Chapter 1746 Destroying the Bloodscar True Demon

The demonic fetus struggled to concentrate and began to transmit information through its thoughts.

This place is known as the 73rd processing pit of the Ruins of Return, which is specifically responsible for processing the unqualified, battle-damaged, or high-level demonic cultivator corpses that need to be recycled.

The entire processing plant resembles a giant funnel-shaped pit, and they are currently in the waste accumulation area.

There are eighteen circular processing platforms above, with higher-level materials being processed and more heavily guarded.

The guards are mainly puppet monsters called "Dish Guardians," which have no intelligence and patrol and suppress according to a fixed program.

However, there will be a pet owner stationed on every three floors.

The owner must be at least at the early stage of True Immortal cultivation.

Because the Demon Embryo could separate the inner world, it was assigned to the twelfth to fifteenth floors to process materials.

The owner here is the Bloodscarred True Demon, who is extremely cruel and violent.

The methods used to restrict their freedom were extremely vicious; the demonic fetuses were implanted with a soul-devouring demonic mark at birth.

This seal is connected to the core restrictions of the processing field. Once it leaves the designated area and exceeds a certain range, or attempts to resist, the demonic seal will erupt, directly devouring the soul and destroying both body and spirit.

At the same time, the regularly distributed cultivation resources are also mixed with slow-acting poisons to ensure that they cannot become so powerful as to break free of control.

Zhang Xuan and the old slick man exchanged a glance, both seeing the coldness in each other's eyes.

"Where is your Soul-Devouring Demon Seal? What are its characteristics?" Zhang Xuan asked the crucial question.

"It's deep within my brow, usually hidden, but when triggered, a twisted black rune will appear." The demonic fetus weakly pointed to its forehead.

Zhang Xuan activated the Causal Branch and the Nirvana Branch, cautiously probing out a barely perceptible sense, touching the demonic embryo's brow.

Sure enough, there he sensed an extremely sinister and complex eerie mark.

The mark is of a very high rank; forcibly breaking it would likely immediately alert the entire restriction placed here.

"It's a bit troublesome, but not unsolvable," Zhang Xuan quickly deduced in his mind.

With the power of his Nirvana Branch, he might be able to try to temporarily shield the connection between the demonic seal and the external restrictions for a very short time using the True Meaning of Returning to Nothingness, but this would require precise timing and would not last long.

The old fox's Great Dao Sword Intent can also sever part of the Demon Seal's control over the Demon Embryo's soul, but it is equally risky.

at this time--

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Heavy footsteps, accompanied by the clatter of chains dragging on the ground, came from the passageway above them, growing louder as they approached!

A hoarse voice rang out: "Lord Bloodscab has summoned you. New hard stuff has arrived, and he specifically asked you to handle it. If you dawdle any longer, he'll skin you alive!"

It's the voice of the Guardian!

Moreover, it was a direct summoning from the Bloodscabbed True Demon!

The curled-up demonic fetus instantly felt as if it had fallen into an ice cave, its whole body stiffened, and the flame of hope that had just ignited in its eyes was almost extinguished, leaving only boundless fear.

A sharp glint flashed in Zhang Xuan's eyes!

Opportunity? Or crisis?

He looked at the old slick man, and the two exchanged glances instantly.

The old slick man nodded slightly, and his finger traced a line again, quietly casting an even more subtle sword intent that temporarily isolated the small space they were in.

Zhang Xuan quickly transmitted his voice to the demonic fetus: "Stay calm, go as planned!"

The demonic fetus looked at Zhang Xuan's calm and determined gaze, then glanced at the greasy-haired old man beside him who seemed to blend into the shadows.

He nodded forcefully, struggled to his feet, straightened his tattered clothes, took a deep breath, and dragged his weak body toward the direction from which the footsteps were coming.

The passage was not straight up and down, but rather winding and twisting, with the walls on both sides made of black stone that could absorb light and divine sense.

Every so often, a faint, burning green phosphorescent flame is embedded in the wall, illuminating the tormented human face reliefs and hideous demonic patterns that appear and disappear in the distance.

Zhang Xuan's spatial branches subtly folded and misaligned the three-foot space around the three people, creating a disguise.

At the same time, causal branches disrupt the traces and connections left by their actions.

As you ascend, passing through three gates guarded by guardians, the passage begins to widen, and scattered materials begin to appear on the stone platforms on both sides.

Those were incomplete corpses, yet they still exuded an astonishing magical pressure!

Some of them still retain the ferocious postures they displayed when they used certain supernatural powers in their previous lives; they are all demonic cultivators at the Integration or even Mahayana level!

The intense stench of blood and death almost solidified into a tangible form.

At the end of the passage ahead stood a chilling gate made of countless white bones.

The true demon of Bloodscabbed is behind the door.

The demonic fetus stopped ten feet away from the bone gate, its body trembling violently involuntarily, a fear stemming from the deep-seated fear of its master deep within its soul imprint.

He took a few deep breaths of the air thick with the smell of blood, tried to straighten his hunched back, and said in a hoarse, dry voice, "This lad has come as ordered."

"Enter."

The bone door slid open silently, revealing the scene behind it.

It was a huge hall, ten times wider than the passageway below.

In the center of the hall was a dark green pool connected by countless thick, blood vessel-like pipes. Thick bubbles bubbled up in the pool, emitting a pungent, sour, and bloody odor. Various bone fragments and undigested organs could be vaguely seen settling at the bottom of the pool.

This is the initial dissolution pool for processing materials.

Beside the pool, several freshly delivered items were piled up.

One of them was particularly eye-catching; it was a humanoid demonic corpse covered in dark gold scales!

Even in death, his corpse still exuded a wild and ancient majesty.

The lingering pressure even caused the air to distort slightly.

"The remains of an ancient mountain demon general, with a physical body approaching the mid-stage of a true demon." A hoarse, sticky voice echoed from the depths of the hall.

On the other side of the pool, a figure was leaning against a high-backed chair.

It is indeed the Bloodscab Demon!

"Although the soul of this treasure is destroyed and most of its inner world has collapsed, this physical body, especially the broken mountain horn and the earth-shaking spine, is excellent material for refining the Mighty Demon Lord puppet. Your bone-removing and source-separation techniques are the most refined in this batch. This valuable item is entrusted to you. Within three days, I want to see the complete skeleton, the separated demonic source core, the vital tendons and heart essence preserved as much as possible, and the secret realm formed by the separation of the inner world space. If there is even the slightest loss, you know the consequences."

The demonic fetus trembled even more violently, but dared not hesitate for a moment, and quickly bowed: "Yes, Lord Bloodscab."

Bloodscabbed nodded in satisfaction, then turned his gaze to the other relatively ordinary Mahayana demon corpses beside him, and waved his hand: "Let others handle those. You, focus on this."

He paused, a hint of suspicion flashing in his blood-red eyes: "Your aura today seems more fragile than usual, but when you dealt with the remnants of the Time Trace body a few days ago, you were tainted by too much temporal turbulence?"

The demonic fetus felt a chill and quickly replied, "Yes, my lord, the laws of time and space within the inner world of that demonic corpse are in disarray. Although I managed to peel away some fragments of its inner world, my soul was indeed shaken."

"Useless!" Bloodscab interrupted impatiently. "Can't even withstand a little temporal turbulence. Fine, this mission is complete. Here's a double dose of Blood Essence Soul-Condensing Elixir for you to replenish your strength!"

"Thank you, sir!"

Zhang Xuan and the old fox remained hidden in the shadows.

"The Bloodscab is at the peak of the early stage of True Demon. Its aura is weak and seems to be built up by external force. Its actual combat strength should be at the bottom among True Demons. However, it is in this place and can mobilize some of the restrictions of the treatment site. It should not be underestimated."

The old fox Jianxin replied telepathically, "If we want to save the demonic fetus, this person is a breakthrough."

Zhang Xuan transmitted his thoughts: "I will unleash the full power of the Annihilation Branch to create a three-breath Absolute Void Domain, shielding this hall from the laws connecting it to the outside world, including the sensation of the Soul-Devouring Demon Seal. You use the Candlelight Heart Sword to lock onto the weakest point of the Blood Scab's soul, and be sure to kill it with one strike, while severing all energy and divine sense connections between it and the core restriction of the processing field."

"Three breaths is enough." The old man's voice was calm and even.

"Demon fetus, no matter what happens later, stand still, don't move, and don't make a sound."

The demonic fetus nodded with difficulty, its nails digging deeply into its palm.

Timing is crucial; we need to wait for the optimal moment.

Bloodscabbed leaned lazily against the bone chair, seemingly relaxed, but his divine sense must have enveloped the entire hall, especially the precious corpse of the mountain demon general.

The demonic fetus walked shakily to the workbench and took out a set of special bone blade tools engraved with decomposition Dao patterns.

He took a deep breath and forced himself to focus on the powerful corpse before him.

The bone blade cut into a tiny wound on the mandrill's neck, moving slowly and precisely, and began to peel away the first dark gold scale connected to the tendons.

Just as the bone blade cut into the gaps in the scales, making a slight "hissing" sound, Blood Scab's gaze was indeed drawn to it for a moment, and his consciousness subconsciously focused on the demon fetus's hand and the mountain demon's corpse.

It's now!

"Annihilation—Return to Nothingness!"

Zhang Xuan gave a low shout in his heart, and the long-dormant side branch of Nirvana suddenly erupted!

There was no earth-shattering momentum, only a gray ripple that could end all laws, which spread instantly throughout the entire hall from his center!

Wherever the ripples passed, the light dimmed, the sound disappeared, and even the bubbles churning in the dark green pool suddenly stopped!

Most importantly, the omnipresent laws and regulations within the hall were instantly severed!

Three breaths!

This is the maximum time Zhang Xuan can maintain this high-intensity Absolute Void Domain!

Within those three breaths, the interior of the hall became a solitary island shrouded in the aura of annihilation.

"Zheng!"

A clear, resonant sword cry rang out!

Old Oil Head's figure appeared like a ghost, three feet away from Bloodscabbed.

He had no physical sword in his hand; a grayish-white sword light, capable of severing time and reincarnation, was already touching the scab-covered brow with his fingertip!

"Illuminating the Heart with the Sword—Severing Thoughts and Destroying Souls!"

This sword strike ignored the protective demonic light that automatically activated on the surface of the blood scab, ignored the blood-red bone shield phantom he hastily summoned, and even ignored the afterimage of him trying to escape into the void.

The sword's edge pointed directly into the depths of his Dao heart!

Bloodscabbed's blood-red eyes suddenly widened, reflecting the old greasy man's face and that deadly gray-white sword light in his pupils.

He made strange "hoarse" sounds in his throat, as if he wanted to roar, to activate the restriction, or to self-destruct his magic core...

But it was too late.

"puff!"

With a soft sound, the gray-white sword light pierced into his brow.

The surging demonic energy around the blood scab suddenly froze, then quickly dried up and dissipated.

The light in his eyes dimmed rapidly, and his body remained leaning forward, but there was no longer any sign of life.

There was only a tiny, almost invisible gray-white dot between his eyebrows.

One sword strike, and both soul and body are annihilated!

Zhang Xuan's movements were equally swift, like lightning.

The instant the Domain of Annihilation unfolded, he had already stepped in front of the demonic fetus that stood frozen in place.

With his right index and middle fingers together, a wisp of pure, nihilistic gray energy wrapped around the fingertips, he pointed it toward the demonic fetus's brow!

"Hold it!"

"laugh--"

The moment the gray mist touched the skin between the demon fetus's eyebrows, the previously hidden Soul-Devouring Demon Seal on his forehead was forcibly activated, revealing a wildly twisted black rune!

The runes twisted, attempting to resist and sending out warnings.

However, under the full suppression of Zhang Xuan's Annihilation Branch, the connection between this demonic seal and the outside world was completely blocked.

The demonic fetus let out a muffled groan of extreme pain, its body convulsing violently, and black blood seeping from its seven orifices.

Removing this deeply ingrained demonic seal from one's soul is akin to scraping the bone to remove poison, causing extreme pain.

A surge of gray energy erupted from Zhang Xuan's fingertips, and the black runes of the Soul Devouring Demon Seal let out a silent wail before completely disintegrating.

The demon fetus felt a lightness between his brows, and the terrifying binding sensation that had been constantly choking his soul disappeared!

Instead, there was an unprecedented ease, and a weakness emanating from the depths of the soul.

Zhang Xuan picked up a dark red bone token from the scab and shouted, "Retreat!"

From start to finish, it took less than three breaths.

Truly lightning fast!

Zhang Xuan's consciousness sank into the blood-scab token.

The card bears the imprint of part of the soul and authority information marked with blood scabs.

Using causal branches for auxiliary deduction, Zhang Xuan quickly simulated the soul fluctuations of the blood scab and initially grasped the basic permissions of the token.

"The token's authority can unlock most of the restrictions on the twelfth to fifteenth floors, including the Refined Magic Marrow Pool, the Ten Thousand Bones Skull Vault, the Wraith Sea Warehouse, and some of the teleportation arrays leading to the upper floors and other processing pits. Let's go and loot them first."

Zhang Xuan made a decisive move, waving his hand to collect the blood-scabbed corpse. He then glanced at the remains of the mountain demon general and several other Mahayana demon corpses, and without any hesitation, put them all into his storage space.

The three quickly passed through a hidden bone door at the back of the hall. Zhang Xuan, holding a token, easily opened several heavily guarded doors.

The first thing that catches the eye is a pool about ten feet square. The pool is not filled with water, but with a refined pool of demonic essence that exudes a pure and terrifying aura of demonic origin!

This is a supreme cultivation treasure, refined repeatedly using the essence of countless high-level demonic cultivators through special forbidden techniques.

For demonic cultivators, even a single drop is priceless!

There's an entire pool here!

Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up. Without hesitation, he took out the Jade Purification Bottle and collected all the demonic essence from the entire pool!

There were even some higher-quality magic marrow crystals at the bottom of the pool, but not a single one was left.

Next, we went to the Skull Bank.

Here, there are mountains of all kinds of bones, each radiating powerful fluctuations of special force attributes.

Many bones are naturally engraved with Dao patterns, making them top-grade materials for refining Xuan Tian Bone Demons, Xuan Tian Bone Weapons, and even for comprehending related laws.

Zhang Xuan accepted them all without hesitation, moving the bones along with the spirit-gathering stone frames that held them.

Finally, we arrived at the Sea of ​​Vengeful Spirits.

This is an independent space sealed by a powerful restriction, filled with endless condensed soul power!

These are excellent materials for cultivating demonic supernatural powers, refining soul banners, and even feeding certain special artifact spirits.

Zhang Xuan had relatively little interest in soul power, but he wouldn't let it go either.

With a wave of his hand, he sealed away all the resentment in the entire Sea of ​​Wraiths.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Zhang Xuan looted the twelfth to fifteenth floors, leaving them completely empty.

Its abundance far exceeded Zhang Xuan's expectations, and was enough to greatly alleviate the shortage of some top-tier resources in the Immortal Gourd Realm.