The surging blood mist flowed into Liu Yuxin's body incessantly, rapidly replenishing her depleted energy. Moreover, the speed at which she absorbed the blood mist even surpassed that of her opponent.
"Why can't others absorb it, but I can? What's different about me... different about me... I couldn't absorb it before, but after using demonic energy..."
Liu Yuxin's eyes lit up instantly. She leaped into the air, looked towards Wan Liuchuan in the distance, and shouted,
"Wan Liuchuan, use demonic energy and Xi Yan! You can absorb the power of this blood mist!"
Wan Liuchuan, who was fighting in the distance, immediately used Xi Yan upon hearing this. As expected, a torrent of blood energy surged towards him. This deepened his suspicion.
The Liu family could use demonic energy, and the Liu family possessed the Blood Demon Sky Burning Technique. He could also use demonic energy and absorb the blood energy generated by the Sky Burning Technique. Therefore, there must be a significant connection between demonic energy and the Sky Burning Technique. Was this divine ability self-created by the Liu family, or...
Alas, neither of them had time to ponder this now; they had to resolve the current battle first.
The black demonic energy on Liu Yuxin's body was no longer pure but had turned into a blend of black and red, causing her aura to surge and her combat power to skyrocket. The fifth-rank warrior opposite her was even stronger. Every saber strike unleashed carried world-ending might. Even with Liu Yuxin's enhancement, she was merely a Nascent Soul cultivator. Facing the enemy's fierce assault, though she was no longer completely defenseless, she was still at a disadvantage.
The enemy's saber attacks became faster and faster, forcing Liu Yuxin to retreat repeatedly. When one defends for too long, a lapse is bound to occur. Finally, Liu Yuxin was struck on the chest by an enemy saber. Her armor was cleaved, and blood gushed out.
"Damn it, what should I do, what should I do... I have no more divine abilities to enhance my combat power."
Liu Yuxin was extremely anxious but had no solution. Her mind raced as she pondered how to use this blood energy. Suddenly, she recalled the incantation the enemy had just recited. Regardless, she decided to give it a try, like trying to revive a dead horse.
"Xin Jiang Wu Mu Ka!"
Liu Yuxin mumbled the incantation, and suddenly, the blood energy in the heavens and earth surged into her with even greater ferocity. Her eyes turned blood red. The massive blood energy entered her body madly, further amplifying Liu Yuxin's power. Energized, she slashed at the enemy. Indeed, even with his full power, he was still sent flying.
Liu Yuxin was ecstatic and immediately pursued him, engaging in fierce combat with a barrage of saber attacks. Having gained the upper hand, she was completely unaware that the energy within her body had already reached its saturation limit.
"Die!"
Liu Yuxin repelled the enemy with another saber strike but suddenly heard a faint cracking sound. Immediately afterward, she felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen. She was stunned on the spot. Her first thought was that her dantian had exploded from the ferocious energy, and she was about to self-destruct. But she quickly calmed down. If her dantian had exploded, she wouldn't be able to continue absorbing blood mist, yet the blood mist was entering her body even faster than before.
Liu Yuxin looked inward at her body and discovered that it was not her dantian that had ruptured, but her Nascent Soul. With the Nascent Soul broken, the spirit emerged! She had forcibly broken through her cultivation realm through the accumulation of a massive amount of blood energy.
"Not good!"
Liu Yuxin's expression changed drastically. She looked around at the vast battlefield, which had over a million combatants. If she were to undergo her heavenly tribulation here, the entire battlefield might turn into scorched earth. She didn't care about the number of enemies killed, but behind her were many people she had always protected.
Without regard for pursuing her opponent, Liu Yuxin immediately took to the air and flew towards the edge of the battlefield. This battlefield, spanning hundreds of miles, had ample space around it for her to safely undergo her heavenly tribulation. Her speed was extreme. Along the way, all enemies she encountered were forcefully pushed aside. The fifth-rank warrior who had been fighting her seemed to have been provoked and relentlessly pursued her.
Upon reaching the edge of the battlefield, Liu Yuxin looked up at the sky. The tribulation clouds were already beginning to gather in the sky shrouded in blood mist.
"All of you, go back! Don't follow me!"
The fifth-rank warrior clearly recognized the heavenly tribulation and knew that the more people present, the stronger the tribulation would be. Most of the warriors were second or third-rank, unable to withstand the tribulation, and coming would only be sending them to their deaths.
"My opponent, are you about to break through?"
He dragged his long saber and walked step by step towards Liu Yuxin.
"You truly have no fear of death, daring to pursue me!"
"My chosen opponent can only die by my saber. If you were to die by the heavenly tribulation, it would be a lifelong regret for me. Therefore, I must kill you before you are struck down by the heavenly tribulation!"
While he said this, what he truly cared about was that once Liu Yuxin completed her heavenly tribulation and her spirit realm cultivation was thoroughly consolidated, he would have no chance to kill her.
"Then come on!"
Liu Yuxin gripped her saber with both hands and pointed it at the enemy.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The two of them charged at each other simultaneously.
BOOM!!!
With a deafening roar, two bolts of lightning struck down. Before they could even reach each other, they were both struck by the lightning and sent sprawling to the ground.
"Die!"
Liu Yuxin, enduring the numbness in her body, leaped up while the opponent was still getting up and appeared before him, slashing at his head. The enemy immediately dodged sideways, and at the same time, swung his long saber fiercely towards Liu Yuxin's ankle. Liu Yuxin, now possessing a greatly increased combat power after breaking through to the spirit realm, did not dodge. She kicked out towards the swinging saber.
*Crack!*
The enemy's saber flew out of his hand. Just as he was about to retrieve it, Liu Yuxin, with quick hands, stomped on his wrist. With a snap, his wrist was crushed into fragments.
"Ah!!"
Liu Yuxin swung her saber again, preparing to decapitate him. The enemy's eyes blazed with ferocity as he condensed a burst of blood energy in his right hand and punched Liu Yuxin's ankle. Liu Yuxin fell heavily to the ground. The enemy seized the opportunity, picked up his saber, and without looking back, swung it.
BOOM!!!
The second heavenly tribulation descended. Neither of them had attacked the other; both were flattened. Liu Yuxin rose faster than the enemy. She kicked the saber out of his hand and then slashed at the enemy's neck. With a clang, Liu Yuxin's saber was deflected, and only a white mark appeared on the enemy's neck. Such a powerful physique. Seeing the enemy about to get up, Liu Yuxin had no time to consider other methods. She directly discarded her saber, placed her knee against the enemy's back, locked her arm around his neck, and the surrounding black fire of Xi Yan exploded, engulfing both of them.