Aspiring to the Immortal Path
chapter-595

Tang Jie was in the Hall of Three Immortals!

He had been in the Hall of Three Immortals the entire time!

The realization made the Blood River Lord almost throw up blood in anger.

The scene of Tang Jie disguising himself as the tiger fiend in Holy Fire Valley played back in his mind, and the Blood River Lord realized what trick Tang Jie was using.

He must have used that disguise spell to mix into the representatives. What a fool he had been to think that Tang Jie had been too scared to come!

The Blood River Lord was infuriated by the thought, and he lashed out with even greater ruthlessness, waves of blood sweeping everybody up.

As the Blood Sea raged, someone with experience finally realized that something was wrong, shrilly crying out in shock, "The Blood River Lord! This is the Blood River Lord's Blood Sea Divine Connection!"

Everyone was scared out of their wits by this news.

The Blood River Lord was infamous, but because he was such a far-off existence, he hadn't been the first candidate on everyone's minds. It was only when someone said it that everyone realized that these people looked somewhat similar to how the Blood River Lord was described. Their murderous intent faded, their will to fight disappeared, and they began to retreat.

Hei Yan, Qing Lian, and Shui Yao were all gobsmacked. Hei Yan looked at Na Shan and asked, "Big Brother Na Shan, do you think he really is the Blood River Lord?"

"An avatar!" Na Shan corrected.

"In other words… we killed one of the Blood River Lord's avatars?" Hei Yan dumbly said.

Na Shan gave Hei Yan a sympathetic look. "You finally understand."

Hei Yan, Qing Lian, and Shui Yao all shared a look, and then they said in unison, "Fucking Tang Jie!"

As they reeled in shock, the blood engulfed them.

The four of them stopped hesitating and retreated while throwing out spell arts to try and hold back the Blood Sea.

That Reverend Xuang Gui shouted, "This lowly turtle greets Ancestor. Ancestor, please be magnanimous. We would not dare to be opposed to Ancestor."

"You think I'm worried about your opposition?" The Blood River Lord laughed, and rather than stopping his attack, the offensive only became more vicious, Blood Fiends leaping out of the Blood Sea and charging at the representatives, and all of the Hall of Three Immortals was drowned in blood.

There were many Hemos among the representatives, and when they learned that they were facing the Blood River Lord, they were so scared that they couldn't move, and they instantly dropped to their knees. What welcomed them was the endless Blood Sea, the corrosive blood eating away at them until only white bones were left.

This cruelty left everyone stunned.

A voice shouted, "Those who submit will die and those who resist can survive! What are all of you still hesitating for? Let alone the Blood River Lord, even if it was the supreme Heavenly Dao, if I'm going to die, then fuck him!"

"Fuck him!" everyone shouted, invigorated once more.

"Tang Jie?" Na Shan and the others recognized Tang Jie's voice, and their eyes lit up.

But they looked around and couldn't find him. The voice had come from all angles, so it was not possible to tell where he really was.

Hei Yan was the most simple-minded, laughing as he said, "That's right! Fuck him! Who cares if it's the Blood River Lord? These are just avatars. If they dare to kill us, then we'll kill him!"

Na Shan frantically slapped him on the back of the head. "What nonsense are you saying?"

Hei Yan unleashed a flame at the Blood River Lord before turning around and saying, "Big Brother Na Shan, don't you get it? It's not that we want to fight him, but this old man has no plans on letting us go! You saw it yourself! Those people who died just now were all your Hemos brothers. They didn't die because they were weak, but because they believed in that old bastard. And how was their belief rewarded? That old ghost took their lives for his own!"

Na Shan was speechless.

In the distance, the Blood River Lord laughed. "Since they considered me their lord, they offered themselves to me. What's the point of their belief otherwise? I took their flesh and blood, making them a part of me so that they can worship me forever! Isn't that exactly what they wanted? If they don't even have the conviction to offer their bodies to their lord, they are not true believers, but heretics, and those deserve death! Na Shan, you are also a Hemos, and you worship me as your lord. Since you believe in me, offer me all your blood and flesh, and help me fend off the sword energy of the Yin Yang Sword. Once I refine the sword spirit, make this paradise mine, ascend to Domain Lord, and establish my own heavenly court, there will be a place for you in my court!"

He extended his hand and reached out for Na Shan.

Na Shan dumbly stared at the Blood River Lord like a stone statue.

Hei Yan grew frantic, and he rushed over and sent out a blast of flame to block the blood hand as he pushed Na Shan away. He shouted, "Big Brother Na Shan, what's wrong?"

He didn't know just how big of a shock the Blood River Lord's words had been to Na Shan.

The Hemos had always worshiped the Blood River Lord as their god. In their eyes, the Blood River Lord was their lord, and they were under his protection. Even though the Blood River Lord had never answered their prayers, they simply believed that this was the dignity and majesty a god should possess, so they dared not talk about it.

It was only today, after hearing what the Blood River Lord felt about their belief, that Na Shan realized how gravely mistaken he had been.

The Blood River Lord had never taken them seriously!

And the Blood River Lord's word pointed out the contradiction of blind belief: If you believe in me, then die for me, and if you don't believe in me, then you deserve death!

In the eyes of the Blood River Lord, this fervent belief was nothing more than prayers that these idiots had entrusted to him all on their own. A true god had never cared about such things.

The shock from having his entire world turned upside-down was far superior to any demonic art or illusion spell, obliterating Na Shan's mind and leaving him completely lost, which was why he made no attempt to resist the Blood River Lord's attack.

Thankfully, he wasn't some zealot, and this shock left him stunned for only a moment. After this brief daze, Na Shan came to his senses, and a will to fight blazed in his eyes.

He looked at the Blood River Lord and sternly declared, "Lord of the Blood River, is this what you think of the Hemos? All the people who worship you are just your food? If that's the case, then I don't recognize you as the lord of the Hemos! So what if you're the Blood River Lord? Today, for the sake of all the Hemos who have died, I will execute you, you greatest of evils!"

He bellowed, and streams of energy surged from his body as he grew into a mighty giant.

This giant was nearly a hundred meters tall and wielded a mountain-cleaving axe, his crimson skin cloaked in steam as he burned with resolve.

Raising his bowed head, the giant thundered, "I! Am! Mountain! Taker!"

As he roared, a light flashed across the sky.

It was like a lightning bolt, illuminating the heavens.

"Starshatter Axe!"

A giant axe smashed down with a great rumble, obliterating Blood Fiends and pushing back the Blood Sea.

The grandiose Blood Sea created by two Soul Transformation avatars and ten Heart Demon avatars was cleaved in two, Na Shan using brute force to carve open a path through it.

The Blood River Lord was rather shocked by this.

"Good job, Big Brother Na Shan!" Hei Yan excitedly shouted.

The others were also dumbfounded by this sight.

Shui Yao shouted, "What are you standing around for? The only choice now is to fight!"

"Fight!" the others shouted in unison.

After seeing that the Blood River Lord had no thought of letting them go, everyone gave up on their delusions. The path of cultivation was a road of thorns, and the path of the arena was a road paved in blood and iron, so every representative had a ruthless streak in their bones. This ruthlessness was sometimes hidden, but in perilous situations, it would erupt with astonishing power. It was this power that gave them the will to fight, even when facing an expert like the Blood River Lord. Even if they couldn't win, they would at least get in a bite before they died.

With this attitude in mind, the several dozen representatives revealed a stunning and terrifying strength.

Their collective light instantly drowned out the power of the Blood Sea, pushing back the Blood River Lord's Divine Connection.

The enraged Blood River Lord was about to focus his full strength on killing the representatives when he suddenly spotted a small black dot falling toward him and instinctively evaded.

Whoosh! A sharp sword light passed through a fissure in the Blood River Domain barrier, slicing toward him.

Fortunately, he had been just barely able to dodge, and that sword light sliced into the Blood Sea, sending blood exploding into the air. This one strike had destroyed numerous drops of his essence blood, which made the Blood River Lord wince. At the same time, he wondered just how Tang Jie was managing to attack him.

Before that little black dot could disappear, the Blood River Lord inhaled, trying to suck the black dot to him. But he didn't find anything from this, only sensing a violent and dark energy.

Then the Blood River Lord realized what it was. "Fragments of tortured souls! I didn't think you had something like this!"

Although the Blood River Lord hadn't researched the sword spirits like Tang Jie, he had a basic understanding of the special attributes of the Yin Yang Division Sword. This was a sword born with righteous energy, fond of Yin Yang, close to Karma, disgusted by Darkness, and staying far away from Destruction.

He hadn't expected Tang Jie to understand it so well, even using a method to plant Darkness energy on him, causing the sword spirits to attack him.

The Blood River Lord knew that Tang Jie would be a huge problem if this were allowed to continue. His most urgent priority was to force Tang Jie out into the open.

The representatives recognizing him had interrupted his train of thought, and he now returned to this topic, wondering just which person could be Tang Jie.

These representatives had come to the Hall of Three Immortals at different times and from different locations, so each had a chance to be Tang Jie in disguise.

But the Blood River Lord knew that if Tang Jie wanted to become someone and not be recognized, he couldn't have come early, as that was bound to get him exposed by someone who was acquainted with the person. The best way was to become someone right before the Hall of Three Immortals was about to open, as everyone would be too focused on the Hall of Three Immortals to notice that one of their friends had been replaced.

This greatly narrowed his scope.

The Blood River Lord replayed the struggle in front of the Hall of Three Immortals.

His eyes brightened.

That representative that Liu Qianyi had thrown out.

Luo Hong!

It had to be him!

The Blood River Lord understood.

He turned to the crowd, where that man called Luo Hong was doing all he could to halt the spread of the Blood Sea.

"He's putting on quite the act!" The Blood River Lord cracked a smile and chuckled.

The Blood River Lord didn't expose him, simply sending his Blood Sea at the representatives. But beneath the surface, an enormous blood arrow was forming, each part of it made from his blood essence.

The Blood River Lord was willing to go all-out to kill Tang Jie.

If he could kill Tang Jie, nobody would be able to stop him!

"Die!" The moment the blood arrow was done forming, the Blood River Lord roared.

The crimson arrow blasted out of the ocean, aiming straight for Luo Hong.

Luo Hong seemed to have no idea that the Blood River Lord would abruptly attack him with all his might and was scared out of his wits. Although he activated all his defensive methods, covering himself in barriers and art relics, the blood arrow that concentrated so much of the Blood River Lord's essence blood instantly blasted through his defenses, tearing straight through Luo Hong's chest. As the essence blood's power penetrated through his body, it exploded, obliterating Luo Hong such that every piece of flesh was pulverized into molecules, wiping out any hope Luo Hong had of reincarnation.

"Hahahah! Tang Jie, let's see how you act up now!" the Blood River Lord laughed.

But he quickly realized that something was wrong.

Tang Jie had absorbed his essence blood, and he should have been able to sense something from his remains, so why was there nothing at all from this corpse?

Could it be…

A shocking idea suddenly seized the Blood River Lord.

At the same time, that fiend man called Hei He flew up behind the Blood River Lord.

As he mysteriously smiled, he swung a brilliant golden weapon.