Chapter 188 - 136: Sore Butt

Chapter 188: Chapter 136: Sore Butt

The Cyan Blood Master said faintly, "The Demon Lord will be watching you always."

The space around them twisted. The Token grew in the wind, slowly transforming into a gateway.

"The gate to the Burial Ground is open. Young Masters, if you please."

As his voice fell, the entire mountain began to shake and split apart.

* * *

"My butt hurts, and my feet hurt too."

Mei Zhaozhao rubbed her pert rear and looked down with a pained expression at her delicate, jade-like feet. They were scraped and had two puncture wounds, though the bleeding had now stopped.

While she was in mid-air, a few snakes had fallen with her. They’d fought her as they fell, robbing her of any chance to climb back up.

"So annoying! If it weren’t for those few eels, I wouldn’t have fallen down here."

She had used all her strength just to avoid falling straight to the bottom. Heaven knew how deep this chasm was; if she had just dropped, she might have been splattered flat.

Mei Zhaozhao pushed herself up and looked ahead.

Before her was a pitch-black tunnel with no visible end and no light from any direction.

Only because of Mei Zhaozhao’s excellent vision could she see at all.

"Where am I...? I want to go home... On second thought, home isn’t so great either."

’They eat people at home, too.’

’The world is so vast, yet I, Mei Zhaozhao, the dignified Saintess of the Hehuan Sect, have nowhere to go for the time being.’

’Well, none of that matters. Once I get through this ordeal, the sky’s the limit for me, Mei Zhaozhao! I’ll be free as a bird!’

Mei Zhaozhao’s plan was actually quite simple.

In the Cultivation Realm, the best way to kill an enemy is to invite them to dinner. So, what’s the best way to leave a Sect that kills traitors without mercy?

Faking your own death, of course.

That was also why she’d clung to Lu Changyuan. She didn’t actually want to die, and heaven knew what kind of trouble the Blood Demon Palace might stir up. If things went south, she’d be done for.

Though now it seemed she was separated from Lu Changyuan, and her safety net was gone.

’I shouldn’t have run off,’ Mei Zhaozhao thought, blinking in disappointment.

SPLASH!

A sound echoed around her. It was like splashing water, but also like something else... almost like metal striking metal.

"Where... is this place?"

Mei Zhaozhao finally looked up. She couldn’t even see the light from above; it was impossible to imagine just how deep the chasm was.

’Climbing out on my own is impossible.’

She suddenly thought of something.

The Blood Demon Palace was on Blood Demon Island, and Blood Demon Island was, well, an island. Since she’d fallen through a fissure on the island, she should have landed in the Sea of Blood. Why was she standing on solid ground?

Mei Zhaozhao frowned. After thinking for a long time, she decided to walk forward.

After an unknown amount of time, a red light began to emanate from somewhere in the area.

"Mei Zhaozhao."

Mei Zhaozhao jumped in fright.

She had heard someone call her name. If she had a tail, its fur would have been standing on end.

"Who’s there?"

There was no response.

Mei Zhaozhao could only brace herself and keep walking. At the end of the red glow, she discovered a wide river of lava before her. The red light was coming from it.

The terrifying, high-temperature lava pooled into a huge lake, and in the center of the lake was a stone platform.

On the platform was a red figure, bound by nine chains that descended from the ceiling, preventing it from moving an inch.

"Mei Zhaozhao."

It was the red figure calling her name.

Mei Zhaozhao couldn’t help but ask, "Who are you? And how do you know my name?"

The voice from the red figure grew more agitated and sharp, muttering incomprehensible sounds.

"And why should I go over there!?"

The words had barely left her mouth when Mei Zhaozhao froze. As if controlled by someone, she began walking toward the red figure.

But before she had taken two steps, she abruptly snapped out of it.

The red figure seemed to freeze for a moment in disbelief, then flew into a rage.

This figure was the other half of the Blood Demon. It had been trapped here for many years, and its intuition told it that Mei Zhaozhao could help it break the seal.

That was why it had influenced that batch of Blood Snakes to drive Mei Zhaozhao directly above its seal. It guided her to fall into this place, and the Blood Snakes then drank her blood. With her blood, it could use its power to control her.

But for some unknown reason, the connection was severed. The Karma between the blood it held and Mei Zhaozhao was broken, so it could no longer control her.

Mei Zhaozhao quickly retreated two steps, wary. "I can’t be bothered with you."

She wasn’t an idiot, so she turned and ran.

RUMBLE.

Boulders fell, sealing the path she came from completely. A bloody light even pulsed upon their surface.

The Blood Demon spoke in a dry, human tongue, "Break the seal for me, and I will ensure you survive the great calamity of the Human Race."

"You think I’d believe you?" Mei Zhaozhao snorted, then began to furiously pound on the rockfall.

* * *

"What are you thinking about?"

Lu Changyuan’s voice suddenly pulled Qiu Yuehan’s wandering thoughts back to the present.

The rain of blood that fell from the sky was thick and cloyingly sweet, making one’s skin crawl and filling the heart with unease.

Qiu Yuehan shook her head lightly, her gaze still somewhat dazed. "It’s just that... all of this feels like something I’ve seen somewhere before."

The oppressive gray of the sky seemed ready to spill over. A volcano stood beneath them, ready to erupt at any moment, and the ground was fractured with several deep fissures.

It was a scene that had appeared repeatedly in her dreams. She had fought an enemy in this very same place, but she couldn’t remember who that enemy was.

Lu Changyuan said, "Follow me."

"Hm?"

"Why aren’t you moving?" Lu Changyuan asked, looking back.

The Black Skirt Fairy was silent for a moment. She extended a delicate white hand, its fingertips seeming even paler against the curtain of bloody rain. The Fairy smiled at Lu Changyuan. "I... seem to have remembered some things. It’s a bit difficult to move... Everything is a blur, and I can’t see the path clearly."

Fragmented memories surged like a tide, and chaotic images flashed rapidly before her eyes.

Lu Changyuan sighed, helpless. He had no choice but to reach out and take her cool, soft hand. "This is so you don’t get lost."

The Fairy gave a soft "mhm," looking incredibly docile.

The two of them then ascended the mountain. Lu Changyuan searched for traces of the Blood Demon’s main body by instinct. However, the entire island was built upon the Blood Demon itself, and the thick stench of blood was everywhere, making it difficult for him to pinpoint the exact location of the other half of its body.

[The Blood Dragon is about to be born]

’Got it.’

[Use the Blood Demon Technique to enter the Burial Ground]

’The Burial Ground?’

’Where is that?’

The little cat in his eyes had finally stopped throwing a tantrum and was now telling Lu Changyuan more.

[The Dragon Bone is in the Burial Ground. The half-body of the Blood Demon is connected beneath the Dragon Bone]

Lu Changyuan’s thoughts stirred. ’Is there more?’

But the brilliant golden characters swirling in his eyes showed no further change, remaining as silent as before.

’It’s throwing a tantrum again.’

Lu Changyuan had no choice but to close his eyes and search for that faint connection. The drizzling rain of blood seemed to become his eyes. Having swallowed half of the Blood Demon, he possessed an unimaginable advantage in this place.

"Found it."

He drew Broken Thought and slashed through the air, forcibly tearing open a spatial rift.

The rain of blood from the sky seemed to be drawn in, gushing into the rift. A gateway constructed from fresh blood slowly took shape before the two of them.

The Young Master’s Token was a key created by the Blood Demon Lord using the Blood Demon Technique. Naturally, Lu Changyuan could replicate one. And because he had swallowed a full half of the Blood Demon, he didn’t even need to follow the rules and open the entrance at the mountaintop.

Leading Qiu Yuehan by the hand, Lu Changyuan stepped through the gateway.

A thick stench of rot and blood assaulted them. Countless white bones floated on the Sea of Blood. These bones did not belong to any single race; Lu Changyuan saw human bones, Snake Bones, and even stranger skeletons of all kinds.

The Five Desires and Six Dust Heart Transformation Technique began to circulate wildly, greedily absorbing the Dao rhythm of the Blood Demon from the air.

"The Blood Demon Lord is feeding the Blood Demon with the blood of living creatures, then extracting the Blood Demon’s Dao to empower the Blood Demon Palace in return."

Lu Changyuan quickly deduced what the Blood Demon Lord was doing and couldn’t help but be astonished.

’This person is truly ruthless. To think he turned the Blood Demon into a transfer station, endlessly exploiting its Magic.’

"He’s a madman."

With nowhere to stand, Lu Changyuan had to hold Qiu Yuehan as he stepped onto a skeleton, letting it carry them down the river of blood.