Seeking Immortality in a Bizarre World-Chapter 451 - 446: Blood Dragon, Being Scapegoated_1
"Senior Brother Wu died at the hands of the Shimo Sect’s Cultivators, a battle casualty of the Lingbao Sect. It is not the fault of Elder Brother Zhuo and me.
"Every grudge has its source, every debt has its debtor. If you have the guts, go trouble the Lingbao Sect and the Shimo Sect. Why bully us juniors?
"Why don’t you let us two go? We promise to keep our lips sealed as if nothing ever happened," Jia Ren said.
The Wu Family has an air of wickedness about it; it’s quite possible they are involved with Demon Cultivators. Better to avoid additional trouble and just leave safely if possible.
"I dare not provoke the Lingbao Sect or Shimo Sect, so I can only bully you!" The Wu Family Patriarch’s voice echoed, his words infuriating.
Truly shameless!
The Xuan Beast Avatar’s countenance turned ugly, yet it was helpless to change the situation.
In the Cultivation World, strength reigns supreme; without strength, the strong crush the weak at their leisure.
Normally, a Cultivator at the Nascent Soul Stage wouldn’t be much of a threat. However, something odd and unusual permeated this place. The avatar hadn’t forgotten the extreme misfortune from his divinations; the Wu Family certainly had some extraordinary methods.
"Boundary-breaking Talisman!" Jia Ren wasn’t sure what kind of Formation the Wu Family had set up, but he believed there was always a Talisman to break it.
He activated the Boundary-breaking Talisman he held. A gleam of light burst forth, exploding loudly.
The Boundary-breaking Talisman was an extremely rare and special Talisman, capable of shattering barriers and Formations.
Regardless of what Formation had been cast here, Jia Ren was confident it could be broken.
BOOM!
The highly anticipated Boundary-breaking Talisman did not disappoint. As the Talisman deployed, the invisible light screen couldn’t hold, and the sound of something shattering was heard.
The unconscious Zhuo Chengdao was unexpectedly revealed on the ground.
Previously, due to the influence of some unknown Formation, he couldn’t be seen, even though he was right before their eyes.
With the obstacle removed, leaving was no longer a problem.
This place was enshrouded in strangeness, and considering its main body was still here, it wasn’t willing to take the risk.
The Xuan Beast Avatar grabbed Zhuo Chengdao and used the Five Metals Divine Escape, hastily fleeing.
"If you want to leave this place, you’ll have to ask if I agree." The late Nascent Soul Stage Wu Family Patriarch revealed himself. Even when facing a Divine Transformation Cultivator, he was utterly fearless, his eyes cold and menacing. He seemed certain he had Jia Ren where he wanted him. What gave him this courage and confidence?
"Blood Ancestor, please make your move!" A voice came from the Wu Family Residence. Following that, a hauntingly sinister power descended.
The Xuan Beast Avatar, having just escaped the Wu Family’s grasp, had its escape technique abruptly disrupted. He and Zhuo Chengdao fell heavily to the ground, their faces deathly pale.
Visible streams of blood drained from their bodies, soaring toward the Wu Family’s location.
Both his and Zhuo Chengdao’s bodies withered at an alarming rate, deprived of their blood essence.
"Huh, it seems to be the power of Bizarre Demons..." The Xuan Beast Avatar’s face twisted oddly. It hadn’t expected to encounter the methods of Bizarre Demons in the Mysterious Realm.
Others might have had no chance to resist these techniques. Even if the two of them had reached the late-stage Divinity Transformation or even the Lianxu Stage, they would have died on the spot without the means to combat these Bizarre Demons.
Unfortunately for their attackers, Jia Ren held the key to break the deadlock.
"Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower!" A tremendous black tower materialized from thin air, radiating an evil-suppressing light.
In an instant, the blood light shrouding the Xuan Beast Avatar and Zhuo Chengdao vanished without a trace. The bizarre power was completely blocked, unable to affect them in the slightest.
The Xuan Beast Avatar breathed a sigh of relief, watching as its main body descended from the sky. The avatar’s form then vanished.
Is this the Wu Family’s trump card? The Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower was the perfect counter to the Wu Family’s powers. Without this ace up their sleeve, the most powerful Cultivator in the Wu Family was merely at the late Nascent Soul Stage—nothing to fear.
Jia Ren officially took command of the battlefield.
He looked intently at the Wu Family members, holding the still-unconscious Zhuo Chengdao, and strode toward the Wu Family Residence.
Sorry, but from now on, the roles of hunter and prey are reversed.
The Wu Family Patriarch, having invoked the power of the Blood Ancestor, thought he could easily kill the two Lingbao Sect Cultivators. Not only could he get revenge for his deceased son, but he could also silence them, preventing future trouble. As for retaliating against the Lingbao Sect and the Shimo Sect? They only relied on the power of Bizarre Demons; how could they confront super sects that possessed countermeasures? If their secret was exposed, they would be sealed and suppressed at best, or directly killed at worst. They could only bully the ’weak’ to vent their frustrations. But they never imagined they would provoke someone they couldn’t handle this time.
Without further ado, Jia Ren activated the Treasure Light Body Refining Technique to its fullest extent. The Spiritual Energy around him rapidly receded, centering on him.
Uncertain what other methods the Wu Family might employ, he prioritized using the Soul-Extinction Radiance and the Spirit-Dissolving Radiance to dismantle their techniques.
With their Spiritual Power-related techniques nullified and the power of Bizarre Demons perfectly countered by the Demon-Sealing Tower, they had no chance of turning the tables.
A few attempted to resist, but how could they possibly withstand Jia Ren?
Each Wu Family member Jia Ren encountered ended up with a dark hole in their forehead before falling heavily to the ground.
Jia Ren and Zhuo Chengdao had regarded the Wu Family as friends, never anticipating they would try to harm them.
If you are unkind, do not blame me for being unrighteous.
To eradicate weeds, one must pull them up by the roots. Jia Ren did not wish to capsize in the gutter due to a momentary act of leniency.
"Today is the day of calamity, the extermination of the Wu Family! The blood sacrifice to the Blood Ancestor is our only chance!
"If we don’t kill this person, even if we escape this catastrophe, there will be no place for the Wu Family in the Mysterious Realm."
The Wu Family members felt their Spiritual Power draining at an astonishing rate, an experience that filled them with terror.
Their only option was a desperate counterattack: enhance the Blood Ancestor’s power and turn the tide.
The Wu Family members, like madmen, muttered under their breath. Their bodies then exploded, turning into a sky full of blood. An invisible force pulled this blood, causing it all to converge at a distant point.
A colossal blood dragon materialized in the distance, staring at Jia Ren with eyes full of resentment and venom.
A terrifying pressure surged forth, resisting the approaching Suppressing Demon Divine Light.
Do you really think this is the limit of my power? The Suppressing Demon Divine Light far exceeds the Demon-Suppressing Rosy Light in potency. Unleashing just a bit of it can suppress Bizarre Demons; there’s no need to consume too much Spiritual Power.
Facing the formidable Blood Ancestor, Jia Ren felt a hint of pressure.
"Full power!"
BOOM!
The Suppressing Demon Divine Light, now ten times stronger than before, erupted. The blood dragon immediately stiffened, utterly unable to move.
"Capture!" The light of the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower converged, instantly pulling the blood dragon inside.
After that, not a trace of life force could be sensed from the Wu Family.
Are they all dead?
Jia Ren arrived at the thirty-third floor of the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower and looked toward the final layer of the tower.
The huge blood dragon twisted violently, desperately trying to resist. Continuous wails emanated from within its blood, as if it contained not just blood but numerous living souls.
Jia Ren stared at the souls of the Wu Family Patriarch and the Wu Family People, lost in thought for a long while.
The blood dragon exuded a bizarre feeling—similar to Bizarre Demons, yet distinctly different.
Is this the Sinful Bloodline? Or a unique type of Bizarre Demon?
"Control Bizarre? Do you possess the Sinful Bloodline?" Jia Ren asked, recalling the term he had learned from a Bizarre Alliance Cultivator.
"You even know about the Sinful Bloodline?"
"Hmph, you filthy humans, don’t think you can get any information out of me—AH!"
The Wicked Flame fell from the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower, instantly igniting the blood dragon.
Tough talk. But after a few months, will you still maintain this attitude? Continuously burning Bizarre Demons transforms them into Sacrificial Fire, enhancing the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower’s quality. It’s a good deal either way.
After confirming there was no danger nearby, Jia Ren stored the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower in the Mountain and Sea Pearl, and the four auras of treasure light around him vanished.
The trouble was resolved. What next? How should he handle this matter? Reveal the truth—that the Wu Family were Sinful Denizens who controlled Bizarre Demons to attack him? That in resisting the Wu Family, he had sealed the Bizarre Demons and eradicated the Wu Family People? Reporting the truth would certainly require releasing the Wu Family People from the Demon-Sealing Tower. Then, the Wicked Flame would undoubtedly be exposed. Would the High-Level Cultivators of the Lingbao Sect discern the Demon-Sealing Tower’s true effects, thereby exposing his secret? Even if he switched to another Demon-Suppressing Magical Treasure, it was uncertain if it could seal the blood dragon, and the Wicked Flame might still be revealed. A Magical Treasure that could continuously advance by harnessing the power of Bizarre Demons—anyone but a fool would understand its immense value. Someone would surely be tempted. There were many High-Level Cultivators in the Lingbao Sect, and there was no guarantee that all of them were without ulterior motives. If he reported this, might some High-Order Cultivators kill him to monopolize the secret? The best way was not to take risks and to nip the trouble in the bud.
Unwilling to disclose the truth, he would have to let someone else take the fall.
Jia Ren immediately thought of the Dark Demon Sect.
As a sect that had ambushed him, he bore them no goodwill and felt no psychological burden about pinning the blame on them.
Moreover, the annihilated Dark Demon Sect had no chance to explain themselves. As a sect destroyed by the Shimo Sect, it was quite plausible for them to sneak attack the bereaved family of a Lingbao Sect member.
The next step was to leave evidence to solidify this assertion.
Jia Ren swiftly cleared his own aura and traces. He then used several Demonic Path Divine Skills he had learned to leave faint traces of a Demon Sect.
What remained was...
He carried Zhuo Chengdao to a safe area before finally waking him.
"Elder Brother Zhuo, I have something important to tell you."
"The Wu Family... has been annihilated..."
Zhuo Chengdao had just awakened from his stupor. Drained of much of his vitality, his face was pale and bloodless. His head was still fuzzy, and upon hearing Jia Ren’s news, he couldn’t process it for some time.
"How is that possible?!"
"Huh? How did I fall unconscious?"
As a Cultivator in the Divinity Transformation Stage, he shouldn’t need sleep or rest; falling unconscious was highly abnormal.
Moreover, he could feel the discomfort in his body.
He initially suspected the Wu Family, but upon hearing Jia Ren’s explanation, his fury became uncontainable.
"Who dared to do this?!
"Senior Brother Wu’s body is barely cold, and now the Wu Family has been exterminated...
"The Lingbao Sect will make them pay blood for blood!" Zhuo Chengdao suppressed the discomfort in his body, took an Elixir to replenish his vital energy, and said, full of anger.
"Remnants of the Dark Demon Sect! Void Refining Stage Cultivators!
"They must have used some method to learn that we were leaving the sect and followed us all the way here.
"This was to get revenge on me!
"I’m skilled with poisons and their antidotes, so I had a chance to react. Thankfully, I had a Fate-Switching Talisman to protect my life, allowing me to narrowly survive.
"My strength was insufficient; I only managed to save you, Elder Brother.
"The Wu Family... perished because of me," Jia Ren said, channeling his inner actor, his lies flawless.
Zhuo Chengdao harbored no suspicions. He hurriedly took out a secret Talisman from the sect and informed Ancestor Ji Kong using a special method.
「A few days later」 Ancestor Ji Kong emerged from his Cave, his face filled with uncontainable rage.
"This is outrageous!
"Do the remnants of the Dark Demon Sect truly believe the Lingbao Sect is undefended?!"
Numerous bounty missions for exterminating Dark Demon Sect remnants appeared, offering incredibly high sect contributions.
Lingbao Sect Cultivators accepted the missions, eager to eliminate evil and uphold righteousness.
Fei Zhong was still staking out Jia Ren outside the Lingbao Sect. He learned about the situation through an insider and was utterly confused.
Can anyone tell me what exactly happened?
