"Given my current situation, I'm afraid I won't be able to open the restricted space and let her out." Sha Mingyuan laughed bitterly.
After all, his comprehension of the Qiankun Seal of Life and Death was limited, and he could only use it when he was in peak condition. Now, after a long and hard battle, the spiritual power in his body was greatly depleted, and he had no way to open the restricted space.
"There must be a way, sir, please try again. There must be a way. Can you bear to see the last member of the Sha family die in front of you and watch the Sha family be wiped out?" Fei Changle knew that if he wanted to survive, Mu Hanyan was his last hope, so he tried to persuade her.
"Father, I don't want to die. I don't want to die." Beside Sha Mingyuan, several young men and women said in tears. They were Sha Mingyuan's two sons and one daughter.
"Alright then, you two will protect me while I think of a way!" Sha Mingyuan said through gritted teeth, looking at his children, then at the few remaining Sha family members who had fallen one after another beside him. He also knew that at this point, only Mu Hanyan could possibly save them and preserve the last bloodline of the Sha family.
After saying this, Sha Mingyuan took a few steps back, retreating to the center of the crowd. Fei Changle and the others quickly took his place, desperately blocking the oncoming tide of undead puppets. To survive, they risked everything, each of them giving their all, even bursting with unprecedented fighting spirit.
Sha Mingyuan sat cross-legged and took out the Qiankun Life and Death Seal again. He swallowed a few pills first, then chanted in a low voice while quickly making hand gestures.
Outside his body, a hazy flame was burning. The spiritual power in his body, which had been mostly consumed, was quickly replenished and became full again. His pale face turned a sickly red, and even his strength increased a lot.
Soul Sacrifice! To regain peak form, Sha Mingyuan burned his soul and used the Soul Sacrifice. Just like the Blood Sacrifice of the Holy Court Continent, the Soul Sacrifice of the Divine Continent would significantly reduce lifespan and even affect the foundation of cultivation. However, for the sake of the Sha family's last bloodline, he could not care less.
As Sha Mingyuan performed hand gestures and chanted, the Qiankun Life and Death Seal shone with fantastical light. Beads of sweat formed on his forehead, and his eyes were bloodshot. Clearly, even if he relied on the Soul Sacrifice technique to forcibly restore his strength to peak condition, opening the restricted space would not be so easy.
In the restricted space of the Qiankun Seal of Life and Death, Mu Hanyan and others finally saw the situation outside again.
Gazing at the corpses strewn across the ground and the river of blood outside, everyone was filled with shock. Although they had suspected the tragedy unfolding outside from the fragmentary words of Sha Mingyuan and the others, they had never imagined it would be so horrific. Of the thousands of Sha family members and other clan members who remained, only a hundred or so were still lingering, the rest having been reduced to cold corpses.
"Who is that guy? How could he be so cruel!" Long Wudang said in a trembling voice.
Mu Hanyan and the others looked outside the City Lord's Mansion at the same time. The old man covered in a black robe was standing outside the gate, behind the undead puppet. He looked at Fei Changle and the others who were still struggling to death. There was actually some excitement and joy in his cold eyes.
It's not Zhan Yuan! Mu Hanyan had felt something was wrong before. With the strength of Zhan Yuan and Ba Feng, it wouldn't be that difficult to massacre the entire Pingchuan City. Now she realized that she had guessed wrong, and that someone else had done it.
"No wonder the art of summoning the dead is taboo. As a priest, he actually massacred civilians in such a way!" Gao Weihu said with a look of indignation.
"No, this is not a simple necromancy, and that person is not an ordinary priest!" Taotie suddenly said.
"Oh?" Mu Hanyan and others looked at Taotie in confusion.
"Take a close look at that man." Taotie said solemnly.
Mu Hanyan and the others turned their heads and looked at the old man again. In the dim light of the fire in the hall, the old man's face was vaguely visible, and the wrinkles on his face were slowly disappearing, and his whole person was gradually becoming younger. Looking more closely, they could see that an extremely thin blood-red mist was permeating around him, flowing quietly, as if it was merging into his body, and his hunched body was gradually stretching out.
"What's going on?" Mu Hanyan asked in surprise.
"This is the soul-devouring technique, which can use the energy of the undead to improve cultivation, heal wounds and prolong life. When the masters of the Divine Martial Realm were hunting down Zhan Yuan, someone used this evil technique. In the melee back then, many strange beasts died tragically under this evil technique." Taotie said.
"You mean, the necromancy technique is an evil technique that originated from the Divine Martial Realm?" Mu Hanyan was even more surprised.
From ancient times to the present, the origin of the art of summoning the dead has been an unsolved mystery. No one knows who created this evil art that has angered heaven and man. Now we know that this evil art actually came from the realm of divine martial arts.
"That's right, but the Death Summoning Technique of the Continent of Gods can only summon Death Puppet, and it does not benefit the priest himself. On the other hand, the Soul Devouring Technique improves cultivation, heals injuries, and regenerates beasts. Summoning Death Puppet is only for slaughtering living beings and absorbing the spirit of the dead. The higher the strength, the more powerful the Death Puppet summoned, and the more deadly it is. It is a hundred times more terrifying than the simple Death Summoning Technique.
If I'm right, this person is the powerful warrior from the Divine Martial Realm back then, named Evil Lord Cang Liao. He was seriously injured but not dead, and fell into a slumber for a million years, only recently awakening. He previously massacred hundreds of villages in order to regain his strength. Now that his strength has greatly increased, he has begun to attack Pingchuan City. "Taotie said.
"If he was stronger, wouldn't he have attacked the twelve lower-level temples?" Long Wudang asked.
Taotie nodded, his expression becoming unusually serious. It wasn't just the twelve lower-level temples that would be affected. If this person continued to slaughter and his strength continued to grow, even the five upper-level temples would be vulnerable, and their own exotic beast clan would be unlikely to escape harm either.
"No, we must stop him!" Mu Hanyan said decisively.
The death of the Sha family members in Pingchuan City can be said to be Sha Mingyuan's own fault. The downfall of other major families was also due to greed. However, hundreds of millions of people in the Continent of Gods are innocent. Mu Hanyan cannot just watch the evil king continue to improve his strength and turn the entire Continent of Gods into a Shura field like Pingchuan City.
What's more, when the power of the evil king Chang Liao reaches a certain level, Huayu City will not be able to escape the disaster.
In the City Lord's Mansion, another family head was beheaded and fell heavily to the ground. Fei Changle looked at Sha Mingyuan anxiously, but saw that Sha Mingyuan was sweating profusely, and his fingers were shaking as he made hand seals, but he still couldn't open the restricted space of the Qiankun Life and Death Seal.
"Lord City Lord, hurry up, we can't hold on any longer." Fei Changle urged. As he spoke, another family head fell to the ground.
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