As soon as the High Priest Shiki Yugen stood up, the atmosphere on the entire altar instantly became extremely tense!
The moment the broken wooden box in his hand cracked open, a chilling aura emanated from it, even more terrifying than the eight-headed serpent phantom from before!
"Damn it, there's still something left in this old coffin!"
Zhang Shaozhong's heart tightened; he knew he couldn't let him hold back any longer!
"Make your move! Take care of those four masked guys first!"
Ling Qingxue shouted, reacting the fastest. She swung her ice and snow sword, which transformed into a streak of ice-blue light, and went straight for the golden-masked priest who was closest to her!
Before the sword even arrived, its chilling sword intent had already covered the altar floor with a layer of white frost.
"I'll give you a run for yourselves!"
Ye Meier also let out a delicate shout, her demonic energy surged, and the Heavenly Magic Image behind her condensed again. She wielded a huge demonic blade and swept towards the other two priests like a whirlwind!
Zhang Shaozhong had a clear goal. Chaotic energy exploded beneath his feet as he charged towards the last silver-masked priest like a raging bull, while keeping a close eye on Shi Qi Youxuan, who was slowly opening a box!
Those four masked priests were clearly not comparable to the previous fodder. Faced with the fierce attack, they moved in unison and formed hand seals at the same time!
"Orochi Barrier - Four Symbols Sealing Demons!"
Buzz!
Four evil lights—blue, white, red, and black—soared into the sky from their bodies, instantly weaving into a huge net of light above the altar, shimmering with eerie runes, and descending upon Ling Qingxue and Ye Meier!
The net of light carried a powerful sealing and suppressing force, making even space seem viscous!
"break!"
Ling Qingxue's sword stance remained unchanged, and the icy blue sword energy slashed fiercely at the light net, producing a piercing friction sound. The light net vibrated violently, but it did not shatter immediately!
When Nightshade's demonic blade struck it, demonic light splattered everywhere, and it was temporarily blocked!
Taking advantage of this opening, the silver-masked priest, wielding an evil blade burning with black flames in both hands, met Zhang Shaozhong's charge with a mournful ghostly howl!
"Get the hell out of my way!"
Zhang Shaozhong roared and unleashed a chaotic fist attack without any fancy moves!
boom!
Fist and knife clashed, producing a deafening clang of metal striking metal!
The black flames tried to spread along Zhang Shaozhong's fist, but were immediately swallowed up and annihilated by the chaotic energy!
Zhang Shaozhong was shaken and took half a step back, while the silver-masked priest staggered back several steps, the light of the evil blade in his hand dimming slightly!
"Chaotic energy?! Who exactly are you?!"
The silver-masked priest let out a horrified cry for the first time; even through the mask, his shock was palpable.
Zhang Shaozhong was too lazy to answer. He pressed his advantage and pounced on the opponent again, his fists flying like a storm, aiming specifically at the opponent's mask and vital points!
The effect of the chaotic energy on suppressing evil energy was on full display at this moment. The silver-masked priest was forced to retreat step by step, only able to parry and having no power to fight back!
On the other side, Ling Qingxue and Ye Meier also erupted!
"Mystic Ice - Breaking Boundaries!"
Ling Qingxue's immortal power surged, and her ice and snow sword suddenly split into hundreds of sword shadows, like an ice-blue storm, instantly tearing the blue-white light net to shreds, and finally shattering it with a bang!
Her sword strikes continued unabated, directly piercing the golden-masked priest who was forming hand seals!
Night Enchantress was even more ferocious. Her Heavenly Magic Form roared, and a raging demonic fire ignited on her demonic blade, burning a large hole through the crimson-black light net!
She appeared between the other two priests as if by teleportation, sweeping her demonic blade and forcing them to dodge in a sorry state!
Seeing that his four capable subordinates were about to be defeated one by one, Shiki Yugen, who had been slowly working, finally opened the black wooden box in his hand!
Buzz—!!!
An indescribable dark wave, seemingly containing all the negative emotions in the world, spread out from him like a nuclear explosion!
The writhing runes on the altar instantly lit up with a blinding blood-red light!
"With my flesh and blood, I beseech the great Yamata no God... to descend upon this body!"
Shiki Yugen let out a curse-like chant and suddenly plunged his hand into the open wooden box!
"Ughh ...
He let out a painful and frantic howl, his body convulsing and swelling violently!
The serpentine creature beneath his skin writhed wildly, piercing his hunting robe!
His head began to twist and split, and huge lumps of flesh bulged on his neck... He was actually using himself as a vessel to forcibly draw on the power of the so-called "Orochi God"!
"Oh no! He's being possessed by an evil god!"
Ling Qingxue's expression changed drastically. "We must stop him!"
She could no longer care about the golden-masked priest. She turned her ice and snow sword around and transformed it into a streak of ice-blue aurora that tore through space, piercing straight into Shi Qi Youxuan's heart!
Night Enchantress also realized the danger. Her demonic blade unleashed its strongest demonic light, forcing back the two priests beside her, and then slashed at Corpse Demon Youxuan!
Zhang Shaozhong was extremely anxious. He punched the silver-masked priest away and turned to rush towards the center of the altar!
However, the four masked priests, as if they had gone mad, disregarded their own injuries and simultaneously spat out their life essence and burned their life force to form hand seals once more!
"Don't even think about disturbing the High Priest!"
"Four Symbols Ignite Blood - Seal Heaven and Lock Earth!"
Four crimson beams of light erupted from their bodies, intertwining to form a more solid crimson cage filled with despair and destruction. This cage temporarily blocked Ling Qingxue and Ye Meier's attacks and also kept Zhang Shaozhong out!
In that short delay—
Shiki Yugen at the center of the altar has completed that terrifying transformation!
His body swelled to over three meters tall, his hunting robe shattered completely, revealing a body covered in black scales. Eight twisted, writhing, snake-like heads sprouted from his neck!
Although it was far smaller than the previous phantom, each head was incredibly solid, radiating a suffocatingly evil aura, clearly reaching the late stage of the Golden Core realm!
Eight heads, sixteen scarlet snake eyes, simultaneously stared at the three people who were temporarily blocked, emitting a mad and venomous murmur that was a mixture of the voices of Shiki Yugen himself and the Eight-Headed Serpent God:
"You blasphemer...feel...true despair!!"
The real crisis has arrived!
Seeing that the old monster Shi Qi Youxuan had transformed into a monster with eight snake heads and his aura surged to the late Golden Core stage, Zhang Shaozhong's eyes turned red!
He knew he couldn't let this thing stabilize completely, or no one would have a good day!
"Damn it! I'll fight you to the death!"
Ignoring the four blood-red cages formed by burning life force, he pushed his chaotic energy to its limit, charging towards the deformed monster in the center of the altar like a human bomb!
A turbulent vortex of gray air currents formed around his body, as if it wanted to crush everything!
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