Chapter 136: Bloody Crown

136. Chapter 136 Bloody Crown

Just as Li Xuan was still looking around, Li Xuan suddenly saw the Palm Sky Bottle.

At this moment the Palm Sky Bottle was floating in the sky, extracting the blood mist energy from a basketball-sized blood‑red sphere at the center of the skeleton.

And these blood mist seemed to be emanating from that basketball‑sized blood sphere.

However, the blood mist released by the sphere was still not enough for the Palm Sky Bottle to absorb.

As the owner of the Palm Sky Bottle, Li Xuan could feel that the bottle was now exerting all its effort to absorb the sphere's energy, and the blood mist's energy was also greatly beneficial to the bottle.

Watching the Palm Sky Bottle continuously absorb the blood mist, Li Xuan let out a sigh of relief; it seemed the bottle had the situation under control.

And the blood sphere was slowly shrinking over time; it seemed it would be completely sucked dry by the Palm Sky Bottle soon.

Li Xuan continued to wander inside the skeleton.

After ten‑thousands of years of vicissitudes, the flesh that once filled the skeleton had entirely turned into soul power and dissipated into the air.

At that moment, Li Xuan suddenly saw an object emitting a faint glow.

Li Xuan's eyes brightened; among the corpse bones of such soul beasts, only one thing could possibly shine.

Soul bone!

The blood‑red nine‑headed bat, a being bold enough to covet even a divine throne; its soul bone must be immensely powerful.

"But a soul bone is a good thing, unfortunately I don't dare to absorb it," Li Xuan chuckled lightly, recalling the Filthy Flame Yin Lotus.

This ten‑thousand‑year soul beast, with its bizarre methods, is unfathomably strange; Li Xuan didn't want to fall into its scheme because of a, 000-year Soul Bone.

Li Xuan stopped exploring and stood near the Palm Sky Bottle, waiting for it to continue absorbing the blood mist.

When the connection was lost earlier, Li Xuan couldn't enter the Palm Sky Bottle's space, but now the link had been restored, so he could enter the bottle's space; thus Li Xuan thought that if anything went wrong, he would immediately go into the bottle's space.

Li Xuan stood not far from the Palm Sky Bottle, silently watching the blood‑red sphere nearby.

In just a few minutes, the basketball‑sized blood sphere grew to the size of a soccer ball, yet it continued to shrink.

It seemed that in a few hours the Palm Sky Bottle would be able to extract all the blood mist from the sphere.

Li Xuan could do nothing now, only stand aside and wait silently.

Five hours later, the blood‑red sphere inside the skeleton had shrunk from basketball size to the size of a soybean.

But the Palm Sky Bottle still wouldn't let it go, continuously extracting blood mist from the soybean‑sized sphere.

After a few more minutes, the Palm Sky Bottle finally absorbed all the blood mist, leaving only a pale yellow transparent sphere the size of a soybean.

However, the Palm Sky Bottle did not stop; its massive suction continued, and clumps of blood‑red energy began to emanate from the bones, which the bottle then extracted and absorbed as blood mist.

"Indeed worthy of my martial soul, matching my style perfectly, excellent, excellent!" Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction.

But the blood mist within the bones was not abundant, and it was quickly all absorbed by the Palm Sky Bottle.

After losing the blood mist, the bones collapsed directly into bone dust; Li Xuan watched the bone powder rush toward him, flashed into the Palm Sky Bottle's space, not wanting to swallow a mouthful of bone ash.

Upon entering the Palm Sky Bottle's space, Li Xuan was delighted to find that the Spiritual Energy concentration had increased severalfold! With the higher concentration, the plants here grew even more upright and vibrant. The Spiritual Energy in the bottle's space differs from that in the Bing Huo Liang Yi Yan; it is gentler. Although the concentration is higher, it remains very suitable for plant absorption, so even with the boost, it does not hinder the growth of Heavenly Material Earth Treasure.

"Not bad, not bad." Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction; with the abundant Spiritual Energy here, his cultivation speed could improve further, shortening the time to reach level thirty.

"The bone ash outside still needs to settle for a while; it's perfect that I haven't cultivated today, can't waste time." Li Xuan waved his hand and sat down beside the Hot Spring to begin cultivating soul power.

Two hours later, Li Xuan felt his meridians a bit sore and swollen, then immediately exited cultivation mode; indeed, cultivating in a place rich with Spiritual Energy yields double the result with half the effort.

Li Xuan rose from the ground with a beaming smile, stretching his somewhat stiff limbs.

He thought that the bone ash outside should have settled by now.

With a thought, Li Xuan emerged from the Palm Sky Bottle's space.

Although the air here was still a bit murky, putting on a mask solved the problem.

Li Xuan considered it, then packed the bone ash into a box and stacked it in the corner of the third layer; the ash held no value, and he didn't intend to take it away.

After clearing all the ash, two items appeared before Li Xuan.

One was a soybean‑sized pale yellow transparent bead, which should be the Inner Core that had lost its blood mist.

Moreover, it was the Inner Core of the blood‑red nine‑headed bat; without the blood mist's enhancement it was a bit small, and Li Xuan wasn't sure of its exact function, but it was certainly a treasure.

The other was a blood‑red head Soul Bone.

Unlike the Soul Bones Li Xuan had seen before, this one was entirely blood‑red and emitted a faint golden glow, looking exceptionally enchanting.

"System, check this item's attributes," Li Xuan said to the system.

As Li Xuan finished speaking, a golden Light Screen rose over the Soul Bone, recording its attributes.

【Soul Bone: Bloody Crown】

【Age: 990,000 years】

【Quality: Golden】

【Description: Produced from the central skull of a 990,000‑year blood‑red nine‑headed bat, excellent quality, just one step away from a million‑year Soul Bone; upon absorption it grants 1. Bloody Domain, 2. Drip Blood Resurrection ability】

【Note: A powerful soul sleeps within】

"Whoa! I almost became a million‑year Soul Bone!" Li Xuan widened his eyes, muttering in disbelief.

Li Xuan never expected that this corpse bone was actually the remains of a 990,000‑year blood‑red nine‑headed bat.

It seems that the blood‑red nine‑headed bat that possessed Tang Chen and the dark‑gold three‑headed bat from the Killing Path are of the same lineage.

If I can dismantle all the data inside the Slaughter Treasure Vault, it is highly likely to contain information about the blood‑red nine‑headed bat.

Suddenly Li Xuan was stunned.

"The soul of the blood‑red nine‑headed bat is within the Soul Bone; whose soul resides in the Soul Nurturing Wooden Puppet on the first floor? Whose voice echoed when I entered the Slaughter Treasure Vault?" Li Xuan felt a chill run down his spine. (End of Chapter)