng looking worried.

"The shield won't last under his attacks" she slowly said.

"Actually ignoring me? Good. Let's see how much more of that can your shield withstand!" Zhang Mo laughed coldly after being ignored. He unleashed his blood energy again and formed another blood river with the same power as before, if not more. Under his control, the blood river surged over and crashed into the white shield. The shield shook violently and more cracks spread out on the surface. It didn't shatter but Long Feng could tell that two more such attacks would destroy the shield.

Zhang Mo unleashed a third blood river, shaking the white shield. It's surface was covered in cracks and it's light dimmed rapidly till it looked dim and weak. But it still stood. Zhang Mo's expression was grim. He had used the blood river three times in a row. Even with his cultivation, this greatly consumed his energy and placed huge pressure on his body. Therefore he couldn't use it a fourth time.

Staring coldly at Long Feng who was slowly recovering again, his mouth twitched and a dark glint flashed through his red pupils.

"You think I'll give you a chance to recover? Dream on!" He snorted. A recovered Long Feng was as hard to kill as a cockroach. He didn't want to go through that again. He glanced behind him at the crimson barrier and a cold smile appeared on his face. He turned around suddenly and charged into the crimson barrier before anyone could react. Stepping through the barrier, Zhang Mo stretched out his right arm and grabbed Yan jian by the neck before he could react.

The blood energy on Zhang Mo's arm suppressed the flame around Yan jian till they were forced back into his body. All of these happened in a few breaths of time and Yan jian's life was in Zhang Mo's hands! Li Yue'er's expression became icy as she released her ice energy and cultivation fully. A powerful wave of cold was released by her ice pearl, enough to temporarily freeze even Zhang Mo if he let it touch him.

"Let him go!" Her voice sounded extremely terrifying as he attacked while shouting coldly.

"Hmph!" Zhang Mo snorted and used his blood energy to disperse the cold, then he used his free hand to land a palm strike on Li Yue'er's chest, sending her flying backwards till she crashed against the crimson barrier behind her, worsening her injuries. She coughed out a mouthful of blood as she ignored her injuries and staggered to her feet unsteadily. Zhang Mo frowned and glanced at her, then muttered"Stay still" with a flick of his wrist, he sent his dagger flying straight at her at a fast speed.

Before Li Yue'er could react, it pierced through her lower abdomen without hitting a vital organ. But the energy of the dagger crashed her into the crimson barrier again and she coughed out two mouthfuls of blood. She fell to the floor, her clothes dyed with blood. Ignoring her after confirming that she wouldn't die, Zhang Mo glanced at Long Feng with a playful smile on his face. But before he could even speak, Long Feng roared with blood red eyes"Zhang Mo!

If you lay a single finger on him, I promise you I will kill you even if I have to kill myself along!" His voice was so hoarse that it wasn't even clear again. His heart was filled with rage and killing intent beyond anything he had ever experienced before. Zhang Mo laughed coldly.

"With just you? Kill me? What a joke! Enough nonsense. You have ten breaths to walk out of that shell and receive your death. I promise to let your clan, this kid and that Hua girl go if you don't resist. But if you resist, I will make them both die in the most miserable way possible!"

"Zhang Mo!" Hua Liuli glared at him with endless rage, then turned to Long Feng with pleading eyes. Li Yue'er pulled the dagger out of her body slowly and threw it aside, blocking the flow of blood with her hand. Her pale face was filled with killing intent as he also glared at Zhang Mo. Long Feng stood still, biting his lips till blood flowed. He could sense Hua Liuli's pleading gaze, sense Li Yue'er's complex emotion and the faint pleading beneath this.

He could see that Yan jian also was telling him not to be reckless from his eyes. But…

"One…" Zhang Mo began to count with a chilling smile on his face. Before he could say 'two', he stared in shock as Long Feng simply walked out of the light shield without hesitation. Zhang Mo had expected this to be hard or even fail, but to his shock, Long Feng had simply walked out immediately he started counting. He didn't even know what to call this. Foolishness? Or courage? Friendship?

He could see that Long Feng's eyes had once again regained their terrifying calm which meant he wasn't being reckless or hasty. This was a perfectly sane decision he made. Long Feng stepped without hesitation out for two reasons. One, he absolutely couldn't watch as Yan jian or anyone else here lost their lives. He was perfectly fine with exchanging his life to keep them safe. He already felt bad that they had to go through so much suffering and pain for his sake.

He would never be able to forgive himself if anything were to happen to anyone of these three. And the second reason was that he had on last hope or trump card to fall back on. The only issue with this card was that it was very very unreliable and could actually fail him. And this card was… His master, Wu Kong!