Strongest Medical Saint-Chapter 694: Life and Death

Time slowly passed.

Immersed in the blood pool, Shen Feng, through relentless effort, finally suppressed the transformation of the Blood Emperor Jue into the Emperor King Jue.

Now the Blood Emperor Jue had become a system of its own, no longer attempting to transform into the Emperor King Jue, and continued to circulate within his meridians.

After the Blood Emperor Jue’s operation stabilized,

the movements within the pool grew increasingly tumultuous, and the needle-sharp blood water surged relentlessly towards Shen Feng’s body.

Suddenly,

the blood water rapidly condensed, forming daggers of incomparable sharpness, exuding a chilling bloodlust aura.

"Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi—"

The daggers, forged from fresh blood, mercilessly pierced through Shen Feng’s flesh and rapidly shattered his bones, before finally dissolving back into droplets that fell into the pool.

Feeling his flesh being continuously penetrated and his bones rapidly breaking apart, Shen Feng’s expression twisted into one of ferocity. However, he didn’t emit any agonized screams, only muffled groans kept coming from his throat, and his consciousness began to blur.

The freshly coalesced blood daggers had even punctured every organ in his body, and the Blood Emperor Jue was barely circulating within him.

Struggling to keep his consciousness from completely fading, Shen Feng’s pale face was smeared with blood, his lips cracked wide open, gasping for air from his mouth, he felt his life force draining away at a steady pace; he couldn’t possibly end up failing to master the Blood Emperor Jue and instead die here, could he?

As he desperately persevered,

from a hole in the wall to his left front,

Jiang Muyun of Moon Fallen Sect and Xu Ziyue of Bloodkill Holy Palace appeared at the entrance.

The events that had occurred earlier in the great hall,

they hadn’t intended to take action against Shen Feng in the first place.

It was only after Shen Feng killed the five cultivators who attacked him together that they finally understood Shen Feng must have been strong to begin with, and that giant key from before could have only increased his strength a bit! They too had briefly fallen into surprise.

By the time Shen Feng was the first to enter one of the passages and everyone else reacted, although Jiang Muyun and Xu Ziyue had taken the lead, they were, after all, no different from ordinary people and were even caught up by others. They were originally heading in the same direction, but in different passages.

In the face of crisis,

they just exchanged glances and decided to temporarily collaborate to deal with the current situation, putting aside the enmity between the Righteous Path and the Demon Path.

After all, they each initially had two Sea Transformation peak cultivators protecting them, but their cultivation was completely suppressed.

By cooperating with each other, the cultivators they were protecting naturally shared the same enemy.

As for the rest, many were trying to rush into the passages alone, but with the advantage of numbers, Jiang Muyun and Xu Ziyue quickly managed to enter one.

After they rushed into the passage, they also discovered a stone chamber filled with Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

They likewise saw the phrase carved in the lower right corner of the entrance, "Only when the barrier is soaked in fresh blood, can it disappear!"

The Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures inside were too tempting.

The cultivators protecting Jiang Muyun and those protecting Xu Ziyue found a pretext for the irreconcilable differences between the Righteous Path and Demon Path, and began to fight intensely.

No matter how Jiang Muyun and Xu Ziyue tried to persuade them, they were unwilling to cease the fight. Not long after, more cultivators arrived. Upon seeing the wealth inside and the phrase, the battle grew even larger.

Seeing their persuasion fail and that everyone had become bloodthirsty, Jiang Muyun and Xu Ziyue didn’t linger there any longer, well aware that everyone’s cultivation was suppressed and that they had no advantage in strength.

As much as they desired the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in the stone chamber, even the witch Xu Ziyue—who had many cultivators from both the Righteous Path and Demon Path die by her hand—all were deserving of death.

They understood that if they stayed to join in, the bloodthirsty individuals would certainly not show mercy.

Standing at the entrance of the passage, Jiang Muyun and Xu Ziyue felt the incredibly powerful tearing force outside, they didn’t dare to step out. They just stood at the edge of the entrance, watching. When they saw Shen Feng inside the blood pool, weak and seemingly at death’s door, their beautiful eyes paused slightly.

Although they were some distance away from the blood pool, both could feel the terrifying destructive power emanating from within. The thick scent of blood wafting through the air involuntarily made them each take a step back.

One a saintess, the other a witch, they had previously looked askance at each other, but in this place and at this time, they had no choice but to temporarily put aside their prejudices.

"What do you think his background is? Why does he have the key to unlock this place? The blood pool he’s immersed in is extremely peculiar, filled with endless bloodthirsty force, even if he’s lucky enough to come out alive, he’s probably ruined for life—penetrated by so much bloodthirsty force, he’ll completely become a killing machine, even at risk of demonic possession at any moment."

"However, considering the current situation, he probably won’t be able to make it out alive,"

"What a pity, I thought someone from the Lower Realm had emerged to stir up trouble!"

Xu Ziyue, with beautiful eyes, looked at Shen Feng, who lay pale within the pool, and let out a slight sigh.

Jiang Muyun simply nodded; even if they wanted to help Shen Feng now, they were likely powerless. If they tried to step out of the cave, their bodies would undoubtedly be torn to shreds.

The sounds of slaughter in the passage gradually decreased.

It seemed the fight outside the stone chamber was mostly over. Jiang Muyun felt a bit regrettable, but lingering here wasn’t a solution. She said, "If the words that appeared earlier in the main hall are true, then the gate should reopen soon!"

Xu Ziyue nodded, "Then let’s go back and check."

Although they didn’t spell it out, they both believed that Shen Feng’s death was imminent.

As they turned to head back,

A passage to the right front of Shen Feng appeared.

Zou Bocheng, Lu Tingting, and Lu Jinghua were also there.

Zou Bocheng was very alert; as soon as Shen Feng had killed five cultivators, he had promptly brought Lu Tingting to one of the passage entrances.

Although they had stopped in shock, when the rest of the cultivators scrambled into the passage, he naturally led Lu Tingting and Lu Jinghua into the passage first.

In their passage was also a stone chamber filled with Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

It was only after seeing the inscriptions above that Zou Bocheng hesitated for a while, but finally, he continued forward with Lu Tingting and Lu Jinghua.

This old man had no children or grandchildren and pursued a carefree life. After meeting Lu Tingting and Lu Jinghua, he always treated them like his own grandchildren. He certainly did not want any harm to befall them, which was why he was able to suppress the greed in his heart and grit his teeth as he left the stone chamber.

Seeing Shen Feng barely clinging to life, Lu Tingting wanted to rush out of the cave, but fortunately, Zou Bocheng stopped her, "Tingting, are you trying to get yourself killed? I think this lad’s not going to make it."

Lu Tingting, unable to bear it, said, "But he..."

Before she could finish, Zou Bocheng continued, "We can’t waste time here anymore. All I want now is to ensure you two get out safely. Let’s head back the way we came and see."

He, too, thought of the words that had appeared in the main hall earlier.

Seeing Lu Tingting reluctant to leave, Zou Bocheng had no choice but to knock out the stubborn girl with a chop to the neck.

At the same time,

Not long after Zou Bocheng and others had left,

Shen Feng, lying within the blood pool, suddenly let out an exhausted roar, "Ah~"

Shadows of divine beasts such as the Azure Dragon, Phoenix, Kirin, and Vermilion Bird emerged from his body. The Hundred Beasts Blood Pool he had initially soaked in contained the blood of these Divine Beasts.

The cultivator’s blood pool now triggered the various Divine Beasts’ blood that had entered Shen Feng’s body after soaking in the Hundred Beasts Blood Pool!

All the blood within the pool began to boil.

His consciousness was completely overwhelmed, and his breathing grew increasingly weak. The life force within his body vanished at an abruptly quick rate.

Seconds later,

His eyes shut involuntarily, his head drooped low, and he fell into a deathlike coma.