Chapter 83 - 82: Extorting Blood For Life

Chapter 83 - 82: Extorting Blood For Life

Since the creature, named Anu, didn’t understand what the Realm of Sages was, then it likely exceeded its understanding or was strictly human-based. In that case, he was out of luck for a method to ensure his survival even if the Calamity of Hell was deemed a failure.

"I don’t have much lifeforce, and why me? You have about ten thousand or so other candidates above you," Wei Wuyin instantly questioned this entire thing. If lifeforce was all it needed, there was quite a bit just above ground. Devour or snatch away, and if it must be given willingly, he imagined barely anyone would refuse a dragon in hopes of a big boon.

Unfortunately, this dragon met Wei Wuyin, an existence that could give zero shits about this great fortune unless it could ensure his survival.

Anu’s spiritual avatar slithered closer, revealing its exquisite spiritual form and bright golden eyes. It seemed to be inspecting Wei Wuyin, as if confirming its original assumption. Then within its gaze, a bright light of excitement flashed with a faint smile.

He had never seen a lizard smile before. It was very awkward at first to witness such a normal human reaction on a beast. Even Bai Lin only smiled with her eyes, or expressed happiness in its vocal cries, never a literal smile.

"You have lifeforce. A vast, unfathomable and inestimable amount of lifeforce within you!" Anu stated with certainty.Thê source of this conte/nt n/o/v/(el)bi((n))

Inestimable amount of lifeforce? He immediately was taken aback, recalling his entire life. When did he become an Immortal? If so, Calamities of Hell come at me! But that was wishful thinking.

"Hm." He pondered for a moment and then touched his chest, feeling the powerful beasts of his flesh and blood heart. A mark had been placed in his heart by the Tree of Eden. It contained its inherent wood energies and lifeforce. Because of its creation, its physical body collapsed and killed millions.

He had tried to use this mark, this Mark of Eden, for a while now, but the lifeforce within was essentially useless. He was brimming his lifeforce, young and youthful with a healthy body and strong cultivation support. In fact, his lifespan already exceeds his cultivation level.

When he tried to draw out the lifeforce within, it did nothing to his physical body. It was likely because his current lifeforce was like a cup filled with water, more water didn’t help and simply spilled over.

Normally, this would excite cultivators because if they get old, if they refined this lifeforce into their body, they could live far, far longer than average. Unfortunately, with the Calamities of Hell hung over his head, his existing lifespan wasn’t the issue, it was not being obliterated in mind, body and soul due to failure. A total death.

While he didn’t know if he would live for a century, this way, the dragon would need him.

Anu grumbled as a result, but his desperation was clear as he nodded in defeat. This even made Wei Wuyin feel somewhat bad for this dragon. Was it too good-hearted, naive, or something else entirely? If it’s something else, the only thing he could conceive was that it was near death, true death and needed lifeforce to survive. In that case, he’ll extort the maximum without any guilt.

"We’ll do three drops of your essence blood, the spell or art you used to freeze my body, and the method to use your essence blood." Wei Wuyin knew that essence blood originated from a beast’s heart and it constituted the most condensed form of their bloodline power. Bai Lin consumed a fruit that changed her essence blood, hence the awakening of her profound powers.

This wasn’t limited to merely beasts, but humans could have a bloodline and even essence blood. Han Yu, his subordinate in the Scarlet Solaris Sect that detonated himself in an attempt to kill Mei Mei, had an Aquatic Bloodline that helped his cultivation. He could even breath underwater, but he was mostly human with tiny aquatic augmentations.

If he found a means to use Anu’s essence blood, couldn’t he gain the abilities of a True Dragon that he mentioned? If so, could this improve his chances of survival? While these were all uncertainties, he felt he needed to at least try.

That spell or art that froze his mind, body, and soul was something he absolutely needed to walk away with today. How fearsome was that? A mere gaze and he could render cultivators frozen!

Anu’s lizard face contorted somewhat. Wei Wuyin greed knew no limits with his demands. He wanted to negotiate but...

"Take it or leave it. And, we’ll be doing a Spirit Oath. For a thousand years, you can’t bring harm to me, personally or by proxy willfully." This was his final straw. While he wasn’t entirely sure that a Spirit Oath would affect a beast, he had to try. He didn’t have any other knowledge of other oaths except the Heavenly Oath. According to the Scripture of Sin, he couldn’t perform that under any circumstance otherwise his identity as an Inheritor of Sin would be revealed.

Because the Heavenly Daos were an arbiter in deciding the fairness of the oath, it closely watched the participants down to even their thoughts. This was far too intrusive and unable to conceal his status.

Anu begrudgingly shuffled its body, but in the end, "Fine." He had to agree.

Wei Wuyin nodded. "Oh, be sure your essence blood is fully refined, removing any of your will or marks of yours."

Anu’s eyes bulged. He was near death’s door, if it wasn’t for this, he wouldn’t mind biting off this human’s head for lunch. Yet he could only grumble to himself, cursing Wei Wuyin’s greedy ancestors who taught him how to snatch a mile when offered an inch.

Wei Wuyin smiled. "Let’s begin, shall we?"