Chapter 191 - 137: When Will You Eat Me?

Chapter 191: Chapter 137: When Will You Eat Me?

’Someone’s going to pull the Blood Demon up?’

Mei Zhaozhao’s eyes lit up. She had been worrying about how to get up there herself.

"Wait for me!"

She reached out and grabbed the edge of one of the iron chains.

The instant she grabbed it, the chain suddenly accelerated, shooting skyward with wind-shattering speed.

"Eek!"

Mei Zhaozhao was flying!

After a dizzying spin, Mei Zhaozhao came to her senses to see the Blood Demon Lord and the Brain-Eating Evil Buddha locked in a struggle, using Yao Guang’s Power.

The space around the Burial Ground had been shattered by their battle and was on the verge of collapsing.

Mei Zhaozhao let go of the chain and fell onto a tiger bone. She was completely disoriented, and it took her a long moment to collect her thoughts.

’Wow.’

’A fight between Yao Guangs.’

Mei Zhaozhao looked around. ’I don’t think I can join this fight. I need to find a safe place to hide.’

’That bone over there looks good.’

Mei Zhaozhao scrambled over, ducked under the bone, and squatted down, hugging her head.

Not far away, sound waves rolled out in succession. Two figures were locked in a fierce, inseparable struggle amidst the tempest.

"You will be the sacrificial offering for my Dao."

The Blood Demon Lord snorted coldly. He was currently overpowering the Evil Buddha.

Both were Yao Guangs, but the Evil Buddha had been severely injured by Jiang Jiayi some years ago and had not yet fully recovered. Naturally, he was no match for the Blood Demon Lord.

"Does the Evil Buddha really think my Blood Demon Palace is his own private garden? How dare he run rampant here!"

The Blood Demon Lord couldn’t understand it. He hadn’t cared that his descendants brought people into the Burial Ground because this was his domain. No one could cause trouble here, especially not an already injured Evil Buddha.

’How is this any different from the Evil Buddha coming here to die?’

This thought didn’t last long.

"Did you really think I came here to die?"

The Evil Buddha laughed grimly, retreating hundreds of feet and grabbing a chain from the Void.

With a wave of his hand, the chain was yanked up, and the half-body of the Blood Demon was pulled along with it, held fast in the Evil Buddha’s grasp.

"Xue Lie, oh, Xue Lie, I truly never thought you’d actually condense a drop of blood. But you used the Blood Demon’s magic to expel the Dragon Blood, and you cultivate the Blood Demon Dao, which comes from the Blood Demon itself. Have you ever considered what you would do if this Blood Demon escaped?"

The Blood Demon Lord’s expression grew solemn as he stared at the Evil Buddha. He had hidden the Blood Demon well, concealing it within the Void itself. ’No one should have been able to find it.’

’Why was the Evil Buddha able to find the Blood Demon’s location?’

’Ah, right.’

’I still don’t know his purpose.’

’What in the world is this Brain-Eating Evil Buddha doing at the Blood Demon Palace?’

The Evil Buddha declared wildly, "Don’t resist. I will help you kill the enemy who imprisoned you for five hundred years."

The Brain-Eating Evil Buddha pried open the Blood Demon’s head and crawled inside.

The Blood Demon instantly snapped the chains around it, and a sickening chewing sound emerged.

On its hideous face—a fusion of countless twisted mouths—flesh and blood squirmed. Slowly, clearly, another human face began to protrude.

It was the face of the Brain-Eating Evil Buddha, fixed in a grim sneer!

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[Three thousand years ago, the Gu Demon helped the half-body of the Blood Demon escape the seal of the Spirit Race. After the Gu Demon died, its body left behind, the heavily injured half-body of the Blood Demon was lost on Blood Demon Island.]

A line of text materialized in Lu Changyuan’s vision.

"Three thousand years ago, the Gu Demon released the Blood Demon’s half-body?"

The Moon Fairy, cradled in Lu Changyuan’s arms, suddenly spoke. "Back then, Lan Xi said a person in black robes told them how to release the Blood Demon. That person was probably the Gu Demon."

Lu Changyuan frowned. "But what does the Eating Buddha Sect have to do with the Gu Demon?"

"If that text is true, then the Buddha Immortal was likely the Gu Demon. The bodies of the Eating Buddha Sect’s members probably contain Gu that correspond to those once on the Gu Demon."

Qiu Yuehan exhaled, her thoughts turning to the Gu Race.

"The Gu Race lives inside hosts. When one host dies, they move to another, and so on until the end of their own lives. This Evil Buddha’s methods are remarkably similar to those of the Gu Race."

The origin of the Eating Buddha Sect’s titles, then, likely came from refining Gu corresponding to certain body parts to achieve their Dao.

This would explain how the Evil Buddha knew the Blood Demon’s location. The Gu Demon must have left some kind of mark after freeing the half-body. By refining the Buddha Immortal’s brain-Gu, the Evil Buddha naturally inherited the Buddha Immortal’s will.

The Evil Buddha’s purpose for coming here was now clear. He had come for the Blood Demon’s half-body all along.

The Evil Buddha had guessed the Blood Demon Lord intended to change his Dao. He wanted to seize the opportunity to take the Blood Demon’s half-body for himself and heal his injuries.

But the Evil Buddha hadn’t expected the foundation of the Blood Demon Lord’s new path to be that single, already-condensed drop of blood.

Likewise, the Blood Demon Lord hadn’t expected that the Evil Buddha could merge with the Blood Demon.

For a moment, both were caught in an awkward stalemate.

Lu Changyuan, still holding Qiu Yuehan, watched the battle in the sky and said with a sigh, "Why is the Cultivation Realm always so dog-eat-dog?"

Qiu Yuehan said softly, "It’s always been like this... When are you going to eat me?"

Lu Changyuan looked down at the Fairy’s cool, ethereal face. Her full, red lips seemed to hold a certain gloss.

"Next time, for sure."

The Moon Fairy didn’t seem annoyed. "Are we going to stay here? Even if I took over the Path of Death, I’m not sure I could kill those two."

’I’d need a year or so to adapt after taking it on before I could kill them.’

’It’s probably too late for that now.’

Lu Changyuan shook his head. "No need to rush. They should still have more tricks up their sleeves."

Suddenly, several strands of blood essence appeared in the Brain-Eating Evil Buddha’s hand. One of them seemed strangely familiar to Lu Changyuan, as if it were the blood essence of Xue Yanluo’s twelfth brother.

That twelfth brother had died in the mouth of the brain-swapping whale, a creature of the Brain-Eating Evil Buddha’s own creation. It wasn’t surprising for his blood to appear here.