From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 840 - 493: The Consequences of Absorbing the Demon God’s Blood

Chapter 840: Chapter 493: The Consequences of Absorbing the Demon God’s Blood

Floating above the altar, the Demon God’s Blood was guided by the altar’s power, breaking into thousands of streams, flowing into the runes of the altar.

As the blood glow of the altar grew stronger, the volume of Demon God’s Blood began to rapidly shrink.

In just over ten minutes, the Demon God’s Blood shrank by one third.

The Wizard of Bloodline serving as the main priest stared intently at the Demon God’s Blood, beginning to sense something amiss.

Due to the sudden death of the Great Wizard yesterday, today’s ritual’s main priest was the newly appointed Wizard of Bloodline, lacking both experience and capability.

Thus, he initially did not notice the ritual had gone awry.

Even though he felt a hint of unease, he did not dare to abruptly interrupt the ritual.

Moreover, the Summoner’s team was persistently attacking the altar, with loud explosions echoing around him.

Although the Summoner’s team couldn’t breach the altar, it still affected the main priest’s focus, making it hard for him to concentrate on the unusual changes of the ritual.

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Meanwhile.

On the battlefield outside the altar, Prince Moznis and Lu Heng had already battled hundreds of rounds, without a definitive victory.

After the Dragon Fury effect of the Aurora Blade ended, Lu Heng decisively adjusted his combat strategy, shifting from a head-on clash to swift guerrilla tactics.

Moznis’s combat power nearly approached a demigod, his physical strength extremely high, with each attribute surpassing 240 points, even some reaching 250 points.

Lu Heng’s only advantage was that his Agility Attribute was slightly higher than Moznis, with other attributes being at a disadvantage.

Head-on confrontations were not advantageous.

Thus, Lu Heng chose fast-paced guerrilla tactics, each collision avoided direct engagement, using the weapon’s clash moment to swiftly dash around Moznis.

Furthermore, with the enhancement by Star Realm Sword Saint, every sword strike could unleash the power of Rift Slash.

Even though the Strength attribute was suppressed by Moznis, the force of each sword strike was enough to restrain Moznis, forcing him to defend.

Moznis grew increasingly furious, realizing that the human before him, despite being lower level, had terrifyingly destructive sword strikes.

The devastating sword lights made each strike unavoidable.

This forced him to continually switch between attack and defense, just finding an opportunity to attack, yet the next second having to defend against the fierce sword light.

The two sides battled two hundred rounds this way, with Moznis seeing no sign of victory, driving him into fury.

Because today was his demigod ascension ritual, the longer the delay, the worse it was for him.

Lu Heng, on the other hand, showed no sense of urgency, darting around him like a wind dragon, each move swiftly pivoting and passing.

From afar, Lu Heng looked like a whirlwind, a lightning strike, circling around the hulking Bloodline Prince.

Each time Moznis captured a chance, unleashing a killing blow, Lu Heng would strike out the Wind Dragon Breathless Slash, obliterating all his attack momentum.

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Due to the intense combat between Lu Heng and Moznis, every so often a thunderous explosion would erupt, shaking the entire underground chamber.

The battle was so intense it attracted the attention of many Summoners.

These Summoners had previously been pursued by Moznis, causing psychological shadows, and despite agreeing to join the final battle, their intent was primarily to stage attacks on the battlefield’s edge, ready to flee at the slightest irregularity.

Now witnessing Lu Heng’s displayed combat power, these Summoners were deeply shocked.

They had never imagined a human could confront Moznis head-on without falling behind.

This invisibly boosted their confidence, sparking belief in victory, and intensifying the assault on the altar.

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After three hundred rounds of battle, Moznis began to harbor thoughts of retreat.

He glanced back and noticed his Bloodline Guards surrounding the altar, realizing that just the number of Human Recruiters made breaking the Bloodline Guards’ defense circle difficult.

Thus, he started considering withdrawing from the battle and returning to complete the ascension ritual at the altar, planning to eliminate the humans obstructing his ascension afterward.

Just when he was contemplating this, he unexpectedly received a witchcraft message from the ritual’s main priest, informing him of an anomaly in the ascension ritual, with half of the Demon God’s Blood already absorbed by the altar.

Moznis was startled upon hearing this.

Under normal circumstances, the altar should not absorb Demon God’s Blood, only he himself could absorb it.

Now with half of the Demon God’s Blood absorbed by the altar, something clearly had gone wrong.

With a roar, Moznis repelled Lu Heng, then turned swiftly toward the altar.

He flapped his blood wings, flying back above the altar, confirming the shrinkage of Demon God’s Blood, yet the altar continued to operate.

Theoretically, the altar still running indicated the ritual was not interrupted.

Without much thought, he immediately roared skyward, summoning all Bloodline Demons from the Earth Flame Pillar to block the Human Recruiters.

Afterward, he flew above the altar, spreading his arms, and resumed the ritual, channeling the Demon God’s Blood’s power.

With his power starting to draw from the Demon God’s Blood, the streams of blood converged toward him, melding into his body, strengthening his physique.

He felt the immense power from the Demon God’s Blood, while not forgetting to glance towards the battlefield.

He feared that the most powerful Human Recruiter might attempt to interfere with his ascension ritual, but he was overthinking it.

Lu Heng hovered at a distance, arms crossed, calmly observing the ritual.