Chapter 1358: Rapid Growth (1/2)

BZZZ! BZZZ!

Nie Tian’s mind shook violently as the evil god was badly injured by Grand Monarch Bloodlust, and returned to the Spirit Pearl.

His heart pounded heavily, as if it was filled with burning rage.

It was his Blood Essence that had merged with the five evil gods’ evil power, allowing them to gradually develop fleshly bodies.

Now, even the Spirit Pearl found it hard to control them.

Only he could give them commands that they would never refute with his wisps of soul awareness and flesh aura.

He knew that profound flesh aura connections existed between them and him.

For this reason, he was affected as one of the evil gods suffered heavy injuries.

Nie Tian calmed himself, thinking, “After all, Grand Monarch Bloodlust once engaged in a fierce battle against the Grand Elder.”

Seeing that Grand Monarch Bloodlust, who was exuding a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering flesh aura, was about to attack a second evil god with the Demon Moon in his hand, he decided to change his strategy.

As soon as the thought entered his mind, all of the other four evil gods flew back to the Spirit Pearl.

Seeing this, Grand Monarch Dark Nether, who had been paying close attention to their fight, secretly let out a sigh of relief. “Are those evil gods actual ancient gods, or mere puppets at Nie Tian’s command? Even with such a mighty strike, Grand Monarch Bloodlust failed to kill that one, allowing it to shrink into the Spirit Pearl badly injured.”

Grand Monarch Dark Nether was deeply shaken.

He discovered that every time he met Nie Tian, he would come to brand new understandings of the man.

Even the Spirit Pearl and the five evil gods within it had grown stronger at an incredible rate and consistency.

“Does this mean they actually have some sort of connection to those five stone statues in our ancestral land?” he thought to himself. “If not, why does it feel like it? I’ll have to inform the high chieftain of this upon his return, and let him decide what to do!”

“Hahaha!” Wreathed in rolling blackish-violet Demon Qi, Grand Monarch Bloodlust, who looked like a terrifying mountain, sought his next target with the crescent moon-shaped blade clutched in his hand. “Nie Tian, right?”

His eyes that looked like purple burning suns suddenly landed on Nie Tian.

Upon meeting his gaze, Nie Tian felt a chill spreading through his five yin organs and six yang organs.

Within the green aura in his heart, Bloodline Crystal Chains that were as fine as hairs suddenly burst forth with dazzling light.

His bloodline was fully activated.

Under devastating pressure from Grand Monarch Bloodlust, Nie Tian’s Blood Essence started burning at a faster rate.

RUMBLE!

Nie Tian, who was already in his enlarged form, further expanded from being a hundred meters tall to a hundred and fifty meters tall.

As he assumed a tight grip of the Star Behemoth bone, his pupils took on a shade of blood-red, giving him an even more formidable look.

With a wild laugh, Grand Monarch Bloodlust said, “Nice. Very impressive, kid. Even though I wasn’t there when you fought Ophelia, your name was deeply engraved in my mind. Mo Heng defeated me, and you defeated Ophelia. Even though that brought shame to our clan, I didn’t resent you for that. Instead, that made me respect you.”

Nie Tian was taken aback.

“Grand Patriarch Catie of my clan died at your hands, right?” Grand Monarch Bloodlust continued.

Nie Tian nodded. “That’s right.”

“Good.” Grand Monarch Bloodlust nodded repeatedly with curled lips. “But both your cultivation base and bloodline grade are far lower than mine. It’ll be an unfair battle if I fight you myself. And since I respect anyone who can best me in a fair battle, I have a great deal of respect for Mo Heng.

“To give him face, I won’t fight you myself!”

He let out an explosive roar. “Flame Maniac!”

“I’m on it, Grand Monarch!” A rugged, husky voice echoed from behind Grand Monarch Bloodlust’s vast flesh aura sea.

In the next moment, Grand Patriarch Hazlitt, who was also known as the Flame Maniac, charged out, activating Ancestral Awakening, and stood in front of Nie Tian in his Indestructible Form.

Taken aback, Nie Tian exclaimed, “Hazlitt!” You were only at the middle ninth grade when we met on the floating continent. I didn’t expect...”

Standing in front of him, Hazlitt was wreathed in raging blackish-violet demonic flames, where drops of crystalline Blood Essence could be vaguely seen floating.

When they had first met on the floating continent, the Flame Maniac had managed to advance to the middle ninth grade with the help of the flame dragon corpses he had unearthed.

Now, as they met again, he found that he had already reached the late ninth grade.

His ranking among the Demon grand patriarchs must have improved to a large extent because of this.

He had joined Catie and multiple other grand patriarchs in the operation to invade the Domain of Forbidden Heaven and the Domain of the Falling Stars to retake the dark stone.

However, he had been with Gutas the whole time. Upon learning of Catie and Cardy’s deaths, he and Gutas had retreated to the Demon realms.

That time, Nie Tian had encountered Catie and Cardy, but not the Flame Maniac.