A huge "body" of flesh, its whole body crawling with blood vessels and dripping with fresh blood, writhed within the pit. The blood vessels all around it would at times open up one hole after another like gaping mouths, gulping down the turbid Energy that filled the deep pit, making this colossal body brim even more with terrifying pressure and a reeking blood stench. On its face, which was nothing but a mangled mess of flesh, a layer of skin was on the verge of growing out.

Yet no matter how the flesh buds on its face twisted and spread, that skin membrane only ever extended over the forehead area, and could not grow to cover the entire set of features.

This enormous body was shockingly none other than the Blood Transformation Divine Venerable.

Compared to what he once was, his Body was now four or five times larger, like a towering giant.

And within the deep pit he was in, all those countless corpses of powerful experts that used to soak in the blood before had completely vanished, as if they had already turned into a part of the surging Energy in the pit, becoming nourishment that helped the Blood Transformation Divine Venerable grow stronger.

"Damn it!!!"

A furious, venomous roar suddenly exploded from the Blood Transformation Divine Venerable’s suddenly gaping, hollow maw. His bloody mouth, with no skin or teeth, spat out what seemed like a raging storm, tearing the air apart. High-speed air currents shrieked past, making several surrounding mountain peaks where the Blood Transformation Disciples resided tremble uncontrollably in fear.

"Black Wind Village Chief! That man has Devoured four of my Divine Fragments in a row, and even killed three of my major Disciples, severely obstructing my Condensing God Dharma Image from reaching a myriad manifestations and achieving the final breakthrough! Damn him ahhhh!"

"Master!"

Just then, from the summit of the steepest cliff among the surrounding mountains came an icy female voice.

"I told you long ago, since it’s inconvenient for you to make a move, let your Disciple do it in your stead and eliminate this threat that is the Black Wind Village Chief. Now the Black Wind Village Chief has grown even stronger. Someone like that must be removed as early as possible, not delayed again and again. Any hesitation and delay will cause us to miss the best time to get rid of him. I said as much—does Master acknowledge this?"

The Blood Transformation Divine Venerable snorted coldly at her words, then grinned viciously. "Blood Refinement! My good disciple, drop your wishful thinking. Before your Master breaks through, you absolutely cannot leave the sects!"

"Once your Master breaks through, you will naturally be able to follow me out of the sects."

"By then, I will make all those who harmed me back then, including the Black Wind Village Chief, die without exception, all of them becoming a part of me!"

Within the blood pit, the bloody radiance flared brighter still. The Blood Transformation Divine Venerable let out a horrifying wild laugh, his laughter making several mountains quake and shudder.

But gradually, the blood light began to weaken again. The downside of having his Divine Fragment Devoured by the Black Wind Village Chief had started to show, leaving him caught in a dilemma with no way off the tiger’s back.

Granted, when the Black Wind Village Chief Devoured his Divine Fragment for the last time, he had indeed employed a little trick, which could in the future become a means to shackle the Black Wind Village Chief.

However, his current situation was extremely unfavorable and awkward.

And just as his Disciple Blood Refinement had said, if he continued to allow the Black Wind Village Chief to grow unchecked, this man would inevitably become a major future heart-devil, almost identical to what Blood Refinement had been back then. Yet now he could barely fend for himself and truly had difficulty doing anything more.

Just as he simmered in stifled rage, suddenly, an aura that wasn’t particularly powerful yet felt quite familiar appeared within the range of his Spiritual Sense Perception and was immediately locked onto by him.

"Hm? People from the Wan Family? I and the Wan Family have always been like well water not disturbing river water. Why would people from the Wan Family suddenly enter my territory? Do they not know how dangerous my Huaxue Valley is?"

The Blood Transformation Divine Venerable was both shocked and suspicious.

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At the same time, outside the border at Sword Gate Pass, the Gate that connected Tang Country and Divine Martial Country, a bald vulture with feathers freshly washed swooped in out of nowhere.

The vulture’s body was enormous, and as it flew through the sky it was like a small dark cloud cutting across the heavens, immediately startling and scattering several Sword Gate Demon Hawks that had been lazily gliding above Sword Gate Pass.

"Sword Gate Demon Hawks... Hmph, one of that Black Wind Village Chief’s mounts is rumored to be a mutated Sword Gate Demon Hawk."

On the vulture’s back sat a mysterious figure wearing a black cloak and a bamboo hat. Seeing the few hawks scattering in the near distance, a flash of killing intent crossed his eyes. With a sudden metallic "clang," he drew his sword. Before one could even see how he struck, several fierce streams of Sword Qi tore through the air, shrieking as they crossed a distance of over ten zhang and pierced straight through the bodies of those Sword Gate Demon Hawks.

Blood instantly sprayed across the sky as the hawk corpses plummeted to the ground.

The vulture’s greedy eyes swept over the hawk corpses, but under the mysterious man’s urging, it still turned and sped straight toward Shu...

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(Big Chapter. It’s almost the next month already, so I’m asking in advance for some New Moon Monthly Tickets! Save a few for me.)