"Mm, ever since receiving that information, I've been thinking about how to handle this situation."

Lin Ye spoke frankly.

"You are indeed a good choice, but you're not the only choice. So, to prevent you from getting in the way, I can only deal with you here, shop owner."

Yiven maintained a sweet smile on her face, but this smile didn't suit her; it looked more like an expression forced out by facial muscles.

A large number of mutated monsters emerged from underground, gathering behind Yiven.

"Deal with me? Do you know why I accompanied you all the way here? You didn't think I was doing nothing before, did you?

This place isn't just your territory."

A large number of parasitic creatures surged out from the Sea of Blood, gathering behind Lin Ye.

He wasn't just wandering around in the Sea of Blood before; he was preparing for the inevitable battle that was bound to erupt.

"You used my body to create Mutation Creatures? You want to use these laughable, inferior products against me?"

Yiven showed a disdainful expression.

"In terms of flesh-and-blood Alienation, my skill is limited. Of course, they are no match for you. But when it comes to Parasitism, you are far behind."

Unless he was absolutely certain of victory, Lin Ye wouldn't challenge an enemy's strong point. That was a gap in time and accumulated experience; challenging it recklessly would only lead to a miserable death.

"Parasitism... what did you do to my body?"

The smile on Yiven's face began to distort, and the monsters behind her also started to gradually lose control.

"Your Alienation system is very difficult to forcibly crack. Even if I could crack it, I couldn't be sure if that method was a trap you set. So, I could only take a different approach to break your control over this area."

Lin Ye rotated the Cross Scepter. Due to his previous manipulations, the rule power in this area had become extremely chaotic. The Flesh-and-Blood Mountain Range could influence part of the rules of this area, and as the master of the Cross Scepter, he could do something similar.

"...You cracked my Alienation system?"

Yiven asked incredulously.

"No, the time was too short. I can't do something like that yet. But flesh-and-blood creatures cannot exist independently. Your technique of using flesh and blood to control a creature's mind is quite good. But what if I use a mental parasite to parasitize the minds of those people?"

In terms of control over the body, mental energy is definitely stronger than Mutation Structures. But overall, it still depends on the scale. So, Lin Ye wasn't confident either.

But this wasn't Lin Ye's trump card; it was just a means he used to affect his opponent. So, as long as it took effect, it was already good enough. The current state had already exceeded his expectations.

"You think this can stop me from breaking the seal?"

Yiven looked at Lin Ye with a cold gaze. The ground shook, and thick fleshy tendrils shot out from underground, stabbing towards Lin Ye.

This was its territory. Even if it couldn't control those weak Mutation Creatures, it could still rely on its main body to deal with Lin Ye.

If it weren't for the restrictions imposed by those giant Metal Cross Structures, it would have devoured Lin Ye long ago.

As long as it dealt with Lin Ye, it could completely cultivate an individual capable of helping it break the seal.

In its view, the moment Lin Ye jumped down from the giant Metal Cross Structure, the outcome was already decided.

The distant Sea of Blood began to burn. The phantom of a city ruin appeared near Lin Ye. In the gray sky, a large amount of ash drifted, flickering with dark red flames.

All of Lin Ye's previous operations were for one purpose: to weaken the Flesh-and-Blood Mountain Range's control over the Sea of Blood. Only then could he freely use the flesh-and-blood materials in this area.

If the other party thought this was its territory, it was sorely mistaken.

Those thick fleshy tendrils tore through Lin Ye's body, but his remains quickly turned to ash and dissipated in the air. Then, a large amount of ash gathered, and another Lin Ye was reborn from the ashes.

"You think you won't die like this? This is my body. This loss of control won't last forever. Let's see how long you can hold on."

The expression on Yiven's face began to constantly change, as if someone was fighting for control of the body.

"Is it because you're strong enough that you've lost the ability to think, or is it that a weakling like me isn't worth your serious consideration?"

Lin Ye showed a somewhat disappointed expression.

"Thinking about how to torture you later?"

Yiven said somewhat angrily.

"Of course, I'm thinking about the purpose of my stalling for time. If I were you, I'd already be thinking about how to deal with you as quickly as possible. After all, if you chose to stall for time, there could only be one purpose: to deal with me."

Lin Ye couldn't help but remind the other party.

"...You want to deal with me? Deal with this Flesh-and-Blood Mountain Range that even a deity could only seal?"

Yiven showed an expression of looking at an idiot.

"But you are just a phantom of the Flesh-and-Blood Mountain Range... The preparations are already complete."

"Sacrificial Offering."

As Lin Ye uttered these two words, all the flesh and blood within sight began to converge at his feet, forming a high platform composed of flesh and blood beneath him, slowly lifting him towards the sky.

"How is this possible? How can you go to such a high place?"

Yiven watched Lin Ye continuously rising, watched the flesh and blood constantly gathering towards the high platform. It gradually lost its control over the Flesh-and-Blood Mountain Range.

As the altitude kept increasing, the suppression on Lin Ye's spiritual energy and mental energy grew stronger and stronger. He gradually lost control over the Sacrificial Rite, but the high platform did not collapse. This was because the parasitic creatures and the creatures controlled by the mental parasites were now maintaining the operation of the ritual.

Lin Ye alone could never maintain a Sacrificial Offering of this magnitude. But he could turn those parasitic creatures and the parasitized creatures into nodes of the ritual, used to sustain its operation.

Only in this way could he deal with this extremely dangerous Flesh-and-Blood Mountain Range.

Furthermore, those giant Metal Cross Structures were also part of the ritual. After those Cross Followers were removed from the giant Metal Cross Structures, Lin Ye could use the Cross Scepter to influence those structures, making them the foundation of the ritual.

The flesh-and-blood high platform was still rising. When Lin Ye's spiritual energy and mental energy were suppressed to a certain limit, a large amount of knowledge related to flesh-and-blood Alienation began to flood into his mind.

This was one of the rules produced by the mixture of the rule power of the Flesh-and-Blood Mountain Range and the giant Metal Cross Structures.

The higher the place, the more restrictions one faced. And as long as one surpassed the highest point of the Flesh-and-Blood Mountain Range, one could obtain Alienation knowledge surpassing that of the mountain range itself.

Lin Ye continuously integrated this flesh-and-blood knowledge into the duplicates of the mental parasites. But even mental individuals, after receiving this knowledge, would undergo severe physical Alienation.

Soon, this flesh-and-blood Alienation spread to Lin Ye's physical body. At that moment, a gray sphere appeared in the center of his chest cavity, and all that Alienation knowledge was sucked into the interior of the sphere.