Chapter 1241: Blood Servant of the Death Nes (1/2)

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“This Blood-refining Formation can refine the blood, flesh, and essence of people into Soul-devouring Force, but only those who practice the Empyrean Demon Arts can absorb Soul-devouring Force. Even if Saint Emperors come in contact with the Soul-devouring Force among the fighters of the Tian Yuan Continent, their souls would be corroded away, yet there’s actually a complete version of it in the Death Nest. Just who cast down this formation? Was it a Saint Emperor who was in possession of the Empyrean Demon Orb in the past?” Houston diligently thought while filled with doubts.

“No. There’s rumors from the ancient times that the strongest human, Mo Tianyun, had collected the corpses of a large number of experts who had fallen in battle and created the Death Nest. Was the Blood-refining Formation cast down by Mo Tianyun before? Did he also know the cultivation method in the Empyrean Demon Orb and practiced the Empyrean Demon Arts, which was why he also knew the Blood-refining Formation recorded in the Empyrean Demon Orb? Was he using the blood, flesh, and essence to refine Soul-devouring Force for his own cultivation?” Houston sank into his thoughts, but he shook his head soon after, “That can’t be possible. According to what I know, the energy used by Mo Tianyun was not Soul-devouring Force. He would not have practiced the Empyrean Demon Arts. Soul-devouring Force is more detrimental to him than beneficial.”

Suddenly, Houston became surprised once more. He cried out, “There seems to be another formation hidden within the Blood-refining Formation.” Houston began to carefully observe the hidden formation. All his knowledge regarding formations originated from the Empyrean Demon Orb. If he did not have this item, he would not have discovered the formations hidden there even as a Saint Emperor.

A while later, Houston gasped. He recognized the other formation hidden within the Blood-refining Formation. It was one of the many formations recorded in the Empyrean Demon Orb. It was called the Empyrean Demon Mirage, an extremely great illusory formation.

Houston struggled to remain calm after he had discovered two formations recorded within the Empyrean Demon Orb within the Death Nest.

At this moment, the Death nest began to violently shake once more. A large swathe of sticky, red mist churned out from up ahead. Houston’s expression immediately changed when he saw the mist because it was Soul-devouring Force that could be refined through the Empyrean Demon Arts. The Soul-devouring Force was several times more powerful than the Soul-devouring Force he could cultivate himself.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Muffled sounds reverberate through the blood mist. With every sound, the land shook. A hundred-meter-tall, blood-red skeleton was obscured within the mist. It was radiating powerful Soul-devouring Force from every single bone. The blood-red skeleton even gave off a powerful presence that was enough to cause the world to tremble.

“This is a Blood Servant, one that has surpassed Saint Emperor!” Houston exclaimed as he stared fixedly at the skeleton. Disbelief was written across his face. At the moment, he suddenly thought of the information he had learned from the Empyrean Demon Orb regarding Blood Servants.

Blood Servants were created with countless remains through the Empyrean Demon Orb before being nurtured with vile blood and essence. Its strength was equivalent to how long it had existed as well as the bones, vile blood, and essence that had been used to create it.

A Blood Servant was the servant of practitioners of the Empyrean Demon Arts. There was a secret technique within the Empyrean Demon Orb to enslave them. They would not betray their masters, and they would follow every single command. They could be used to assist their masters in battle, and the Soul-devouring Force of the Blood Servants could be absorbed for cultivation as well.

The skeleton did not attack Houston and, instead, stood there blankly. It stared in Houston’s direction with its empty eye sockets. It had already sensed an intruder, but the intruder was actually in possession of energy that originated from the same source as it, which was why it did not attack Houston.

Houston became extremely stern. Blood Servants could not form by themselves. He did not even need to think to know that such a powerful Blood Servant had appeared here due to some other person and that that person also knew the various secret techniques of the Empyrean Demon Orb.

But fortunately, Blood Servants would not attack other practitioners of the Empyrean Demon Arts before they had received orders from their master. Otherwise, even a Saint Emperor would only be able to flee before such a powerful Blood Servant, and they wouldn’t necessarily be able to escape successfully.

Houston observed the Blood Servant and he became stunned, which was soon replaced by ravishing joy. He excitedly said, “I- it’s actually a Blood Servant that hasn’t taken on a master.” Houston’s eyes burned with desire. Without any hesitation. He immediately began to create the Blood Servant’s Imprint. The Blood Servant’s Imprint was one of the many secret techniques he had learned from the Empyrean Demon Orb. It was used specifically to enslave Blood Servants.

Within just a few seconds, Houston completed the imprint and sent it out with a wave of his hand. It shot out with lighting-like speed and landed accurately between the eyebrows of the skeleton. However, nothing happened even after quite a while. None of the signs of enslavement recorded in the Empyrean Demon Orb appeared.

Houston became disappointed with this. He gently sighed and said, “I’m far too weak, so I can’t subdue a Blood Servant that’s surpassed Saint Emperor. Looks like I can only do this in the future. I wonder who has left behind such a powerful Blood Servant.”

Houston no longer paid anymore attention to the Blood Servant. It was not like the Blood Servant would attack practitioners of the Empyrean Demon Arts by itself, so it would not affect him at all if he remained there.