.
Therefore, the Gong family had to settle for the next best thing: hunting magical beasts and using their flesh and blood for cultivation. But after being accustomed to using "luxury goods," using "inferior goods" was always difficult to accept.
Eventually, the Gong family's two Dou Zun ancestors opened wormholes connecting different continents and sent a number of Gong family members to station there, with their location being just one of them.
For a while after the wormholes opened, the Gong family once again received an ample supply of flesh and blood for cultivation, but this supply gradually dwindled, until now, virtually no one has been sent there.
Now, the Gong family can only occasionally supplement their cultivation with human flesh and blood, relying mostly on magical beast flesh and blood.
However, rumors have recently spread within the clan that the two ancestors are planning to start a war that would affect the entire Eastern Continent and are secretly plotting.
Centuries ago, the Gong family rose to prominence thanks to this cultivation method. From initially having only one Dou Zong ancestor, they now boast two Dou Zun-level ancestors and over a dozen Dou Zong elders.
Their overall strength is poised to surpass that of the Eastern Continent's most powerful faction, the Hidden Sect!
On the surface, the Gong family is undeniably the second-largest power in the Eastern Continent!
...
Suddenly, a gust of wind erupted from the deserted square, and a silver halo emanating a rich spatial force emerged, followed by the silhouette of a boat.
As the boat shrank, three figures slowly emerged, standing silently in mid-air.
"Hmph, I'll never sail again!" Zi Yan looked at Liu Yu with a sullen gaze.
Who knows what she'd been through these past seven or eight days? She'd toiled away, and now Liu Yu was kissing and smooching with Sister Sha right in front of her. It truly infuriated her! How could this be!
In response, Liu Yu declared that if it weren't for that third wheel, he could have shed his virginity on the boat and become a real man in this lifetime...
Meanwhile, the middle-aged men and young men outside the square stared blankly at the three people who had teleported in.
They were both shocked that someone had dared to arrive from the Eastern Continent after all these years, and also astounded by their strength: Dou Zong powerhouses, standing on the void!
Since the Gong family opened the spatial wormhole, the number of Dou Zong masters who had teleported through was rare, but this time, three had arrived!
At that moment, the young Gong family members were fascinated by Medusa and Zi Yan, who were beside Liu Yu. Some even had undisguised lust in their eyes.
The middle-aged man, however, was secretly delighted. If he could inform the clan elders and capture these three Dou Zong masters, he would have accomplished a great feat! Wouldn't that mean he would have all the cultivation resources he needed?
A blood-red jade token materialized from thin air in his hand. Just as the middle-aged man was about to quietly crush it, the space around him and the young men twisted and then instantly solidified.
However, this wasn't the end. The space around the young men with lust in their eyes suddenly wrinkled. As the wrinkles deepened, space finally collapsed completely, and a vast, pitch-black void emerged.
As the black hole appeared, a distorting force imbued with terrifying suction erupted from within. The young men didn't even have time to scream before they were instantly crushed by the twisting force, transformed into a bloody mist and swallowed whole by the black hole. Once
the mist dissipated, Liu Yu waved his hand gently, and the pitch-black spatial crack quickly healed, returning the space of that heaven and earth to peace.
Coincidentally, the middle-aged man and the surviving young men were both filled with horror. Dou Zun powerhouses!
Liu Yu hadn't intended to kill them, but seeing those men's looks, he decided to reward them with a "spatial strangulation"!
"Isn't it good to be alive?" Liu Yu, along with Medusa and Zi Yan, approached the middle-aged man and sighed softly.
"Soul Searching Technique!"
A surge of immense power erupted, transforming into tiny, invisible tentacles that sank into the middle-aged man's mind.
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Liu Yu had originally intended to use the "Soul Bewitching Technique," but now that those individuals had become his "enemies," there was no point in considering any further considerations; they were all dying anyway.
As the soul tentacles continued to penetrate the middle-aged man's soul, his eyes gradually glazed over, a look of pain crossing his features.
As the soul tentacles continued to extract the man's memories, Liu Yu's eyes narrowed slightly. This was consistent with his initial assumption: the person transported from Dongming City wasn't being taken as forced labor, but rather being used as "blood food" to support the cultivation of the Gong family on the Eastern Continent!
When the middle-aged man's memories were fully retrieved, his immense soul power suddenly transformed into several thick tentacles, piercing the heads of the young men.
Fear and pain flashed in their eyes, followed by endless darkness...
Sensing their soul essences had been completely devoured, Liu Yu removed his "spatial confinement" and, with a flick of his finger, a ball of aquamarine flame shot out. Upon contact with the middle-aged man and his companions, it transformed into a flaming maw, instantly devouring them.
Medusa, beside Liu Yu, saw these disgusting individuals vanish into nothingness, and the coldness in her beautiful eyes faded.
The Gong family, the "Blood Demon Heavenly Art"... As Liu Yu pondered this, he couldn't help but sigh. The world is so vast, and there are indeed many wonders. Even such a bizarre art exists.
This "Blood Demon Heavenly Art" has no specific rank. To begin practicing, one must consume flesh and blood, preferably human flesh and blood, to begin cultivation.
After reaching a certain level of cultivation, reaching the Dou Wang realm, one no longer needs to "orally" consume flesh and blood, instead using the cultivated blood Dou Qi to devour flesh and blood directly...
Liu Yu inexplicably connected the Soul Palace and the Gong family together: one preys on souls, the other on bodies—a perfect match!
However, in Liu Yu's opinion, the Gong family was even more "disgusting" than the Soul Palace. The Soul Palace killed for souls, while the Gong family killed for flesh—a true "cannibal"! Furthermore, the Soul Palace typically targeted select individuals, while the Gong family was "hungry and indiscriminate"!
"Boss, what are you thinking about?" Zi Yan asked, observing Liu Yu, who was somewhat lost in thought.
Recovering from his thoughts, Liu Yu shared the story of the "cannibal" Gong family with Zi Yan and Medusa.
Zi Yan and Medusa, however, remained unusually calm after hearing this, leaving Liu Yu feeling frustrated. His story hadn't stirred any emotion in them. Was his description too exaggerated?
As if sensing Liu Yu's thoughts, Zi Yan gently patted him on the shoulder, shook her head, and, adopting the air of an elder, said earnestly, "Boss, you're still too young. You should get out and about more often. There's nothing to be surprised about."
To Zi Yan, there was no difference between humans eating humans and monsters eating monsters; both were simply the domination of the weak by the strong. She'd lived this way before, as a "human," and it was commonplace.
In fact, if she hadn't seen humans before being taken back to the academy by Old Man Su, she might have resorted to cannibalism to survive...
Liu Yu's mouth twitched slightly, his face filled with frowns. Was he being lectured by Zi Yan?!
Medusa, standing beside him, couldn't help but chuckle. She felt Liu Yu was a bit naive in some ways.
Actually, it wasn't that Liu Yu was "naive". He knew that this was a world where the strong preyed on the weak. He understood that people killed people, and monsters ate people. But the idea of "people eating people" was still a little shocking to him because of some of his old thoughts from his previous life...
(End of this chapter)