Chapter 159: Mysterious Anomaly!

The Blood of Heaven and Earth!

As he uttered this name, Su Yi had no idea what he was feeling. Joy, excitement, shock, and disbelief all mixed together at the very same instant! He never expected that what he had been searching for would actually appear before his eyes in such a simple manner!

It had come so suddenly that, for a moment, he found it hard to accept. Was this truly the Blood of Heaven and Earth? Mm, yes, the cold current within his body was reacting violently right now! But shouldn't a place like this normally have some sort of sealing barrier or similar mechanism? How could someone be allowed to enter so easily?

Had the barrier failed? Or was it because of the mysterious cold current inside his body that he was able to enter without feeling any obstruction? Could this mean that only someone possessing this entity could enter? Or was it purely because of his own character and fortune that he could make it in while others could not?

In that fleeting moment, countless thoughts exploded in Su Yi's mind, nearly bursting it open! Shaking his head to regain his composure and casting aside distracting thoughts, Su Yi stopped pondering these extraneous questions and looked toward the Blood of Heaven and Earth instead. Right now, obtaining it was the truest and most important thing!

At this thought, Su Yi's heartbeat quickened. He took a step forward and walked a few paces slowly. However, his high hopes were dashed after only a few steps—he could no longer move!

Yes, he could not move! It wasn't because he lacked the physical strength to walk, but rather because an invisible wall seemed to block him from ahead! No matter how hard Su Yi pushed forward, his body remained completely motionless!

A wave of frustration and depression instantly filled Su Yi's chest. What kind of trick was this? It was clearly within arm's reach, yet completely untouchable! With a loud shout, Su Yi vented his anger by striking out fiercely toward the front with a punch. As a result, halfway through, his fist could not move forward an inch more. The formless barrier stood squarely between him and the Blood of Heaven and Earth!

Unreconciled! Unreconciled! I am not reconciled!

He had already come this far, enduring so many trials along the way, and even being hunted down by people from the Imperial Pole Gate and the Supreme Medicine Workshop. He had persevered through all of that. If he ended up getting nothing in the end, what meaning was left in everything he had done before?!

Driven by anger and resentment, Su Yi swung his fists like a madman, as if he wanted to completely shatter everything that stood in his way! Right at that moment, a sudden disturbance arose in Su Yi's chest. The mysterious white mask seemed to respond to some attraction, automatically flying out on its own!

As Su Yi looked on in bewilderment, those twisted, intertwining, blood-red, vessel-like substances suddenly moved. As if pulled by a powerful, irresistible force, they were slowly sucked into the white mask!

It was as if an invisible whirlpool was spinning over the mask. The blood-red substances resisted, pulling back and forth for a moment, but ultimately they could not withstand the mask's devouring power and were sucked in one by one! The other ends of those vessel-like blood-red substances were all connected to the heart-like Blood of Heaven and Earth. As these substances were absorbed, the connecting points were forcibly snapped one after another!

With each snapped connection, the entire grotto space seemed to tremble. And when the very final connection was severed, the faint sound of something shattering seemed to echo from an unknown origin...

Whether it was Su Yi's imagination or not, after this sound, everything around him seemed to undergo a subtle change. He could not pinpoint exactly what had changed, but he felt as though an invisible restriction had been broken. From then on, the pool water inside and outside the grotto seemed to begin communicating and flowing together. Although there might have been a trace of connection before, now it had undoubtedly broken through certain limits and merged completely.

This could be seen from the somewhat turbid water gradually flowing in here from outside the pool; earlier, this place had been exceptionally clear. At this thought, Su Yi suddenly took a step forward, and then he joyfully felt that the previously invisible barrier had vanished!

Filled with sudden joy, Su Yi seized the moment and hurried to the center of the grotto, the location of the Blood of Heaven and Earth. However, just as he reached out with a trace of excitement to touch the Blood of Heaven and Earth, another unexpected event occurred. There was still a force obstructing him, though this time it was somewhat different. Drawing back his hand, Su Yi walked around the Blood of Heaven and Earth a few times to observe it, and finally discovered a shocking fact!

At first glance, the Blood of Heaven and Earth seemed to be immersed in the water. From the outside, this ball of blood-red energy pulsed according to a set rhythm like a bloody heart, glowing with a faint reddish light. From a distance, it looked like a flame burning in the water. However, after careful, close-range observation, Su Yi discovered that the Blood of Heaven and Earth was not soaked in water at all, but rather suspended in the air!

Because both were transparent, it had been hard to tell at first, but there was indeed an almost completely vacuumed empty space within the water, and the Blood of Heaven and Earth was floating right in the middle of it. Pondering for a moment, Su Yi made a startled guess: "Could it be that the energy of this Blood of Heaven and Earth is so strong that the generated spatial pressure directly pushed all the water away?"

This seemed to explain how the Blood of Heaven and Earth could float there without any external force, but if that was the case...

Su Yi subconsciously glanced at the white mask. To his surprise, the white mask seemed to sense his thoughts, flying straight over and pressing close to the Blood of Heaven and Earth. Immediately following that came an exceptionally fierce devouring and suction force!

Subsequent events did not disappoint Su Yi. As time passed, the space separated by the Blood of Heaven and Earth began to shrink gradually! Finally, with what sounded like a crisp snap, the space vanished entirely. Staring intently without blinking, Su Yi watched as the space completely disappeared. Just as he happily reached out a hand to see if he could finally touch the Blood of Heaven and Earth, his field of vision suddenly shook violently, and an aged figure slowly materialized before his shocked eyes!

The aged figure was extremely hazy, resembling a residual soul shadow or a projection. Yet the moment it appeared, the strange sense of pressure emanating from it instantly filled Su Yi with terror, rendering him completely unable to move!

The figure's facial features were also somewhat blurred, but it appeared to be a very elderly man with entirely white hair. The head of the figure moved slightly, as if examining the surrounding environment and then looking at Su Yi, before the old voice rang out: "Young man, since you are able to come here and successively break two sealing barriers, you must be a person of destiny..."

A person of destiny? Amidst his lingering panic, a surge of joy suddenly rose in Su Yi's heart. Since he was a person of destiny, then—

"However, since I was ordered to guard this place, I cannot let anyone else take this Blood of Heaven and Earth..." The aged figure continued, "Therefore, you should leave..."

What the hell! Su Yi nearly spat out a mouthful of blood. If he couldn't take it, why talk about being a person of destiny?! Didn't books always say, "I see you are a person of destiny, so I will pass on my martial arts/this treasure/this secret manual to you"? Why was it like this here?! What a scam!

Although Su Yi desperately wanted to curse out loud at that moment, considering the overwhelming, near-death pressure the opponent exerted upon him, he wisely decided to drop the matter for now. After a lengthy, heavy silence, he slowly asked, "May I ask, senior, who you are..."

"Me..." The aged voice did not immediately answer the question, falling into deep contemplation instead. After a very long time, it slowly spoke: "So much time has passed that my memories are almost completely scattered. If you hadn't asked, I likely would never have recalled this... Well, if my memory serves me correctly, I should be a residual soul shadow created by my original self..."

A residual soul shadow?! Good grief! Su Yi's eyes widened involuntarily. Just a residual shadow carried this much pressure?! How much more terrifying must the old man's true body be? Speaking of which, that evil soul in his body called the Blood Emperor was also extremely powerful, but it seemed to be a complete entity, right? And judging by the pressure it exerted...

Ah, wait. Previously, because he knew very little about matters of the soul, he had been helpless. But since this old man was able to create a residual soul shadow to guard this place, he must be well-versed in the Dao of the soul. If he were to consult this old man about the great threat of the evil soul...

Before Su Yi could form a plan, the white mask—which had remained inactive ever since the old man appeared—trembled, and a dense strand of black vapor suddenly drifted out from it!

The drifting black qi rolled a few times and then seemed to condense into a humanoid shape, though only the head and torso could be distinguished. It looked almost like a limbless torso. Su Yi looked at this dark shadow in surprise, never expecting such an entity to exist within the white mask! Yet somehow, the aura of this dark shadow felt remarkably similar to the deep, mystical black mist he had seen inside the white mask earlier. Could these be two different forms of the same thing?

Su Yi did not understand, but the aged figure seemed to comprehend something. Watching the dark shadow, it asked after a long pause, with a noticeable shift in tone: "This fluctuation... could you be..."

The black qi on the dark shadow's body churned, and to Su Yi's astonishment, it spoke, though no mouth could be seen anywhere on it: "That's right... I am..."

Whether it was Su Yi's imagination or not, ever since the dark shadow appeared, the aged figure seemed to have become much clearer. The figure itself seemed to realize this change as well, murmuring afterward: "I see... I remember now... Guarding the Blood of Heaven and Earth was only the secondary task... The primary task is..."

"Resurrection..."

(There are no flowers!)
    
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