Noticing the strange light flashing in their eyes, Mu Hanyan smiled slightly.
In fact, the safest approach would be to kill all these people, even their relatives. However, thinking of those innocent old and young women and children, Mu Hanyan still couldn't bear it.
Perhaps, completely cutting off their escape route is a bit cruel, but at least their families will not be implicated.
Amid screams, the Zhao family members fell to the ground one after another.
The old housekeeper of the Zhao family felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife. He lost his concentration for a moment and was hit in the chest by Mu Hanfeng's sword. His body flew out like a kite with a broken string.
"Uncle Fu!" Zhao Yuanji caught the old butler, tears streaming down his face.
"Master, I cannot fulfill your request. I will leave now." After the old butler said this, his head tilted and he died in Zhao Yuanji's arms.
"Uncle Fu..." Zhao Yuanji cried out in grief, stood up suddenly, and looked at Mu Ruian and others with red eyes.
"Zhao Yuanji, you can end your life on your own. For the sake of your Zhao ancestors, I will arrange a grand burial for you and leave your Zhao family with the last dignity." Mu Ruian said with a sigh.
"Haha, if I end my own life, will you let me, the orphan of the Zhao family, go? Will you give my Zhao family a chance to rise again?" Zhao Yuanji said with a sad smile.
Mu Ruian shook his head. If the Zhao family wasn't eliminated, they would become a serious threat. He absolutely couldn't let what happened today happen again to the descendants of the Mu family.
Not every generation of the Mu family can produce a Mu Hanyan. This time, with her, the Mu family in Black Stone City was able to escape danger. But what about future generations? Who can they rely on?
Perhaps, he would not kill all the Zhao family members, and would leave a few infants who were still ignorant to be raised by others, but he would never let them keep the Zhao family surname, nor would he let them know their own life experiences.
For aristocratic families who valued bloodline and family heritage, this was tantamount to wiping out their descendants, so he didn't even bother to say anything. Furthermore, if the Zhao family won, the consequences for the Mu family would probably be complete destruction, not to mention the ignorant little baby.
"Anyway, the whole family will be wiped out, so what's the use of that so-called dignity?" Zhao Yuanji smiled bitterly.
Then he suddenly took out the iron plate that the old butler had given him earlier and spat out a mouthful of blood on it.
The air was filled with blood, and a clear, dark blue light shone from the iron plate, with tiny silver stars twinkling on it, like the cleanest starry sky on a clear summer day.
"Kacha!" Mu Hanyan clearly heard the sound of a seal being broken.
The iron plate in Zhao Yuanji's hand also began to change shape.
"The Star Chart of Destiny!" Mu Ruian, the Great Elder, and Mu Hanyan exclaimed at the same time.
The iron plate in Zhao Yuanji's hand kept changing, and finally, mysterious, ancient, and infinitely mysterious words and patterns emerged.
Ordinary people couldn't tell what it was at all, and the children of aristocratic families would simply mistake it for a destiny plate. However, Mu Hanyan and Mu Ruian had seen the Destiny Star Plate left by Mu Tianlie, and the Great Elder had also seen the drawing of the Destiny Star Plate left by their ancestors. They could tell at a glance that the destiny plate in Zhao Yuanji's hand was shining with stars, and was almost exactly the same as the Destiny Star Plate left by Mu Tianlie.
"I didn't expect that the Zhao family also got this thing." Mu Yunshui's face turned pale. As one of the nine great priests, he had of course heard of the origin of the Destiny Star Plate and knew some of the secrets contained in it.
"Jie Chu Wu Fan Shi Bo Mao Lin..." Zhao Yuanji chanted extremely obscure and strange syllables.
With every syllable he uttered, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and the light of the Destiny Star Plate in his hand became brighter.
A black shadow appeared in the sky, and the world gradually fell into darkness, as if night had fallen.
"The sun is eclipsed!" Looking up, I saw that the black shadow blocked the sun, leaving only a dark red circle, which was cast into the boundless black curtain, reflecting a deep blood-red color.
Everyone was panicked. The people of the Holy Court Continent were civilized and not ignorant. They knew that the so-called solar eclipse was just the law of nature and not a sign of disaster. It was not surprising that it would happen every ten years or so on the Holy Court Continent.
But the question is, it just happened once last year, why did it happen again this year?
Everyone knew that this solar eclipse was related to the iron plate in Zhao Yuanji's hand and the chant he was chanting. The boundless darkness and deep red color made everyone feel a deep sense of unease.
"Boom!" A low muffled sound came from under the feet, and then the whole earth shook.
"An earth dragon is born!" someone shouted in horror.
The Holy Court Continent's "earth dragon birth" refers to earthquakes. Ancient people didn't know the origin of earthquakes, and since mythical beasts were everywhere in those days, earthquakes often disturbed the dragons living in the burrows. People believed that the tremors were caused by the emergence of a sleeping earth dragon, and thus referred to earthquakes as "earth dragon births."
Today, people certainly know that earthquakes are not necessarily related to earth dragons, but they still continue to believe this.
Regardless of whether earthquakes are related to earth dragons, and no matter what they are called, one thing will not change: every time an earth dragon appears, there will be landslides and countless casualties.
For swordsmen like them, the threat of an earthquake may not be great, but most of their family members have little cultivation and cannot escape the disaster.
Just as they were still in panic, a cry of crying for their parents came from the city, and countless civilians fled out of the city in panic.
At this moment, a flash of blood appeared on the Destiny Star Plate in Zhao Yuanji's hand, and the red light that had filled the sky suddenly retracted, becoming like a huge light shield, covering the entire Black Stone City.
As soon as the civilians fled to the city gate, they were blocked by an invisible barrier and could not escape even a single step.
The city was filled with wailing, and the swordsmen present were utterly distraught. A great swordsman, hired at great expense by the Zhao family, saw the situation was dire and, with a long roar, soared into the sky, attempting to escape from above. He was merely doing his job for a fee, and he lacked the moral integrity to live and die with his employer. However, he had barely leaped ten feet before he collided with the blood-red light shield and fell with a scream.
Everyone was horrified. Even the great swordsman couldn't escape, let alone others.
The tremors beneath his feet grew more intense, even to the point of appearing tiny cracks. It was undoubtedly not long before the ground would split open, burying the entire Black Stone City forever.
"He is using the forbidden technique of world-destruction. Stop him quickly, or everyone will die." Mu Yunshui roared in despair.
At this moment, Grand Priest Mu regretted so much that he almost wanted to bang his head against the wall. He had come to Black Stone City to show off and get benefits, not to die. Who would have thought that he would encounter such a thing?
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