Chapter Seventeen: The Broken Sword Has Spirit

  The broken spear entered his hand, and Xiao Yi's lightning-fast strike was launched. His spirit and will broke out of his body, without any reservation, every inch of his flesh and blood bursting forth. On the broken spear, a four-foot-five-inch-long spear aura sparkled, cutting through the air, and collided violently with several bloody knives.

  Mars splashed, and several shocking forces were transmitted through the broken gun, causing Xiao Yi's physical body to shake violently. His spiritual will was also impacted by several strong and violent spiritual forces. These spiritual forces were bloody, brutal, and filled with endless resentment, as if they were from the nine hells, where a dark spirit lurked.

  Pffft! Pffft! Pffft!

  One after another, the bloody swords hacked at Xiao Yi's body, leaving behind a series of deep gashes that reached inches in depth. Fresh blood flowed out, dyeing the ground red.

  He let out a low hum, and the black shadow looked towards the large formation in front of him. His gaze fell on one of the young men, who was motionless with his eyes tightly closed. Suddenly, his body burst open with gashes of blood, and fresh blood flowed out profusely.

  "A mere Wu Chang level, but the physical body is not bad. This Soul Devouring Array was buried with 100 low-grade spirit stones and can produce a third-level Blood Slaughter aura. It's actually just barely breaking through the skin." The dark shadow chuckled, "Originally, I was still searching for a physical body with potential to cultivate as an external incarnation. Now it seems that this physical body is not extraordinary, but it's definitely not ordinary either. It can save me a lot of trouble."

  As he spoke, the black shadow snapped his fingers, and a golden light entered Xiao Yi's body. In an instant, amidst the vast white mist, Xiao Yi only felt a tremendous shock to his spirit. On the nine heavenly veins, a golden snake suddenly appeared, coiling around the nine heavenly tracks. Xiao Yi's battle energy was instantly sealed away, and in his mind, a giant golden snake also emerged, suppressing his spirit. His vision turned black, and Xiao Yi immediately lost consciousness.

  The broken spear fell to the ground, and a hoarse voice emerged from the black shadow: "You take him back first."

  "Yes, Lord Biyun." Fengyan and the other man bowed their heads in unison, two soldiers lifted Xiao Yi, and the group of less than a hundred people quickly disappeared into the dense forest.

  A glint of golden light flashed in his eyes, and the dark shadow let out a cold hum: "When I've refined the False Soul Pellet, broken free from my shackles, and fully advanced, I'll be able to live for another hundred years. By then, if I can refine this entire Wind Tooth tribe, who knows, maybe it will allow my spirit and will to advance even further, achieving the Superb level."

  One of the Bloodstone Clan members fell, their vitality scattered, and their corpse dissolved, being absorbed by a series of blood patterns. These blood patterns crisscrossed, outlining a massive array diagram dozens of feet in size, absorbing numerous corpses. The array emitted an eerie bloody aura, and a shocking spiritual power emanated from it. The golden light in the black shadow's eyes grew stronger, until finally, they burst out laughing.

  "Alright, the Soul-Devouring Array has absorbed enough soul power to condense a pseudo-Soul Pellet. Although it's not as good as the genuine Soul Pellets from the Sea of Resentful Souls, which are flawless and have pure soul energy, this one is more attuned to the human tribe's essence and blood, allowing me to heal my physical body and recover my peak combat strength."

  The dark shadow fell silent, and suddenly let out a loud roar. A pair of chicken claw-like hands stretched out from the wolf skin, his ten fingers intertwined, shooting out golden lights that landed on the blood lines in the formation chart.

  "Heaven and earth have no bounds, Qiankun borrows the law, Jiuyou Huangquan, ask heaven for life! False soul elixir, gather for me!"

  A dark shadow swooped down, and from the blood-colored formation, bursts of blood-colored light shot out. In these lights, some shadows appeared - they were the deceased members of the Bloodstone Tribe, their faces contorted in pain before vanishing into thin air. At this moment, the remaining members of the Bloodstone Tribe within the formation numbered less than a hundred. Except for Qian Gu and the other three hundred-man commanders, only the strongest Wu Zong could barely hold on, while ordinary soldiers continued to fall one after another. Shi Lei and Shi Qian were also covered in blood, their bodies riddled with wounds - even if they weren't killed by the formation, they would still succumb to blood loss as time passed.

  Ten young men who followed Xiao Yi have fallen, three of them have lost their lives, and even their bodies cannot be preserved.

  In those waves of bloody light, apart from the Bloodstone tribe members, there were also fallen Windtooth tribe members. Even though they had died, their shadows still emitted an astonishing killing aura, which was inconsistent with their previous state.

  "Scatter, you bunch of ignorant fools!"

  Heiying coldly smiled, his fingertips shooting out golden light, dispersing the shadows in the bloody glow. The numerous bloody glows converged together, instantly condensing into a solid mass. The entire grand array was radiating light, with blood filling the sky. A pillar of bloody energy burst forth, piercing through the void and soaring up to the ninth heaven.

  Tens of miles away.

  Dust and smoke billowed, nearly two thousand Bloodstone clan warriors rushed forward, led by Shi Hu and Qian Yuan, the two great commanders. Many of the warriors occasionally looked up at the sky above, their eyes revealing a hint of reverence.

  In the vast empty space, a crimson heavenly horse soared through the air, its fiery red wings fluttering. Its body was lithe and strong, like a dragon, and on its back sat a middle-aged man clad in crimson leather armor, grasping a black iron staff. His black hair danced in the wind, his eyes gleaming like lightning, and an astonishing aura emanated from him, causing the surrounding air to ripple and distort wherever he passed.

  Bloodstone Tribe, Chief Shi's residence.

  Gazing into the distance, Shi's eyes were fixed intently, his spirit concentrated. In this instant, a blood-red column burst forth from the ground and shot up into the clouds, its heavy bloody aura perceptible even tens of miles away.

  That is, the direction of Jingyuan Valley!

  Shi Zhi Xuan's expression changed abruptly, his eyes shooting out a terrifying divine light. The next moment, he sat down on the heavenly horse, which let out a long, mournful whinny as its fiery red wings flapped violently, transforming into a fiery red streak of light that shot tens of miles away.

  The sudden change made Shi Hu and others feel a bad omen. Qian Yuan suddenly shouted: "Run!"

  Immediately, nearly two thousand soldiers ran with all their might, the earth shook and dust flew everywhere, like a dragon made of earth, stretching all the way to the east.

  Jingyuan Valley is ten miles away.

  At this moment, in the blood-colored array diagram, a thumb-sized blood-colored dan bead was suspended, and the blood-colored dan bead was crystal clear like jade. On its surface, a flow of crimson haze flowed, and a intoxicating fragrance spread out.

  A look of manic joy flashed in Heiying's eyes, he reached out and snatched the blood-colored dan bead, which instantly fell into a ready cyan jade bottle in his hand. He put away the jade bottle, and golden light burst forth from his eyes.

  "One fake Soul Dan is not enough, all of you go die! Devouring Soul Formation, fully revive!"

  Heiying burst into a loud drink, his voice was hoarse, but it had a kind of inexplicable majesty. In an instant, the entire blood-colored array erupted with astonishing blood halos, which turned into strips of blood snakes and swallowed towards Qian Gu and others.

  However, just as the Soul Devouring Array was fully revived, a vast and mysterious aura emerged from the array diagram. As soon as this aura appeared, the entire Soul Devouring Array instantly froze, and the blood snakes that were pouncing on everyone scattered in all directions. A black broken spear floated out of the array diagram.

  "What!" The dark shadow was shocked and stared at the broken gun, "The Broken Gun has a spirit, could it be a Human Soul Soldier?"

  The dark shadow was somewhat surprised and uncertain, only to see a tall figure slowly emerging in front of the black broken gun. This was a middle-aged man with an upper body that shone like ancient bronze, his muscles radiating a precious light. The next moment, he suddenly opened his eyes, and two shocking purple lights shot out, piercing through the air instantly. He didn't say a word, stretched out his hand to grab the broken gun, and then the gun hummed as if it had come back to life, emitting a terrifying aura that made the dark shadow's breathing stagnate for a moment. However, he immediately burst into cold laughter, saying: "It's just a wisp of obsession, not even a residual soul. Even if you were a human who merged souls in your lifetime, what does it matter? Golden snake, dance wildly, gather!"

  Hei Ying let out a loud roar, his finger slowly pointing out, this one finger seemed slow and fast at the same time, sometimes heavy as Mount Tai, sometimes light as a firefly, a golden long spear reappeared, immediately, dozens of hundreds of golden spears floated out, unmatched sharp aura was emitted, shooting towards the middle-aged man.

  Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

  Golden spears pierced the air, like a dance of golden snakes, piercing through the air and emitting an ear-piercing roar.

  The middle-aged man didn't move until the golden spear reached a distance of about one zhang in front of him.

  "Kill!"

  A middle-aged man let out a loud roar, the sound was like thunder that shook the nine heavens and startled people within a hundred miles. The blood-colored array under the middle-aged man's feet suddenly shattered, the earth cracked open, revealing a series of gruesome gorges. Dry Ancient and others who were trapped in the array instantly regained their senses.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  Under the middle-aged man's killing intent, hundreds of golden spears shattered instantly, unable to withstand this momentum and power. Behind the middle-aged man, a mountain range of corpses and a sea of blood appeared. The shapes of these skeletons were diverse: some resembled humans, others had black wings like the Blood Clan, one had golden hair like the God Clan, and another had large horns like the Demon Clan. All the countless skeletons piled up, and a shocking killing intent landed on the Black Shadow's body.

  His body was immobile, his mouth unable to speak, and yet he was right in front of them. Even the breathing of people like Gan Ou had come to a standstill. What kind of person was this? He was actually terrifying to such an extent. What kind of cultivation did he possess that even the sound of his voice could move rocks and awaken people, but his figure was invisible to Xiao Yi's eyes.

  He sensed the murderous intent of the middle-aged man, and Hei Ying's mind trembled. He even had a guess that this middle-aged man might not be just an obsession. The next moment, without any hesitation, he turned around and walked away, fleeing into the depths of the ancient forest. With one step, he was already tens of meters away, and in the blink of an eye, he lost his trace.

  Without making a move to chase and kill, under the astonished gaze of Qian Gu and others, the middle-aged man's body slowly turned into light, then dissipated like sand in the wind. The broken gun fell to the ground, sinking into the mud, its body still humming.

  "They're all dead." Shi Taiyi's voice sounded out, his teeth clenched, and as a strong warrior of the Hundred-Man Commander level, he also felt a sense of powerlessness at this moment.

  The living are covered in blood, wounded all over, gritting their teeth, with eyes blazing red, unable to speak a word, for not even the dead bodies were left behind.

  Whoosh!

  A red light flashed down, a strong wind shot out in all directions, and a red heavenly horse appeared before the eyes of everyone.

  "Tribe leader!"

  Shi Zhi Xuan's gaze swept across the four directions, and he saw people like Gan Gu who were still alive. His heart sank, and a terrifying killing intent burst forth from his eyes. (You can go to the book review section to discuss.)