Chapter 1382 - 1010: Empty City

Zhang Chen looked at the Great Demon deploying troops within Goldspirit City, a trace of surprise in his eyes. Unexpectedly, it was an old acquaintance; unfortunately, the Blood Sea Array had already been set up, and it was too late for the opponent to counter-attack.

However, Zhang Chen could also feel the malice from this era. As his magical power surged and the Power of Blood Dao operated, the speed at which his Origin was depleting rapidly increased, tenfold in the blink of an eye. Moreover, this speed continued accelerating, like a compounding acceleration.

"Even if my magical power is profound, I can’t withstand such consumption. I’m afraid my power will be exhausted before I can destroy Goldspirit. Fortunately, I have prepared, and although my magical power depletes quickly, I have pills to sustain the supply." Zhang Chen was not worried about the depletion of his magical power.

As the Blood Sea Array operated, the entire Goldspirit City was enveloped by the Sea of Blood, transforming into a red bowl overturned. Then a gap opened at the top, and the sea water of the Blood Sea, with a foul stench, poured into Goldspirit City like a heavenly river torrent.

No matter what kind of creature you are, as long as you touch the seawater of Blood Sea, instantly you will become a mass of pus and blood, becoming part of the Blood Sea and its nourishment.

Some practitioners with extraordinary cultivation could resist the Blood Sea momentarily but would ultimately fail in a few breaths, and their demonic power would be tainted by the Sea of Blood Power, becoming an undead within the Blood Sea.

"Who are you, cultivators, daring to wreak havoc in my Demon Race’s Goldspirit City? Are you not afraid of my Demon Race’s experts hunting you down in the future?" The Tenth Tier Demon King panicked as he saw his organized army swallowed by the Blood Sea in an instant. He quickly ascended into the air, creating a protective energy shield around himself, questioning the blood-red clouds above.

"You filthy beast, how dare you spout nonsense here! How many of my Human Race kin have your Demon Race killed? It’s only fitting you suffer this retribution!" Zhang Chen sneered coldly, stepping out of the blood clouds, overlooking the Tenth Tier Great Demon.

"A strong human!" The Tenth Tier Great Demon looked up, seeing Zhang Chen’s figure, a trace of evil qi in his eyes. He suddenly pulled out an iron rod shimmering with Golden Light from nowhere, transforming into a shadow charging at Zhang Chen: "Cursed human sheep, daring to rampage at my Demon Race’s stronghold. Watch how I kill you and break your array!"

Watching the Demon King’s charging form, Zhang Chen shook his head. The blood-red cloud in the void shook and rolled. In the next moment, Zhang Chen grasped the void, distorting it. The space where the Demon King was located was overturned by Zhang Chen, and the opponent was directly sent into the Blood Sea.

The Blood Sea contained its own space. The opponent, with only a Tenth Tier cultivation, had no chance of survival after falling into it.

The Demon King being killed by Zhang Chen in one move shocked countless strong ones within Goldspirit City. Seeing this scene, everyone was utterly shocked; after all, that was a Tenth Tier Demon King; how could he not have survived one move?

The Demon Race experts were in despair, frantically scattering within Goldspirit City, hoping to find a way to escape. However, the humans in Goldspirit City brightened upon seeing Zhang Chen. A beam of divine light rose into the sky, and a Tenth Tier Divine Spirit avoided the rolling Blood Sea, flying towards Zhang Chen: "I am a member of the Human Race, below are my old and young kin of the Wang Family in Goldspirit. I beseech you, esteemed god, to spare us, considering we’re all part of the Human Race. We’re willing to follow you."

"Wang Family of Goldspirit? The family of Wang Xifeng?" Zhang Chen asked, puzzled upon hearing this.

"Exactly! Do you know that girl Wang Xifeng?" The Tenth Tier Divine Spirit’s eyes lit up after hearing Zhang Chen mention Wang Xifeng, eagerly inquiring, hoping to take the opportunity to form a connection.

"Since it is Wang Xifeng’s Wang Family... heh, you’re the Wang Family to be eradicated!" Zhang Chen’s lips curled into a cold smile. The next moment, a stream of blood surged, sweeping towards the Tenth Tier Divine Spirit. Before the opponent could react, they had already been engulfed deep into the Blood Sea by a wave.

His Blood Dao Cultivation was already comparable to the Celestial Immortal Fruit Position; in his eyes, a mere Tenth Tier practitioner was no different from an ant.

As the Blood Sea poured down, rain poured from the sky. The rain was powerfully corrosive, and once a living being was drenched by the blood rain, they would instantly turn into pus and water.

Meanwhile, as the boundless Blood Sea surged within Goldspirit, Zhang Chen sensed some subtle mystery. In the void, there was a flow of Qi Mechanism; the Blood Sea could absorb the Essence Qi between Heaven and Earth, then feed it back through the Blood Dao.

Zhang Chen’s Essence Qi was dissipating, but before it spread into the Great Thousand Worlds, the Blood Sea within Goldspirit City would absorb it. Moreover, the Blood Sea was not only absorbing Zhang Chen’s Essence Qi but also the sparse Essence Qi of the Great Thousand Worlds.

The Essence Qi of the Great Thousand Worlds was sparse, but the Blood Sea’s area was vast enough, covering a thousand miles of Goldspirit City. The intake of Essence Qi was meager, but when gathered together, the quantity was large, compensating for Zhang Chen’s depletion, and even had some excess.

"Interesting! The Blood Sea is indeed one of the Extraordinaries retained until the End of the Dharma within the Underworld, along with the Yellow Spring Water, lasting until the end. It does have some tricks." Zhang Chen’s face showed a hint of joy, pleasantly surprised by the unexpected gain.

At this moment, screams echoed throughout Goldspirit City. Countless beings, under the sweep of the Blood Sea, turned into pus, even their bones not left. The Demon Beasts were annihilated by the Blood Sea; Human Demons were annihilated by the Blood Sea; and the slaves of the Human Race were also annihilated by the Blood Sea.

Human demons wailed in despair, scrambled around, clambered onto rooftops, to evade the engulfing Sea of Blood. Those human nobles displayed their signature techniques, whether it was the flickering divine light over their bodies or the mysterious power circulating around them, resisting the onslaught of the Sea of Blood. Yet in front of the surging, endless Sea of Blood, their efforts were futile, swallowed by the Sea of Blood in an instant, transforming into white bones amidst the wailing.

In contrast, the commoners made into slaves stood on the streets with numb expressions, calmly watching the raging Sea of Blood, a hint of relief showing in their eyes.

Zhang Chen’s gaze swept across the people of Jinling City, and the next moment, with a movement of his heart, countless blood droplets rose and entered the bodies of the commoners, directly transforming countless commoners into Blood God Children. Then, one by one, they voluntarily plunged into the waves of the Sea of Blood, hunting the resisting nobles in the city as the Sea of Blood churned.

In merely half a day, the entire Jinling was filled by the Blood Sea Array, all life vanished completely. After Zhang Chen’s Sea of Blood devoured billions of beings, it underwent another evolution. Blood-red silt started forming in the dimensional space of the Sea of Blood, blood springs generating spontaneously, cocoons being nurtured, beginning to evolve the Asura race.

In the center of the Sea of Blood, a blood-red lotus of twelve petals bloomed, stunningly beautiful, with unfathomable mysteries being nurtured within.

The lotus of the Sea of Blood expanded, turning into a thousand-mile lotus pool, with each lotus aflame with eerie red flames, as if sin was being nurtured within.

Zhang Chen moved his heart, causing the flood of Sea of Blood filling Jinling City to roll back, returning to the blood realm, falling back into the Sea of Blood, instantly leaving Jinling City empty, without life, nothing missing, not a drop of blood left behind.

The Sea of Blood didn’t corrode the buildings of Jinling City. The entire city was just as before, unaffected by anything.

Jinling turned into a ghost city, utterly empty, only pots and pans reminiscent of traces of life from the past.

Regarding the death of Jinling City’s commoners, Zhang Chen felt no guilt or sorrow. He lightly pointed at the void, causing the Human Reincarnation whirlpool to appear in the void. Zhang Chen grabbed at the Sea of Blood, transforming billions of souls into a black sphere, holding it in his hand, then lightly pushed the black sphere, sending billions of souls into the Human Reincarnation, to be reborn.

Zhang Chen’s Blood God Children preserved the souls of Jinling City’s ordinary human commoners, as for the souls of the nobles and human demons, they were all turned into nourishment for the Sea of Blood.

Thus Zhang Chen achieved great success, and with a movement of his heart, countless Blood God Children sustaining the array operation transformed into streams of light, merging into Zhang Chen’s body, and the Blood Sea Array thunderously broke apart. The sunlit sky outside shone through, illuminating the empty Jinling City, making Zhang Chen feel slightly relieved.

"Very good! Very good!" Zhang Chen praised repeatedly, slowly walking through the streets of Jinling City, sensing the gold and silver of every household, exercising the Authority of Gold Element to gather them all up, for the future construction of the Northern Land would require gold and silver for filling.

With Divine Techniques, Zhang Chen leisurely walked through Jinling City, strolling through its streets and alleyways, collecting numerous gold and silver items, placing them on the streets of Jinling City, to be retrieved later.

However, Zhang Chen sensed the adverse effects of breaking through levels, a constant loss of origin causing him discomfort, akin to rapid ejaculation, pleasurable for a few seconds but deadly if continuous.

Zhang Chen had no good solution; he could only let it be.

After collecting gold and silver from Jinling City, Zhang Chen’s figure flashed again, appearing on the large ship.

At this time, everyone on the ship watched as the red cloud encompassing Jinling City faded away, each speculating in their hearts, their eyes brimming with anticipation.

Time returned to before Zhang Chen activated the Blood Sea Array, as everyone stood on the large ship watching the rising blood-colored waves over Jinling City, a hint of surprise in their eyes. Zhong Wubai spoke:

"If I’m not mistaken, the mist shrouding Jinling City seems to be the legendary Blood Sea Array, right?"

The Blood Sea Array had long been famous throughout the world, used proactively by various forces. Its reputation had spread among major powers, and while Zhong Wubai asked with doubt because previous records didn’t show such an overwhelming Blood Sea Array, the usual Blood Sea Arrays didn’t have the current grand presence.

"It’s the Blood Sea Array! But the Blood Sea Array mastered by Zhang Chen is far stronger than those mastered by anyone else!" Zhou Qiucheng affirmed.

Zhou Qiucheng was knowledgeable about the Blood Sea Array, notably because Chongzheng Academy had been besieged by it years ago. Although Zhang Chen’s operation of the Blood Sea Array was absurdly strong, unmatched by ordinary Blood Sea Arrays, he recognized it instantly.