Chapter 052: Earth-Shaking Seal

Crimson blood energy filled the void, churning wildly above Yang Tian's head. Above him, the entire river of blood energy rapidly condensed into a great sun, radiating ten thousand crimson beams. Scorching waves of fire swept the surroundings, several times more powerful than before.

"Why this move again?" His somewhat gloomy eyes stared fixedly at the great sun in the sky. The power contained within made his heart tremble; it was several times stronger than when he had used it earlier.

Then, Jiang Ling's hand suddenly waved. The sword shadow standing in the void abruptly rose, like a peerless sharp sword. Vast sword energy howled forth, its momentum astonishing, and slashed down toward Yang Tian!

"Break!" Facing the slashing sword shadow, Yang Tian's gaze was cold and fierce. He threw a punch, and the blazing sun rotated in the void, heat waves continuously sweeping the vacuum, with terrifying momentum, striking forward.

Boom! The two extremely fast energies collided. A deafening explosion resounded. Countless dense sword energies and the blazing sun formed a vortex, rampaging wildly around. Cracks appeared on the top rock, and countless stone chips flew out.

The indestructible sword shadow continuously crushed the blazing sun, countless sharp energies cutting the sun into dozens of pieces. But on that sword shadow, a glaring crack appeared, spreading continuously.

"Explode!" Yang Tian's fist suddenly clenched. The blazing sun, on the verge of collapsing, suddenly burst, turning into countless chains of fire waves that bound the sword shadow, imprisoning it in the void.

"You little beast, do you think I'd fall for that again?" Jiang Ling sneered grimly. The three of them simultaneously spat out a mouthful of essence blood. On the golden great sword, the dimmed golden light once again shone with golden radiance.

Hum! The three golden swords hummed like dragon roars. Three streams of golden energy wildly converged onto the sword shadow. The sword shadow imprisoned in the void trembled, and the surrounding fire-wave chains binding it were gradually shaken apart.

Bang! As energy continued to pour in, the faces of Jiang Ling and the other two grew paler, their blood energy rapidly depleting. In the void, the sword shadow quickly broke free from the fire-wave chains, its body trembling violently, scattering all surrounding sparks.

The two-zhang sword shadow stood in the vacuum. Though much weaker than before, it was enough to deal with the black-robed man. Then Jiang Ling coldly shouted, "Chop!"

"Looks like I have to go all out." Looking at the golden sword shadow approaching, a trace of helplessness flashed across Yang Tian's pale face. He quickly swallowed a handful of pills, and the nearly dried-up river of blood energy above his head began to ripple.

"Ao wu." Suddenly, Little White darted out, its big eyes flashing with ferocity, staring fixedly at the two-zhang sword shadow.

"Little guy, get inside." Slightly startled, Yang Tian hurriedly reached for Little White.

"Swoosh!" A white shadow flashed, and Little White's body disappeared from sight. Now standing in front, it emitted a fierce aura, opened its mouth, and spat out a white mist that surged toward the sword shadow.

Chi chi! As soon as the white mist touched the sword shadow, a dense mist rose, and the sword shadow's speed slowed. As Little White spat out several more puffs of mist, the sword shadow was directly bound by the white mist in the void.

After doing all this, a trace of fatigue flashed in Little White's eyes, and its tiny body leaped onto Yang Tian's shoulder.

"This little guy is really something." Stroking Little White's body, Yang Tian murmured softly. Then his gaze swept to the completely stunned figures ahead, and a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Let's go." A chill rose in their bodies. Jiang Ling and the other two's faces changed drastically. They spat out several mouthfuls of essence blood, their vitality already withered to the extreme. Facing Yang Tian, who still had strength left, they were no longer capable of fighting.

"Trying to run?" Yang Tian sneered. His body flickered, and the full force of his physical body burst forth. In a few breaths, he appeared before the three and coldly shouted, "Stay."

"You can't kill me. I am the young patriarch of the Jiang family. If you kill me, you won't have a good end." Jiang Ling's face changed drastically, fear creeping onto his face. He was still young; he didn't want to die.

"If you kill us, our family's elders will trace the mark. The treasures here, we don't want them anymore. They're all yours." Jiang Yuan, with a fearful gaze fixed on the black-robed man, forced a warning.

"Heh, I'm not afraid of offending people, especially big families. I'll kill one for each that comes." Yang Tian smiled grimly, his gaze icy cold, devoid of any emotion.

"Attack!" Jiang Ling roared, his body suddenly lunging forward. The other two also attacked.

"Die." Shaking his head slightly, Yang Tian threw several punches. Accompanied by miserable screams, the vitality of the three rapidly dissipated. A fist-sized hole in their chests continuously spurted blood.

"You won't have a good end. Wait for the endless revenge of the Jiang family!" Jiang Ling roared. His flesh and blood suddenly turned blood-red, and his body rapidly swelled.

"Not good." His pupils contracted. Yang Tian's body explosively retreated.

"Boom!" Jiang Ling's body suddenly exploded. Countless pieces of flesh flew everywhere. A jet-black light shot toward the outside of the cave.

In the distance, Yang Tian was sent flying by the impact, crashing heavily into the rock. A faint cracking sound followed. Yang Tian's robe was shattered to pieces.

"Cough, cough." His body convulsed a few times. Yang Tian stood up shakily, looked at the scars on his body, and then smiled bitterly. He hadn't expected Jiang Ling to self-destruct.

"This is really troublesome now. He must have used some secret technique." Pouting, Yang Tian shook his head helplessly. Looking at the ground covered with minced flesh, even his protective armor was shattered. He then walked to the three corpses and glanced at the void rings.

"The core disciples of the Jiang family should have good stuff, right?" He poured out the contents of the void rings onto the ground. A space of thirty zhang was filled.

His gaze quickly swept over them. He threw away all useless items. There were as many as twenty thousand mid-grade blood stones, along with some rare spiritual herbs.

"This is?" His gaze fell on a jade slip. The energy contained within was very similar to that of this world, giving an ancient feeling. Moreover, the power emanating from it was astonishing.

"Earth-Shaking Seal!" A hint of joy surged in his eyes. He had already experienced the power of the Earth-Shaking Seal from Jiang Ling. It was a martial skill with formidable attack power, far stronger than his Wind-Splitting Palm.

"Eh? Only one form?" After roughly absorbing the information from the jade slip, the seal recorded in it had only one form. Yang Tian searched for a while but found no missing parts.

"The first form is already at the peak of Profound rank. The later ones should be even stronger, right?" Staring at the jade slip in his hand, Yang Tian murmured inadvertently. Some attack-type seals were not common in the cultivation world.

"What a pity. These peak Profound-rank weapons have been blood-sacrificed. Now they can't unleash even a fraction of their power. I'll have to try to erase the imprints later." Yang Tian put away the three golden swords and walked toward the alchemy room. This time, he had harvested countless spiritual herbs and many pill formulas.

In the alchemy room, Yang Tian sat on the ground recovering his blood energy. Little White, with slightly tired eyes, stared at the vast number of ancient pills and occasionally sucked a few into its mouth.

In his qi sea, the previously dried-up blood energy rapidly filled up under the energy condensed from ancient qi. This pure ancient qi made the energy in the blood river more solid, and his cultivation speed was several times faster than before.

Rumble. After a night of cultivation, the energy in the blood river became increasingly crystalline, and the flowing blood energy was very solid. Suddenly, the blood river trembled, showing signs of a breakthrough.

Sensing the restless trend in his qi sea, Yang Tian forcibly suppressed it and opened his eyes.

"What exactly happened in the ancient times? Why were so many pills refined?" Yang Tian thought to himself as he packed the pills. There were tens of thousands of pills here. One could imagine how many pills refined from ancient qi should be in some sect ruins.

"Alas, originally you directly absorbed ancient qi to cultivate, but now we absorb pills refined from ancient qi." Burying the two skeletons, Yang Tian sighed. If the vast cultivation world had ancient qi to absorb, the number of human experts would greatly increase.

"If I could absorb ancient qi every day, my foundation would be very solid, right?" Leaving the cave, a thought flashed through Yang Tian's mind. Although there were ten thousand pills, the energy required for martial artist realms was too vast. These pills wouldn't last long. He needed to find a way to get some ancient pills?

Bang bang!

Not far away, there came several shouts and some lewd laughter. Yang Tian frowned slightly. He felt he had heard that voice somewhere before.

A few li away, three white-robed youths surrounded a green-clad girl. Their auras were quite fierce, especially the youth in front holding a folding fan, whose scorching gaze continuously swept over the elegantly standing girl.

The three white-robed men looked somewhat disheveled. Surrounding a girl, they felt no shame, only endless greed spreading across their faces.

The green-clad girl's breathing was also a bit rapid. Her jade hand tightly gripped an emerald green longsword, and her beautiful eyes warily watched the three around her. The energy fluctuations she emitted were much stronger than theirs. This was Xing Yun'er.

"Hand over the inheritance obediently, and I'll let you die a bit more painlessly." The youth with the folding fan was Huang Hai. Today, he had accidentally discovered Xing Yun'er obtaining an inheritance from a skeleton, which aroused their greed.

An inheritance is a powerful technique or imprint sealed in an inheritance ball. When such an item appears, it causes considerable energy fluctuations and triggers争夺 among major forces.

"If you want the inheritance, come and take it." Gripping her jade hand, Yun'er's aura grew increasingly formidable. In her left hand was a golden glass ball containing very powerful energy.

"Big brother, she's from the Thunder Cloud Sect, and her status is said to be not low. What do we do?" The heat in his eyes grew stronger. Huang Hai wasn't brainless; he whispered to his elder brother Huang Bo.

"So what if she's from the Thunder Cloud Sect? We're a branch of the Yellow Dragon Valley. Why should we fear her?" A trace of coldness flashed in Huang Bo's eyes. Although killing her would bring some trouble, when faced with an inheritance, people always become greedy and lose reason.

"Little beauty, don't worry, I won't kill you." Huang Hai sneered. His body moved like a cheetah, dashing forward. In his palm, black ripples suddenly appeared, shooting forward.

Clang! Yun'er stamped her foot, leaping up. The emerald green longsword in her hand suddenly burst with radiance. She stabbed down fiercely, emerald green energy surging violently, like a sharp sword slashing toward Huang Hai's chest.

Bang! The black energy in Huang Hai's palm danced continuously. Staring at the incoming sword energy, he clenched his fist and punched, striking the emerald green sword energy.

Boom! A harsh explosion sounded. The emerald green energy, like a stream of air, heavily pierced Huang Hai's fist. His body stiffened, and he stepped back several paces.

"Attack together, kill her!" Seeing this, the killing intent in Huang Bo's eyes grew stronger. He shouted, and the person beside him also surged forward.