Chapter 88: Advancing Within the Blood-Refining Cauldron

No one expected that Lu Jin would dare to take the initiative and attack a 3rd-Transformation Zifu Realm expert! Such behavior was no different from seeking death!

“You seek death!”

Mo Tuojiang watched his family’s powerhouses fall one by one. His fury reached its peak, and his killing intent boiled over. With a wave of his hand, streaks of yellow light rose from the Blood-Refining Cauldron, instantly surging toward Lu Jin!

Buzz!

A horrific aura whistled out. In an instant, Lu Jin’s figure was completely enveloped within the light: he vanished from sight in the blink of an eye!

“Come inside!”

Wooo—

A violent whistling erupted from the Blood-Refining Cauldron. Within seconds, the yellow light that had shot into the sky suddenly retracted and vanished! The entire process happened in a flash.

“Lu Jin!”

Seeing this, Long Xiwei and her companions turned pale with shock! She attempted to charge forward to save him, but Yun Chaomu held her back with a firm grip.

“Disciple! Do not go to your death!”

Yun Chaomu forcibly restrained Long Xiwei. Her disciple had lost all reason in her panic, disregarding her own life, but as her Master, she could not stand by and watch her beloved pupil throw her life away.

“Master! I must save him! He is my man!”

At these words, Yun Chaomu froze. She understood the meaning behind that declaration instantly, yet she still did not let go.

“Xiwei! You cannot die for nothing! If Lu Jin loses his life here today, you will be the one who must seek vengeance for him!”

“But Master…”

Boom!

Before Long Xiwei could say another word, a sound like crashing thunder reached them. Chu Tianxiong had finished wiping out the remaining Mo Family experts at high speed and was now launching a fierce assault against Mo Tuojiang!

Mo Tuojiang found the situation difficult to accept. At this moment, the aura radiating from Chu Tianxiong was cold and sharp: he was also at the 3rd-Transformation Zifu Realm!

While the Blood-Refining Cauldron was busy refining Lu Jin, Mo Tuojiang leaped into the air to meet Chu Tianxiong’s charge.

Boom!

The moment the two Zifu experts clashed, a sound like a shattering cauldron and rolling thunder erupted. The violent spiritual Qi energy was destructive, instantly reducing the surrounding trees and earth to a wretched state. The numerous disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect had long since fled to a great distance!

They had dared to watch earlier, but they lacked the courage to observe a battle between 3rd-Transformation Zifu experts. Even the powerhouses from the Great Wind Hall and the Drunken Immortal Pavilion were keeping their distance now. Even though they had come for Lu Jin, facing such powerful enemies meant they could only focus on self-preservation.

“Chu Tianxiong! I never expected you to hide so deeply!”

After a single exchange, both figures were forced backward. Mo Tuojiang stared at Chu Tianxiong with gritted teeth, his rage reaching celestial heights.

“Speak! Did my son, Mo Linghan, also die by your hand!” At this moment, Mo Tuojiang seemed to realize something as he asked in a chilling voice.

Chu Tianxiong narrowed his eyes and sneered: “Correct. This Seat personally cut off your son’s head. He died a very miserable death.”

Hearing this, Mo Tuojiang fell into a towering rage! “Bastard! I will kill you! Aaaah!”

His eyes looked ready to split from fury. He never imagined that the killer he had been searching for was Chu Tianxiong all along.

“Spirit-Manifesting Hundred Ghost Kill!”

Wooo—

Mo Tuojiang let out a thunderous roar as spiritual Qi surged from his body in waves. Within that black spiritual energy, ghostly shadows suddenly manifested. As his technique shifted, the Qi transformed into ferocious ghosts that whistled frantically toward Chu Tianxiong!

At this moment, the sounds of ghosts wailing and wolves howling filled the air: piteous roars and screeches that made one’s scalp tingle echoed through the heavens and earth!

“Vajra Demon-Suppressing Palm!”

Facing his opponent’s reckless and frantic attack, Chu Tianxiong did not dare to be negligent. Both were at the 3rd-Transformation Zifu Realm: any hint of carelessness could lead to a bitter end.

He also let out a great shout. As the spiritual Qi within him erupted, a massive golden hand condensed in the sky, launching a counter-attack against the hundred ghost technique with frantic force! The battle between the two reached a white-hot state in the blink of an eye!

Li Yunfeng and the other high-ranking officials of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect watched with expressions of profound shock and even terror. However, they were not paralyzed by fear. Seeing the fierce battle between Chu Tianxiong and Mo Tuojiang, they leaped into the air and activated the Sect-Protecting Grand Array!

As the array activated, streaks of energy condensed into a series of massive swords, pointing directly at Mo Tuojiang as they waited for an opening! Mo Tuojiang’s mindset shifted violently when he saw the array of power erupting.

He never would have imagined that during this trip, several Mo Family experts would die like mere background characters. Even the Zifu expert had been killed by Chu Tianxiong so quickly that he didn’t have time to fight back! He had come for revenge, but now he was the one in danger of falling here!

Shoo—

In the middle of the battle, he released a transmission talisman that vanished instantly.

“Chu Tianxiong! I have summoned the Mo Family Ancestor! When his elderly self arrives, it will be the day your Ten Thousand Swords Sect is annihilated!”

When Mo Tuojiang spoke these words, Chu Tianxiong’s expression could not help but change. The Mo Family Ancestor’s cultivation was unfathomably deep. Even after all his years of secretly investigating the Blood Moon Holy Land, he had never dared to probe for news regarding that man!

This was because the Ancestor was one of the most powerful guardians under the Blood Moon Ancestor! No one had ever truly witnessed his full strength, because those who had were all dead!

“Then I shall destroy you before the Mo Family Ancestor arrives!” Chu Tianxiong gritted his teeth, his attacks becoming even more frantic!

While attacking, he even spared a portion of his attention to look toward the constantly vibrating Blood-Refining Cauldron. After swallowing Lu Jin, the cauldron had been shaking nonstop, with streaks of light shooting toward the sky. Even Yun Chaomu did not dare to set foot within ten yards of it.

“Master, I beg you to find a way to save him!” Long Xiwei’s heart was practically breaking with grief. She had tried to approach the cauldron but found it impossible to get close, let alone open it!

Buzz—

Right at that moment! A pillar of light suddenly shot from the Blood-Refining Cauldron straight into the clouds! The powerful fluctuation reduced the hard ground beneath the cauldron to fine powder.

“Hmm?”

Seeing the energy fluctuation above the cauldron, even the battling Mo Tuojiang had a shift in his gaze. He had never seen such a startling fluctuation occur within his Blood-Refining Cauldron before!

Kacha!

As that fluctuation reached the clouds, a sudden bolt of thunder roared across the nine heavens! In that split second, the void shook. Thunderclouds began to gather frantically above, a storm of wind and clouds rising together!

“This… what is the meaning of this?”

Chu Tianxiong looked up at the sky, then down at the cauldron. His eyes twitched with disbelief.

“Could that kid have triggered a lightning tribulation?”

He could not see the situation inside the cauldron, but the phenomenon in the heavens was clearly a Jindan lightning tribulation! Mo Tuojiang also realized this, yet he was confused: why was the scale of a Jindan tribulation so terrifying? This clearly looked like the tribulation that occurs when a Zifu Realm expert advances!

Furthermore! What was happening inside the cauldron? Lu Jin had been inside for a while, being refined frantically. With this sudden development, could that kid still be alive?

At this thought, Mo Tuojiang’s eyes filled with incredulity. Seeing the thunderclouds gather and the rolling heavenly lightning about to descend, Li Yunfeng and the other officials operating the Sect-Protecting Grand Array immediately withdrew the formation.

In the next second, the serpent-like lightning finally converged into a thick pillar of light and crashed down from the heavens!

Boom—