Nine Realms Sword Emperor

Chapter 1958: Chapter 1961: Blood Sacrifice of Wujue

"Forbidden array? Such a trivial array, how can it possibly hinder me?"

Chu Fengmian laughed heartily, corners of his mouth revealing a hint of coldness, as he gazed at Wu Jue and spoke.

"You love blood sacrifices, don’t you? Perfect, I also want to see what lies within this palace. Let’s use your blood and flesh as the offering!"

As Chu Fengmian spoke, he grabbed Wu Jue and held him in the palm of his hand. With a suppression of spiritual power, Wu Jue could not even muster the slightest resistance and was thrown into the palace by Chu Fengmian.

Simultaneously, Chu Fengmian recited an ancient sacrificial chant.

The path of sacrifices has a long and enduring history.

In the most ancient of times, the Human Clan would hunt demon beasts and alien races as offerings, in exchange for power.

Such blood sacrifices, due to their brutality, are exceedingly rare in today’s era. However, Chu Fengmian is well-versed in ancient texts and knows many ancient sacrificial techniques.

Wu Jue intended to blood sacrifice Chu Fengmian to unlock the palace, but today, Chu Fengmian will use his own methods against him and perform a blood sacrifice on Wu Jue!

With the recitation of Chu Fengmian’s sacrificial chant, countless ancient characters appeared, surrounding Wu Jue and started extracting his strength as his blood and flesh began to slowly burn.

Wu Jue screamed loudly in agony, attempting to resist. His strength suddenly transformed into an immense vortex.

This vortex was the culmination of Wu Jue’s strength, fiercely trembling the surrounding characters, seeking escape from the palace.

The power of this vortex was colossal, making even those at the half-step Heavenly Human Realm hesitate, it contained overwhelming power, sweeping away the surrounding sacrificial fire.

"Still trying to resist?"

Chu Fengmian coldly shouted, waving his hand, suddenly a dragon claw materialized out of thin air, ruthlessly striking downward, smashing into the center of the vortex.

Bang!

The vortex formed by Wu Jue’s strength was bombarded directly by the dragon claw, dispersing his entire strength, leaving him powerless to resist.

The sacrificial fire blazed, burning Wu Jue’s body and the vortex he had created to ashes, leaving only a space ring in the fire.

Chu Fengmian waved his hand, the space ring fell into his palm, besides the contents already in his space ring, there was also Wu Jue’s accumulation.

In Wu Jue’s space ring, there were also a dozen Immortal Stones, which Chu Fengmian took entirely.

Meanwhile, within the palace, only the essence of Wu Jue’s blood sacrifice remained, which was the power of the sacrifice.

With a point of his palm, Chu Fengmian injected this essence into the palace.

"Boom!"

In the palace, all forbidden array formations shattered. Wu Jue’s power was more formidable than many martial artists and demon gods at the half-step Heavenly Human Realm.

The blood sacrificial technique unleashed all his life’s accumulated power in an instant, a power so immense even figures like Lan Ming would need to avoid it.

The moment it struck the palace, the remaining array formations were all shattered. At this point, Wu Jue’s blood sacrifice power was exhausted.

The forbidden array formations on this palace were laid down by Heavenly Human Realm experts to withstand the onslaught of wind blades in the storm.

These forbidden arrays, even with Chu Fengmian’s Swallowing Heaven Secret Technique, would require continuous time to completely dissolve.

Now, with the help of Wu Jue’s blood sacrifice power, the forbidden array formations were entirely shattered, the ancient gates completely opened, and Chu Fengmian stepped inside, entering the palace.

The palace contained no living creatures, only some skeletal remains lying on the ground.

These skeletons appeared unscathed, but as Chu Fengmian stepped forward and the ground slightly trembled, all the skeletons abruptly shattered and disappeared into nothingness.

These individuals were slain directly by an overwhelming force.

With a glance, Chu Fengmian observed that among these skeletal remains, there were likely not a few martial artists and demon gods at the half-step Heavenly Human Realm.

Yet these individuals were annihilated by a powerful entity with a single move, without even a chance to resist.

Moreover, the perpetrator entirely disregarded the array formations set on the palace, a strength that even Chu Fengmian found hard to imagine.

This must have been a Heavenly Human Realm expert, perhaps even one that surpassed it, to the level of a Mysterious Heaven Realm expert, capable of such feats.

Considering the Shattered Islands were once a continent shattered in the battle between two superpowers, this perpetrator was likely the one who destroyed the Shattered Islands.

However, the record of the Shattered Islands being shattered was an event from millions of years ago in the Canghai Star Domain. Much from that era has not passed down, and what remains are fragmented snippets, not allowing a full understanding of what truly transpired.

Chu Fengmian’s gaze swept through the palace.

Besides these skeletal remains, the palace also contained large and small pill furnaces, numbering several dozens.

These pill furnaces were all semi-Immortal Artifacts without exception, of extremely high quality, which is why they hadn’t been shattered.

A few seemed unable to withstand the force of the strike and were broken, but the remaining ones were still intact.

On them, Chu Fengmian could still sense spiritual power.

Even though it appeared nearly exhausted after several million years, these pill furnaces simply lost their masters. As long as new owners infused spiritual power, they could still exhibit their previous prowess.

"This should be an alchemical palace; these people must have been disciples focused on alchemy within it, struck by disaster, all annihilated here."

Chu Fengmian looked upon the palace, feeling a bit sympathetic; these individuals likely perished without knowing how, obliterated silently without a chance to retaliate.

Martial artists and demon gods at the half-step Heavenly Realm, no matter in which star domain, are considered formidable, ruling presence. Yet those within the palace, could not even fathom their deaths, a sobering thought.

After observing the palace for a while, Chu Fengmian approached the nearest complete pill furnace.

Among the pill furnaces, approximately a third were broken, yet over a dozen were intact, possessed spiritual power, seeming unaffected.

With luck and foresight, Chu Fengmian had followed Wu Jue, discovering this palace through chance, eager to evaluate his gains from this venture.