Chapter 262: Blood-Weeping Forest, Divine Light Shows Its Power

Under the cover of the dark fog, the surface of the River Styx returned to tranquility, as if the fierce battle not long ago had never happened. However, the spiritual power remaining in the air and the sporadic traces visible on the river bank all showed the fight that took place not long ago.

Not long after, two groups of people came from the eastern and western skies in a mighty force. They were cultivators from the Dragon and Phoenix clans respectively. When they met here, they were on the verge of a fight and the atmosphere became tense to the extreme.

A Phoenix woman wearing a gorgeous feathered dress was the first to attack. Her eyes were gleaming with anger as she questioned the Dragons on the other side: "You Dragons are crossing the border again. What is your intention? Are you evil spirits trying to occupy this area again?"

The leader of the Dragon Clan was a burly man. He sneered and responded, "The Phoenix Clan is so arrogant. Didn't you hunt down evil spirits? We were just passing by. Besides, the Styx is an unowned land. Do you really think this is your territory?!"

The two sides were arguing with each other, and the atmosphere became increasingly tense, almost to the point of a fight.

However, at this moment, in the Phoenix team, Qingyu's gaze suddenly stopped at a place in the fighting scene, and a trace of uneasiness arose in her heart.

Qingyu remembered that this was the place where she and Chen An had traded. She thought worriedly, "Is Daoist Chen safe? Is my feather damaged?"

Although she didn't know much about Chen An, she couldn't help but worry about Chen An's safety because of her concern for her own feathers.

Qingyu tried to calm her inner turmoil. She took a deep breath and decided to solve the crisis at hand first.

She stepped forward and said in a gentle but firm voice: "Everyone, now is not the time to argue. The number of soul-melting spirits in the Styx is limited. After more than a year of hunting, there are only a few left. Why should you and I waste our energy here?"

"Why not put aside your prejudice and go to a place where the soul fusion is more abundant? After all, breaking through the fusion is our ultimate goal here!"

Qingyu's words were like a clear spring, gradually calming the anger of both sides.

The strong men from the Dragon Clan and the Phoenix Clan looked at each other and seemed to realize that there was no point in continuing the argument.

Both parties had no intention of arguing here. Since Qingyu gave both parties this way out, they were happy to go along with it.

The two leaders glared at each other, then led their respective tribesmen away.

After Chen An parted ways with the four people, he determined his location based on the surrounding terrain, and then recalled Chen Fengshuo's information. He immediately identified a direction and left quickly.

Several low-risk areas have been occupied by various ethnic groups, and there is not much left now.

There were only three strands of the divine soul in his hand, which were far from complete. Now he could only set his sights on the Weeping Blood Forest, one of the two most dangerous places.

This is not an ordinary forest, but the most obvious trace left by the war between the dragon, phoenix and unicorn tribes ten thousand years ago.

At that time, the Qilin tribe suffered a joint massacre by the Dragon and Phoenix tribes. Countless Qilin monks fell in this battle, and their blood soaked the earth. As time passed, the blood merged with the soil and gave birth to a strange mangrove forest, which is the Weeping Blood Forest.

In this blood-red forest, the resentment and unwillingness of the dead souls of the Qilin clan are condensed. Over the long years, these residual souls have absorbed the dark energy that escapes from the underworld and gradually transformed into a being between life and death, that is, the evil Qilin spirit.

These Qilin evil spirits are not the likes of ghost merchants or Nether Mist Demon Girls. As long as their cultivation reaches the ninth level of Refining Void or above, they will not be in great danger of their lives if they are careful.

Once you enter the Weeping Blood Forest, even a cultivator who has reached the Perfection of the Void Refinement Realm cannot guarantee that he will come out unscathed.

Seen from a distance, the Weeping Blood Forest looked like a spreading bloody wound, embedded in the darkness of Shenglin Island, appearing particularly abrupt.

The trees in the forest were no longer the usual green, but a disturbing deep red, as if every inch of branches and leaves were soaked in blood.

This color is particularly dazzling in the sunlight, and it seems even more depressing and weird on Shenglin Island where sunlight can hardly penetrate.

As he approached the Weeping Blood Forest, Chen An's ears were filled with sounds of wailing and crying, each sound shaking his soul. If his soul was not strong enough, he would probably lose his mind.

Chen An frowned slightly, silently practiced the Soul Refining Technique, and stepped into the Weeping Blood Forest.

Blood-red mist began to spread in the field of vision. At first, it was just a few wisps of light mist. As it went deeper into the forest, it gradually became thicker, like an invisible blood curtain, obscuring the scenery ahead.

The mist seemed to carry some kind of power that penetrated into the skin, making people feel waves of chills, as if it could touch the resentment hidden deep in their hearts.

Fortunately, Chen An put up the True Essence Body Protection Spirit Shield in time, blocking the blood mist around him several feet away from his body, preventing it from getting close to him at all.

Different from the sounds of wailing and crying just now, the Weeping Blood Forest was now extremely empty and silent, with an inexplicable weirdness.

Chen An frowned and his nose twitched as he smelled a very strong smell of blood. It was not the rotten and stinking smell of the Weeping Blood Forest, but a lighter smell of blood, obviously coming from the blood that had just flowed out not long ago.

It seemed to be not far away, but the Weeping Blood Forest blocked the divine consciousness and could not be easily investigated.

Chen An reached to his waist, took out a pathfinder talisman, injected magic power into it, and threw it in the direction where the smell of blood was coming from.

After a few breaths, his expression relaxed slightly and he continued walking forward.

As the smell of blood became stronger and stronger, a huge wolf corpse more than ten meters long appeared before their eyes. The overwhelming smell of blood was almost suffocating.

Thinking it was just an ordinary wolf corpse, Chen An discovered that the hair on its forehead formed a crescent-shaped silver line, like the crescent moon at the beginning of the month, and there was also a tuft of thick white hair on each side of its back.

"This is the Sirius Clan!"

Chen An recognized the origin of the wolf corpse. Based on the hair on its forehead and both sides of its back, he determined that it was undoubtedly the Heavenly Wolf Clan, one of the core races of the Demon Alliance.

As one of the most powerful races in the demon alliance, it is rumored that it has a great Mahayana cultivator in charge and has a very strong foundation.

Unexpectedly, such a powerful spiritual cultivator eventually died in the Weeping Blood Forest.

Chen An carefully looked around and casually put the huge wolf corpse into his storage bag.

Whether it is hair, bones, claws, fangs, or flesh and blood, the Sirius clan's hair, bones, claws, fangs, and flesh are all top-quality materials. This opportunity given by God must not be wasted.

But after putting away the wolf corpse, the strong smell of blood was still lingering around the nose, and seemed to be getting stronger and stronger.

Chen An immediately became alert. The Netherworld Sword, the Blue Dragon Sword and the Nine Skies Dragon Roar Sword, the three swords guarded his body, ready to kill any suspicious person with the power of thunder.

"Why are there so many Tianlang people dead here?"

After going deeper for a distance, Chen An finally found the real source of the bloody smell!
There were no less than ten corpses of Sirius lying here, like small hills, filling almost every place nearby.

The teeth of several of the wolves were shattered, their claws were broken, their entire bodies were torn into pieces, and their deaths were extremely miserable.

When Chen An saw this scene, he immediately realized that something was wrong and quickly retreated.

Being able to kill so many Tianlang people in one breath is definitely not something that ordinary people can do. Either there are more powerful races who are deliberately killing them, or they are killed by the evil Qilin spirit here.

But no matter which one it is, it will be a very troublesome thing once you encounter it.

"Long Feng, damn it!" A shrill scream suddenly came from near the wolf corpse in front, echoing throughout the weeping blood forest. The next moment, a huge black shadow flashed by, carrying a cold breath, almost rushing towards you.

Suddenly, a pitch-black unicorn evil spirit with dark blue spots on its surface appeared in front of Chen An!

Its eyes were red, flashing with cruelty and bloodthirstiness, and it stared at Chen An, as if it would pounce on him at any time.

Seeing such a huge evil spirit, Chen An was surprised but also glad in his heart that he had retreated early and avoided the opponent. Otherwise, he would probably have ended up like those members of the Heavenly Wolf tribe lying on the ground.

Facing the evil Qilin spirit, there was naturally nothing to say. He immediately swung his sword and chopped it down, taking the initiative!
An icy black mist blew out of the nostrils of the bullying evil spirit. Wherever this breath went, it was cold and eerie, making people feel cold all over.

It ignored the two magic swords, did not dodge or evade, and actually pounced directly towards Chen An.

The next moment, the Netherworld Sword, the Azure Dragon Sword, and the Nine Skies Dragon Roar Sword seemed to have encountered no obstacles and went straight through the body of the evil spirit, cutting off the blood-red tree behind it.

"Oops!"

The Qilin evil spirit on the opposite side continued to pounce towards Chen An. His face tightened, and in a flash, a dragon-shaped shadow slowly emerged behind him.

"hold head high!"

The phantom of the Dharma image, with a few flashes of golden light, roared and stood in front of Chen An.

At this time, Chen An finally understood why this evil Qilin spirit could wipe out an entire Sirius clan.

In front of the Qilin evil spirit that was immune to physical means, the minions of the Tianlang clan, which were proud of being able to even fight against the mysterious weapons, were completely useless. Their strength plummeted, which resulted in no one being spared.

"Dragon clan, die! Die! Die!"

The evil Qilin spirit's roar was deafening, like thunder, and contained endless anger and resentment. Its eyes stared at Chen An with hatred, and seemed to be even more bloodthirsty.

"You think I'm a dragon."

Chen An's face darkened. Apparently, the evil Qilin spirit on the opposite side had forced some kind of switch to turn on because of his golden dragon image, making it even more violent.

The phantom of the Dharma image fought with it for more than a dozen times, but there was no sign of victory. Instead, it aroused the evil spirit's ferocity.

Chen An sneered, silently put away the shadow of the Dharma image, held a ray of five-colored divine light in his palm, and quietly looked at the evil spirit in front of him.

"Revenge! Revenge!"

The Qilin evil spirit's four hooves moved, and with every step forward, its body grew a little bigger. After a few steps, its size and aura almost doubled!
"Oh no! It's forcibly absorbing the soul-melting spirit in its body!"

Seeing this, Chen An realized the seriousness of the problem and felt something was wrong.

Losing a wisp of the divine soul essence is not a big deal, at worst you can find it again. But if the other party absorbs it forcibly and by chance breaks through to a strength comparable to that of a fusion, that would be a huge disaster!

Chen An let out a low shout, and lightly flicked the five-colored divine light on his palm. Five rays of light swirled out like five ribbons, instantly covering the entire body of the Qilin Evil Spirit.

As soon as the five-colored divine light touched the Qilin evil spirit, it tightly wrapped its body. No matter how the evil spirit struggled, it could not break free from the constraints of the five elements.

After struggling for a few times, the evil Qilin spirit's resistance became weaker and weaker.

Chen An's mind moved, and he controlled the five-colored divine light to drill into his mouth and nose. After flowing for a few times, it rolled up a wisp of milky white soul and fell into Chen An's hand.

"It's quite a big one, twice the size of a normal Yuan Po!"

Looking at the strand of soul energy as thick as a chopstick, Chen An put it away with satisfaction, and then put the dying Qilin evil spirit into the soul refining bottle.

No wonder this evil Qilin is so powerful and difficult to subdue using ordinary means. It turns out that it is because the divine spirit in its body is too strong.

Immediately, Chen An did not forget to be alert to his surroundings, while continuing to search for the evil spirit nearby.

Since the five-colored divine light is the nemesis of evil spirits that are immune to physical attacks, he has nothing to be afraid of, and going deeper will not be a big problem.

"Oh, and there's Sirius!"

The ten heavenly wolves are worth a lot of money, so Chen An will naturally not let them go easily.

But in the blink of an eye, the ten fresh corpses dried up visibly, and the white bones gradually appeared. After another moment, even the bones turned into powder!
In just a short moment, it seemed as if a hundred years had passed, and the wolf's corpse, which had just died, was quickly weathered away.

Looking at the blood-red trees around, the color seems to be even more enchanting!

"This weeping blood forest is really weird!"

Chen Anqiang cheered himself up, holding the five-colored divine light in his hand, and continued to search for the figure of the evil Qilin spirit in the Weeping Blood Forest.

Using the phantom of the Dharmadhatu, Chen An released a wisp of golden dragon aura from time to time to lure the evil Qilin spirit.

The method was a good one and it really worked. In less than a month, he already had nine strands of the Soul Fusion Spirit in his hands.

Now, only one strand is missing to complete one, which will serve as the greatest support for breaking through the fusion cultivation level!
It has to be said that although the risks in a very dangerous place are great, the benefits are not low.

The Qilin evil spirits in the Weeping Blood Forest are definitely not something that an ordinary cultivator can deal with, but after killing several of them in succession, Chen An discovered that almost every Qilin evil spirit contained a wisp of the Soul-Melting Yuanpo in its body, which was something Chen An had never imagined before.

I had previously thought that since this place was closer to where the dark energy was erupting, the explosion rate would be much higher, but I never expected it to be a 100% explosion rate!
Moreover, holding the five-colored divine light in his hand, he could almost perfectly restrain the evil spirits here. Instead, the speed of searching for the evil spirits became the biggest obstacle for him to collect the Shen Yuanpo.

At present, this part of the area has been almost completely swept, and the nearby Qilin evil spirits have been almost killed by him, making it difficult to find other evil spirits.

The Weeping Blood Forest is not small. The area where he is located is only a part of the southern part of the Weeping Blood Forest, which is about one-third the size of the southern part. Other places, especially the core areas must be home to a large number of Qilin evil spirits.

After thinking for a moment, Chen An, wearing the True Essence Body Protection Technique light shield and holding a ray of five-colored divine light in his hand, immediately left the place where he had stayed for a month and carefully went to other areas.

After walking cautiously for a few days, Chen An arrived at other areas. Suddenly, he heard the sound of fighting coming from the front, and the noise seemed to be quite loud. Out of curiosity, he restrained his breath to the extreme and quietly went forward to check.

"Manlie, use the Soul Calming Disk!"

I saw three barbarians in front of me, working together to hunt down the three-headed Qilin evil spirit. Under their coordinated offensive, the three-headed evil spirit gradually fell into a disadvantage.

Chen An actually recognized one of them, it was Manlie from the Liman tribe!

He held a metal disc with dense and complex patterns on its surface and flew to the top of one of the evil Qilin spirits. Then several black chains extended from the disc, instantly imprisoning the evil Qilin spirit.

(End of this chapter)