How can I have a heart of a demonic god in my body?!

In the darkness, a faint, chilling breath came at him once more.

"Chen Yu, go to hell!"

Bloodthirsty Second roared, turned around, and the blood axe cleaved through the air. A twenty-zhang-long blood-colored axe shadow burst forth, carrying an overwhelming evil Qi.

Boom!

Straight ahead, a dark red cold light was instantly crushed by the blood axe.

"It's not Chen Yu!"

Bloodthirsty Second's heart jolted, and his scalp exploded.

The Taiyin Sword Point was gentle and erratic, unlike the direct and forceful Yangming Sword Point, making it easy to control and change the sword point's direction.

At this moment, Chen Yu used this method, exposing Bloodthirsty Second's flaw.

Behind Bloodthirsty Second, a shadow suddenly drew close.

As Chen Yu neared Bloodthirsty Second, confident his attack wouldn't miss, a violent Demonic True Essence power surged from his fist.

His target was Bloodthirsty Second's head!

"Not good!"

Sensing the threat of death, Bloodthirsty Second panickedly circulated his True Yuan, summoning a powerful force deep within his body.

Boom!

As Chen Yu's fist came crashing down, a burst of blood light erupted from the nape of Bloodthirsty Second's neck, transforming into a viscous and flexible blood curtain, like concentrated blood.

The punch landed with no effect, its force dispersed by the blood curtain.

At the same time, the sticky blood curtain reached out to envelop Chen Yu.

Swish!

Chen Yu activated the Bloodline Power of the Night Winged Wolf, greatly enhancing his agility and perception, and swiftly retreated to dodge.

Gurgle, gurgle...

The sticky blood curtain wrapped around Bloodthirsty Second's body, protecting him as if alive.

"Chen Yu, I will tear you to pieces!"

Bloodthirsty Second's features twisted fiercely, his eyes threaded with blood.

He couldn't tolerate the fact that he nearly died at Chen Yu's hand, let alone being utterly terrified.

For this ranking battle on the prodigy list, he had prepared his trump card, using it in the first stage and against Chen Yu, no less.

If he didn't flay and dismember Chen Yu, his hatred wouldn't be appeased.

"Indeed, among all the geniuses in the Southern Domain, those who stand out and rank high on the prodigy list aren't so easily killed."

Defeating Bloodthirsty Second wasn't difficult for Chen Yu if that was his goal.

Moreover, by forcing Bloodthirsty Second to use his life-saving technique, Chen Yu was one step closer to his objective.

Chen Yu's strong perception allowed him to sense that the blood light screen surrounding Bloodthirsty Second was slowly fading, which clearly couldn't last much longer.

He held his breath and hid in the darkness, quietly waiting.

"The spectators from the outside world probably can't detect the Bloodline Power I used."

He speculated in his mind.

The venue for the first stage was a separately created mini-world.

For the people of the outer world to observe this world was remarkable indeed.

Furthermore, by activating the Night Winged Wolf's Bloodline Power, Chen Yu merged with the darkness, making it difficult for even the nearby Bloodthirsty Second to detect him, not to mention the spectators who were further away and separated by a spatial barrier.

...

Outside, it was also night, yet colorful lights shined brightly as if it were day.

"It's amazing, the Holy Sanctuary Sky Realm Formation can even change the day and night cycle within its interior mini-world."

"Though there are many unfair aspects in the ranking battle of the prodigies, there are also many efforts to seek fairness, such as the night being the main stage for agile types, assassins, and Mechanical Masters!"

Most geniuses, after a day of running and fighting, chose to rest and recuperate at night.

Yet some prodigies concealed themselves during the day, springing into action only when night fell.

On the other side.

The upper echelons of Heavenly Jade Sect and Black Demon Valley were paying close attention to Chen Yu and Bloodthirsty Second's situation.

When they witnessed Chen Yu not continuing to flee, but instead engaging in combat with Bloodthirsty Second, many were surprised, inwardly wondering if Chen Yu had lost his mind.

However, the subsequent battle became incomprehensible to them.

Chen Yu seemed to become a different person in the night, appearing and disappearing unpredictably, causing Bloodthirsty Second to fall completely into the defensive.

At night, their vision was not very clear.

Additionally, since Chen Yu activated his Secret Pattern Demon Body, which was entirely black, no one in the audience could tell that he was using the Night Winged Wolf's Bloodline Power.

"What's the matter with that Bloodthirsty Second? Can't he handle Chen Yu?"

The plump middle-aged man's brows furrowed slightly.

During the day, although Bloodthirsty Second was led on a wild goose chase by Chen Yu, he still had the upper hand in a head-on fight.

But at night, Bloodthirsty Second was thoroughly on the defensive.

"Could it be that Chen Yu has cultivated the Assassination Path?" the plump middle-aged man suspected.

Elder Long-bearded of Black Demon Valley, on the other hand, was worried about Chen Yu.

Logically speaking, the likelihood of Chen Yu escaping should have been greater with the coming of night, but he chose to fight instead.

"Ah, Bloodthirsty Second's secret technique is about to dissipate."

He suddenly noticed that the sticky blood curtain always surrounding Bloodthirsty Second was shrinking bit by bit, finally disappearing.

...

"Chen Yu, come out, you coward hiding in your shell!"

Bloodthirsty Second roared. His axe swung continuously, cutting through the air with devastating blood light shadows that traveled everywhere, destroying everything around.

His secret technique was about to disappear, and yet Chen Yu remained hidden in the darkness instead of striking again.

Bloodthirsty Second was growing anxious.

Chen Yu continued to wait, concealing himself among the broken stones and logs.

At a certain moment.

The sticky blood curtain around Bloodthirsty Second completely dissipated!

Boom!

Not far off, the ground suddenly burst open, stones and broken branches flew into the air, catapulted into chaos.

Bloodthirsty Second's entire body immediately tensed up.

It was unimaginable that Chen Yu's mere creation of some chaotic environment had frightened the notoriously fierce and brutal Bloodthirsty Second to such an extent.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Chen Yu's heart entered an explosive state, his blood surged vibrantly within, full of vitality, yet all of this was concealed by the bloodline of the Night Winged Wolf, completely undetectable to the average person!

The Holy Beast Night Winged Wolf excelled in hunting enemies from the darkness, and even more in waiting for the right moment to strike with full force!

When Chen Yu approached within sixty feet of Bloodthirsty Second, the latter suddenly sensed it and turned around to swing his giant axe, a vicious blood-colored arc accompanied by roaring clouds of Evil Qi whooshed through the air.

Swoosh!

Chen Yu remained hidden and did not reveal himself, relying on his current agility and nimbleness to dodge and draw even closer to Bloodthirsty Second.

With his heart erupting and his Bloodline Power boosting him, Chen Yu reached an inconceivable speed, incredibly difficult to capture.

"So fast!"

Bloodthirsty Second realized Chen Yu had vanished from sight in the blink of an eye.

With danger descending, Bloodthirsty Second instinctively controlled his Spiritual Artifact to chop down.

Buzz-bang!

A pitch-black fist, akin to a black hole, carrying terrifying force and surging with demonic intent, suddenly burst forth!

This fist seemed to cover all surroundings, causing Bloodthirsty Second's eyes to bulge out in horror and disbelief.

Clang!

The attack from the axe-shaped Spiritual Artifact hadn't been fully executed before it was smashed by Chen Yu's fist, flying off into the distance.

Following that, the Dark Demon Fist crashed down on Bloodthirsty Second's head.

Bloodthirsty Second had nowhere to dodge!

Thud!

A blood-stained head flew into the air, belonging to Bloodthirsty Second.

His eyes nearly protruded from their sockets, filled with shock and disbelief.

The moment Bloodthirsty Second was killed, Chen Yu took the storage space and mark from his body, picked up the axe lying not far away, and dashed towards a quiet forest in the distance.

Then, the power of his bloodline dissipated.

Those outside who witnessed this scene were dumbfounded.

Bloodthirsty Second had his head sent flying with a punch by Chen Yu, who had suddenly emerged from hiding!

Was this still the Bloodthirsty Second who ranked thirty-sixth in the "Celestial List" and whose notoriety spread far and wide, feared like a demonic ghost?

"Holy shit, a one-punch decapitation!"

"Am I seeing things? Is that guy really Chen Yu?"

"It should be."

However, the night was too dark, Chen Yu was covered in blackness, and on top of that his speed was so fast, no one could definitively confirm that it was he who had slain Bloodthirsty Second.

"Leaping from ninety-fourth to thirty-sixth on the 'Celestial List,' this is just... unbelievable."

A moment later.

Swoosh!

A red shadow accompanied by astonishing Evil Qi descended on the place where Bloodthirsty Second had fallen.

"Second brother!"

Bloodthirsty Leader, upon seeing the body and the nearby head, suddenly stood frozen in place, his mind buzzing.

A dark red oppressive aura of blood filled the air, as if countless snakes and pythons were writhing within, eerily horrifying.

Bloodthirsty Leader thought about Chen Yu perhaps having a hidden strength, making Second Brother unable to kill him alone, but he never imagined that the one to die would be his brother.

"Chen... Yu!"

After a short while, a chilling and vicious bloodlust radiated from Bloodthirsty Leader's eyes as he uttered each syllable with a biting intensity.

...

In the dark night, Chen Yu moved stealthily, remaining vigilant of his surroundings.

Here, the night could be more dangerous than the day.

"A cave?"

Chen Yu found a concealed cave and slew the fierce beast that was sound asleep inside, taking over the enclosure.

After sitting down cross-legged, he let out a slight sigh of relief.

"If it weren't for Bloodthirsty Second's hidden card, I would have killed him earlier and not wasted Bloodline Power."

Chen Yu felt somewhat pained by the expenditure.

Actually, with the power of the Night Winged Wolf's bloodline combined with the explosive force of his heart, Chen Yu was more than a match for a Mid-stage Sky Sea Realm Venerable.

Bloodthirsty Second's other methods would not have been enough to stop Chen Yu.

Therefore, with just one blow, Chen Yu had slain him.

"Fortunately, Bloodthirsty Second had quite a number of marks on him, at least seven have accumulated."

Chen Yu looked at the exceptionally bright pentagram on the back of his hand.

He then picked up Bloodthirsty Second's Blood Axe and after inspecting it, confirmed it was a Top-grade Spirit Artifact.

"I hope the items in the storage space don't disappoint!"

Bloodthirsty Second's storage space was a peculiar blood-colored ring.

The ring's body was forged by a Blood Snake, with its head biting its own tail.

As Chen Yu's consciousness permeated into it, he was pushed back by an invisible barrier, but given his strong spiritual power, he wasn't overly affected.

"It actually has a protective mechanism; this is a master-recognized storage space tool."

Chen Yu was secretly pleased.

This was far superior to the storage artifact he owned, and it should contain plenty of treasures.

Chen Yu proceeded without rush, channeling his spiritual power and Demon Pattern True Essence into the ring, gradually erasing the marks left by Bloodthirsty Second.

Bloodthirsty Second's strength was not that much higher than Chen Yu's, and he was not adept at the Soul Path.

In just half an hour, Chen Yu had unraveled it.

Buzz!

The ring suddenly burst into a dizzying blood-red glow.

This time, Chen Yu's consciousness smoothly entered the internal space.