Chapter 1449 Blood Tendrils

Chapter 1449 Blood Tendrils

Not long after, Xuan Hao found the winged lion demon beast at the border of the sect engaged in battle with a powerful demonic cultivator no weaker than someone who had reached the Fifth Tribulation of the Soul Ascension Relam.

Even though its strength was clearly weaker than this demonic cultivator, it still managed to hold its own against the demonic cultivator because of its strong body that surpassed that of ordinary demon beasts at the Fourth Tribulation of the Soul Ascension Realm.

If things continued as they were, it wouldn't be surprising if the battle between the two of them dragged on for the next week, as both also had a terrifying recovery rate that helped them recover from most of the damage that they ended up suffering during the battle, while at the same time helping them rapidly recover the qi that they used during their fight.

In a sense, Xuan Hao also felt that this demonic cultivator was rather impressive, as he managed to hold his own against the winged lion demon beast with this kind of terrifying recovery ability.

Although... He didn't figure out why the winged lion demon beast's strength had increased so rapidly, as there was no sign of it becoming overwhelmed like it had been in the past after eating from the body of the terrifying demonic cultivator who had fallen at the edge of the sect's territory. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Instead of that, the winged lion demon beast's foundation seemed to be completely stable. Surprising considering that it had broken through two minor realms in the Soul Ascension Realm over the past month, a speed that should have been impossible for it to achieve under normal circumstances.

"Hm? Its strength is still increasing...!?"

Continuing to watch the winged lion demon beast and the demonic cultivator as they fought each other through his divine sense, Xuan Hao could not help noticing that the strength of the winged lion demon beast was still growing rapidly. Not just that, but the demonic cultivator that it was fighting was also growing in strength at the same time. Keeping up a growth speed that was no slower than the demon beast that he was fighting.

Both of them are rapidly growing like this while fighting... Is it perhaps the reason behind the winged lion demon beast's growth over the past month, but... How long have these two been fighting for them to have grown to such an extent?!

Realizing that he might be unto the reason why the winged lion demon beast was growing so rapidly, or at least having picked up a clue as to the reason behind its rapid growth, Xuan Hao didn't waste any time as he contacted a few of the Domain Lord Realm Elders stationed on the border of the sect to inquire about the situation.

As a result of this, he soon ended up learning that this demonic cultivator and the winged lion demon beast had been fighting each other without any break for the past three weeks! A terrifyingly long battle that would under normal circumstances not play out unless it was in some kind of isolated region where others couldn't interfere with the battle.

Instead of it being solely a fight between the demon beast and the demonic cultivator, Xuan Hao clearly noticed that there were countless small blood-colored tendrils, invisible to his divine sense, covering the demonic cultivator and his pet.

Looking more closely, it was obvious that these blood-colored tendrils were attached to the two fighters and providing both of them with an ample supply of qi and at the same time also helping slowly increase their strength in the process as they kept fighting each other.

Of course, even though these blood-colored tendrils that seemed to cover everything within a few thousand meters of where the two were fighting with each other, it was also clear that both the demonic cultivator and his pet were completely unaware of the existence of these blood-colored tendrils.

Even if they had noticed something unusual at this point in time, neither of them had the time to investigate what it was, as they were occupied with fighting each other.

Not to mention, what they were experiencing wasn't negatively affecting them, but instead some kind of precious opportunity that allowed their strength to rapidly grow.

Suspicious as they both might be, no one would willingly give up such an opportunity to rapidly increase their strength. Especially considering that there were no negative effects and both of them were smoothly improving with a stable foundation and no side effects.

"..."

Of course, given that Xuan Hao could see the countless red tendrils behind this rapid increase in strength and seemingly inexhaustible energy that the two of them possessed, he didn't believe that the one behind the red tendrils was just planning to help improve their strength for no reason.

Because of this, Xuan Hao didn't waste any time before starting to track the origin of the red tendrils, as even though they were still invisible to his divine sense, he could still see them without using his divine sense. Allowing him to follow the red tendrils as one of them extended beyond the thousand or so meter range of the two fighters and stretched towards somewhere deeper inside the Frozen Wastelands.

Although Xuan Hao had already somewhat expected this upon seeing the strange blood-colored tendrils, he now confirmed in his mind that this should be some kind of scheme by one of the powerful demonic cultivators of the Frozen Wastelands.

Even though he had no idea what this demonic cultivator was planning to do, he was certain that it wouldn't be anything good for the Star Shattering Sect, as it would undoubtedly end up drawing unwanted attention towards the sect if a Demon King Realm demonic cultivator decided to try causing trouble there.

The main problem was not even the attention it would draw, but more so the problem that would follow if the Star Shattering Sect, as an ancient hidden sect, wasn't able to handle a single Demon King Realm demonic cultivator, a situation Xuan Hao wanted to avoid taking place if possible.