Rumble.
Within the stone pond, the blood-red pond water continued to churn as the dark-red blood water condensed into a small nine-headed snake. Then, it bit towards Mu Chen, revealing its extremely powerful offensive nature.
But facing the reaction of the hydra's blood essence, the True Dragon and Phoenix Tattoos on Mu Chen's body seemed to have been provoked as they emitted clear dragon roars and phoenix cries, shattering those tiny hydras before being absorbed into the Dragon and Phoenix Tattoos.
As the hydra's blood essence endlessly surged over, the dragon and phoenix tattoos on Mu Chen's chest and back seemed to be growing brighter. But at this moment, an indescribable pain started to erupt from Mu Chen's body.
The pain caused Mu Chen's face to instantly turn deathly pale. The hydra's blood essence had charged into his body and started to wreak havoc. The blood essence of a Divine Beast was exceptionally violent and filled with offensive capabilities. However, Mu Chen couldn't forcefully suppress it because it would interfere with the activation of his True Spirit. If he failed, he wouldn't be able to shamelessly ask Mandala to help him gather it again.
"Damn it!"
Mu Chen couldn't help cursing. If this continued, his body would probably be in a mess from the blood essence of the Nine-Headed Serpent. At this moment, only then did he understand how troublesome it was to cultivate the Dragon-Phoenix Sutra.
He had only started to refine the first type of Divine Beast's blood essence!
If this continued, how could he endure the destruction of the remaining nine types of Divine Beast's blood essence?
Mu Chen knitted his brows as his gaze rapidly flickered.
He was thinking of a way to deal with it, but his eyes quickly flickered.
A sneer rose from the corner of his lips.
"Hydra's blood essence, you're very fierce, right? There's something even fiercer in my body!"
Mu Chen closed his eyes and with a will of his mind, a dark-golden lustre blossomed from his body. Traces of dark-golden lustre flashed in his bloodline, along with a draconic roar and phoenix cry.
It started to resound in his body.
It was the blood essence of a dragon and a phoenix!
Mu Chen's body had absorbed a large amount of dragon and phoenix blood essence and cultivated the Dragon-Phoenix Body.
Therefore, his body also contained a trace of the True Dragon and Phoenix's aura.
Even though the ancient Nine-Headed Serpent's ranking on the Divine Beast Ranking couldn't be considered to be low, it was obviously inferior to the True Dragon and True Phoenix that were ranked at the very top.
Therefore …
When the golden light began to spread.
When the dragon roars and phoenix cries resounded, the Nine-headed Serpent's Essence Blood that was wreaking havoc in Mu Chen's body seemed to have encountered a great enemy. As the golden light enveloped him, the Nine-headed Serpent's Essence Blood collapsed. In the end, under Mu Chen's pursuit, the Dragon and Phoenix tattoos on his chest and back were all devoured.
With the assistance of the Blood Essences of the Dragon and Phoenix, Mu Chen's condition finally took a turn for the better, and he began to calm his mind.
He absorbed the blood essence of the nine-headed serpent with all his might.
His absorption lasted for four whole days.
During these four days.
Mu Chen could vaguely feel that something was gradually being reborn from the flesh on his chest and back.
On the evening of the fourth day, the water in the stone pond gradually dried up. When it was completely dried up, Mu Chen flicked his finger again. This time, the two jade bottles shattered at the same time. Instantly, several drops of different-coloured blood essence rolled down, turning into surging blood water that drowned the entire stone pond along with Mu Chen's figure.
Mu Chen sat cross-legged at the bottom of the stone pond without moving. On his chest and back, the light of the dragon and phoenix tattoos grew brighter and brighter. As more and more Divine Beast's Essence Blood poured into them, the original patterns started to become vivid and lifelike.
Strands of blood light gradually wrapped around the surface of Mu Chen's body, slowly concealing it.
For the next half a month, Mu Chen did not leave the stone pond. As more and more Divine Beast's Essence Blood dripped down, the stench of blood had practically turned into a blood light that soared into the sky, causing a commotion in Jiu You Palace.
The commotion even startled Jiu You, who was in seclusion. She hastily rushed to the stone pond, and after checking that nothing had happened to Mu Chen, she breathed a sigh of relief and ordered for the area to be sealed.
"That fellow is too reckless."
Jiu You stood outside the stone pond as she looked at Mu Chen, who was cultivating at the bottom of the pond, and helplessly shook her head. He actually did not leave anyone to guard the surroundings while cultivating. What if something happened?
Although she blamed Mu Chen, Jiu You had temporarily stopped her cultivation and sat down outside the stone pond, preparing to guard Mu Chen.
"These Blood Essences …" When Jiu You sat down, she could clearly sense the violent Spiritual Energy contained in the blood in the stone pond. Immediately, her expression changed as a smear of astonishment flashed in her eyes.
"Just what is that fellow cultivating? He actually needs so many Divine Beast's Essence Blood?"
Jiu You's heart trembled a little as her expression turned a little grave. Although the Divine Beast's Essence Blood could refine the physical body, the majority of them were overbearing, so it wasn't easy to absorb them. Not to mention that Mu Chen wanted to absorb ten Divine Beast's Essence Blood at the same time. If the Divine Beast's Essence Blood resisted each other, it would be a little troublesome.
However, her worries did not last for long. She could vaguely hear the dragon roar and phoenix cry that resounded from Mu Chen's body, which caused her heart to tremble.
"It's the might of the True Dragon and Phoenix!"
As a member of the Jiu You Sparrow Clan, especially now that she had evolved into the Jiu You Dark Sparrow, her clan could be considered as a great clan amongst the Divine Beast clans. Furthermore, the Undying Bird's bloodline flowed in the body of the Jiu You Dark Sparrow. To a certain degree, the Undying Bird could also be considered as the Phoenix Clan. Speaking of which, it could be considered as a pinnacle existence in the Phoenix Clan. However, due to their rarity, their reputation wasn't as resounding as the True Phoenix.
So when Jiu You sensed the might of the True Phoenix in Mu Chen's body, her face instantly became a little peculiar. That fellow's body was truly a hodgepodge, lacking everything.
Jiu You helplessly shook her head and temporarily stopped thinking about it. She calmed her mind and waited for Mu Chen to finish his cultivation.
She waited for an entire month.
In the depths of the Jiu You Palace, the heavens and earth were dyed scarlet. Looking from afar, it looked like clouds on fire, which was exceptionally spectacular. But at this moment, Jiu You wasn't in the mood to pay attention to the scenery. On the contrary, she was nervously looking at the stone pool. That's because there were all sorts of roars and hisses coming from the stone pool.
The blood pool surged and Mu Chen sat at the bottom of the pool. At this moment, there were huge blood silhouettes around him that were frantically roaring at him.
Those blood silhouettes were formed from the blood essences of the Divine Beasts that he had absorbed and refined, so their wills remained in the blood essences. Initially, Mu Chen could suppress them with the might of the dragon and phoenix, but as Mu Chen absorbed more and more of the blood essences of the Divine Beasts, they actually started to join forces to resist the might of the dragon and phoenix. That's because they could sense that if they didn't resist, then their remaining wills would be completely absorbed and refined.
It had to be said that the wills of the Divine Beasts were extremely troublesome to deal with. When they joined forces to resist Mu Chen, it was so much so that even the might of the dragon and phoenix in his body couldn't achieve its initial effect. So he actually couldn't complete the last step of his cultivation at this critical moment.
"I've already cultivated to this point, so how can I let you guys spoil my plans?!"
Clenching his fists, Mu Chen took a deep breath and hardened his heart. If you guys want to devour me, then I'll give you guys a chance!
With a single thought, the golden light that shrouded him instantly dissipated. Without the obstruction of the golden light, the ten Divine Beasts instantly roared and dove into Mu Chen's body.
Instantly, a bloody light spread out from Mu Chen's body and spread throughout his body.
"Divine Beast Blood Essences' backlash?!"
Jiu You's face instantly changed at this scene. She knew that something would definitely happen if he absorbed so much Divine Beast Blood Essences at once.
Roar!
While Jiu You was inwardly worried, Mu Chen had also made a decision. He had immediately circulated the Dragon-Phoenix Physique, as well as the power of the dragon and phoenix's blood essences that were hidden in his body.
A dignified dark-golden lustre passed through his body and ruthlessly suppressed the bloody light.
The two lustre frantically corroded each other in Mu Chen's body. However, this was still Mu Chen's body, his main battlefield. Thus, when Mu Chen thoroughly unleashed the Dragon-Phoenix Physique, as well as the Dragon-Phoenix Blood Essences in his body, the bloody light formed by the ten Divine Beasts had also started to be pushed back.
Naturally, this had directly caused a battlefield to form in Mu Chen's body. If it wasn't for the Dragon-Phoenix Physique that increased the toughness of his body, his body would have probably been torn apart by the impact.
"Devour them all!"
At this moment, Mu Chen's face had turned a little sinister from the intense pain. However, there wasn't any hesitation in his eyes as he roared in his heart and a golden lustre abruptly swept out.
As the golden lustre surged out, a majestic draconic roar and phoenix cry resounded. It was as if a monarch was sweeping away the rebels. Under this impact, the bloody light formed by the ten Divine Beasts had actually shattered.
All of the bloody light was absorbed by the Dragon and Phoenix Tattoos on Mu Chen's chest and back.
Mu Chen abruptly opened his eyes. He could sense the flesh on his chest and back trembling at this moment. It was as if something was quietly shattering in his flesh and was being awakened.
Roar!
Mu Chen's silhouette burst forth as he roared towards the sky. His roar was like a draconic and phoenix cry as a massive golden lustre soared out from his body. Even the clouds in the horizon were torn apart at this moment.
Jiu You raised her head to look at the silhouette in the golden lustre. Vaguely, she could sense a trace of pressure enveloping over. It wasn't the pressure of Spiritual Energy, but the pressure that would naturally be emitted when two Divine Beasts of equal strength encountered each other.
At this moment, the feeling that Mu Chen gave her was that of a humanoid Divine Beast!
(To be continued …)