Chapter 783: The Gathering of the Powerful

"She is already rushing toward Qinzhou now."

Shen Yiwei fell silent.

Communication in the Great Xia is all conducted via array discs.

And Chen Yu is a genius of array formations; just a few days ago, she even crafted a Sun-Radiance Grade A array disc, and she is not far from becoming a Divine Master of Arrays.

Like them, Chen Yu actually knew from the beginning that Chen Yan went to Jizhou to die on purpose.

But how Chen Yan was resurrected, Shen Yiwei and the others have no idea at all.

Now that the Thunder Sphere sentient life has appeared, perhaps it signifies that some things Chen Yan prepared are about to emerge.

After all, the entire Magnetic Storm Thunder Prison is Chen Yan's private product.

Except for Chen Yan, no one can command it.

"I know you and Chen Yan are very close, but since he didn't tell you the detailed plan, you shouldn't get overly involved," Zhang Ting said, shaking his head helplessly.

Everyone could be considered to have had a narrow escape during the Five Clans Conflict.

But as for Chen Yan's initial plan, no one was actually very clear about it; in most situations, they just survived in a daze.

Perhaps, to Chen Yan.

Being alone was enough, and everyone else was just a burden.

Even Lu Xunyang became an executor of Chen Yan's plan rather than a planner.

Shen Yiwei nodded:

"I won't do too much."

Having said that, he and Zhang Ting turned into two streams of light and flew toward the direction of Green Mountain.

The battle lasted for a day and a night.

Beneath Green Mountain, the dried blood had congealed into a pitch-black color.

Even the wind in the forest carried a scent of blood.

Hum!

A flash of blood-red light streaked by, instantly shattering the physical body of a Five Clans soldier.

Li Zhiyi took a look from afar and sat down once more.

In these past few days, many Five Clans soldiers have launched surprise attacks into Green Mountain.

In the Battle of Green Mountain, the Five Clans still held the greater advantage.

However, Chen Min, who is known as having an undying body, fought a bloody battle at the foot of Green Mountain, and the continuous fighting made the entire Five Clans re-evaluate this collateral branch of the Chen family.

Li Zhiyi continued to perceive the Blood Brand in his hand.

Deep within his mind, countless pieces of information intertwined and converged like a torrent.

"Such a strange feeling, it's as if another 'me' is conceiving ideas at the same time..."

His eyes were brilliant:

"Could this be... an epiphany?!"

A strange feeling!

An extraordinary feeling; Li Zhiyi felt as if there were an invisible teacher constantly inspiring his thoughts and helping him analyze the Blood Brand.

Within his body, his blood churned like molten lava, and strange energy flowed according to a certain rule.

"The Blood Brand is a divine artifact, and I, I want to create an even more powerful martial art!"

Li Zhiyi stood up, and with a wave of his hand, his blood-red will-power condensed into a long saber.

A slash in an instant!

Hum!

The blood-colored saber radiance cut across; a barely perceptible saber mark appeared in the void, but everything the mark passed through was severed.

He had used his will-power to imitate another Blood Brand.

It looked exactly the same as the Blood Brand, but it had changed from a divine artifact into a martial art.

It was just that the structure of this martial art was inspired by the Blood Brand.

Divine artifacts and divine skills in this world are actually inseparable.

For example, the number one divine artifact in the world, the Xia Lord Sword, contains a powerful sword-Dao martial art within the sword.

For example, the third divine artifact in the world, the Calamity Bone Divine Lamp, encompasses the divine skill 【Calamity Bone Thousand Shadow Kill】.

And the Calamity Bone Divine Lamp, along with its thousands of sub-lamps, also shares the same destination as the avatar path of 【Calamity Bone Thousand Shadow Kill】.

Furthermore, the constituent part of the divine skill 【Heavenly Bone】 is actually the tenth divine artifact in the world, the Heavenly Bone Blade.

The mysteries of the Blood Brand can also be transformed into the mysteries of a martial technique.

Powerful!

An extremely powerful feeling emerged in Li Zhiyi's heart.

"But it's not enough!"

Li Zhiyi's eyes looked at the Blood Brand in his hand, and instantly, the Blood Brand emitted a miserable humming sound, as if it felt a great threat.

At this moment, in Li Zhiyi's eyes, the Blood Brand was like a piece of delicious cake.

The Blood Brand is a gathering place of pure killing intent.

To ordinary people, this is a divine artifact, but to Li Zhiyi, this killing intent should be something that can be devoured.

Li Zhiyi's eyes erupted with golden light.

He could feel that his physical body was different from ordinary people, perhaps related to his will-power, which made him more certain that he could devour the Blood Brand.

The Blood Brand would devour blood-gu when it first appeared in the world to reach its peak.

Then, could he, this one blood-gu, counter-devour the Blood Brand to reach the realm of the supreme?

A trace of a smile appeared at the corner of Li Zhiyi's mouth.

Yet, at this very instant.

Boom!

A streak of golden light streaked across from high above the sky; several beams of light appeared in the firmament, crashing toward that streak of golden light.

With a thunderous boom!

The golden light flared, and a golden Dharma Image that stood between heaven and earth appeared; it was the back of a figure dressed in white, spanning across everything, having come across the long river of time.

"Saintly Descent!"

Chen Min roared, unleashing the Will Martial Art 【Saintly Descent】 to instantly suppress those few beams of light.

Immediately after, he plummeted directly.

With a boom, a crater was blasted into the earth of Green Mountain.

Chen Min was covered in blood, his black hair wild and disheveled, as he looked at Li Zhiyi, his gaze quickly shifting to the long saber in Li Zhiyi's hand.

"Give it to me!"

He reached out his hand.

Above the firmament, the roars of the Five Clans rang out.

"Damn it, he has entered Green Mountain!"

"Stop him, you absolutely cannot let the Blood Brand acknowledge a master!!!"

"Attack!!!"

Shouts of battle echoed throughout the four directions of Green Mountain, filled with endless rage.

One could imagine that Chen Min must have experienced endless obstruction to fight his way to this place.

"Give it to you?" Li Zhiyi frowned:

"Why?"

Chen Min paused:

"You don't recognize me?"

He was somewhat stunned; his name was naturally famous far and wide within the Great Xia Military Guard, yet this Li Zhiyi was actually defying him.

Chen Min's expression turned cold:

"Regarding the Blood Brand, the Blood Brand chose you, then chose me, which means I am more suitable.

Regarding strength, I am in the Creation Realm, capable of fighting those at the peak of the Creation Realm.

Regarding military rank, I am a Myriad-Man Commander, while you are not even a Level One."

Li Zhiyi's meritorious service had long been enough to apply for Level Three Military Guard, but it had never been reported, so he was still just a common soldier.

Li Zhiyi frowned:

"The Blood Brand chose you."

He only knew that the Blood Brand had previously wanted to escape his control; he hadn't expected the Blood Brand to have chosen another Blood Gu.

He looked at the Blood Brand in his hand and sneered inwardly.

"Give it to me!!!"

Chen Min had long since lost his patience, reaching out with one hand, intending to grab the Blood Brand directly.

And it was at this very moment.

"Stop him!!!"

Three pillars of light erupted from various places in Green Mountain, and three powerhouses stood across the high heavens.

One of them was precisely the Commander of the Third Army of Chizhou, Chi Ning.

Chi Ning's eyes locked onto Chen Min and Li Zhiyi, and he quickly moved to attack Chen Min directly.

Boom!

Three streaks of light fell simultaneously, the incoming gale tearing the earth apart and snapping trees.

At this moment, endless pressure descended instantly.

And throughout Green Mountain, shouts of battle rang out even louder:

"Reinforcements, reinforcements!!!!"

Hundreds and thousands of figures surged up with dense, whistling sounds of wind, attacking toward Chen Min; that was the great army led by Chen Min.

And at this moment, Chen Min's eyes widened, because the instant he reached out his hand, Li Zhiyi before him pulled his hand back.

In just an instant, Chen Min had already lost his opportunity.

Boom!!!

Chi Ning had already arrived, smashing a fist into Chen Min's chest and sending Chen Min flying.

And the other two Five Clans Creation Realm experts had already formed a pincer movement, closing in to kill Chen Min.

Soon, a Great Xia Military Guard who had rushed over gritted his teeth, looking at Li Zhiyi with veins bulging on his face, roaring in frustration at his failure to live up to expectations:

"Li Zhiyi, you have plunged Chen Min into danger for your own selfish reasons!!!"

More soldiers realized what had happened; if Chen Min had obtained the Blood Brand at that instant, he would certainly have been able to directly suppress Chi Ning and the other two.

But at that very instant, Li Zhiyi had not handed the Blood Brand to Chen Min.

"Li Zhiyi, give it to me!!!!"

High above the sky, Chen Min's neck was seized by a Creation Realm expert, yet his right hand was still reaching toward where Li Zhiyi was.

Hum, hum, hum!!!!

In Li Zhiyi's hand, the Blood Brand began to chime, trembling crazily like a remnant soul wanting to escape a sea of suffering.

Li Zhiyi shook his hand once and said, shaking his head:

"The Blood Brand cannot be given to you."

The Blood Brand certainly could not be given to Chen Min; this Blood Brand might appear to be a divine artifact, but in reality, it would only recognize Chen Min as a blood parasite that could be devoured.

Only he could devour the Blood Brand.

At this moment, the perceptions of the Five Clans and the Great Xia descended.

Chen Youqing, dressed in a green skirt, arrived and felt a lingering fear after witnessing the scene just now.

"Thank goodness!"

Just a moment ago, it was off by only a hair's breadth, and the Blood Brand would have been obtained by Chen Min.

To Chen Youqing, it did not matter who became the blood parasite; as long as it was a blood parasite, it could be captured for the Five Clans.

Let him slaughter, cause the Blood Brand to continue growing, and even reach maturity, only to be devoured.

But Li Zhiyi being the blood parasite would always be slightly easier to control than Chen Min.

This person, Chen Min, could be considered a remarkably gifted genius.

From the moment he was born in Luo Chen, his growth and the brilliance of his experiences were no less than those of other peak titans of the martial path over ten thousand years.

If Chen Min had obtained the Blood Brand, it would certainly have caused many uncertain factors.

As for Li Zhiyi...

In that instant just now, Chen Youqing also understood the other party's character.

Selfish.

So many Great Xia military guards were slaughtering each other just for the Blood Brand, yet he, because he was unwilling to discard this divine artifact, let Chen Min fall into danger once again.

Such a person, selfish and self-interested, lacking in the big picture, was easier to control by the Five Clans and easier to be devoured by the Blood Brand.

He was a pawn as easy to control as Ji Tianhe.

To the side, Chen Qi and many other Eighth-Rankers of the Five Clans also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, this Li Zhiyi made the mistake that ordinary people would make."

An Eighth-Ranker spoke, smiling with a sense of luck.

But at this moment, Chen Min's eyes were completely red.

"Li Zhiyi!!!"

His roar resounded through the heavens and earth:

"You think the Five Clans are this crazy because of you? It is because of me!!!"

Chen Min, like a blood beast, roared while slaughtering the enemy:

"It is because of me!"

"They are afraid of the Blood Brand falling into my hands!"

He growled, filled with fury:

"Disregarding military discipline, take him down!"

In an instant, the Great Xia soldiers rushing toward Qingshan all charged at Li Zhiyi, their eyes filled with murderous intent.