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Deep within the Blood Nest Base!

In front of a blood-stained and gruesome Blood Nest, Ancestor Hua Ye was surrounded by raging flames, using only a "Spiritual Artifact" level Fire Long Halberd to smash two frenzied Blood Nest Warriors.

The Blood Nest Warriors were quite formidable, much stronger compared to other clans’ ancestors of the same level. Even Ancestor Hua Ye took considerable effort to deal with them.

After their bodies twisted, a Wedding Robe Blood Gu erupted from each of them. They were entirely scarlet, with terrifying mouthparts and abdomens full of essence blood.

They rushed towards Ancestor Hua Ye, instinctively sensing that the enemy capable of killing their host had the potential to become their new host.

The Wedding Robe Blood Gu, after generations of cultivation, had developed its own set of laws. Hosts that couldn’t withstand the bloodline transformation and turned mad were merely their parasitic puppets.

Only those hosts who could ultimately resist were willingly given their lives and the essence they had accumulated over their lifetime by the Blood Gu.

One has to admit, though bizarre, the Wedding Robe Blood Gu is quite a magical creature.

At the same time.

Yin Jiu flashed, positioning himself in front of Ancestor Hua Ye and opened two specially designed Jade Boxes he had already prepared. Inside the Jade Boxes was a special elixir - the "Gu-Attracting Pill," and once infused with profound qi, its scent quickly spread.

The Wedding Robe Blood Gu, upon sniffing the scent of the Gu-Attracting Pill, grew even more frenzied and irritable, flapping its wings and diving into the Jade Boxes.

After easily capturing these two Wedding Robe Blood Gu, Yin Jiu respectfully handed the Jade Boxes to the Young Master: "Young Master’s method is indeed effective." 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"Just a minor trick." The Young Master nonchalantly put away the Wedding Robe Blood Gu. "Our Yin Sha Sect has opened multiple Blood Nests over the generations. This Gu-Attracting Pill formula was obtained from the Blood Nest relic; it can be exchanged by direct disciples."

Off to the side, Huangfu Jinhuan watched with great interest, a glimmer of greed flashing in his eyes.

On this journey, they had already captured the fifth Wedding Robe Blood Gu. If used well, just one Wedding Robe Blood Gu could add a small Celestial Pride with middle grade upper bloodline talent to the family.

Although the failure rate of the Wedding Robe Blood Gu is not low, unsuitable for use on family members, it can be experimented on household generals or collateral bloodlines. If they die, so be it.

Once successful, the household general could be accepted as a direct-line son-in-law, and the collateral descendant could be entered into the family tree, elevated to a direct bloodline.

Thus, in Huangfu Jinhuan’s eyes, the shortcomings of the Wedding Robe Blood Gu were not shortcomings at all. The item is good; with a little twist, it’s a heaven-defying treasure!

The only regret is that the Blood Nest Warriors in the Blood Nest, after enduring long ages, have transformed into Blood Cocoons, and even in the Blood Cocoon state, over the long tens of thousands of years, they withered and decayed, and the Wedding Robe Blood Gu within them died.

Only a few Blood Nest Warriors have survived.

After smashing the Blood Nest, what appeared before everyone was a gigantic beast-fighting arena-like enclosed structure. Due to the long passage of time, many facilities inside were damaged, scattered with ruins and debris.

Upon entering, a dense stench of blood was in the air, and the ground was littered with various corpse remains and damaged Blood Cocoons. Strangely enough, many of the Blood Nest Warriors’ bodies were quite fresh.

"This..." Yin Jiu’s face changed slightly, "Young Master, has someone entered in advance?"

"Not so, it should be when you previously intruded, it alerted a certain existence within the Blood Nest Base, and it used some living Blood Nest Warriors for a blood sacrifice."

The Young Master glanced towards the center of this giant Blood Nest, revealing a touch of fanaticism and greed, "As collated from ancient texts, it’s consistent: this Blood Nest Base has produced some good items."

At the center, there was a blood-colored altar. Floating above was a blood-colored spherical object, within which, hazily visible, seemed to be a Wedding Robe Blood Gu.

On either side of the altar were two massive Blood Cocoons, their surface tubular structures were thick as blood vessels, pulsating as if something alive was about to burst out at any moment.

"Warning, warning!"

Within this large Blood Nest space, a piercing warning sounded, "This is Blood Nest Base 3795, unidentified intruders, immediately leave the Blood Nest Base, or we will take enforcement actions."

"As expected." A glimmer of joy appeared in the Young Master’s eyes, "Luck is good, the Artifact Spirit of this Blood Nest Base is still alive!"

Artifact Spirit?

Huangfu Jinhuan’s expression froze, for he had heard rumors of Artifact Spirits residing within legendary Divine Power Spirit Treasures. He hadn’t expected even a Blood Nest Base to possess an Artifact Spirit.

He couldn’t resist asking Ancestor Hua Ye out of curiosity: "Ancestor, why does a Blood Nest Base have an Artifact Spirit? Moreover, it even speaks our Daqian language. Although with a slightly unusual accent."

"This..." Ancestor Hua Ye was merely a local powerful figure, having explored ancient relics his whole life. He frowned and couldn’t explain the situation.

"Such ignorance is rare." At the side, Mr. Yin Jiu sneered, "How powerful was the Divine Martial Dynasty at its peak? During their era, many facilities were controlled by Artifact Spirits. However, due to the long lapse of time, many Artifact Spirits within the Divine Martial Ruins have perished."

"As for the Daqian language... The language spoken by Artifact Spirits is the authentic language of the Divine Martial Dynasty, while your Daqian language is merely a simplified version of the ancient language that was passed down from the Divine Martial Dynasty."

Despite this, Huangfu Jinhuan didn’t get annoyed but instead clasped his hands and said: "Thank you, Mr. Jiu, for dispelling my doubts. Our Huangfu Family indeed lacks understanding."

Seeing his politeness, Mr. Yin relaxed his rigid expression and explained: "Actually, it’s not your fault. Both the Yin Sha Sect and your Purple Mansion Academy monopolize such knowledge. Much of the knowledge and history is not spread outside, and the might and prosperity of the Divine Martial Dynasty far exceed the imagination of ordinary people."

Meanwhile.

The young master stood with his hands behind his back, his voice cold: "Artifact Spirit, times have changed. Whether it’s your Blood Nest Organization or the Divine Martial Dynasty, they’ve long since been destroyed. Be wise and surrender immediately. This Blood Nest Base will be inherited and expanded upon by me."

"The Blood Nest Organization is destroyed? The Divine Martial Dynasty is destroyed?"

The voice of the Blood Nest Spirit, seemingly surprised and lost, asked, "Was it the Outer Domain Demons? Did the complete confrontation fail?"

"You know about the Outer Domain Demons?" The young master was somewhat surprised, his eyes becoming more excited, "Seems like your intelligence level is not low; you can better assist me in the future."

"The resistance against the Outer Domain Heaven Demons is the responsibility of all humanity," the Artifact Spirit said, "Although our Blood Nest Base 3795 has always been against the brutal Divine Martial Dynasty, at the crucial moment, we received orders from above and dispatched all advanced Blood Nest warriors to the battlefield. Since then, our Blood Nest Base 3795 has been dormant. I’ve been waiting for them to return..."

"It’s been a hundred thousand years; you cannot wait any longer. Ancient matters, I am not interested in," the young master’s eyes flashed with arrogance, "I’m giving you two choices: submit or face destruction."

"Intruder, your demands are inconsistent with the protocol," the Artifact Spirit said, "I will now activate the procedure to eliminate the intruder, and you have one last chance to exit."

With the words of the Artifact Spirit.

The two gigantic Blood Cocoons beside the altar suddenly pulsated rapidly and burst open with a "boom."

Two Blood Nest Warriors, each more than a zhang tall, emerged from the cocoon wreckage. Their bodies were huge and blood-red, resembling small giants. With every step they took, the ground shook and rumbled.

They were imposing, carrying an overwhelming scent of blood as they approached, and their strength was clearly beyond the Spirit Platform Realm Blood Nest warriors, possessing Celestial Human Realm abilities.

In the young master’s eyes appeared a killing intent: "Refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit, you’re courting death. Hua Ye, you handle one, I’ll take care of the other. Fight away from the Blood Sacrificial Altar; don’t damage it."

"Yes, young master." Ancestor Hua Ye dared not to be negligent, wielding a Spiritual Artifact-level Fire Battle Halberd, he encircled one Blood Nest warrior and led it outwards as he fought.

However, upon clashing, Ancestor Hua Ye’s face subtly changed. The opposing Blood Nest warrior’s strength and prowess were astonishingly strong, and he struggled to withstand it.

He could only fight while retreating, drawing it away.

"Damn Wang Shouzhe." Ancestor Hua Ye cursed silently in his heart as he fought. If it weren’t for Wang Shouzhe, how could he have ended up in such a state?

The once dignified ancestor on the verge of the Celestial Human Realm Middle Stage had lost even his ancestral magical treasure and could only fight with a middle-grade spiritual artifact. If the ancestral "Li Fire Battle Halberd" were still in his hands, fighting a Blood Nest warrior wouldn’t be so exhausting.

Even worse, he heard that Wang Shouzhe had sold the Li Fire Battle Halberd through the black market!

The black market is a place with terribly complex organizational relationships; once something’s sold there, who knows where it might end up. Even if he wanted to retrieve it, it would be hard to achieve.

Just as Hua Ye was containing a Blood Nest warrior, the young master acted.

With a swipe on his Storage Ring, with a "clang," a Profound Black Corpse Storage Coffin slammed onto the ground, and from it emerged a menacing battle corpse over two meters tall, as tough as Refined Iron.

That battle corpse’s body was adorned with countless dense and mysterious runes, radiating circles of yin sha evil qi.

"That’s the young master’s Yin Sha Xuan Corpse!" Mr. Yin Jiu’s eyes revealed a look of admiration, "That’s a Yin Sha Xuan Corpse the young master refined after killing a Celestial Human Realm Cultivator from an opposing faction and spending countless Heavenly and Earthly Treasures. Ordinary Celestial Human Realm Early Stage Cultivators are no match for it."

Simultaneously, the young master flipped his hand, revealing a Demon Blade suffused with yin sha evil qi. Judging by the intimidating aura emanating from it, it was undoubtedly an Artifact-level weapon equally lethal as the "Li Fire Battle Halberd"!

Huangfu Jinhuan’s pupils subtly contracted; truly worthy of being a direct disciple of the Yin Sha Sect, his methods and strength were indeed extraordinary.

However, what does it matter?

Under my Huangfu Jinhuan’s plotting, all the efforts you make today, young master, are akin to the fate denoted by the name Wedding Robe Blood Gu, ultimately serving as a wedding garment for our Huangfu Family.

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