Chapter 717: Fierce Battle, Desperate Gamble, Self-Detonation, Intercepting the Bloodline River

Failure!

The clash between the "False Snake of Rebirth" and the Blood Duke's clone continued unabated!

Powerful energy waves rippled outward in concentric rings. If this weren't the remains of Morphis, if this weren't the world forged by Mortarian, a being above Gold...

It would have long since crumbled apart under this relentless bombardment.

But at this moment, sheltered beneath the "False Snake of Rebirth," Yu Yuan frantically hurled Psychic Abilities, talents, and traits at the Blood Duke.

Yet the gap in Life Level and Psychic Ability rank was clearly not something a Silver-tier Lifeform like him could hope to breach.

"Damn it, thank goodness I evolved to Silver-tier this time. My Psychic Ability skyrocketed, otherwise I'd have run out of energy long ago." Staring at yet another failure prompt.

Yu Yuan cursed inwardly.

His gaze shifted to the Bloodsucking Werewolf phantom.

Good.

With the help of the "False Snake of Rebirth," the progress on splitting the Bloodline River had already reached seventy or eighty percent.

Yu Yuan's eyes flickered.

Since that was the case...

His gaze turned skyward, toward the position behind those dark clouds.

Highest Authority of the Civilization Relic - Command Issued.

Executor: Eye of Morphis

Target: Blood Duke's clone

Mission: Charged Attack

"Success or failure hinges on this one move!" Madness flashed in Yu Yuan's eyes.

"The Blood Duke only sent a clone over. I have the False Snake of Rebirth, plus the Eye of Morphis..." His gaze locked onto the Blood Duke with deadly intensity.

"I'm taking your strongest talent/Psychic Ability, no matter what!"

High above, the Eye of Morphis began charging. All the energy of the entire Civilization Relic converged toward it.

"Damn it, damn it! Crossing the Spiritual Dimension to descend into this world has cost me too much power in transmission..."

Forcibly crossing the Spiritual Dimension had subjected the Blood Duke to its absolute rejection.

He had to finish this quickly.

His gaze swept over the figure busy splitting and intercepting the Bloodline River, a shadow of malice passing through his eyes.

"Fallen Abyss, Blood Clan, Wolf Clan, Snake of Rebirth, you all..."

"This is a trap set against me. Fine, very well!"

Blood Energy began to burn across the Blood Duke's clone. From the depths of the Spiritual Dimension, a patch of scarlet flew toward him.

"Let the blood pool burn!"

Yu Yuan's Danger Perception triggered. His scalp went numb, his entire body trembled.

This was the feeling of death approaching.

"This..."

Before his thoughts could even fully form, he saw a slowly rotating blood pool, resembling a millstone, appear behind the Blood Duke.

Red mist spread outward from the blood pool, enveloping both Yu Yuan and Hogg.

Fortunately, the "False Snake of Rebirth" provided protection. The blood mist didn't make direct contact with them but was blocked by a barrier. Even so, the radiation alone still affected them.

Yu Yuan's body began to burn. His blood seemed to boil.

His palms gradually became blurred, softening.

Like an ice cream melting under intense heat, his fingers splattered and dropped to the ground with a wet squish.

His body was melting.

And this was still under the protection of the "False Snake of Rebirth." If he'd been in direct contact, he would have evaporated instantly.

This was the terrifying power of a being above Gold.

Just the faintest ripple from a single clone was enough to kill him countless times over.

"I'm going to die. At this rate, I'm going to die."

Unprecedented fear flashed through Yu Yuan's mind.

"Just die! Die already! It's inevitable!"

"Only death is permanent release..."

One negative thought after another surfaced in Yu Yuan's mind.

These thoughts were forceful and domineering, instantly seizing control of his consciousness.

Erasing his willpower.

He was already prepared to give up resistance. A smile curled at the corners of his mouth as he prepared to willingly embrace death.

Just as he was about to sink into oblivion, a flash of golden light streaked across his brow.

It was his talent, [Mysticist].

Yu Yuan, on the verge of drowning, snapped back to consciousness in an instant.

"There's spiritual pollution too?! What the hell!"

Yu Yuan's eyes turned bloodshot. He looked at his hands and feet that had already melted halfway, then cast a sidelong glance at the Bloodsucking Werewolf phantom.

The splitting and interception of the Bloodline River had reached 90%. Only the last segment remained.

Since that was the case...

Yu Yuan turned to the "False Snake of Rebirth." Time to fulfill your final purpose!

The next moment, the Snake of Rebirth that had been locked in combat with the Blood Duke suddenly abandoned all defense and let out a hissing roar.

Then, as if gone completely mad, it stopped defending entirely and launched a fight-to-the-death assault on the Blood Duke's clone.

The single vertical pupil on its head emitted a gray glow, shining directly onto the Blood Duke's clone.

Its jaws gaped wide, and gray mist shrouded the target.

Curses, toxins, life drain - all sorts of debuffs stacked onto the Blood Duke's clone.

Briefly blinding him and slowing his movements.

Then the massive serpentine body lunged forward.

Even as the "False Snake of Rebirth's" own body began melting under the radiation of the blood sea abyss, it didn't care in the slightest.

It only let out anguished, hate-filled hisses. Its eyes had but one target - the Blood Duke's clone.

Watching the Snake of Rebirth coil toward him, the Blood Duke's clone sensed something was wrong and instinctively tried to pull away.

But his body had barely begun to move.

A thick, highly penetrating beam of yellow light shot down from the depths of the sky.

"Damn it, Morphis..."

BOOM -

The beam slammed into the Blood Duke. It didn't cause any real damage.

That level of destructive power meant nothing to him. But his movements inevitably stalled for a split second.

And in that split second, the "False Snake of Rebirth" completed its coil.

The "False Snake of Rebirth" spiraled upward, binding the Blood Duke's clone in a tight grip.

The energy within its body raged violently.

The pupils of the Blood Duke's clone dilated violently, filled with utter disbelief.

"You... you lunatic!"

The Blood Duke's clone couldn't comprehend it. What kind of insane drug had the Snake of Rebirth taken? It was actually going to self-detonate!

It had completely lost its mind!

Even for a clone, the damage to the main body would be catastrophic. The main body and clone shared the same soul, and even their body energy was interconnected.

With the death of one clone, the main body's strength would absolutely drop by thirty to forty percent.

The Blood Duke's clone regretted it.

He shouldn't have descended. This was a bunch of madmen.

But it was too late.

Under Yu Yuan's frenzied command, under his deranged emotions.

The "False Snake of Rebirth" self-detonated. Even though it only possessed 50% of the original's power.

But under the effect of the "False Star" Celestial Phenomena Card, its Life Level truly belonged to the above-Gold tier.

Life level was the most direct proof of class.

At the final moment, the self-detonation was entirely concentrated by the "False Snake of Rebirth" onto the Blood Duke's clone and the Bloodline River.

RUMBLE -

Under the "False Snake of Rebirth's" self-detonation, the riverbed of the Bloodline River cracked apart, the river's flow severed and reversed.

This was something that had never happened in the history of the Bloodline River.

Ever since the Blood Duke had obtained the Bloodline River, it had never suffered any attack.

The only permission split had been personally entrusted by him to Lilith for safekeeping, only to be stolen by Blood Clan Progenitor Gurlad.

But now, twice in a row, someone had invaded the Bloodline River. And this time, it was a lifeform with 50% of above-Gold power self-detonating.

The resulting disturbance was enormous.

The entire Spiritual Dimension and the entire Civilization Ladder shook from the impact.

And at this critical moment.

The Bloodsucking Werewolf phantom's progress on splitting and intercepting the Bloodline River finally reached 100%.

A phantom river, fully one-tenth the size of the original Bloodline River, was forcibly separated and devoured by the Bloodsucking Werewolf phantom.

During all this.

Yu Yuan had never stopped hurling Psychic Abilities/talents/traits at the Blood Duke's clone.

There was only one chance.

"Success! Succeed! Damn it, just... SUCCEED!" Yu Yuan, now transformed into the Molten Demon, had fiery red eyes and let out an inner roar.

Suddenly, a strange memory appeared in his mind...