Chapter 167: Chapter 167
A quarter of an hour later.
Zhang Xiaohao and Cheng Qingsu stopped.
They looked solemnly at the altar in front of them, which had ninety-nine steps. Atop the altar, there was a huge blood-red cocoon, about two meters in diameter.
Above the blood-red cocoon, a blood-colored sun hung in the air.
Massive amounts of blood-red energy rained down from the blood-colored sun, absorbed by the gigantic cocoon.
Gazing at the blood-colored sun in the sky,
an impulse surged within Zhang Xiaohao, filled with intense desire, instinctively wanting to claim it as his own.
It seemed as though by consuming it, he would gain immense benefits.
"You fall back, do not approach without my command," Zhang Xiaohao ordered sternly.
"Be careful, brother-in-law, if it’s too dangerous, we’ll just find another way to leave," said Cheng Qingsu.
"Hmm," Zhang Xiaohao nodded.
Once Cheng Qingsu had stepped back,
a glint of cold light flashed in Zhang Xiaohao’s eyes as he calmly walked towards the ninety-nine-step altar.
As Zhang Xiaohao stepped onto the first step, the cocoon on the altar suddenly shuddered as if conveying a wave of anger, its exterior blood-red energy surging wildly in response.
"Hmph! Scare who?" Zhang Xiaohao sneered.
Taking a serious look at the massive cocoon on the altar, he deployed the Twelve Heavenly Steps, as fast as lightning, and dashed swiftly towards the top.
The cocoon shuddered again, and a spear completely made of blood-red energy materialized, hurling towards Zhang Xiaohao’s head with such force that it looked like it was aimed to kill him in one blow.
As the blood-red spear neared, a flash of brilliance sparked in Zhang Xiaohao’s eyes, and his thoughts raced, leading him to make a bold decision.
Instead of dodging the incoming blood-red spear, he shockingly lunged forward to meet it head-on.
A strange scene ensued.
The blood-red spear pierced entirely through Zhang Xiaohao’s body, but rather than being wounded, his body was instead wrapped in a layer of blood qi.
a smile curled up at the corner of Zhang Xiaohao’s mouth as he thought to himself, it’s just as expected!
With increased speed, he rushed up over fifty steps in an instant, continuing his charge upwards.
"Bastard! I’ll kill you!" an angry roar echoed from inside the cocoon.
Countless streams of blood-red energy, under the control of the cocoon, condensed into numerous blades and swords.
Hundreds of blades and swords danced in the air, furiously slashing towards Zhang Xiaohao.
"That’s more like it!" Zhang Xiaohao laughed heartily, replicating his earlier tactic. Facing the flurry of blades, he didn’t resist but allowed them to slash at his body.
After absorbing hundreds of blades, the blood qi around him thickened even more.
By this time, Zhang Xiaohao had reached the edge of the altar.
He looked at the massive blood-red cocoon with a cold smirk and made a move that drove his opponent into a frenzy.
Zhang Xiaohao’s foot stomped firmly as his body leaped up, like a Roc, pouncing on top of the blood-red cocoon, right under the column of energy falling from the blood-colored sun.
Using hands and feet, he burrowed into the blood-red cocoon.
His mouth, too, did not idle as he ferociously bit into the cocoon.
"Ah! Bastard! Damn you! You dare to steal my inheritance, I’ll kill you!" the blood-red cocoon roared in a furious bellow.
In just that short moment, a vast amount of blood-red energy had been stolen by Zhang Xiaohao, half of it, or even more.
No matter how hard it tried, regardless of the numerous tactics it deployed, it simply couldn’t harm Zhang Xiaohao in the least.
The blades he had sent out as weapons were, on the contrary, absorbed by Zhang Xiaohao.
The blood-red cocoon had learned its lesson.
It seemed to realize that in its current state, it was no match for Zhang Xiaohao.
Instead of wasting time and giving the blood-red energy to the opponent for free, it was better to increase the absorption strength and seize the chance to snatch more.
The blood-red cocoon suddenly trembled, a huge suction force emanated from it, frantically absorbing the blood-red energy that fell from the blood-colored dawn in the sky.
"Getting smart, huh? You want to compete with me for the blood-red energy? Just wait to bite the dust behind me!" Zhang Xiaohao sneered in his heart.
Using his hands and feet, biting fiercely with his mouth, he absorbed the blood-red energy like a frenzied whale.
As the blood-red energy continuously entered his body, the War God physique hidden inside him was once again stimulated.
The strands of blood qi entwined around his body, under some mysterious law, once again coalesced into a Battle Axe behind him.
"Suck in air!" Witnessing this scene, Cheng Qingsu sharply inhaled.
She rubbed her eyes vigorously, staring at the blood-red Battle Axe that had materialized behind Zhang Xiaohao.
Shocked, she thought, "What kind of monster has emerged from nowhere? How can it be so exaggerated? Did my sister just pick him up ? Her luck is unbelievably good! Why don’t I have such luck?"
"Damn it! You bastard, slow down your absorption, all of this is mine, don’t you compete with me!" The massive cocoon trembled again, bellowing furiously.
Zhang Xiaohao paid it no heed; who had time to fuss with it at a time ? That time would be better spent seizing more blood-red energy.
"Bastard! Are you even a man? I’m a clean freak, I don’t do that kind of stuff!"
"Would you shut the hell up! I’m begging you!"
"Ah! I’m going to kill you! I swear, I will flay you a thousand times over!"
A series of frantic roars kept coming out of the massive cocoon.
As time went on, the energy of the blood-colored dawn in the sky gradually weakened.
By now, the blood-red Battle Axe behind Zhang Xiaohao had fully solidified from ethereal to substantial, floating behind him.
On the handle of the Battle Axe, there was a huge, half of a palm.
Though only half was visible, an endless fighting spirit burst forth from the palm, as vast as an ocean.
This immense battle intent seemed to want to suppress heaven and earth underfoot, dominating all the realms with its pressure.
The blood-red energy, which was originally divided into two streams, was now aggressively snatched away entirely by the appearance of the half palm, all of it redirected into Zhang Xiaohao’s body.
"Damn you, don’t take it all! You outsider, at least leave me some!" Upon witnessing this scene, the massive cocoon roared with all its might.
To enter the forbidden territory, he had poisoned the guardians, seized the Token, and turned off various powerful Arrays within the forbidden land.
He even spent the treasures he had accumulated over the years, purchasing innumerable precious items from the outside world for protection, at great cost.
Moreover, from the outer perimeter, he fought his way in, battling every step of the way, exhausting all his trump cards, to finally reach this place.
If there had been even a small misstep along the way, he would have faced an inescapable doom.
After countless hardships, he finally went from being a daughter-in-law to becoming the mother-in-law.
Just when he was about to further absorb the fruits of victory, Zhang Xiaohao, that shameless guy, barged in.
He took away the inheritance that was rightfully his, and didn’t leave even a drop of soup for him.
He wanted revenge! He would flay that stinking brat a thousand times over, tear him to pieces! Only then could he relieve the hatred in his heart!
"Bastard! Dare to rob my inheritance, I’m going to kill you!" The massive cocoon bellowed in anger.
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