Chapter 854 - 589: The Path of the Blood Immortal (Part 2)

"Stubborn fools!"

Zhao Manager’s eyes surged with murderous intent, and he fiercely waved his right hand:

"Everyone—open fire!"

In an instant, the world changed color.

Dense beams of energy rained down like a storm, ravaging the ground!

Dark blue, red, pure white rays tore through the sky, blocking out the sun, like a torrent of death pouring down, crashing into the planetary surface.

Boom—boom—boom—!!!

The continuous explosions echoed across the world, flames leaping up to the sky.

Thick rock layers were vaporized in an instant, sturdy ore veins exploded into fragments, the earth violently shook, collapsed, and cracked.

Vast sections of the planet’s surface were directly destroyed, turning into scorched wasteland and searing lava.

This was not a battle.

This was one-sided firepower suppression.

"Defense! Form up!"

The elder’s roar shook the heavens.

The snake people in the front row didn’t hesitate, their bodies expanding with a roar, transforming into fierce and enormous Zoral Black Snakes.

Thousands of snakes coiled, their scales unfolded.

Blood patterns on the dark scales lit up, forming a massive snake-shaped light shield, trying to withstand the torrent of destruction.

Sizzle—sizzle—sizzle—!

Energy beams frantically bombarded the light shield, the piercing sound of dissolution was endless, sparks and electrical arcs flying everywhere.

The light shield trembled violently, cracks spreading incessantly.

Many snake people who couldn’t get into formation in time were directly pierced by the beams, their scales shattered, blood and flesh flying.

Chilling screams rose and fell, corpses fell into blood pools, blood dyeing the scorched earth red, seeping into the ground through cracks.

"Brother!"

A young four-armed snake person was glaring with fury, watching his family die tragically, completely consumed by anger.

He roared and charged towards the nearest mech, hugging the frame tightly with all four arms, his bloodline power erupting madly.

Rip—!

The solid military mech was torn apart by him.

The guards inside didn’t even have time to scream before they were utterly shredded.

"Seeking death!"

Zhao Manager coldly snorted, his figure transforming into blood light, instantly appearing, spirit light in hand condensing into a longsword, the sword light flashed, fast to the extreme.

The young snake person didn’t even have time to turn around before he was sliced from head to tail with one sword stroke, blood and viscera spraying out.

"Manager mighty!!"

The guards’ morale greatly boosted, they shouted and launched a fierce attack.

Laser blades slashed crosswise, energy cannons continued to pour, like the reaping of death itself.

The snake people were numerous and fearless, but the power of energy weapons was far beyond their imagination.

Coupled with the Golden Core Cultivators in the sky overseeing the slaughter, snake people casualties were mounting rapidly, bodies strewn all over.

The defense line like a dam amidst monstrous waves, slowly loosening and collapsing.

...

In desperation.

The snake people could only desperately pray, calling upon the Mother Goddess.

Beyond the heavens.

Chen Sheng once again felt the Power of Faith flowing like streams converging.

His heart stirred slightly, drawing out a tenth from this power, quietly reinforcing the snake people on the mining planet.

"We cannot retreat! Absolutely cannot retreat!"

"If we retreat, our kin will have no hope anymore!"

The snake elder roared, his body swelling to thirty feet, transforming into a giant Zoral Black Snake.

The blood patterns on his scales burned to the extreme, he opened his mouth and spewed out the rolling Heart Rotting Miasma, black poison covering the sky.

Where the toxic smoke passed, mechs corroded, guards screamed as they turned into pools of blood.

His massive tail swept, sweeping away and crushing swathes of guards and mechs.

"Elder! We will live and die with you!"

A snake person roared, similarly transforming into a battle snake, standing side by side with the elder.

More and more snake people were exploding their potential in the blood war, bones roaring, flesh regenerating, forcefully growing a sixth arm, an eighth arm!

"What, what is that?!"

A guard team member screamed in terror, his finger trembling as he pointed towards the center of the battlefield.

Everyone raised their heads to look.

A giant snake slowly shed its snake body, transforming into an eight-armed snake person.

Its figure was tall like a demon god, eight arms fierce and thick, surrounded by black vapor, aura violently spiraling to the sky.

The pressure it emitted was not inferior to that of a Golden Core Cultivator!

Zhao Manager’s face changed dramatically, his pupils constricting:

"Impossible?! Even if bloodline ancestor return occurs occasionally, how could there be such a large-scale emergence of six-armed snake people!"

"It actually... emerged as an eight-armed snake demon!"

The eight-armed snake person roared wildly to the sky, all eight fierce giant arms simultaneously stretched, palms all spouting forth myriad snakes’ Spirit Flame.

The intertwined purple-black poisonous fire transformed into countless tiny snake shadows, overwhelming and crushing the guard formation.

Where the snake flame passed, mech shells instantly melted and shattered, energy shields torn apart, guards gnawed by snake shadows.

With simultaneous movement of all eight arms, the snake flame formed a purgatory, blasting open a blood-colored gap across the battlefield within the dense guard formation.

The battle reached a fever pitch.

The Snake People’s casualties were innumerable, with corpses piling up like mountains, yet they grew crazily stronger in the bloodshed.

One after another, six-armed Snake People were born, sweeping across the battlefield.

The guards’ offensive waned, casualties soared, and the initial overwhelming advantage was completely reversed.

Manager Zhao fought desperately to kill an eight-armed Snake Person, but he himself was locked in by multiple snake-eye illusions and was corroded by poisonous smoke.

Several wounds on his body were deep enough to see bone, Spiritual Qi was chaotic, his aura wilted, and any trace of composure was long gone.

Looking at the endless six-armed Snake People before him, he finally felt a despair that pierced his soul:

"Damn it... These monsters are endless!"

"Die, human!"

The elder Snake Person shed his snake form and returned to human shape, eight arms shaking together, pouncing like an ancient snake god.

"Puff—!"

Manager Zhao was struck in the chest by the elder’s punch, his Golden Core Qi Sea violently shook, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out wildly as his body flew backward.

Before he could land, eight giant hands had already mercilessly grasped his limbs and torso.

Power erupted to the extreme.

Rip—!

After a brief, horrific scream.

This Golden Core Cultivation Manager Zhao was torn to pieces on the spot, blood and flesh splattered, and his Divine Soul was obliterated.

The manager fell in battle, and the last pillar of the guards completely collapsed, with the remaining members breaking down entirely, fleeing in all directions.

But in the face of the enraged Snake People army, they had nowhere to escape to; poison smoke melted, giant tails struck, and the fury of four and six arms ripped them apart.

In an instant, 500 elite Black Stone troops were completely wiped out, not one left alive.

...

At Black Stone’s headquarters, the top floor meeting room fell into deathly silence again.

The holographic screen showed the annihilation of the guards and Manager Zhao being torn apart, turning every executive’s face grim.

"This riot... is a huge trouble."

"What’s there to panic about!"

The president’s face was gloomy, forcibly maintaining composure:

"It’s just a bunch of Snake People; even if a few eight-armed monsters appeared, they’re not a grave threat."

"At worst, we’ll increase the insurance premiums next year and hire the interstellar insurance company’s eradication team to handle it."

At this moment, a middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, with a sinister temperament, slowly stood up.

He pushed his glasses, a flicker of mad greed in his eyes, and his voice low and eerie:

"President, dear directors, there’s something I must say."

"Speak!" the president coldly shouted.

The man’s lips curved into a greedy smile, his voice soft yet booming like thunder in the meeting room:

"The Snake People’s bloodline transformation is no coincidence."

"I have checked the Federation’s documents. The source of their power lies in the forbidden star god worshipped by the Snake People Tribe—[Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes]."

"Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes?"

"That’s right."

The man’s eyes brimmed with fervor, his voice trembling with excitement:

"This star god is a top-level existence, with an awareness level exceeding 50%, and strength comparable to an Immortal King."

"Eventually besieged and killed by the Federation, but not without inflicting heavy damage on them."

He lowered his voice, each word sharp and penetrating:

"These Snake People, capable of large-scale transformation in a short time, must have obtained the remnants of the [Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes]."

"Perhaps... they’ve touched the star god’s essence!"

"Star god’s essence?!"

This sentence was like thunder, exploding in every ear.

Greed and ambition sparkled in everyone’s eyes.

"The star god’s essence, possessing it means becoming immortal!"

"Quick! Seal the news!!"

"Investigate in secret, follow the Snake People, locate the relics of the Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes, and seize the star god’s essence!"

The president’s eyes were also filled with greed, contemplating for a moment, then fiercely slammed the table:

"Good! Immediately seal all battle news, send covert lines to track the Snake People’s movements, and find the Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes’ remnants and seize the essence!"

"This matter is of utmost secrecy, anyone who dares leak—no mercy!"

"Yes!"

All the executives responded in unison, eyes flickering with crazed light.

...

Beyond the heavens.

In the divine kingdom.

Chen Sheng stood with his hands behind his back, murmuring to himself:

"The path of the Blood Immortal, tempering blood, forming gang, Golden Core, divine store, immortality, until becoming immortal..."

"This system is similar to the Immortal Dao, yet entirely different."

"The Immortal Dao refines essence, energy, and spirit, focusing more on the Divine Soul, commanding Qi with spirit, harmonizing with the Dao with spirit."

"While the Blood Immortal lineage emphasizes the foundation of the physical body—essence."

"The first three realms are all about the refinement and transformation of blood and Qi, condensing the Golden Core with Qi and blood, transcending the ordinary with Qi and blood."

"After the divine store realm, the body’s mysteries are further developed to the extreme, opening acupuncture points, unlocking divine stores, introducing the void, and ultimately achieving bodily immortality..."