Chapter 455: Wise Choice and Capture (Seeking double monthly votes)

The Yuanling of the controlled target had already been branded and controlled by someone else.

This was the first time Xu Jin had encountered such a situation.

The soul control technique Xu Jin had learned was taught by the Grand Master, and it had never mentioned how to handle such a situation.

"I will resolve the brand placed on your Yuanling by the Blood God Child. Once he is slain, it will be fine. For now, I shall also place a Yuanling brand."

This seventh-tier, ninth-layer Black Wood King was also ignorant of such soul secret techniques.

He had only managed to condense his Yuanling by relying on time and the soul-type spiritual herbs he obtained due to his status as a king.

Therefore, he was not sensitive to this operation of Xu Jin's.

He merely thought it was acceptable.

But before executing it, Xu Jin suddenly wondered: what if he accidentally killed him?

It wouldn't be a pity if he died.

But since he had gone to such lengths to capture a wood-type king, he had to squeeze him dry.

"Do you know the Wood Elephant Star Pattern?" Xu Jin asked suddenly.

"I do. But this is our clan's bloodline inheritance. Even if I know it, I cannot teach it to you, my lord." This Black Wood King was still very sensible and sharp.

Seeing Xu Jin ask this, he knew what Xu Jin meant and added a sentence first.

"I don't need you to teach me. You just need to produce fifteen drops of the Wood Elephant Star Pattern inheritance essence blood that you pass to your clansmen, and then give me another fifteen drops of your own essence blood." As Xu Jin spoke, he moved his large foot away and let this Black Wood King stand up.

"My lord, such a large amount at once, I'm afraid..."

Xu Jin merely snapped his fingers, and in the sky, thunderclouds gathered frantically, with lightning snakes flashing wildly within the clouds.

"If you are of no use, why should I keep you?" Xu Jin sneered.

"My lord, I will condense it immediately!" The Black Wood King agreed extremely readily.

Immediately, the Black Wood King began to circulate his clan's secret technique to condense the Star Pattern inheritance essence blood.

With every drop condensed, his aura dropped by a fraction.

This was also the reason why, within alien races, the higher the tier of Star Pattern inheritance, the rarer it became.

The more inheritance produced, the more it consumed of oneself.

And the warning signal the Black Wood King had sent out earlier was already beginning to show results.

Under the oversight of the Heaven and Earth Authority, the other two seventh-tier, ninth-layer peak kings who were searching in other directions were also killing their way toward Xu Jin's direction.

At the same time, within the Blood Spirit Holy City, four more Blood-Clad Vajras were dispatched, killing their way toward Xu Jin's current location.

From Xu Jin's perspective, this was a textbook case of "adding oil" tactics.

But in the eyes of the Blood God Child Lu Hong, this was a pincer attack.

However, those seventh-tier, ninth-layer kings were no fools.

They did not fly at maximum speed but instead flew in groups with their companions.

This made Xu Jin overjoyed.

Even if two or three were flying together, they were still arriving in batches.

This saved Xu Jin a lot of trouble.

With fifty percent of the Heaven and Earth Authority in hand, everything was completely different.

The Blood God Child Lu Hong, at this very moment, was likely completely unaware of this point.

"Do you know the Star Healing Star Pattern?" Xu Jin asked suddenly.

Hearing this, the Black Wood King, who was condensing the Wood Elephant Star Pattern inheritance essence blood, trembled all over. He had already anticipated something, but he still nodded and said, "I do!"

"Then condense fifteen drops of the inheritance Star Pattern essence blood for that as well later," Xu Jin said.

The Black Wood King's expression was miserable, and he did not speak immediately.

If these thirty drops of inheritance essence blood were condensed, his cultivation would definitely drop by a tier.

"Is there a problem?" Xu Jin frowned.

"No problem."

"Good, then condense it well. Wait until I take the head of the Blue Stone King, and then I will come to collect the goods."

As he spoke, Xu Jin had already soared into the sky again, because the seventh-tier, ninth-layer peak Blue Stone King had already brought two subordinates and was killing his way over.

The moment Xu Jin left, the Black Wood King's heart skipped a beat, and instinctively, he wanted to flee.

To flee as far as he could.

But the moment the thought arose, he remembered the feeling of powerlessness from before.

The terror of Xu Jin instantly killing his two subordinates earlier!

If he didn't flee, there might still be a way to live.

But if he fled, he might truly...

"I'll observe first, observe first..." The Black Wood King made the smartest choice for himself.

Thirty miles away, the Blue Stone King arrived with two seventh-tier, eighth-layer subordinates. Before they even reached the warning signal location, suddenly, thunderclouds gathered out of thin air from all directions.

In an instant, the Blue Stone King's expression changed.

A miracle!

This method was something they had only seen from the Blood God Holy Envoy in the past; that was a true, genuine miracle.

Why did it appear here?

Could it be?

The rumbling sound of thunder flashed, triggering countless lightning bolts within the thunderclouds to pour down.

After only three strikes, the Blue Stone King was stepped under a large foot, smoking all over.

As for the other two subordinates, at this very moment, their heads had already been blasted into charcoal!

Slap!

Just as the Black Wood King, who had heard the thunder, was listening and observing the movement behind him, three corpses were suddenly thrown down, landing beside him.

To be precise, it was two corpses and one living person.

That living person was none other than the Blue Stone King he was familiar with.

When the Blue Stone King saw him, he had just revealed a look of astonishment when a foot landed, stepping the Blue Stone King's charred head into the ground.

"Hand over your Yuanling, or die!" Xu Jin's cold voice rang out.

Beside him, the Black Wood King shivered, rejoicing that he hadn't run just now, and immediately began to diligently condense the Star Pattern inheritance essence blood!

Isn't it just dropping a tier of cultivation?

What's there to be afraid of!

Being able to live is so good!

Must be diligent.

"I'll hand it over, I'll hand it over, but my Yuanling..."

The Blue Stone King was the same; having been able to surrender to the Blood God Sect before, at this very moment, facing the threat of death, he would naturally surrender to Xu Jin, but he posed the same difficult problem.

His Yuanling was also controlled by the Blood God Child Lu Hong.

"Hmm, don't worry, I will resolve it. You just need to release your Yuanling."

Hearing this, the Blue Stone King was extremely uneasy.

Is this something that can be resolved so easily?

But with his life in Xu Jin's hands, he could only cooperate.

It was just that his Yuanling flew out from his body, but the person who captured him was slow to act.

Beside him, the Black Wood King was also apprehensive.

But he was only suspicious and dared not slack off.

Xu Jin did not act; instead, he was using the Mandarin Duck Seal to contact the Grand Master, asking for advice on the issue of Yuanling control.

Very quickly, the Grand Master Cheng Cheng Yuexiao sent Xu Jin a starlight message.

【The Yuanling brand can theoretically only be unlocked by the caster, or resolved upon the caster's death.

As for your idea of overwriting the brand with more powerful Yuanling strength or removing the brand, no one has ever experimented with it.

Or rather, someone might have, but I am not aware of it.

After all, experimental subjects are very rare; there are not many alien races that can condense a Yuanling.

If you have the chance, you can try it.】

Since even the Grand Master didn't know, Xu Jin could only try.

The majestic Yuanling divine sense wrapped around the Blue Stone King's small Yuanling, and in an instant, he sensed the Yuanling brand placed by the Blood God Child.

It was a type of brand that was like marrow-deep and omnipresent.

Even if a portion of the Blue Stone King's Yuanling were separated, this type of brand and control would still remain.

This was the first time Xu Jin had observed a Yuanling brand so realistically.

Remove it?

Xu Jin understood that it was impossible the moment he saw it.

No matter how powerful the Yuanling divine sense was, it could not be removed.

Overwrite it, perhaps that could be tried.

The next instant, Xu Jin slowly injected his own Yuanling divine sense aura into the Blue Stone King's Yuanling, wanting to overwrite the Blood God Child's Yuanling brand with a more powerful one.

But the moment the Yuanling divine sense was injected, the brand, which was like veins deep within every point of the Blue Stone King's Yuanling, was suddenly activated.

And then it exploded violently!

Bang!

The exploded Yuanling brand directly blew up the Blue Stone King's Yuanling. Blood gushed from the Blue Stone King's seven orifices, and in an instant, he had no breath left. Beside him, the Black Wood King, watching this scene, shivered again.

Thinking that he had almost been the subject of the experiment earlier, he trembled even more.

Xu Jin naturally noticed this.

"You are useful, so I won't use you for experiments! However, the premise is that you must be obedient and complete my tasks! Otherwise, as long as you are within this Falling Plum Star Domain, you will never escape my palm."

"Understood, understood!"

The Black Wood King nodded like a chick pecking at rice, and began to condense the Star Pattern inheritance essence blood even more diligently.

At the same time, the Blood God Child Lu Hong, who was still recovering his physical body, suddenly shook all over and opened his eyes.

"The Blue Stone King has actually been killed in battle!"

The Blood God Child Lu Hong could only sense that the Blue Stone King's Yuanling had collapsed and died in battle, but he did not know the more specific situation.

But this discovery filled the Blood God Child Lu Hong with terror.

According to the previous team, there were at least two seventh-tier late-stage experts with the Blue Stone King.

Now that the Blue Stone King was dead, the other two must also be in dire straits.

How could this fifth-tier, ninth-layer current-world human be so monstrous?

The Blood God Child Lu Hong had also heard of many peerless geniuses among current-world humans!

Peerless geniuses who could slay seventh-tier experts with sixth-tier cultivation had appeared one after another throughout history.

But most were one-on-one.

This fifth-tier, ninth-layer expert, who could barely be considered sixth-tier, slaying a seventh-tier, ninth-layer peak expert was already unbelievable.

And he had slain three in a row.

This...

For a moment, the Blood God Child Lu Hong even doubted his past understanding!

"No, if he has such strength, wouldn't he pick them off one by one!"

"Issue an order immediately, command all seventh-tier experts to travel in groups, at least five people.

No, at least seven people traveling together!

Order them to prioritize defense, and if they discover the enemy, fight while retreating."

It would have been fine not to issue the order, but once he did, the Blood God Child Lu Hong felt like vomiting blood!

The order was issued, but how to transmit it to those people was a big problem.

In the past, such a channel had never been established.

Because he had the Heaven and Earth Authority.

As long as he had a thought, the order would be transmitted directly into the target's mind.

Ultra-long-range command.

Making his orders highly timely and extremely convenient.

But today, after losing the Heaven and Earth Authority, it was extremely uncomfortable!

"Issue an order, assemble all sixth-tier and fifth-tier experts, and form at least one hundred search-and-kill squads!"

"You few, immediately pick the sharp ones, the fast ones, to be messengers, and build a communication system first!"

The Blood God Child Lu Hong was furious.

He must snatch back that Heaven and Earth Authority.

Otherwise, it was too troublesome!

But all of this, how could a few people complete it in a short time?

At the same time, two thousand miles away, Xu Jin had just followed the same method and captured the Water Spirit King who had come to support.

Then he threw him beside the Black Wood King.

"Do you know the Water Elephant?" Xu Jin asked.

"My lord, I should know it, but my bloodline has never awakened the Water Elephant Star Pattern," the Water Spirit King answered honestly.

"Hmm, release your Yuanling, I want to apply control," Xu Jin said, wanting to continue the experiment.

The Water Spirit King naturally gave the same excuse, and Xu Jin gave the same response.

Ten breaths later, amidst the Black Wood King's anxiety, with a bang, the Water Spirit King's Yuanling exploded, and he died silently.

Xu Jin shook his head helplessly.

The experiment failed again!

And there wasn't even the slightest possibility.

It seems that wanting to remove or overwrite someone else's Yuanling brand with powerful Yuanling divine sense is simply impossible!

Suddenly, in the God's-eye view of the Heaven and Earth Authority, Xu Jin discovered that a warning signal had been raised within the Blood Spirit Holy City, causing those seventh-tier experts to reconcentrate toward the Blood Spirit Holy City.

The God's-eye view fell into the Blood Spirit Holy City, and he saw the Blood Spirit Holy City, which had already descended into chaos.

The Blood Spirit Child Lu Hong, who had just recovered his physical body, was also rebuilding the command system.

As for issuing the warning signal to recall the seventh-tier experts, this was Lu Hong's latest divine operation after discovering the Water Spirit King had died in battle.

Seeing this, Xu Jin laughed.

The most threatening alien kings had already been resolved; next, it was time to resolve the Blood Spirit Child Lu Hong.

Casually, Xu Jin dug out all the Star Cores from the seven corpses beside him, harvesting a full one hundred and twenty seventh-tier Star Cores.

These were all treasures.

If he could obtain the method for making Pure Pearls in the future, he would make a fortune.

"Diligently condense the essence blood inheritance Star Pattern. After you finish condensing, come to the Blood Spirit Holy City to see me," Xu Jin ordered the Black Wood King.

Hearing this, the Black Wood King's expression tightened, "My lord, the Blood Spirit Holy City is..."

"I'm going now."

The next instant, Xu Jin had already turned into lightning and disappeared.

The Black Wood King thought for a while, and in the end, chose to continue condensing the Star Pattern inheritance essence blood!

Dropping a tier or two of cultivation was better than dying in battle!

Better be honest.

Others want to live, but don't even have the value.

The Black Wood King's gaze swept over the corpses of the Blue Stone King and the Water Spirit King.

Under the blessing of the Heaven and Earth Authority, Xu Jin's speed was extremely fast.

Before most of the seventh-tier experts returned to the Blood Spirit Holy City, Xu Jin had already arrived at the Blood Spirit Holy City.

Within the Blood Spirit Holy City, the Blood Spirit Child Lu Hong and his confidants from the Blood God Sect were struggling to rack their brains for a feasible long-range communication method.

They couldn't just rely on shouting forever.

But suddenly, the world darkened.

As the Blood God Child Lu Hong looked up, he saw the originally clear sky, and leaden thunderclouds suddenly gathered from all directions.

In just one or two breaths, the thunderclouds pressed down on the city, bringing an indescribable, terrifying pressure!

"Damn it, what kind of ghost weather is this? Why did the sky change suddenly? There has never been such a thing before!" a Blood-Clad Vajra complained.

This complaint suddenly woke the dreamer.

Causing the Blood God Lu Hong to react instantly, his expression also revealing an indescribable look of terror!

Heaven and Earth Authority!

That current-world human had actually refined and controlled the authority he had lost in such a short time!

Damn it, he had spent several days refining it back then!

And, it seemed he was using it even more smoothly than he was!

Suddenly, the Blood God Child Lu Hong understood why the Blue Stone King and the Wood Spirit King had died!

With this Heaven and Earth Authority blessing, coupled with that current-world human's terrifying strength, slaying these two kings was simply too easy!

Although desperate, the Blood God Child still wanted to struggle a bit.

"Enemy attack, meet the enemy!"

The Blood God Child Lu Hong roared angrily, and at the same time, pointed in a certain direction; he had already seen Xu Jin.

Instantly, the seventh-tier and sixth-tier experts in the city soared into the sky, killing their way toward Xu Jin.

Rumbling!

Amidst the rolling thunder, those blood-colored figures that soared into the sky fell as fast as they had risen!

What soared into the sky were living people, but what fell down were dead people like charcoal!

Falling down one by one like dumplings.

The Blood God Child Lu Hong's pupils contracted repeatedly, his expression becoming incomparably terrified.

Xu Jin took a step, and suddenly appeared in front of the Blood God Child Lu Hong.

Lightning flashed down instantly.

With just one strike, the Blood God Child Lu Hong was blasted to the ground.

The next instant, the ground seemed to come alive, sprouting countless earth-yellow rays of light, binding the Blood God Child Lu Hong tightly to the ground.

Capture!

In the Blood God Child Lu Hong's terrified eyes, Xu Jin slowly landed in front of him and asked softly, "Do you want to die, or do you want to live?"

"Who exactly are you?"

While Lu Hong asked back, he suddenly laughed loudly, "Die? We Blood God Sect's Blood God Children cannot be killed! You use this to threaten me..."

"If you die one more time, your soul cultivation will drop to the third tier, right?"

The Blood God Child Lu Hong, who was laughing, was instantly like a duck whose neck had been pinched, losing all sound, his expression also becoming terrified.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 456 =====