Chapter 205: Great Reward! The Demonic Blood Manual!

Chapter 205: Great Reward! The Demonic Blood Manual!

Xiao Ze had already begun practicing the Soul Technique and had also developed his own method to utilize soul force. Compared to before, when he only used his powerful soul force to brutally attack, he had improved a lot. Therefore, removing the soul mark on this blood-colored ring was much easier.

Just as Xiao Ze delved into the ring, he felt a burst of evil blood energy surging from within. Before that energy could reach him, a flash of golden flame devoured it completely.

"The Blood Cursed Venerable even left a trap in his high-level ring; he really wanted to trouble his enemy even after death."

Xiao Ze shook his head as he said this. The Blood Cursed Venerable's collection was truly abundant. Maybe because he had amassed his fortune through killings, his collection was rich but disorganized. There were many combat techniques that only had the first half, without the second.

"Hmm?"

With a flash of bloody light, Xiao Ze held in his hands a red jade block the size of a brick, whose residual energy made him feel that this object was extraordinary. The red jade felt warm to the touch. Xiao Ze applied a bit of force and noticed that it was very solid, covered in strange patterns, and on the front, there were four large characters: Demonic Blood Manual!

"Is this the main technique of the Blood Cursed Dou Zun?"

Xiao Ze showed a flash of curiosity in his eyes as his soul force entered the jade to read its content.

"From the beginning, the Demonic Blood Manual talks about killing for oneself."

"...Kill thousands to be Dou Zun, kill millions to be Dou Sheng, kill billions to be emperor (Dou Di)."

The beginning of the Demonic Blood Manual left Xiao Ze stunned.

"What bold words! Killing for oneself, killing billions to be emperor. I wonder if all the people on the Dou Qi continent even add up to a billion..."

"But if someone killed a billion and wasn't hunted down by the most powerful warriors on the Dou Qi continent, they could indeed be called the Demonic Emperor."

Xiao Ze couldn't imagine what kind of bloodthirsty person had created the Demonic Blood Manual. He continued reading and found that, although the beginning of the Demonic Blood Manual seemed exaggerated, it was actually a top-tier technique.

The Demonic Blood Manual was extremely profound and covered much more than just cultivation, including blood pill refining, blood formation construction, blood weapon forging... all of which were extremely complete and detailed. Additionally, this technique relied on killing other creatures to strengthen oneself, which was also a growth technique.

It was something similar to the Burning Technique that Xiao Yan practiced, which could also evolve.

"There are many extraordinary techniques on the Dou Qi continent, like the Burning Technique that devours strange flames, and now this Demonic Blood Manual that kills other creatures."

"However, the creatures mentioned in the Demonic Blood Manual are probably ordinary beings without cultivation abilities, whose blood energy is minimal."

"According to the standards mentioned in the Demonic Blood Manual, my current body equals the blood energy of several million ordinary beings."

"No wonder the Blood Cursed Venerable, upon sensing my body's condition, was driven by his desire, and despite the risk of revealing his identity and attracting the Sound Sect's pursuit, decided to come and devour my blood energy."

Xiao Ze had no interest in practicing such an extreme technique. Although any ordinary being could practice these blood-based techniques, Xiao Ze simply couldn't accept that kind of method. Moreover, with all the skills and talents he possessed, he could reach the pinnacle of the Dou Sheng level without resorting to such extreme methods. There was no need to stray from his path.

However, the Demonic Blood Manual didn't just encompass cultivation techniques but also other various skill developments. Xiao Ze was quite interested in those other areas, especially the ability to refine pills using blood energy.

Xiao Ze briefly reviewed it, and although it wasn't as deep as alchemy, it was a unique approach and had some referential value.

"The creator of the Demonic Blood Manual really was a versatile and prodigious scholar, seeming like a kind of universal genius."

"It includes techniques for mechanics, formations, blood slaves, blood clones..."

Xiao Ze glanced through the contents and realized that the Blood Cursed Dou Zun had barely used even one percent of the power of the Demonic Blood Manual.

"Although I don't plan to practice the Demonic Blood Manual, I can use the predecessors' paths to find my own."

Xiao Ze stopped reading the Demonic Blood Manual and continued examining the other items in the high-level ring. "Does the space around here seem to be shrinking?"

Xiao Ze noticed that the dark, narrow space around him seemed to be contracting. Without the blood energy of the Blood Cursed Dou Zun to sustain it, this space was shrinking and would eventually disappear.

"If I had just entered the Dou Zong level, I might have needed to use the roots of the Origin Tree to cut the space and escape, but now..."

Xiao Ze murmured to himself, extended his hands into the void, and forcefully pulled them apart. A spatial crack suddenly appeared, torn open by Xiao Ze!

Xiao Ze observed the oval spatial crack, taller than a person, with jagged edges, and nodded in satisfaction. Now, with just his physical body, he could tear through space.

After exploring the space with his soul force to ensure he didn't leave anything behind, Xiao Ze covered his body with illusory power and entered the spatial crack. After a brief moment of being torn by spatial power, Xiao Ze arrived on solid ground.

Looking around, Xiao Ze found himself in a mining tunnel. The tunnel walls glowed with a faint silver light. Xiao Ze touched the wall and extracted a fist-sized piece of ore. Although the surface appeared smooth, it felt rough to the touch, as if filled with tiny pores.

"Is this the raw material of echo ore? No wonder the Blood Cursed Dou Zun hid here, using the accumulated energy of the echo ore to avoid detection."

Xiao Ze stored the fist-sized stone in his ring and exited the tunnel. Shortly after, two figures appeared at the scene with serious expressions.

"There seemed to be a spatial ripple just now..."

"But we didn't detect any energy; could it be that there was a fight between Dou Zun experts in the void, opening a spatial crack?"

Faced with this possibility, they looked at each other and swallowed nervously.

"This is beyond our handling capacity, we should report it to the Valley Master."

"Agreed."

...

Xiao Ze returned to his residence without intending to inform the Sound Valley about the death of the Blood Cursed Dou Zun. After all, the Blood Cursed Dou Zun's collection had already given him a great reward, and he didn't need more benefits from the Sound Sect. They might even want to reclaim what the Blood Cursed Dou Zun had stolen from them. Xiao Ze didn't want to complicate things further.

Back at his residence, Xiao Ze began organizing the contents of the Blood Cursed Dou Zun's high-level ring. He stored the useful items in his own ring. Indeed, he found some useful pill formulas in the Blood Cursed Dou Zun's collection, but the combat techniques would only serve as reference, as he didn't plan to practice them. After all, the combat techniques he received from Xun Er were ten times more powerful and much more skillful.

Xiao Ze looked at his panel and saw that Xun Er had already mastered the Mountain Seal and Sea Seal of the Emperor Seal Technique.

"Receive the tenfold feedback from the Mountain Seal and the Sea Seal!"

A vast amount of information poured into his mind. Xiao Ze slowly closed his eyes and began to absorb it.