In the deepest reaches of the Blood-Crying Valley, even the eternal rolling darkness of grievance and miasma became thinner and solidified, as if suppressed by some invisible great power. The air was no longer filled with mere stench and malice, but with a suffocating mixture of ancient warlike ferocity, molten sulfur, frost and thunder, poisonous sweetness, and... an unyielding aura of sorrow and despair.
Lin Feng, carrying the unconscious Su Wan, resembled a spent meteor as he breached the final layer of viscous miasma barrier. His body was drenched in blood, and his vitality was at an all-time low. Every breath brought with it a rusty, sweet stench and the searing pain of internal organs on fire. The cost of unleashing "Treading the Abyss · Blood Burning" by consuming essence blood was immense. His meridians were about to rupture, and the seed of true essence within his dantian, intertwined in shades of dark gold, crimson gold, and pallor, was now riddled with spider web-like cracks. Its luster dimmed to the point of being like a dying candle in the wind, threatening to extinguish entirely at any moment.
However, when his gaze pierced through the thin miasma and he saw the scene before him, all the pain seemed to freeze instantly, leaving only the ultimate shock in his soul!
It was a **blood sea plain** that could not be described in words, as if it had existed since time immemorial!
The plain was not made of water, but a **blood sea** as viscous as syrup, with huge dark red bubbles billowing! The blood sea was boundless, emitting a nauseating strong stench and rising into a crimson blood mist. Above the blood sea, nine even larger, mountain-like, winding **dark red blood rivers** roared and surged. Their sources were surprisingly the nine **giant altars** made of pitch-black rocks, towering thousands of feet high, surrounding the edge of the plain!
Each altar has a distinct form, emanating a distinct yet equally terrifying pressure:
* A seat of unquenchable dark golden flames, with heat waves distorting space (corresponding to the Lava Lock).
* A structure covered by eternal deep blue ice, with a chill that freezes the soul (corresponding to the Ice and Thunder Lock).
* It is shrouded in a billowing cloud of dark green poison, with a sweet and savory scent that eats away at the bones and dissolves the soul (corresponding to the Wandeng Poison Lock).
* A towering edifice, entwined with roaring pale lightning, with electric bolts tearing through the sky (corresponding to the lightning source of the Ice Thunder Lock).
* A viscous, dark golden liquid flows, emanating a heavy, mountainous aura of war and malevolence (corresponding to the original Lock of Grudges).
The other four emit terrifying auras of sharp metal, giant wood, dark water, and thick earth (corresponding to the metal, wood, water, and earth bloodlocks that have not yet been broken)!
The nine altars, like nine giant pillars supporting the sky, suppressed this blood-soaked plain. Nine mountain-like rivers of blood, like nine chained dragons, surged out from beneath the altars and converged towards the center of the plain!
And at the focal point where the nine rivers of blood converge
It is a **huge platform that is indescribable and miraculous**!
The entire body of the platform is forged from a strange material that is neither gold nor stone, dark and blood-like, yet shines with an icy metallic luster, as if it has solidified endless blood and divine iron! On top of the platform, there are nine enormous chains as thick as mountains, twined around and shimmering with dark golden runes! These chains are not illusory, but solid entities! One end of each chain is deeply anchored on nine giant altars, while the other end, like a giant python, tightly twines and imprisons the core of the platform!
At the top of the high platform, it was not flat but a huge, furnace-like depression! In the depression, a dark golden flame was silently burning. It was not an ordinary flame; it seemed as if countless weapons were colliding, mourning, and being tempered within the flames! At the heart of the flame, a faint shadow of an extremely large but half-broken **dark red giant blade** could be seen, emanating supreme sharpness and endless sorrow that could cut through the galaxy and make the universe weep!
A terrifying will that commands countless soldiers, suppresses the Netherworld, and carries a blood-crying unwillingness, envelops the entire Blood Sea Plain like a tangible presence! This is the core of the Blood Crying Valley, the ultimate goal of the Nine Li Blood Lock Formation
**The soldier's master forges weapons on the forging platform! **
The Warlord's Order in Lin Feng's embrace trembled violently, emitting an unprecedented buzzing and longing, as if a wanderer returning home! The dark red fragment was even hotter than fire, and on the map on the back, the patterns of the last five chains glowed brightly, clearly pointing to the five giant altars that had not yet been destroyed!
At the same time, an unimaginably powerful flood of thoughts, mixed with the information of war and slaughter, the bloodshed of the Jiuli people, and the mournful howls of all living creatures, suddenly surged into Lin Feng's sea of consciousness!
"Jiuli Blood Lock... Seal my Armament Platform... Sacrifice the souls of ten thousand... The forging of weapons is not complete... Heaven weeps and earth mourns... The Way of the Armament Master collapses... To open the Armament Platform... Break all nine locks... Embrace my will to weep blood... Wield my unfinished weapons..."
This is the ultimate truth! The weapon master intended to forge an unparalleled divine weapon, using the blood sacrifice of the Jiuli tribe as the lock and the grievances of ten thousand souls as the fire! However, before the divine weapon was completed, the will of heaven backfired, and the weapon master cried blood and collapsed! The forging platform was sealed forever by the Jiuli blood lock! Only by breaking all nine locks can the forging platform be opened, inheriting the weapon master's blood-crying ambition and the unfinished... blood-crying weapon!
Boom-boom-boom!!!
Behind them, the torn miasma barrier surged violently, like a boiling raging tide! Eight poisonous guardians of various forms, several lava guardians carrying lava and black smoke, and countless wildly dancing rotten poison vines and lava rubble, like a devastating flood breaking through a dam, charged into the core area of this blood-soaked plain with overwhelming killing intent and fury!
Their intrusion was like pouring cold water into boiling oil! The entire Blood Sea Plain instantly erupted into fury!
Nine giant altars simultaneously erupted with dazzling light! Nine blood rivers like mountain ranges roared crazily, stirring up ten-thousand-foot blood waves! The nine solid giant chains entwined around the forging platform emitted a thunderous clattering sound, and dark golden runes circulated frantically! A terrifying pressure heavy enough to crush Foundation Establishment cultivators, mixed with the boundless resentment of the Ji Li Blood Sacrifice, swept towards all intruders like an invisible tsunami!
Plop! Plop!
The weaker Corrupted Poisonous Vines and Lava Rubble were instantly crushed into powder by this overwhelming pressure and merged into the sea of blood! Even the poisonous and lava guardians at the Foundation Establishment stage were staggered by the terrifying pressure emanating from the core of the grand array, their speed plummeted, and they let out painful and angry howls! The energy fluctuations on their bodies clashed violently with the aura of the Blood Sea Plain, as if they were being repelled by the entire space!
The momentum of pursuit was forcibly contained!
Lin Feng felt a sense of relief, but he didn't dare to linger for a moment! The guidance of the Commander's Order was crystal clear - he must seize the brief moment when the Guardian was suppressed by the core pressure of the grand array, and rush towards the nearest giant altar that had yet to be destroyed, emanating a **sharp and metallic killing aura**!
He forcefully summoned the last remaining essence energy, even risking the activation of a trace of vital blood essence, and embraced Su Wan, transforming into a dim blood-colored stream of light, speeding towards the sharp golden altar that resembled a piercing sword piercing the sky!
The altar is constructed from countless pitch-black boulders that shimmer with a metallic sheen, their surfaces etched with ancient marks resembling knife and axe strikes, emanating an unyielding aura of terrifying sharpness. At the top of the altar stands a towering hundred-foot-high **giant pillar** made entirely of dark golden metal! Entwined around the pillar is a phantom chain composed of **condensed qi of Geng metal** and **countless broken weapon silhouettes**! On the surface of the chain, countless silhouettes of warriors in ancient armor, wielding damaged weapons, silently roar, emanating a towering will to kill and an unwillingness to disband!
**The fifth lock of blood sacrifice - Gengjinbing Lock! **
Around the base of the altar stood nine ferocious metal giant beast stone sculptures, as if forged from the fragments of divine weapons and the bones of war beasts! One of them, shaped like a winged saber-toothed giant tiger and covered in dark golden scales, had a metallic luster that flowed like rippling water! A terrifying aura, unparalleled in its ferocity, as if capable of slicing through space, erupted like a peerless weapon drawn from its scabbard!
The guardian of the Ruijin Altar, the first to awaken!
It let out a roar like tearing metal, and its huge body suddenly spread out its metal bone wings covered with sword blades! With the vibration of its wings, it actually ignored part of the grand array's pressure and turned into a dark golden stream of light tearing through the air, carrying a sharp killing intent that could cut through everything, and it rushed straight towards Lin Feng, who had just landed on the edge of the altar and was in a dying state!
Too fast! Too powerful! At this moment, Lin Feng's strength is exhausted, and it's extremely difficult for him to even lift his finger! Although Su Wan in his arms is breathing steadily and the black jade runes are glowing faintly, she remains unconscious and unable to use the power of the ten thousand poisons!
Seeing that the sharp claws of the Dark Golden Sword-toothed Tiger were about to tear the two of them into pieces—
Hmph!
In the midst of the sea of wind, the Armament Master Order, which had absorbed the characteristics of four chains and fused the origins of resentment, lava, ice thunder, and deadly poison, suddenly burst forth with an unprecedented radiance! The four colors of dark gold, red gold, pale white, and dark green patterns circulated frantically, and a desolate and domineering will to command all soldiers and summon the weapons of the world descended with a loud boom!
This willpower, rather than a direct attack, was like an invisible decree, fiercely impacting the body of the fifth Gengjin weapon lock!
"Commander... how... can... you... these... remnant soldiers... dare... to... disobey... the commander?!"
Boom!!!
The entire chain of Gengjin Armament Lock trembled violently, emitting a piercing screech akin to the clashing of countless weapons! The Gengjin qi forming the chain instantly became disordered! The countless broken weapon shadows and warrior remnants on it, in the face of the commanding will stemming from the bloodline of the Armament Master, instinctively wavered and submitted, akin to soldiers facing a monarch!
The guardian of the Dark Gold Sword-toothed Tiger, which had lunged forward, suddenly froze in its movements! It was formed by the condensation of the grievances of the Gengjin Soldiers and the power of the Sharp Gold Altar, with its core connected to the chains! The shaking of the chains directly affected its actions! The golden soul fire burning in its eye socket, composed of pure killing intent, flickered violently, and the trajectory of its pounce was fatally off!
Opportunity! The one we secured through the Bingzhu Order is the only chance we have!
"Su Wan... Help me!" Lin Feng roared in his heart, desperately injecting the last remaining essence energy, tinged with a hint of the Netherworld Silence and the aura of the Armament Master's Order, into Su Wan's body. It wasn't an attack, but a **triggering**!
As if sensing the will of the Armament Master's command and Lin Feng's resolute intent, the deep black jade talisman on Su Wan's collarbone suddenly lit up! But this time, the faint light did not radiate outward, but rather converged inward! A stream of pure and refined **power of the source of ten thousand poisons**, which had been thoroughly refined and controlled by the talisman, followed Lin Feng's guidance and silently shot towards the violently shaking body of the Gengjin Armament Lock, like the most sinister poison needle!
**Ten Thousand Poisons Corrode Gold! **
Hmph!
The dark green source of poison struck with unparalleled precision at the core of the energy flow of the Gengjin weapon lock, which was also the most vulnerable point under the impact of the weapon master's will!
There was no earth-shattering explosion.
There was only a grating, "sizzling" sound, akin to concentrated acid corroding precious metal!
The source of ten thousand poisons, which embodies the characteristics of destruction, decay, and decline, naturally suppresses the pure and condensed qi of Gengjin! Under the suppression of the will of the Armament Master Order and Su Wan's precise control of the poisonous force eroding its core
Crack, crack, crack!
The heart-pounding sound of shattering continued endlessly! The shadow of the chain, composed of the qi of Gengjin and the resentment of weapons, was like gold thrown into aqua regia. It quickly turned black, decayed, and disintegrated from the point of erosion! The shadows of countless broken weapons mournfully dissipated, and the warrior's residual soul transformed from unwillingness to liberation!
Boom!
The Ruijin Altar violently shook! The dark golden pillars burst into light! One of the nine solid chains entangled around the body of the Armament-Casting Platform, the chain corresponding to the power of Gengjin, suddenly dimmed for a moment, emitting a dull wail!
The fifth Gengjin Bing Lock, break!
Hmph!
The Armament Master Token flew out on its own and hovered in midair. The word "Armament" shone brightly, with four-colored patterns flowing around! A vast and pure dark golden flood, composed of the killing qi of Gengjin and the resentment of the Armament Decomposition, surged out from the broken chains and was greedily devoured by the Armament Master Token! On the token, the dark golden background became even deeper and thicker, as if it was bearing the weight of the souls of countless weapons!
On the fragmented map, the fifth chain pattern quietly crumbled!
The guardian of the Dark Gold Sword-toothed Tiger, which had failed in its attack, let out a roar filled with reluctance and confusion the moment the chains broke. Its huge metal body stiffened like a rusted machine in place, and the golden soul fire in its eye rapidly dimmed and extinguished, eventually turning into a huge metal statue devoid of spirit, which collapsed with a loud crash at the edge of the altar!
Quick! Too fast!
From the moment Lin Feng landed, to the moment Bing Zhiling's command was executed, Su Wan instinctively cooperated with the poisonous erosion, the chains broke, and the guardian fell. The entire process took no more than a few breaths!
However, this fleeting success is akin to throwing an ice cube into boiling oil!
"Roar——!!!"
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On the Blood Sea Plain, the remaining eight giant altars simultaneously emitted an even more ferocious light! The four remaining unbroken solid giant chains (metal, wood, water, and earth) trembled wildly, emitting deafening roars! The poisonous and lava guardian troops, temporarily suppressed by the core pressure of the grand array, seemed to be completely enraged. They braved the pressure and let out a deafening roar, once again charging towards the sharp metal altar in frenzy!
Even more terrifying is that on the other four giant altars corresponding to the blood locks of metal, wood, water, and earth, four guardian shadows with even more terrifying forms and more ancient auras are rapidly condensing in the light of the altars! Their gazes penetrate through space, fixedly locking onto the tiny figure on the altar!
Lin Feng didn't even have time to catch his breath, let alone feel the change in the Warlord's Order. He picked up Su Wan and felt the next target pointed by the Warlord's Order - the giant wooden altar that exuded a contradictory aura of endless vitality and withering death!
Without the slightest hesitation, he drained the last trace of essence energy from his dantian and once again unleashed his movement technique, desperately fleeing towards the giant tree altar! Behind him, a horde of guardians swept over like a flood of destruction, accompanied by four rapidly materializing ancient guardian shadows that emitted the terrifying pressure of the Nascent Soul stage!
The real final battle has already begun! Every breath is a race against death!