Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 607 - 517: Dao Embryo!
With a wave of his sleeve, a black wind rose from the ground and swiftly swept through, turning the boiling blood pool into an icy pond.
The stone statue floating in the center of the blood water seemed to sense a threat, as its eyes suddenly lit up with a purplish-red glow.
In the next instant!
The eyes of the Two-Faced Beings, frozen by the Daoist of the Taiyin, also began to shine, and the surging power continuously poured into their bodies through some mysterious connection.
Crack!
The solid, cold ice surface instantly cracked with lines, as the power of the Two-Faced Beings grew continuously, responding to the call of the sacrificial stone statue, and within a breath, they had crossed from the Dao-Entering Realm to the Blood-Stained Realm.
"Such a rapid power advancement, how can their physical bodies withstand it?"
Noticing the explosive growth in the strength of the Two-Faced Beings, the Daoist of the Taiyin frowned slightly.
These beings' physical qualities didn't differ much from the Tianyuan Human Race.
And in human cultivation, it is essential to proceed step by step.
Even demonic cultivators of the Left Path could not possibly advance from the Dao-Entering Realm to the Blood-Stained Realm instantly.
This was more than just a rush in growth.
It was like force-feeding power explosively.
Sure enough, before the Daoist of the Taiyin's thoughts settled, the skin of these power-infused Two-Faced Beings began to crack with blood-mouthed fissures, their whole bodies swelling like balloons on the verge of bursting.
But at that moment,
an ancient illusionary shadow with three faces and four arms appeared above these beings once more.
The power that was about to burst their bodies, under the blessing of this shadow, perfectly integrated into their bodies.
"Interesting."
With a demonic smile, the Daoist of the Taiyin stirred the black mist around him. With a slight step, visible array patterns spread rapidly in all directions.
Black Water True Skill—Lethe River!
With a rumbling sound!
The moment the array patterns formed, the burgeoning yellow river water surged forth, quickly swallowing up the Two-Faced Beings.
Blood-Stained Realm?
In the face of a Dao Expert, the Blood-Stained Realm is still like an ant!
Floating and sinking in the river, the expressions of the Two-Faced Beings gradually became empty and indifferent, as their souls slowly detached from their bodies and sank into this bizarre, eerie yellow river.
With one hand, forming thirteen Daoist Incantations, the Daoist of the Taiyin exhaled a breath of yin wind, and the souls piled at the riverbed were swiftly lifted by the wind.
[Taiyin Wuji True Scripture—Yin Taotie]
Amidst the surging black mist, a terrifying figure appeared behind the Daoist of the Taiyin, shaped like a sheep with a human face, eyes under its armpits, tiger teeth, human claws, and with a voice like a baby.
Imitating the Primordial Star Absorption Skill of the peerless master, the Daoist of the Taiyin created this [Yin Taotie] method using his path of Taiyin, combined with the world's yin turbid elements, and the laws of all things gathering.
Though lacking the domineering strength of the Primordial Star Absorption, which can devour all of nature, it is full of hidden wiles.
"Though my [Yin Taotie] cannot, like the peerless master, devour all things, it can consume the spirit essence of living creatures.
Yet it can intercept and acquire what they have cultivated, felt, realized, and thought in the unseen."
Raising his hand, he sent the washed-out souls of the Two-Faced Beings to the mouth of the Yin Taotie.
As the terrifying black shadow behind him emitted a chilling chewing sound, the Daoist of the Taiyin turned his gaze to the stone statue, now devoid of all worshippers.
"Now, what other means do you have?"
With a boom— 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
In an instant, the Daoist of the Taiyin flashed to the front of the stone statue, flipped his palm, and softly whispered:
"Lend me a sword!"
Buzz!
The Primordial Sword Gourd at the waist of the Daoist of the Taiyin gently trembled, as a stream of Primordial Qi flew out of the gourd's mouth, forming a Primordial Sword three feet three inches long.
Boom!
With a single strike, the towering stone statue, over a hundred feet tall, shattered instantly, with debris scattering like a storm in all directions.
"Hmm?"
Amidst the scattered rubble, a faint divine light caught the eye of the Daoist of the Taiyin.
Reaching out a large hand, dispersing the flying stones, he grasped the divine light, squinting slightly as a hint of wonder appeared in his gaze upon seeing the item in his hand:
"This is..."
The object in his palm, resembling a smaller version of the stone statue, was entirely purplish-red, as bright as jade, with shimmering light flowing around it, exuding a profound aura of the Great Dao.
"A Dao Embryo?"
Feeling the aura of the purplish jade statue in his hand carefully, the Daoist of the Taiyin was certain.
The item in his hand was none other than a Dao Embryo!
Dao Embryo!
This is the initial form of a god in the Tianyuan Main Realm.
Besides gods appointed post-natally, all Innate Gods are life forms nurtured by heaven and earth.
And before a god developed complete spirit essence and wisdom,
it existed in the form of such a [Dao Embryo], and only after lengthy years of gestation did it grow into a god with earth-shattering power.
The Dao Embryo is weak but contains the purest Great Dao Origin Force.
But in the Tianyuan Main Realm, there are essentially no records of Dao Embryos being prematurely unearthed or refined and used by others.
As the Dao Embryo is conceived by the Great Dao itself,
akin to the progeny of heaven and earth.
Committing harm against the progeny of heaven and earth is such a grave sin that those who practice the Dao are well aware of.
Once committed, it would bring about severe punishment from the Heavenly Dao, resulting in death and the dissolution of the Dao, never to reincarnate.
"This feeling and essence are similar to the Dao Embryos of my Tianyuan Main Realm.
However, compared to the Dao Embryos of the Tianyuan Main Realm,
those in the Blood Lotus Great World don't seem to be naturally born."
This unexpected discovery greatly intrigued the Daoist of the Taiyin.
In the Tianyuan Main Realm, Dao Embryos are first nurtured by the Great Dao, then grow spirit essence and wisdom, transforming into gods.
