Chapter 229: A near miss, but no one is safe
A magnificent temple, about ten feet high and covering an area of about three acres, is located right in the middle of the temple complex.
God knows how much manpower and material resources the Tartars spent to build this huge temple complex.
Several Tartar temple priests stood in front of the entrance to the main hall of the core temple of the tribe with pious looks on their faces, guarding the hall as if they were on pilgrimage.
"Whoosh!"
A golden figure suddenly dropped from the sky, and in an instant two figures flew out from its back!
"Die!"
"Pfft!"
Li Dingguo jumped up from the back of the big golden eagle that had just landed on the ground, and instantly arrived in front of these Tatar temple priests. He shook the magic spear in his hand, and spear flowers flashed and disappeared!
Two of the Tartar temple priests were at the initial fourth level of martial arts cultivation. Like the Tartar temple priests at the third level of martial arts around them, they didn't even have time to react before their eyebrows and throats were pierced, leaving two bloody holes that were transparent from front to back!
“Plop!”…
When they fell to the ground, Li Dingguo and Wan'er had already passed by them and stood in front of the huge palace gate.
"No one's inside?"
Li Dingguo quickly glanced inside this very strange temple hall and found it empty, with no one there.
"wrong!"
He suddenly felt something and immediately turned his gaze towards the hall which covered an area of several dozen feet in radius and was five or six feet high. He locked his gaze on the deepest part of the hall, facing the main entrance.
What you see, in front of an altar filled with incense, is not a statue of a deity, but a huge pool of blood filled with a strong smell of blood!
What is even more horrifying is that in this blood pool that is several meters in radius, there is a blood-colored lotus platform floating and slowly rotating!
This blood-colored lotus platform has a total of nine grades, flashing with a thick blood-colored light, and there are also streaks of bloody murderous aura emanating from it, making people want to vomit when they smell it!
"There is a big problem with this blood-colored lotus platform!"
As soon as this thought flashed through Li Dingguo's mind, something unexpected happened!
"Buzz..."
The blood-colored lotus platform seemed to sense the intrusion of outsiders and immediately made a roar. A blood-colored light as thick as a bucket suddenly flashed out and shot towards Li Dingguo and Wan'er who were standing at the gate!
"not good!"
"Martial Arts Dharma, come out!"
"Human Emperor Cauldron, block it!"
In the blink of an eye, Li Dingguo was panicked but not panicked. With a thought, his innate Dharma image flashed out, and the innate divine artifact, the Human Emperor Cauldron, blocked himself and Wan'er in time.
"Boom..."
The blood-colored light emitted by the blood-colored lotus platform hit the Human Emperor Cauldron fiercely!
After a muffled sound, the Human Emperor Cauldron stood still, and the blood-red light that was attacking it was silently eliminated into thin air.
"Dong dong..."
The virtual image of the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell, a martial arts form activated by Li Dingguo, emitted sound waves that swept towards the blood pool and the blood-colored lotus platform in front, launching an all-pervasive sonic attack!
"what……"
A scream, extremely strangely came out from the blood-colored lotus platform!
"How is this possible? Is this the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell and the Human Emperor Cauldron?"
"How could such an innate divine weapon fall into the hands of a human boy? And he refined it into his own divine weapon?"
This shrill scream and exclamation revealed some information that made Li Dingguo terrified and made him even more shocked!
"Dong dong..."
As long as Li Dingguo was not stupid, he would know that the sonic attack emitted by the phantom of the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell had a strong lethality to the mysterious and strange existence in the blood-colored lotus platform.
Otherwise, the opponent would not have made such a miserable cry after being attacked by the sound waves!
He hurriedly used all his strength to activate the phantom of his Xuanhuang Chaos Bell, which emitted continuous bell sounds and swept towards the blood pool and the blood-colored lotus platform!
His thoughts raced, as if he had thought of something else, "Shura Battle Flag, go!"
The Shura Battle Flag, a top-grade acquired divine weapon, flashed out from his sea of consciousness and shot into the blood pool!
"Zizi..."
A magical scene happened. The Shura war flag that fell into the blood pool was like a glutton, absorbing the blood in the blood pool. It was as if it had taken a tonic, and its aura was rapidly increasing!
"ah!"……
"How could I be so unlucky!"
"In this Dharma Ending Age, we actually saw the Human Emperor Cauldron and the Shura Battle Flag in real life! We also saw a human boy awaken the Dharma form of the Xuanhuang Primal Chaos Bell?"
"No! This is God trying to kill me, Lord Brahma!"...
As a remnant soul hiding in the blood-colored lotus platform, the opponent could not withstand the bell attack specifically targeting the soul of the cultivator, even if this was just Li Dingguo's special martial arts form.
If it were any other cultivator in the world today, he would most likely have been in trouble after being attacked by the blood-colored light emitted by this remnant soul.
The mysterious remnant soul hidden in the ninth-grade blood-colored lotus platform was obviously unlucky, and met Li Dingguo, the only powerful person in the world who could completely restrain him.
A moment later, the continuous sound of the bell completely shattered the residual soul hidden in the ninth-grade blood-colored lotus. The miserable screams from the residual soul of the mysterious strong man who called himself Mahabrahma disappeared immediately.
The Shura Battle Flag, a top-grade acquired artifact that Li Dingguo threw into the blood pool, has completely absorbed all the blood in the pool.
"Human Emperor Cauldron, go!"
Li Dingguo still didn't dare to take it lightly. God knows whether this remnant soul, who was suspected to be from an ancient powerful man, was really dead?
Under the control of his divine consciousness, the Human Emperor Cauldron transformed into a dark yellow stream of light, shooting towards the empty blood pool. It emitted a huge suction force, and instantly took the blood-colored lotus platform and the Shura battle flag into the cauldron.
"My own spiritual fire, refine it!"
Li Dingguo's figure flashed and he came to the edge of the empty blood pool. He raised his hand and a golden and red life essence fire flew into the Human Emperor Cauldron.
The innate formation inside this natal artifact cauldron, after being activated by the natal spiritual fire, fiercely burned the ninth-grade blood-colored lotus platform and the Shura battle flag inside!
"呲呲..."
After he broke through to the fifth level of martial arts, the power of the Human Emperor Cauldron had increased countless times, and it burned and purified the blood-colored lotus platform and the Shura battle flag.
Thick black and red smoke was continuously forced out from the two treasures by the flames, and was instantly burned to ashes by the innate spiritual fire in the cauldron that was amplified countless times!
After about a quarter of an hour, a shrill scream was faintly heard from the ninth-grade blood-colored lotus platform, and then there was no more bloody smell and black smoke came out from the two treasures.
"so close!"
"Fortunately, I am more careful, otherwise, one day, I might be killed by the hidden danger left in this lotus platform!"
After completely eliminating the hidden danger, Li Dingguo broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, and he secretly said with lingering fear.
The remnant soul of this ancient mysterious figure has been hiding in this mysterious lotus platform and has been lingering on for so long. It is indeed not that simple.
If Li Dingguo was careless, he might be harmed by this treasure at any time.
Li Dingguo thought for a moment, then used the power of the innate formation of the Human Emperor Cauldron to peel off the essence of his life and soul imprint that he had left in the Shura Battle Flag, and took them back to float in front of his eyes. He handed the ownerless Shura Battle Flag to Wan'er who had just come to his side, and said, "Wan'er, this is an acquired top-grade artifact, you can refine it into your own life artifact."
"Your level 3 top-grade alchemy furnace is too low. It's a waste for it to occupy one of your life-defining magic tools. From now on, you should use it as an ordinary magic tool."
"I will be the one to refine this unknown blood-colored lotus platform."
Li Dingguo's concerns are not without reason.
Unlike Wan'er, he has two innate divine artifacts of his own in the sea of gods, so he doesn't have to worry about whether there will be any hidden dangers left on this blood-colored lotus platform.
Besides, Wan'er often leads troops to fight outside, so owning this top-grade acquired artifact, the Shura Battle Flag, would be more suitable for her.
"Okay, big brother."
"I will immediately remove the master recognition of that third-grade top-grade magical alchemy furnace and refine this battle flag."
Wan'er had heard Li Dingguo mention the power and magic of the Shura Battle Flag, a top-grade acquired artifact. Upon hearing this, she happily agreed, took the Shura Battle Flag in one hand, and immediately sat cross-legged on the ground to replace her natal magic weapon.
Now that she has this ancient, top-grade artifact, her ability to protect her life and command large armies in the future will definitely be greatly enhanced.
With Wan'er's current level of cultivation, it was very easy for her to replace a magical weapon, and she completed this round of operations in a short while.
"Whoosh!"
The Shura flag turned into a stream of light, sank into the center of her brow, and floated in the middle of her sea of consciousness.
With a top-grade acquired divine weapon to suppress her sea of spirit, the strength of Wan'er's sea of spirit instantly increased by more than one level.
From now on, when she suffers a fatal attack, this excellent ancient artifact will protect its owner on its own, greatly increasing her safety.
"Wan'er, help me protect the Dharma. I will refine this mysterious blood-colored lotus platform into my own life-defining magic weapon."
"By then we should be able to figure out what kind of treasure it is."
After saying this, Li Dingguo sat cross-legged on the ground and began to refine this ninth-grade blood-colored lotus platform.
Li Dingguo has had many experiences with this kind of process, so he is naturally familiar with it.
In just a moment, the mysterious blood-colored lotus platform was officially refined after he imprinted a drop of his own blood and a soul mark in the core hub of the formation.
"Whoosh!"
After Li Dingguo had refined the blood-colored lotus platform, it turned into a stream of blood-colored light, sank into the sea of consciousness between his eyebrows, and floated below the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell and the Human Emperor Cauldron.
Then a message came into his mind:
Ninth-Rank Karma Fire Red Lotus: Incomplete State (Sealed)...
Since the artifact was in a broken state and Li Dingguo's own cultivation was too low, he did not get much information about it.
This simple piece of information revealed an ancient secret that made Li Dingguo tremble with fear.
"Can an innate divine weapon be damaged?"
"Like the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell and the Human Emperor Cauldron, this lotus platform is in a sealed state."
He was not stupid. Through this simple message, he vaguely guessed some clues about the ancient secrets.
Li Dingguo felt his thoughts were a little confused, and he quickly shook his head, putting all distracting thoughts behind him.
Those incredible ancient secrets were not something he was qualified to think about now.
It is better to know yourself, keep your feet on the ground, and do your current job well.
"The truth of the matter is actually like this..."
From the information transmitted by the Nine-Rank Lotus Platform artifact, Li Dingguo finally understood the secret of why the large Tartar tribe, the Holo tribe, would go to great lengths to build a temple to worship the blood-colored Nine-Rank Lotus Platform.
This ancient remnant soul, named Brahma, is a mysterious and powerful master whose power is unknown.
In the ancient mythological period, he fought with the enemy in a war that was so fierce that it was like the collapse of heaven and earth, and both sides suffered heavy losses.
In the end, he even brazenly blew himself up, killing the enemy and also blowing his own life-saving artifact, the Blood Lotus Platform, into two halves, one large and one small!
Lord Brahma himself did not fare any better and died on the spot.
He promptly hid his two remaining souls in the lotus pedestal, his natal artifact that had been split into two, and then drifted into the shattered turbulence of the void.
After who knows how many years, this broken artifact lotus pedestal was picked up by the ancestor of the leader of the Tartar tribe. The ancient soul that had finally revived was able to use its magical powers of soul control to control generations of high-level figures of the tribe.
And they were asked to collect a large number of flesh and blood creatures every few years to perform blood sacrifices on this ninth-grade blood-colored lotus platform.
By absorbing a large amount of life essence, qi and blood, and spiritual power obtained from the blood sacrifice, he can slowly restore his remaining soul.
By having these Tartar soldiers plunder large numbers of flesh and blood creatures, including humans, and performing blood sacrifices time and again, the remaining soul of this ancient powerful being finally regained a bit of strength.
He never expected that he would attract Li Dingguo, a cheater who specialized in restraining residual souls like them. Not only did he have two ancient innate artifacts, he also awakened the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell Dharma that was specifically designed to kill the enemy's souls, and thus he was tragically killed completely.
This ancient remnant soul is so unwilling before it completely dissipates.
It is so tragic to die at the hands of an ant-like human boy like Li Dingguo.
"what?"
Li Dingguo, who had just finished his work, felt something vaguely and looked towards the west. "That is the direction of the Yijin tribe. There is something that can cause this ninth-grade broken lotus platform to have an inexplicable feeling?"
"Could it be..."
All kinds of thoughts flashed through Li Dingguo's mind. When he thought of the situation mentioned by He Guang, the Deputy Minister of the Military Intelligence Department, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
"The information He Guang mentioned shows that the Yijin tribe also has a similar situation to the Holo tribe..."
Thinking of this, he could no longer sit still, and stood up and said to Wan'er, "The big secret hidden by the Huoluo tribe has been cracked by us. There is also a similar situation in the big Tartar tribe of Yijin."
"The two of us will immediately board the golden eagle and rush to the temple area of the Yijin tribe to resolve the hidden dangers there!"
The situation is urgent and we must act immediately to avoid unknown accidents.
Li Dingguo and Wan'er walked out of the temple quickly and flew to the back of the golden eagle waiting outside.
Li Dingguo hurriedly said a few words to the golden eagle, and it immediately flapped its wings and flew high, heading rapidly towards the west.
Li Dingguo and his companions had just left for a while when they realized that a major incident had occurred in their tribal temple. Several high-ranking figures of the Tatar Holo tribe rushed over in a hurry.
When they saw the empty blood pool and the missing tribal sacred objects, they were all horrified and angrily jumped up and down and cursed...
(End of this chapter)
