Chapter 137: Desperate Situation, Aodaili Sacrifices Herself

Boom~

Pfft!

The five had just rushed forward when they suffered heavy injuries.

Cheng Gang, leading the charge, carelessly took a hit, his qi and blood surging as he spat blood.

Stop him!

Seeing this, the remaining four immediately unleashed their killing moves.

Sword qi crisscrossed, talismans exploded, demonic dust roared, and various spiritual lights intertwined into a net, barely forcing the Blood Abyss back a few steps.

However, in the blink of an eye, the Blood Abyss attacked again.

Cheng Gang quickly activated a defensive talisman, narrowly escaping disaster.

He's too strong.

Don't clash head-on, fly his kite.

He's so fast, how can we kite him!

Before long in the fight, the five Fourth Realm cultivators fell into an absolute disadvantage.

The Blood Abyss is simply too strong.

His speed is boundless, his attacks extraordinarily fierce, and no one can withstand a direct blow from him.

Five against one, yet they were thrown into disarray by the Blood Abyss, forced to use some trump cards just to survive.

As they fought, the Blood Abyss's figure flickered and vanished from the spot.

On the other side of the lighthouse, the sound of spitting blood rang out again.

Liu Changfeng and his two companions tried to seize the moment to approach the lighthouse, but were heavily wounded by the Blood Abyss.

Before anyone could react, the Blood Abyss flashed back here.

This guy, handling both battlefronts at once, still had plenty to spare.

The combat power of a Fourth Realm peak is indeed quite formidable.

I'm afraid it's not a Fourth Realm peak, but a half-step Fifth Realm!

Lu Xun's heart tightened.

Even a Fourth Realm peak isn't this monstrous.

With so many Fourth Realm cultivators surrounding him, he's still this dominant.

You have to know, these Fourth Realm cultivators aren't ordinary; they are genius students from the East.

Their combat power is inherently far superior to ordinary Fourth Realm cultivators outside.

Although the demon race itself is renowned for its strength, facing eight or nine Fourth Realm geniuses and still taking the initiative like this is only possible for a half-step Fifth Realm.

Destroy the lighthouse first!

Lu Xun raised his hand and a barrage of fireballs shot forward.

He intended to destroy the lighthouse first.

Just as the fireballs were about to hit the lighthouse, the Blood Abyss suddenly appeared and punched, shattering the many fireballs.

Everyone, attack the lighthouse!

Jin Yuhua's eyes lit up.

The Blood Abyss's weakness is obviously this lighthouse.

Numerous long-range attacks descended upon the lighthouse like a blanket.

No matter how strong the Blood Abyss is, it's hard to block so many attacks.

But at this moment,

On the lighthouse, a large amount of blood-red patterns lit up.

After the numerous attacks struck it, the lighthouse remained completely unscathed!

Formation!

Jin Yuhua's expression changed.

The Blood Abyss snorted coldly and attacked again.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

Lu Xun joined the battlefield, taking his flying sword as his main attack and besieging the Blood Abyss together with the other Fourth Realm cultivators.

So strong!

As soon as Lu Xun made a move, several students who had never seen him fight had their eyes light up.

Lu Xun's combat power is rather terrifying.

Aodaili likewise waved her wand, beginning her performance.

Although the Blood Abyss is extremely strong, her space magic still caused it some trouble.

Seeing this, Liu Changfeng and the others on the other side also came over.

The formation protecting the lighthouse is no trivial matter; they couldn't break it in a short time.

They had to deal with the Blood Abyss first.

After Liu Changfeng and the others joined the battle, the siege on the Blood Abyss became nine Fourth Realm cultivators plus Lu Xun, whose combat power exceeded the norm.

With so many Fourth Realm cultivators surrounding a single Blood Abyss, they didn't gain much advantage; instead, they were forced to continually use their trump cards.

Among the many students, it was actually Lu Xun's flying sword that posed a greater threat to the Blood Abyss.

Even so, despite everyone joining forces, the fight remained extraordinarily difficult.

This guy, bare-handed he's already this fierce; if he had a weapon, he'd be unstoppable.

He's definitely a half-step Fifth Realm.

So, he is about to break through to the fifth realm.

Generally speaking, there is no such thing as a half-step when moving from the first to the second realm, second to third, or even third to fourth.

But above the fifth realm, the concept of a half-step appears.

This means one foot has stepped into the fifth realm; as soon as the other foot follows, it is truly the fifth realm.

Just as the fifth realm of Immortal Cultivation is the Mysterious Elixir Realm, also called the Core Formation Realm or the Golden Core Realm.

The Golden Core Realm is not entirely accurate, because not everyone's core is golden.

Those who form a golden Mysterious Elixir are all very powerful Immortal Cultivators.

And before Core Formation, there is actually a False Core Stage.

It is when spiritual power takes the shape of an elixir, but has not yet solidified into a true elixir.

This False Core Stage is the half-step fifth realm.

"Lu Xun, be careful!"

Suddenly, Blood Shadow flashed and lunged at Lu Xun.

Lu Xun's flying sword is too troublesome, so he decided to first remove this thorn, Lu Xun.

Aodaili pointed her magic staff, twisting the space ahead of Lu Xun and forming a spatial barrier.

Blood Shadow's right fist erupted with a piercing blood light, and the spatial barrier shattered like glass.

"Clang!"

Lu Xun suddenly burst forth with twelve sword qi, intertwining in the air into a net of icy, sharp sword light.

Blood Shadow did not dodge or retreat; his fists pounded out like a storm, shattering all the sword qi.

The flying sword shards sliced through many nearby buildings like tofu.

In that split second, Lu Xun suddenly spat out a string of obscure incantations from between his lips and teeth.

Blood Shadow's figure suddenly stalled, as if bound by invisible shackles.

Now!

Sword qi, flying sword, Fiery Eyes Golden Pupils, fireball, and that fifth-grade battle elixir!

Lu Xun's killing moves erupted simultaneously.

To unleash so many killing moves at once, only Lu Xun could do it.

"Boom boom boom~"

Numerous attacks landed on Blood Shadow.

Blood Shadow's body instantly flew backward, heavily slamming into the lighthouse.

The layer of indestructible blood armor on his body actually burst open, revealing his true form.

This Blood Shadow looks incredibly ferocious, but is actually a rather handsome demon.

"A blood demon clan, no wonder he's so powerful!"

Jin Yuhua, well-informed and knowledgeable, recognized the opponent's clan.

Blood demon clan!

They are nobles among demons, able to feed on blood and use it to enhance their strength.

They resemble the blood clan of the starry skies, but are even stronger and more brutal.

"He's still not dead?"

Lu Xun's eyes turned cold.

He unleashed so many killing moves, merely breaking Blood Shadow's blood armor and inflicting only a slight wound.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go together!"

Cheng Gang rushed forward to attack.

"How dare you wound me? Give me your life!"

Wei Guangyao, who had been blown away earlier, suddenly appeared, wanting to claim the kill.

The other students likewise rushed forward in a scramble to attack Blood Shadow.

Seeing many students charging at him, Blood Shadow, with a trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth, revealed a hint of a cruel smile.

Immediately after, he slammed his hand hard against the lighthouse.

"Boom—!"

Around the lighthouse, curtains of blood rose rapidly.

"Oh no, it's a killing formation—fall back!"

Jin Yuhua was greatly startled.

He stepped on his flying sword and shot straight toward the heavens.

Facing this rising killing formation, rushing outward in all directions is the foolishest option, because the surroundings are all formation curtains.

Such formation curtains are hard to break through.

Only by charging upward while the formation curtains have not yet closed can one possibly escape.

But soon, he fell into despair.

Because Blood Shadow's silhouette appeared in the sky, blocking their path of escape.

"Lu, hurry up and go!"

Aodaili's movement was just as swift; she waved her magic staff, pulling Lu Xun as she darted inside.

Lu Xun's vision blurred, and when he reappeared, he was already several hundred meters high in the sky.

Below, that killing formation had already closed.

Jin Yuhua and many of the fourth-realm students.... did not come out!

The killing formation enveloped the lighthouse, making it disappear without a trace.

"Hahaha!"

From below, the loud laughter of the previously severely wounded fourth-realm demon tribe rang out.

"Laugh your ass off!"

Lu Xun raised his hand, and dozens of huge fireballs came crashing down.

The fourth-realm demon tribe's expression changed, and they hurried to dodge.

But with that dodge, he realized he hadn't escaped.

Aodaili trapped him with a space trap.

He had just broken the space trap when the fireballs came crashing down.

"Break it for me!"

The previously severely wounded fourth-realm demon tribe barely managed to block the fireballs.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

They blocked the fireballs but couldn't withstand the flying swords that arrived at the same time.

After a dozen flying swords pierced him one after another, they didn't kill him outright but instead flew back and hovered above his head.

"Tell me, what formation is this?"

Lu Xun said coldly.

"Hmph."

The fourth-realm demon tribe remained silent.

Lu Xun swung his long sword and cut off one of his arms.

The fourth-realm demon tribe gritted their teeth, not even letting out a grunt.

"He's a real man."

Then Lu Xun cut off another of his arms.

The fourth-realm demon tribe still didn't utter a sound.

"If you don't talk, I'll shove your head straight into your asshole."

Lu Xun said coldly.

The fourth-realm demon tribe, who hadn't made a sound even after having both arms cut off, changed expression.

"Go ahead and tell me; it doesn't matter anyway, you can't do anything with the blood killing formation."

The fourth-realm demon tribe finally spoke.

"Blood killing formation?"

"Of course, this is the infamous blood killing formation of the demon tribe; inside, every half moment, the blood temperature rises by one degree; even if they have many trump cards, they can't last long."

The fourth-realm demon tribe's voice was filled with glee.

Every half moment, the blood temperature increases by one degree!

This blood killing formation is quite terrifying.

Even cultivators will meet their end if their blood temperature gets too high.

"After they explode and die, their blood will congeal into blood pills; so much blood from fourth-realm demons congealed into blood pills is enough for the Blood Nether Great One to break through to the fifth realm—hahahaha, go ahead and kill me; once the Blood Nether Great One reaches the fifth realm, your death is sealed!"

The fourth-realm demon tribe laughed maniacally.

"You're really a lunatic."

"This guy isn't afraid of death at all."

"A lunatic?"

The fourth-realm demon tribe let out a hoarse chuckle, their voice like sandpaper scraping a rusted blade.

"Imprisoned in this godforsaken place for over a decade—if it were you, you'd probably have gone even more insane; I've had enough... really had enough..."

"Death? Hahaha... what's death? But to drag you heavenly favored ones down the Yellow Spring Road as a backup—worth it! Totally worth it!"

The fourth-realm demon tribe burst into maniacal laughter.

Lu Xun gave him a quick death.

"This guy isn't afraid of death, has a stiff mouth; what's the point of keeping him?"

"Aodaili, do you have a way?"

"No."

Aodaili shook her head.

"Try blasting it open."

Lu Xun decided to blast it from the outside.

"It's just a killing formation, right?"

Although he doesn't understand formations, Lu Xun knows that such formations usually have something like a formation eye.

As long as the formation eye is destroyed, the killing formation will collapse on its own.

"Boom boom boom~"

Lu Xun kept firing fireballs, blasting away madly.

"Useless!"

But these fireballs, once they fell into the killing formation, vanished like a mud cow into the sea, without a sound.

This killing formation isn't easy to break.

"What do we do?"

If we can't break it, the problem will be huge.

Blood Hades, once relying on the fresh blood of the four-realm students inside, broke through to the fifth realm and then completely mastered the secret realm.

Although this secret realm is vast, Lu Xun still has to clear it.

"Illusion-Breaking Divine Eye!"

Lu Xun decided to try another of his eye-aperture divine abilities.

Illusion-Breaking Divine Eye

Using it this way, Lu Xun indeed made a discovery.

He saw a place that seemed to be an array eye.

This Illusion-Breaking Divine Eye is indeed useful; it's not the same type as the Fiery Eyes of Golden Cinnabar.

The Fiery Eyes of Golden Cinnabar can first see through disguises and second be used for attack.

The Illusion-Breaking Divine Eye, however, is used to see through the essence, to analyze patterns and the laws of heaven and earth.

Now used on formations, it actually works.

"There!"

He suddenly hurled several fireballs downward.

"Boom—"

The fireballs exploded, and the killing formation trembled violently.

"Useful!"

Lu Xun was preparing to strike again when a shadow flashed and Blood Hades rushed out.

He retreated in time, dodging Blood Hades's killing move.

"Not pursuing?"

Blood Hades did not pursue Lu Xun, simply guarding the Blood Slaughter Formation.

"That's right; given enough time, without him needing to act, everyone inside will be doomed."

Lu Xun saw through Blood Hades's thoughts.

He launched another attack, but even though Blood Hades had previously been wounded by Lu Xun, in a one-on-one situation he could do nothing against Blood Hades.

Even if Blood Hades weren't guarding the Blood Slaughter Formation and chose to take the offensive, Lu Xun still wouldn't be able to defeat him.

Aodaili's assistance from the side was also useless.

The gap in strength was too great.

Babala's first spell, if cast consecutively in a short time, the second activation is hard to take effect.

Lu Xun doesn't have many trump cards left.

Moreover, time is also short.

"What to do?"

Lu Xun felt it was troublesome.

The current situation, for him, can be called a desperate situation.

Lu Xun did not give up, launching successive attacks, but they were all blocked by Blood Hades, and there was no way to deal with the Blood Slaughter Formation.

Even if he had the Illusion-Breaking Divine Eye and saw the method to break this killing formation, in the face of an absolute strength gap it was still useless.

"Lu, come with me."

Aodaili's voice rang out.

"Huh?"

Lu Xun looked at her.

This Western beauty, resembling a porcelain doll, had a flush of crimson on her cheeks at this moment, perhaps due to the fierce battle just now.

She hesitated for a moment, then suddenly reached out and grabbed Lu Xun.

Her other hand held a magic staff; with a light wave, she opened a spatial passage and pulled Lu Xun into it.

When they emerged, the two were already in a room on the roof of a building several hundred meters away.

This place was empty.

Aodaili's wand waved again, laying down a barrier.

Then she took out a bed and placed it in the room.

Eh?

At this moment, she suddenly produced a bed.

Lu Xun was completely bewildered, not knowing what Aodaili's deal was.

"Aodaili, what are you trying to do?"

Lu Xun asked.

Aodaili's cheeks grew even redder.

She lightly pulled at her waist, undoing her top to reveal the ample bosom hidden beneath her bra.

Then she undid another...

Lu Xun's pupils dilated instantly.

"Aodaili... what are you doing?"

Lu Xun's words involuntarily stumbled.

"Lu, I will make a contract with you using my virginity; tell me the spell Lady Babala taught you, and I will cast it to lend you a hand."

Aodaili undid once more.

Now she and Lu Xun were completely open with each other.

Her figure looks petite, but in fact, her assets are unusually rich.

「Time's not much left; once he breaks through the Fifth Realm, we'll all die. Lu Xun, you… you still aren't a man! 」

Aodaili saw Lu Xun motionless; originally shy, she instead became angry.

Heaven knows how much courage it took for her to do this.

And perhaps one reason she did this is related to what she said.

On the other hand, perhaps she is also using this opportunity to give herself a way out, in order to fulfill Babala's demand.

Aodaili's words successfully stimulated Lu Xun.

Who isn't a man?

「It seems this is the only method we can try. 」

This thought flashed through Lu Xun's mind.

He has already satisfied the condition to bind a fourth person.

Only the final step remains.

Now, if we can bind Aodaili, even if our strength doesn't change much in the short term, we still can't stop Blood Nether from breaking through the Fifth Realm; but we can also rely on this vast secret realm to buy some time.

He possesses the Heavenly Dao Eye, which can locate some hidden cellar spaces.

As for Murong Wan and the others, Lu Xun had also seen some hidden vertical passages earlier; these were tunnels dug by those foreign peoples in the rock strata.

They had previously moved through these passages to operate in each level of the secret realm.

So, after a brief hesitation, Lu Xun decided to bind Aodaili first.

「Ah... 」

In the midst of the exclamation, Aodaili was shoved onto the bed.