From Blood Mage to Styx Ancestor

Chapter 147, First Demon, Devilish and Unworthy to Listen

Chapter 147 One Demon Among Demons, Too Lazy to Speak, Worthy of Hearing

Inside Zeshan Village, blood mist surged.

Blood and flesh were evenly smeared all over the mountain stronghold, like a scene depicting hell.

Tree branches, rooftops, the ground... everywhere were pale skeletons of human demons, some who fought to the last moment, others who tried to escape but were caught and killed.

A chill spread along with the rolling blood mist, and ice crystals clung to the bones, forming ice flowers in their empty eye sockets and ribs.

The closer they got to the open space near the gate of the mountain stronghold, the more horrific the situation became. A large crater appeared out of nowhere in the center of the open space, filled with blood, creating a pool of blood.

For some reason, the blood pool was not completely frozen by the extreme cold and remained liquid. However, small, sharp ice crystals floated in the blood, enough to teach a profound lesson to those who rashly ventured underwater.

Modi walked on the water as if it were flat ground, and walked to the center of the pool, stopping in front of a huge humanoid creature.

The humanoid creature was about three meters tall, and its body was fat, with layers of fat piled up, forming folds that dragged on the surface of the pool.

He was holding a large cauldron, inside which a faint flame burned. The flames climbed up the inner wall and wrapped around him, maintaining his body temperature and preventing him from freezing to death.

But this was just a drop in the ocean; his life was already like a candle flickering in the wind, constantly leaking from the several bloody holes in his chest.

Blood licked his skin, endlessly draining his life force; with each crashing wave, his face grew increasingly pale.

Although his eyes had long since disappeared, Wei Dailiang could still sense some movement around him and knew that the red-robed Taoist had arrived.

He pursed his lips twice, squeezing out a hoarse voice from his damaged vocal cords: "Spare me, spare my life, I know I was wrong..."

"You only know that you are going to die." Modi recalled the Yuan Tu Abi twin swords, with blue and white sword light surrounding him.

After slaughtering all the bandits of Zeshan Village, the resentment stirred up by the sword light dissipated completely, leaving only a tiny remnant, presumably waiting for him to end Wei Dailiang's life.

He didn't act immediately, but continued speaking to himself:

"Wei Dailiang, whose place of origin and background are unknown, appeared in Daze Mountain not long after the destruction of the Feast Cult five years ago, and led a group of people of unknown origin to establish the Zeshan Bandits."

"After the Zeshan bandits were established, they quickly grew stronger, swallowing up more than a dozen bandit strongholds of varying sizes in the vicinity, becoming the strongest force in Dazeshan. Even the government could not do anything about them and could only reach a tacit agreement with you to not interfere with each other."

"After that, the Zeshan bandits became increasingly rampant, not only kidnapping passersby to use as laborers, but also secretly contacting the Fufeng Chamber of Commerce to purchase military equipment and personnel from them."

"Based on the known intelligence, it can be deduced that the Zeshan bandits are related to the Feast Cult, and you, Wei Dailiang, should be a remnant of the Flesh Feast faction within it."

With each word he spoke, a crimson hue would appear on the sword light surrounding him, until, after he finished speaking, the two sword lights were no longer blue and white, but completely stained crimson.

Modi paused, then continued, "In the five years since the Zeshan Bandits were established, how many innocent civilians have you killed? A hundred? Or more?"

Judging from the resentment accumulated underground in Zeshan Village, it is estimated that they killed quite a few people, and each of them suffered terrible torture before their deaths.

Wei Dailiang was silent for a moment before letting out a voice like a broken bellows, "I don't remember, and besides, you're wrong about one thing."

"I am not a member of the carnivore faction, but rather a member of the four sexes faction."

The Four Natures School, unlike the Meat Feast School, inherits the "Four Qi and Four Seasons Chapter" and its main research path is the balance between the four natures of the human body and the four external energies.

Logically speaking, the Four Sexes faction shouldn't be as crazy as the Flesh Feast faction, so what's wrong with Wei Dailiang?

An isolated case, or...

"I used to be someone who enjoyed cannibalism as much as I do now, and I despised the theories of the carnivore faction."

Wei Dailiang went on to explain, "Our Four Elements Faction is not as crazy as the Flesh Feast Faction. Our daily routine is to work behind closed doors and balance the four elements in the body. Sometimes we also go down the mountain to practice medicine and use our theories to help people get better."

"However, when the day comes that the five sects besiege the headquarters of the Feast Cult, our Four Natures faction will not escape the fate of destruction, even though the higher-ups of the five sects know that we have not gone astray."

"To prevent the Food Cult from making a comeback, they slaughtered all the other factions that had not gone astray, including the Four Sexes faction."

"And I am just one of the survivors."

He laboriously inhaled the true fire from the cauldron, his whole body enveloped in smoke, with some even escaping from the large hole in his chest.

Although much of it evaporated, the smoke still had some effect; at least a significant amount of the ice crystals on his body melted.

Modi stood aside, watching the scene with great interest. If he wasn't mistaken, the fire and smoke should correspond to the changes in temperature among the four elements, thereby resisting the cold nature.

Wei Dailiang continued in a hoarse voice, "After escaping this calamity, I understood that the Five Sects feared the united and powerful Feast Cult, and cared neither about internal factions nor about so-called good and evil."

"If that's the case, then why should I care about the so-called differences between factions or between good and evil? From then on, I exchanged our respective techniques with the other survivors, trying to complete the 'Four Qi and Five Flavors Nourishing Body Method,' but I found that something was always missing."

"Although we didn't get the complete Zhenjiao cultivation method, we still gained something. With the help of the 'Treatise on the Five Flavors and Five Organs,' I embarked on the path of carnivorous feasting, while balancing the four elements within my body. I'm only one step away from the Divine Gang Realm, but... :::... throat."

He looked at the red-robed Taoist with empty eye sockets, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Modi, however, remained unmoved, still pondering the changes in the four sexes. Upon hearing his explanation, he merely glanced at him and asked, "Finished?"

A burst of blood-red light erupted, and the twin swords of Yuan Tu and A Bi emitted a resounding clang.

Wei Dailiang's eyelids twitched, and ignoring his hoarse throat, he quickly spoke:

"I can sense that you have also practiced the 'Theory of Five Flavors and Five Organs.' Once the people of the Five Sects discover this, they will definitely try every means to kill you, just like they did to the survivors of the Feasting Cult."

"Even if I haven't fallen into evil ways?" Mordi retorted.

"Even if you haven't fallen into evil ways," Wei Dailiang nodded, then changed the subject, saying, "I not only possess the 'Four Qi and Four Seasons Chapter,' which can help you advance further, but I can also be loyal to you and help you..."

"

"No need, I will get these myself."

Mo Di raised his right hand, and a blood-red sword light shot out, like two nooses tightening around Wei Dailiang's head.

He never took Wei Dailiang's words to heart.

Regardless of who this person was originally, or what hardships he had endured or how tragic his fate was, he deserves to die now, and Modi has no interest in listening to what he has to say.

"If you are a demon once, you will be a demon for life. Since you eat people for pleasure, you should be prepared to be killed."

With a sword-like noose around his neck, Wei Dailiang's eyes widened in disbelief. He hadn't expected that all his efforts would be wasted without being able to persuade the Taoist.

"In this world today, there are countless people like me. The Golden Wolf Royal Court has a tradition of human sacrifice, the Hundred Thousand Mountains of the Southern Frontier use humans to refine Gu poison, and even in the Great Qian Dynasty, there are rumors that princes and nobles refine human pills!"

"Even if I don't eat them, they will be eaten by others. All living beings are merely fish on the plates of meat-eaters!"

His anger and resentment erupted, and even the fall of his head could not stop his body from swelling. Like an inflating balloon, his already bloated and obese body swelled even more, with black smoke constantly billowing out from the gaps.

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With a loud bang, a large splash of water erupted in the center of the blood pool.

Wei Dailiang's obese body exploded, like a powerful bomb being dropped, dispersing the blood mist lingering on the surface of the pool.

The high temperature radiated outwards with the shock wave, evaporating a large amount of blood and ice crystals. The surface of the pool at the center of the explosion even caved in, and blood from all around was rushing in to fill the void.

"Dead?" Modi reappeared on the surface of the pool, the twin swords, now devoid of their last trace of resentment, swirling around him, their crimson color concealed, their pale blue-white color revealed.

After glancing around the blood pool, he was certain that Wei Dailiang was indeed dead.

No one knows how he cultivated himself, but he actually turned himself into a human bomb. His body not only stores a large amount of flammable and explosive gas, but he can also actively detonate himself or suppress the explosion by adjusting his four elements.

If it were just a normal Qi Condensation Realm cultivator, they would inevitably be unable to escape this massive self-destruction; even if they didn't die, they would be severely injured.

But Modi is not normal after all.

"The changes of the four natures are so wondrous. I really want to meet the late Master You Qingxiang, but unfortunately this world is extremely unfriendly to souls, so I guess I won't have that chance."

After pausing for a moment at the pool of blood, Mo Di flipped through the blood-stained book and found Wei Dailiang's page.

"Wow, 'The Four Seasons and Four Seasons Chapter,' 'Flying Carp Knife,' 'Hot and Spicy Gas Explosion Technique'... As expected of the elites of the Food Cult, they are far superior to those three from the Black Shop."

The Feast Cult, as expected of its former leader of heretical sects, has a vast lineage and, through the tireless research of a group of madmen, has achieved numerous results in areas such as the human body and the flow of Qi.

Their application of the four elements of cold, coolness, warmth, and heat has reached its pinnacle; they can even locally adjust the climate and artificially simulate the four seasons.

Coincidentally, the Food Cult has also made outstanding achievements in another area, the Five Internal Organs, and is said to have the ability to mass-produce Visceral Warriors.

This explains why the Five Sects were determined to eradicate them, while the imperial court remained indifferent. "In the annihilation of the Feast Sect, the imperial court seemed to have no involvement, but is that possible? Did the imperial court truly not want the Feast Sect's research findings?"

Modi felt there must be something fishy about this, and that the imperial court might be plotting something big in secret.

"Speaking of which, the three northern prefectures have been in chaos for so long, shouldn't the imperial court make some moves by now? But then again, this has nothing to do with me."

"The most urgent task is to tidy up this place and establish a base before heading to Tianyong City to see the Five Sects Grand Competition and, while we're at it, to see what the Heavenly Book looks like..."

With a wave of his sleeves, the River Styx surged, sweeping away and engulfing the entire mountain stronghold.