Chapter 934 Counter (1/2)

“Ha ha ha ha ha!” Jian Wuming, who was fighting against the two malevolent, yin-type objects, suddenly laughed loudly. The aura emanating out from his body abruptly grew stronger and he evaded the attacks from the two objects. Next, a blood-red gourd created from jade appeared in his hand. Opening its stopper, he sucked the two objects into the gourd.

Following that, Jian Wuming formed hand seals again and even more runes appeared from Chen Feng’s body, like a fountain gushing out from the ground.

“Senior, what is going on here?” Chen Feng shouted.

“Ha ha ha! Kid, did you really think I am so goodhearted as to bring you along? In all my years adventuring, I have never met someone as foolish as you. To think that you could even trust the things I said.” A triumphant look appeared on Jian Wuming’s face.

“Senior, what do you mean?” There was still a lost look on Chen Feng’s face.

“Fine, I will enlighten you.” After Jian Wuming said that, his beard grew longer and strands of blood energy surged out from his body. Even his eyes had turned scarlet-red in colour. As a result, the strength that Jian Wuming was exuding doubled.

“I am someone from the Blood Plane and this Blood Essence Bead is an item from my Blood Plane. Although I can collect this treasure, I will have to pay a price for doing so. I don’t want to pay that price. Thus, I found someone to substitute for me instead.

“You’re the substitute I found. I had spent the past few days planting the runes on you. Collecting this magic treasure requires some sacrifices. I have already prepared the other items. All that is left is a living person. More, it has to be someone who will willingly come forward to take the Blood Essence Bead.”

Holding a porcelain bottle in his hand, Jian Wuming opened it and torrential streams of blood surged out. All of them were absorbed by the Blood Essence Bead.

“I have spent over 10,000 years collecting all these blood. All for the sake of this day. When I obtain this Blood Essence Bead, I will be able to advance to the Ascendant Immortal stage in one go. Then, I will be able to return to the Blood Plane!”

“You’re despicable!” Chen Feng cried out in pain several times before the Blood Essence Bead devoured his whole body. Next, it flew into Jian Wuming’s hand, where it rested quietly like a normal bead.

In the beginning, Jian Wuming had been feeling worried that Chen Feng was playing the pig to bait the tiger. However, after the Blood Essence Bead arrived in his hand, he felt relieved. After that, he grew overjoyed.

Looking around, Jian Wuming then swiftly moved. He set up a magic array around him. It was an illusion array. Next, bringing the Blood Essence Bead with him, he entered the hole.

He wanted to refine the Blood Essence Bead.

Although the hole looked like a bottomless pit, Jian Wuming only needed to descend through 500 kilometres before reaching hard ground. Waving his hand, he then brought out a thick and circular disc – forged from jadestone – and placed it on the ground. Strands of ice energy radiated out from the circular disc. It was the Frost Jadecore, something that was of an even higher grade compared to the 10,000-year-old Frost Jade. When used for cultivation purposes, it could help stave off the rise of inner demons.

Jian Wuming was someone from the Blood Plane. At that very moment, he wanted to refine a magic treasure of the Blood Plane. Thus, inner demons would surely be born during the process. This Frost Jadecore would help him stop that.

Seating himself on the circular disc, Jian Wuming felt increased clarity. The Blood Essence Bead in his hand floated before him. After that, he sprayed a mouthful of energy onto the Blood Essence Bead, causing blood-coloured light to shine from it before rippling outwards.

This was a special secret technique from the Blood Plane. It utilized one’s essence, energy and soul power to nurture a magic treasure, making it easier to integrate with.

One mouthful of essence power after another sprayed out from him. One month later, Jian Wuming’s face took on an abnormally red look while his whole body gradually withered up. It seemed as though he was suffering from severe depletion of essence, energy and soul power. During the past month, Jian Wuming would spray out a stream of essence power once a day. That essence power was the most important part of him and every bit spent would require a very long time to recover.

And yet, his eyes instead became increasingly bright and he grew more and more excited. The Blood Essence Bead before him had begun linking up with his mind.

One more month. After just one more month, he would be able to completely refine this Immortal artifact. Only, he had exhausted his essence, energy and soul power to their very limits. Still, for the sake of this Immortal artifact, any sacrifice was worth it.

Ten days later, Jian Wuming’s body became like a bag of skin and bones. No, even his bones were shrinking. However, Jian Wuming’s eyes had grown even brighter.

“I will be succeeding soon,” Jian Wuming said, his voice quavering.

Weng!

Suddenly, a bloody scarlet-red light flared out from the Blood Essence Bead and a blood-coloured hand emerged from it. With a grasping motion, it pulled Jian Wuming into the Blood Essence Bead.

Truth be told, the moment the hand grasped Jian Wuming, he had realized that something was happening. Only, he had no time to react to it at all. By the time he was able to mount a reaction, he was already inside the Blood Essence Bead. Additionally, there was a young cultivator standing before him. Who else could it be but Chen Feng?

“You must be surprised to see me, no?” Chen Feng said smilingly.

“You, you.” The expression on Jian Wuming’s face sank sharply. Then, realization hit him. He secretly attempted to link up with the Blood Essence Bead but found no response. That was the most terrifying issue here. Sensing that, Jian Wuming found himself incapable of remaining calm and a sense of dread grew within him.