Chapter 4889
Opening the Ancestral Vein!
laugh!
Blood splattered, staining half the sky red!
"Godfather!"
Ling Feng's eyes widened, and he could no longer restrain himself, so he rushed forward to help Xi.
"Don't come any closer!"
Xi's roar immediately rang out, "Xiao Feng, I... am fine!"
However, before he could finish speaking, the Mirror-Eroding Demon had already unleashed a Black Obsidian, which slammed into Xi's chest.
boom!
With a loud bang, Xi's chest caved in, and the wound was charred black.
"You beast! Stop!"
Ling Feng's three pupils instantly became bloodshot, and he ignored Xi's warning.
If this continues, Xi will surely die.
Although he hadn't spent much time with Xi, Ling Feng had already completely accepted him as his godfather from the bottom of his heart.
He grew up freely under Ling Kun's care and never experienced father-son affection.
But through Xi, he experienced the bond of being both a teacher and a father.
He roared and charged madly toward the Mirror-Eroding Demon!
At the same time, the more than two thousand star veins in his body began to operate wildly at an unprecedented speed.
At this very moment, he actually chose to refine the essence of flesh and blood from the big-eyed monster he had killed in the mountain stream, which had been stored within him for a long time!
boom!!!
In an instant, it was as if a ball of scorching magma exploded inside Ling Feng's body.
A mighty torrent of energy swept away the barriers between star veins, forcefully forging new paths.
One, two, three...
Ten items...
One hundred...
Five hundred...
The number of star veins in Ling Feng's body is increasing at an incredibly exaggerated rate!
A thousand!
Two thousand!
Three thousand!
On the surface of his body, silvery-white star vein patterns, like a living network of lightning, appeared densely and shimmered, even penetrating through his body, forming dazzling silver halos around him.
Intense pain, accompanied by a surge of power, swept through his entire body, but Ling Feng seemed oblivious, his eyes fixed only on the monster about to kill Xi!
"Get out of my way!"
The moment the number of stellar veins in his body surged to nearly six thousand, Ling Feng gathered all the primordial energy he could muster at that moment and pulled his hands sharply in front of his chest!
In an instant, nearly a hundred singularities condensed in his palm!
Although these singularities were condensed from the breath of creation and were far less pure and powerful than Xi's spiritual breath singularities, the total amount of energy they contained reached an astonishing level due to the surge in Lingfeng Star Vein!
At least, it's the most powerful force Ling Feng can currently command.
In an instant, the singularity converged into the Ten Directions Annihilation, bursting forth with astonishing sword light.
"Obsidian! Sky Rift! Slash!"
Ling Feng's arm muscles bulged as he used all his strength to deliver a heavy slash with his sword.
The sword's edge reflected the sky, its light flashing and sweeping away everything in its path. Wherever it passed, the river was torn open, creating a vacuum passage, and it crashed down with an unstoppable momentum!
However, the Mirror-Eroding Demon did not even turn around.
It simply raised one free arm and casually swung it backward.
pat!
A single spiritual singularity instantly coalesced and swept towards Ling Feng's sword light.
boom!!!
With a loud bang, a large area of the river evaporated instantly.
The Mirror-Eroding Demon remained motionless, while Ling Feng was directly blasted away by this casual wave of his hand.
"puff!"
He coughed up a mouthful of blood, and Ling Feng's body was almost completely shattered.
He raised his hands, which had already been cracked from the impact, revealing the vast difference in their strength.
This also means that the Mirror Mirror Demon's ability to replicate is not limited to a single individual.
It can use the power copied from Xi to deal with any other enemy.
This undoubtedly plunged Ling Feng into deep despair, as he was completely unable to intervene in this situation.
At this moment, the Mirror-Eroding Demon's sharp bone claws, without the slightest hesitation, plunged fiercely into Xi's ribs.
"Do not!!!"
Ling Feng let out a desperate roar, and without caring about the swelling pain of the star veins in his body, he instantly refined all the remaining flesh and blood of the giant-eyed monster.
boom!
Star Pulse surges again!
Seven thousand!
Eight thousand!
Nine thousand!
Ling Feng coughed up blood mist and trembled violently. With a roar that shook the heavens, his star veins finally broke through ten thousand!
"Roar!"
Ling Feng let out a roar that was almost like that of a wild beast, and charged forward again.
Even if it means death, I will fight alongside Xi and die fighting to the death.
But at this critical moment, an indescribable, dazzling golden light burst forth from Xi's eyes!
Within that golden light, there was no anger, no sorrow, only a calm and resolute stillness.
"As expected... it still doesn't work."
He muttered to himself, as if he had already foreseen this outcome.
He turned back and looked deeply at Ling Feng, watching his adopted son rush towards him without regard for his own safety, a faint smile appearing on his face.
"Silly boy..."
The next moment, he suddenly turned around, facing the Mirror Mirror Demon, and opened his arms without any resistance.
The flames in the Mirror Mirror Demon's eerie green eyes suddenly flickered, as if it had also sensed a hint of surprise, but the attack of the bone claws did not hesitate at all, instead becoming even more fierce!
Pfft!!!
A teeth-grinding tearing sound rang out.
The dark golden bone claws, wrapped with black spiritual singularities, pierced fiercely into Xi's ribs.
It pierces through the ribs and exits through the chest!
Pale golden blood gushed out like a fountain from the two huge wounds in front and behind.
Boom boom boom!
The violent spiritual singularity directly invaded Xi's body, shattering his internal organs.
"Godfather, no—"
Ling Feng felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, as if the whole world had lost its color and sound, leaving only Xi's figure, pierced by bone claws and hanging in mid-air, and the pale golden blood rain falling all around.
However, Xi, who was pierced by the bone claw, showed no pain on her face, but instead revealed a strange smile.
His hands suddenly rose up and gripped the Mirror Mirror Demon's arms, which were piercing his body.
"I've got you... you beast!"
Xi's voice was soft, yet it carried a resolute quality.
In an instant, all eight ancestral meridians (seven plus one illusory meridian) in his body simultaneously erupted with an incomparably dazzling golden light!
"You think you've won just because you've adapted to my power?"
Xi coughed up blood, but his smile grew even wider. "Today, I will avenge Nuwa! Xi Emperor's True Image—Eight Desolate God-Locking Chains!" *Buzz!*
In an instant, eight incredibly thick golden chains shot out from the surface of the giant god phantom behind Xi.
The moment the chains appeared, they ignored the distance in space and pierced directly into the eight directions surrounding the "Myriad Transformations Mirror Heart" on the chest of the Mirror Demon!
In an instant, the body of Xihe Mirror Demon was strangely connected together by those eight chains.
On the mirror scales on the Mirror Demon's chest, the emerald light flickered violently, its brightness uncertain. The chains trembled violently, emitting a chilling metallic clang, yet they remained firmly locked around the mirror's core, tightening ever more!
"Hoohoho!!!"
The Mirror-Eroding Demon let out an angry roar and slammed its claw down on Xi's head.
boom!
With a loud bang, half of Xi's head caved in. But strangely, as the eight chains flashed with golden light, a dent also appeared on the top of the Mirror-Eroding Demon's head, and a deep crack appeared on the bull horn on its head.
Ling Feng's eyes widened; the chains' ability was actually...
Damage sharing!
"Roar!--"
The Mirror-Eroding Demon roared, but this time, its wounds did not heal automatically.
Because its ability is to nullify the opponent's attacks.
However, the damage caused this time did not originate from any enemy.
It stared at Xi in terror, then began frantically tearing at the eight chains connecting its chest.
However, those chains were formed from Xi's ancestral veins, and while the Mirror Erosion Demon was tearing those chains apart, it undoubtedly also caused great damage to Xi's original power.
Under the shared damage of the Eight Desolate God-Locking Chains, the more the Mirror-Eroding Demon tore at those chains, the more severe its own injuries became.
"Now..."
Xi turned his head with difficulty, coughing up blood frantically as he stared at Ling Feng, who was completely stunned.
His face turned ashen at a visible speed, and his golden eyes began to dim, but his gaze remained incredibly bright and gentle.
"I've held it off, so...cough cough...so now...you can...cough cough...successfully cross the River of No Return..."
His voice was broken and intermittent; he was spitting blood as he spoke.
The Mirror-Eroding Demon clearly realized Xi's intention and wanted to turn its attention to attacking Ling Feng. However, the chains on its chest tightened continuously, firmly binding it to the spot.
Ling Feng then seemed to wake from a dream, looking at the horrific wound on Xi's chest, tears mixed with blood blurring his vision.
So this was the godfather's intention?
No wonder he kept saying those discouraging things; from the very beginning, he probably planned to sacrifice himself to help himself cross the river.
"no no!"
Ling Feng roared like a madman, "Godfather, I will never abandon you! Absolutely not!"
Without the slightest hesitation, he pounced directly towards Xi's direction.
"Didn't we agree to leave here together? Together!"
"Roar!"
Seeing that Ling Feng had walked right into the trap, the Mirror-Eroding Demon immediately raised an arm and slashed fiercely towards Ling Feng.
Xi still gripped the Mirror Mirror Demon's claws tightly with both hands. Seeing Ling Feng in danger, she roared and the chains formed from her ancestral veins immediately wrapped around the Mirror Mirror Demon's arms.
hum!
The chains trembled violently, and a violent force surged into his body. Xihe Mirror Demon spat out a mouthful of blood, and his aura became even weaker.
"Godfather! No!"
Ling Feng had already arrived beside Xi and wanted to touch her, but he was afraid that the Mirror Demon's counterattack would cause Xi even more serious damage.
"Listen... Xiaofeng..."
Xi's voice grew weaker, but her speech quickened, "My time... is running out. These chains... can't hold it for long, you must go... go... cough cough..."
He coughed violently, and more golden blood gushed out.
"No! Godfather! I won't leave! I will never abandon you!"
Ling Feng's eyes were bloodshot with rage. "Quickly unlock these chains! If this is the price I pay for going back, I'd rather never go back at all!"
"Silly child, what nonsense are you talking about! Being able to avenge Nuwa here, and being able to take you as my adopted son... I have no regrets!"
Xi took a deep breath, and suddenly a ball of black light appeared in front of him. Singularities condensed into a palm and gently stroked Ling Feng's head.
The next moment, a golden spot lit up at the fingertips of that hand, emanating an unparalleled ancient aura.
"Xiaofeng, this is the last thing I can do for you..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the finger formed from the singularity, carrying a touch of golden light, gently touched Ling Feng's brow.
"These are the last bit of ancestral power refined from the burning of my eight ancestral veins... the purest ancestral vein source power..."
"Within the Eternal Ruins, everything is suppressed... You cannot cultivate the Ancestral God Technique to condense your ancestral vein, but with this bit of ancestral vein source power, I can... use the Meridian Connection Method... forcibly open a... embryonic form of an ancestral vein within your body... With this power, you... you will be able to climb that mountain... cough cough..."
"Accept it!! And then...live well! Xiaofeng, you will...you will definitely be able to return to your family and loved ones..."
Before Ling Feng could react, the light of source energy containing the embers of the eight ancestral veins of Xi had already entered Ling Feng's brow!
"No, Godfather, I don't want any ancestral lineage! Stop! No! I don't want any ancestral lineage!!!"
Ling Feng shook his head frantically, but the next moment—
boom!!!
An indescribable pain instantly swept over Ling Feng's entire body!
The feeling was as if millions of red-hot steel needles pierced through his brow and then penetrated his limbs and bones.
Unlike opening up star veins, it involves forcibly creating an "ancestral vein" foundation that transcends star veins and can communicate with higher-level powers at a deeper level within the star vein system and at the core of the origin of life!
"Ahhhhh!!!"
Ling Feng let out a shrill, inhuman scream. His blood vessels bulged, and blood beads seeped from his skin. He looked as if he had been thrown into a vat of boiling oil and then cut into a thousand pieces.
He felt as if his soul was being torn apart by this violent force.
But at the same time, an unprecedented, vast and boundless power began to sprout in the deepest part of his body as the golden source power expanded.
The ten thousand star veins within his body began to tremble before this power, like subjects before their king.
"Hang in there, Xiaofeng!"
Xi's voice, like a candle flickering in the wind, still rang in Ling Feng's ears, "When your ancestral lineage successfully awakens, you will be the sole heir of my Xi Emperor lineage! No one in the Star Hunting Clan will dare to disobey!"
"Roar!"
How could the Mirror-Eroding Demon allow Ling Feng to easily awaken the power of his ancestral vein? It disregarded the issue of damage sharing and attacked Ling Feng like a madman.
However, it was bound and tightened by layers upon layers of chains, unable to move.
It struggled frantically, trying to break free of the chains, but the pain from the shared damage prevented it from escaping them.
"puff!"
Xi coughed up blood, but his gaze was fixed on Ling Feng. "Child, take my hope with you and create a wider world for yourself. You... shouldn't stay here!"
Click!
Click!
……
In an instant, it seemed as if some invisible shackles were being broken within Ling Feng's body.
A faint, ethereal vein, radiating a pale golden glow, slowly took shape deep within Ling Feng's dantian, at the source of the star vein network.
The first ancestral vein has been successfully established. (End of Chapter)