Chapter 444: Dragon Blood World! Hunting Void Gods

Juexing Ancient City, inside the palace deep in the Law Enforcement Divine Hall.

"Hmm?"

True God Jiang Yuan, who had been meditating, suddenly opened his eyes. He said softly: "Chi Yang?"

Swish~ A large amount of light and shadow gathered to form a red-armored figure; it was True God Chi Yang, who bowed slightly: "Vice City Lord."

Now, True God Jiang Yuan has two positions—Vice City Lord, Law Enforcement Divine Hall Hall Master.

True God Chi Yang naturally calls him by his highest position.

"What is it?" True God Jiang Yuan said.

"Xu Yuan accepted a special-grade trial task and has left Juexing Ancient City," True God Chi Yang said in a low voice: "According to your instructions, if he has any special circumstances, report to you immediately."

"With his strength, accepting a special-grade trial task is fine," True God Jiang Yuan said indifferently.

The trial tasks that Demi-god members can accept are divided into third-grade, second-grade, first-grade, and special-grade... special-grade tasks have the highest rewards but are usually extremely dangerous.

Under normal circumstances, only those in the top hundred of the Demi-god Ranking accept special-grade tasks, and they are usually very cautious.

"The task he accepted is the 'Dragon Blood World Trial'," True God Chi Yang said: "In that place, it is very difficult for us to protect him secretly."

"Level-Five Star Realm 'Dragon Blood World'?" True God Jiang Yuan frowned.

"Correct," True God Chi Yang nodded.

Dragon Blood World is a strange world born in this world, located in a mysterious place outside the sky, vast and boundless, because of some special reasons, it has given birth to a large number of powerful beasts containing divine dragon bloodlines over a long period of time.

Dragon is the source of all beasts, dragon blood can enlighten all spirits.

Possessing divine dragon bloodlines has caused the beast tribes in the Dragon Blood World to give birth to many terrifying life forms over a long period of time, and it also contains some secrets and treasures... all major forces in the world have explored the Dragon Blood World.

But the Dragon Blood World is a Level-Five world, and the outside Sixth-Stage True Gods cannot enter directly, at most sending Void Gods to break through to become True Gods inside.

But after breaking through to become a True God, once they leave, they cannot re-enter the Dragon Blood World.

This has led to endless competition among all forces, plus the powerful "Dragon Beasts" that have risen inside the Dragon Blood World, even a powerful force like Juexing Ancient City cannot truly control the Dragon Blood World, only establishing a branch in the Dragon Blood World to seize some resources.

"Dragon Blood World, we only have two True Gods stationed there, and each has their own tasks," True God Chi Yang said: "With Xu Yuan's current strength, ordinary True Gods cannot follow him without being noticed."

True God Jiang Yuan couldn't help but nod.

The situation in the Dragon Blood World has long been stable, and all forces in the world have reached a consensus... Juexing Ancient City naturally will not station too many True Gods there.

And according to his orders, if Li Yuan performs a trial task, he must be protected by True Gods in secret.

Now it seems that this point is very difficult to achieve.

"Send a message to the Dragon Blood World branch, handle it low-key," True God Jiang Yuan said softly: "It is absolutely not allowed to expose Xu Yuan's whereabouts... if an accident occurs due to a mistake, they will stay in the Dragon Blood World forever."

"Yes." True God Chi Yang felt a chill in his heart.

Whoosh! True God Chi Yang's phantom dissipated.

"Going to the Dragon Blood World?" True God Jiang Yuan muttered to himself: "Is Xu Yuan doing it to complete the trial task? Or for another purpose?"

Dragon Blood World, vast and boundless, the entire world is hundreds of millions of kilometers long and wide, far more vast than ten Divine Nation territories added together.

In the continuous mountain ranges, a huge city is floating, and a large number of practitioners are stationed in the city.

This is the "Dragon Blood World Branch" of Juexing Ancient City, with a large number of powerhouses stationed here, responsible for monitoring the entire Dragon Blood World.

Powerhouses from Juexing Ancient City descending to the Dragon Blood World will arrive here first.

In the center of the city, there is a towering tower teleportation array.

"Old Six, who is coming today?"

"Don't know."

"The Commander ordered everyone to leave here, temporarily not allowing others to come and go," more than ten Void God Juexing Guards in black armor stood in various places in the high sky, monitoring all directions, exchanging voices.

As Void God-level Juexing Guards, and also the City Lord's personal guards, they usually have a very high status in the city.

Today, they were dispatched here just to be on alert.

Swish~ Space twisted slightly, and a golden-robed figure walked out from the void, the powerful aura emitted made the Void God Juexing Guards present feel tight in their hearts.

"City Lord?"

"City Lord came to welcome him personally?" These Void God Juexing Guards were all shocked; who is coming today that is worthy of the City Lord coming to welcome him personally?

Suddenly.

"Boom!" A dazzling light flashed in the teleportation array, followed by a figure shrouded in a black robe walking out, making it impossible to see his face.

"Demi-god?"

"Seems to be a Demi-god, cannot judge the specific life aura, what a high-level aura-concealing technique."

"The City Lord went up to welcome him, seems very polite," these Juexing Guards were shocked in their hearts; they couldn't hear the conversation between the City Lord and the black-robed figure.

"Should be a Demi-god Holy Son from the Ancient City."

"Definitely."

"Just don't know which one it is," these Juexing Guards already had guesses in their hearts.

However, they did not dare to leak the slightest bit.

As the City Lord's personal guards, they were all peak Void God strength and were extremely trusted.

Outside the teleportation array, an invisible force isolated all directions, making the conversation impossible to be heard.

"True God Mou Zhuo, thank you," Li Yuan smiled: "But I am on a trial task; according to the rules, I cannot accept protection... if it is found out, I will have trouble instead."

Just now, the first sentence of True God Mou Zhuo was "Holy Son Xu Yuan, do you want me to send my personal guard team to protect you."

Li Yuan refused immediately.

Are you kidding, he chose the Dragon Blood World after careful screening to avoid the monitoring of the high-level figures of Juexing Ancient City and not to let the high-level figures of Juexing Ancient City notice that he was deliberately trying to get rid of the monitoring.

How could he let a group of Void Gods follow him?

"Also, then I won't force it," True God Mou Zhuo smiled: "Then take my token."

Whoosh! True God Mou Zhuo waved his hand, and a golden token appeared.

"It has a positioning effect; once you encounter danger, crush the token at the first time, and I will rush to rescue you at the fastest speed."

"It's just that I need to guard the city and cannot leave for a long time... so I cannot protect you closely all the time," True God Mou Zhuo said: "Life-and-death roaming, be careful."

"Trial task, how can there be no danger at all?" Li Yuan said: "True Gods guard the land and protect the borders, no need to pay too much attention to me."

"Haha," True God Mou Zhuo smiled, and handed Li Yuan a fiery red crystal: "Although you obtained some information about the Dragon Blood World in the Ancient City, most of that information was reported by me, actually very rough... the Dragon Blood World is also constantly changing, and some details inside are only known to us True Gods in the Dragon Blood World."

"Inside here is my summary of information about the entire Dragon Blood World; you can read it carefully, perhaps it will be helpful to you."

"Thank you, True God," Li Yuan thanked him; roaming a strange region, information is the most important.

"Go, I will send you out of the city," True God Mou Zhuo said: "Otherwise, with many people and mixed eyes, perhaps someone will notice you."

"Then I will trouble you, True God."

Whoosh!

An invisible force covered Li Yuan, and then he and True God Mou Zhuo disappeared into the void.

Not long after.

In the void tens of thousands of miles away from the city, two figures appeared.

"Holy Son Xu Yuan, I will send you here," True God Mou Zhuo smiled: "Further areas, you have to break through yourself."

"Hmm, then goodbye," Li Yuan arched his hands.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan turned into a stream of light, his speed soaring to over 30 km/s, quickly disappearing from True God Mou Zhuo's sight.

True God Mou Zhuo's smile gradually faded, frowning slightly: "Finally sent away this plague god."

"Mou Zhuo, this Holy Son Xu Yuan might be the future Heavenly God City Lord," a dissolute female voice sounded in the surrounding void: "Why do you seem to not want to contact him?"

"Heavenly God City Lord? Heavenly God is not so easy to become?"

"Besides, no matter how fast he cultivates, it will take at least thousands of years to become a Heavenly God, by which time I will be close to the limit of my lifespan," True God Mou Zhuo shook his head, a trace of disdain appearing in his eyes: "What does it have to do with me? I am only a Six Star Pulse True God, already without any hope... just hope to be safe and sound in this life."

"Then you were so polite just now," the dissolute female voice laughed.

"Can't be impolite," True God Mou Zhuo shook his head: "You don't know Jiang Yuan's order."

"This Xu Yuan has astonishing talent, famous in all directions; coming to the Dragon Blood World is a source of disaster, just hope he is not too stupid to provoke invincible Dragon Beasts," True God Mou Zhuo snorted coldly: "Otherwise, I will have to save him."

"If he accidentally dies, it will only be more troublesome."

Whoosh!

True God Mou Zhuo took a step and disappeared into the void.

In the vast mountain range.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan triggered spatial fluctuations, distorting his vision, while reducing the fluctuation of Heaven and Earth Yuan Force, hiding his own actions.

"Sister, that True God didn't follow, right?" Li Yuan transmitted: "In my sensing, he didn't follow."

With Li Yuan's current spatial Law comprehension, it was very difficult for a True God to approach him without being noticed.

"Rest assured."

"You have already passed the fourth test, and your control over the Ancient God Palace origin has been further strengthened..." Senior Gu You transmitted: "Under your Yuan Force infusion, I can also mobilize more power from the Ancient God Palace."

"Ordinary True Gods, if they don't move, it's fine, but once they move and cause spatial fluctuations, it's hard to hide from the Ancient God Palace's large-scale sensing."

"According to your information."

"The two True Gods of the Juexing Ancient City branch in the Dragon Blood World, their strength is not at the peak True God level, and they should not have condensed spatial true intent," Senior Gu You said: "It is hard for them to hide from the Ancient God Palace's sensing."

"Hmm," Li Yuan nodded slightly.

Before accepting the trial task.

After cultivating the fifth Star Technique to the fourth-stage limit, Li Yuan went to break through the Demi-god-level test of the Ancient God Palace... and passed it easily.

True God Deity Deity Gu Ju set the difficulty of the fourth test as "initial Void God strength" to pass.

Immediately, Li Yuan obtained the two treasures left to him by True God Deity Deity Gu Ju—two protective secret treasures.

For normal Demi-god geniuses, like Jiang Shan and Baili Teng's level of Demi-god geniuses, these two protective secret treasures were very astonishing.

According to Senior Gu You, these two protective secret treasures were refined by True God Deity Deity Gu Ju at a huge price.

Unfortunately, for Li Yuan, who was a Nine Star Pulse Demi-god, their effect was very weak.

After all, True God Deity Deity Gu Ju didn't expect that his personal disciple would awaken Nine Star Pulses.

Although only two months had passed, Li Yuan's strength was already a big chunk stronger than it was during the ranking battle.

This is the terrifying thing about a Nine Star Pulse Demi-god.

The starting point of a Nine Star Pulse Demi-god is often the end point of most Seven Star Pulse Demi-gods.

However, for Li Yuan, obtaining the two protective secret treasures was secondary... the key was further control over the Ancient God Palace.

The Ancient God Palace is quite magical.

By logic, with the power of a True Divine Artifact origin, even if he were a Nine Star Pulse Demi-god, it would be very difficult to trigger... but when he was just a Yuan Martial Artist, Li Yuan refined a trace of the origin.

Later, passing True God Deity Deity Gu Ju's second, third, and fourth tests successively allowed Li Yuan's control over the Ancient God Palace to continuously improve.

Especially after passing the fourth test, it was simply a qualitative change.

Such a special True Divine Artifact, whether it was the information left by Venerable Qiu Bing or the information of Juexing Ancient City... had never been mentioned.

True Divine Artifacts must be used by Void God powerhouses; in the God Domain, this is almost a consensus.

It also made Li Yuan realize the specialness of the Ancient God Palace.

Regarding Li Yuan's question, Senior Gu You only explained one sentence: "Wait until you pass the fifth test left by father, then you will know everything."

The fifth test, Li Yuan also tried to break through.

Ended in failure.

Clearly, the "Void God-level test" left by True God Deity Deity Gu Ju for his personal disciple, Li Yuan, who had broken through to the Demi-god realm for less than half a year, could not break through for the time being.

"Continue walking."

"Leave a distance from the Juexing Ancient City branch," Senior Gu You transmitted: "Then you can find a place to use the Return Token."

"Hmm, I understand," Li Yuan turned into a stream of light and continued to fly forward, constantly sensing and observing all directions.

Time passed, and after half a day, Li Yuan had penetrated a million kilometers into the earth, gradually leaving the "sphere of influence" of the Juexing Ancient City branch.

Gradually, Li Yuan finally saw the magical and different terrain mountain ranges of the Dragon Blood World.

Occasionally, super-large "blood mist regions" would appear, thousands of kilometers long and wide, covering the sky and sun, blocking all vision.

Occasionally, there would be towering mountain ranges thousands of kilometers high, like pillars of Heaven and Earth; these regions had twisted space, and once they were far apart, they would become blurry.

Some ancient mountain ranges were cut off from the middle, as if caused by two peerless powerhouses fighting.

Suddenly appearing endless oceans...

Li Yuan, who obtained True God Mou Zhuo's information, avoided these dangerous regions one by one.

"According to the information."

"The more special the regions in the Dragon Blood World, the more likely they are to be places where 'Dragon Beasts' are born," Li Yuan thought to himself: "Some natural Dragon Beasts are powerful enough to rival peak Void Gods."

Moreover, hidden within the Dragon Blood Realm were some 'Kings' of the Dragon Beast race; those were True God-level Dragon Beasts. Their numbers were extremely few... but they definitely existed.

If not for this, the various factions would have long since occupied the entire Dragon Blood Realm.

"The Dragon Blood Realm is truly worthy of being one of the most mysterious 'Tier-Five Worlds' in this universe." Li Yuan thought to himself, "No wonder the intelligence from Juexing Ancient City says this world is very likely the bloodline world left behind by some Immortal-Body Heavenly God."

However, these were all just guesses.

Regarding the Immortal Body, Li Yuan had only seen it described in text and did not truly understand its specific meaning.

When Li Yuan flew over an ordinary mountain range, suddenly—

Swish! Swish! Swish!

From the mountain range below, more than a dozen terrifying figures suddenly emerged and rushed out. Their speed was shockingly fast, and they crossed over ten kilometers of void in almost the blink of an eye.

In an instant, the clouds and mist between heaven and earth shifted subtly, and these massive figures had already reached Li Yuan.

"Demigod-level Dragon Beasts? Finally encountered some." Li Yuan merely glanced at them.

Boom!

Just a single glance!

It was as if a sharp blade had plunged straight into the depths of their souls, directly shattering their entire spirits.

These 'Dragon Beasts'—some like flying dragons, some like great snakes, others like birds—with their massive bodies, saw their eyes dim one by one.

Thirty-six Demigods, souls annihilated!

All dead.

"【You have slain a Tier-Four creature, obtained spiritual nourishment, spiritual awakening degree reached 83.5%】"

"【You have slain a Tier-Four...】"

"【You have slain a Tier-Four creature, obtained spiritual nourishment, spiritual awakening degree reached 85.1%】" A series of Divine Palace notifications flashed across Li Yuan's Divine Palace panel instantly.

In an instant, Li Yuan's spiritual awakening degree soared from 83.4% to 85.1%.

"Level 45? Level 46? According to the intelligence, these Dragon Beasts are born this way and should all have the strength of a peak Demigod." Li Yuan pondered.

However, let alone peak Demigod powerhouses—

Even if they were limit-level Demigod powerhouses, before the current Li Yuan, as long as their soul will had not reached the Void God level... they would fall directly.

This was the terrifying aspect of soul attacks.

The weak joining forces for a group battle? It had no meaning against a powerhouse skilled in the Dao of the soul.

Now, Li Yuan could annihilate thousands of peak Demigod powerhouses with a single thought, and his soul would not even feel fatigued.

"If I find a few dozen more Demigod Dragon Beasts, I should be able to raise my spiritual awakening degree to 90%." Li Yuan thought to himself.

Over the past two months, under the nourishment of his body, Li Yuan's soul had grown from level 54 to 55, and his spiritual awakening cap had quietly reached 90%.

"Once the spiritual awakening cap reaches 90%, I can receive another infusion of Origin Force." Li Yuan pondered silently, "I should be able to cultivate my Origin Force to level 49.9 in one go."

"At that time, it will be when I enter the Eternal Hall."

This was one of the reasons Li Yuan came to the 'Dragon Blood Realm'.

Here, he could escape the surveillance of the high-level officials of Juexing Ancient City, and also incidentally raise his spiritual awakening degree to the cap; why not do it?

"Hoo!" Li Yuan's mind stirred.

Splat~ splat~ splat~ The heads of the dozen-plus Demigod Dragon Beast corpses suddenly split open, and blood splattered.

Without the protection of Origin Force, the corpses of Demigod-level Dragon Beasts were extremely fragile before Li Yuan.

Soon, more than a dozen crystalline 'Dragon Crystals' flew out from the heads of these Dragon Beasts.

They flew before Li Yuan.

"Truly miraculous."

"The reason the 'Dragon Beasts' of this Dragon Blood Realm can be born so powerful is because of these Dragon Crystals." Li Yuan smiled.

Dragon Crystals are the life cores of Dragon Beasts, similar to the Origin Pills of human martial artists.

Dragon Crystals are also a treasure.

The various major factions competing for resources in the Dragon Blood Realm have 'Dragon Crystals' as their primary target.

Whether it is for refining the Tier-Five treasure 'Dragon God Blood Essence' or using Dragon Crystals as raw materials to refine elixirs, they have great utility.

"The trial mission I accepted: first, obtain three thousand Demigod-level Dragon Crystals, which grants ten thousand Juexing Points upon completion." Li Yuan thought to himself, "Second, obtain ten Void God-level Dragon Crystals, which grants one hundred thousand Juexing Points upon completion."

This was because Li Yuan's strength was great and he had absolute certainty.

For most members of the Divine Fire Hall, coming to attempt the Dragon Blood Realm was extremely dangerous.

"Void God-level Dragon Beasts?"

"Hunting ten of them will not be easy." Li Yuan was calm and unhurried.

Hoo!

Li Yuan continued to fly toward the deeper regions of the Dragon Blood Realm.

However, he did not encounter large groups of Demigod-level Dragon Beasts gathered together like before; often, he would have to travel for a long time before confirming the trail of a single Demigod-level Dragon Beast to slay it.

But, accumulating little by little, Li Yuan's spiritual awakening degree continued to rise.

Suddenly.

Li Yuan stopped and looked at a massive blood mist over a thousand kilometers away.

With Li Yuan's vision, he could faintly peer into the boundaries of this blood mist.

"That blood mist is not too large in scale; it is very likely hiding a Void God-level Dragon Beast." Li Yuan pondered, "It should only be an initial-stage Void God, with a small probability of being a mid-stage Void God."

Only Void God-level Dragon Beasts can trigger the blood mist of heaven and earth; this is common knowledge in the Dragon Blood Realm.

Generally speaking, the larger the blood mist formed, the stronger the Dragon Beast inside will be.

Therefore, Li Yuan had avoided the several extremely large blood mists he encountered earlier as soon as he saw them from afar.

But this blood mist before him was the smallest in scale Li Yuan had encountered.

"Enter!" Li Yuan's figure moved, and he became blurred, merging almost perfectly with the surrounding heaven and earth.

Nine-Layer Star Art, "Ten Thousand Shadows Void"!

Aside from combat, this Nine-Layer Star Art was also terrifyingly effective for stealth and concealing one's aura.

Hoo!

Silently, Li Yuan had already infiltrated the blood mist, which was several thousand kilometers in diameter. The rolling, surging blood-colored mist could not affect Li Yuan at all; now, while executing his Star Art, he could stay close to the 'spatial layer'.

After sneaking in for over a hundred kilometers—

"It is not far ahead, about two hundred kilometers." Senior Gu You's voice suddenly rang out, "It is a Void God-level Dragon Beast."

(End of chapter)