Chapter 576

After being replaced by the origin of the Sea of Blood and becoming a branch of the Netherworld Sea of Blood, the foul baleful energy permeating the sky-covering Sea of Blood began to consume the heat emitted by the Southern Brightness Li Fire, greatly slowing down the rate at which the Sea of Blood was being evaporated.

Coupled with the void portals providing a continuous supply of Sea of Blood power, the rate at which the sky-covering Sea of Blood was being evaporated could not keep up with the rate of replenishment.

Therefore, under the scorching of the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird's Southern Brightness Li Fire, the branch of the Netherworld Sea of Blood not only did not shrink, but instead expanded.

Seeing this scene, a cold glint flashed in the eyes of the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird.

The Five Holy Beasts were created personally by Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

Because they had to ensure loyalty and secrecy, the Five Holy Beasts rarely had contact with the outside world.

Long-term isolation created their cold and arrogant personalities.

Aside from Dao Ancestor Hongjun, they look down on everyone.

Seeing that her Southern Brightness Li Fire had failed to do anything to the Sea of Blood, the cold and arrogant Holy Beast Vermilion Bird felt flames begin to burn in the depths of her eyes—those were flames of anger.

Awoo!

A sharp howl sounded once again from the mouth of the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird.

The Holy Beast Vermilion Bird did not waste any words and directly began to execute Dao Ancestor Hongjun's command.

The vast power of heaven and earth, mobilized by her Sub-Saint status, converged toward the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird.

A long river of the Dao of Fire, transformed from the Dao of Fire, also appeared behind the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird.

Endless flames converged toward the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird.

Boom!

Terrifying flames burned on the body of the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird.

In an instant, it seemed as if two suns had appeared in the sky above the West Continent—one yellow, one blue.

The blue sun was more dazzling than the yellow sun, almost stealing ninety percent of the yellow sun's brilliance.

The entire West Continent was immediately covered in a layer of blue radiance.

Crackle! Crackle! Crackle!

With the Southern Brightness Li Fire erupting at full power, the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird clearly could not control every single wisp of flame as she had before.

Large amounts of escaping flames began to scorch the surrounding void.

First, the air began to ignite, continuously emitting the sound of being scorched.

Then, the void began to distort, as if it were about to melt.

Boom!

The Holy Beast Vermilion Bird transformed into a blue sun tens of millions of feet in size and crashed headlong into the branch of the Netherworld Sea of Blood.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle~~~

A harsh sound of vaporization rang out; with the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird erupting with all her might, the entire branch of the Netherworld Sea of Blood boiled, and the blood water in contact with the Southern Brightness Li Fire was vaporized in large swaths.

What appeared above Lingshan was, after all, only a branch of the Netherworld Sea of Blood, not even one ten-thousandth of the true scale of the Netherworld Sea of Blood.

If it were the true Netherworld Sea of Blood, even if a sun were to fall into it, the one that would eventually be extinguished would be the sun.

Hum! Hum! Hum!

The spatial portals distributed around the perimeter, driven by Old Ancestor Minghe, operated at overload, spewing out large amounts of Sea of Blood water to replenish the consumption of the Netherworld Sea of Blood branch.

With the Netherworld Sea of Blood as a backing, the blue sun transformed by the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird, while terrifying, could not do anything to the branch of the Netherworld Sea of Blood for the time being.

The Holy Beast Vermilion Bird also noticed this; she opened her giant beak and spat toward the void portals.

A pillar of scorching flame immediately erupted from the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird's beak, sweeping toward the void portals.

The Southern Brightness Li Fire can even burn through the void, so naturally, it can also burn through the void portals.

Old Ancestor Minghe also noticed the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird's intention.

However, he did not intervene to stop it.

Condensing void portals does not require much effort.

With the Two Worlds Mountain as a transit point, even if Old Ancestor Minghe is not particularly skilled in the Dao of Space, he can easily condense void portals.

Of course, Old Ancestor Minghe was not doing nothing.

Although Luo Fu had Old Ancestor Minghe come here merely to entangle the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird, the current situation looked like Old Ancestor Minghe was being beaten one-sidedly, and Old Ancestor Minghe could not tolerate such a thing.

"Sea of Blood Grand Array, rise!"

With a thought, countless Blood Gods emerged within the branch of the Netherworld Sea of Blood, their auras connecting to one another, directly setting up the Sea of Blood Grand Array.

Clatter!

Not only that, a blood-colored long river appeared behind Old Ancestor Minghe; that was the long river of the Dao condensed from the Dao of Blood.

Under the blessing of the long river of the Dao, Old Ancestor Minghe's Dao of Blood also began to improve rapidly.

Although it did not directly elevate the Dao of Blood to a level comparable to the Hunyuan level like the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird, it did elevate it to the true limit of a Quasi-Saint, only a thin line away from the Hunyuan level.

Summoning the long river of the Dao is Old Ancestor Minghe's most recent realization.

There was some guidance from Luo Fu in this, but it was mainly because Old Ancestor Minghe himself possessed the qualifications.

The origin of the Sea of Blood inherently contains the complete Dao of Blood.

In fact, the origin of the Dao of Blood of the Primordial World is hidden within the origin of the Sea of Blood.

Old Ancestor Minghe controls the origin of the Sea of Blood; as long as he shifts his thinking and spends a little effort, he can also mobilize the Dao of Blood within it.

Of course, Old Ancestor Minghe has not fully mastered the origin of the Sea of Blood and cannot directly mobilize the power of the Dao's origin to bless his own Dao realm to the Hunyuan level like the Holy Beasts White Tiger and Vermilion Bird.

With Old Ancestor Minghe's authority and qualifications, he can at most elevate the Dao of Blood to the limit of a Quasi-Saint, only a sliver away from the Hunyuan level.

The bottleneck of the Hunyuan level is truly too solid for the living beings of the Primordial World.

Without the assistance of the Heavenly Dao, wanting to break through this bottleneck is not an easy task.

The limit of a Quasi-Saint is already enough.

Unlike the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird, Old Ancestor Minghe can mobilize the boundless power of the Sea of Blood in addition to the Dao of Blood.

Most importantly, the Blood Gods he created can help him accumulate massive amounts of pure Sea of Blood power, which is something the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird does not possess.

In battle, erupting all the power accumulated by billions of Blood Gods is enough to elevate Old Ancestor Minghe's combat power to another level.

Compared to the immeasurable magic power of a Saint, the boundless power of the Sea of Blood is not much different.

The Holy Beast Vermilion Bird is, after all, only a Sub-Saint; compared to a Saint, the Heavenly Dao power a Sub-Saint can mobilize is relatively limited.

Most importantly, a Sub-Saint cannot be baptized by the power of the Heavenly Dao like a Saint, and does not possess a Hunyuan body or a Hunyuan Primordial Spirit.

A Saint can be considered an alternative Hunyuan level.

A Sub-Saint, however, has only half a foot stepped into the Hunyuan level.

Without breaking through the Hunyuan realm, one is still just an ant.

There is still an essential gap between them and a Saint.

Several Sub-Saints joining forces might be able to suppress a Saint.

A single Sub-Saint, however, cannot be a match for a Saint.

Old Ancestor Minghe can even hold his own against a Saint.

Now that he has mastered the power to mobilize the long river of the Dao, holding off a Sub-Saint is not a problem.

The Dao of Blood was blessed onto the Sea of Blood Grand Array.

After being condensed by the Sea of Blood Grand Array, the pure power of the Sea of Blood, with the blessing of the Dao power, had its essential nature elevated even further.