Limitless Ascension: Strength Amid Adversity – Chapter 648

“I’m telling you, if I had known this mission was going to be such a nightmare, I wouldn’t have stepped into this mess for anything! Now look where we are—my life is on the line!”

“Yeah, I thought with that freak, the Luantian Blood Emperor leading us, we could just coast to victory. Turns out even he got taken out by those local human folks!”

“This is insane! In such a lowly world, how can there still be such monstrous freaks? It’s just not right!”

“Ever since that battle in the Immortal Court ended in total failure, we’ve been chased around like dogs! No dignity left whatsoever!”

“Thank goodness I had the sense to bolt when things got dicey; otherwise, I’d be dead too!”

“Now it’s just us fifteen left. Plus, with the Immortal Court having special detection gear, we couldn’t sneak back in even if we tried!”

Inside the cave, fifteen strong members of the Undying Blood Clan were moaning and grumbling, their words laced with regret and humiliation.

Before coming, each one of them was pumped up, thinking they could fool everyone and toy with the Immortal Court and the Immortal Realm, looking down on all the cultivators here as if they were the lowest of the low.

But reality slapped them hard, repeatedly!

They were totally out of excuses!

Now, they were just hoping to weather this crisis and get the hell out of this cursed place!

“Speaking of which, that rat who tipped us off to come here and then doesn’t even show up—is he trying to mess with us or what?” sneered a Tall Man with pronounced cheekbones.

“How dare he make us wait so long! Who does he think he is? Just a pathetic human native!”

“Right? I blame this entire fiasco on that traitor hidden among us!”

“Exactly, it’s all his fault!”

The group instinctively shifted the blame onto Yuhua Sheng.

Even among the Undying Blood Clan, they looked down on traitors, especially those who betrayed their own race and ancestral planet to serve other alien powers!

The most detestable and despicable!

After all, a traitor like that would sell anything for profit; who’s to say they wouldn’t turn on them someday?

So everyone from the Undying Blood Clan scorned Yuhua Sheng. If it weren’t for his special status, they would have torn him limb from limb and drained his blood ages ago!

And primarily, the fact he was so late made them feel played, inducing a powerful rage!

At that moment…

A cold laugh echoed through the cave, resonating from all sides.

“Heh, you still have the leisure to criticize me? Have you looked at your own situation?”

That was Yuhua Sheng’s voice.

The temperature around dropped to an extreme, as if the void itself was about to freeze over.

“What’s going on?”

The Blood Emperors felt something was off.

The Tall Man with prominent cheekbones shouted in anger, “Have you lost your mind? How dare you put on a show in front of us! Get over here and face punishment, or you’re going to regret it!”

The cave echoed with Yuhua Sheng’s taunting voice, thick with sarcasm and disdain.

“You think you still have the right to talk to me like that?”

As soon as he finished speaking, a massive amount of black gas erupted from the cave, filled with a strange and corrosive power that seemed ready to devour all living beings present.

“This is bad, we need to get out of here!”

Only then did the Blood Emperors realize they had walked into a trap and jumped into the air in anger.

Boom~

An enormous, thunderous sound erupted.

The fifteen members of the Undying Blood Clan were about to break through the cave’s ceiling to escape.

With their power unleashed, this small cave wouldn’t stand a chance; even the entire Immortal Mountain would be reduced to dust in no time!

However, things were far from simple.

As they crashed into the cave wall, the layers of rock shattered, revealing something black with purple patterns pulsating rhythmically, resembling veins.

“What the hell is that…?”

Seeing such a bizarre sight, the Blood Emperors were horrified, their backs turning cold.

“Curious, are we? Let me tell you, that is my magic embryo!”

Yuhua Sheng’s phantom solidified in the air, hands behind his back, looking at the Undying Blood Clan members with a sneer.

“What do you want, you human?” the Tall Man said, his face grim.

“What do I want? You self-righteous, filthy bloodsucking monsters should just resign yourselves to becoming my nourishment!”

Yuhua Sheng grinned maliciously.

He had purposely released information to lure these remnants of the Undying Blood Clan here. As for this Immortal Mountain? He had already devoured it with his magic embryo as bait for his trap.

The classic “catch you in your own game!”

If any cultivator happened to pass by right now, they would be horrified to find the magnificent Immortal Mountain had vanished, replaced by a massive magic embryo, covered in eerie purple patterns, rhythmically pulsing like veins.

And inside it were the self-caught fifteen members of the Undying Blood Clan!

“You’ve got some nerve, trying to set us up! Aren’t you afraid of retaliation afterward? Don’t forget your position as an insider!” the Tall Man roared.

“Heh, if I let you roam freely in the Immortal Realm, it’s only a matter of time before you get caught. To avoid implicating myself and for my own safety, it’s best I take care of you all now.”

Yuhua Sheng said with a cruel face: “Besides, ever since you arrived, I’ve been holding back my anger! You all deserve to die!”

Since the situation had escalated this far, he figured he might as well finish them all off and strengthen himself.

In chaotic times, strength is everything.

During this period, he had keenly sensed an impending storm in the Immortal Realm!

While feeling anxious and restless, he was also desperate to enhance his power!

What a perfect opportunity to grow stronger!

“Damn it, I’m going to kill you!!!”

The Tall Man’s eyes turned red, revealing sharp fangs, as he angrily lunged at Yuhua Sheng.

Little did he know this was merely an illusory projection; the real body had already slipped outside the magic embryo.

“Don’t waste your energy! You’re all going to die here today; becoming my nourishment is your only value!”

Yuhua Sheng acted high and mighty, boasting arrogantly.

“Quick! We need to break out of this thing!”

“As long as we work together, we have a chance!”

“As soon as we get out, we’re killing that scumbag!”

“A mere servant, daring to eat the master! You’re asking for it!”

The group of Undying Blood Clan members burned their lifeblood frantically, unleashing their best moves to break through the magic embryo.

Booming sounds echoed~!!!

The entire magic embryo shook violently, but not even a scratch was made.

Dense black gas filled the space, containing terrifying and unfathomable corrosive power!

“Ahhhhh….”

Agonized screams echoed one after another.

One Blood Emperor after another was consumed by the overwhelming black gas, seemingly suffering some indescribable torment.

As the Tall Man was engulfed in the black mist, he felt a biting sensation all over, his flesh and blood rapidly fading away, all turning into nourishment for the magic embryo. In that moment, despair overwhelmed him, fear shining in his eyes as he shouted:

“No! Please, no!!!”

Witnessing all this, Yuhua Sheng scoffed, “You think you lot can break my magic embryo?”

With his current strength, only top-tier experts would have a chance to break it. Otherwise, anyone below that was destined to be consumed!

After a while.

Inside the magic embryo, everything fell silent.

Buzz, buzz, buzz~

With eerie energy fluctuations, the magic embryo and the entire Immortal Mountain vanished as if they had never existed.

Nearby, Yuhua Sheng, sitting cross-legged, opened his eyes, a cryptic smile playing on his lips.

His aura was even stronger than before, officially stepping into the ranks of top-tier experts!