Chapter 159: The Great Demon King Li

After a moment of exclamation, Wang Changsheng felt that something was amiss. Given Li Fusheng's usual character, he should have been plotting against these people; there was no way he would just leave like that.

"Are you looking for me?"

Just as Wang Changsheng was feeling puzzled, a voice sounded from behind him. Wang Changsheng turned around and immediately saw Li Fusheng walking over from the rear, a half-smile playing on his face.

"This situation..." Wang Changsheng pointed toward the distant melee and said in a deep voice, "You anticipated this long ago, didn't you?"

"There's no help for it. The cultivation world is simply like this. Upon seeing such a supreme treasure, if these people still didn't make a move, they wouldn't belong to the cultivation world at all!" Li Fusheng said with a smile.

Constantly, cultivators were dying, and constantly, other cultivators who sensed the mighty momentum of the battle were rushing over, joining the fray without a second word.

Everyone had only one goal, and that was to obtain the great cauldron.

"Fight, fight! The more who die, the better!" Seeing the scene in the distance, Li Fusheng also wore a half-smirking expression.

"What is actually going on?" Wang Changsheng asked.

Initially, Wang Changsheng thought Li Fusheng merely wanted to trick a batch of people, but looking at it now, it was no longer as simple as a mere trick—it was a slaughter!

Why would Li Fusheng do such a thing?

What was his purpose?

"This cauldron is bizarre!" Li Fusheng said in a deep voice. "This cauldron drinks blood!"

"Drinks blood?" Wang Changsheng was momentarily stunned, completely failing to grasp Li Fusheng's meaning.

"I've been pondering over this cauldron for some time now. Did you really think I obtained it inside the God of War's Tomb?" Li Fusheng said gravely.

"Then where?" Wang Changsheng revealed a puzzled expression.

"I originally had no intention of coming to the God of War's Tomb at all. This place is extremely demonic!" Li Fusheng said with a solemn expression. "However, I discovered that the refining of this cauldron actually absorbs blood Qi. This period of time must be when the blood Qi inside the God of War's Tomb is at its densest!"

Wang Changsheng immediately understood; Li Fusheng had entered the God of War's Tomb solely to refine the great cauldron.

Wang Changsheng felt that he ought to properly thank this great cauldron. If not for this reason, Li Fusheng probably wouldn't have come to the God of War's Tomb, and certainly wouldn't have happened to save Wang Changsheng.

In the span of a mere half-shichen, Wang Changsheng saw that over a hundred people had already died in the chaotic battle. The remaining cultivators numbered at least a hundred, many of whom were drawn here by the commotion.

"This kind of carnage, just to refine a single cauldron?" Wang Changsheng looked at Li Fusheng and said in a deep voice.

"It is utterly worth it!" Li Fusheng said.

Wang Changsheng shook his head gently, realizing that he still underestimated the cruelty of the cultivation world.

"In the ancient era, many supreme experts would even refine an entire realm just to cultivate demonic arts!" Li Fusheng said gravely. "Those who were refined in such a manner suffered an unprovoked disaster. As for these people..."

Li Fusheng pointed toward the cultivators fighting over the cauldron and said in a deep voice, "At the very least, they know how they died!"

An unfathomable look appeared in Wang Changsheng's eyes, clearly as he re-evaluated his understanding of the cultivation world. Wang Changsheng knew the cultivation world was cruel, but Li Fusheng's scheme—treating human lives like grass—was no longer just cruelty; it was a purgatory.

"This is simply a demonic cauldron!" Wang Changsheng said in a deep voice.

Absorbing blood Qi to refine itself, this was nothing short of a demonic cauldron. No, or rather, Li Fusheng himself was nothing short of a supreme fiend!

"It's almost time!"

After the span of an incense stick, a voice came from Li Fusheng's mouth. Following that, Wang Changsheng saw Li Fusheng's hand seals changing rapidly, and an abstruse aura began to emanate from his body.

Boom, boom, boom...

Following Li Fusheng's actions, the great cauldron actually emitted rumbling sounds.

"What is going on?"

"Why is this cauldron moving?"

"Could someone be secretly refining it? That's impossible, the situation is so chaotic!"

...

Seeing the great cauldron begin to vibrate, everyone immediately ceased their exchange of blows. The cultivators who could persist until now and remain alive were not lacking in cultivation, possessing at least the strength of the third layer of Crystal Formation or so. As for those with lower cultivation, they were already dead!

After everyone stopped fighting, they all sized up the great cauldron.

"Fellow daoists, have you noticed... it seems... it seems there is no blood Qi in the surroundings at all..."

Not long after, one of the cultivators let out a voice, and within that voice, there was even a trace of trembling.

Reminded by this person, the others immediately noticed this point as well.

Below the area where everyone had been fighting, quite a few cultivators had died—at least a hundred or so. Yet, with so many people dead, not even the slightest trace of blood Qi could be felt in the surroundings. This completely defied common sense!

"Not good, run!"

"Run quickly, this great cauldron is strange!"

"Oh no, this is a demonic cauldron, it will absorb human blood Qi!"

...

Among the crowd, quite a few people bore injuries. During the intense battle, they had no time to attend to them, but now that things had stopped, everyone discovered that the fresh blood flowing from their wounds was slowly transforming into wisps of blood Qi, being absorbed by the great cauldron.

When anomalies occur, demons are afoot. None of the people present were fools, and they instantly discovered the bizarre nature of the great cauldron.

Immediately, everyone turned around and bolted!

"Want to run? It's already too late!"

Seeing this situation, Li Fusheng made the hand seals even more intricate, and the momentum emanating from the great cauldron grew increasingly dense!

Boom!

Only a muffled sound was heard from within the great cauldron, resounding like a giant bronze bell, causing the surrounding cultivators to feel numb all over. Even Wang Changsheng, standing in the distance, was shaken back a few steps by this momentum and collapsed onto the ground.

With that muffled sound, the great cauldron flew directly inverted into the air, and from the mouth of the cauldron, a massive suction force erupted.

The cultivators who had intended to escape felt this suction force, and their expressions instantly changed.

This suction force was too powerful! Furthermore, everyone discovered that this suction force was forcibly plundering their own blood Qi.

Even Wang Changsheng, positioned far away, felt his vital energy churning violently, as if the blood throughout his entire body was about to burst out of his skin.

"Hide behind me!" Li Fusheng said immediately.

Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Changsheng hid behind Li Fusheng, only then feeling somewhat relieved.

As for the cultivators surrounding the great cauldron, they were not so fortunate. Wang Changsheng peeked secretly and immediately saw that the blood Qi on several cultivators was being forcibly sucked out by the great cauldron, continuously absorbed into it.

In the span of just a few breaths, Wang Changsheng discovered that the few cultivators closest to the great cauldron had their entire reservoir of blood Qi completely sucked dry, leaving behind only stark white skeletons. Finally, even the white skeletons did not last long before turning into wisps of blue smoke and being sucked into the cauldron.

In the span of barely a dozen breaths, Wang Changsheng saw that around the great cauldron, not a single cultivator remained; all of them had perished beneath the terrifying suction force of the cauldron.

"This... this..."

Witnessing this scene, Wang Changsheng turned pale, looking at Li Fusheng in disbelief. Wang Changsheng deeply doubted whether the person standing before his eyes was even Li Fusheng anymore.

Li Fusheng had always worn a playful, smiling expression. Suddenly, with so many people perishing by Li Fusheng's hand, transforming him into a murderous fiend, Wang Changsheng felt that the current Li Fusheng was far too unfamiliar.

"Hah..."

Li Fusheng let out a long breath and terminated his hand seals, his expression also somewhat pale.

Clearly, in order to absorb the blood Qi of these people to refine the great cauldron, Li Fusheng had also expended a considerable amount of energy.

"Li Fusheng, you are truly too ruthless!" Wang Changsheng looked at Li Fusheng and said in a deep voice.

"Ruthless?" Li Fusheng showed a look of disdain. "Wang Changsheng, don't forget, it was this very ruthless person in your mouth who just saved your life!"

Wang Changsheng remained silent, because what Li Fusheng said was the truth!

Looking at the great cauldron suspended in mid-air, Wang Changsheng wore an unfathomable expression.

Li Fusheng beckoned toward the great cauldron, and it flew toward the direction of the two men.

Seeing this, Wang Changsheng immediately made to dodge.

"Hahaha, coward!" Seeing Wang Changsheng's movement, Li Fusheng immediately mocked, "It doesn't eat people anymore!"

Wang Changsheng let out a breath of relief, having truly been frightened by the cauldron's previous terrifying momentum.

The great cauldron grew closer and closer. When it flew before Li Fusheng, it had shrunk to the size of a fist, resting in the palm of Li Fusheng's hand. Wisps of abstruse, misty aura emanated from the cauldron, looking nothing like something that had just absorbed the blood Qi of hundreds of people.

"Li Fusheng, didn't you say the great cauldron couldn't change its size?" Wang Changsheng asked with a dark face.

Earlier, Wang Changsheng had asked Li Fusheng to shrink the cauldron so it wouldn't draw too much attention.

Li Fusheng had insisted with absolute certainty that it could not be shrunk, but what about now?

"This... it couldn't change size before; the degree of refinement wasn't as high then!" Li Fusheng said with a smile. "Having just absorbed the blood Qi of quite a few cultivators, my mastery over this cauldron has increased a bit, so now it can shrink!"

"Really?"

Wang Changsheng expressed some skepticism.

Li Fusheng narrowed his eyes slightly, wearing a half-smile as he said, "If you believe it, then it's true. If you don't believe it, then it's false!"

Hearing Li Fusheng's reply, Wang Changsheng's expression grew even darker.

If it were the old Li Fusheng, Wang Changsheng would certainly have believed this was true. However, having experienced the incident where Li Fusheng engineered the slaughter of hundreds of cultivators, Wang Changsheng now maintained an attitude of suspicion toward everything Li Fusheng said.

Wang Changsheng felt that he understood Li Fusheng less and less.

Yet, upon second thought, it didn't seem to concern him either. At the very least, Li Fusheng had not yet harbored any malicious intents toward him; on the contrary, Li Fusheng had saved Wang Changsheng's life from Zong Tian's hands. Even if Li Fusheng had other hidden motives, a debt of saving grace was impossible to truly repay.

"Let's go!" Li Fusheng said in a deep voice, holding the small cauldron in his palm. "According to what that blocking fellow said earlier, it seems the situation with your Corpse Refining Sect is not too good; you must have run into some trouble. Aren't you worried at all?!"

Wang Changsheng reacted instantly.

"Let's go quickly, let's go quickly!" Wang Changsheng said immediately. "I was so startled by you just now that I almost forgot about this matter!"

With that, Wang Changsheng locked onto a direction and immediately led Li Fusheng running toward the place where he had been abducted.