"What?!"
Den''s face paled, and a cold sweat broke out as he looked at the unfolding breakthrough at Amber Hill.
It dawned on him: this could all be an borate trap!
Chuck''s breakthrough had captivated everyone''s attention.
Simultaneously, an explosion rocked the Radiant Sky Grotto.
Den believed there had to be a connection.
His eyes widened as a realization struck him.
"Julian is at the Radiant Sky Grotto! We''ve been watching him for years. It''s highly likely the ckwoods orchestrated this entire situation to rescue him!"
Brody''s gaze snapped towards Donna, his expression cold and calcting.
She met his gaze with a mocking smile, infuriating him.
Beneath his anger, a flicker of unease took root.
"Donna," he snarled, "the ckwoods are truly ruthless! You''d have Chuck achieve Basic Mastery and sacrifice yourselves as a diversion just to save Julian? Are his lives worth that much to you?!"
His words caused the Azure Cloud members to frown and nce at Donna, exactly the reaction Brody hoped for.
He longed to see discord among their ranks.
However, the Azure Cloud members remained silent, much to his disappointment.
Donna, unfazed, continued to smile mockingly.
"Do you really think," she purred, "that we ckwoods would stoop to something so ridiculous?"
"You..." Brody began, but a jolt of horror cut him short.
"No! Sunshine Mansion!" he cried out.
...
Sunshine Mansion.
Just like the day of the ckwood raid, the Heavenly Path Venerable''s projections, stationed within the various factions, snapped open their eyes.
They rose into the air and sped off in unison towards a single destination.
This time, however, it was the ckwoodsunching an assault on Kylin Mountain!
Storm clouds gathered ominously above Kylin Mountain, forming skeletal shapes that roared across the sky.
Mystical totems rose into the air, crackling with power.
Every Psychic on Kylin Mountain rushed out to meet the threat.
The grand protective formations activated, and Roberts Psychics charged out, ready to defend their home.
Their target: a single individual, radiating an aura of terrifying demonic energy.
Anyone struck by his long de fell instantly.
The Lord of Frenzied Blood.
He hade alone to challenge Kylin Mountain!
"Use the binding formation! That demon is unkible!"
"Damn it, what kind of monster is this? Elder, he''s using Druidic magic! Physical augmentation, life-burning techniques!"
"It''s no use, Elder! He''s immune to the binding formation! He''s ced a death curse on himself. Even if trapped, his body will simply disintegrate and reform elsewhere! He''s left blood drops everywhere. We can''t kill him unless we pinpoint his life force!"
Panic spread through the ranks of the Roberts Psychics as the Lord of Frenzied Blood cut a bloody swathe through Kylin Mountain.
He was an unkible monster, and he hade prepared.
Lives were extinguished left and right by the Lord of Frenzied Blood''s hand.
Young or old, man or woman, none were spared.
Finally, several Competent Force elders arrived, theirbined might barely enough to slow the Lord of Frenzied Blood''s rampage.
Then, a spectral image of a Kirin manifested within Kylin Mountain, its psychic power immeasurable.
Wherever the Lord of Frenzied Blood reformed, the Kirin appeared instantly to confront him.
"Foul demon!" the Kirin roared, its voice filled with righteous fury.
It was a being of immense spiritual power, capable of speech.
"You dare invade Kylin Mountain? No matter your cultivation technique or talent, do you truly believe you''ve achieved immortality? Today, I will see you perish!"
The Kirin seemed to have seen through the Lord of Frenzied Blood''s secret.
Yet, the Lord of Frenzied Blood showed no fear.
Demonic markings zed across his body, and his demonic energy surged.
Once again, he allowed himself to be destroyed, his body exploding under the Kirin''s assault.
But just as quickly, demonic energy coalesced around a single drop of blood elsewhere, reforming his flesh and bone.
His demonic de reformed in his hand.
He surveyed the Roberts Psychics surrounding him, and the imposing Kirin in the sky.
His voice was ice-cold.
"You destroyed my hope. Now, I will see to it that Kylin Mountain knows no peace!"
Even if it meant his demise, the Lord of Frenzied Blood would have his revenge!
For millennia, he had endured the crushing loneliness of the Frenzied Blood Demon Realm.
Then, he had encountered seven fools and set foot in ckwood.
Over the years, his intelligence had grown, and he hade to understand the world and its ways.
Others had tried to sway him, iming his talents were wasted on the ckwoods.
They said he was the one saving the ckwoods, not the other way around.
Fools!
They didn''t understand that it was the ckwoods who had saved him, who had given sce to a lonely soul!
...
"We... we have someone this powerful in our family?" Benjamin whispered, watching the events unfold within Kylin Mountain from his vantage point before the ancestral altar.
He watched in awe as the Lord of Frenzied Blood rampaged through Kylin Mountain.
The Kirin''s attacks would destroy the Lord of Frenzied Blood time and again, only for him to rise again, each time engaging the Roberts Psychics and elders in a deadly dance.
Benjamin was stunned.
He remembered receiving his family mission and being sent by Forebearer.
He had encountered the Lord of Frenzied Blood on his journey.
At the time, he hadn''t understood how his n could be so confident that the Lord of Frenzied Blood could single-handedly assault Kylin Mountain, one of the seven great families of Sunshine Mansion!
"The elders always say the Heavenly Path Venerable is a monstrous prodigy who defies the heavens," Benjamin breathed.
"But I think the Lord of Frenzied Blood is on another level entirely."
Beside him, Ethan observed the battle as well.
He shook his head.
The Lord of Frenzied Blood had been with the ckwoods for nearly two centuries, yet he had only reached the middle stage of the Competent Force realm.
Fortunately, in addition to his demonic cultivation and swordsmanship, the Lord of Frenzied Blood had also trained in Druidic techniques.
While he might not rank on the Pinnacle Apprentice list, Ethan suspected he could send the top-ranked apprentice running for their life.
However, even with his power, Ethan knew it was impossible for the Lord of Frenzied Blood to wipe out the Roberts single-handedly.
He nced at the system interface.
[Your descendant, Helen, has infiltrated the AI Bionic Robot vault within the Radiant Sky Grotto and obtained arge number of AI Bionic Robots.] Explore more stories at empire
[Your descendant, Julian, deviated from the family n. Instead of escaping the Radiant Sky Grotto with Helen, he chose to gamble everything on a bold move. He awaits Grandmaster Reid within the grotto, seeking to be his disciple! New identity acquired: Disciple of Reid.]
"It seems Julian has made his own choice," Ethan mused, ncing at Julian''s updated information.
He didn''t fault his descendant.
He couldn''t control everything, and his descendants had their own paths to forge.
Julian had made his choice.
A surge of pride welled within Ethan.
Julian had always been impulsive and straightforward.
Yet, this time, he had clearly put in considerable effort to earn the attention of someone like Grandmaster Reid.
"BOOM!"
A thunderous explosion ripped through the air, drawing Ethan''s attention back to the battle at Kylin Mountain.
He frowned.
The Kirin, having destroyed the Lord of Frenzied Blood multiple times, seemed to have found a way to weaken him.
The Lord of Frenzied Blood, once reckless, was now fighting with caution.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om
Each time he reformed, his power seemed to have diminished slightly.