Qin Shi raised his hand and interrupted Cen Chi. "Just understand."
Although Qin Shi did not admit to it, Cen Chi could already confirm in his heart that the young man in his early twenties in front of him was the legendary person who had been rumored to be legendary and had caused havoc in the northern region not long ago.
After giving a few more instructions to Cen Chi, Qin Shi patted Cen Chi's shoulder with hope and trust before returning to the Shangguan Family's position.
"Shangguan Family Head, shall we begin?" Qin Shi asked.
Shangguan Ba recovered from his shock and immediately nodded. "Alright, I'll get ready now."
After agreeing, he turned around to make arrangements for the Shangguan Family and signaled for close to a thousand disciples to stand guard outside the blood pool. Then, he and Yan Dong stepped forward and selected three young disciples to stand beside Qin Shi.
On Qin Shi's side, Yu Luocha, Xiao Mi Cai, Xu Qiaoer and Feng Hen followed him and stood beside the blood pool.
This action caused Xiao Tianyue to smack her lips in dissatisfaction. In the end, she stopped complaining after Xiao Mi Cai blew her a kiss.
"Little friend, shall we go in?"
"Mm."
Qin Shi sensed the spiritual energy coming from the blood pool and greedily inhaled. Then, he wrapped himself in his black robe and jumped in.
Poof!
After him, Shangguan Ba, Little Mi Cai, and the rest stood up one after another. When the ten of them entered the blood pool, it immediately began to churn. The surging Spiritual Energy seemed to have found a host and frantically gathered towards the ten of them.
The world in front of him was dyed blood red. The wild Spiritual Energy continued to compress him. It was like a winding dragon that trapped Qin Shi from all directions.
"What pure energy!"
As the spiritual energy enveloped him, Qin Shi could not help but raise the corner of his lips in excitement. "This Spiritual Origin Blood Pool is indeed good stuff. No wonder so many people would go crazy over it."
After sensing for a while, Yu Luocha, Little Mi Cai and the rest were also enveloped by the blood pool. They floated in the middle and held their breaths as they cultivated.
"It's time for me to start."
Gathering his thoughts, Qin Shi slowly sat down with his legs crossed. After closing his eyes, all the pores on his body opened up, and wild spiritual energy surged into his body.
Among the ten of them, Qin Shi was at the center of the blood pool, while the other nine occupied the nine points around him in an ingenious manner. They were connected to each other to form a circle, as if they were protecting Qin Shi.
Ever since he had obtained the Holy Spirit Flower, Qin Shi's speed of refining his spiritual power was several times faster than that of ordinary people. In just half a day, the purity of the spiritual power in Qin Shi's body had accumulated in every inch of his skin and spiritual meridians. His dantian was already clear and bright, and under the golden light of the spirit crystal, a crack was becoming more and more obvious. It had already run through it from top to bottom.
"It's about time to break through."
The crack became clearer and clearer, and a golden chain emerged from his dantian. Qin Shi knew that this was the shackle of the Mid Stage of Cryptic Spirit realm that he had been searching for so long.
"Break!"
A cold glint appeared in Qin Shi's eyes as he looked inside. He let out a low roar, and a series of explosions spread out from the center of his dantian like a mountain ridge. The shackle that had been there for a long time was broken like a dam that carried thousands of torrents. A raging river spread out and swept through the nine spiritual meridians with an unstoppable force.
The shackle was broken, and numerous lights flashed.
A monstrous whirlpool suddenly appeared in the center of the blood pool that had settled down. The blood in the pool churned and crashed into the surrounding cliffs, shattering them.
That terrifying power caused the spectators outside the blood pool to be shocked. "What's going on?
Such a terrifying fluctuation! "
"Someone is breaking through?"
While the crowd was shocked, Shangguan Ba and the others in the blood pool were panicking. The blood around them was pulled by a strong force, and they were instantly abandoned and gathered at the center.
Crack!
With a crisp sound, the Spiritual Crystal gradually condensed in the turbulence, and a golden Spiritual Crystal that had expanded a few times was formed. The nine spiritual meridians were like ice lotuses that slowly lifted the Spiritual Crystal.
When the Spiritual Crystal returned to its position, Qin Shi was immersed in the center of the whirlpool. He clenched his fists as if he had not had enough. His eyes suddenly opened, and his body emitted an extraordinary golden light. He said in satisfaction, "Success?
Mid Stage of Cryptic Spirit realm! "
After he broke through, the strange blood pool finally calmed down.
"It's finally over!"
Compared to Qin Shi, Shangguan Ba, Yan Dong, and the others heaved a sigh of relief at the same time. The spiritual energy in the blood pool had obviously thinned under Qin Shi's absorption. They looked at each other and smiled bitterly. "If this had continued for a little longer, the spiritual energy in the blood pool would have been completely depleted."
Bang!
However, at this moment, Shangguan Ba and the others who had just calmed down became anxious again. They looked in front of them in shock as another whirlpool appeared.
"What's going on?
Someone is breaking through again? "
Before the blood pool stabilized, it abandoned them again.
"Is it Luosha?"
Qin Shi sensed the suction force of the whirlpool and looked at Yu Luosha. There was a faint glow around Yu Luosha, and her waterfall-like long hair swayed in the blood pool.
With the help of the Profound Spirit Pill, she quickly found the bottleneck to breaking through and was making the final push.
Poof!
Poof!
There were a few more dull sounds, and what happened next caused everyone to panic. Yu Luosha's whirlpool had just formed, and three pillars of light rose from her left. The terrifying suction force contained in the light pillars kept absorbing the pure resources in the blood pool.
Staring at the four whirlpools that appeared at the same time, even Qin Shi frowned. He could not help but smile bitterly. "Haha, what a surprise. I didn't expect them to have all found the bottleneck to breaking through."
After Yu Luosha, Feng Hen, Little Mi Cai, and Xu Qiaoer entered the breakthrough state one after another. A blinding light shot into the sky, and the remaining resources in the Spiritual Origin Blood Pool swam among the four of them.
Shangguan Ba and the others could only stare helplessly. "Oh no, why is it like this?
All of them are breaking through? "
"Are these people still human?"
Yan Dong clenched his fists and said unwillingly, "Patriarch, what should we do?
Are we just going to sit here and wait for death? "
"What else can we do?
If you're so capable, go and break through as well! "Shangguan Ba cursed. What else could he do in this situation?
Unless he made a move on Yu Luosha and the rest, but if he did that, he had no doubt that Qin Shi would annihilate the Shangguan Clan.
"Looks like this Spiritual Origin Blood Pool is not fated to be with us. We can only be bystanders."
Shaking his head helplessly, Shangguan Ba closed his eyes again and quickly cultivated with the remaining Spiritual Energy in the surroundings. "Let's just grab as much as we can."
As the four streams of Spiritual Energy swept up, Qin Shi was truly happy for them. This way, they would be a great help in the fight against the Mystical Palace. Shortly after, he did not stay any longer and indifferently looked towards the depths of the blood pool.
When he was breaking through, he felt a dense Spiritual Energy from the depths of the blood pool. That Spiritual Energy gave him an extraordinary feeling. Now that he had reached the Middle Phase of the Mystical Spirit Realm, he had achieved his goal. He planned to go down and take a look, and wait for Yu Luosha and the rest to break through.
Whoosh!
He went down to the bottom of the pool. The Spiritual Origin Blood Pool was a thousand meters deep. After a thousand meters, an empty ruin appeared before his eyes. There were tens of thousands of tombstones in the ruins, and a gloomy aura of death roamed around them.
Looking at the tens of thousands of tombstones below, Qin Shi gasped. "There are tens of thousands of corpses buried here?
No wonder the Spiritual Origin Blood Pool was formed. "
Recalling Yu Luosha's words, Qin Shi suddenly came to a realization.
He then clenched his fist and tentatively landed at the center of the tombstones. There was a symbol on the tens of thousands of tombstones. The symbol was formed by two swords crossing each other. One was blood-red, and the other was azure. It was very mysterious.
After looking around, Qin Shi sensed terrifying Spiritual Energy ripples from the tombstones. Every single one of them was at least at the Mystical Spirit Realm, and there were even a few that were at the Heaven Realm.
"So many people died tragically here. There must have been a very terrifying battle here, but there was no record of it in the history of the Crimson Flame Empire. Could it be before the empire was formed?"
Curious, Qin Shi curled his lips and didn't think too much about it. Anyway, it was something that happened hundreds or thousands of years ago. He couldn't be bothered to care.
He just wanted to know if there were any treasures in this place that could give him a few more trump cards to defend himself before he went to the Mystical Temple.
But after some exploration, he found that the Desolate Tomb was a mess. There was nothing useful. The spiritual power of the dead had long turned into blood water and merged with the blood pool. Although the death aura floating around also contained terrifying spiritual power, it was too resentful and could not be used by people.
"It seems that I was happy for nothing."
After walking around, Qin Shi shook his head in disappointment.
"Buzz!"
But at this time, the Silent Destruction on his waist suddenly trembled and flew out of its sheath involuntarily, rushing towards the center of the tomb.
"Silent Destruction?" Qin Shi cried out in a startled voice. Immediately, he stepped on empty air and followed.
Silent Annihilation kept moving forward rapidly until it reached a dark corner before it stopped and landed on a rock on the ground.
Landing next to Silent Destruction, Qin Shi curled his lips in confusion. He immediately raised his head and his expression changed. There was a huge tombstone in front of the Silent Destruction Sword. The shape of the tombstone was very strange. It was a huge sword that was nearly a hundred meters long.
"Sword Saint: Tomb of Qi Qing!"
A line of words floated down from the sword-shaped tombstone. Qin Shi searched in his sea of consciousness, but he didn't find any information related to this Qi Qing.
He was confused, but he knew that Silent Destruction must have a reason for bringing him here. So he asked Silent Destruction, "Did you bring me here to tell me something?"
"Buzz!"
Silent Destruction swayed gently, and a dazzling light appeared on its blade. It slashed at the sword-shaped tombstone with all its strength. With a bang, a hole appeared on the tombstone, and a strange light flowed out from it.
"This is … such a strange power!"
Staring at the light, Qin Shi's expression became serious. He actually felt a fluctuation that originated from the soul in the light.
"Buzz!"
After slashing the tombstone, Silent Destruction turned around and knocked on Qin Shi's spatial ring a few times. Its trembling voice was filled with anticipation.