aircannonsinc Chapter 197 The Affectionate Demon Ancestor, the Imperial Court's Scheme
Chapter 197 The Affectionate Demon Ancestor, the Imperial Court's Scheme
Chapter 197 The Affectionate Demon Ancestor, the Imperial Court's Scheme
Compared to when they first met, Su Youli had changed drastically and was no longer the innocent girl that Mo Di knew.
Besides the gravity that bound him tightly, she also possessed a deep-seated demonic quality, which, if one had to pinpoint, stemmed from an abstract concept of love.
Since emotions can be transformed into real and tangible power, then love, as an emotion, can naturally do the same.
If Su Youli possessed the Seed of the Mind, perhaps she would have already fallen into a deep distortion.
Even without it, she forced herself into the demonic path with her love, becoming the strongest demon under his command and leaving others far behind on the path of "Blood Nerve".
It even surpasses 90% of the Blood God's children.
"Selfish love, heavy love." Mordy felt it clearly; her breath, her heartbeat, even the throbbing of her soul.
He somewhat understood the helplessness of the Moon Worship Cult Leader when faced with "infinite love." To some extent, love is indeed an inexplicable yet terrifying force.
"I compiled my insights and understanding from practicing the Blood Scripture into a book, ultimately resulting in two methods, one positive and one negative. One is the 'Scripture of Passion,' which is the one I practice."
"The second is the 'Forgetful Heavenly Scripture,' a technique that is the reverse of the former, its intent being exactly the opposite. The former is selfish love, devoted only to one person, while the latter is a selfless love for all things in heaven and earth."
"This second technique is in no way inferior to the first; its highest level is Supreme Oblivion."
It's even comparable to the Celestial Realm, but unfortunately, I'll never practice it.
Su Youli smiled charmingly and casually tossed two scriptures into the sea of blood. Mo Di watched as the two scriptures, under the influence of some mysterious force, fell into one of the eight vortexes.
The divine will within, combined with the distorted space within the vortex, gradually formed a palace.
The plaque above the palace gate bears three characters written in mysterious ancient script.
"The Palace of Love?"
A sudden realization dawned on Modi: "One of the nine great demonic paths of the Blood Sea, the path of sentient beings."
"Either love only one person, or love the whole world."
Besides the Blood Sea Demonic Path itself, there should be eight other demonic paths, with the Sentimental Demonic Path being one of them.
And she, Su Youli, is the ancestor of the Sentimental Demonic Path among the Nine Lineages of the Demonic Path.
"The Patriarch of Affection? That title sounds weird," Su Youli complained.
"What, you want to call yourself the Patriarch of Passion?" Mo Di laughed. "By the way, I just refined a drop of Dragon God's blood. Did it affect you in any way?"
"Impact? Isn't that the Palace of Love just like that?"
She extended her slender finger, pointing to the demon palace hidden beneath the vortex of blood.
"That's all."
"Perhaps it was the spacetime properties within that drop of blood that caused the space to distort, and even gave me a premonition."
"Let me glimpse the nine great demonic paths of the future Blood Sea," Mordi said.
After confirming that Su Youli was alright, he turned his attention to the Death Prison demiplane to check on Elena's condition.
"Uncomfortable? Not at all, on the contrary, I feel great."
Elena's image appeared, still with her eyes closed, but a slight smile played at the corners of her mouth.
Modi stared at her image for a full second before blurting out, "When did you create a body for yourself?"
"Just now, influenced by the blood of the Dragon God, the Dragon Soul, which is me, created this body on its own, and the blood flowing within it is pure Dragon God blood."
After she finished speaking, she slightly opened her eyelids, revealing a golden, divine glow, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly again.
"How about it? Would you like to experience it for yourself?"
Modi's heart skipped a beat. He examined her body again, making sure there were no hidden dangers, or rather, that there were no hidden dangers he could detect, before shifting his gaze and leaving behind a single sentence:
"That's not necessary for now. I can sense You Li watching us."
Elena's smile froze on her face, and after a moment, it disappeared as she closed her eyes again.
"I understand. I will continue to support you, even after she leaves."
Her last words were naturally overheard by Modi.
At the same time, he also sensed that the sea of blood was surging with monstrous waves.
After a few seconds of silence, he decided to deal with the affairs of the cult and put aside the mess that Su Youli had left him, strictly speaking.
The Blood God Cult's expansion has been remarkably successful, having already occupied three prefectures: Chong, Jing, and Wu.
Jingzhou borders the heartland of the barbarians; while Wuzhou borders the Ten Thousand Mountains and the territory of the Umbrella Corporation. Its border is a battlefield where the Great Qian, the Hundred Poisons Sect, the Umbrella Corporation, and the Blood God Sect are engaged in a chaotic war.
It can be said that this is the most cruel and unscrupulous battlefield in the entire Ghost Immortal War so far.
The flesh and blood of biological weapons and artificial demons have stained every inch of this land. The nutrient-rich soil contains a large number of newly concocted insect eggs from the Hundred Poisons Cult, as well as viruses spread by the Umbrella Corporation.
Every moment, a large number of Gu worms emerge from the soil, waiting for an opportunity to parasitize any living creature that passes by.
Every now and then, infected demons would mutate into corpses, slaughtering all life they saw, before being blasted into dust by the alchemical creations sent by the Blood God Cult.
These creations, with their steel shells and fleshy interiors, are more resistant to parasitic infections from worms and viruses, not only because of their steel shells, but also because they carry blood plague viruses.
They are themselves massive aggregates of blood plague viruses, and once released, they can even infect other infected individuals, causing them to contract the Red Death.
Some individuals deeply infected with the Red Death may transform into flesh-and-blood hybrids, actively collecting flesh and steel from the battlefield and assembling them into alchemical creations.
A large amount of data from both sides was transmitted by the flesh-and-blood abominations to the law network for analysis, in order to create new types of alchemical creations.
Behind them, the logistics departments of the three states went into full swing, and the Styx Guides directed the Styx to surge out of the demiplane and crash into the useless mountains.
Using the waters of the River Styx as a reaction additive, they used alchemy to refine earth and stone into low-quality Death Prison Iron, and then further refined the low-quality evil iron to a high quality.
This ensures an adequate supply of alloys.
"As far as I know, the imperial court has developed a biological steelmaking method, using a special demon called the 'Melt-Gold Beast' to continuously produce special steel. These materials are then combined with demon flesh and blood to create unique demon weapons."
"The Hundred Poisons Sect, based on the Iron-Eating Gu, has cultivated a type of Gu worm that can eat everything from flesh and blood to soil and stone. Although their erosion speed is not fast, their potential is enormous, and they must be guarded against."
"According to our agents at Umbrella, who are ostensibly exchanging technology but actually secretly stealing secrets, they seem to be working on a clandestine project. Further intelligence is still pending."
Fan Jin appeared in his true form before Mo Di after a long absence. Since the Black Stone Fortress was rebuilt in Daze Mountain, his office location had been moved to Chongzhou City, which is now the headquarters of the cult.
"Furthermore, our spies sent to the imperial court have uncovered unusual activities by the court recently, and we need your review of this intelligence."
Modi took the intelligence report, glanced at it, and immediately grasped its contents.
The intelligence report contained a series of personnel changes and supply mobilizations, which at first glance seemed normal.
Given the current state of war in the Great Qian Dynasty, it would be strange if there were no personnel or supplies being mobilized.
What's strange is the pattern of the mobilization.
"Hmm? This personnel reshuffling is quite strange. They're scattered everywhere, without any discernible pattern. I wonder which side the court intends to attack. Could it be a full-scale war? No, two fists can't fight four hands. The court should know its own limitations."
Modi, with his hands tucked in his pockets, tried to analyze the court's true intentions through intelligence.
But as he said, the court's personnel and material mobilization was completely irregular, clearly a scheme to mislead spies from various factions while achieving its own unknown objectives.
Fan Jin was about to express his opinion when he saw Mo Di's expression suddenly change, revealing a look of surprise.
"Master, what has happened?" Fan Jin asked anxiously.
He knew that when his boss made that face, it never meant anything good.
"It's nothing, I've already determined the court's objectives." As he said this, the surprise on his face turned into a strange expression.
"Uh, so who is the imperial court's target?"
"Hidden Sword Peak, an unexpected yet reasonable outcome. The imperial court has been displeased with them for a long time," he said casually, sorting through the intelligence sent back by the Blood God Child.
Fan Jin exclaimed in surprise, "This is impossible! Although the Five Sects have declined, the number of Grandmasters and Ghost Immortals gathered at Hidden Sword Peak is unprecedented."
"With the addition of Wan Jinghan, the foremost Grandmaster, the imperial court has absolutely no chance of taking it down without assembling sufficient manpower. And according to intelligence, the court's forces are scattered, making it impossible..."
"They have another way of moving," Mordy said calmly. "Use your brains, don't limit yourself to ordinary methods."
Fan Jin racked his brains, then a thought flashed through his mind. He pointed to the ground and guessed, "Underground?"
"Yes, the imperial court used a type of insect-like demon that had never been seen before. It could burrow underground and carry large numbers of people and supplies inside its body. The imperial court used this method to deceive all the forces."
"Hidden Sword Peak is in grave danger," Fan Jin lamented.
"That's not necessarily true." Mo Di shook his head slightly. "You have no idea what I saw at Hidden Sword Peak."
Under Fan Jin's questioning gaze, he met the eyes of the old man facing thousands of troops alone through the shared vision of the Blood God.
He moved his lips, but no sound came out. "Long time no see, Grandmaster's demeanor remains as impressive as ever."
"Fellow Daoist Styx, your demeanor is even more impressive than before."
You Qingxiang smiled in response, "Let me deal with these rebellious disciples first, then I'll drink and chat with you, fellow Daoist."
Having said that, he rode the wind and moved with the power of qi, step by step toward the Great Qian army.
Countless demons roared to the sky, and a dozen or so grandmasters who had surrendered to the imperial court made a fierce move, joining forces with a primordial demon nearly thirty feet tall to attack the lone old man.
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