CHAPTER 238: CHAPTER 238: FOLLOWING THE MASTER’S STEPS

Yunlai Empire, Demon Beast Mountain Range.

Within the forest, a multitude of Flying Demon Beasts roared, bellowed, and also wailed in agony. Flames surged, fierce winds howled, Purple Thunder thundered, Ice Hail bombarded, and light waves chaotically shot out. Rampant energy ravaged through this stretch of woodland.

Among the throng of demon beasts raced a mutated black Dual-Winged Demon Wolf, charging and dashing with abandon. It opened its wide mouth, revealing sharp Liao fangs to bite and tear at the other demon beasts, exhaling dense black Demon Flames. In an instant, several demon beasts were incinerated, and with a single howl, the space itself seemed to tremble violently, as low-level demon beasts were shaken into the ground.

Mounted on the back of the Demon Wolf stood a white figure, handsome to the point of being otherworldly, with a strange, ancient, sen-white "Yuee" character appearing on his forehead. Holding a Bone Spur like a lance, he swept through the demon beast crowd, and with each pass, fresh blood spattered gruesomely.

"Ghost Wolf, when our master departed, you must have heard as well that with our current strength, following him would only hold him back. We must become stronger! Only by becoming stronger and through battle, slaughter, and baptism in blood, building upon corpses, can we forge our path to follow our master! Kill!" Dark Evil uttered a low command, and with lethal precision, the Bone Spur pierced into a demon beast’s belly and out through its back.

"Roar!" Hearing Dark Evil’s words, Ghost Wolf too let out a skyward howl, causing the surrounding space to violently shake once more.

"Boom boom boom!" As if groaning, the earth below erupted with sharp and gruesome Earth Stabs breaking forth from the soil, dense and numerous, rapidly rising towards the Void...

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In the Blood-colored Space, a cave.

Shi Feng sat within a large Jade Tub, the temperature of the Blood Red Water within it now cooling down. The energy of the Blood Red Water, once again, had been thoroughly absorbed by Shi Feng, and at this moment, his Power of Physical Body had reached that of an Initial Stage Martial Emperor. Without using the energy from his Dantian or Sacred Flame, Shi Feng’s punch alone now possessed the force of a One-star Martial Emperor’s strike.

As his physical body grew stronger, not only did his offensive power increase, but his body naturally became more resilient, and his defensive capabilities were enhanced.

"Boom!" Blood-colored Flames once again ignited on Shi Feng’s body. Under the burning of the Blood-colored Blaze, the Blood Red Water within the Jade Tub was once again consumed by fire into nothingness.

Suspended in the Void, Shi Feng floated out from the Jade Tub and landed on the ground outside of the tub, stowing the tub back into his Storage Ring.

Then, with a flick of his wrist, a severed hand appeared in his grasp, unremarkable save for the black Storage Ring adorned on its middle finger, the hand left by the decapitated Big Sword Young Man.

"Boom!" Blood-colored Flames sprang up in Shi Feng’s palm, and the severed hand was instantly consumed into nothingness, leaving only the black Storage Ring to fall into the center of Shi Feng’s palm.

Shi Feng extracted a set of Blood-colored Battle Armor from the Storage Ring and, using his soul to communicate with the Sacred Flame, inquired, "Do you know the origin of this Blood Battle Armor?" Ancient and mysterious Prohibitions existed on the armor, and now that the battle armor was in hand, Shi Feng couldn’t ascertain its Grade.

"I am not aware of it," replied the Sacred Flame.

"Can you break this prohibition?" Shi Feng asked again.

"Let me have a look," said the Sacred Flame. Suddenly, a swirl of blood-colored flames burst forth from Shi Feng’s chest, rolling toward the blood-colored battle armor. The armor was immediately engulfed by the blood-colored blaze.

Following that, Shi Feng was thrilled to sense that, under the incineration of the Sacred Flame, one after another, prohibitions on the blood-colored battle armor were being broken. However, it didn’t take long before the Sacred Flame recoiled back into Shi Feng’s body.

Immediately, Shi Feng furrowed his brows and asked the Sacred Flame, "Why are half of the prohibitions still intact?"

"Be content, boy! This set of blood-colored battle armor had half its prohibitions laid by the Blood Pattern Tribe, and the other half are mysterious prohibitions, likely specific to the Blood Demon Clan themselves.

If the armors were entirely forbidden by the Blood Demon’s prohibitions, the one you got would be but a useless piece. The half that I have helped you to break can at least allow the armor to exert the power of Sixth Grade."

After hearing the Sacred Flame’s explanation, Shi Feng sensed the armor, indeed, its grade was now of the Sixth Grade. Having broken half the prohibitions to reach Sixth Grade, what level would it be if all the prohibitions were removed?

However, Shi Feng soon shook his head, casting aside this thought. The mysterious, ancient prohibitions of the Blood Demon Clan were completely unknown to him, without any clue on how to break them. Thinking about it now was pointless.

Setting these thoughts aside and placing the blood-colored battle armor into his storage ring, Shi Feng turned to the two women who were currently sitting in meditation, with their backs to him, and said, "You two just stay here and cultivate peacefully, do not go out! I will set up an array at the entrance of the cave to keep you safe. However, if you approach the entrance, the array will be triggered as well, so do not move around carelessly. If something comes up, just crush this Jade Scroll, and I will sense it."

As Shi Feng spoke, he tossed a cyan Jade Scroll over, arching through the air and descending toward the two women. Just as the Jade Scroll was about to land on Hong Yue, she reached out and caught the Jade Scroll in her hand.

Then, Hong Yue turned around, looked at Shi Feng, and spoke softly, "Go on, I’ll wait for your return." Her gentle demeanor was just like that of a doting wife speaking to her husband about to leave home.

"Okay!" Shi Feng nodded at Hong Yue, then his figure moved swiftly, shooting toward the cave entrance. As he passed the entrance, to prevent any accidents, Shi Feng dropped eighteen long swords into the ground at the entrance, forming the Eighteen Sword Formation to protect the two women’s safety. Under this Sword Array, anyone below the level of the Martial King could easily be slain, and if someone were to trigger it, he would instantly be alerted.

Afterward, Shi Feng shot straight into the blood-colored void, continuing on his exploration of this space. He came here to become stronger and naturally wouldn’t stay contented to cultivate in that cave like the two women. The way Shi Feng sought out was naturally for the sake of the two women, and although this space was dangerous, opportunities were found amongst the peril, opportunities that Shi Feng was unwilling to give up.

His figure flew swiftly through the void, the howling wind echoing in his ears, and beneath, lay a vast blood-colored desert. Unwittingly, Shi Feng arrived above the desert, and there, the silhouettes of people walking in groups of threes or twos appeared in his sight, some fighting against the demon beasts of the desert.

This world was boundless, with mountains and forests, and now a desert had appeared. Immediately, Shi Feng’s eyes brightened as he spotted a petite figure in the desert, and at this moment, this small figure was battling against a blood-colored sand scorpion within the desert.