Chapter 1027: Battle Begins (1/2)

The first drop of transcendent Blood Essence finally came to form in Nie Tian’s heart.

Sparkling and gorgeous like a crimson diamond, it seemed to be engraved with a complicated pattern that carried the miracles of life.

The drop of Blood Essence was filled with an extremely pure and rich life aura.

However, the birth of this drop of Blood Essence was based on Nie Tian’s ten drops of old Blood Essence and the remaining flesh power in that Goldskin Beast skull.

To condense a second drop of Blood Essence, he would need the corpse of an eighth grade outsider or Ancientbeast. However, Nie Tian had already run out of such luxuries. The spirit beast meat he had was only enough to meet his daily consumption.

Only after condensing all fifty drops of Blood Essence would he have a chance at entering the origin of his bloodline to obtain bloodline magics.

Nie Tian sighed with mixed emotions. “The path of bloodline upgrades is a long one. Now, my bloodline is at the seventh grade. Who knows how much flesh power and how many years it’ll take for my bloodline to upgrade in the future...”

Without more Ancientbeast or outsider corpses, he couldn’t condense more Blood Essence, strengthen his body, or satisfy the green aura’s appetite.

This meant that even though his bloodline had successfully entered the seventh grade, he wouldn’t be able to achieve much with his upgraded bloodline within a short period of time.

Therefore, he had no choice but to further the refinement of his spiritual sea.

Time flew. Soon, two days passed.

During this time, Pei Qiqi had never approached him or asked him about his bloodline upgrade. Instead, she had focused on her own cultivation, and only took a glance at him every once in a while.

WHOOSH!

Pei Qiqi suddenly let out a deep breath and rose to her feet.

Nie Tian opened his eyes and looked at her.

“That Bonebrute ancient starship is going to arrive at the dead realm where Sikong Cuo and his men are hiding soon,” Pei Qiqi said. “A battle could break out at any moment.”

Nie Tian’s eyes lit up as he asked, “So that elder of your sect...”

“Elder Fan will be able to cast Void Travel, but she won’t be able to keep the spatial rift open longer than a few seconds,” Pei Qiqi said, looking slightly worried. “Elder Fan is at the early Saint domain and well-versed in all sorts of spatial magics. If she didn’t have to cast Void Travel, she would be more than capable of keeping herself safe by shifting about in that realm.”

“If that’s the case, tell her to find an excuse to not cast Void Travel, and prompt Sikong Cuo to fight the Bonebrutes,” Nie Tian suggested.

Pei Qiqi had a headache over the situation. “Even though that’s doable... I’m afraid that Sikong Cuo will hold my sect accountable for her actions after this operation. It’s her duty to transfer Sikong Cuo and his subordinates from place to place with Void Travel. If she can cast Void Travel but refuses to do so, then it’ll be a dereliction of duty.”

Nie Tian pondered briefly, then said, “Perhaps Sikong Cuo won’t want to leave right away. He may choose to stay and fight. There’s only Grand Patriarch Bone Crusher, Pergson, and a band of other Bonebrutes at different grades on that ancient starship. As for Sikong Cuo, he has three Saint domain experts on his team, and one of them is at the late Saint domain. It’s not like it’s a battle they can’t win.”

Eyes narrowed, Pei Qiqi hesitated for a few seconds before casting a secret spell of the Void Spirit Society to initiate secret communications with Fan Wen.

...

In an unidentified dead realm.

The late Saint domain Zou Qing was alerted as soon as the Bonebrute ancient starship entered the broken realm barrier.

His expression flickered as he exclaimed, “Master! A Bonebrute starship is here!”

Sikong Cuo gasped with astonishment. “The Bonebrutes?! Try and see if you can sense their grades. If it’s a battle we can’t win, we need to tell Fan Wen to get us out of here as soon as possible. If the Bonebrutes on that starship aren’t as strong as us, we’ll stay and kill them.”

Zou Qing nodded.

A network of fine lightning bolts suddenly appeared in the air.

They rapidly spread towards the edge of the dead realm, along with Zou QIng’s soul awareness.

“A late ninth grade Bonebrute grand patriarch! Judging from his aura…” Zou Qing said in a low voice as he sensed with rapt attention. “It must be Grand Patriarch Bone Crusher!”

“Grand Patriarch Bone Crusher?!” Sikong Cuo immediately felt an urge to leave. “Among all the Bonebrutes, Grand Patriarch Bone Crusher’s battle prowess is second only to the three grand monarchs. He’s going to be very difficult to handle.”

Face grim, Zou Qing nodded slightly. “Exactly. Even I don’t have confidence that I’ll be able to defeat him in battle. I believe I’d have much better odds if it were some Phantasm grand patriarch, instead of Grand Patriarch Bone Crusher. After all, I practice lightning power, which has a strong subduing effect on Phantasms. But Bonebrutes...”

A bitter expression appeared on his face.