Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 375 - 342: Blood Lake, Rusty Sword, Tomb.

Were these monsters bred from the life force of this peach tree?

Sensing the process of the black-red tumors regenerating monsters, Qi Xiu swept his sleeve, and a gleaming golden Suppressing Talisman whistled out, instantly covering a black-red tumor.

Under the obliteration of the golden light from the Suppressing Talisman, billowing black smoke emerged from the black-red tumor. Accompanied by peculiar hissing, it gradually wore away, revealing a pitch-black hole the size of a grinding stone.

But in the next second after the black-red tumor was suppressed, a large amount of material akin to flesh and blood vessels flowed out from the exposed pitch-black hole. In the blink of an eye, a new black-red tumor had regrown.

Hmm?

Witnessing this eerie scene, Qi Xiu’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he immediately deployed his Observing Qi Skill.

In the special vision interwoven with black and white, the interior of this immense Taizu Holy Tree was filled with a complex and dense network of horrific blood vessels.

The end of each blood vessel was a black-red tumor.

As long as a monster was killed, those tumors would instantly extract the life force from the Taizu Holy Tree to regenerate a new monster.

Therefore, killing a monster meant consuming the life force of the Taizu Holy Tree.

And trying to pull out the blood vessels within its trunk was also impossible.

The dense, tangled network of blood vessels virtually covered the entire peach tree, numbering tens of thousands. To strip them all away would almost amount to hollowing out half of the peach tree.

By then, the Taizu Holy Tree would likely not survive either.

With a hint of contemplation in his eyes, Qi Xiu’s gaze flickered with fire, and a boundless sea of flames suddenly erupted in front of him. The extremely yang and rigid Purple Celestial True Fire was ferocious and domineering. Any monster that stepped into the sea of flames turned to ash in an instant, dissipating into nothingness.

After burning all the monsters to death, Qi Xiu returned to Tao Guyun’s side in a flash.

"Take me to the location of that otherworldly object."

Having not sensed the presence of a True Dragon’s aura on the Taizu Holy Tree, Qi Xiu had no choice but to temporarily put aside the information conveyed by the ancient Dragon Scales.

The origin of all these changes came from that otherworldly object.

Perhaps on this strange object, he could gather some clues.

"Alright, Immortal, please follow me."

Nodding, Tao Guyun glanced at the battered Taizu Holy Tree and then turned around to lead Qi Xiu toward the location of the otherworldly object.

The Taizu Holy Tree was in the direct south of the Longevity Star Realm, and the otherworldly object was less than three thousand miles from it.

Before even drawing close to the otherworldly object, Qi Xiu could already smell the pervasive, acrid stench of blood in the air.

It was pungent, foul, and carried a heavy sense of foreboding and strangeness.

Looking up again, he saw at the edge of his vision a silent and cold Blood Lake embedded in the earth. The lake was deep and chilly, reflecting the gloom of the sky like a vast piece of blood-red Jade, extraordinarily calm with not a ripple on its surface, as if it were a mirror reflecting terrifying secrets that wished to remain hidden.

In the center of the Blood Lake, a solitary mound stood abruptly, topped by a rust-stained Longsword pointing straight to the heavens.

Around the lake, several extraordinary figures wandered.

They were tall and formidable, with double heads and four arms, pale skin like bone, with eyes burning with a fierce blood-red as if they could devour all light.

Under the light of the blood-red water, these figures were particularly menacing, each movement accompanied by an invisible air of brutality. This power was so strong that it twisted the space around them, causing tremors throughout.

On this land, the Blood Lake was like a throbbing heart, mercilessly pumping out cold fear, emanating a foul aura that contaminated the entire heaven and earth.

Without approaching within a hundred miles of the Blood Lake, Tao Guyun suddenly stopped, his breathing becoming much more labored. The veins in his hand, tightly clutching his staff, bulged as if he were enduring some pain.

"I beg the Immortal’s pardon, this object exerts great suppression on the Taogong Clan... this old one... can only stop here..."

His skin becoming noticeably more wrinkled and dim, Tao Guyun tried to muster the strength to accompany Qi Xiu a little longer, but the aura emanating from the Blood Lake made it impossible for him to even take a step.

That feeling was akin to placing someone with a fear of heights on top of a terrifyingly high cliff, where the extreme panic would strip away even the most basic ability to control oneself.

"That’s fine, I’ll check it out myself."

Waving his hand to signal Tao Guyun to stay behind, Qi Xiu transformed into a bolt of lightning and shot forward.

The closer he got to the Blood Lake, the more the dead chill in the air thickened, as if it could freeze boiling blood into ice, turning the living into corpses.

At this moment, those terrible figures lurking around the Blood Lake also noticed Qi Xiu’s presence, all raising their heads, their blood-red eyes bursting with a glaring, fierce light.

THUD THUD THUD—

The ground trembled violently as pairs of predatory eyes flickered. Massive figures rose into the air with an aura of rolling killing intent, ominously enveloping and bearing down upon him.

No wonder the Taogong Clan knew the root of the problem lay here but has been unable to resolve it. These monsters guarding the Blood Lake all possess the strength of the Blood-Stained Realm. Coupled with the lake’s aura suppressing the Taogong Clan, they haven’t had a chance.

Watching the monsters charging towards him, Qi Xiu’s face remained indifferent. With a thought, the void behind him trembled, and two colossal figures exuding extreme oppressive force stepped out with thunderous strides.

"Mighty Dragon, Hundred Eyes! Crush them."

ROAR—

SCREECH—

After a long period of inactivity, the two White Bone Devil Gods threw their heads back and roared skyward. The roars materialized into circular shockwaves that surged forth, obliterating the cosmos and hurling the oncoming monsters into the air.

Previously, when Qi Xiu slaughtered his way through Dianchuan Province, these two White Bone Devil Gods scavenged countless remains and skeletons in his wake, their strength growing ever more.

Now, they too possessed the power of the Blood-Stained Realm.

Especially so for the Mighty Dragon Demon Vajra.

It was originally the foremost among the eight Protector Devil Gods of the White Bone Demonic Dao, forged from the exceedingly rare and special bones of a True Dragon. Its potential was boundless, and with each growth, its strength leaped dramatically.

Any ordinary creature from the Blood-Stained Realm that encountered it would be torn to shreds in minutes.

At this moment, the two long-suppressed White Bone Devil Gods were released by Qi Xiu.

Imposing malevolence transformed into boundless, thick black clouds in the sky, conjuring ghastly apparitions of bloody slaughter and corpses floating for thousands of miles.

Clad in a tattered purple-black Taoist Robe that concealed the sinister skeleton beneath, Hundred Eyes, having broken free from the fray, ripped off the robe to reveal its terrifying true appearance.

Embedded in every bone of its ribcage was an eerie eye, twinkling like stars, numbering no less than a thousand.

These eyes were not still; they moved independently, whirling madly as if they were alive and nimble.

Gray Demon Light sprayed out of their pupils, intertwining like countless lightning bolts, immediately illuminating the darkened heavens and earth.

The light was harsh and merciless, sweeping across the sky and earth.

The monsters touched by this Demon Light, no matter their size or strength, could not escape their doom.

They writhed in agony within the light, but their struggles were futile. Their screams, brief yet piercing, rose one after another.

Under the onslaught of the light, their bodies instantaneously disintegrated, turning into steaming viscous sludge that scattered across the ground, leaving only a chaotic trace.

The entire space fell silent in that instant, save for the eerie flickering of a thousand eyes within the ribcage of the Hundred-eyed White Bone Devil God!

The moment it struck, half of the dual-headed, four-armed monsters rushing towards them were shot dead by Hundred Eyes.

On the other side, the Mighty Dragon Demon Vajra stood towering, its massive body akin to a small mountain.

It let out a heart-shaking roar, thunderous as the rumbling of thunder across the Nine Heavens, shaking the earth.

As the roar echoed, the white bones of its body shed one by one, not scattering, but instead transforming into terrifying white bone dragon heads.

Each of these dragon heads was unique, filled with a deterring power, their eye sockets deep, swallowing light like black holes.

Dragon cries interweaved in the air, grating and soul-shaking.

The roars of each dragon head compounded upon one another, deafening, as if the whole sky and earth were quaking in response, stars flickering and clouds churning.

The ground trembled with the sounds, as if narrating the White Bone Devil God’s dignity and wrath.

Even without striking a blow, the accumulating dragon cries alone were enough to leave the remaining monsters bleeding from their seven orifices, their flesh collapsing, reduced to mud on the ground.

The two mighty Protector Devil Gods cleaned out the attacking monsters, and Qi Xiu’s gaze then fell upon the expanse of Blood Lake.

But the once calm and silent Blood Lake suddenly started boiling over. Monsters, ten to a hundred times more numerous than before, and with even more ferocious and brutal auras, began to crawl out from the water.

Seeing there were more foes to confront, the Mighty Dragon and Hundred Eyes exchanged a glance and moved to strike!

"It’s not necessary."

Qi Xiu, with no patience to conquer bit by bit, remained expressionless. The three hundred and sixty-five Hunyuan Apertures within his body suddenly vibrated and awakened. He brought his palms together, and between them, a strand of pure white light gradually boiled up.

"Hunyuan Ultimate Cannon!"

For a moment, time seemed to freeze!

Then, an extremely dazzling white column of light shot up into the sky. It was like an invincible sword, instantly snatching all light from the heavens and earth.

The roaring light column surged violently, bringing with it endless might, causing the ground to shake, the rivers and mountains to pale, and the cosmos to tremble, as if doomsday had arrived.

The deafening explosion echoed like the sound of the genesis, shaking every inch of space and causing all beings to shudder.

Everything in the world seemed so fragile in the face of this power.

The light column bore down like a tempest, smashing into the Blood Lake with ruthless force!

The blinding crimson water of the lake was torn asunder, the churning blood waves crushed mercilessly, turning into a mist of blood that spread through the air.

Along with the impact of the light column, an exceedingly miserable roar resounded through the sky!

The mound with the Rusty Sword plunged into the middle of the Blood Lake shook violently, rocks splintered and fell into the water, creating thudding noises.

And at this moment, the Rusty Sword, which seemed as if it would snap at any second, suddenly vibrated with a wisp of sword sound.

"Ah! Damn it, you’ve sealed me for two thousand years! How much longer do you wish to keep me sealed!"