Immortal Soaring Blade Book 2, Chapter 275 – Origin Soul

From the information they got from the Third Elder, they had a certain understanding of the situation below.

However, when the four of them found no one inside the stone room, they were a bit shocked. At this moment, they couldn't help but look at the stone door on the other side of the room. There were powerful spirit force fluctuations coming from behind that door.

The four of them all held their life flying swords in their hands and stepped toward the stone door. Zhao Jiuge intentionally stood in front, his sword ready for battle.

When the four of them arrived at the stone door, they could clearly smell blood coming from the other side. This smell was the same smell the Blood Fiend Pavilion disciples and elders gave off.

Zhao Jiuge's pupils shrank and he nervously opened the stone door. The door opened with a heavy and muffled sound.

The shocking scene behind the stone door appeared before the four of them. They saw the blood pool and the five figures sitting on the five altars in the pool. The one in the center was  naturally the Pavilion Master, while the remaining four sitting in the four corners were the four remaining elders.

The smell of blood in the air caused their brows to furrow even harder with every step they took.

When the four of them arrived next to the edge of the blood pool, the situation became more clear. The blood inside the pool was still churning, but they could already see the bottom.

Light released from the five altars. The powerful aura Wang Changrui gave off made Zhao Jiuge's heart feel stuffy.

Wang Changrui's aura clearly surpassed Song Rujing's, but he hadn't reached the Soul Formation Realm yet.

Wang Changrui had a ball of light outside his body. The outer edge of the light was red, and it became lighter toward the center. At this moment, it was absorbing spirit force from the blood pool and was moving like an embryo breathing.

The dangerous aura from Wang Changrui was coming from this bright and almost transparent thing before him.

Song Rujing and Song Yuansheng looked at the transparent light in shock.

“It's an origin embryo.” Even Ling Bo Re was shocked.

An origin embryo. Zhao Jiuge had heard of this but had never seen one before. After hearing Ling Bo Re's words, he began to observe it seriously.

After entering the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect, he learned that in order to go from the Nascent Soul Realm to the Soul Formation Realm, he would have to turn his nascent soul into an origin soul. An origin soul was the symbol of a Soul Formation Realm cultivator. The nascent soul would first become an origin embryo, then it would transform into an origin soul. This meant that Wang Changrui was not far from reaching the Soul Formation Realm.

The five people on the altars naturally noticed the four of them arrive, but the four elders simply couldn't move. They were quickly absorbing spirit force from the blood pool and sending it to Wang Changrui through the altar.

When Wang Changrui noticed their arrival, he opened his eyes. His aura made Zhao Jiuge's group a bit breathless. The bottom of the blood pool could be seen—he was a step away from success!

For the first time, the always-calm Song Yuansheng shouted, “Quickly, attack! If we don't attack now, we'll all be dead once he reaches the Soul Formation Realm!”

However, just as Song Yuansheng shouted, Wang Changrui made a shocking move! His eyes revealed a look of indifference and his hands quickly formed seals. A dramatic change happened on the altars. The faint light around the altars became bright and the carvings became more clear.

The pattern on the stone platforms became life-like and the dense, blood-colored light was shocking. Spirit force frantically poured into the middle altar from the four corners. Even the shallow blood-pool began to bubble like it was boiling water.

Just at this moment, the four elders let out cries and revealed painful expressions. They wanted to struggle, but they were trapped by the light from the altars. The four Nascent Soul Realm elders' auras rapidly weakened. Their spirit force was being drained from their bodies and sent to Wang Changrui through the altars.

All of this was done in the blink of an eye! Wang Changrui was indeed vicious! In order to breakthrough quickly, he had accelerated the absorption of the blood altars, disregarding the lives of his subordinates. He controlled the altars to directly absorb the spirit force and blood essence from the four elders!

Zhao Jiuge's group of four didn't expect the situation to turn out like this and were stunned. By the time they reacted, they were too late!

In the blink of an eye, all the blood in the blood pool was absorbed and the bottom could be seen. The four elders turned into corpses with no blood or spirit force remaining in their bodies. There were only skin and bones left, and their eyes had sunken greatly. Four Nascent Soul Realm elders had been killed by Wang Changrui's secret blood sacrifice method.

After absorbing so much blood essence and spirit force, the transparent embryo that was yellow instantly turned crimson red. The embryo stopped moving, like it had eaten enough.

Wang Changrui revealed a strange look but felt much more relaxed. He let out a mouthful of foul air and began to seriously observe the four people at the edge of the blood pool.

Now that his origin embryo had completely condensed into an origin soul, he had reached the Soul Formation Realm. Although he had just made the breakthrough and would require some time to stabilize his cultivation, it wouldn't stop him from killing the four people before him.

All of this happened in a flash. Zhao Jiuge and company were still shocked. They had never seen this kind of secret method before. They didn't think Wang Changrui would be so vicious as to kill his own men! However, what they didn't know was that Wang Changrui didn't care at all. Although he was the only person left, he had reached the Soul Formation Realm—what could be more important than his own strength? His men? Once he left this place, he could easily gather more people.

“What should we do?” Feeling Wang Changrui's aura change, even Song Yuansheng began to panic. No matter how powerful he was and how well he had planned things out, he was still young. This was his first time facing something like this, so he didn't know what to do when faced with Wang Changrui, who had reached the Soul Formation Realm,.

“How about we run?” Even Song Rujing's expression became serious. She was not stupid; feeling the change happening inside Wang Changrui, she already felt danger.

At this key moment, Ling Bo Re was the one who remained calm. After all, she was the oldest among them and was more experienced.

She stared at Wang Changrui and said, “He has just reached the Soul Formation Realm, so his cultivation is not stable. He isn't much stronger than us, and if we work together, we have a chance. If we escape, it will be easy for him to take us out one by one, in particular Zhao Jiuge who's weaker and won't be able to escape.”

The Song siblings felt like Ling Bo Re's words were reasonable. Although they knew there was danger, they didn't retreat. This showed how well a sect honed their disciples' hearts. A disciple of a smaller sect would have been so scared by this that they would have fled already.

Only Zhao Jiuge's expression became somewhat ugly, and he remained silent. Along the way, Zhao Jiuge felt regret that his cultivation was weaker than the other three, and his self-esteem was constantly taking blows. When he heard Ling Bo Re mention it, he couldn't help but feel his face turn hot, and he felt terrible. These words came from the woman he had always admired. However, he didn't refute it, because what she had said was the truth.

Inside the blood pool, Wang Changrui heard them talk and couldn't help but laugh. What Ling Bo Re had said was correct—he had just made a breakthrough and needed to stabilize his cultivation. Otherwise, he would have already killed the four of them.

However, he was not as weak as Ling Bo Re had stated. He had, after all, reached the Soul Formation Realm. Even though he had just broken through, he was not someone they could deal with. Not to mention there was a Spirit Core Realm Zhao Jiuge in the mix.

“Hehehehe, you sure have guts. I haven't even gone to look for you, and you  want to deal with me? Find. Even if it weakens my cultivation a bit, I'll first kill all of you as revenge for all the Blood Fiend Pavilion disciples you killed.” Wang Changrui revealed a cruel grin and his expression was gloomy and strange. His grey robe trembled and he disappeared from the center of the blood pool. He reappeared at the edge of the blood pool and faced off against Zhao Jiuge's group of four.

“Make your move! Use any aces you have. If this goes wrong, we might all die!” Ling Bo Re suddenly let out a roar and the Falling Flower Sword in her hand shined brightly.

Song Yuangsheng bitterly nodded and his right hand tightly held the God's Heart Sword. He helplessly said, “That's right, who knew that a Soul Formation Realm enemy would suddenly pop up during this mission? Who knew that he would make a breakthrough just at this moment? We are unlucky to encounter it.”

“Since we can't change it, don't complain about it. Otherwise, if you can't solve the problem, it's just a waste of your breath. Since we have arrived before the problem, we must face it and seriously deal with it!” Zhao Jiuge revealed a hint of killing intent, his gaze fierce.

“I'll go first!” Zhao Jiuge let out a roar and his body was shrouded by golden light. The Sanskrit Divine Body was still as tyrannical! Zhao Jiuge looked like he was wearing a suit of golden armor, and his aura became more condensed.

He had his Cold Underworld Sword on his back and instead waved his two golden palms directly at Wang Changrui.

Seeing Zhao Jiuge's imposing aura, Song Yuangsheng was stunned and exclaimed, “What is Jiuge doing!? Does he want to die!?”

Song Rujing pouted and said in a strange tone, “What else can it be? Didn't someone say that his cultivation was lacking and he is dragging us down? If I were him, I would do the same. However, no matter what Jiuge's cultivation is, as long as he is my friend, I won't allow anything to happen to him!”

After she finished speaking, she angrily looked at Ling Bo Re. Her gaze was filled with her intent.

Ling Bo Re didn't reveal any emotion toward this or tried to explain. Her gaze and voice became even colder.

“Take this seriously. Deal with this scourge first. If you have anything to say, do it after.”

Hearing this, Song Rujing looked at Ling Bo Re with annoyance. She disliked Ling Bo Re's coldness and no longer bothered with her. Instead, she focused on Zhao Jiuge and was worried something would happen to him. However, she couldn't help but mutter to herself.

“What's so great about her? Doesn't she just have a better figure than me? Her cultivation is weaker than mine and that stinky brat Zhao Jiuge still pines for her.”

Song Yuangsheng suddenly began to sweat after hearing this. Ling Bo Re took a few deep breaths and her chest heaved up and down slightly. She decided to pretend not to hear Song Rujing's muttering.

Chapter end