Urban All-Round Master

Deep inside the White Sky Cave, the ominous-looking White Sky Venerable sat atop a stone platform, and below it lay seven or eight corpses with terrified expressions, dressed in dark red samurai robes!

These fellows were the loyal Blood Shadow Dark Guards of the Five Supreme Venerables! At this moment, in the darkness behind White Sky Venerable, a huge body slowly slithered, causing the originally silent stone fragments on the slab to tremble gently.

”Swish...”

The massive head of the creature suddenly flashed with two eerie blood-red lights. Measuring over ten meters long, its scales were dark red, and its bulb-sized eyes were filled with a violent crimson!

If Lin Zifeng were present, the Mu Ruoyun in his heart would surely recognize that this creature was indeed the legendary Soul-devouring Demon Python!

”Heh heh... Rest assured, it won’t be long before you can absorb even greater power. Then, will you be willing to assist me, the Venerable, in breaking through the First Layer of Thunder Tribulation?”

White Sky Venerable looked toward the slowly crawling Soul-devouring Demon Python behind him without a trace of fear, and as he spoke, a greedy light flashed in his eyes.

The python seemed to understand, gently nodding its head, extending a scarlet snake tongue, licking White Sky Venerable’s withered hand.

”Xiluo, since you say you want to live and have told me everything, I will keep my promise. As long as you stand aside and don’t make trouble, I won’t kill you. Do you understand?”

With the last words, Lin Zifeng secretly used the power of the Saint Realm, and they fell into Xiluo’s ears like the Nine Heavens Buddhist Chant, leaving him no choice but to comply.

Seeing Xiluo obediently standing in a corner, Lin Zifeng chuckled and then walked toward the Blood Pond filled with fresh blood.

Squatting down, Lin Zifeng extended his fingers, still stained with blood, to gently trace the ancient, mysterious inscriptions. To Lin Zifeng’s surprise, as he touched them, the blood on his fingers was immediately absorbed.

Like a water pump, the blood that Lin Zifeng had inadvertently stained was instantly absorbed by the inscriptions, and before he could be astonished, the inscriptions began to glow with a crimson light, the scent of blood in the air becoming even heavier.

”Buzz...”

This sudden change attracted Dongfang Ziyue, and as the lotus bloomed under her feet, she rushed to Lin Zifeng’s side. The once dazzling inscriptions immediately dimmed again, as if nothing had happened.

”What’s going on? Could it be...”

Lin Zifeng, seeing this, muttered in confusion. Before finishing his sentence, his thoughts were interrupted by the slightly fearful voice of Mu Ruoyun: ”Zifeng... Master, I advise you to stay away from this Blood Pond.”

With his face stiffened, Lin Zifeng, though unsure of the reason, pulled Dongfang Ziyue beside him, and they stepped back more than ten paces before stopping. Xiluo watched from the side, puzzled by their actions but dared not ask.

”Lin Zifeng, what are you doing? Why did you suddenly drag me aside?” Dongfang Ziyue released the hand that was gripping her fair wrist like jade, gently rubbed it, and with a slight anger on her pretty face, expressed some dissatisfaction.

Lin Zifeng simply laughed awkwardly and didn’t answer, because even he didn’t know why.

”Ruoyun, what do you mean by staying away from this Blood Pond?” Lin Zifeng asked, his voice tinged with gravity. He truly couldn’t understand, what kind of existence could make someone as powerful as Mu Ruoyun feel some fear? If even she was afraid, it was proof of how terrifying the Blood Pond really was. If he got too close, even someone of his level would suffer.

After a long silence, Mu Ruoyun spoke in a low voice: ”If I haven’t guessed wrong, you almost inadvertently activated the formation in this Human Sacrifice Tower!”

Activate the formation...

”Activate the formation? So you know what formation it is? Is it powerful? Is there a way to break it?”

Lin Zifeng’s series of questions left Mu Ruoyun somewhat at a loss, and she explained one by one: ”Before you came in, you also touched the inscriptions on this stone wall, didn’t you?”

Inconceivably nodding his head, Lin Zifeng asked, ”So what if I touched it? Could it be that just by touching those inscriptions, the formation in the Human Sacrifice Tower would activate?”

Upon hearing this, Mu Ruoyun’s voice carried a hint of playful teasing: ”Think carefully, after you killed Xiluo’s subordinates, what stained your hand?”

What stained his hand...

”Blood!”

Instantly, Lin Zifeng recalled, and with a low cry in his heart, looked toward the distant Blood Pond with an even graver expression.

Could it be... this Blood Pond filled with so much blood is all...

Before Lin Zifeng could think further, Mu Ruoyun interrupted his thoughts: ”Not too stupid, just now when the red light flickered, I can determine that human blood is the key to activating this formation!”

With a raised eyebrow, Lin Zifeng felt even more puzzled. Since Mu Ruoyun said human blood is the key to activating the formation, why was he still standing here unaffected?

”Hey, Ruoyun, you divine artifact, omniscient, can you tell me why the formation hasn’t activated yet?”

Facing Lin Zifeng’s questioning, Mu Ruoyun was neither weak nor submissive, gave a coquettish hum and answered: ”You fool. You only know one thing and not the other; this formation in the Human Sacrifice Tower is very powerful and terrifying. If activated, the consequences are your own responsibility!”

Lin Zifeng retorted to Mu Ruoyun a bit, then listened to her impatiently instruct: ”Alright, alright, at a time like this, you still have the mood to bicker with me, truly incomprehensible.”

Changing her tone, Mu Ruoyun’s voice became as grave as before: ”If I haven’t guessed wrong, the reason the formation hasn’t activated yet is firstly because the blood is too little, as you’ve seen, just now only the inscriptions in front of you flickered with light, while the other places showed no movement at all.”

Nodding, Lin Zifeng listened to Mu Ruoyun continue: ”The second reason is because this blood... is too inferior.”

Too... inferior?

Lin Zifeng found it somewhat absurd, could this be related to the quality of the blood? After all, they are all human...

Thinking of this, Lin Zifeng suddenly froze, his eyes filled with extreme surprise.

He originally wanted to say, could there be any ranks among humans? But realm differences definitely exist!

”Ruoyun, do you mean it’s because those guys have realms that are too weak, thus unable to activate the formation?”

Hearing Lin Zifeng’s anxious tone, Mu Ruoyun no longer kept up the suspense, calmly saying: ”Correct, it’s very likely due to this reason, otherwise you could try again?”

Upon hearing this, Lin Zifeng hurriedly shook his head. If Mu Ruoyun guessed wrong, it would be fine, but if she guessed right and he unintentionally activated the formation, who knows what unexpected consequences there might be.