Soul Emperor Martial God

The person swiftly repelled Blood River with a palm strike.

With a flash of his figure, he instantly arrived by Liu Yanran's side.

"Grandfather," Liu Yanran called out.

Indeed, the person was the former Family Head of the Liu Family, Liu Yanran's grandfather.

However, Liu Yanran's voice at that moment was very cold.

Her eyes, tinged with blood, were filled with iciness.

"Yanran, you?" Patriarch Liu, seeing Liu Yanran surrounded by a mist of blood, had urgency written all over his face.

At that moment, the three elder martial artists of the Liu Family immediately flew over, controlling the air.

"Patriarch." The three of them made their salutations and explained the situation.

"What? Blood-colored Smoke Willow?" Patriarch Liu was clearly startled.

Then, with an angry expression, he turned to look at Blood River, "Blood Mist Valley, you've played a good game."

Saying so, Patriarch Liu turned to Xiao Yi, "Young friend, thanks to your help this time, Yanran was unharmed."

"I will express my gratitude later."

After speaking, Patriarch Liu once again looked towards Blood River, his eyes filled with a murderous intent.

Xiao Yi nodded, his original intention to gather flames instantly dissipated.

The Fire Attribute Elemental Power he intended to invoke also dispersed instantly.

Then, he turned his gaze to Liu Yanran, his eyes slightly surprised.

Back in Northern Mountain County, he always thought that Liu Yanran's Martial Soul was Mist Rain Green Willow.

He never expected it was actually Blood-colored Smoke Willow.

Blood-colored Smoke Willow is actually a one-in-ten-thousand occurrence of Mist Rain Green Willow.

This Martial Soul is extremely rare.

For those who possess it, when they awaken their Martial Soul at a young age, it indeed appears as Mist Rain Green Willow.

But in fact, deep within the dense willow strands of the tree, there is a Blood Fruit at the very center.

The Blood Fruit is extremely tiny, almost undetectable.

Even the owner of the Martial Soul could hardly notice it themselves.

But as the owner's Cultivation gradually increases, the aura of the Blood Fruit begins to emerge.

And subtly affects the original attributes of the Mist Rain Green Willow.

The Blood Fruit contains the essence of the Blood-colored Smoke Willow.

Once fully grown, the owner can use the power of the Blood Fruit to temporarily greatly enhance their Cultivation.

However, if the Blood Fruit is not fully grown,

The owner cannot actively utilize the power of the Blood Fruit.

It can only be triggered passively, under special circumstances,

Such as extreme rage or extreme emotional instability.

This was the case for Liu Yanran, where the Blood Fruit was not fully grown.

Yet under the storm of complex emotions like rage and sorrow, the power of the Martial Soul's Blood Fruit within her was passively triggered.

Her Cultivation increased substantially.

But her personality and emotions were also influenced by the Blood Fruit, becoming cold and bloodthirsty.

Speaking of bloodthirst, it primarily stems from the intrinsic attributes of the Blood Fruit itself.

The Blood Fruit, if left to grow on its own, would take an extremely slow pace.

It might take decades to fully mature.

The only way is through absorbing the essence blood of human martial artists as nutrients to speed up growth.

Of course, the required amount is enormous, much more than what is needed for crafting Blood Intent Pills.

Another point is that the Blood-colored Smoke Willow Martial Soul is so rare and shocking primarily due to its effects.

Once the Blood Fruit is fully mature, the owner can separate it.

If an Earth Origin Realm martial artist consumes it, they can directly advance across a Great Realm, ascending to Heavenly Origin Realm.

If a Heavenly Origin Realm martial artist consumes it, their Cultivation will surge dramatically.

This is somewhat similar to Qin Feiyang's Golden Wing Pill Martial Soul, which can spawn a pill to enhance a martial artist's Cultivation.

However, with the Golden Wing Pill Martial Soul, each Great Realm breakthrough generates a Golden Wing Pill.

When consumed by a martial artist, it only enhances a minor Cultivation level in that realm.

Whereas with the Blood-colored Smoke Willow Martial Soul, it only produces one Blood Fruit in a lifetime.

Its effect is a thousandfold more than the Golden Wing Pill.

Naturally, this single Blood Fruit is exceedingly precious.

In the entire history of the Flame Martial Kingdom, only a handful of people have ever possessed the Blood-colored Smoke Willow Martial Soul.

As one can imagine, the Blood-colored Smoke Willow Martial Soul is extremely rare.

It is because the Blood-colored Smoke Willow Martial Soul cannot be directly awakened or possessed.

It is a special existence within the Mist Rain Green Willow Martial Soul.

Those who possess the Mist Rain Green Willow Martial Soul are already few.

With the one-in-ten-thousand odds, it becomes extremely rare today.

Back to the story.

The Liu Family itself was not aware that Liu Yanran possessed the Blood-colored Smoke Willow Martial Soul.

Liu Yanran herself didn't know either.

It's unclear how, but the Blood Mist Valley somehow came to know of it.

Considering that the martial artists of Blood Mist Valley are well-versed in the ways of blood, they might have some mysterious methods.

However, clearly, Blood Mist Valley's original plan was not aimed at Liu Yanran.

But rather, that 'Blood Fruit'.

This was why, after discovering that Liu Yanran possessed the Blood-colored Smoke Willow Martial Soul, Patriarch Liu looked at Blood River with eyes full of murderous intent.

"Patriarch Liu, I advise you to calm down," Blood River sneered.

"Although you have entered the ranks of peak-power martial artists, you have only just made the breakthrough."

"You are still no match for me."

Patriarch Liu clenched his teeth, "Get lost, the engagement is nullified, and the marriage is off."

"From now on, the Liu Family will have no relations with you, Blood Mist Valley."

"You…" Blood River's face turned ugly.

He had come to the Liu Family to pick someone up, but instead of achieving his goal, he had made an enemy of the Liu Family.

How was he to report this back to Blood Mist Valley?

But he knew that it was no longer possible to take Liu Yanran away now.

Unless he waged war on the Liu Family.

However, the reason the Four Great Families had stood firm in the Royal Capital was no mere coincidence.

Blood Mist Valley, though stronger than the Liu Family.

Would never rashly go to war with the Liu Family.

"Let's go." After a long moment, Blood River waved his sleeve in frustration, preparing to leave with his men.

"Wait."

Just then, a cold voice rang out.

"The Liu Family may not hold it against you, but that doesn't mean I won't."

Xiao Yi took a cold step forward, staring directly at Blood River.

Blood River scoffed with disdain, "What? Does the Northern Mountain Sword Master still want to keep us here?"

"You think I wouldn't dare?" Xiao Yi's face was ice cold.

"Blood River, since you personally came to pick up Yanran and dared to harbor ill intentions against her."

"Then, don't think about leaving."

The moment his words fell, Xiao Yi made his move.

But his target wasn't Blood River.

It was the nearly hundred elite assassins from Blood Mist Valley present.

This marriage delegation from Blood Mist Valley to the Liu Family was immensely large.

Apart from Blood River and the Second and Third Elders, there were hundreds of elite assassins.

The elite assassins, the weakest among them being at the Mystic Breakthrough Ninth Layer, most were from the Earth Origin Realm.

Of course, more than two hundred had already died in the previous battle.

Now, only a little over one hundred remained.

"You dare?" Blood River immediately erupted in anger upon realizing Xiao Yi's intent.

Xiao Yi did not respond verbally, but his actions spoke volumes.

In a series of quick movements, several Blood Mist Valley assassins were already dead.

Blood River naturally wouldn't just watch, but as he was about to make a move, he was intercepted by Patriarch Liu.

"Blood River, I told you to leave, and if you won't leave, then let's have a satisfying fight."

Patriarch Liu coldly called out, engaging Blood River in combat.

Although he had just advanced and was no match for Blood River, stopping him was easy.

Blood River also couldn't defeat Patriarch Liu in a short time.

He could only watch helplessly as Xiao Yi killed off the Blood Mist Valley assassins one by one.

Xiao Yi moved incredibly fast.

With a swing of his Frost Sword, extreme cold enveloped thousands of miles.

In just over ten seconds, nearly a hundred elite assassins were all dead.

"Ice Sky Splitting Slash," Xiao Yi called out lowly.

A terrifying snowstorm instantly enveloped the Second and Third Elders.

"Young man, stop!" Blood River bellowed angrily.

Xiao Yi, paying him no heed, sneered, "Blood River, isn't your Blood Mist Valley here for the Smoke Willow Blood Fruit?"

"I'm just speeding up the growth of the Blood Fruit."

As soon as his words ceased.

The snowstorm had already engulfed the Second and Third Elders.

Ten seconds later, the storm dispersed, and two icy corpses slowly fell from mid-air.

The Ice Sky Splitting Slash, not even Feng and Yun could withstand a few seconds before being gravely injured.

Much less the Second and Third Elders, merely at the Heavenly Origin Seventh Layer and Sixth Layer respectively.

Then, Xiao Yi waved his hand, and all the surrounding essence blood was drawn out.

Finally, it surged toward Liu Yanran.

More precisely, toward the blood-colored smoke willow Martial Soul Illusion behind Liu Yanran.

Meanwhile, Blood River was completely stunned.

This time, Blood Mist Valley had come to the Liu Family with great fanfare.

Including him, three elders, dozens of deacons, and three hundred elite assassins had come.

Such a vast team was now reduced to just him alone.

And two elders had died.

"You...you all..." Blood River reached the pinnacle of fury.

Even though he was extremely cunning, he could no longer hold back.

"Fine, very good, Liu Family, just you wait."

"It won't be long before the strong warriors of Blood Mist Valley will flatten your Liu Family."

Patriarch Liu coldly smiled, "Blood River, what does this have to do with my Liu Family?"

"My Liu Family hasn't killed half a person from your Blood Mist Valley."

"It was all the Northern Mountain Sword Master's doing."

"If you have the guts, let your strong warriors of Blood Mist Valley flatten the Sky-splitting Sword Sect."

"Oh right, the Northern Mountain Sword Master is the strongest Sword Master of this generation."

"You injured him severely, even tried to kill him."

"I'm afraid if you go to the Sky-splitting Sword Sect, you won't have a reasonable explanation."

"Although the Northern Mountain Sword Master isn't very popular in the Sword Sect."

"But a few old fellows in the sect are extremely conservative, and they'd be furious if they knew you tried to kill the strongest Sword Master of this generation."

Patriarch Liu said with a cold laugh.

Blood River's face turned utterly black, yet he was completely unable to retaliate.

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Third release.