Chapter 71: Boundless Flesh and Blood

Xu Yuan said nothing, manipulating the sword pill to flash rapidly dozens of times.

On the flesh-and-blood idol, dozens of chunks of flesh and blood fell with a splashing sound.

The sword pill of a veteran seventh-rank cultivator was peerlessly sharp.

Yet more flesh and blood writhed up to replenish the idol.

"Your so-called effort is meaningless!" Mr. Gao sneered with a face full of malice.

But Xu Yuan seemed not to hear, speeding up the sword pill even more, shaving layer upon layer of flesh and blood from the idol.

It was as if he were racing the flesh and blood: seeing whether it replenished faster or he cut faster.

Xu Yuan's speed increased, and that flesh and blood accelerated in response.

On the surrounding flesh carpets, flesh and blood formed waves that surged madly toward the altar.

"Truly laughable!"

Yet Xu Yuan turned a deaf ear, relentlessly using the sword pill to shave the flesh and blood without cease.

The flesh-and-blood idol, or rather the entire ruin area, the massive flesh-and-blood anomaly, was thoroughly enraged!

The flesh-and-blood idol raised one of its arms, a writhing flesh-and-blood palm opening toward Xu Yuan.

The flesh-and-blood pagodas throughout the ruin surged forward with rapid writhing.

On every pagoda, air vents opened, hissing—

streams of filthy blood swords shot out.

Xu Yuan dodged in midair while opening an umbrella, using the canopy to block those he could not dodge.

After seven or eight blood swords, the umbrella surface bore corrosion marks, emitting foul-smelling green smoke.

The pagodas grew ever more numerous; after spewing blood swords, each spun, and air vents on the other side continued firing.

The barrage never ceased!

Mr. Gao wore a face full of malicious smiles, watching Xu Yuan quietly.

The moment he broke into the bloody mist, this boy's miserable fate was already sealed.

Yet this fellow managed to hold out for so long, and having consumed six "water" clusters, he has not yet become anomalous; indeed, he is somewhat extraordinary.

Does he carry some powerful "suppressor"?

But it no longer matters; with so many layers of heavy pollution stacked, no matter how strong the suppressor, it cannot endure.

The flesh-and-blood idol raised its other hand, and from the flesh carpets, dozens of massive flesh-and-blood tentacles sprouted rapidly.

The tentacles stretched dozens of lengths long; their fronts transformed into horse-head shapes, yet filled with fangs, nostrils spewing fire, and ghost claws extending from the eyes!

One by one, thick tentacles opened their maws to bite Xu Yuan; if they missed, they would spew fire to burn him.

Xu Yuan recalled the sword pill, severed an attacking flesh-and-blood tentacle with a crack, and the grotesque horse head, spewing fire, fell, only to be reabsorbed by the flesh carpet.

Swish-swish-swish!

The sword pill flew swiftly, cutting down several tentacles in succession.

Yet more tentacles rose from the flesh carpets, surging toward Xu Yuan with ferocious momentum.

Xu Yuan flicked his fingers repeatedly, sending out "Yin Soldier Pills" one by one, which exploded in midair with pops and cracks.

These Yin Soldier Pills came from Old Qian.

"Giggle-giggle-giggle..."

A sound of silver-bell laughter came, and the ghost bride with a red veil flew out of the crimson sedan chair, pouncing onto a tentacle.

"My lord!" the ghost bride called in a coquettish voice.

"So mighty!"

"I fear I cannot endure it..."

The ghost bride opened her cherry lips and inhaled; the thick vital energy on the tentacle rolled into her mouth.

The ghost bride let out a burp, and the tentacle immediately shrank somewhat.

From another Yin Soldier Pill, a swarm of locusts exploded forth, their bodies brown-yellow, their eyes blood-red; when their jaws opened, their entire heads split in two! Countless sharp hooked teeth grew within, and they all pounced onto a tentacle, gnawing wildly.

The half-human, half-scorpion Xiao ghost roared, transforming its entire body into a black sand whirlwind that wrapped around a tentacle, while a sound of chewing rose from within the wind and sand.

Seven or eight Yin Soldier Pills pinned down the tentacles, and only then did Xu Yuan turn from danger to safety.

But on the idol's side, it not only restored itself to its original state but grew an additional foot taller!

Xu Yuan's hand trembled; the bamboo cage flew out, skillfully dodging three tentacles' blockades along the way, reached above the flesh-and-blood idol, and suddenly expanded to loom overhead.

The flesh-and-blood idol, seemingly aware of the danger, suddenly let out a puff on its head, opening a trumpet-shaped flesh web.

Three zhang across, it sought to hold back the bamboo cage.

The bamboo cage continued to expand, and the flesh web grew in tandem.

With flesh and blood nearly infinite, the flesh web could keep enlarging.

The bamboo cage kept expanding until it reached ten zhang, finally hitting its limit.

And the idol's flesh web likewise grew to ten zhang.

From afar, the flesh-and-blood idol looked like a giant dark-red mushroom!

The bamboo cage descended, piercing into the flesh web.

The flesh web then closed like a flower, seeking to envelop the bamboo cage.

The flesh-and-blood waves beneath the altar surged even more wildly!

The flesh-and-blood flesh webs spread upward from all sides; the bamboo cage could not resist and was indeed slowly engulfed entirely!

The ghost bride with the red veil, having inhaled three tentacles, stumbled in midair, nearly toppling down.

These evil flesh and blood are not living humans after all; while they do contain "vital energy," it differs from that of living humans, and consuming too much brings pollution, weighing down her delicate body.

Half of that locust swarm's bodies had already turned dark red; the swarm scattered, and their movements gradually became unresponsive to command.

The half-human, half-scorpion Xiao ghost, having failed several times to transform itself into a whirlwind of black sand, now had lifeless eyes and its body slowly sank, about to merge completely with the flesh carpet.

"Hahaha! Backed into a corner!" Mr. Gao's face spoke again in a sneering tone: "What tricks do you have left?"

Xu Yuan snorted: "I actually do."

Then Xu Yuan turned and flew backward.

The Yin Soldiers melted back into the Longzhu Waidan and flew away together with Xu Yuan.

Mr. Gao mocked loudly: "Then why are you running? Is your so-called trick just fleeing in panic?"

Xu Yuan had flown over a hundred zhang away, and Mr. Gao was still mocking, when suddenly a terrifying power erupted violently from within the Flesh and Blood Divine Statue!

Boom!

The terrifying explosion shattered the entire Flesh and Blood Divine Statue!

The several-zhang-tall Flesh and Blood Divine Statue, along with the ten-zhang-wide flesh web, was completely blown to pieces, with flesh and blood even splashing dozens of zhang away.

Had the explosion been external, the Flesh and Blood Divine Statue would have suffered heavy damage, but would not have been completely shattered.

But since the explosion bloomed from within, the statue was utterly destroyed.

Mr. Gao's face was also torn apart, blown so badly that his eyes could not find his nose.

The original divine altar had also become a huge pit.

But Mr. Gao's face soon reappeared floating above a stupa tower, showing a trace of surprise: "What is that?"

"You wild brat really always manage to be unexpected."

Before entering, Xu Yuan had quietly replaced the bullets in the swivel gun with his own Golden Pills.

Regarding the difficulties of today's battle, Xu Yuan had fully anticipated them.

A mere swivel gun would not achieve much, but Xu Yuan still brought it, planning precisely for this move!

The Golden Pills had incorporated ninety percent of the "characteristics" of the Cannon Powder Inner Core, directly shrinking the Inner Core to the size of a grain of rice.

Only then could the explosive power be so shocking.

Xu Yuan's relentless sword-wielding to chip away at the statue's flesh was not in vain; it was to make the flesh actively replenish the statue.

During this replenishment process, the Golden Pill that had fallen into the flesh was also carried into the Flesh and Blood Divine Statue.

"Pity, it is still meaningless!" Mr. Gao's face sneered leisurely.

The flesh began to wriggle, filling the pit, first forming the divine altar, and then coalescing again into a Flesh and Blood Divine Statue!

Unless the entire flesh carpet is completely destroyed, burning all the flesh to ashes, the statue cannot be destroyed!

"I said long ago, the moment you stepped into this place, your fate was already sealed!"

Here it comes, here it comes.

Today was a bit slow.

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(End of this chapter)