A Millionfold Return: My Children Cultivate Immortality, I Become a God - Chapter 350

Chapter 350 Complete Rout: Li Pangtian Overpowered

With Elder Cai’s fall, soon a second elder perished, and the pressure on Lu Ren and the Demon Refining Immortal Emperor gradually lessened.

A third, then a fourth—before long, thirty Late Stage Immortal Emperors were slain by the combined forces of Lu Ren and the Demon Refining Immortal Emperor, leaving only twenty remaining.

Among them, ten were strong warriors from the Blood Soul Sect, while the other ten were Immortal Emperors from various demonic factions that had been absorbed under the Blood Soul Sect’s banner.

Under these circumstances, the ten Immortal Emperors not belonging to the Blood Soul Sect grew fearful and quickly shouted out:

“Fellow Daoist Lu, fellow Demon Refining Daoist, we surrender! Please spare our lives! We were only forced to collude with the Blood Soul Sect because of threats from that Blood Emperor fiend. We’ve never harmed anyone!”

“Hmph! You’re full of lies. I saw everything clearly. To boost your strength, the Blood Emperor wiped out many factions, using their blood energy to help you break through your bottlenecks. Otherwise, how else could you have reached the Immortal Emperor Pinnacle?” the Demon Refining Immortal Emperor shouted angrily.

At this, the expressions of the ten demonic Immortal Emperors soured. Just as they were about to retort, Xue Yuan stepped forward, his face dark with fury, and shouted:

“Don’t be foolish. Do you really think surrendering will make the Five Great Holy Lands spare you?Since ancient times, good and evil have never coexisted. If our Blood Soul Sect is wiped out, you will be next. And you, Demon Refining Immortal Emperor—you don’t really think that turning back now will earn you mercy from the Five Great Holy Lands, do you? Coming back now won’t give you any chance! The chance to survive!”

Hearing Xue Yuan’s words, Lu Ren couldn’t help but glance at the Demon Refining Immortal Emperor, but his expression remained as calm as ever. After a long pause, he finally spoke:

“I was implanted with the Blood Demon Seed and forced to do those things, but now I am clear-headed. That means it is time for your Blood Soul Sect to pay the price. If the Five Great Holy Lands want to hold me accountable later, I am willing to face them.”

“But for now, I cannot let the Blood Soul Sect survive—I would be betraying my comrades in Demon Refining Valley if I did!”

With that, the Demon Refining Immortal Emperor charged again at Xue Yuan and the others. Seeing this, Lu Ren had no choice but to follow.

Fortunately, with the advantage of one small realm, their fight was manageable. However, only Lu Ren fully understood that with his current strength, he could only sustain the Ablaze Mystic Pearl for a limited time—maybe just one day before it would fail to support them and force them all to be transported out.

Before that happened, they had to quickly slay a few more of Xue Yuan’s allies to reduce the pressure on the cultivators outside. Meanwhile, Lu Ren wondered how the battle between Li Pangtian and the Blood Emperor was progressing.

Outside, although Li Pangtian was barely able to hold his own against the Blood Emperor thanks to the Ancient Bell’s support, he could feel the tremendous strain it was placing on his body. If he failed to defeat the Blood Emperor soon, it might jeopardize his foundation.

“Damn it, this Blood Emperor is way too powerful,” Li Pangtian said with a grim expression, cursing inwardly.It should be noted that he was the only cultivator from the Ancient Desolation Holy Land to advance the Ancient Sacred Body to the level of the Ancient Dao Body. Even the Founding Patriarch hadn’t achieved this. After reaching the Ancient Dao Body stage, Li Pangtian found that his control over the Ancient Bell had reached a new height—he could draw upon the Ancient Power within the Bell to temporarily boost his strength.

He had originally thought he could use this as a trump card, delivering a surprise to the Blood Emperor in battle, but unexpectedly, it had little effect.

During the prolonged fight, the Blood Emperor also noticed this and then spoke with a taunting tone:

“Looking at your body, it seems you’re about to reach your limit. Is it really worth it all for the Xuanyuan Realm? With your talent, if you joined the Blood Soul Sect, your achievements would rival mine. Why not join them? I’m willing to make the introduction.”

“I’m sure The Emissary would give you an excellent reception, out of respect for me.”

“Keep dreaming! Even if I die fighting on the battlefield, even if my soul is scattered to the winds, I, Li Pangtian, will never stoop to collude with the Blood Soul Sect!” Li Pangtian gritted his teeth and shouted in rage.

Hearing this, the Blood Emperor wasted no more words. With a single slash, he sent Li Pangtian flying.

“Since you refuse to surrender, then you will be buried alongside your Xuanyuan Realm!”

The Blood Emperor’s usually good temper finally snapped. In the next moment, he sheathed his long blade and swiftly formed hand seals. Several blood-colored light spots appeared behind him.

Before Li Pangtian could react, he heard the Blood Emperor give a low shout.

“Crimson Blood Divine Art!”

As the Blood Emperor’s words fell, countless beams of light suddenly burst forth from the blood spots behind him, shooting directly toward Li Pangtian.

“Not good!”

Li Pangtian’s mind rushed with alarm. The moment the light spots emitted their beams, he immediately took action, summoning the Ancient Bell to shield himself.

In an instant, a dense barrage of beams struck the Ancient Bell. The terrifying force caused Li Pangtian to stagger backward repeatedly, even with the Bell between them, and his body was shaken so violently that internal injuries were inflicted.

Li Pangtian couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of Immortal Emperor’s blood, his expression turning grim. Could it be that he really had to rely on Senior Wu to make a move now?

No, wait—Senior Wu had mentioned before that Wu Yifan and the others could defeat the Blood Emperor. Since he had known him, it seemed Senior Wu had never been wrong about anything. Could there still be a turning point in this situation?

Just then, not far away, Xue Yuan and the others were teleported out from the Ablaze Mystic Pearl. However, when they entered, there were thirty of them; now, only ten had come out.

Lu Ren and the Demon Refining Immortal Emperor also emerged from the Ablaze Mystic Pearl, though their faces were extremely pale—after all, their strength had been drained while inside the pearl.

When Zhang Jie and the others saw the Demon Refining Immortal Emperor standing beside Lu Ren, they instinctively wanted to attack him, but Lu Ren stopped them.

“The Demon Refining Immortal Emperor was previously controlled by the Blood Soul Sect’s Blood Demon Seed. Now that control has been broken; he’s one of us,” Lu Ren explained.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jie and the other two let out a sigh of relief. However, when they turned to look at Xue Yuan and the others nearby, their expressions grew serious.

“Both of us no longer have the strength to fight. From here on out, we can only rely on you.”

Lu Ren and the Demon Refining Immortal Emperor’s power had been completely exhausted; otherwise, they wouldn’t have come out of the Ablaze Mystic Pearl.

Zhang Jie and the others nodded. Placing Lu Ren and the Demon Refining Immortal Emperor behind them for protection, they said, “You’ve done very well. Leave the rest to us!”