Demon-Suppressing Blood Map
"This is..."
Seeing this scene from afar, a look of surprise surfaced in Chen Ling's eyes. "Is the museum itself an Embroidery Diagram, or was the museum forcefully turned into an Embroidery Diagram?"
This was the first time Chen Ling had seen the Domain of the Path of the Arts at such a close distance. Unlike the domains of the Path of the Soldier, which were filled with the aura of slaughter, plain yet extremely lethal, the Domain of the Path of the Arts had a kind of magnificent and complex aesthetic appeal.
And outside another door of the museum,
Yao Qing looked at the Aged Figure riding the Chinese embroidery dragon swirling in mid-air under the wolf pupil's moonlight, his mind incomparably shocked.
"Grandma..."
In the sky, Xiao Chunping, who was riding the dragon upwards, seemed to have sensed something. Her gaze met Yao Qing's from afar, and a slight smile appeared on her wrinkled face.
She tapped her fingertips lightly, and three colorful embroidered horses were woven out from the museum. One threw the unconscious Yang Xiao onto its back, while the other two rushed to Yao Qing's side, picking up him and Su Zhiwei respectively, and then galloped rapidly towards the distance.
He didn't expect that Xiao Chunping could actually open a Domain of such a large scale. Furthermore, the Divine Path Possessors Nie Yu had encountered were originally few in number. This was his first time encountering an enemy with a higher Rank than himself.
It was only when Xiao Chunping's Domain opened that he intuitively felt just how vast the gap of one Rank truly was.
"I can't tangle with this Old Fella anymore... No matter what, I must kill Su Zhiwei first!"
Nie Yu's gaze shifted away from Xiao Chunping riding the dragon. The wolf pupil overlapping with the bright moon locked onto the three galloping colorful embroidered horses. Gritting his teeth, he sped rapidly in that direction!
As Nie Yu's prey changed, the wolf pupil in the sky faintly glimmered. If Su Zhiwei were awake right now, she would be able to feel her body becoming as heavy as lead, every movement extremely difficult... Fortunately, she was already unconscious at this moment, purely relying on the colorful embroidered horse beneath her to move rapidly.
"Young man, if you want to kill her, you have to pass this old one first."
Xiao Chunping tapped her fingertips again. The museum around Nie Yu instantly squirmed. Countless Embroidery Threads rapidly rose into the sky from the edges. From a distance, it looked like a cage was rising beneath Nie Yu's feet, intent on completely trapping him to death within.
Nie Yu's expression grew increasingly ugly. Holding the Hunting Knife, he shot out like a cannonball, his figure flashing past. Razor Wires frantically cut the surrounding Embroidery Threads, passing through the [Embroidery Kingdom of All Things] at an astonishing speed, wanting to forcefully carve a way out of here.
But his speed was still a bit too slow. As the entire museum gradually dissipated, an incomparably massive hexahedral cage gradually took shape in the air. As Nie Yu advanced by severing a large number of Embroidery Threads, even more Embroidery Threads would entangle in front of him in the next moment, making it as difficult to advance half a step as a quagmire.
"Cough cough cough cough..."
With the frantic consumption of Spiritual Power, Xiao Chunping, riding the dragon, began to cough violently. Even so, her movements didn't pause in the slightest, wholeheartedly controlling the [Embroidery Kingdom of All Things].
"Young man... your hostility is too heavy." Xiao Chunping spoke hoarsely. "Let this old one... shave some of it off for you... Cough cough cough..."
Xiao Chunping raised her palm, and an almost transparent Embroidery Needle condensed out of thin air. As she flicked her finger, the Embroidery Needle vanished into the air, traversing hundreds of meters in an instant, and pierced into Nie Yu's spine!
Nie Yu, who was frantically trying to carve his way out of the [Embroidery Kingdom of All Things], suddenly gave a muffled groan. In the next moment, the flow of his Spiritual Power suddenly became sluggish!
A transparent Embroidery Needle frantically shuttled through his body. Fine spiritual Embroidery Threads were woven within his flesh and blood, as if drawing an extremely complex Human Body Embroidery Diagram within his body!
Nie Yu's movements paused, and he fiercely vomited several mouthfuls of black blood. Not only did his speed and strength visibly decrease, even his Spiritual Power began to ossify, as if locked by something. His face became incomparably pale.
[Embroidery Master] Path, Sixth Stage Skill —— [Demon-Suppressing Blood Map].
"My Rank... is beginning to drop??" Nie Yu looked at his own hands in disbelief. Everything happening within his body completely exceeded his cognition.
Just now, as a large amount of Spiritual Power was locked down by the Human Body Embroidery Diagram, he had already dropped from the Fifth-Tier back to the Fourth Order. He didn't know if this process was reversible, but without a doubt... his Rank was still dropping.
At this rate, in at most three minutes, he would lose all his Spiritual Power, all his Ranks and skills would be locked, and he would be completely reduced to an Ordinary Person.
At this moment, the wolf pupil in Nie Yu's eye also began to fade uncontrollably. His [Wild Hunting Ground] was already crumbling and difficult to sustain.
"I absolutely cannot go on like this!!"
A ruthless look flashed in Nie Yu's eyes. As if making some kind of decision, he reversed his grip on the Hunting Knife and plunged the pitted and sharp blade into his own chest!
Pfft—!!
As the blade entered his body, the Razor Wires also closely drilled into his flesh and blood, slaughtering together with the frantically weaving Embroidery Threads within his body.
Since that Old Woman could embroider a diagram in his body to seal his Rank, then he could only rely on severing the Embroidery Threads within his body to maintain all this... Blood vessels, bones, skin and flesh, his body instantly became a battlefield between Embroidery Threads and Razor Wires. He would rather cause irreversible damage to his body than give up his skills and Rank.
His capillaries began to frantically ooze blood. His entire person looked horrifyingly as if soaked in a pool of blood. He bent over and began to cough violently, every time coughing up a large amount of black blood and minced meat. The scene was incomparably ferocious.
But continuing this slaughter, either the Embroidery Threads would ultimately seal everything of his, or he would exhaust himself to death. Nie Yu knew very well in his heart that the only way to survive was to escape the [Embroidery Kingdom of All Things] as soon as possible!
While fighting the Embroidery Threads within his body, Nie Yu carried his Hunting Rifle and opened fire forward, arduously carving out a bloody path.
Perhaps because she was using [Embroidery Kingdom of All Things] and [Demon-Suppressing Blood Map] simultaneously, and her Spiritual Power was being consumed rapidly, Xiao Chunping's coughing became increasingly violent. Her face was visibly pale, and the Embroidery Threads blocking Nie Yu in the outside world also began to slow down for a time.
For Nie Yu, this was undoubtedly good news. If Xiao Chunping were still young, he probably wouldn't have been able to escape from here today... Unfortunately, she was already old. As Nie Yu gradually turned into a blood man, and blood began to flow ceaselessly from his seven orifices, he finally carved his way out of the border of the [Embroidery Kingdom of All Things].
"Damn it... damn it..."
Nie Yu's consciousness gradually blurred. With every step he took, excruciating pain would transmit from all over his body... He was no longer able to pursue Su Zhiwei. Instead, he changed direction without hesitation, using all his strength to flee away from the museum!
As Nie Yu's figure distanced itself, the embroidered dragon beneath Xiao Chunping also gradually dissipated. This nearly ninety-year-old elder was already close to her limit, and she weakly fell from mid-air.
"Senior Xiao!"
A figure in brown clothes stepped on the void, hurrying over from afar, and firmly caught her in mid-air.
"Senior Xiao, are you alright?" Feeling the elder's rapid breathing, Chen Ling asked worriedly.
"Cough cough cough... I'm fine." Xiao Chunping's pale hair gradually floated down. Her entire person was indescribably haggard. She waved her hand. "It's just that I'm old... Even if I were ten years younger today, I definitely wouldn't let him escape... Cough cough cough...
I originally intended to directly seal his Spiritual Power and skills, completely turning him into an Ordinary Person... I didn't expect him to be so ruthless to himself..."
Chen Ling used Cloud Steps, steadily returning Xiao Chunping's figure to the ground.
"Will his Rank still recover?"
"Theoretically speaking, as long as he clears all the Embroidery Threads in his body, he can recover... However, that takes time."
"About how long?"
"At most a day. If he is ruthless enough to himself... At the shortest, half an hour."
"Half an hour..."
Chen Ling's eyes narrowed slightly. He turned to look at the direction Nie Yu left in, sharp light flashing in his eyes.
"Half an hour... is enough."