Chapter 357: Quasi‑Master Falls!

Boom—

The rising mushroom cloud roared with the forbidden curse.

The tide of death‑blood flame and the roar of the forbidden curse is the only color and note in the Blood Sea world at this moment.

Even the surging blood waves pale in comparison.

Feeling the aftershock of the forbidden curse starburst.

Ta Ke quietly examined the core of the explosion.

The blood‑thirsty, mad Blood Source Saint Son A'ermang·Lu Yi thought his traversal technique was impressive.

However.

Ta Ke had already prepared for this move.

He concealed the fully‑formed forbidden curse starburst within the demon skull.

Whether A'ermang·Lu Yi charged forward or used his traversal and leap skills to get up close,

Ta Ke could, at the instant the opponent rushed, step away and detonate the forbidden curse 【Annihilation·Silent Starburst】.

At the moment the forbidden curse erupted, Ta Ke sensed A'ermang·Lu Yi, in his final instant, unleash his madness completely, desperately struggling within the roaring starburst, trying to survive death.

Ta Ke was unsure whether he had achieved a total annihilation kill.

But Ta Ke could be certain that even if A'ermang·Lu Yi survived, it wouldn't be any better.

A peripheral glance swept downward again.

A falling fireball caught Ta Ke's eye.

A shadow slipped through, and Ta Ke quickly reached the fireball's side.

It was the magic Valkyrie Ao Dai Lei Te·Nuola.

Although she belongs to the Steam Swordmaster Sequence, her style is that of a genuine Valkyrie.

She dares to treat life and death as nothing, determined to slay A'ermang·Lu Yi.

Of course, she has plenty of confidence to do so.

Legendary battle armor, Lord Frame, and extremely strong extraordinary defense, among other things.

Naturally, these are secondary; what matters most is that Ta Ke can feel her hatred and murderous intent toward A'ermang·Lu Yi.

Obviously!

Before this, she already harbored great hatred toward A'ermang·Lu Yi.

Otherwise she wouldn't be fighting so desperately.

She used her Spirit‑Walk hand to catch the falling Ao Dai Lei Te·Nuola.

She quickly absorbed the flames burning Ao Dai Lei Te·Nuola, and then Ta Ke released the Holy Light Healing Technique.

Buzz—

The sacred milky light rushed into Ao Dai Lei Te·Nuola's body.

Only then did her charred body slowly recover.

It should be noted that Ao Dai Lei Te·Nuola was five or six hundred meters from the core blast point.

Even so, she was in a half‑dead state.

The fate of the blood‑source saint son A'ermang·Lu Yi, who was forced face‑to‑face, needs no further explanation.

Soon, beneath the legendary battle armor,

a powerful sequence roar arrived.

Wooo—

As steam rose.

Ao Dai Lei Te·Nuola herself quickly recovered.

Although heavily wounded, even her sequence ecology and the sequence tree were ignited.

But Ta Ke's timely rescue kept Ao Dai Lei Te·Nuola's foundational damage relatively minor.

In her extraordinary state, the loss was severe.

Even with legendary battle armor as defense, her extraordinary state was more than 60% annihilated; note that Ao Dai Lei Te·Nuola also possesses a Lord Life Frame.

These injuries will take at least two to three months to heal.

The partially recovered Ao Dai Lei Te·Nuola gave the Steam Wizard before her a complicated look, inhaled deeply, and slightly restrained the shock rippling inside her.

That forbidden curse earlier wasn't aimed at her.

Nevertheless, that single curse strike almost killed her.

If that strike had been prepared for him, she would have had no chance to survive.

This terrifying forbidden curse, hitting head‑on, even a quasi‑master with legendary battle armor defense struggles to withstand a single blow.

This guy is only at the seventh tier!

What on earth is his background?

Both examined the area of the explosion's ripple.

Vast blood mist intertwined with specks of flame floating in the air.

The curse's terrifying destructive power tinged the space with bizarre flame energy.

Did that Blood Source Saint Son, A'ermang·Lu Yi, die?

Ao Dai Lei Te·Nuola examined carefully.

At that moment, Ao Dai Lei Te·Nuola suddenly heard the low voice of the Steam Wizard beside her.

"Interesting, after swallowing my hair‑thin forbidden curse you didn't die; looks like you tapped the Master's root power."

"Even the Master's root power was activated; seems this guy isn't far from promotion."

"What a pity… you ran into me today."

"You actually mobilized the Master's source?"

Listening to Ta Ke's words, Ao Dai Lai Te·Nuo La, who was startled, felt a slight shock.

This is already a sign of metamorphosing into a Master.

Only by mobilizing the Master's source can a Master seed fall and use the source to regrow.

Just as Ao Dai Lai Te·Nuo La was still a bit shocked,

Ta Ke beside her once again drew the Forbidden Curse bowstring, and the five‑star Forbidden Curse 【Dragon Breath·Star Eclipse Arrow】 began to coalesce.

Buzz!

Space trembled slightly, and the golden light grew ever more dazzling.

It seemed to sense that it was being targeted.

Amid the falling flesh and bone debris, Bloodline Saint A Er Mang·Lu Yi roared madly,

"My teacher is a legendary strongman of the Nether Blood Sea; dare to kill me, my teacher will absolutely not let you off!"

Hum—

The Dragon Breath·Star Eclipse Arrow instantly spanned several kilometres, poured directly into its 【Nether·Blood Sea】 sequence ecology, and pierced the sequence tree mercilessly.

The world‑force condensed by that sequence tree was evidently scant.

Struck by the Forbidden Curse, it erupted in an instant of scorching flame.

Rumble…

Its sequence tree rumbled and collapsed.

"My teacher will not… ah…"

The tragic wail abruptly ceased.

Bloodline Saint A Er Mang·Lu Yi!

Fell!

Ta Ke slipped through several shadows, gathering the corpse of Bloodline Saint A Er Mang—more precisely, a massive chunk of flesh and bone debris—into the hand of Dao‑spirit Walker.

The Forbidden Curse Star Burst truly lived up to being a "Bankrupt Happy Ball."

This Quasi‑Master left not a single useful thing for Ta Ke.

However, this time, the death of Bloodline Saint A Er Mang·Lu Yi was the greatest value.

It removed a major threat to the Ancient Fire God Tree Tribe.

Ta Ke could now develop here peacefully and obtain more Chaos Blood Crystals.

If it were elsewhere, Ta Ke truly would not join the slaughter among these Quasi‑Master elites.

But this Bloodline Saint 【A Er Mang·Lu Yi】 clearly came to thwart Ta Ke's path to harvesting Chaos Blood Crystals.

"If you dare to cut off my growth path, you're courting death yourself."

"Dead? Really dead!"

Ao Dai Lai Te·Nuo La, who personally witnessed the scene, could not quite believe it.

You see,

This Bloodline Saint, together with the Void‑scar Master Kong Hen Shi Huan Yan, the Extreme Dark Blade, and the Starlight Guest, in the Worldship Realm, are four top Quasi‑Master elites.

Their foundation is far stronger than hers.

Without the Chao Shen Da Shi intervening, no one can threaten their lives.

Not only in the Worldship Realm, these few are famous.

Within the two major opposing camps.

They have all, as Quasi‑Masters, forged considerable fame.

Many strongmen know them.

Now…

That Bloodline Saint, A Er Mang·Lu Yi, just… died!

For a moment, Ao Dai Lai Te·Nuo La found it hard to accept this fact.

She inhaled sharply.

In the depths of Ao Dai Lai Te·Nuo La's pupils, a faint dimness and relief flickered.

"Sister… did you see? That arrogant bastard finally paid with his life!"

"Although I didn't kill him with my own hands, I still contributed the power that killed him."

She saw the steam wizard flying over.

Ao Dai Lai Te·Nuo La quickly composed herself, laughing aloud: "Lord Ta Ni Lu, your Forbidden Curse tactics are truly astonishing, but rest assured, I will not leak a single iota of them."

"Hehe…"

Ta Ke waved a hand lightly, indifferent to whether anything was leaked.

Ta Ke's hidden tactics are far more astonishing than they appear.

"Lady Ao Dai Lai Te·Nuo La, for killing Bloodline Saint A Er Mang·Lu Yi this time, you deserve the primary credit."

"Had you not directly opposed this Bloodline Saint, I would not have found such a good opportunity."

"Not to mention, being hunted by such a Quasi‑Master would have me running all over."

After scrutinizing the steam wizard for a moment, Ao Dai Lai Te·Nuo La said in unison,

"Lord Ta Ni Lu, you need not be so courteous."

"The killing of this Bloodline Saint is no trivial matter."

"This is enough to cause a massive uproar within the Four‑Tusks Elephant Worldship."

"This time's such abundant achievements are no small matter, and… your power is so astonishing that you will surely be favored by Master Gailisi Lanya."

"The battle here has ended, we should return now."

"Hmm!"

The two, one ahead of the other, flew toward the Blood Crystal Ancient Well.

The two returned.

The stronghold guarding the Blood Crystal Ancient Well was in a raging battle.

Masses of blood clan, covering the sky, attacked from all directions.

With the return of the two top‑tier strongmen, they joined the fight.

Soon the battle turned overwhelmingly one‑sided.

Before long, the battle here ended within the scorching flames of the 'Flame‑spitting Wizard'.

And Aodailite Nola conveyed the extremely shocking news to the defenders here.

At the Ninth‑Tier Apex, the Quasi‑Master strongman Bloodline Saint Almeng Luyi fell!

……

"The Bloodline Saint is dead?"

When this news was received,

Bei Lei Lanya in the Sacred Flame Hall was startled.

For a moment, he even doubted whether the information was mistaken.

After all!

That place is a world dominated by the Nether Blood Sea.

And the Bloodline Saint in the Blood Sea world has a terrifyingly tenacious vitality.

Even for him in the past, it was hard to kill the opponent.

But!

The Bloodline Saint Almeng Luyi suddenly collapsed to death.

This event was indeed too sudden.

This is not a trivial matter.

After all, he was a Quasi‑Master strongman, with an extremely high chance of becoming a Chao Shen Da Shi.

His teacher, moreover, was a legendary strongman of the Nether Blood Sea.

The fall of such a super‑genius could stir considerable ripples.

Bei Lei contacted Ge Lei Lanya, who was stationed at the Blood Sea.

It was confirmed that the newly arrived Seventh‑tier Transcendent, together with Aodailite Nola, killed the Bloodline Saint.

Bei Lei immediately headed toward the tower inside the Ancient Flame God Tree behind the hall.

……

Chao Shen Da Shi "Gailisi Lanya" dwelled deep within the Flame God Tree tower.

He continuously engaged in the world‑ecology cycle absorption with the ancient Flame God Tree.

He entered the Chao Shen Da Shi tier.

The source‑energy cycle cultivation of a normal Transcendent world is already hard to satisfy the cultivation of a Chao Shen Da Shi level.

Generally, to raise levels faster,

Chao Shen Da Shi will go to large Transcendent worlds that possess chaotic primordial power, or simply to the Demigod World and the Divine Kingdom World.

Of course, the best place is the 'Primordial Chaos Continent', where chaotic source energy is dense and the manifestation of various primordial powers is excellent.

The only drawback is that it is extremely dangerous.

Chao Shen Da Shi falling on the Primordial Chaos Continent is a common occurrence.

However!

Within this Four‑tusk Elephant Realm Vessel, the Flame World Tree is a very good cultivation site.

Therefore, Chao Shen Da Shi Gailisi Lanya has no intention of pledging to any faction.

Even his journey to the Primordial Chaos Continent is undertaken alone.

And while within the world,

He spends most of his time cultivating inside the Twelve‑ring Tower of the Ancient Flame God Tree.

And today,

Bei Lei Lanya's sudden intrusion slightly interrupted his cultivation.

"Bloodline Saint Almeng Luyi died?"

When he learned of the news, Gailisi Lanya was also slightly stunned.

"I recall it was Aodailite Nola stationed over there, right?"

"Yes!"

"Did Aodailite Nola breakthrough?"

"No, Aodailite Nola's strength hasn't changed much from before."

"Then… how did the Bloodline Saint die?"

"A newly arrived Seventh‑tier Transcendent, this Seventh‑tier Transcendent… hmm… according to Aodailite Nola's own words, he possesses Quasi‑Master strength."

"A Seventh‑tier possessing Quasi‑Master strength?" Gailisi Lanya was slightly taken aback.

Even though he has lived for thousands of years and has seen many geniuses,

he has never heard of a Seventh‑tier comparable to a Quasi‑Master.

"Could it be that they're not focusing on leveling up, but are instead concentrating on creating an ecological nest as a top genius? That possibility does indeed exist," Chao Shen Da Shi Gailisi Lanya thought silently.

"Moreover… this seventh‑rank Super Van Gogh practitioner possesses many forbidden spells!" Beilei Lanya continued.

"The path of Forbidden‑Spell Master?" Chao Shen Da Shi Gailisi Lanya paused slightly.

"That possibility is very high," Beilei replied.

"At present, this seventh‑rank transcendent named Taniru has taken a large amount of chaotic blood crystals from us, so it is indeed possible that he is forging his own chaotic Forbidden‑Spell Master nest."

Beilei Lanya's exposition made Chao Shen Da Shi Gailisi Lanya think seriously.

"This place is very close to Alumof Half‑God World; previously, geniuses have come to this worldship realm for training and cultivation."

"That seventh‑rank transcendent named Taniru is most likely the same."

With that thought, Chao Shen Da Shi Gailisi Lanya said slowly.

"That seventh‑rank transcendent named Taniru is most probably a super genius from the Half‑God World."

"Since he is willing to train here with us, we should cooperate with him properly."

"Those four… hmm… currently three quasi‑master strongholds, perhaps they are all his training targets."

"Since he slew the quasi‑master strongholds and removed many troubles from our worldship territory, the deserved rewards must still be given."

"Yes! Lord Gailisi!"

Beilei Lanya said solemnly.

…………

Ancient Fire God Tree Great Hall!

This is Ta Ke's second visit.

However, this time accompanying Ta Ke is the Valkyrie Aodai Lei Te Nuo La.

At the same time, that ninth‑rank pinnacle also forged a master‑seed quasi‑master stronghold, and Beilei Lanya was not on the high throne, but positioned above the lower.

Instead, the two were received in the side‑hall living room.

The fourth‑rank worldship maid served the drinks and then withdrew.

The ninth‑rank quasi‑master Beilei Lanya, showing a hint of politeness, had their joy evident on their face.

"This time the two of you jointly slew the Blood‑Source Saint, eliminating the chief trouble of the Blood‑Crystal Ancient Well region."

"Originally, we dared not expand the Blood‑Crystal Ancient Well, fearing that the Blood‑Source Saint would cause massive destruction and waste our investments."

"And this time, not only did the two of you slay the Blood‑Source Saint, but also killed one or two of his formidable subordinates."

"This battle completely eradicated the power within the fourth‑layer Blood Sea chamber."

"Large‑scale expansion is just around the corner."

"If the two of you are willing to station yourselves in the Blood Sea region during the upcoming period."

"Besides the previously promised chaotic blood‑crystal resources."

"Any new Blood‑Crystal Ancient Wells opened during that time will grant both of you a ten‑percent share of the production profit."

New Blood‑Crystal Ancient Well, ten‑percent production?

The two exchanged a glance; staying for so long, Ta Ke knows exactly the output of a single Blood‑Crystal Ancient Well.

One Blood‑Crystal Ancient Well yields, at minimum, a million‑scale output per month.

With several such wells, the monthly harvest of blood crystals would be astonishing.

At this moment, Beilei Lanya is willing to provide so many resources.

On one hand, the two's cooperation can slay quasi‑master strongholds; on the other hand, there is obviously another motive.

Beilei Lanya smiled and continued.

"Of course, for the two to obtain these resources, there are some extra conditions."

"In recent years, some chaotic ecologies in this worldship realm have gradually blossomed."

"You all know that those quasi‑master strongholds and their subordinates are also scheming for these top‑grade chaotic‑ecology treasures."

"If we act alone, we simply cannot compete with them."

"We also hope that when the precious artifacts appear, the two can cooperate, advancing and retreating together."

The two pondered for a moment.

Aodai Lei Te Nuo La spoke up.

"May I ask how fast the Blood‑Crystal Ancient Well can be developed?"

"You need not urge the development speed; we will accelerate construction ourselves."

Beilei Lanya smiled and said.

"Recently, a foreign merchant capable of large‑scale resource exchange with the outside has arrived in our city‑state."

"Our blood crystals are in dire shortage; massive development is inevitable, so the two may rest assured."

"Foreign merchant?" Aodai Lei Te Nuo La raised an eyebrow.

"If that is indeed the case, being able to exchange resources on a large scale with the outside is indeed good; it is far better and safer than using altars for back‑and‑forth sacrifices or relying on messengers for transport."

"Yes!" Beilei Lanya smiled.

Ta Ke remained silent beside them.

The other party guessed that they could have such means, which was not surprising.

"Lord Taniru, what are your thoughts?"

At that moment, Beilei Lanya looked at Ta Ke and asked meaningfully.

"May I enter the realm within the Ancient Fire God Tree earlier and undergo the Holy Fire Baptism sooner?"

Ta Ke asked.

"Certainly!"

Bei Lai·Lan Ya responded crisply and decisively.

In a year, a relatively large-scale Tree Realm Holy Fire Baptism will be opened, and perhaps the 【Holy Fire Forbidden Curse Seed】 will fall then.

If you are willing, Your Excellency, you can cultivate well throughout this entire month of Holy Fire Baptism.

You should know, this Ancient Fire God Tree greatly aids the cultivation of a Chao Shen Da Shi; for us, a single baptism can easily raise several levels, which is no problem at all.

Seeing this Quasi Grand Master Bei Lai·Lan Ya so straightforward, Ta Ke also nodded.

In that case, I have no problem!

Seeing both of them agree, Bei Lai·Lan Ya burst out laughing.

Haha…

Since you two have agreed, the strength of us three Quasi Grand Masters is fully a match for the three Quasi Grand Masters of Mo Lei·Shen Ting and the Evil God Organization.

When that Chaos Ecology treasure blooms, we will surely have the strength to contend.