Yang Kai’s whole body was covered in cold sweat as the wind blew past him. Turning his head, he glared angrily at Qu Huachang, “Are you crazy? Why didn’t you say anything first?”
Qu Huachang looked at Yang Kai, her beautiful eyes filled with surprise, “Junior Brother Yang, your blood… is golden?”
Normally, others wouldn’t be able to see anything, unless Yang Kai was injured, but now that he was circulating the Blood Shine Scripture and covered in a bloody mist, he was clearly different from the others.
Qu Huachang tilted her head and sniffed like a dog, her brow furrowing, “The aura of a Holy Spirit?” Immediately after, she stared at Yang Kai in shock, “Junior Brother, you have a Holy Spirit Bloodline? Are you a Monster Race?”
Yang Kai snapped, “Monster Race your head!”
Qu Huachang looked at him innocently, “Junior Brother, are you angry?”
Yang Kai was almost angered to death as he said with a straight face, “No.” Pulling his arm out of her embrace, he carefully observed the blood lake and felt the flow of blood beneath his feet.
Soon, he discovered the mysteries behind it. The blood in the Blood Lake seemed to be calm and tranquil, but in reality, it was constantly changing. However, this change was very subtle, making it impossible to detect. Only by standing on this lake could one feel it.
This change caused the lake water to release a strange pulling force, causing one to involuntarily fall into the lake. Only by circulating the Great Evolution Inextinguishable Blood Shine Scripture could one resist this pulling force, allowing one to walk on the surface of the lake as if it was flat ground.
Realizing this, Yang Kai understood that the Blood Shine Scripture on the stone tablet was indeed the foundation to pass this test. It could be said that as long as he could steady his mind and maintain the Blood Shine Scripture on the surface of the lake, there would be no danger to his life and he could easily reach the first island.
The cultivators who had fallen into the lake and lost their lives had either failed to comprehend the mysteries of the Blood Shine Scripture or had been too nervous to perform properly, resulting in their deaths.
The first stage was not difficult!
After gaining some confidence, Yang Kai stepped forward. Sure enough, as long as he maintained the Blood Shine Scripture, he would be able to safely walk through this blood lake.
After taking a few steps, he suddenly turned around to look at Qu Huachang, who had been standing there in a daze, and asked, “Why are you standing there?”
Qu Huachang looked at him pitifully, “I was wrong, please don’t be angry, Junior Brother.”
Yang Kai was speechless, “How could I be angry?”
Qu Huachang said faintly, “You look like you’re angry. Ah, Junior Brother doesn’t seem to want to forgive me, so Senior Sister’s life is meaningless. It’s better to just die.”
Saying so, the blood mist on her body actually showed signs of dissipating.
Yang Kai was shocked, “Senior Sister Qu, don’t make a fuss!”
Hurriedly reaching out to grab her, Qu Huachang let out a giggle and flicked her sleeve, wrapping a ribbon around Yang Kai’s arm. Then, like a dancing butterfly, she flew into Yang Kai’s embrace and looked up at him with her beautiful eyes, “I knew Junior Brother couldn’t bear to part with me.”
“Crazy woman!” Yang Kai gritted his teeth and cursed, “Is this a place where you can fool around?”
“I was wrong…” Qu Huachang twisted her body.
Yang Kai suddenly felt uncomfortable. This warm and fragrant woman was in his arms, and she was even rubbing herself against him. Such a delicate beauty made his mouth go dry and his heart become restless.
Hurriedly grabbing her shoulders, he pushed her away and said seriously, “Senior Sister Qu, be more serious!”
The last time he had come into contact with her in the Great Ruins Boundary, she hadn’t acted so presumptuously. Today, he didn’t know what was wrong with her, but Yang Kai couldn’t bear it.
Qu Huachang’s expression became cold as she glared at him, “Does Junior Brother think I’m not a proper woman?”
Was this even reasonable? Yang Kai was just about to explain when Qu Huachang stomped her foot and said, “Since Junior Brother thinks so, Senior Sister won’t disturb you any further, hmph!”
Turning around, her beautiful hair brushed past Yang Kai’s face as she strode forward.
Yang Kai stood there dumbstruck, feeling as if this woman’s heart was like a needle in a haystack, he was unable to understand.
The two of them flirting with each other on this blood lake caused many cultivators to raise their eyebrows. Seeing Qu Huachang abandon Yang Kai, all of them cheered in their hearts.
Qu Huachang’s speed was extremely fast, and it didn’t take long for her to reach the first island. Yang Kai was stunned for a moment before quickly following her.
The first stage wasn’t too difficult. As long as he could stabilize the circulation of the Blood Shine Scripture, he would be able to resist the pull of the blood lake.
A moment later, Yang Kai also stepped onto the first island. The moment his feet touched the ground, three round platforms suddenly appeared in front of him, each of which was covered by a light curtain and each of which contained a Monster Beast Core.
Yang Kai tried to use his Divine Sense to investigate, but he found that he was unable to see what kind of Core was inside, and he couldn’t even tell what kind of attribute it was.
From the looks of it, Blood Monster Divine Monarch didn’t plan on allowing anyone to judge what kind of reward they would receive here.
Yang Kai casually reached out to a round platform, but the light curtain did not obstruct him at all. When Yang Kai withdrew his hand, an Earth Element Core appeared in his palm, and after obtaining this Core, the three round platforms suddenly sank into the ground and disappeared.
Qu Huachang stood beside him and nudged him with her elbow, whispering, “Junior Brother, what grade did you obtain?”
Yang Kai turned his head to look at her and laughed, “I thought Senior Sister wouldn't bother with me anymore.”
Qu Huachang blinked, “I was just playing around with you, can’t you tell? You really are stupid.”
What kind of joke was that? Yang Kai was speechless, but he still opened the Core in his hand and said, “Senior Sister can see for herself.”
Qu Huachang stared at it for a moment before proudly saying, “Only a Fourth Grade, I’ve obtained a Fifth Grade.” Saying so, she stretched out her hand and took out the Core she had obtained.
Yang Kai looked around and found that what she had obtained was really a Fifth Grade Core. It seemed that the rewards here were also different. Turning his head to look around, he found that some people had obtained Third Grade Core while others had also obtained Fourth Grade Core. Only one person had obtained a Fifth-Order Core like Qu Huachang.
From the looks of it, the first island’s reward was a Third Grade to Fifth Grade Core. Third and Fourth Grade Core is the most, while Fifth Grade is the least.
This caused his heart to skip a beat. If the first island was like this, then what about the second, third, and the palace in the middle of the lake? There really was a possibility that a Seventh Grade Core would appear here! This made him even more determined to explore the palace in the middle of the lake.
At this moment, there were at least a hundred people gathered on the first island, and even more were coming from the shore.
From the looks of it, the cultivators gathered on the shore had an eighty percent chance of arriving on this first island, and as long as they did, they would be rewarded with a fifth grade Core.
The first to arrive on this island was the Great Thousand Blood Land disciple. It had already been half a day, so in other words, he had been comprehending here for half a day and his progress was much faster than everyone else.
Yang Kai and Qu Huachang didn’t dare to be negligent and quickly found a place to sit down, each of them immersed themselves in their own thoughts, allowing the stone tablet to guide them inside.
The stone tablet on this island was indeed the second volume of the Blood Shine Scripture. It was the continuation of the first volume, but in comparison, the second volume was much more obscure and difficult to understand.
Many cultivators’ expressions changed as they frowned, seemingly unable to continue, but all of them desperately tried to persevere.
Yang Kai was also immersed in the second volume of the Blood Shine Scripture.
When he opened his eyes again, half a day had already passed and when he looked up, the Great Thousand Blood Land disciple had disappeared.
Yang Kai immediately looked towards the second island, and sure enough, he saw the figure of this person on it.
This guy had an extremely deep Blood Dao foundation and had a natural advantage. Since he had arrived here earlier than others, he naturally had the advantage.
In addition to him, more than a dozen other cultivators had also arrived at the second island. On the surface of the lake, more than twenty people were carefully walking.
Yang Kai turned to look at Qu Huachang and found that she was still meditating, showing no signs of waking up.
This wasn’t to say that Qu Huachang’s aptitude was inferior to others, it was just that she had come here later than others, so she naturally fell behind.
Yang Kai wasn’t in a hurry to leave, instead sitting next to Qu Huachang and waiting.
About an hour later, Qu Huachang slowly opened her eyes and let out a breath of turbid air before turning to Yang Kai and saying, “Sorry for making Junior Brother wait so long. Next time, Junior Brother should set out on his own, there’s no need to wait for me.”
Although she had been comprehending the mysteries of the stone tablet, she wasn’t completely ignorant of the outside world, so she naturally knew that Yang Kai had been waiting for her for a long time. It was just that she was at a critical juncture in her comprehension, so it wasn’t convenient to stop to talke to him, so she could only continue.
“No worries!” Yang Kai smiled, “I didn’t wait long.”
“Let’s go,” Qu Huachang called out, walking side by side with Yang Kai towards the second island.
Arriving at the lakeside, Yang Kai said, “Senior Sister Qu, be careful. The second stage is much more difficult than the first, and the casualty rate is also higher.”
After observing for an hour, Yang Kai was naturally able to see more things than the others. Compared to the first stage, the difficulty of the second stage was obviously much higher. Many cultivators who passed the first stage had lost their lives in the second stage.
“Junior Brother must also be careful,” Qu Huachang said.
Yang Kai nodded and took a step forward, activating his Blood Shine Scripture. Immediately, a layer of golden blood mist burst out from his body, becoming even denser than before.
Stepping lightly on the surface of the lake to resist the pull of the blood lake, Yang Kai stepped forward.
Qu Huachang followed closely behind.
As soon as they set out, the two of them showed a difference between themselves and the majority of the crowd. Although the two of them walked a bit later, their speed was not slow at all, taking one step after another.
On the other hand, most of the other cultivators seemed to have experienced countless hardships with every step they took. Many of them had sweat dripping down their foreheads, dripping down their cheeks. Every step they took required a great deal of time and effort, so naturally, their speed was slow.
In the short distance of a thousand feet, Yang Kai and Qu Huachang had surpassed one cultivator after another.
In less than ten minutes, the two of them arrived at the second island. Unlike Yang Kai’s calm demeanor, Qu Huachang let out a sigh of relief, her face somewhat pale. It was obvious that she had spent a lot of effort to keep up with Yang Kai’s pace.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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