Chapter 1034: Blood Moon Sacrifice, The Asura Emerges

Blood Moon Sacrifice!

This was the ultimate desperate move of the Nethermoon Flower clan.

Shen Xiao carried the hopes of the Earthshade Nymph Emperor.

Among the female contestants, there were only three demons in the semifinals, while the others were nymphs. And beyond their individual ambitions, these contestants also had to consider their clans' interests, as well as their country's interests. With the Solstice Empire at a disadvantage on the male side, the female contestants had to strive for as great an advantage as possible to secure a spot for the throne.

Yesterday, when Shen Xiao faced Lan Moqian, she hesitated; she did not want to use the Blood Moon Sacrifice if at all possible. But today, there was no more room for second thoughts. If she lost this match, she might truly lose her chances at the throne.

To use the Blood Moon Sacrifice required not only the clan's divine item, the Blood Moon Gem, but also offering her own blood essence as a sacrifice. After using it, she would suffer great vitality loss. But if she could defeat Mei Gongzi and win this match, the vitality loss could still be recovered with heavenly treasures.

At the moment the Blood Moon Sacrifice was activated, Mei Gongzi indeed came under tremendous pressure. Though her space power was at an all-time high, it was now suppressed so much that even her Celestial Dance couldn't function.

Indeed, such large-scale, overpowering attacks were the most effective counters to the Celestial Dance.

The combination of the Asura Hell Domain and the space domain was also completely suppressed by the might of the Blood Moon Sacrifice. The blood-colored moon in the sky rapidly grew larger, its chilling yin energy turning more savage under the blood-red light.

Mei Gongzi was in midair with nowhere to dodge; all the space around her was sealed off by the Blood Moon Sacrifice.

Hidden among the Nethermoon flowers, Shen Xiao was quickly consuming heavenly treasures to replenish her depleted blood essence. She felt as if victory was already within her grasp.

But at that moment, a crisp, metallic hum rang out.

All of Mei Gongzi's killing intent seemed to vanish in an instant. She raised her head, her gaze locking onto the blood moon above. A brilliant red light burst from the center of her forehead.

In the same instant that the red light appeared, Mei Gongzi's figure vanished.

Shen Xiao didn't even know what she felt anymore. To her senses, it was as if the entire world had been split apart. The blood-red gemstone in her hand trembled violently.

The Blood Moon Gem, a first-tier clan's most powerful divine item, was

afraid

.

A moment later, Mei Gongzi reappeared, standing midair; it seemed as if that massive blood-red moon was right before her. In her hands, a long sword had appeared. It was also blood-red, but strangely, to all the spectators, the crimson gleam of her blade and the crimson moonlight were completely different.

The blood moon's radiance dimmed under the glow of the sword. The terrifying chilling yin energy of the Blood Moon Sacrifice couldn't even approach her—it collapsed on its own before reaching her.

Mei Gongzi did not search for Shen Xiao among the flowers. Gripping the hilt of the Asura Shadow Sword with both hands, she slowly raised it overhead.

The Emperors had seen this blood-red sword before, during the Ancestral Court elite competition. But now, it felt entirely different. Even the Emperors could feel a crushing, indescribable pressure from the blade. Though it was a rather demonic-looking crimson, it seemed to embody righteous power; it was this majestic and righteous presence that drove the cold yin energy away by sheer virtue of its existence.

At some point, the Sword Saint Demon Emperor had emerged on the Emperors' platform and was now watching Mei Gongzi. He murmured, "Judgment sword... This is the true judgment sword."

The next moment, Mei Gongzi brought the Asura Shadow Sword down. A brilliant blood-red sword light flew toward the blood moon. She would sever the blood moon and break the Blood Moon Sacrifice.

"I concede!" Shen Xiao's voice rang out, trembling with fear.

The Endless Nymph Emperor appeared before the blood moon in an instant. It clasped its hands together, and deep blue light swirled, catching the blood-red sword light. The blood moon vanished at that moment.

The domain below dispersed, revealing Shen Xiao.

The Asura Shadow Sword in Mei Gongzi's hands turned into red light, returning into her sea of consciousness. She bowed slightly to the Endless Nymph Emperor in the sky and then, drawing on her space power, teleported away.

"Mei Gongzi of the Peacock Demon clan wins," the Endless Nymph Emperor announced.

Below, Shen Xiao looked dazed. She naturally had no idea what that strange sword truly was, but she could clearly feel that her Blood Moon Sacrifice had no effect on its power. She had conceded because the voice of the Earthshade Nymph Emperor had sounded in her mind just a fraction of a second before Mei Gongzi's strike fell, awakening her from her stupor and urging her to give up.

Just then, Shen Xiao heard a crisp cracking sound from her hand. Looking down, she saw a crack running across the Blood Moon Gem in her palm.

That sword didn't even strike. How... could there be a crack?

A chill swept over Shen Xiao. If she hadn't heeded the Earthshade Nymph Emperor's call and conceded at once, that sword would have split her Blood Moon gem in half. And with that, she herself would have been obliterated.

After declaring Mei Gongzi the winner, the Endless Nymph Emperor turned into a streak of blue light and flew toward the mountainside.

The contestants were puzzled. What was happening? Until now, all referees had overseen at least three matches before being replaced. Where was the Endless Nymph Emperor going?

The Endless Nymph Emperor returned directly to its rest chamber and transmitted a message to the Celestial Fox Demon Emperor requesting to be relieved as referee.

Only after entering the chamber did a blood line appear on its forehead, stretching all the way to its lower abdomen. Blue light continuously flowed in from both sides to heal it, but every time the wound closed, it reopened. The residual sword intent seemed so endless the Emperor was starting to question its own title.

Terror still filled its eyes.

When it intervened to stop Mei Gongzi, it hadn't gone all out at first, believing that no matter how powerful a Great Demon King was, they could not possibly threaten an Emperor. That moment of carelessness nearly cost it dearly.

It wasn't until it faced the sword directly that it felt its terrifying sharpness. If it hadn't instantly unleashed his full power, and if Mei Gongzi hadn't restrained herself after hearing her opponent's concession, the result wouldn't have been just this blood line—it would've been far worse. Even now, the weakest of the nymph Emperors felt its divine consciousness trembling, gripped by fear of that sword.

There was no doubt: That sword was Mei Gongzi's life-bound divine item, the very same she'd used once before during the Ancestral Court elite competition. But how had it grown so powerful? When had the Peacock Demon clan come to possess such a terrifying thing?

It was not only the Endless Nymph Emperor and the other Emperors that were shaken; even Mei Gongzi herself felt a sense of disbelief as she returned to her rest chamber.

This had been her first time using the Asura Sword since acquiring the Shadowfiend Sword. All this time she had been refining the new Asura Shadow Sword, and the result proved that with a vessel, the Asura Sword's power was greater not just by a little, but by

orders of magnitude

. Now, it could truly display some of its original transcendent might.

At the same time, Mei Gongzi could even sense through the Asura Shadow Sword that the real Asura Sword was racing toward her at high speed.