Chapter 305: Am I the Nemesis of This Thing?

"Let's go in and take a look!"

Li Xuanfeng brought the Spirit Empress along, his figure flickering as he arrived before the palace gates.

Red mist permeated the palace, making it impossible to see or sense what was inside.

Buzz!

As soon as they approached the palace gates, a strange vibration rippled through them. Their blood surged, and their Battle Intent swelled, giving them an urge to fight and slaughter.

"It seems to be some kind of lingering will?"

Li Xuanfeng pondered.

Ordinary Cultivators would likely find it difficult to resist, but it had no effect on him or the Spirit Empress.

He checked their fate colors again using the System. Li Xuanfeng's hadn't changed, while the Spirit Empress's still carried an extremely faint, thin gray glow, which wasn't a major influence.

"Let's go!"

Li Xuanfeng no longer hesitated. Taking the Spirit Empress's hand, he stepped into the main hall. The red mist surged, swallowing their figures.

"The Peerless King is truly bold and skilled!"

"There are plenty of bold ones; many in the King Realm have gone in!"

"I just wonder if there are other Opportunities inside besides the Innate Spirit Flame and High Grade precious medicine?"

"Who knows? It's still uncertain whether the Innate Spirit Flame and High Grade precious medicine are even in there!"

"No, the Innate Spirit Flame and High Grade precious medicine are inside. They appeared in the blood-colored mist earlier!"

"They appeared?"

"That's right. After the Venerables opened the palace gates, they were initially hesitant to enter. Later, a medicinal fragrance wafted out from within, and a flame emitting terrifying fluctuations flashed by. Only then did the Venerables all step through the gates!"

"The Venerables are all inside. I wonder how many will make it out alive in the end."

"Why do I feel like the Peerless King is going to stir up trouble again?"

"Uh, now that you mention it, I have that feeling too!"

As Li Xuanfeng and the Spirit Empress disappeared, the crowd began to discuss through Divine Sense again.

Whoosh!

The moment he stepped through the palace gates, Li Xuanfeng felt a powerful surge of spatial power, forcibly teleporting him to another space.

Fight! Fight! Fight!

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Roars that seemed to come from tens of thousands of years ago suddenly poured into his mind, threatening to shake Li Xuanfeng's Sea of Consciousness and turn him into a machine that knew only combat and slaughter.

His Divine Sense swept out, completely destroying that invisible will.

The blood-colored mist surged, trying to swallow and submerge Li Xuanfeng.

Wisps of Chaos Mist spread out, and the surging blood-colored mist immediately recoiled like a startled bird, not daring to approach Li Xuanfeng again. An empty space formed around him.

Like a great white shark wandering into a school of fish, no fish dared to approach. Wherever he went, an empty area was formed.

"Am I the nemesis of this thing?"

Li Xuanfeng murmured.

When he broke through Realms, the Chaos Mist would also undergo a qualitative change.

Although it wasn't true Chaos Power, with every Breakthrough, he drew one step closer to true Chaos Power. It was normal for this blood-colored mist to fear him.

He clenched his hand; it was empty. That jade-like hand with its excellent touch had disappeared, and the Spirit Empress's figure was nowhere to be seen.

A golden light lit up in his pupils, with Chaos flickering within. Li Xuanfeng's vision improved significantly, yet it was still difficult to see through the blood-colored mist entirely.

His Divine Sense swept in all directions, but he couldn't find the Spirit Empress.

"It seems we've been teleported to different spaces!"

Li Xuanfeng frowned slightly.

The Ancient Yao Palace was situated within layers of overlapping multiple spaces. The space here was extremely stable and difficult to break.

Therefore, when they were forcibly separated, he had no way to keep the Spirit Empress with him.

"I hope I can find her as soon as possible. First, let's see what the situation is here!"

Li Xuanfeng moved and began to explore.

The entire world was filled with blood-colored mist, making it extremely difficult to determine direction. Wherever Li Xuanfeng passed, the blood-colored mist retreated completely.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Li Xuanfeng had found nothing.

"Let's expand my Domain and see what's going on!"

Here, both vision and Divine Sense were greatly restricted. Even with his Chaos Mist, Li Xuanfeng found it difficult to completely offset these limitations.

So he prepared to release his Domain to see what the situation was.

Swish!

However, just as the thought arose, a fierce attack pierced through the red mist, aimed at the back of his head.

Li Xuanfeng didn't even turn his head. The hundred-zhang-long snake tail lashing at him froze, and in the next moment, it exploded into blood mist with a bang.

Turning around, the body of a ten-thousand-zhang giant python loomed in the blood mist.

The python's body was pitch black, and its pupils were crimson, looking at Li Xuanfeng with killing intent and tyranny.

It seemed completely oblivious to its shattered tail.

"What on earth is this?"

Li Xuanfeng discovered that the giant python before him should belong to the Black Snake Tribe of the Yao Race, but it had only a shell and no Soul.

Or rather, its Soul had been replaced by some kind of will that knew only slaughter.

Hiss!

The python flicked its tongue, making a piercing sound. In the next moment, it opened its massive maw and lunged at Li Xuanfeng.

Li Xuanfeng's expression remained calm. With a flick of his finger, the ten-thousand-zhang giant python instantly disintegrated into fly ash.

It was merely a Yao King at the Late Stage of the King Realm. Only because it was controlled by the unknown lingering will here did it dare to attack him.

Swish!

As the python turned to ash, a massive blood-colored crystal emerged out of thin air, containing some kind of powerful energy.

With a hook of his index finger, the blood-colored crystal, as tall as a three-story building, flew in front of Li Xuanfeng.

"It seems to be a powerful energy that can be directly absorbed. Can one become stronger just by absorbing it?"

"Is there such a strange energy?"

After some investigation with his Divine Sense, Li Xuanfeng found that this massive Blood Crystal contained a pure energy and was constantly tempting him to absorb it, as if his strength would instantly increase as long as he did.

Aside from System returns which could directly increase his strength, Li Xuanfeng had never encountered such a miraculous object, nor had he heard of one.

"Actively tempting someone to absorb it? At a glance, it's clearly nothing good!"

Chaos Mist spread out, enveloping the Blood Crystal.

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

The Blood Crystal seemed to suffer a great shock, struggling frantically as if it had a consciousness of its own, trying to escape. However, how could it succeed before Li Xuanfeng!

Soon, the Blood Crystal was completely devoured by the Chaos Mist.

Fight! Fight! Fight!

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Before it completely dissipated, faint sounds of bloodlust and battle-hunger rang out.

"Indeed, it was nothing good!"

Although Li Xuanfeng hadn't absorbed it, he knew that if he really did, his strength might increase rapidly, but he would definitely be affected by that unknown will.

Buzz!

With a thought, the Chaos Sword Domain, covering a range of 720,000 miles, descended.

"As expected, restrictions still exist!"

Li Xuanfeng felt his Domain being forcibly compressed by the blood-colored mist, which even tried to pollute and assimilate the Chaos Sword Domain.

Endless Chaos Mist emerged. The blood-colored mist, as if conscious, began to flee in panic, especially fearing Li Xuanfeng's power.

However, before the Chaos Mist, there was only one end for the blood-colored mist: annihilation!

In just half an hour, the blood-colored mist within the 720,000-mile range was completely dissolved into nothingness.

Li Xuanfeng found more corpses of the Yao Race, some in the King Realm and even some in the Emperor Realm.

These corpses were all controlled by the blood-colored mist, wandering aimlessly. Only after sensing Li Xuanfeng's presence did they rush toward him without fear of death.

However, upon encountering the Chaos Mist, they would shrink back in fear due to instinct.

Every time a corpse was annihilated, a Blood Crystal would appear.

"These things aren't afraid of death at all; they dare to attack any Realm they encounter, but they only fear my power."

Li Xuanfeng murmured before continuing to refine the blood-colored mist.

The space filled with blood-colored mist was incredibly vast, and vision and Divine Sense were extremely difficult to penetrate. If he explored aimlessly, who knew how long it would take.

Chaos Mist was the nemesis of the blood-colored mist and could directly erode and decompose it. Only when the mist was gone would Li Xuanfeng have a chance to figure out what was going on in this space.

As time passed, the blood-colored mist in this space decreased at an extremely rapid rate.

Li Xuanfeng destroyed many Yao Race corpses eroded by the unknown will. Yao Soldiers and generals below the King Realm were the most numerous, with a small number of Yao Kings and a very small number of Yao Emperors.

Regardless of their level, these Yao Race members did not fear Li Xuanfeng's Late Stage King Realm cultivation; they only feared the Chaos Mist he wielded.

"These must have been Yao Race members subordinate to the Ancient Yao Palace. Their Souls were directly destroyed by some powerful force, leaving their bodies intact, but their Sea of Consciousness was occupied by an unknown will."

Li Xuanfeng thought to himself.

The space was vast and seemingly endless. Even though he released Chaos Mist to quickly devour the blood-colored mist, it seemed somewhat insignificant compared to the total volume.

Somewhere in the space filled with blood-colored mist, a figure sat cross-legged in the air. Five massive Blood Crystals hovered quietly, and a boundless power flowed out continuously, being rapidly absorbed by that figure.

The aura on his body also grew at a noticeable rate: the Elementary stage of Late Stage King Realm, the Middle Stage of Late Stage King Realm, the Advanced stage of Late Stage King Realm…

When three days had passed and the entire Blood Crystal had been completely absorbed, his aura had reached the Perfection of the Late Stage King Realm, only one step away from the Peak of the King Realm.

"Hahaha, an Opportunity! A heavenly Opportunity!"

The person suddenly opened his eyes. A blood-red light flashed in his pupils, and he was so excited he couldn't contain himself.

Swish!

A large saber appeared in his hand out of thin air, slicing the pervasive blood-colored mist in half, revealing a vacuum zone torn apart by the saber's light.

Feeling this significantly increased power, the man's grin almost reached his ears.

"Three days, in just three days, this King has Advanced from just entering the Late Stage King Realm to the Perfection of the Late Stage King Realm, only one step away from the Peak of the King Realm!"

"And I don't feel the slightest bit of instability. Why is there such a treasure in this world? It's truly hard for this King to find! Why didn't this King encounter it sooner?"

King Xiandao was extremely excited, striking out more than ten times with his saber into the blood-colored mist. Each strike could easily overpower his previous full-strength attacks.

The feeling of surging power made him so excited that even his Soul was trembling.

King Xiandao came from the Wan Family, one of the eight super forces in the Holy City, and was at the Late Stage of the King Realm.

Originally, he hadn't planned to enter the central palace. He knew that once he entered, even the aftershocks of the Venerables' battles could sweep him into powder.

He also knew that high risk often meant high reward. He didn't dare to covet the Innate Spirit Flame and High Grade precious medicine, but who could guarantee that there wouldn't be other Opportunities in the central palace besides those two top treasures?

So he decided to take the risk and try.

Although that battle-hungry and murderous unknown will would have some impact on him, it wasn't significant. With his King-level Divine Sense, he could completely resist that interference.

However, the blood-colored mist's suppression of him was extremely strong. Both his visual penetration and Divine Sense perception were reduced to less than one percent.

After exploring for half a day without success, knowing neither his position nor how to get out, he had once felt regret.

Until he was attacked by an Early Stage King Realm Yao and obtained a Blood Crystal after killing it.

In his perception, the Blood Crystal was an extremely pure energy and had been tempting him to absorb it.

Although this unknown thing felt good, he didn't dare to take risks easily and resisted the temptation.

He didn't throw the Blood Crystal away but kept it, intending to study it carefully.

As he continued to wander in search of an exit, that faint temptation always existed. Especially when he killed another Middle Stage King Realm Yao and obtained another Blood Crystal, the feeling of wanting to absorb it reached its Peak.

Whether it was due to the influence of the unknown will, the temptation of the Blood Crystal, or the natural desire for power deep within his heart, he finally decided to try absorbing just a little bit.

By absorbing only a little, if there was a problem, he could completely stop decisively with his strength and prevent any accidents.

However, this one try made it impossible to stop. That pure energy made his body and Soul feel immense greed. Accidentally, he absorbed an entire Blood Crystal, and his strength also received a significant boost.

Moreover, he found that the blood-colored mist's suppression of him had significantly decreased. He could see further, and his Divine Sense could cover a wider range.

This improvement should have made him happy, but he was still somewhat apprehensive. It wasn't until he carefully checked himself dozens of times and still found no issues that he gradually relaxed and couldn't resist absorbing a second one.

His strength increased again, and his vision and Divine Sense recovered even more. Thus, he began to hunt the Yao Race to obtain Blood Crystals.

After successfully killing five Late Stage King Realm Yao, he absorbed all five accumulated crystals in one go, rising from the beginning of the Late Stage King Realm to Perfection, just one step away from the Peak of the King Realm!

Not only did his vision and Divine Sense fully recover, but they also significantly increased compared to before. The surge in power was also genuine, without any falsehood.

He was still himself, unaffected by the unknown will, his mind remaining clear, knowing exactly what he was doing.

This result made him ecstatic, knowing he had obtained the greatest Opportunity of his life.

He would rise rapidly here, ascend the King Rankings, enter the top ten, surpass the Blood Devil King, and surpass the Peerless King!

"Originally, to go from just entering the Late Stage King Realm to Perfection, I would have needed at least three hundred or even four hundred years, but now I've succeeded in just three days. This speed is simply incredible!"

"Even the Peerless King's rate of improvement isn't as exaggerated as mine, right? For the Peerless King to be such a Prodigy, maybe he also obtained an Opportunity similar to this King's!"

"This King can finally experience the wonderful feeling of rapid improvement like the Peerless King!"

"This speed of improvement, it feels good! It's simply too good!"

"The next number one in the King Realm will be me, King Xiandao. What Blood Devil King, what Peerless King? Give this King one year, and I'll surpass them all!"

"Hahaha!"

Due to being overly excited and thrilled, King Xiandao actually laughed out loud to himself.

"Surpass this King in one year? Are you sure?"

A light chuckle rang out without warning, making King Xiandao freeze instantly.

"Who?!"