Chapter 485: Do You Want Him Alive or Dead?

In a subterranean palace within the Blood Spirit Sacred City, a speck of bloodlight suddenly appeared.

Instantly, it triggered a drop of golden-tinged essence blood sealed here.

In that instant, it merged seamlessly.

A blood shadow materialized instantly—it was Hong Hong Daze, the Blood God Son, just slain by Xu Jin.

The moment he was reborn from blood, Hong Hong Daze immediately opened the jade box sealed with countless restrictions, inside which lay several Ten Thousand Spirit Blood Pills and one fifth-rank spiritual herb of the soul type; the blood shadow melted like liquid, enveloping them, swallowing the several Ten Thousand Spirit Blood Pills and the fifth-rank soul herb whole.

The next instant, the blood shadow rapidly solidified before the eyes.

Before the blood-rebirth process was even complete, Hong Hong Daze, the Blood God Son, immediately used a secret technique to contact a seventh-rank mid-stage Blood Robe Vajra and roared out.

"At the place where I died, there's a strange streak of starlight—collect it, collect it immediately, even if you die, you must collect it!"

"The God Son's starlight has already been taken by that human."

"What?"

The blood shadow of the reborn Blood God Son Hong Hong Daze trembled violently.

"Where is he? Did you chase after him?"

"God Son, after killing you, he took the strange starlight you mentioned and vanished instantly—no trace remains."

The blood shadow of Hong Hong Daze, the Blood God Son, trembled again, nearly interrupting the rebirth process.

Suddenly, he understood.

No wonder he'd felt something off all along.

Why would a mere sixth-rank, third-layer present-world human, upon entering the Danhai Star Domain, head straight for the Blood Spirit Sacred City—as if seeking death?

Now, he finally understood completely.

This sixth-rank, third-layer present-world human never intended to die.

It wasn't coincidence!

He came directly for Hong Hong Daze himself.

He came specifically for the heavenly authority Hong Hong Daze controlled.

Hong Hong Daze, the Blood God Son, could already foresee that this present-world human would immediately refine the six-tenths of heavenly authority.

Those who know of heavenly authority know how to use it.

Even without refining heavenly authority, this present-world human was already so formidable.

He had slain Hong Hong Daze, a seventh-rank, ninth-layer peak, right in the midst of a hundred thousand troops!

And it was a one-hit kill!

What if he refined the heavenly authority?

"Hss!"

Hong Hong Daze, the Blood God Son, sucked in a sharp breath.

Suddenly, he felt unsafe.

One day!

According to his experience, refining six-tenths of heavenly authority would take at least one day.

He still had one day to prepare!

Instantly, he thought of countless possibilities.

Seek aid?

Seek aid from the sect?

Immediately, Hong Hong Daze rejected the idea.

Useless!

Due to the star-gate restrictions of the star domain, even if the sect sent reinforcements, the strongest could only reach seventh-rank, ninth-layer peak.

At best, they'd be on the verge of breakthrough, entering the domain and then ascending to seventh-rank.

But would it help?

He still had so many seventh-rank under him—adding one more wouldn't change a thing!

Moreover, Hong Hong Daze thought of another critical issue.

What if the sect's Guardian Elders learned he'd lost the heavenly authority of a sixth-rank star domain?

How would they deal with him?

With so many seventh-ranks under him, and six-tenths of heavenly authority in hand, he'd been instantly slain and stripped of heavenly authority by a mere sixth-rank, third-layer cultivator.

Instantly, Hong Hong Daze felt his world collapse.

Reporting this to the sect would yield only two outcomes.

One: the sect's Guardian Elders believe he harbors ambitions of independence, concocting this ridiculous lie to deceive them—normally, such a thing is impossible—so they'd detonate his soul imprint and kill him.

Two: the sect's Guardian Elders act cautiously, dispatching a special envoy to investigate and verify his claims—then they'd label him incompetent.

Commanding forty-one seventh-rank experts across the entire star domain, himself a seventh-rank, ninth-layer peak, and controlling six-tenths of heavenly authority—he could effortlessly slay an eighth-rank.

Yet he was beheaded by a sixth-rank, third-layer, and lost the heavenly authority.

What else could he be called but a useless fool?

Even if he survived, he'd never again have a chance to reclaim authority.

For a man who had enjoyed supreme power for over forty years, this was unbearable agony.

In this sixth-rank Danhai Star Domain, Hong Hong Daze, the Blood God Son, was the supreme ruler.

He was even more imperial than a mortal emperor!

In the subterranean palace, Hong Hong Daze, the Blood God Son, weighed every possibility, then made a crucial decision—he would not report it.

The situation in the sixth-rank Danhai Star Domain would not be reported to any high-ranking Blood God Sect members.

Of course, the Blood God Sect's Elders had surely planted spies here.

But after forty years of cultivation, combined with the heavenly authority's godlike surveillance power, he had long since uncovered all the Elders' spies monitoring him.

Fortunately, none were currently inside the Blood Spirit Sacred City.

First, eliminate this spy.

Say he died in battle!

Then, find a way to deal with the man who stole the heavenly authority.

If he couldn't eliminate him, find another way.

He refused to lose this forty-year reign of supreme power!

Right now, his position in the Blood God Sect was worth more than a Guardian Elder's post.

After a dozen breaths, Hong Hong Daze's aura had just recovered to sixth-rank when he instantly burst from the subterranean palace, heading toward the seventh-rank squad that had just returned to the Blood Spirit Sacred City.

Honestly, seeing these thirty-odd people, Hong Hong Daze was furious.

He wanted to grab two or three and flay them alive!

Useless!

All of them, useless bastards.

Two squads, thirty-four seventh-ranks total, set up layered checkpoints to ambush a sixth-rank, third-layer.

With his heavenly authority assisting.

An easy kill.

Yet this brat broke through and slaughtered their emperor!

"Arrest Zhou Zhi—he's a traitor!"

Hong Hong Daze, the Blood God Son, instantly ordered the returning squad.

The sect's Guardians and Blood Robe Vajras stared in shock at Zhou Zhi, a seventh-rank, fifth-layer, who was also a Blood Robe Vajra like them.

Someone immediately questioned, "God Son, are you mistaken? How could Zhou Zhi—"

"God Son, why is your aura—"

Suddenly, someone noticed Hong Hong Daze's aura had plummeted from seventh-rank to sixth-rank.

In that same instant, three seventh-rank, ninth-star peak alien kings and six seventh-rank late-stage aliens launched a surprise attack on Zhou Zhi.

Each struck with ruthless ferocity!

These individuals all had their soul imprints controlled by Hong Hong Daze.

Nine against one!

Each had superior cultivation!

No doubt whatsoever.

Instantly, they obliterated Zhou Zhi.

Zhou Zhi had not yet forged his Nascent Soul—his body was destroyed, and he was dead.

Under the protection of the alien warriors, Hong Hong Daze, the Blood God Son, slowly drew out Zhou Zhi's space ring, silently seizing all its contents into his own space ring, including a pair of imperial seals.

"Imposing martial law!"

"Muster all sixth-rank cultivators in the domain—form squads of one hundred, scour the entire region for the invading human!"

"If found, send a signal immediately!"

After issuing a string of orders, Hong Hong Daze, the Blood God Son, returned to his Blood Spirit Palace.

Yet Hong Hong Daze, the Blood God Son, remained completely lucid.

He knew well—even if he mobilized every alien in the domain, he likely couldn't touch the intruding human!

Others didn't know.

But previously, using the Authority of Heaven and Earth and adopting a nearly detached perspective, he had clearly seen the terror of that one!

Extreme speed. Thunder-star art is overwhelmingly powerful—a single strike can instantly kill a seventh-rank ninth-layer powerhouse.

Defense is incredibly strong!

Three seventh-rank cultivators firing in unison cannot break through his first layer of defense.

He also uses spatial star art—elusive and unpredictable!

How can you kill him?

Unless he stands still and lets them concentrate their attacks!

Moreover, in just one day, he will be able to assimilate the Authority of Heaven and Earth!

Therefore, we must find another path!

The path of brute force is likely impossible!

"As long as one is human, one has needs."

"He entered this Danhai Star Region alone—he must have some goal."

"If we could establish contact with him, then—"

"But how do we establish contact?"

After half a minute of intense thought, Blood God Son Hong Hong Daze suddenly snapped to attention.

Got it!

He had found a way to contact this terrifying intruder.

Having previously gained experience in the Sixth-Rank Luomei Star Region, after Xu Jin slew Blood God Son Hong Hong Daze, his target became crystal clear.

First, find a secluded place and assimilate the Authority of Heaven and Earth.

Then, he would be the master of this world!

He had already sensed the Authority of Heaven and Earth he had seized—sixty percent of it!

Though not as complete as the control in the Seven Kill Star Region, it was extremely close.

Even that Blood God Son could use the Authority of Heaven and Earth to directly summon celestial phenomena to attack him—how much more so could he?

He only needed to channel the power of Heaven and Earth through the Authority to amplify his attacks, and he could effortlessly obliterate any seventh-rank cultivator.

But come to think of it, it was still quite dangerous before.

If not for this Blood God Son sending out numerous seventh-ranks to hunt him down, he would never have had that chance!

But it was normal.

After all, he was a seventh-rank ninth-layer peak cultivator who controlled sixty percent of the Authority of Heaven and Earth.

Not even a sixth-rank could kill him—let alone a normal eighth-rank!

Yet he ran into Xu Jin!

Xu Jin's Nascent Soul cultivation base was extremely strong, and he was already thoroughly familiar with assimilating the Authority of Heaven and Earth.

In less than an hour, Xu Jin completely assimilated the sixty percent Authority of Heaven and Earth.

The instant he completed the assimilation, Xu Jin felt as if he had merged entirely with the entire Sixth-Rank Danhai Star Region—in an instant, all information about this star region faintly surfaced in his mind.

Geography, mountains and rivers, elite of every race.

The next moment, Xu Jin's mind shifted—and the scene of Blood Spirit Holy City appeared in his perception.

When he clearly saw the scene of Blood Spirit Holy City, Xu Jin froze.

This was strange!

Inside Blood Spirit Holy City, aside from Blood God Son, whose cultivation had just recovered to sixth-rank ninth-layer peak, there was not a single other person.

Completely empty!

Not a single seventh-rank cultivator!

"This Blood God Son is bold indeed! Is he relying on his Blood Drop Divine Mark to feel invincible?"

This made Xu Jin frown.

Previously, the weaknesses of the two Blood God Sons he had encountered—Fu Ying and Lu Hong—were still death.

Blood God Sons could endlessly regenerate through blood drops, but each regeneration exacted a tremendous cost.

If they regenerated two or three times in succession, all their life's efforts would be utterly wasted.

It was precisely because Xu Jin understood these two Blood God Sons' fatal weakness that he forced them to submit—or even control them.

But this one here? Why is he so unusual?

He isn't afraid of death!

He drove away everyone from Blood Spirit Holy City, leaving only himself, his cultivation dropped to sixth-rank ninth-layer!

This is outright suicide!

As for traps!

Before the God's-eye vision granted by the Authority of Heaven and Earth, all traps and ambushes were illusions!

This made Xu Jin frown.

Just as he was about to devise a strategy, Xu Jin suddenly saw the Blood God Son pull out an enormous divine brush, dip it fully in ink, and begin writing massive characters on the square before Blood Spirit Holy City.

"What is he doing?"

Xu Jin was puzzled, but he patiently watched the bastard write.

After a dozen breaths, the characters were complete—and Xu Jin was stunned.

A genius!

He never expected this Blood God Son was such a genius!

【Great Hero, may we speak face to face? Everything is negotiable.】

These were the massive characters written by Blood God Son Hong Hong Daze before the Blood Spirit Holy Palace.

After writing them, Blood God Son Hong Hong Daze sat quietly in place.

He had used the Authority of Heaven and Earth—he knew that once the other fully assimilated it, he would see these words.

This was his last chance!

As for killing him—he had given up all hope.

Looking at those massive characters, Xu Jin smiled.

What a peculiar fellow.

But it saved him trouble.

He could now find the whereabouts of his master Qi Qi Shanye and his uncle Mo Ji in the shortest possible time.

Whether they were alive or dead!

The next instant, Xu Jin stepped into the stars, his Thunder Wings flared—and instantly became a meteor streaking back toward Blood Spirit Holy City.

Xu Jin's speed had already been extreme; now, with the Authority of Heaven and Earth's enhancement, it increased by over sixty percent.

Under this boost, he was even faster than fivefold Flash Speed.

Along the way, a seventh-rank seventh-layer Blood God Sect guardian noticed the disturbance and brought two other seventh-ranks to investigate.

Xu Jin drew his Yellow Dragon Sword, charged forward once—and two bolts of thunder effortlessly dispatched all three seventh-ranks.

He successfully obtained a pile of seventh-rank star cores.

But extracting their Nether-Space containers took Xu Jin over a dozen breaths.

That was much slower than killing them.

Still, there was some gain.

But these gains, precious to others, were utterly insignificant to Xu Jin.

He casually tossed them into his Nether-Space and sped off again.

Thirty breaths later, he shot into Blood Spirit Holy City like a meteor.

Below, Blood God Son Hong Hong Daze, seated before the giant characters, instantly tensed.

He knew—the main figure had arrived.

Slowly rising, he stood with hands respectfully folded, gesturing in invitation!

The next instant, Xu Jin landed, and smiled at the Blood God Son standing respectfully, "You are the most pragmatic Blood God Son I've ever met."

"My lord, rest assured—I will be the most cooperative Blood God Son you have ever encountered. I only beg you to grant me a sliver of life, so I may continue to govern this star region," Blood God Son Hong Hong Daze bowed deeply.

"Is that your condition?" Xu Jin smiled.

"I dare not!

But I swear, no matter what you wish to know or desire, I am the one in this star region who can best fulfill it!

Without exception!" said Blood God Son Hong Hong Daze.

"Oh? Then I have just the question for you," Xu Jin asked with a smile.

He had to admit—this Blood God Son was truly the most cooperative he had ever encountered.

"My lord, ask."

"Last October, two contemporary human cultivators entered this star region!

Both middle-aged men—one uses a bow, the other excels in soul-star art.

Both are sixth-rank ninth-layer peak cultivators!

Find their whereabouts for me, and I may grant your request," Xu Jin asked.

After asking, Xu Jin feigned indifference, but internally, he was tense beyond measure.

After a brief pause, Blood God Son Hong Hong Daze smiled, "Simple, my lord—do you want them alive or dead?"

Xu Jin, his spirit taut with tension, exclaimed in surprise, "What do you mean?"

(End of Chapter)