The Sacred Ruins
chapter-651

Translator: Alsey Editor: Chrissy

At daybreak, the heavens and earth glittered with the first slightly dusky light of dawn. After miserable shrieks broke the tranquility of the vast yet sparsely populated plateau, the area seemed even more empty and remote.

The accident was too shocking. Just now, the old woman who had survived since ancient times still had a faint smile that reeked of blood, and her words had been completely overbearing. She had been looking down on this waning planet and preparing to unleash a wave of beasts to massacre everyone in the city. She had been on the verge of carrying out a slaughter, yet in the blink of an eye, she herself was cut in half at the waist!

A grim yet dazzling red sword of light practically cut through the void and froze time. It made a powerful evolver who had once been at the golden arhat level howl in grief and unbearable pain.

The old woman’s face was twisted and never returned to its previous calm state. Unable to scorn the creatures on this land, she flew up into mid-air. Her face looked sinister and her eyes were filled with an endless insidiousness and hatred. She angrily waved the Spiritualization of the Blood Banner and launched a counter-attack while on death’s door.

The vital blood on the plateau rushed toward the heavens and created a storm like lightning. The surroundings went dark, the cries of ghosts and spirits rang out, and dirt and stones flew about in an abnormal scene. The gates of the netherworld were opened. Countless malicious spirits came out and attacked. They wanted to bathe the world in blood.

Off to the side, Zi Mangjing was already terrified. He had previously wanted to get the attention of that graceful yet out-of-this-world “Little Fairy”. How could he have anticipated that at the critical point, this delicate “girl’s” murderous spirit would surge toward the heavens and cut the old demon he had seen as insufferably arrogant in half!?

This was just like a weak little rabbit blinking its big, sparkling eyes and then suddenly biting a bloodthirsty prehistoric T-rex to death and swallowing it alive.

The contrast was too intense and scared him so bad he fell backward on his butt, venting for a long while about how the true ruthless villain was the seemingly harmless “little girl”!

The man and woman supporting the old woman were shocked and heartbroken. They loudly berated him, and both of them decisively pulled out dark red, long banners. They struck at Chu Feng ruthlessly.

Chu Feng was quite unperturbed. After the strike, he had already taken the initiative. He was naturally able to easily dodge the attack of the old woman who had lost her equilibrium and was now facing death.

The remaining half of his opponent’s body was being corroded and had already lost balance. How could she possibly deal an accurate and fatal blow? She had already been reduced to passive and desperate straits.

Chu Feng raised a hand and forcefully took out the gold box. He used all his might as he knocked it against the old woman’s Spiritualization of the Blood Banner. Then he evaded and followed the curved trajectory while swiping his reincarnation blade at the old woman again.

As for the man and woman, they simply couldn’t threaten him because they couldn’t keep up. The pair’s dark red banners emitted a wailing ghost-like sound and struck Chu Feng’s afterimage.

Ding!

The Spiritualization of the Blood Banner emitted a piercing light and a rolling bloody mist. It was like a sea of red-hot molten lava boiling over. It exploded on the golden box, and a sharp metallic trill rang out between the two. Unfortunately, while the golden light was flourishing, the box flew up and away without opening.

Chu Feng felt slightly disappointed. This was the passed-on treasure he had dug up from the earth beneath the undying medicine tree in the Village of Ten Thousand Deities. Though he had researched it for a long while, it still wouldn’t open. He wanted to forcefully break it open with the old woman’s hands, but unfortunately, he still failed.

As he saw it, the old woman had previously been an evolver at the golden arhat level. Even if she beheaded herself, now combined with the Spiritualization of the Blood Banner, she was still extremely powerful. But why was he still unable to deal with the golden box?

He knew he could only open it by relying on himself. It was just like the silver box he had taken from the Qinling mountains. Once his strength was at the necessary level, he would be able to open it with ease.

Rip!

A bloody light flashed, and the ruby-esque long blade in Chu Feng’s hand cut off the old woman’s arm, causing her to lose control of the Spiritualization of the Blood Banner. The forbidden device fell to the ground.

At the same time, Chu Feng crossed over her body like a feather-light specter and evaded the man and woman’s attacks once more. His body was like a spinning top as it revolved and flew. Next, he brandished the long blade and right then and there, the pair’s Spiritualization of the Blood Banners exploded with a crackling sound. A blood aura instantly dispersed, making way for a gloomy netherworld’s appearance.

The material of the treasures they held couldn’t be placed on par with the old woman’s Spiritualization of the Blood Banner. Comparatively, they were but ordinary, standardized weapons.

The pair were still loyal. They were covered head to toe in blood-like scarlet and burned their vital spirits as they fought Chu Feng with all their might. They put the Soul race’s boxing technique to use moved in for the attack.

Boom!

In an instant, the ground burst open, and nearby thousand-ton boulders were sent flying. The pair’s visualization-level power caused dirt and stones to fly and brought a sea of dust.

However, they were simply no match for Chu Feng. No matter how strong their energy was, they were still significantly slower.

This time, Chu Feng did not use the reincarnation blade because he wanted to leave them alive and ask a few questions. He traded blows with them at a demon-like speed and directly collided with them.

The bones in their arms were fractured and thoroughly deformed, twisted beyond recognition. It was all as though they had been crushed by a black-scaled rhinoceros from time immemorial. All of their bones burst under an unbearable force.

Aside from themselves, how many young visualization-level evolvers in the cosmos could fight Chu Feng?

Especially after he ate the great medicine of Kunlun. Chu Feng was born again; he looked graceful and handsome, yet his constitution had actually been significantly upgraded. The strength of his corporeal body was unmatched in this territory. Those at his level were rare!

Bang! Bang!

The pair fell to the ground with mouthfuls of bloody foam. They couldn’t climb back up. Chu Feng’s fist had broken many places inside their bodies—even their ears and noses were dripping with blood.

At this time, the old woman was crying out mournfully because her body was melting, and her spirit was also being destroyed. If it continued like this, in a short moment, her body and soul would be eliminated regardless of the refinement of her skills.

“Talk. Tell me about some secrets I want to know about, and I can consider sparing you,” said Chu Feng to the old woman as he bowed his head and looked down at her.

The old woman was terrified. She was an old demon that had survived since ancient times. Logically speaking, her cultivation absolutely didn’t have such a long life span and she should have already died a Buddhist monk’s death while sitting cross-legged.

However, she unexpectedly took a fragment of a Nine Transformations Pill of Immortality on a savage planet. This led to a rapid increase in her life span, and thus she lived to this day.

This type of evil spirit was more likely to cherish life and not want to die a sudden death. In a trembling voice, she said, “You... What do you want to know?”

“S-save me first!” shouted the old woman. Because the reincarnation blade’s corruption was too severe, her waist had been dissolved, and the corruption was quickly spreading toward her neck.

“Speak quickly or else you won’t have a chance,” said Chu Feng calmly. He gave her even more pressure in order to avoid getting a chance to take a breath and cause trouble.

“Save me first. I’m about to die!” The old woman was terrified, but when she saw that Chu Feng didn’t take action, she had no choice but to talk quickly, “You can only control this banner if you have mastered the Divine Soul breathing technique.”

The Divine Soul breathing technique she spoke of referred to the Soul race’s breathing technique. This race had previously been called the descendants of the Divine Soul.

“Then what use are you!?” Chu Feng was dissatisfied and looked down on her as he continued. “Your Soul race wants to destroy this planet. Tell me, is there any other method?”

“This is unrelated to us. The Deity race no longer restricts us, and they suggested I and the others could come here to search for blood food!” shouted the old woman.

Now, she could barely speak. The reincarnation blade’s corruption had reached her neck. Her eyes went wide and she was so scared her soul was trembling as she said, “Save me!”

“Tell me about the Soul race’s breathing technique,” demanded Chu Feng.

“I can’t talk. There are controls in my head. As soon as I leak information, my consciousness will collapse and I’ll die in an instant. A race’s forbidden inheritances cannot be leaked.” The old woman was on the brink of despair.

“Then go at ease.” Chu Feng paid no more attention to her, and instead looked toward the man and woman.

“You! Thief! I won’t let you go even in death! Just who are you!?” The old woman had gone mad. She knew her death was imminent. Her face looked sinister as her consciousness roared at Chu Feng.

“I’m Chu Feng. Old hag, you’re unaware of who you’re dealing with. I’m a man of character, damn it. To hell with your maid!”

After confirming Chu Feng’s identity, the old woman’s eyes looked like those of a dead fish about to open wide. She simply didn’t dare to believe it! This was the youngster causing chaos among all the races!?

The disparity between the two was too great. She felt it a bit unbearable.

Off to the side, Zi Mangjing was also dumbstruck. He sat on the ground and looked as though he had seen a ghost.

“Ahhhh!” The old woman let out a long, mournful howl as she suddenly raised her head up high in the sky. She flew toward Zi Mangjing and swallowed up his entire body’s vital blood and spirit. She used the life of others to extend her own.

Zi Mangjing couldn’t evade and died violently on the spot.

However, this couldn’t prevent the old woman’s death. She shrieked miserably when her head dissolved and continuously turned to ashes. She was not reconciled to die.

“Thinking back on my life, I lived from ancient times until now, yet I haven’t seen any storms. I followed behind those important people and previously trampled this planet. I massacred the later generations of those influential families and the children of the famed mountains. My rampage was unhindered. Yet in the end, when I stepped on this earth once more, I die like this!?”

She was furious, desperate, and unwilling to resign to her fate. She felt incomparably sullen, for originally, she had wanted to come here and set off a great wave that would sweep across the planet. In the end, she was hacked apart by a young man’s blade. The contrast between the “before” and “after” was too great, and she couldn’t accept it.

“Pft! You still have some nerve mentioning it. You followed along and killed the elderly, weak, and the sick along with women and children like a group of bandits. You slaughtered innocent people. You’re proud of that type of shameless behavior? Of your blood-stained hands?”

Chu Feng’s punched with a fist bursting with energy. The old woman who had flown over was killed with remaining grievance and exploded on the spot. Next, the reincarnation blade corroded her once again. Not even a sliver of her spirit was left, to say nothing of her flesh.

“You think you can become a ghost? You think you can be reincarnated? Don’t even think of eternity!”

Chu Feng turned around to interrogate the man and woman. They knew even less, so he cut them cleanly with one slash each.

The entire plateau was now tranquil. Aside from Chu Feng, all that was left were skin and bones. A forbidden weapon such as the Spiritualization of the Blood Banner was excessively ruthless.

A wisp of morning light descended as the sun rose. Chu Feng stood at the edge of a lake on the plateau and silently stared at his inverted image in the lake for a long time. It was simply... charming.

Finally, he suddenly lifted his head and welcomed the bright red rising sun by saying, “It’s no use! I’m just that handsome!”

However, he added on another statement in a low voice. “Sh*t, I... I hope I can get through this age range quicker and become a bit rougher!”

Chu Feng lifted the Spiritualization of the Blood Banner. The old woman’s weapon was obviously different; surprisingly, even the reincarnation blade couldn’t cut through it. Sparks flew in all directions and vital blood rolled. It was extremely terrifying.

“Could this be the supreme, most valuable treasure from back then? Was it torn by someone? Is the Soul race now trying to use the blood of all races to activate it?” Chu Feng suddenly had a thought.

However, in the end, he shook his head thinking he couldn’t necessarily have that kind of luck. There was no way he could have obtained that type of forbidden weapon.

Finally, Chu Feng was surprised and puzzled as he discovered that when he used the Robbed Induction Breathing Technique, he could urge and completely use this Spiritualization of the Blood Banner!

“Great. When I leave, I’ll give you a pile of presents!”

Finally, Chu Feng steered the magic raft into Kunlun again. He prepared to sweep across and deal with those unfavorable foreign enemies before he left Earth.

Chu Feng arrived early in the morning on his magic raft. He was bathed in the morning light and looked incomparably divine. He ultimately disappeared into the figure and began a slaughter in the Kunlun mountains.

A dozen or so great races including the Deity and Xilin races had people descend once again. They were searching for Chu Feng’s whereabouts and wanting to kill him. They all guessed he had died of serious injuries.

Today, they met with great calamity, and it wasn’t just in Earth’s Kunlun. Even the outer realm was in a commotion because the Spiritualization of the Blood Banner had appeared again.

“The Soul race is crazy to use that type of forbidden weapon again! And they brought it to Kunlun to attack all the races. Do they want to commit genocide!?”

Everyone was furious. After they learned about the massacre at Kunlun, they hated being unable to attack en masse. They wanted to crusade against the Soul race.

“The Soul race was bloodthirsty back then. They set off a rain of blood in the cosmos and caused a terrible calamity. Our race was almost extinguished. Now they still dare to offend everyone? They’re just acting recklessly!”

The Soul race was momentarily under pressure. They had been pushed into the heart of the struggle. Even the race’s saint felt as though his head could explode, and his heart went cold. How could they be exposed? And why were they slaughtering the Deity and Netherworld race’s troops?

The Soul race’s important members were thoroughly stupefied. This result sent an icy chill through their hearts. They surmised that some problem emerged on Earth and that the race’s treasure had most likely changed ownership.”

“Ah, this... This is bad. What do we do!?”

There would be terrible consequences if the treasure was lost. Their whole bodies went cold. This type of bad reputation was pressing down on their shoulders and stifling them. It was so shameful! But who did it!?

The Soul race went mad!

Chu Feng secretly attacked and massacred everyone. He felt shaken by the terrifying might of the Spiritualization of the Blood Banner. He most likely would have died if he hadn’t caught the old woman off guard and attacked her. This forbidden weapon was strange, powerful, and incomparably bloodthirsty.

Today human skins appeared one after the other in Kunlun. The Spiritualization Blood Banner was truly excessively tyrannical and evil.

Chu Feng finally ran after nearly slaughtering the Deity, Netherworld, Xilin, and Soul race experts of the visualization realm.

The dozen races were furious and their whole bodies were icy cold. They couldn’t bear this result.

Chu Feng went east toward the East China Sea. He wanted to say goodbye to his parents as well as Yellow Ox, big Black Yak, the Old Donkey, and the others. From now on, he would enter the heavens, obtain a safe identity, and create havoc in the enemy’s rear headquarters.

But he felt a lack of confidence as he approached Mount Eternal. What would the setting be after he saw those fellows like this?

Chu Feng felt increasingly uncomfortable as he approached and even thought of running away. This was because the group’s mouths were quite insincere. What kind of scene would unfold when they saw him like this?