Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 449

Chapter 449 Fighting Blood River Again, Opportunity Arrives (Please Subscribe)

Blood River True Monarch raised his hand and accepted him as his disciple.

Between heaven and earth,

only he and Li Chang’an remained.

The two faced each other from afar, their auras clashing, locked in a fierce battle.

“Let me see how much you’ve improved.”

His blood-red robes fluttered, his body surging with blood energy, and nine short spears suddenly flew out from his hand, like nine bolts of blood-red lightning.

A thick stench of blood and killing intent instantly enveloped Li Chang’an.

Li Chang’an remained calm, unleashing his Sword Rain Technique, thousands upon thousands of sword energies swirling and dancing, as if a sword immortal had been reincarnated.

“Boom!”

The first blood spear flew in with terrifying force, crashing into the heavy rain of swords.

Drop after drop of golden sword rain struck the short spear, relentlessly, instantly halting its momentum, annihilating all the blood light, and sending it flying backward.

The next eight short spears were similarly deflected, unable to reach Li Chang’an.

The move that had once troubled Li Chang’an was now easily neutralized by him.

Xuehe raised his hand and recalled the nine short spears, his expression becoming more solemn.

“You’ve indeed improved considerably; no wonder even the Bone Refining technique couldn’t kill you!”

Li Chang’an remained silent, simply unleashing a sword formation.

Brilliant sword light ripped through the sky like a rainbow piercing the sun, instantly reaching Xuehe.

Xuehe coldly snorted, the crimson river surrounding him meeting the sword light head-on. The scarlet water churned, the blood energy instantly engulfing the sword energy.

Before long, the power of the sword formation was exhausted within the blood river, dissipating into the world.

“This Xuehe’s foundation is deeper than the Bone Refining technique.”

After this test, Li Chang’an had essentially gauged Xuehe’s strength.

His expression remained unchanged as he unleashed several more sword formations, all of which were blocked by the crimson river.

The river surged and roared, its waves echoing through the heavens and earth, seemingly capable of devouring all attacks, much like Li Chang’an’s rain of swords.

Suddenly, the sky above Li Chang’an turned crimson.

“Whoosh…”

An even more terrifying blood-red river appeared beneath the sky, vast and surging, like a celestial river hanging in mythology, carrying world-destroying power as it rushed towards Li Chang’an.

Li Chang’an’s gaze sharpened as he stared at the blood river, his sword intent surging again, countless sword rains converging into a golden river.

“Rise!”

He stood tall, his sword intent soaring to the heavens, driving the sword energy river upstream.

The sword river shone brightly, illuminating the heavens and earth, like a golden dragon ascending to the sky, roaring as it rushed towards the blood-red river.

Boom!

The two rivers collided suddenly, the entire world momentarily frozen.

Golden light and blood-red light erupted simultaneously, splitting the vast sky in two, the earth-shattering power sweeping in all directions, instantly leveling everything.

Several tall, desolate cities in the vicinity were reduced to dust by this attack.

Before all the power subsided, Li Chang’an prepared to continue his attack.

But just then,

the tortoise-shaped communication jade pendant in his storage bag suddenly heated up.

Li Chang’an took it out and probed it with his divine sense, hearing the old tortoise’s voice.

“Fellow Daoist Lin, come quickly to help me! I’ve discovered two drops of what appears to be the essence blood of the Xuanwu divine beast!”

“The Xuanwu divine beast?”

Li Chang’an’s spirits lifted.

Xuanwu, one of the legendary Four Divine Beasts, has always existed only in mythology.

In the current cultivation world, its appearance, strength, and other characteristics are extremely vague, and even demonic beasts possessing its bloodline are nearly extinct.

Both the old tortoise and the little tortoise are fortunate to possess a trace of Xuanwu bloodline.

If they could obtain the Xuanwu essence blood, their strength and talent would undoubtedly increase significantly, allowing them to go much further on their cultivation path.

“Fellow Daoist Lin, I’m not the only one who discovered that essence blood; the Yinling True Monarch of the Netherworld Sect also found it. This person is extremely troublesome; come quickly to help me!”

The old tortoise’s tone was urgent, revealing his location: a desolate city near the central region.

Li Chang’an’s current location was not far from there.

“Fellow Daoist Turtle, hold on a little longer, I’ll be right there!”

With the treasure before him, he naturally had no desire to fight.

He immediately transformed into a streak of light and headed straight for the old tortoise.

To his surprise,

Blood River also concealed his aura, transformed into a streak of light, and rushed in the same direction.

The two exchanged a glance, both understanding each other’s situation.

“Blood River should have also received the Yin Spirit’s message.”

Li Chang’an’s expression was calm, disregarding the consumption of energy, he rushed over at top speed.

His Nascent Soul foundation was not as strong as Blood River’s, and his escape techniques were mediocre, but fortunately, with the Flying Goose Pearl’s assistance, his speed was in no way inferior to Blood River’s.

The two had the same goal and almost went side by side.

Along the way,

Li Chang’an used various communication treasures to learn about the situation of the other righteous Nascent Soul cultivators.

During this period, many Nascent Soul battles had broken out in this world, with the righteous side experiencing both victories and defeats.

“True Monarch Hanfeng was besieged by several demonic Nascent Soul cultivators. His physical body was severed, but his Nascent Soul escaped.”

“True Monarch Shuiyue encountered the Yuanji Old Demon of the Blissful Heaven Sect, and both his physical body and Nascent Soul perished…”

“…”

Only True Monarch Shuiyue was confirmed to have perished; several others had their physical bodies severed.

The losses weren’t too great.

In comparison,

the demonic path suffered heavy losses.

Li Chang’an alone had severed nine demonic Nascent Soul cultivators.

Not long after, the old tortoise’s aura appeared in Li Chang’an’s perception.

“We’ve arrived.”

Li Chang’an’s eyes were deep, and he quickly saw a tall, desolate city.

Above the desolate city,

the old tortoise and True Monarch Yinling faced each other across the void, their auras clashing sharply.

In the center of the desolate city was a turbulent spiritual lake, on the surface of which two drops of essence blood rose and fell.

“That should be the treasure the old tortoise mentioned, suspected to be Xuanwu essence blood.”

Li Chang’an carefully sensed it; those two drops of essence blood seemed insignificant, yet they contained a power that even he found astonishing.

At this moment, the Xuan Shui Turtle suddenly transmitted a message to him.

“Master, I feel those two drops of essence blood will be of great benefit to me.”

“Good, I will find a way to obtain them for you.”

“Thank you, Master!”

“Don’t be too happy yet. That spirit lake is shrouded in an array; whether you can seize it is still uncertain.”

Li Chang’an’s eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the array on the spirit lake, feeling a bit troublesome.

“A mid-grade fourth-order array!”

His array skills hadn’t broken through yet, remaining at the low-grade fourth order, unable to break through a mid-grade fourth-order array.

Fortunately, this array wasn’t complete; it had become damaged over time, a fragmented array, making it potentially breakable.

If given enough time, and without interference, even if he couldn’t break the array, he could still create a simple passage to enter the lake and retrieve the essence blood.

However, the demonic cultivators were watching intently from the sidelines.

“Blood River is a mid-grade fourth-order array master; this competition is advantageous to him.”

Li Chang’an glanced at Blood River True Monarch, his speed undiminished, instantly landing beside the old tortoise.

Almost simultaneously,

Blood River True Monarch landed beside Yinling True Monarch.

The situation seemed largely unchanged, with both sides still evenly matched.

The old tortoise transmitted a warning to Li Chang’an: “Be careful, that Yin Spirit is not easy to deal with. He is a veteran mid-Nascent Soul cultivator with a deeper foundation than me, and he also possesses a mid-fourth-tier main soul.”

“Blood River’s foundation is also very deep,”

Li Chang’an briefly explained his battle with Blood River.

Opposite the two,

Blood River and Yin Spirit were also discussing.

“That old tortoise is very well hidden. I don’t know when he advanced to the mid-fourth-tier. He excels at defense, and his skin is thick and tough; he’s practically unbreakable.”

“Lin Fan is also not easy to deal with; his killing power is above mine…”

Neither side made the first move, and the entire world fell into a brief and strange silence.

A moment later,

Yin Spirit True Monarch suddenly spoke.

“Old tortoise, I know you’re afraid of death. If you don’t want to perish here today, retreat quickly.”

“The opportunity is before me; I cannot retreat.”

“Then let’s fight!”

Yin Spirit shouted coldly, his soul banner fluttering behind him, and thick black mist surging forth.

A sharp whistle rang out, and a blue-faced, fanged, mid-stage fourth-tier main soul flew out, accompanied by billowing black mist, charging towards Li Chang’an.

“Hehehe, Lin Fan, let me deal with you!”

His face was ferocious, his aura wild and savage.

The Yin Spirit itself cast spells to block the old tortoise.

He was actually going to fight two against one!

“Blood River, break the formation quickly!”

“Alright!”

True Monarch Blood River transformed into a streak of blood light, heading straight for the formation.

With his mastery of formations, he could break through the remnant formation in a short time and take the two drops of essence blood.

But how could Li Chang’an give him that chance?

“Slash!”

He held nothing back, his body crackling with lightning as he unleashed the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Sword.

In an instant, thunderclouds surged between heaven and earth.

Boom!

Heavenly lightning transformed into a sword, fierce and domineering, unstoppable, heavily striking the mid-stage fourth-tier main soul.

“Ah—!”

The main soul screamed in agony, exploding on the spot after being struck. The black mist surrounding it was also shattered, and when it reappeared, its body was much more transparent than before.

This kind of soul-path ghost was perfectly countered by lightning.

Li Chang’an’s expression was indifferent as he unleashed dozens of lightning swords in succession.

The main soul was beaten and screamed repeatedly, no longer possessing the ferocity it had shown earlier. It dared not approach Li Chang’an and was ultimately forced to hide in the black mist.

This scene…

This greatly surprised both Yinling and Blood River.

In their previous encounters, Li Chang’an had not openly used the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Sword. Those demonic lords who had witnessed his swordsmanship had already been imprisoned in his infant-sealing bottle.

Therefore,

Yinling hadn’t expected his fourth-tier main soul to be defeated so quickly.

“It’s actually a thunder swordsmanship! This Lin Fan is truly a freak. Could he be a thunder genius?”

He didn’t have time to think further, as the old tortoise’s attack arrived.

The old tortoise was somewhat anxious, no longer holding back. Both of its heads had revived, unleashing a series of earth-shattering water-based demonic techniques.

He secretly transmitted his voice: “Fellow Daoist Lin, quickly stop Blood River!”

“Don’t worry.”

Li Chang’an’s eyes were cold and sharp, lightning flashing within them. He unleashed a thunder sword at Blood River.

Blood River was still observing the formation and didn’t dodge, only using its crimson river to protect itself.

The scarlet blood surged, waves crashing, seemingly about to completely engulf the thunder sword.

The power of the Thunder Sword far exceeded his expectations.

“Boom!”

The power of thunder erupted, its momentum terrifying, its light dazzling, instantly piercing through the entire blood river.

The remaining force struck Blood River heavily, shattering several of his protective treasures.

Blood River’s expression changed; he was truly shocked.

He could naturally sense that the power of this attack had surpassed the limit of the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm!

Before he could use any other means, one after another, thunder swords arrived, rolling thunder constantly echoing between heaven and earth.

“Rumble…”

The blood-red river was pierced again and again, the scarlet blood dissipating into countless streams of blood energy.

Blood River had no choice but to stop observing the formation and use various means to protect himself.

If this continued, he would have no chance to break the formation.

Seeing this,

the old tortoise was overjoyed, while Yinling Zhenjun’s expression was grim.

“Blood River, hold on a little longer, the Bone Refining Realm is approaching!”

“Alright!”

Hearing that the Bone Refining Realm was about to arrive,

Blood River immediately felt relieved and focused all his efforts on dealing with Li Chang’an.

In the blink of an eye, the two had exchanged dozens of blows.

During this time,

Xuehe’s expression grew increasingly grim.

He had been almost entirely on the defensive, suffering greatly from Li Chang’an’s lightning sword attacks and forced to use various treasures to aid him.

Before today, he had never imagined that the fake Nascent Soul cultivator who needed the protection of True Monarch Mingxia could suppress him so easily!

“A mere fake Nascent Soul cultivator with a weak foundation, I’ll see how many lightning swords you can unleash!”

In Xuehe’s view, such powerful spells couldn’t possibly be used continuously.

He was right.

Li Chang’an was now expending energy extremely quickly.

However, his Nascent Soul foundation was far deeper than Xuehe had imagined.

After a short while, the two had exchanged hundreds of blows, and Li Chang’an’s breathing remained long and steady, without the slightest disorder.

“How can this be? Could he not be a fake Nascent Soul cultivator?”

Both Xuehe and Yinling couldn’t understand it.

Li Chang’an’s strength defied their understanding of cultivation.

Just then,

the aura of True Monarch Lian Gu suddenly appeared on the horizon.

Sensing his presence, both Yin Spirit and Blood River breathed a sigh of relief.

“Refining Bone, come quickly! Stop Lin Fan and let Blood River break the formation!”

“Alright!”

Refining Bone True Monarch glanced at Li Chang’an, his killing intent surging, and instantly arrived at the desolate city.

He pressed down with his large hand, and a massive white bone hand instantly appeared beneath the sky, its five fingers exuding a chilling aura, pressing down fiercely on Li Chang’an.

Li Chang’an’s expression remained unchanged, his sword energy soaring into the sky.

“Break!”

Countless sword energies transformed into a golden giant sword, its brilliant light illuminating the heavens and earth.

With a single strike, he shattered the bone hand!

At the same time,

Li Chang’an’s mind stirred, and he unleashed several streams of light.

Those streams of light resembled a rain of fire and shooting stars, dazzlingly bright, heading straight for Refining Bone True Monarch.

“Suppress!”

Refining Bone True Monarch roared, and pieces of white bone appeared before him, attempting to block Li Chang’an’s killing technique with bones, just as before.

But these streaks of light suddenly exploded, transforming into hundreds and thousands of talismans, instantly forming a temporary array around him.

Lian Gu felt a tightness all over his body, and terrifying pressure came from all directions, almost suffocating him.

“This is bad!”

His expression changed drastically, and before he could break free, several lightning swords flew in front of him.

Just then,

his entire body suddenly turned into a skeleton.

“Boom!”

Amidst the sky full of lightning and sword energy, the skeleton instantly shattered into countless fragments.

But Lian Gu’s aura did not disappear.

His true form appeared in another place, having escaped the talisman array, without any injuries, only his face was a little pale, and his aura had dropped considerably.

“A substitution technique?”

Li Chang’an recognized the method used by True Monarch Lian Gu.

This substitution technique was similar to his “Azure Wood Calamity Transformation Technique,” only weaker in its ability to transform calamity.

If Lian Gu had used the Azure Wood Calamity Transformation Technique, his aura would not have dropped so much.

His face was grim as he stared intently at Li Chang’an.

“Lin Fan, I underestimated you.”

After this exchange, he realized that Li Chang’an had held back a lot during their previous encounter outside, not using his full strength at all.

If both of them used their full power, he wouldn’t be a match for Li Chang’an and would only be suppressed.

“Blood River, break the formation quickly! I’ll try my best to stop him!”

He had given up on killing Li Chang’an and only wanted to stop him as much as possible.

In the brief interval between his fight with Li Chang’an,

True Monarch Blood River had been observing the formation and had a plan to break it.

A blood-red short spear appeared in his hand, his magic power surging, and he was about to break the formation when a lightning sword suddenly struck.

“Boom!”

Blood River reacted quickly, barely blocking the sword, but his plan to break the formation was interrupted again.

His eyes were filled with anger and killing intent as he glanced at Li Chang’an.

True Monarch Refining Bone’s expression was even more unpleasant, because while Li Chang’an was suppressing him, he was also able to deal with Blood River, clearly intending to fight two against one!

In this way,

Blood River would not be able to break the formation with all his might.

True Monarch Yinling was somewhat anxious and said to the two, “Hold him off for a little longer. I have contacted several other fellow Daoists, and they are all on their way.”

“Okay!”

The two responded in unison, preparing to make their move.

But just then,

four auras of mid-Nascent Soul stage cultivators suddenly appeared in the distance.

Sensing these four auras, the old tortoise laughed loudly: “Yinling, do you think you’re the only one who can summon people?”

“You…”

Yinling’s expression changed drastically, because the four auras all belonged to the righteous path.

It was Mingxia, Yuhu, Heisha, and Canghong!

If they were surrounded by the righteous people, even if the three of them didn’t die, they would be seriously injured, making it difficult for them to compete for the next opportunity.

“Go!”

Yin Ling decisively abandoned the opportunity here and transformed into a streak of light

, disappearing into the distance. Xue He and Lian Gu also had no choice but to give up and leave the area.

In the blink of an eye,

the three vanished without a trace.

Li Chang’an did not pursue them. He withdrew his sword energy and landed before the formation.

Previously, while suppressing Lian Gu and Xue He, he had also been observing the formation.

“Although this formation is damaged, it is not severely damaged. With my skills, I cannot completely break it. I can only barely create a passage.”

With a thought, countless treasures for breaking the formation flew out of his storage bag, including many low-grade fourth-tier treasures.

Some of these treasures were collected by him over the years, while others came from the storage bags of his enemies.

“Open!”

He controlled all the treasures to fly into the formation, using the formation’s bombardment to create a temporary passage.

Then, he moved swiftly, entering the formation and quickly taking the two drops of essence blood.

In the blink of an eye…

Li Chang’an had returned outside the formation and collected all the treasures used to break it.

The old tortoise landed beside him, its face full of excitement: “Fellow Daoist Lin, as previously agreed, the little tortoise and I will split it equally, one drop for each tortoise.”

“Hmm.”

Li Chang’an kept his promise and gave one drop of essence blood to the old tortoise.

Afterwards, they both carefully sensed it.

This essence blood contained immense power and carried a rich aquatic aura.

The old tortoise’s face lit up with joy: “This is the opportunity I foresaw before. Even if it’s not the essence blood of the Xuanwu Divine Beast, it’s still the essence blood of some high-level demon beast with a very strong Xuanwu bloodline!”

“High-level demon beast? How high do you think it is, Fellow Daoist Trtoise?”

“At least fifth-level, maybe even higher.”

After a brief discussion,

they all decided to refine this drop of essence blood after returning.

The old tortoise suggested: “Why don’t we let the little tortoise refine it with me? If there are any problems, we can look after each other.”

“Okay.”

Li Chang’an did not refuse.

During the conversation,

Mingxia and the other three arrived.

(End of this chapter)