Xu Tianci had no other choice.

He knew this group of people was unreliable. If anything happened, he couldn't count on them at all.

But the facade must be maintained by all means.

Otherwise, if someone took the lead to leave, the domino collapse would spiral out of control, and other major conglomerates would pounce like hungry wolves.

Most importantly, if his once Sequence 0 brother showed up, he would surely mock his incompetence to the point of madness.

Does he have any trump card left?

Yes!

The Blood Secret Technique left by his brother!

This is a proven, unparalleled secret technique reputed to provide the fastest enhancement, allowing temporary Overlord Level resistance against Apostle Level!

Previously, except for him, no one else in the family had ever practiced it, because cultivating this was extremely difficult and painful.

Moreover, until then, the Xu Family had been thriving and had no need for such extremes.

But things were different now. The Xu Family was at the brink of life and death. There was no longer any room for complacency. No matter how difficult the Blood Secret Technique was to cultivate, the Xu Family had numbers on their side...

He couldn't believe not a single one could succeed!

So, he gathered all the Xu Family disciples to reveal the technique publicly.

In an instant, spirits were high, and everyone shouted excitedly.

For the Xu Family, they were determined to attempt the arduous secret technique at all costs. Everyone knew well that when the nest is overturned, no egg remains unbroken!

Especially Xu Zisheng, whose breath quickened and whose dim eyes burst with terrifying light once hearing about the power of the Blood Secret Technique!

Last night, witnessing Su Qi's might, he felt all his pride fiercely stomped into the dirt.

He realized it.

His life seemed finished; he had no qualifications left to look up to his former classmate's back.

Now, learning about the Blood Secret Technique far more potent than the Xu Family's secrets.

He was driven to near madness!

Either die in silence or explode in silence!

No one could stop...

A person who saw hope in the face of despair!

But soon enough.

The Xu Family disciples couldn't keep smiling.

Because Patriarch Xu Tianci locked them into the confinement building, each wall was made of special materials, and there were no windows.

"Dad, there's no need for this, is there?"

"Yes, Uncle, we'll practice the secret technique diligently, no need to lock us in here."

The Xu Family disciples were very familiar with this place.

Usually, any transcendent who offended them would be brought here, tortured until they wished for death.

Now.

These rooms had become their cages, making the Xu Family disciples feel deeply unsettling!

Xu Tianci remained expressionless and said nothing.

He waved his hand, signaling to the uneasy maids to bring plates of beast meat, distributing them through a small slit in the metal doors of the chambers.

This quickly led to complaints from some Xu Family disciples.

"What the hell, what quality is this beast meat? Even dogs wouldn't eat it!"

"Is the Xu Family situation really that grim? Have we fallen to this level?"

"At least heat it a bit; it's all bloody raw meat!"

This was far beyond their expectations.

It shouldn't have been a moment of crisis, a secret technique handed down, surrounded by beauties, great achievements completed, repelling all enemies, family submission, patriarch kneeling to cede his position.

Something felt off.

Of course, some rational Xu Family disciples began studying the secret techniques in hand, keenly sensing that the substandard beast meat was connected to the cultivation of the Blood Secret Technique.

Xu Zisheng was one of them.

He silently skimmed through the secret technique, repeatedly pondering its true meaning, and was hugely shocked after thoroughly understanding it.

The so-called Blood Secret Technique was about enhancing power through mastering pollution traits.

Under normal circumstances.

Humans ingesting pollution traits had two outcomes.

One was to gradually erode pollution traits through their own qi and blood.

Second was pollution traits accumulating, circulating through the bloodstream, eroding the body, turning into a non-human alien, and losing sanity.

However, the core of this secret technique was locking pollution traits in the blood, tightly combining the two, then temporarily leading them outside the body to create a blood dialysis-like effect, maintaining body pollution trait concentration.

Utilizing transcendent's powerful blood-making ability to continuously produce new blood.

Repeating the cycle could ensure controlling the power of pollution traits without bodily erosion.

Although it couldn't entirely prevent bodily erosion, if any erosion was felt, the flesh in that spot would immediately disintegrate to prevent spread.

This... was a genius idea!

Xu Zisheng fixed his eyes on the bloody beast meat before him, seeming to have Su Qi's scornful face emerge in the chamber.

"Trash!"

"A clown without self-awareness!"

"Destined to long for my shadow your entire life!"

Every non-existent voice echoed vividly in Xu Zisheng's mind.

His emotions instantly shattered, and he roared like a beast, grabbing the large piece of beast meat and ferociously biting into it.

Sweet blood and flesh slid into his stomach, and Xu Zisheng displayed a cruel smile.

Activating the Blood Secret Technique, flowing blood mixed with pollution traits gradually exuded from his body surface.

Pain!

Excruciating pain!

Every drop of blood containing pollution power was like a scalpel tearing at every inch of his flesh.

Not just him.

The entire confinement building echoed with various screams of agony, some cried out wanting to quit, yet no one responded, and they could only bang their heads and bodies against walls and doors.

Stopping pain with pain!

It seemed that only by doing this could they lessen the pain brought by cultivating the secret technique.

And Xu Tianci's two brothers were observing all this through the monitoring of each chamber.

Among them, Xu Tiannuo witnessed the gruesome scene, an endless chill rising in his heart, but he also knew this was the Xu Family's only way to salvation.

Xu Tianci remained expressionless, ordering the maids to continuously feed blood food into the chambers.

This scene continued all day long.

Very few managed to persist.

Xu Zisheng was among the best, even forgetting how much blood food he'd consumed.

When he numbly devoured the beast meat handed by the maid, the secret technique finally lost control; his arm instantly swelled several times, and blood laced with pollution traits uncontrollably gushed out.

"Ah!!!"

"Everything I've endured, I will return a hundredfold, a thousandfold upon you!"

Xu Zisheng roared, countless grotesque, terrifying tentacles formed by blood rushed toward the slit in the metal door, instantly enveloping the maid outside.

Within seconds.

The tentacles withdrew, leaving only shattered white bones.

This scene immediately terrified the other maids into pale screams.

The confinement building was pervaded by a chilling atmosphere, like falling into Rakshasa Purgatory, and Xu Zisheng became a demon within the purgatory!

Xu Tiannuo quickly asked after seeing this, "Brother, has Zisheng succeeded?"

Xu Tianci tapped on the table indifferently, "Not yet; this is just the first step."

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