This Is What a Villain Is Like

But with this unexpected development, he had no choice but to start considering other methods.

If Emperor Xia successfully broke through to the Tribulation Bridge Realm and also gained control of the Dragon-Suppressing Seal, he would become even more powerful and would be difficult to control.

At least for now, he couldn’t let Emperor Xia gain control of the Dragon-Suppressing Seal.

Thinking of this, Jiang Lan’s expression grew serious, and he immersed his entire consciousness and will into his Mud Ball Palace.

He looked at the translucent, Blood Jade-like leaf on the Ancient Vine. This was something he had condensed after receiving the Blood Immortal Sect’s inheritance, and it contained the sect’s ultimate mysteries.

Back when he was undertaking the Refinement of the Blood Immortal’s Muddy Blood, it was by relying on this leaf’s miraculous properties that he had managed to suppress the overwhelmingly ferocious aura within it.

Controlling that vial of Blood Immortal’s Muddy Blood was no easy task. The various higher-ups of the Blood Immortal Sect had spent immense effort and used numerous methods to fuse and refine just this one small vial.

Just a single wisp could easily corrode a Dao Artifact that had given birth to Dao Marks, causing it to lose all its spirituality and Dao Rhyme.

If he were closer to the Imperial Palace, he would have ways to use various Secret Techniques to slowly erode and consume the Dragon-Suppressing Seal with that Muddy Blood. But at this moment, he was too far away and could only choose another method.

VMMM!!!

As Jiang Lan immersed his entire consciousness into that Blood Jade-like leaf, it immediately began to tremble gently, erupting with a ring of hazy, blood-colored mist.

Then, the phantom of a tranquil and waveless Blood River appeared before his eyes. This Blood River had no visible end, stretching to unknown destinations. It was utterly without ripples, as silent as if it had been dead for a hundred million years—a final resting place for the dead, a forbidden land for the living.

The supreme mystery of the Blood River Infinite Scripture was said to involve the very first mass of filth-blood born since the dawn of creation.

In later legends, it evolved into a Blood River that could consume and devour countless living beings. Before this Blood River, even Immortal Gods could not cross, and untold numbers of skeletons had fallen to be buried within it.

At this moment, Jiang Lan was attempting to use the phantom of this Blood River to influence the Dragon-Suppressing Seal deep within the Imperial Palace.

Within his Sea of Consciousness, the silent Blood River suddenly churned with boundless waves, losing the eternal stillness it had held since time immemorial. One after another, ghastly white, terrifying skeletons tumbled and bobbed within it.

And above the Blood River, phantoms of gods and buddhas filled the sky, only to be enveloped by a terrifying bloody light and fall down in unison.

The scene was horrifying. A terrifying devouring power devoured even the Void itself, transforming it into a blurry, black, cross-shaped rift that spread out in all directions.

As Jiang Lan poured his consciousness into it, the black rift continued to expand, gradually transforming into a faint black portal—deep, silent, and chillingly cold, leading to an unknown destination...

"Infinite Blood River, devour heaven and consume earth..."

Jiang Lan’s face grew visibly paler, but his eyes remained calm and placid, his expression unchanging.

As his will descended, the Mysterious Ancient Vine began to tremble continuously. On one of its leaves, a wisp of Dragon Energy seemed to be coalescing...

The blood-colored altar upon which he sat cross-legged began to emit faint cracking sounds in response to his actions, and fractures started to appear on its surface.

Within the Qianyuan Cave Realm, the dense, blood-colored rays of light began to roil and boil uncontrollably, as if swept up by an invisible, terrifying storm that spread in all directions.

The combatants were all deeply shaken, but not knowing the cause, they could only guess that the Blood Immortal Sect was hatching another plot.

BOOM!!!

The phantom of the Barbarian God stood tall, touching the heavens and planting its feet on the earth. Using Wuganya’s physical body as its vessel, its every move carried a terrifying aura of utter destruction.

Unfortunately, facing the many experts of Great Xia and the group of Immortal Sect Elders who had intervened, it was gradually growing exhausted. Losing its connection to the Different Dimension Space-Time meant it had lost its source of power.

The numerous masters of the Barbarian Race who had descended here through the grotto-heaven vessel were also gradually surrounded and slain one after another amidst the great battle.

The tide had turned. Many of the Blood Immortal Sect’s experts had also received messages and were planning to break through the space to retreat.

"Die for me..."

"All of you will stay here and be buried with me."

At this moment, the Barbarian God’s phantom seemed to sense something, and its eyes flew wide with fury.

It let out a terrifying roar as its body swelled several times larger. Every muscle on its physical form looked like a mountain range of stacked flesh and blood, an incredibly horrifying sight.

The next moment, its body shrank rapidly, as if about to wither and collapse. In just an instant, it went from being thousands of zhang tall to the size of a fist.

The fist was not large, but it contained endless energy. Amidst an earth-shattering roar, it suddenly exploded, erupting with a hundred million streams of black light. The black light was blindingly brilliant, like a black, fallen sun descending from high above, banishing the light and bringing endless darkness.

Amidst this terrifying, violent tremor, all the Cultivators and living beings within the Qianyuan Cave Realm were struck with the utmost horror and dread.

All light before them was instantly blotted out, plunging them into inky blackness. Even their Divine Senses seemed to have gone blind, unable to perceive a thing.

The area closest to Wuganya was instantly vaporized, turning to dust and being silently annihilated.

Then the range expanded, spreading outward at a terrifying speed. Just as it had roared in its final moments, it intended to make all living beings in the Qianyuan Cave Realm be buried along with it.

The power unleashed by the Barbarian God phantom’s self-detonation was terrifying and unimaginable.

In that first instant, the Qianyuan Cave Realm became like torn paper. The Void rumbled, and the realm itself was like a dead leaf in a monstrous tidal wave, constantly twisting and shattering.