Chapter 608: The Bloodlight Shadow Array

At this moment, the central army tent of the Gale Realm was shrouded in a mass of blood-red light.

Shangguan Lingyun gazed at the quietly floating small pot, a sinister smile flickering at the corner of his mouth.

"Kill, kill—the more fiercely you kill, the faster my cultivation advances! Hahaha..."

Shangguan Lingyun's face bore a look of madness, with none of his former composed demeanor.

The central army tent was encircled by a formation, which frantically absorbed the vast aura of blood and injected it into the small pot.

Within the formation, Shangguan Lingyun greedily absorbed the scattered blood aura, his cultivation visibly rising at a noticeable pace.

"Hahaha, this Blood Fiend Demon Art is truly formidable. If I continue cultivating at this rate, I'll break through to the Divine Travel realm in at most two months! With this art, even ascending to the Divine Realm is within reach!" Shangguan Lingyun laughed wildly.

"Boom!"

Shangguan Lingyun's aura suddenly surged, and under the immense blood aura, he directly broke through the threshold of the Soul Sea Eighth Layer.

"Congratulations, Lord Shangguan, on breaking through to the Soul Sea Eighth Layer!" From a corner of the tent, Deng Sheng said with envy.

Shangguan Lingyun opened his eyes, returning to his former calm expression, but a hint of blood-red deep in his eyes gave him a somewhat sinister look.

"Hmm, how goes the battle outside?" Shangguan Lingyun asked.

Deng Sheng's face showed embarrassment as he said, "Not good!"

"Hmm? What's going on?" Shangguan Lingyun said with some displeasure.

The army of the Hurricane Realm outnumbered the martial artists in Red Radiance City ten to one. By all rights, the battle should have been nearly over by now, yet Deng Sheng had told him things were not looking good, which naturally made Shangguan Lingyun very dissatisfied.

Seeing this, Deng Sheng quickly said, "Lord Shangguan, please calm down. For some unknown reason, the martial artists of Red Radiance City have suddenly greatly increased their combat power. Our army cannot gain any advantage in small-scale engagements. If not for our numerical superiority, they might have already broken through our encirclement!"

Shangguan Lingyun frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said, "It seems... this has something to do with Ye Yuan. That fellow is truly troublesome. We must eliminate him this time, or there will be endless trouble! When will Lord Yunrong arrive?"

"According to the information from over there, Lord Yunrong should arrive by today at the latest!" Deng Sheng said.

Shangguan Lingyun nodded and said, "I'll go tie up Ye Yuan. Once Lord Yunrong arrives, he will take care of Ye Yuan."

Deng Sheng asked in surprise, "Lord Shangguan has already broken through to the eighth level of the Soul Sea. Can't you deal with that brat?"

Shangguan Lingyun shook his head and said, "I have no confidence at all! Ye Yuan's strength almost disregards the gap in cultivation levels. I've only broken through one minor realm, which is practically insignificant to him. Unless I can break through to the Divine Travel realm, I won't have enough certainty to kill him."

Deng Sheng was startled. Within the Soul Sea realm, even a single minor realm gap was enormous, and fighting across levels was extremely difficult.

Shangguan Lingyun had broken through to the eighth level of Soul Sea, yet he still said he had no confidence in dealing with Ye Yuan!

"Boom!"

As the two were speaking, a powerful attack came whistling in.

Shangguan Lingyun's expression changed, and he waved his hand to strike back.

The two powerful attacks collided, instantly tearing the central army tent to shreds.

The blood light inside the tent could no longer be concealed and was exposed.

However, Shangguan Lingyun had long since cleared the area of people, and the army of the Wind Realm was now chasing down the martial artists of Red Light City, so no one would notice this place.

A figure stood in the air—who else could it be but Ye Yuan?

Seeing that blood-colored great formation, Ye Yuan couldn't help but frown.

"You started this war, slaughtering every city you conquered—so it was all for this Floating Light Blood Shadow Formation!" Ye Yuan's words revealed a thick murderous intent.

The Floating Light Blood Shadow Formation was an extremely evil great formation, specifically designed to collect and refine blood fiend energy.

And to absorb blood fiend energy, it inevitably involved bloody slaughter.

Ye Yuan hadn't expected that the Wind Realm's war was for collecting blood fiend energy.

What exactly were they planning to do?

Caught by Ye Yuan, Shangguan Lingyun showed no sign of panic, smiling as he said, "I didn't expect you to even know about the Floating Light Blood Shadow Formation. That really surprises me."

Ye Yuan squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice, "It seems you were using this blood fiend energy to cultivate just now. I was wondering how you could have broken through a major realm in a year—so this is the reason. I never thought that a genius like you would stoop so low."

Shangguan Lingyun had just broken through, and the blood fiend energy on him hadn't fully dissipated. Ye Yuan saw at a glance that he was using blood fiend energy to cultivate.

Shangguan Lingyun suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly, "Genius? When you use that word to evaluate others, doesn't it sound ironic? Who dares to call themselves a genius in front of you? Ever since you crippled Zhao Chengqian, I knew you were a mountain I could never surpass in this lifetime!"

Ye Yuan sneered, "So you stooped so low as to cultivate this demonic technique? Don't you know that while demonic techniques advance quickly, they also carry great hidden dangers?"

"So what? As long as I can defeat you and Zhao Chengqian, I'm willing to pay any price!" Shangguan Lingyun said coldly.

Ye Yuan shook his head slightly and said helplessly, "It seems you're beyond saving! To collect this blood fiend energy, you didn't hesitate to start an inter-realm war, sending your own people to die in the Boundless Realm. What is it all for?"

Shangguan Lingyun suddenly gave an evil smile, "If you want to know, you can go ask the Wind Emperor himself."

Ye Yuan stared at Shangguan Lingyun for a long time before saying, "It seems you're just a dog under Zhao Tianyin's command, knowing nothing. Don't worry, I'll go ask him myself."

Shangguan Lingyun's aura turned cold, and he said in a deep voice, "You're looking for death!"

As he spoke, Shangguan Lingyun threw a punch at Ye Yuan.

This punch carried an extremely strong fiendish aura. For ordinary martial artists, let alone withstanding the punch, even the blood fiend energy alone would be more than they could handle.

But Ye Yuan had refined the True Dragon's Blood in the Haotian Tower, which was the most supreme and righteous bloodline under heaven, most effective at countering this blood fiend energy.

Although this strike was powerful, it posed little threat to Ye Yuan.

With one move, Flame Strike, he directly dispersed the fist intent.

"Flame Strike True Dragon Kill!"

Ye Yuan didn't hesitate and threw a punch back.

But this punch wasn't aimed at Shangguan Lingyun; instead, it was aimed at the Floating Light Blood Shadow Formation.

To Ye Yuan's surprise, Shangguan Lingyun made no move to save the formation, letting Ye Yuan's Flame Strike True Dragon Kill strike it.

But at that moment, the gray-black small pot suddenly blazed with blood light, and a blood dragon flew out from the pot's mouth, directly devouring Ye Yuan's Flame Strike True Dragon Kill.

Watching this scene, Ye Yuan's expression darkened.