Volume 1: Chapter 107 - Blood Sacrifice to the Common People

"Shishu (Master Uncle), wake up...!"

Chu Chu turned to Zheng Qingyan and saw that her usually gentle and elegant master uncle now wore a ferocious expression, her eyes bloodshot as she struggled to fight against the overwhelming surge of negative emotions and resist the impact of demonic corruption. The others around them all had blood-red eyes and frenzied minds, their skin 透着 (emanating) an eerie crimson hue. They regarded those around them with beast-like gazes—whether friends, relatives, or fellow disciples, as soon as their remaining sanity was eroded by demonic energy, they would immediately attack and kill each other.

"Go! Escape and send for help—we can't all die here...!" Zheng Qingyan forcefully suppressed the urge to kill Chu Chu and roared at her through clenched teeth.

"Escape? None of you are going anywhere today!" The Blood Demon Lord laughed wildly, then looked at Chu Chu in surprise. "I didn't expect a mere seventh-rank Innate warrior to resist the Soul-Eroding Blood Fiend. Let me see what treasure you carry that allows this."

The Soul-Eroding Blood Fiend could overwhelm even Purple Mansion realm warriors, let alone those in the Innate realm. The only explanation was that Chu Chu possessed a treasure capable of restraining demonic energy and maintaining mental clarity.

Chu Chu's expression hardened as she pointed her sword at the Blood Demon Lord. "Even if I die today, I won't become your sacrifice!"

"Hehe! If you want to die, I'll grant your wish. Do you think I lack a seventh-rank Innate warrior as a sacrifice?" The Blood Demon Lord snorted coldly, and a terrifying 威压 (overwhelming pressure) surged toward Chu Chu like a mountain collapsing. The blood mist surrounding her was instantly cleared by the oncoming pressure, and then the weight of a mountain fell upon her, gradually crushing her flesh, bones, and even her soul into powder.

At that moment, the spiritual energy that had previously annihilated the demonic energy in Chu Chu's body surged again like a turbulent river, transforming into a cyan sharp light that split the pressure the Blood Demon Lord had directed at her.

Boom!

After the Sword Intent of Wind shattered the pressure, it continued to shoot toward the Blood Demon Lord.

"What is this?" The Blood Demon Lord's eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at the cyan light, sensing a familiar aura. He raised his hand to grab the Sword Intent of Wind, and the surrounding blood mist converged in his palm to form a blood-red barrier.

Bang!

The Sword Intent of Wind slashed down, breaking through the blood barrier. A wisp of cyan light appeared in the Blood Demon Lord's vision, slashing toward his head.

"This... this is that person...!" The Blood Demon Lord finally remembered that in his slumber, he had felt an incomparably sharp Sword Intent of Wind that exterminated the demonic cultivators on Yin Cloud Ridge. He had narrowly escaped, so after awakening, he dared not act in the Great Han Dynasty and came to the Great Zhou Dynasty instead. Yet he still couldn't avoid this Sword Intent!

Boom!

The cyan light flashed, and the Blood Demon Lord was sent flying dozens of zhang (meters), crashing through houses along the way. Chu Chu felt her spiritual energy drained, her knees went weak, and she knelt on one knee, barely supporting herself with her sword as she looked up hopefully toward where the Blood Demon Lord had fallen. If only that Sword Intent had killed him!

"Kill!"

Just then, a roar came from beside Chu Chu. Zhang Yunhe, his eyes blood-red, swung his sword at a fellow clansman, killing him with one strike. Blood burst forth, and the Soul-Eroding Blood Fiend splattered again. Warriors around them, stained by the blood, went completely mad and began attacking each other with red eyes.

At that moment, a figure rose from the ruins. The Blood Demon Lord walked slowly toward them. From his left shoulder to his abdomen was a long sword wound, blood trickling out. Countless 肉芽 (flesh buds) grew from the wound, tangling together as the bleeding gradually lessened. For the Blood Demon Lord, this injury seemed trivial.

"Unbelievable that I was wounded by a mere ant like you. Die!" The Blood Demon Lord raged, raising his hand to press down on Chu Chu. The blood mist above her suddenly condensed into a bloody mountain, crushing down upon her.

"It's over..." Chu Chu closed her eyes helplessly.

Boom!

A shrill whistle sounded in the air, followed by a terrifying 威压 (overwhelming pressure) that smashed the bloody mountain the Blood Demon Lord had conjured into pieces. Simultaneously, a Sword Intent of Fire surged forth, incinerating the blood mist it touched. In the blink of an eye, the blood mist 笼罩 (enveloping) the town dissipated completely.

"Who goes there?" The Blood Demon Lord's face turned ashen as he looked up at the sky.

Lin Yu, wearing a bamboo hat and a black veil, descended from the air and stood in front of Chu Chu. He casually tossed a Demon-Suppressing Golden Pill to her. Among the warriors who had entered the town, only Chu Chu and Zheng Qingyan—who was still resisting the Soul-Eroding Blood Fiend—remained alive.

"This is a Demon-Suppressing Golden Pill. It can expel demonic energy and awaken those who have fallen to demons. Give it to your shishu," Lin Yu said.

Chu Chu caught the pill and hurried to Zheng Qingyan, who was barely holding on and on the verge of demonic corruption. "Shishu, take this pill to suppress the Soul-Eroding Blood Fiend!"

Zheng Qingyan used all her strength to maintain her sanity. She gave Chu Chu a weak smile, grabbed the pill, and swallowed it.

Whoosh!

Streams of bloody qi surged from her skin, forming blood mist. Then golden light rose like the sun, vaporizing the mist as Zheng Qingyan's mind gradually cleared.

"Blood Demon Lord..." Lin Yu chuckled lightly. "Today is your death day."

"You're the Great Zhou Dynasty's Protector of the Nation?" The Blood Demon Lord grinned hideously. "Unexpectedly, my net has caught a big fish today! Killing you and offering you as a blood sacrifice might let me leap to the ninth rank of the Myriad Forms Realm!"

Before his words fell, he raised both arms, and 冲天 (sky-piercing) blood mist surged from his body, forming a sea of blood that swept toward Lin Yu. Where the blood sea passed, houses and corpses on the ground were corroded away, and faint wails converged, disturbing the mind.

Lin Yu willed it, and the Wind Controlling Sword flew from his sea of consciousness, ablaze with flames and 凝聚 (condensing) the Sword Intent of Fire. It slashed toward the oncoming blood sea. Before the sword landed, its terrifying might made the blood sea churn as if hitting an invisible wall, forcing it to recoil. Then the scarlet flames descended like a rainbow, splitting the blood sea in two.

Circles of fiery ripples spread out, igniting the blood sea wherever they passed. In front of Chu Chu and Zheng Qingyan, the blood sea burned to ashes.

"Is this... the strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty's Protector of the Nation? No wonder he could kill the Xuantian Immortal Sect's elder," Zheng Qingyan marveled, finally understanding the true extent of Lin Yu's power after witnessing it firsthand.

Chu Chu stared at Lin Yu in shock, her heart...