saint of humanity

In the void, a streak of blood-red light streaked across the sky, swift as lightning, and fell directly towards a dead star.

A moment later, the bloody light dissipated, revealing Xue Yuan's figure.

He looked up at the person in front of him, frowned, and said, "Xue Jiu, what brings you here? Isn't the agreed time still ahead of us?"

“It’ll be a few days. They’ve all returned and are waiting over there, so they sent me to look for you,” Xue Jiu replied casually.

"So fast..." Xueyuan was surprised, then said, "It seems they have had a good harvest. Well then, let's go and gather them."

As they spoke, they leaped up again, and Xue Jiu hurriedly followed.

As they walked side by side, Xue Jiu asked, seemingly casually, "What grade is your Dao Integration Pearl?"

Xue Yuan took out his Dao Integration Pearl from his robes and casually tossed it to Xue Jiu: "I don't know either. Take a look and see what grade this is. But it doesn't seem as powerful as yours."

He had never come into contact with the Dao-Merging Pearl before, and now that he suddenly possessed it, he naturally found it difficult to determine its grade.

Xue Jiu held the Dao-Merging Pearl, his expression inevitably strange.

He hadn't expected Blood Abyss to just throw this thing over there.

He looked up and examined it, then smiled slightly and said, "This is a Desolate-grade Dao Integration Bead." In just over ten days, he went from nothing to possessing a Desolate-grade Dao Integration Bead. Such speed would be nothing short of a fantasy for an ordinary cultivator.

But it wouldn't be surprising if it happened to a demigod.

Blood Abyss must have conquered quite a few Dao Integration Cities these days, and most likely encountered Desolate-level Cities as well, otherwise there's no reason for such gains.

"As expected, it's not as powerful as yours." Xue Yuan nodded knowingly. Although he couldn't determine the grade of his Dao Integration Bead, he still knew the specific classification of grades. This Desolate-grade Dao Integration Bead was one grade lower than Xue Jiu's.

However, this Dao Integration Bead did ultimately increase his strength to some extent, although not by much. But it was like getting it for free, and he couldn't help but imagine how much his strength would improve if he could obtain a Universe-level Dao Integration Bead.

"Take your time, no rush." ​​As Xue Jiu spoke, he tossed the Dao-Merging Pearl back.

Xue Yuan caught it casually, but the moment he touched the Dao Integration Pearl, this Dao Integration Pearl, which he had painstakingly gathered from fragments after breaking through the city, suddenly cracked open with countless fine fissures.

Before he could react, the Dao-Merging Pearl shattered completely, turning into countless fragments that scattered in all directions.

Xue Yuan's eyes widened instantly, completely unaware of what had happened.

A longsword crackling with lightning suddenly appeared in their field of vision, thrusting straight at them.

"Blood Blame!" Blood Abyss roared in fury. Even if he was slow to react, he knew what had happened.

His Dao-Merging Pearl didn't break for no reason; it was shattered by Xue Jiu's underhanded tactics. Taking advantage of that moment, this guy dared to launch a sneak attack on him!
In an instant, the anger in Xue Yuan's heart erupted like a volcano, almost burning the void.

Blood energy surged, and a layer of blood-red clothing covered Xue Yuan's body, transforming into a solid protective barrier that narrowly blocked the attack.

Both were half-saints, but Xue Yuan had advanced for many years and his strength and foundation were much stronger than Xue Jiu's. Therefore, even though he launched a sneak attack, Xue Jiu's attack failed to succeed.

This made Xue Jiu secretly regretful, mainly because he had only had the Nine Heavens Thunder Swamp Sword for a short time and had no time to nurture it. Although he held the treasure in his hands, he could not unleash its full power. Otherwise, with the power of this sword, he would have a high probability of succeeding.

Even if they can't kill Blood Abyss, they can still injure him.

However, Xue Jiu never expected to succeed in his sneak attack.

Almost at the same moment that Xue Yuan blocked his attack, behind Xue Yuan, the void rippled and surged, and a figure stepped out from it like a ghost. His long sword was already unsheathed, and a dark blue-green aura flowed on the blade as he slashed down from the air.

Lu Ye set off a step later than Xue Jiu, so he had been hiding not far away, waiting for this unexpected moment.

As Xue Yuan blocked Xue Jiu's attack, he was about to counterattack, but the killing intent behind him took him by surprise. He didn't know who the enemy was or how strong they were. In his haste, he could only frantically urge his Dao power to maintain his own defense.

The violent force struck Blood Abyss in the back, causing him to shudder.

At the same time, Blood Blame also exerted its power.

With a sword and a blade, they attacked from both sides, holding nothing back.

Even though Xue Yuan was extremely powerful, he was caught off guard by this attack. In a one-on-one fight, neither Lu Ye nor Xue Jiu could be his match, but in this instant, with the combined power of the two powerful figures, his protective blood-red robe could no longer be maintained.

The moment his blood-stained clothes shattered, Xue Yuan felt a sharp pain in his back. His eyes widened in fury, and his figure suddenly transformed into a streak of blood-red light. When he reappeared, he was already a thousand feet away. However, at the critical moment, he activated the Blood Escape Technique to escape a calamity.

Lu Ye secretly regretted it. Although he knew that this ambush on Xue Yuan would not be easy, he was just a little bit short just now. If Xue Yuan's reaction had been a little slower, the sharpness of the Panshan Blade would have been enough to cut him in two.

And now... he looked down at the Panshan Blade, and a drop of blood rolled down its dark blade.

This vampire demigod, who had been promoted for who knows how many years, was indeed not so easy to kill.

"It's you, you bastard! You're still alive?" Xue Yuan was both shocked and furious when he finally saw Lu Ye's face.

Of course he recognized Lu Ye. He and another half-saint of the vampire clan, Xue Li, chased Xue Jiu and Lu Ye to Yuan Island. He also saw clearly the scene of Lu Ye leaving the Origin Realm afterwards. So he had the same thought as Xue Jiu back then—Lu Ye was doomed!

Unexpectedly, they met again here today, and this time the other party even attacked him.

However, for Xue Yuan, Lu Ye was not a character worth paying attention to. What angered him the most was Xue Jiu's actions this time.

Xue Jiu, this half-saint, stole the bloodline from Xue Tianxing. The fact that the Blood Clan of the Origin Realm tolerated his existence was already a great favor. But now he actually dared to attack him! Luckily, he hadn't been on guard against Xue Jiu before and had even handed over the Dao Integration Pearl to him.

"Blood Blade, you are truly digging your own grave!" Blood Abyss coldly roared, "Taking Blood Heavenly Punishment's bloodline wasn't enough, now you dare to plot against me?"

Xue Jiu remained silent. At this point, there was no point in saying anything; only their skills would prevail.

He could only sigh inwardly, thinking that a veteran half-saint was indeed a veteran half-saint, far stronger than Xue Tianxing back then. If Xue Tianxing had come back then, he would have been severely injured, if not killed, in that instant.

"Very well, today I will show you the difference between you and me!" As Xue Yuan sneered, a point of blood light suddenly exploded, and a vast sea of ​​blood spread out, instantly enveloping an area of ​​hundreds of thousands of miles.

"Lu Ye!" Xue Jiu groaned, feeling his blood and qi in his body become somewhat disordered.

The worst fear has come true. In the battle between vampires, what is most feared is not the slight difference in strength, but the current bloodline suppression.

Blood Abyss's bloodline is undoubtedly much stronger than Blood Blade's. As the sea of ​​blood spread out, Blood Blade felt his strength weaken by about 20%.

This is equivalent to stripping him of the blessing from the Universe-level Dao Integration Pearl, and even adding 10%.

Fortunately, the moment he finished speaking, an invisible force descended from the sky and transformed into a blood-red banner behind him.

Xue Jiu's eyes lit up. Having known Zong Shenliang for many years, he naturally knew that this was the power of Zong Shenliang's Wuxiang Dingjun Banner.

They were secretly amazed at how many treasures Lu Ye possessed. What was even more surprising was that he could actually unleash the power of these treasures.

The power from the Dingjun Banner wasn't much to him at the moment, at most a few hundred strands of power. But what surprised him was that his disordered blood and qi had calmed down considerably, and his fear of higher bloodlines had also been greatly reduced.

He had never known that the Dingjun Banner had such an effect. After all, he had never encountered an enemy whose bloodline was superior to his own before. In the past, he was the Blood Lord, the one with the highest bloodline among the vampires.

But ultimately it's a good thing.

In the blink of an eye, he hurriedly activated his own Blood Sea. In an instant, the already enormous Blood Sea grew even larger. The Blood Sea techniques of the two half-saints merged and collided with each other. Even before they actually clashed, the Blood Sea was already turbulent.

Meanwhile, within the sea of ​​blood, Lu Ye had already flashed towards the Blood Abyss to kill.

Xue Yuan gritted his teeth, feeling unbearable pain in the wound on his back. Not only that, but there seemed to be a strange force within the wound, hindering the flow of his own Dao power and causing his strength to weaken for no reason.

It seemed to be a strange sealing power.

From that sneak attack just now, he realized how troublesome Lu Ye was. Not only was the treasure in Lu Ye's hand incredibly sharp, but the sealing power was what made him most wary.

He immediately looked away and towards where Xue Jiu was.

He was only wary of Lu Ye, but he hated Xue Jiu to the core. Therefore, relatively speaking, he wanted to kill Xue Jiu, that ingrate, even more.

Thinking this, his figure flickered and disappeared from the spot. In the crimson light, almost imperceptible blood light rapidly approached Xue Jiu.

Xue Jiu was naturally aware that he was being targeted, but he remained fearless and met the attack head-on.

In an instant, they faced each other. As Xue Jiu fiercely thrust his sword forward, a large axe suddenly appeared amidst the bloody light and slashed down fiercely at him.

The blood feud was chilling.

He knew that this great axe was the Xuanhuang Annihilation Axe, the hilt of the Blood Abyss sword, and was of supreme treasure quality, but that was all he knew.

He was unaware of the true power of the Xuanhuang Annihilation Axe, as he had never personally witnessed Blood Abyss wielding this treasure.

Until now, when I faced him in person.

With a single axe blow, Xue Jiu cried out in alarm and flew away like a kite, his right hand holding the sword trembling violently.

In a one-on-one fight, even with Xue Yuan injured first and having some of his strength sealed, Xue Jiu still suffered a loss, demonstrating the disparity in their strength.

With a single strike, it nearly shattered Xue Jiu's protective Dao power.

After gaining the upper hand in the attack, Xue Yuan raised the Xuanhuang Annihilation Axe high in his hand, and a mysterious light flickered on the axe.

A sudden, intense sense of life-or-death crisis arose in Xue Jiu's heart, and he felt that he might die at any moment.

Fortunately, Lu Ye had already arrived, teleporting through the void and appearing like a ghost beside Xue Yuan, slashing with his blade. (End of Chapter)