Chapter 208: Devouring Bloodline!

His body convulsed, as if maddened, blood seeping from every pore. Clutching his head, he slammed it against the surrounding rocks—a horrifying sight.

The rocks cracked. Li Xiang had gone berserk, crashing into a great mountain, advancing who knew how many li, causing ten-thousand-zhang peaks to shake.

“Stop this instant!” Li Long was utterly enraged, his beard and hair bristling. If anything happened to Li Xiang, two War Emperors would fall today! Adding the recent death of a Half-Step Great Sovereign, this was the heaviest blow to the Barren Ancient Li Clan.

And all these fallen clansmen and juniors were connected to Yang Tian, especially the situation at Luoyun Stream—it was inextricably linked to him. The rift between them had reached an irreconcilable point.

“Whine…” The five-colored spear shaft hummed as Yang Ba charged forth. His aura was extremely weak, with four or five bloody holes already dotting his body—he had suffered great injury in the earlier clash.

“Get lost!” Li Long fought with true fury, disregarding his internal injuries. He roared, shaking the mountains, as the golden cauldron rocked the void, divine light surging to pierce the nine heavens!

Bang! The offensive was unstoppable. The golden cauldron displayed its divine might, slamming into Yang Ba’s chest.

“Not good.” The fierce, murderous air struck him. Yang Ba’s expression shifted slightly. He shook the five-colored spear and held it horizontally across his chest.

The golden cauldron struck like a mountain. With a “clang,” the five-colored spear shaft trembled violently. Under this immense force, Yang Ba’s hand nearly lost its grip on the five-colored divine spear, and his body was sent flying.

Within Li Xiang’s sea of consciousness, his soul body, dim and on the verge of dissipating, was drawn out by the Soul-Exterminating Seal and fell into Yang Xiao’s hands.

“Cough, cough…” Li Xiang coughed up several mouthfuls of blood. His convulsing body slowly stilled, and the life force within him faded.

“Roar…!” Li Long’s eyes split with rage. He roared repeatedly, his gray-white hair dancing in the void, his face twisted horrifically. His eyes seemed about to crack as he shrieked, “You all die today!”

As his words fell, the bloodline power within him was unleashed. Golden blood energy flooded the void, enveloping the area, illuminating heaven and earth as if plated in gold.

Li Long seemed to burn with divine fire, lighting up heaven and earth. The aura he emitted surged wildly, at a terrifying speed.

“Golden Secret Art!” Li Long roared to the sky, his whole body bursting with ten thousand feet of golden light, like a golden war god. His golden hair danced wildly, exuding a terrifying and peerless aura.

Li Long’s aura soared until it reached the Half-Step Great Sovereign realm. His entire being blazed like a great sun, dazzling and terrifying. Above his head, a golden bloodline, fearsome and ferocious, radiated an overbearing aura, like a golden chain coiling through the void.

“This is bloodline power!” Yang Tian’s face darkened. In his current state, he could barely contend with Yang Ba and Yang Xiao, but now he had no chance at all.

“You two go now—I’ll hold him off!” A look of determination flashed in his eyes. Yang Ba patted Yang Tian’s shoulder and shouted.

“No!” Yang Tian blurted out immediately.

“If you don’t leave, no one can defeat him, and we’ll all die here.” Yang Ba frowned. His face showed severity. The clan’s vengeance was unavenged; how could both of them die here?

“Though his bloodline secret art is powerful, it can’t last long. We just need to delay him a while.” Yang Xiao’s gaze fell on the figure in the void as he spoke gravely.

“You’re right—I can’t sustain it long.” In the void, Li Long’s eyes shifted to Yang Xiao. He cackled, “But killing you all is enough… enough. How could the people of my Li clan die so easily? You must wash it away with blood!”

Li Long’s madness grew more intense. Though his cultivation had surged to the Half-Step Great Sovereign realm, without years of recovery afterward, he couldn’t heal his injuries, and his bloodline power would even plummet.

“Just you? Trying to keep us here—you’re not qualified!” Yang Xiao sneered. The soul body in his palm was rapidly depleting, while the energy Yang Xiao had consumed was quickly replenished.

“This… such a bizarre technique—it can devour a soul body and heal soul wounds!…” The sight before him seemed unbelievable to Li Long. He had never heard of such a technique.

After a moment of thought, Li Long’s face was full of greed. His body instantly appeared above Yang Tian and the others. The golden chain, ferocious and bathed in blazing golden light, slashed down!

“Get lost!” Yang Ba roared. The five-colored spear shaft swept out, crushing the void, and struck the golden chain.

Yang Xiao unleashed a pitch-black great hand seal. His expression was grim, knowing these attacks could hardly harm Li Long, but he tried to buy time.

“Hehe… get lost! You all die!” Li Long cackled. The golden chain swept everything aside, sending the five-colored spear flying.

“Haha, you all die!” Li Long seemed possessed. He sent a nearby black-clad figure flying, smashing into a great mountain. Blood flew, blood and bone splattering.

The golden chain was terrifying, like a long serpent roaring toward Yang Tian’s head.

Clang! As the golden chain approached, the Celestial Pivot Sword within Yang Tian hummed, conveying a bloodthirsty will. It seemed very interested in the golden chain.

Yang Tian did not stop it. The purple-golden small sword burst from his body and shot toward the golden chain.

“Hmph, get lost, old man! A mere artifact can’t stop me!” Li Long sneered. He strode like a dragon, the void cracking under his feet. Golden blood energy surged to the high heavens, arrogant and unrivaled!

The golden chain swept across, burning like divine flames, smashing toward the small sword.

Clang! Huge sparks flew. The purple-golden small sword did not crack as he expected but instead adhered to the golden chain. Golden light surged, instantly enveloping the chain.

The devouring power opened wide. Xiao Bai’s bloodline power manifested, wrapping around the golden chain condensed from bloodline.

The bloodline within this chain, formed from bloodline power, began to diminish. The purple-golden small sword instantly turned blood-red.

An extremely bizarre event. Li Long’s expression froze. His arrogant stride halted, and then he flew into a rage. He sensed his bloodline being devoured—slowly, but it would eventually be consumed entirely.

“Bloodthirsty Demon Crystal, truly bizarre. Using Xiao Bai’s energy so adeptly—no wonder it’s a top divine material!” Yang Xiao couldn’t help but click his tongue, exclaiming inwardly.

The surrounding people were also petrified. They knew well the power of the bloodline, yet it was being devoured by the small sword—extremely strange!

“Bastard!” Li Long’s hand immediately grabbed at the golden chain. In an instant, the Celestial Pivot Sword wrapped around the chain, the devouring power isolating the outside, and appeared beside Yang Tian.

Li Long was enraged. Sensing the surging energy within him diminishing, he was both shocked and furious. He roared repeatedly in the void, his golden hair wildly dancing, the heavens trembling.

“You all die!” His eyes were icy. He burst toward Yang Tian, unleashing his blood energy without reserve, aiming to kill Yang Tian with a single palm strike.

“Get lost!” Yang Ba roared, but to little effect. Li Long sent him flying, staggering back dozens of zhang, his blood energy churning.

“Die!” Li Long pounced, sending both their bodies flying. As his palm struck, its fluctuations had diminished somewhat, but it slammed heavily onto Yang Tian’s back.

“Pfft…” Li Long was fast. Yang Tian had little time to react. He was blasted dozens of zhang away, crashing heavily to the ground, spitting several mouthfuls of blood.

Most of Yang Tian’s bones were shattered. His aura was extremely weak. If Li Long hadn’t wanted to obtain Yang Tian’s technique, this blow would have crushed all his bones.

“Brother Yang…” Yun’er cried out. Watching Li Long step toward Yang Tian, she did not hesitate. The small green seal flew out, striking toward Li Long’s head.

“Stubborn fool! Die!” Li Long whirled around and punched. With a clang in the void, sparks flew, sending the ancient seal flying.

As Li Long took another step, a fierce wind appeared behind him. Yun’er’s pretty face was taut, hatred in her eyes. Her jade palm struck toward Li Long’s head.