Chapter 239: The Immortal Lord appears!

Chu Ren Di also realized the crux of the problem.

The Chaos Strange Beast is hard to deal with, but whatever lies beneath that altar must be even more terrifying.

The Great Expansion Dao Sect brought forth these two things, seemingly never intending to leave a way out for the hundreds of millions of common folk on Three Mountains Island!

"Be careful."

Having warned Qi Shaoyu, Chu Ren Di rushed forward to continue entangling with the Chaos.

Although the Chaos now resembles an indestructible cockroach, Chu Ren Di can use his speed to keep it bound, buying Qi Shaoyu a chance to destroy the four huge blood pools beside the altar.

Compared to the whole altar, those four blood pools were clearly laid out later by the people of the Great Expansion Sect.

The aim was to harness the foul blood in the pools to erode the suppressive divine seals on the altar's surface.

Once the altar's divine seals are completely destroyed, what lies beneath can break through the suppression and see the light of day again.

Qi Shaoyu grasped a golden longsword, and with a few flashes she appeared directly above one of the blood pools.

This blood pool holds a great deal of foul blood, so it certainly cannot be broken open directly.

Otherwise, all that foul blood would flood toward the altar and corrode the suppressive seals above with equal strength.

After a moment's thought, Qi Shaoyu suddenly came up with a countermeasure.

Her sword suddenly erupted with terrifying lightning!

Accompanied by flashing electric arcs, the sword in her hand exhaled a terrifying, scorching aura.

Whoosh! When her sword turned into a ten-zhang-long lightning blade, Qi Shaoyu swung and slashed at the blood pool before her; a dazzling light flashed, and the pool was instantly split in two, the cut smooth as a mirror.

The blood pool was split, and terrifying lightning burst out, instantly vaporizing the foul blood within.

A strong stench filled the air, and Qi Shaoyu hastily held her breath.

This foul blood was concocted by the people of the Great Expansion Sect using a secret art.

It is practically the most evil and sinister thing in the world.

Fortunately, Qi Shaoyu herself commands the Lightning Law, and with Fang Xu's transmission of the complete Immortal Scripture, she could fuse the Lightning Law with her own sword Dao.

Lightning is the ultimate yang and rigid force between heaven and earth, and it naturally counters the utterly yin and evil foul blood.

That slash eliminated one blood pool and its foul blood in an instant.

Qi Shaoyu hesitated not, flashing straight to the next blood pool.

At that moment, the Chaos entangled by Chu Ren Di on the other side seemed to sense its mission; seeing the blood pool destroyed by Qi Shaoyu, it became extremely agitated.

Although its limbs were not very nimble, it still struggled to move toward the altar to block Qi Shaoyu.

But how could Chu Ren Di give it a chance? He flickered into afterimages, continually carving deep, bone‑visible wounds into the Chaos.

Having reached the Divine Penetration Realm as a Slaughter Dao practitioner, Chu Ren Di originally possessed terrifying lethal power.

Ordinary Divine Penetration Realm experts, when struck by him, could easily be killed outright.

But the Chaos is special; it endured blow after blow from him without falling.

However, the Chaos now had but one thought: to reach the altar and stop Qi Shaoyu, leaving no time to absorb ambient energy.

Chu Ren Di's attacks were also extremely sharp, each move leaving deadly wounds on its body.

The Chaos had barely moved before Chu Ren Di pierced it full of holes like a sieve.

It was originally formed from a few skeletal segments that absorbed the flesh and energy of several Dharma Appearance Realm martial artists and came back to life.

At this point, after suffering heavy damage and expending most of its energy, its entire body gradually became riddled with cracks.

If this continues, it will likely die at Chu Ren Di's hands before long.

Seeing this, Qi Shaoyu felt great delight.

She never expected the Chaos to be so loyal, sacrificing its own life to let whatever lies beneath the altar break free.

Chu Ren Di also realized this was a chance to eradicate the Chaos, and his moves grew even more vicious!

Aoo—!

Blocked by the attacks, the Chaos could hardly approach the altar.

Seeing that Qi Shaoyu had destroyed the second blood pool, it immediately let out a wail, then, ignoring its own injuries, summoned a terrifying vortex and sucked hard toward the altar; the horrible suction pulled everything on the altar into its belly.

Naturally, Qi Shaoyu was also affected and dared not approach the remaining two blood pools.

The terrifying vortex devoured everything around it.

Gazing at this scene, Qi Shaoyu frowned slightly and turned her gaze toward the Chaos.

"Not good!"

Noticing that the Chaos had devoured the energy above the altar and was undergoing changes, Qi Shaoyu's face paled; there had originally been four blood pools on the altar.

Two of them had already been destroyed by her, and a large amount of the foul blood had been vaporized into the air.

That would not have been a problem in itself.

But now the Chaos sucked up all the foul blood mingling in the air into its belly.

Moreover, the Chaos also drew vast amounts of foul blood from the remaining two pools into itself!

Under the influence of that foul blood, the Chaos's entire body turned blood‑red! Its formerly bald head gradually sprouted a pair of sharp horns!

Moreover, terrifying bone spurs grew in rows along its back!

Aoo—!

Accompanied by the growth of these bone spurs, the Chaos let out a painful howl.

Then its limbs gradually grew sharp claws!

Bang! Chu Ren Di had intended to seize the moment when the Chaos moved to deliver a fatal blow, but he was suddenly flung back by an extremely terrifying evil aura.

After being flung away, the Chaos's surface instantly produced a blood‑colored protective shield.

Obviously, with that shield in place, Chu Ren Di could no longer torment it as before.

"Lao Qi, we have to interrupt it!"

In the distance, Qi Shaoyu shouted while flashing her body toward the third blood pool.

Originally she didn't dare to directly break the blood pool, fearing the impure blood would flow toward the altar.

But now, with the terrifying suction of Chaos, if the blood pool were broken, that impure blood would be instantly sucked away.

Without the corrosion of impure blood, the Suppressing Divine Seal could continue to function, and whatever lay beneath the altar would not break free.

Dealing with a mutated Chaos should be easier than facing two terrifying entities.

Clang! Upon reaching the blood pool, Qi Shaoyu immediately slashed out a sword! The terrifying sword light, just as it burst forth, was almost completely absorbed by Chaos.

Fortunately, this blood pool wasn't made of any hard material.

Qi Shaoyu's sword also successfully split open one side of the blood pool!

With the blood pool's obstruction gone, the impure blood in the pouch was instantly sucked away! Seeing this move work, Qi Shaoyu flashed her body again to the front of the last blood pool.

Boom! Another sword destroyed the blood pool, letting a large amount of impure blood in the pool be absorbed by Chaos.

Having lost the supply of the four blood pools, the Suppressing Divine Seal on the altar, which had been gradually eroded, was finally able to be retained.

Although about one-third of the Suppressing Divine Seal on the entire altar had been corroded, its power seemed strong enough to still suppress what lay beneath.

On the other side, Chaos, having absorbed a large amount of impure blood, now emanated a bloody killing aura from its whole body, its size having more than doubled.

Originally not good at moving, after this mutation it also became much more agile.

Seeing that the four blood pools had been completely destroyed.

The bloody killing aura on Chaos's body suddenly became restless.

Wearing a huge blood-colored shield, it lunged straight at Qi Shaoyu.

Qi Shaoyu also wanted to test how strong the mutated Chaos was, so she met the flying pounce head-on, not dodging or evading, and directly slashed out a sword! Sword rising!

The terrifying sword light was filled with thunder and lightning everywhere!

At this moment, the entire sky above Cloud Immortal Island was covered in dark clouds! This was the heaven-and-earth phenomenon caused by Qi Shaoyu's sword! Thunder gathered, and the Heaven-Reaching Sword Light gradually solidified!

The aura emanating from the sword amidst the surrounding dark clouds tore open a huge gap. As they say, one sword opens the heavenly gate—at most it's like this!

The dark clouds dispersed, space was ripped apart, forming a terrifying Void Rift!

A terrifying space storm raged overhead! This strike of Qi Shaoyu had already reached the attack limit achievable in the Divine Connection Realm.

"Ha!"

Feeling that the long sword in her hand was about to lose control, Qi Shaoyu lightly bit her silver teeth, let out an angry shout, and, with the posture of lifting light as if heavy, swung this sword at Chaos! The incoming wonton saw this, and the blood-colored shield on its surface instantly vanished, while a huge vortex suddenly split open on its faceless, mouthless head.

Seeing this, Qi Shaoyu's heart jolted; she immediately pressed down the giant sword, hoping to strike this blow before Chaos could completely devour the energy on the giant sword.

But after that vortex appeared on Chaos's face, the imagined terrifying devouring power did not manifest.

On the contrary, a large amount of energy was spat out from the vortex! After being expelled, this energy formed a terrifying Energy Ribbon!

After the Energy Ribbon formed, it did not collide with that descending thunderous giant sword, but instead shot straight toward the altar and slammed into it!

"Not good!"

In the distance, Chu Ren Di saw Chaos's move and instantly understood its intention.

This beast actually intended to borrow the power of Qi Shaoyu's sword, combine it with its own attack, and blast that altar to pieces!

"Old Five, stop quickly!"

Chu Ren Di shouted loudly.

At this moment, Qi Shaoyu also realized Chaos's plan.

But this sword was her ultimate strike; being able to unleash it was already no easy feat.

Trying to forcibly control it when the force was spent was utterly impossible.

Boom! The terrifying Energy Ribbon slammed into the altar!

The entire Cloud Immortal Island violently shook in an instant! Numerous mountain peaks collapsed and shattered fiercely! The tremendous commotion hadn't ceased when Qi Shaoyu's sword also succeeded in splitting Chaos's body, firmly striking the ground below!

Bang! Another round of earth-shaking mountain trembling! Crack!

Rumble! Cloud Immortal Island could no longer bear it at this moment.

It split open directly in the middle!

As the cracks on the ground grew wider and wider, the split Cloud Immortal Island divided into two, then into four……

Whoosh! Afterwards, the entire island collapsed into the ocean.

Surging seawater rushed in, directly submerging Cloud Mountain Island completely!

Chu Ren Di and Qi Shaoyu hurriedly flew up into midair.

Looking at the already submerged Cloud Immortal Island, their faces showed no relaxation at all.

Could the two clearly sense that, beneath the seawater below, an extremely evil aura was rapidly intensifying?

Moreover, Chaos's aura had not disappeared either.

It seemed that the being split open by Qi Shaoyu's sword was not dead at all.

Ripples on the sea surface below undulated, gradually returning to calm.

The two hovered silently in midair, their gazes continually fixed on the original position of Cloud Immortal Island.

Boom! Suddenly, a colossal creature surged up from beneath the sea surface!

The kicked-up water spray shot straight up to the clouds!

After the water droplets fell, a huge stone ball hovered in midair.

Called a stone ball, it actually resembled more of a semicircle.

The upper half of the semicircle, however, was something—exactly where the original altar had been.

The lower half was made of some strange stone.

Dodging, Qi Shaoyu and Chu Ren Di noticed that the stone ball actually had a small window on one side.

Through the window, one could faintly see inside a figure bound by black iron chains.

That's a person!

Disheveled and dirty-faced, with exaggerated shackles on both hands, feet, and neck, head bowed, face unseen.

Unknown how long that figure has been shackled beneath the altar, the exposed upper body somewhat deathly pale, the back covered in scars large and small.

Qi Shaoyu and Chu Ren Di exchanged a glance, both gripping their weapons tightly.

They both knew that the entity trapped beneath the altar was anything but simple.

Clatter!

Just as the two were about to look over, a clear iron-chain sound suddenly came from within the stone ball in the distance.

Clatter!

Another iron-chain sound rang out.

The person inside the stone ball slowly lifted their head.

Though their face was still obscured by messy hair, the two could not see each other's faces.

Faintly, only a pair of scarlet eyes could be seen slowly opening.

Swish! After those eyes opened, following a brief daze, they suddenly fixed on Chu Ren Di and Qi Shaoyu!

Just that glance made the two feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar!

What kind of eyes are those!

Deep as if wishing, yet like the Nine Abyssal Hell.

Merely locking eyes, both seemed to see countless ferocious wraiths struggling! Faintly, they also heard the wraiths' wails and howls.

Retreat!

Chu Ren Di, who follows the Slaughter Path, though not as strong as Qi Shaoyu in strength, has tempered his mind through the Slaughter Path, making him somewhat stronger mentally than Qi Shaoyu.

He quickly broke free from the illusion created by that person, directly pulling Qi Shaoyu back in retreat.

The terrifying existence within the stone ball also seemed not in a hurry to act.

He slowly shook the chains binding him, then looked through the opening at the outside sky and sea, a dirty face revealing a strange smile.

Thereafter, without any further movement from him, the several chains that had bound him for who-knows-how-many years snapped instantly.

Boom! With the chains breaking, the huge stone ball exploded! Smoke and dust cleared, the man's form hovered in midair.

He slowly brushed aside his messy hair.

Eyes half-closed, he intoxicatedly inhaled a deep breath of the air that represented freedom.

"Chaos?"

The man's hoarse voice as he opened his eyes, gazing at a point below the sea surface, he reached out and grabbed.

The next moment.

The chaos corpse that Qi Shaoyu had split in two was drawn up by him from the sea surface, hovering in midair.

Gazing at the corpse split in half, the man muttered with a complex expression:

"Turns out you were already dead."

"Now you are merely a lingering soul attached to a few bone fragments..."

The man said, waving his hand to turn the chaos corpse into vanishing powder, then with a grasp in the void he absorbed a barely visible remnant soul into his palm, forming a gray bead.

Gripping the bead, the man's gaze turned toward the distant Qi Shaoyu and Chu Ren Di.

"Was it those two natives bullying you before?"

"I will give them a proper lesson for you, taking their souls for you to absorb."

Before his words even faded, his form vanished, and when he reappeared he had already seized Qi Shaoyu's throat! (End of chapter)