Yun Zhong Seven had just slain the Nine-Headed Serpent, their true essence was severely depleted. Even after activating the Big Dipper Seven Stars Sword Formation, they were quickly pushed back step by step by the blood river. Even the spiritual light on their flying swords dimmed significantly due to the blood river's foul blood.
"Yun Zhong Seven, if you were at your peak, you might be able to contend with this venerable one. But now, you'd better honestly stay aside, otherwise, don't blame me for not giving Mount Emei face."
The Blood God Child, wrapped in the blood river, pressed forward step by step, a smug smile reappearing on his face.
Although there had just been a slight mishap and he was sneak-attacked, losing a good deal of his vitality, the guy below was only at the Foundation Establishment Stage after all. While he had some strength relying on a body he didn't know how he cultivated, he was perfectly countered by his blood river great formation.
If the other party dared to enter the blood river, he could refine them directly.
The reason the Blood Demon Palace was the leader of the demonic path was because of the Blood Demon Great Technique they cultivated, which could defile magic treasures and physical bodies, countering all spells in the World. Apart from Emei Sword Cultivators, few at the same realm could match them.
Righteous path cultivators often excelled with magic treasures; once their magic treasures were defiled, their strength would plummet. Most unorthodox cultivators were demons; once their true bodies and demonic cores were invaded by the foul blood, their strength would basically be crippled.
"Should I take the risk?"
Watching the blood river get closer and closer, Li Chuan hesitated in his heart.
Now he had two choices. One was to directly use a teleportation book to take Yun Zhong Seven, Lotus Fairy, and the transformed spirit mushroom and instantly move away. He had left spatial coordinates in the house he bought, allowing him to teleport there.
This choice was the safest.
The other was to open the Eight Gates up to the gate of death, relying on his strong recovery ability to forcefully withstand the blood river and charge in to attack the Blood God Child.
This choice was more dangerous, but the benefits were also obvious. If he won, he could become famous in one battle, greatly increasing his status in the cultivation World, and he would be more valued if he went to Mount Emei.
Compared to Xuan Yin Sect Elder Nan Tong, this Blood God Child of the Blood Demon Palace was far more famous.
"Senior Brother Chu, does this Blood God Child have any weaknesses?"
Seeing the blood river getting closer and closer, Li Chuan quickly turned his head and asked Chu Yuxiang beside him.
He was more inclined not to take the risk, because there were many opportunities to become famous. Instead of risking it, it would be better to wait until his strength was greater and he was more confident.
However, he still asked, holding a mindset of giving it a try.
Chu Yuxiang, whose true essence was already depleted, could no longer control his sword. He could only hold his flying sword like the other Junior Brothers and Shimei, preparing for a final desperate struggle. Hearing Li Chuan's question, he replied without thinking:
"The Blood Demon Palace's foul blood is countered by lightning spells, but none of us are skilled in lightning spells. Qingfeng, you should escape first. Although you are only at the Foundation Establishment Stage, your physical body is strong, and you still have a chance to escape now!"
It wasn't that Chu Yuxiang and the others didn't know lightning spells, but compared to their swordsmanship, their lightning spell level was probably similar to that of ordinary Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators.
To break this blood river great formation, it would require either lightning spells at the same Nascent Soul Stage level, or at least several hundred golden core stage cultivators working together to use lightning spells to have a chance to break it.
Currently, there were really not many Nascent Soul Stage cultivators in the cultivation World who could cultivate lightning spells to such a powerful level.
Of course, if their true essence hadn't been depleted, they might not have been unable to break it using the Big Dipper Seven Stars Sword Formation. The extreme Geng Metal Qi of Emei Sword Cultivators combined with the power of the stars would make the blood river difficult to pollute.
But now, it was definitely hopeless. Although Li Chuan was strong, his strength lay in his physical body. He didn't kill the target with the first sneak attack, so now there was even less of a chance.
Instead of dying here with them, it would be better to seize the opportunity to escape and go to Mount Emei to send a message for them, so that their Senior Brothers and Master could avenge them in the future.
As for Lotus Fairy and the spirit mushroom, they were originally the Blood God Child's main targets and couldn't possibly escape.
"The weakness is lightning spells!"
Hearing Chu Yuxiang's words, Li Chuan's eyes immediately lit up.
Previously, when fighting the Xuan Yin Sect Elder, because he was inside the great formation and the opponent's Heavenly Demon seemed immune to normal spells, his Ninjutsu basically didn't display its full strength.
Since this blood river great formation was countered by lightning spells, there was no harm in him giving it a try.
Anyway, if it didn't work, it wouldn't be too late to use the teleportation book to take everyone and escape.
"multiple Shadow Clone technique!"
Having made up his mind, he immediately formed hand seals and pushed the multiple Shadow Clone technique to its limit.
In an instant, the entire peak of Drunken Immortal Cliff was densely packed with Li Chuan's Shadow Clones. If counted carefully, there were probably around five hundred of them.
Previously, his Second Form could release at most around three hundred Shadow Clones. Now, after injecting the Extremis virus, his Second Form could split into five hundred Shadow Clones.
"Clone technique? A spell used to scare people dares to show off its ugliness."
The Blood God Child, inside the blood river, saw five hundred Li Chuans suddenly appear below. He wasn't surprised at all, only showing a disdainful smile.
The clone technique in this World wasn't some profound spell; it was more like a genjutsu, mainly used to scare people and distract enemies.
Clone techniques like the One Qi Manifesting Three Pure Ones, or Son Goku pulling out monkey hairs to create a pile of clones, did not exist.
Therefore, when the Blood God Child saw Li Chuan create five hundred clones, he mostly thought he was trying to use this illusionary technique to escape.
In reality, when it came down to it, compared to top-tier mythological Worlds like the Primordial Era or Journey to the West, the World of "shu mountain legends" had no comparability, whether in terms of spells or magic treasures.
"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"
Over five hundred physical Shadow Clones formed hand seals simultaneously, and lightning spears filling the sky roared as they shot towards the blood river that was pouncing down on them.
Li Chuan's Ninjutsu level, the power of the advanced Lightning Release Ninjutsu he unleashed, according to the previous evaluation by Xuan Yin Sect Elder Nan Tong, was probably around the power of core formation stage lightning spells.
If it were just one lightning spear, even if it countered the foul blood, facing the surging blood river, it would at most stir up a splash.
But these weren't just one, but over five hundred, and they were shot out simultaneously. The powerful lightning connected into a single mass, quantitative change causing qualitative change. Its power was not much different from the lightning spells released by a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator proficient in lightning spells.
"How could this be!"
Watching the dense lightning surge into the blood river, large areas of the blood river's foul water were purified by the extremely rigid and pure yang lightning. The Blood God Child's pupils suddenly constricted.
He never expected that the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator below, not only had a physical body comparable to a Nascent Soul Realm demonic beast, but could also use a strange clone technique to collectively unleash such powerful lightning spells.
If this were before he was sneak-attacked and suffered heavy vitality damage from using Blood Demon Disintegration, he wouldn't be afraid at all, because at that time, the blood river he unleashed was at least twice as strong as now.
He could ignore the lightning spell attacks and forcefully suppress everything, melting everyone.
However, due to the heavy vitality damage, those endless bolts of thunder instead put his blood river at a disadvantage. If this continued, he might lose.
"I don't believe that you, a mere Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, can have this much true essence to continuously cast lightning spells!"
With a roar, the Blood God Child mobilized all his true essence, expanding the blood river again and pressing down.
He was a dignified nascent soul, while the other party was only at foundation establishment. He didn't believe the other party's true essence was more abundant than his and could continuously cast lightning spells. As long as the other party's true essence was depleted, he would still be the final winner.
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