Chapter 41
One nest after another, the token deliverers arrive.
Qin Yi instantly stabbed and killed the leader of this group of Blood Demon Cult cultivators.
The rest of the Blood Demon Cult warriors all had stiff expressions.
How can this person be so fierce?
"Split up and escape!"
Someone was drinking loudly.
Immediately, the Blood Demon Cult warriors who had surrounded Qin Yi and his two companions turned and fled for their lives.
"Do you think you can escape?"
Qin Yi sneered, and in an instant, he used the Wind Shadow Without a Trace Step, stirring up a gale. Wherever he passed, he left behind afterimages, quickly reaping the lives of these Blood Demon Cult warriors.
Seeing this, Yun Meng'er immediately placed a speed-boosting talisman on Qin Yi.
Qin Yi's already unbelievably fast speed increased even further.
Immediately afterwards, Yun Meng'er and Wang Chong also locked onto their fleeing target and gave chase.
Although Yun Meng'er lacked combat experience, she was still a low-grade Golden Core cultivator, so dealing with these Blood Demon Cult members was no problem for her.
Wang Chong's marksmanship is quite formidable; in terms of combat prowess alone, he is not much inferior to Yun Meng'er.
Just for a moment.
All twenty-odd Blood Demon Cult warriors perished.
Wang Chong killed three of them.
Yun Meng'er solved two of them.
Qin Yi killed seventeen!
Although the Blood Demon Cult warriors who died under Qin Yi's sword did not seem to have anything special on the surface, in reality, their life essence had been devoured by Qin Yi.
Their souls also became the twisted vengeful spirits beneath the golem.
The sea of blood beneath the golem churned and surged even more violently.
Even wisps of pure energy flowed into Qin Yi's limbs, bones, and internal organs, enhancing his vital energy and blood circulation.
Those devoured souls can actually be used to enhance Qin Yi's mental strength.
However, since martial artists below the Nirvana Realm have relatively weak souls, no obvious effects have been observed yet.
After the battle.
Wang Chong was very sensible and took the initiative to collect the spoils of war.
He gathered all the spoils and returned to Qin Yi and Yun Meng'er's side, saying, "Senior Brother Qin, you killed these..."
Qin Yi smiled faintly and said, "There's no need to be so specific. Since we're a team of three, we can just divide the kills proportionally, regardless of who gets more or fewer kills."
"How about this, I'll take 40%, and you two will each take 30%."
Wang Chong quickly shook his head: "Giving me 30% is too much... Senior Brother Qin, you take 50%, Senior Sister Yun, take 30%, and I'll take 20%."
"Let's do it this way," Yun Meng'er said.
Qin Yi said, "Okay!"
After the spoils were distributed.
Qin Yi was preparing to take the two of them to continue searching for the Blood Demon Cult warriors.
Suddenly, Yun Meng'er exclaimed, "Brother Qin, look... these corpses..."
Qin Yi and Wang Chong immediately looked at the corpses around them.
In just a short time, all the corpses turned into dried corpses!
Qin Yi's eyes flickered.
He merely absorbed the essence and blood of those who died by his sword, retaining only the ordinary blood from their corpses.
Moreover, Qin Yi didn't even absorb the essence blood of the five guys that Yun Meng'er and Wang Chong killed.
But now, all the corpses are shriveled up, as if they had been dried out for decades.
He secretly activated the Primordial Demonic Art and soon made a discovery.
The blood from these corpses all flowed into the ground, and just as his senses tried to continue tracking the blood's whereabouts, it vanished without a trace.
Qin Yi immediately relayed the situation to Master Ding via telepathy.
"Master Ding, what's going on?"
Master Ding: "Beneath this Blood Mist Swamp, there is probably an array or some kind of treasure specifically designed to collect blood."
Qin Yi: "Collecting so much blood means that if I find it, it will be mine, and it will definitely be of great benefit to my cultivation!"
Master Ding: "That also means that the trial you are participating in this time will probably not be that simple."
Qin Yi thought it was only natural: "Since it's a trial, isn't it normal for it to be a bit difficult?"
Ding Ye had nothing to say.
Then, Qin Yi said to Yun Meng'er and Wang Chong, "Our prey is the Blood Demon Cult."
"The Blood Demon Cult's magic is adept at using blood. This seems very strange to us, but there's really nothing to be afraid of."
"Cultivators of the Demonic Cult are also human; they can be killed!"
Yun Meng'er thought it made a lot of sense.
The panic on Wang Chong's face subsided considerably, and he said, "That's right. Facing all sorts of complex situations is something every martial artist has to go through on their path to growth."
"Senior Brother Qin not only surpasses me in talent and aptitude, but also in temperament."
Wang Chong is impressed!
Qin Yi was a little embarrassed by Wang Chong's praise.
The reason he was so calm was that when it came to demonic arts and techniques, the Blood Demon Sect was simply not in the same league as him!
His demonic powers can be even more ruthless!
Next, Qin Yi continued to lead the two of them to search for prey.
An hour later, Qin Yi found another nest.
The three of them worked together and killed more than thirty people as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.
Qin Yi killed twenty-four people by himself, Yun Meng'er killed seven, and Wang Chong killed five.
Yun Meng'er's combat experience is increasing, and her efficiency in killing enemies has surpassed that of Wang Chong.
After absorbing the essence and soul of the Blood Demon Cult cultivators, Qin Yi felt the power within his body growing stronger. If this continued, he should be able to break through in a few days.
This time, Qin Yi stared at the corpses on the ground, watching them quickly shrivel up.
He suddenly squatted down, formed a hand seal with one hand, and pressed his palm onto the ground.
Blood seeped from his palms, then congealed into a unique brand, mixing into the blood that had been drained from the corpses.
This is a blood curse technique recorded in the Origin Demon Art.
It is formed from the coagulation of one's own blood.
Even if a being's cultivation level is a whole realm higher than Qin Yi's, it cannot withstand the blood curse!
Soon, the blood, along with Qin Yi's blood curse, disappeared without a trace after penetrating deep into the ground.
aside.
Wang Chong dug a very deep hole in the ground.
He emerged from the hole, looking dejected and sullen. "I was trying to follow the flow of blood to find the source of this problem, but suddenly the blood disappeared."
Qin Yi said, "It's alright, there's still time, we'll find it eventually."
Four days later.
According to the agreed distribution ratio, Qin Yi received a total of 160 Blood Demon Cult warrior identity tokens, Yun Meng'er received 96 tokens, and Wang Chong received 64 tokens.
During this time, when he encountered other participants in the trial, Wang Chong made a point of inquiring about them and found that most of them only had a dozen or twenty tokens.
The reason the three of them had such a large harvest was entirely because Qin Yi hunted prey in groups of three...
Moreover, Qin Yi was too fierce; he killed incredibly fast.
Yun Meng'er is getting fiercer and fiercer.
Wang Chong's efficiency in killing enemies initially surpassed that of Yun Meng'er.
As Yun Meng'er's combat experience continued to increase, the gap between Wang Chong and Yun Meng'er widened.
Even taking only 20% of the spoils made Wang Chong feel embarrassed... He offered to take only 10% of the remaining loot.
Day five of the trial.
Qin Yi, along with two others, killed another group of Blood Demon Cult warriors in a small hideout.
After the battle.
Qin Yi's aura suddenly surged!
A surge of golden elemental energy churned around him!
Wang Chong watched this scene with shock, envy, and utter admiration.
These past few days, they've barely rested and haven't had time to cultivate.
As a result, Qin Yi actually broke through!
"Congratulations on your cultivation level improvement, Brother Qin!" Yun Meng'er said with a smile.
Wang Chong also cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations, Senior Brother Qin."
Qin Yi, whose cultivation had reached the third level of the Core Formation Realm, was in a very good mood.
This place is indeed his treasure trove!
The Blood Demon Cult warriors who died by his sword became nourishment for his advancement!
Moreover, the illusory sea of blood beneath the demonic statue in Qin Yi's mental world has gained a greater sense of realism, enough for him to maintain the Blood Sea Pagoda Secret Technique for a long time.
This move is one of his trump cards!
Qin Yi smiled faintly and said, "There are still four days left in the trial, but it is clear that after these few days of hunting, the number of remnants of the Demonic Cult in the Blood Mist Swamp has been greatly reduced."
"At first, we could find five hideouts a day, but then the number decreased day by day. Today, we've spent most of the day and only found one small hideout."
"From now on, it will probably be very difficult to find even a small hideout every day."
"Furthermore, the whereabouts of the blood from those corpses is still unknown. I feel that if we can find out, it will be a huge success!"
Although he cast a blood curse.
However, due to his current level of cultivation, he could only sense the location of the Blood Curse within a radius of about ten miles.
Clearly, he hadn't approached the area within ten miles of the Blood Curse in the past few days.
"There are still a few days left, maybe we'll make an unexpected discovery," Yun Meng'er said.
Qin Yi nodded.
The three of them set to work again.
Not long after, a burly figure with bronze skin appeared in Qin Yi and the others' sight.
Wang Qiang, a specially recruited genius of Tianxuan Palace.
Wang Qiang was accompanied by five other people, one of whom was Zhang Qingcheng, a specially recruited genius of Tianxuan Palace, who possessed the cultivation level of the fourth level of the superior silver core. This person was skilled in illusion techniques.
Wang Qiang also spotted Qin Yi.
His face lit up with excitement, and he immediately led his men to rush towards Qin Yi!
Wang Chong looked solemn and quite nervous.
Yun Meng'er also looked as if she were facing a formidable enemy.
Qin Yi smiled faintly and said, "Relax, they're here to deliver the tokens to us."