When the altar began to emit light, the woman hugged the crying baby in her arms tightly, and a black breath rolled out and turned into a column of light that shot up into the sky, as if it had shattered something.
The ceremony was interrupted, and the villagers rushed forward and tore off the woman's broken body.
The baby's crying became louder, accompanied by heavy rain. A man suddenly appeared and picked up the crying baby in the chaos, and chanted a spell to the villagers who came to stop him.
One after another, they fell down and stood up again, killing each other. In the chaos, when the man left, another person appeared.
Huo Yuanqi recognized the man, it was Huo Yan.
They started fighting, and the man retreated while holding the baby, and soon disappeared from the altar.
However, not long after they disappeared, a blood-red aura flew out from the altar, followed by shaking of the ground and heavier rain falling.
The tremors and heavy rain brought with them mud and rock flows, burying both the dead and the living. The suffocating pain, the chill of not seeing the sun, all the emotions swept towards Huo Yuanqi.
His body was shaking, and he was completely immersed in darkness. The pain weighed on him, and the only sounds in his ears were the shrill and desperate cries.
Outside the dark world, Qi Mo covered Huo Yuanqi's hands that were covering his ears. He called out several times but there was no response. He then looked at the person on the flight card and saw that he had no intention of paying any attention to them.
Qi Mo's face darkened, and after quick thought, he pulled away Huo Yuanqi's left hand and bit it hard.
Feeling a sharp pain in his wrist, Huo Yuanqi suddenly opened his eyes and emerged from the darkness.
He looked at Qi Mo who was biting his wrist in front of him. It hurt so much that he was in a trance.
"Second brother?"
Huo Yuanqi screamed subconsciously, loosening his grip on his wrist. Their eyes met, and Huo Yuanqi's tears fell.
Without any warning, with heavy emotions.
He saw it, saw his birth, saw his mother.
The pillar of light that shot up into the sky was transformed from his mother's soul. In order to stop the sacrifice and save his life, his mother used all her strength to open the connection between the two worlds, just to give him a chance to survive.
Qi Mo lowered his eyes and looked at Huo Yuanqi's tears falling one after another, his eyes filled with sadness, as if they were something fragile.
Qi Mo pursed his lips, gently held the person in his arms, and pressed Huo Yuanqi's head against his chest.
He didn't say anything because he didn't know what Huo Yuanqi saw or heard, and couldn't tell whether his few words could have a soothing effect.
He only knew that Huo Yuanqi was very sad, confused and at a loss, hiding deep pain and in urgent need of comfort.
Huo Yuanqi just cried, replaying the scenes he saw over and over in his mind.
The fragile mother, who had just given birth, hugged him, covered in blood, and kept begging those people to let her child go.
No one listened. Everyone agreed that sacrificing one person could bring safety to more people, except for the mother who tried her best to save her child.
While Huo Yuanqi was crying, Qi Jing also saw those scenes from the remaining breath he collected. His hands trembled slightly as he made gestures. Qi Jing slowly opened his eyes, and his eyes were a little hot.
Gu Zhou had been paying attention to Qi Jing, and when he saw him ask in such a gentle voice, "What's wrong?"
"I saw Huo Xiaoqi's birth." Qi Jing looked at Gu Zhou with red eyes, his voice trembling. "It wasn't the heavy rain that connected the two worlds. It was Huo Xiaoqi's mother. She used her soul to knock a gap, and her soul flew away and disappeared."
Gu Zhou was also a little shocked. Huo Yuanqi's mother should be just an ordinary person, otherwise why would she be captured as a sacrifice.
For an ordinary person to achieve this, what kind of expectations did she have for Huo Yuanqi to be able to use her soul to break through the barrier between two parallel worlds.
Qi Jing continued, "The offerings were taken away, and Zero became angry, triggering earthquakes and flash floods that buried this place. The heavy rain in Chuzhou was caused by the destruction of the barrier, which was affected by Zero."
"The barrier closed, but the influence of Zero persisted, and the two times briefly overlapped."
Qi Jing nodded. He didn't expect it to be like this. No wonder even Meng Yuan and Yun Bao could sense something unusual.
The two ordinary worlds overlapped, and Ling's anger affected the weather in Chuzhou, and also made Meng Yuan and others sense a strong sense of danger.
Gu Zhou suddenly felt a headache. He took a deep breath and said, "So Ling has marked Huo Yuanqi. Even if they are in different spaces, Huo Yuanqi's life will be taken away by Ling sooner or later?"
"Um."
Gu Zhou asked again, "Are you sure you can beat that Zero?"
"Yes, it has sensed Huo Xiaoqi's presence. We don't need to look for it, it will come to us on its own."
Gu Zhou made a decision, "Then wait here and prepare. There's no one here to fight, and no innocent people will be hurt."
Qi Jing nodded in agreement. He retracted the spell card and looked at the ground. "Should we go down?"
Gu Zhou raised his eyebrows, "It should be almost done."
As he spoke, Gu Zhou lowered the flying talisman and landed on the ground. Huo Yuanqi's emotions had stabilized a little at this point. He wiped away his tears and looked at the people coming down. He was interrupted just as he was about to speak.
Gu Zhou said, "Uncle has seen it. That thing will definitely come to you. We need to prepare."
Everyone had no objection and began to make arrangements according to the assignment. As a main member, Gu Zhou set up a Yin Gathering Array for Zhao Yin. It just so happened that there was a lot of Yin energy in this place, which could enhance Zhao Yin's strength.
Huo Yuanqi is Zero's target, so Gu Zhou sets up a protective formation with Qi Mo, Xiao Qi and Yun Bao inside.
Although Meng Yuan is a zombie, he has been hungry for too long and is not very strong, so he can only serve as a reserve army. Gu Zhou also set up a Yin Gathering Formation for him, so that if they accidentally let Zero break through, Meng Yuan can still block it.
Because he didn't know what abilities Zero had, Gu Zhou set up a large killing array outside the altar so that when Zero broke in, he could observe and prescribe the right solution.
The rest are Zero's known abilities, which can cause earthquakes and weather. Everyone must first hold a flying talisman and use it to leave the ground immediately if anything happens. On the basis of the flying talisman, Gu Zhou added a small protective array to block heavy rain and wind.
After finishing all the preparations, Gu Zhou was exhausted and his energy was obviously insufficient. He absorbed the energy from several pieces of jade before he could barely recover. The next step was to wait.
As night falls, the mountains become quiet and the howling of ghosts can be heard in the distance.
Several people sat around a fire table eating snacks. Qi Jing had half of his body leaning on it and whispered, "There are buried people everywhere. Even if they turned into ghosts, they would be trapped. The howling is so noisy."
Zhao Yin was floating around, the Yin Gathering Formation's effect was all on him. "This place is too outrageous. It looks like everyone is dead and it has become a ghost town. No living thing dares to come here."
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