339: Chapter 339 Blasphemy

As the number of dead continued to rise, the entire Wudugan Temple felt as if some evil entity was about to awaken!

So sinister!?

Lin Xiao couldn't exactly tell his men to stop; after all, the royal court's guards were determined to fight to the death.

At this point, overthinking was useless. Lin Xiao simply gripped his black blade and walked straight into the temple's main entrance.

Seeing this, Zhao Caiwei and Mu Wanying followed him inside after finishing off the enemies around them.

The battle outside was already a foregone conclusion; they only wanted to stay by Lin Xiao's side and witness this historic moment!

A long, cold stone corridor stretched ahead, flanked by lamps burning animal fat.

The air was thick with a nauseating stench of blood.

Even though both women were battle-hardened veterans, they found the smell hard to stomach.

"Just how many people have died here?"

"Damned Shamanism, it's nothing but an evil cult!"

Lin Xiao frowned and said, "Be careful later. I suspect Khan Jilun's invitation for a private meeting was actually a trap; he likely wanted our entire army to come here."

Wanying was stunned. "Husband, do you mean he plans to annihilate us all here? How is that possible?"

"Khan Jilun was able to unify Mobei, so he's certainly not simple. We must indeed be cautious," Zhao Caiwei nodded.

Before long, the three of them passed through the corridor and entered a massive sacrificial hall.

The unsettling power Lin Xiao felt was being released from a high altar up ahead.

A man dressed in strange crow-feather robes was chanting incomprehensible, bizarre scriptures.

In the center of the hall stood a dignified middle-aged man, looking at Lin Xiao with a hint of pride and a faint, mocking smile.

"Lin Xiao, we finally meet."

[Khan Jilun, 49 years old, Golden Tent Khan of Mobei, Aptitude: Earth Grade]

[Ancestry: Mobei, Marital Status: Widowed]

[Traits: Founding Monarch (Legendary), Great Foresight and Strategy (Special), Ruthless Hero]

Lin Xiao glanced at Khan Jilun but didn't pay him much attention.

Perhaps in the eyes of the world, Khan Jilun was a great figure, but in Lin Xiao's eyes, he was just a man.

Lin Xiao's focus remained primarily on the Grand Shaman who was performing the ritual.

[Grand Shaman Akwota, 73 years old, Grand Shaman of Mobei, Aptitude: Heaven Grade]

[Cultivation Method 1: Heaven-Turning Technique (89 years of cultivation), Rank: Heaven Grade]

[Cultivation Method 2: Great Shamanic God Art (71 years of cultivation), grants the Power of Moving Mountains. Rank: Heaven Grade]

[Traits: Grand Shaman (Special), Quasi-Great Grandmaster (Special), Torchlight Divination (Special)]

As expected, anyone who could become a Grand Shaman was no ordinary character!

Although Lin Xiao didn't know the purpose of the blood flowing everywhere, he knew that the longer he waited, the more disadvantageous it would be for him!

At this critical moment, there was no room for error!

Lin Xiao immediately used 'Startled Swan', accelerating in a flash as his black blade swept toward Khan Jilun's neck!

But at that moment, Grand Shaman Akwota slammed the blood-red staff in his hand onto the altar!

The blood channels on the floor all around the temple erupted with a blood-red light curtain!

Lin Xiao suddenly realized that this guy had used true qi and blood to turn the entire hall into a massive formation trap!

A pillar of blood-red light, radiating a sinister and eerie aura, suddenly shot up from in front of Khan Jilun!

Lin Xiao happened to be right where the pillar of light appeared, leaving him with no way to dodge!

*Buzz!*

It felt like a thousand-pound hammer slamming down violently onto Lin Xiao!

Even with Lin Xiao's overbearing physique, he could feel his flesh and bones being severely compressed!

Furthermore, this power was continuously intensifying, as if the sky itself was collapsing!!

Damn! If this force hit an ordinary Martial Arts Grandmaster, they would be killed instantly!

Could this be the "Power of Moving Mountains" mentioned in that fellow's "Great Shamanic God Art"!?

Khan Jilun saw that Lin Xiao's movement was interrupted. Standing over ten meters away, he didn't approach, a victor's smile playing on his lips.

"Lin Xiao, since ancient times, no person from the Central Plains has ever conquered Mobei. You are no exception!"

"Today, you shall die within your own ignorance and arrogance!!"

"I will use your life, along with those of your women and subordinates, to console the spirits of my wife and children!"

Wanying and Zhao Caiwei were anxious. Although they didn't understand what the red light was, they rushed forward to rescue him.

"Let go of my husband!"

Wanying leaped forward, but just as she was about to thrust her spear into the blood-red pillar, she was repelled by a massive force.

The throwing knives Zhao Caiwei hurled couldn't even penetrate half an inch; they were all blocked.

"Don't waste your energy. How can the power of mortals contend with the gods?"

Grand Shaman Akwota spoke in a voice that was both aged and aloof.

The "Spirit-Devouring Great Array" of Wudugan Temple was passed down from ancient times, taught by the "Heavenly Gods" of the Celestial Palace.

This array possessed a mysterious power that could absorb fresh souls and the essence within blood to enhance the Grand Shaman's cultivation.

At this moment, Grand Shaman Akwota felt more powerful than ever before. He felt that even if a Great Grandmaster were to come, he could easily deal with them!

"Heh..."

Just then, Lin Xiao let out a sneer.

"Gods?"

Lin Xiao looked up at Grand Shaman Akwota and said, "If this is the power your gods bestowed upon you, then those gods of yours... aren't all that impressive."

Seeing Lin Xiao unscathed, Grand Shaman Akwota and Khan Jilun's expressions changed drastically!

Meanwhile, the two women were overjoyed, feeling it was just a false alarm and that they shouldn't have doubted their man's strength.

"You... you can still speak!?"

Grand Shaman Akwota couldn't understand. Logically, Lin Xiao should be using all his strength just to remain standing, so how could he speak so easily!?

Lin Xiao didn't even bother to explain. The reason he felt strained earlier was simply that he hadn't activated his Indestructible Diamond Body.

As his overbearing state took effect, the mountain-like pressure on his body vanished without a trace!

In fact, if it weren't for wanting to be safe, he could have charged forward even without activating his "Real Man" state, though he would have been a bit slower.

Khan Jilun saw that things were going poorly. His pupils constricted violently, and with a look of unease on his face, he began to step back.

"Grand Shaman, what's going on? Didn't you say that once he entered this place, he would be under your control!?"

"Where are the gods!? Hurry and have them bring down divine punishment!!"

He was panicking! Was this Lin Xiao truly some kind of world-shaking demon king!?

"Khan Jilun! Among your children, are there any who are not your biological offspring!?"

Grand Shaman Akwota really couldn't figure out how Lin Xiao could walk under such immense pressure. Could he be a Land Immortal? That was impossible!

Therefore, he could only guess if Khan Jilun had profaned the gods—perhaps the children he sent were fathered by someone else, causing the formation to malfunction?

"Preposterous!!"

Khan Jilun was so angry his veins looked ready to burst. "What nonsense are you— Ah!! No! Don't come over here!!"

Before he could say another word, Lin Xiao was already in front of Khan Jilun, slashing his blade toward Khan Jilun's forehead!

"Don't you dare!!"

Seeing this, Grand Shaman Akwota ignored the argument and swung his staff, unleashing a streak of blood-red true qi directly at the arm Lin Xiao used to swing his blade!!