Chapter 291: Rumors about Blood Killing

Purple mist quickly filled the entire space. With a vigilant expression on his face, Ye Feng knew something about Lilith’s attacks, even though he had never fought her before.
There was definitely something strange about this mist. As this thought crossed his mind, he suddenly felt as if something was pulling at his ankle, causing him to stagger and nearly fall.
At that moment, a cold sensation spread through his chest, and a warm liquid flowed out.
Ye Feng looked down and saw several purple, hard cones had pierced his chest. Then, right before his eyes, those cones turned into wisps of mist and disappeared.
“BOSS, are you okay?” Lilith wasn’t expecting to succeed so easily. She immediately manifested her true form.
“Lilith, don’t be careless. That was just an avatar—so it can bleed too,” Ye Feng’s voice came from behind her.
“It was still very dangerous just now. I almost got killed instantly!” Ye Feng said, snapping his fingers. The still-blooding avatar slowly turned into specks of light and vanished into the air. “Let’s continue!”
As soon as Ye Feng finished speaking, the mist surrounding him instantly turned into purple spikes that rushed at him.
This time, Ye Feng didn’t dodge. Instead, he charged forward with a punch. The sound of metal clashing echoed as his gloved fist collided with the spikes.
“So hard!” Ye Feng was surprised. Although his glove was only a mid-tier immortal artifact, the hardness of those mist-formed objects was quite impressive.
“Lilith, is this the highest hardness possible? Don’t hold back. It only harms me, not helps!” Ye Feng knew Lilith was reluctant to attack him, but he had no other choice.
After hesitating for a while, Lilith nodded. “No! Since your glove is only a mid-tier immortal artifact, I adjusted it. BOSS, be careful!”
“I know. Go ahead!” Ye Feng nodded, his expression showing a hint of excitement.
After a few more exchanges, Ye Feng’s glove began to crack. Lilith’s maximum controllable hardness was that of a high-tier immortal artifact—showing the difference in weapon quality at such times.

“Don’t hesitate—time is running out. Use your strongest move!” Ye Feng knew his gloves could hold out for only a short while, and the fifteen minutes were almost up. He wanted to see Lilith’s ultimate move, as only then could he gain a comprehensive understanding of her domain and know its limits.

“But…” Lilith seemed hesitant.

“I’ll be fine. Go ahead and attack!” Although Ye Feng said this, every nerve in his body was taut to the extreme.

“Very well…” Lilith also knew that Ye Feng had a Death Substitute, so he wouldn’t die so easily. Seeing that less than a minute remained, she had no choice but to agree.

“Bloom, Demon Lotus!” Lilith rapidly formed various hand seals with her fingers. In the blink of an eye, the seals were complete, and a purple beam shot from her palms, disappearing into the purple mist.

The mist immediately began to churn violently. Ye Feng rushed backward, trying to escape the misty area, but since the entire space was surrounded by fog, he could only flee to the edge.

Inside the purple space, a giant purple flower was blooming. Its petals resembled sharp thorns, giving it the appearance of a lotus made entirely of massive spikes—utterly eerie.

“Squeeze!” Lilith’s voice rang out again.

The giant lotus began spinning violently, sweeping through every inch of the space. Ye Feng fled at top speed, knowing that this attack was nothing like the previous minor thorns. If caught, he would likely be torn to shreds in an instant.

“Fleeing like this won’t work. I want to experience the power of this ultimate move.” Ye Feng suddenly stopped, clenched his fists tightly, and quickly gathered energy.

The lotus reached Ye Feng in an instant, its massive spikes spinning at speeds too fast to track with the naked eye.

“Hah!” Ye Feng let out a fierce shout. He blocked with one hand while delivering a punch with the other, recalling the image of the man from the martial arts manual throwing a punch in his mind.

A loud roar echoed through the air. Soon after, the purple light around them dissipated, Lilith fell from the sky, and the lotus before Ye Feng turned into scattered purple sparks and vanished.

“Just now…” Ye Feng floated in the void, somewhat dazed. He had no idea what exactly had happened—whether time had run out or his attack had taken effect. He wasn’t sure.
“It’s been exactly fifteen minutes. Ye Feng doesn’t seem to be injured,” Fat said, looking at Ye Feng, who still seemed stunned in the sky. Thinking he had figured something out, Fat didn’t dare disturb him.
Ye Feng suddenly appeared beside Lilith. By now, Lilith had already been caught by Gunan, her aura slightly weakened.
“BOSS…” Lilith asked immediately, “Is there any effect?”
“Not much information yet. It’s been too short. I need some time to think carefully,” Ye Feng said, shaking his head disappointedly. “I roughly understand how your domain works. We can try to start from there.”
“That’s good!” Lilith nodded in relief.
“Lilith, when the final time was approaching, was it you who made that lotus stop moving for a moment?” Ye Feng wondered.
“No, it was your punch that blocked my move. I also wanted to see what would happen. Time just ran out.” As the controller of the domain, Lilith naturally knew much more about what happened within it than Ye Feng.
“Alright, I’ll go back and study it further!” Ye Feng nodded absentmindedly before turning to leave.
“It seems he has no clue!” Long Tian shook his head helplessly as Ye Feng disappeared.
“If domains were that easy to understand, they wouldn’t be called domains at all,” Fat glanced at Long Tian. “In the heavens, there are many with exceptional talents. But over billions of years, among trillions of beings in the heavens, fewer than ten have managed to comprehend domains before reaching the Absolute Immortal level. Of course, those like Lilith who inherit domains directly aren’t counted.”
“Moreover, in reality, not all powerful beings who reach the Absolute Immortal level possess domains. Among them, less than 30% can grasp the essence of domains. Most Absolute Immortal beings remain in the early stages without having comprehended any domains.”
“Weren’t all Absolute Immortal beings supposed to be able to comprehend domains?” Everyone looked at Fat curiously.
“No. Under these circumstances, only those at the mid-stage of Absolute Immortal begin to understand the existence of domains,” Fat shook his head. “Those who can comprehend them at the early stage are those with exceptional talents and great strength.”

“Hundreds of millions of years ago, there were particularly many people who possessed domains at that time; almost all experts at the early stage of the Juexian level had domains. But later, everyone began to focus on improving their cultivation levels rather than understanding the laws of the universe. Some even stopped practicing altogether and relied solely on taking pills to rapidly reach the middle stage of Juexian, which significantly reduced the quality of experts at that level.”

“The use of domains relies on understanding the laws of the universe and making use of rules. Yet those people never grasped the essence of true strength,” Fat said helplessly, shaking his head. “That’s why among the people in the Heavenly Realm, the proportion of Juexian experts with domains is getting lower and lower.”

“It’s inevitable. Once a shortcut to improving strength is found, most people will choose to take shortcuts—this is humanity’s inherent flaw. When everyone relies on pills to improve quickly, if you don’t use them, you’ll fall behind and your strength will be weaker than others.” Long Tian’s words pointed out the root cause of this phenomenon: everyone wanted to become stronger, and taking pills was the fastest way. People preferred such shortcuts to save time and effort.

“That’s indeed the case. Fortunately, pills for improving strength are generally not easy to make, and the various ingredients required are very precious. Apart from the spoiled sons of wealthy families who can afford them, ordinary people can only improve their cultivation through hard work.”

“In fact, truly established wealthy families wouldn’t casually let their descendants take such pills, knowing the consequences. Only those nouveau riche families would use such foolish methods, unaware of the side effects caused by taking pills to boost strength.”

“This, to some extent, limits the number of cultivators who rely on pills,” Fat added.

“Looking at it this way, that guy named Xuesha is really an extraordinary individual!” Hearing Fat’s words, Long Tian couldn’t help but feel a bit worried.

“Xuesha has killed two early-stage Juexian experts with domains and one middle-stage Juexian expert with a domain. This has earned him the title of the strongest Xuan-level expert. In the entire Heavenly Realm, no Xuan-level expert doesn’t know of him.”

“But this guy is very strange. Every time he appears, it causes a huge sensation. Moreover, wherever he goes, no one survives—hence he’s also known as the God of Death.”

“There are also many rumors about him. Some say he is the reincarnation of a supreme demon god, while others claim he is a born demon with no parents. The most bizarre theory is that he is an illegitimate child left behind by a great demon god in the heavens… Of course, these are just rumors and not very credible,” Fat said in a gossipy tone.
“Whatever he is, in this conflict, either he dies or we die. All we can do is find a way to survive!” Long Tian also had no intention of wasting more time chatting here. “I’m going to train too!”
Seeing Long Tian lead the way away, everyone else scattered as well…
“Damn it, I was in the middle of a good story. Why are today’s young people so impatient…” Fat cursed in frustration as everyone left…