91: The blood sacrifice begins!

On the Heaven-Reaching Altar.

"Auspicious time... has arrived!"

The eunuch's sharp, high-pitched announcement, like a clap of thunder, pierced the deadly silence.

The oppressive atmosphere reached its peak at this moment!

The Old Emperor, supported by Qin Kai, tremblingly rose from the Dragon Throne.

Step by step, he walked towards the altar in the center, used for praying to the heavens.

His steps were unsteady, his body swayed, as if he would collapse at any second.

Qin Kai supported him, his face full of a "filial son's" worry and concern.

But in his heart, he was laughing maniacally!

Soon!

It will be soon!

Once this old fossil steps onto the altar and begins to pray,

That will be the signal to act!

He seemed to already see rivers of blood, seemed to already hear the "beautiful symphony" of millions of living beings wailing in despair!

He seemed to already see the Holy Fetus Lord descending.

And his own supreme glory as the Human King of the Demonic Land!

Finally!

The Old Emperor reached the center of the altar.

He turned around, facing the dense crowd of civil and military officials below, and a strange smile was forced onto his sallow face.

Now!

The killing intent in Qin Kai's eyes erupted!

He slowly raised his right hand!

Below, all the disguised Demonic Path Cultivators held their breath, their Devilish Qi began to circulate wildly.

Only waiting for that hand to wave down, they would turn this place into a living Hell!

The entire venue was silent!

Time, at this moment, seemed to slow down infinitely!

That hand, which would decide the fate of millions of lives in the city, was about to wave down!

However!

Just at this critical moment!

Boom—!!!

A deafening roar.

Suddenly came from the direction of the Imperial Prison!

A violent, blood-red spear light, like an enraged Dragon tearing through the sky, shot up into the heavens.

Instantly shattering the layers of Restrictions above the Imperial Prison!

Immediately after, an angry roar filled with killing intent echoed throughout the entire Imperial City!

"Qin Kai—!!!"

"You traitorous scoundrel who colluded with the Demonic Path and murdered your father to seize the throne! Get out here and die!!!"

That voice?!

Qin Kai's raised right hand suddenly froze in mid-air!

The maniacal grin on his face instantly solidified!

He abruptly turned his head, looking in disbelief towards the direction of the voice!

He saw a figure covered in blood, holding a silver long spear, rushing towards the Heaven-Reaching Altar with an unstoppable, frenzied momentum!

His prison uniform was already tattered, replaced by a damaged set of a prince's battle armor.

It was covered with hideous wounds.

Blood had almost dyed him into a bloody man.

But the aura emanating from him was extremely violent!

His eyes, moreover, burned with raging fury!

"Qin Wujie?!"

Qin Kai's eyes almost popped out, he practically gritted his teeth.

And squeezed out that name from his throat!

How could he still be alive?!

How could he escape from the heavily guarded Imperial Prison, which was suppressed by the national Dragon Qi?!

Shouldn't he be like a dead dog, nailed to the wall by the Dragon-Binding Lock.

Waiting for him to ascend the throne before being slowly tortured?!

Countless questions, like thunder.

Exploded in Qin Kai's mind!

Making his originally clear thoughts instantly turn into a mess!

"Boom!"

Qin Wujie's figure, like a meteor.

Slammed heavily onto the plaza below the Heaven-Reaching Altar!

The hard floor tiles were shattered into cracks by the terrifying force of his feet.

Forming a huge crater!

He shook the long spear in his hand, its tip pointing directly at Qin Kai on the altar, and let out another angry roar!

"Qin Kai! You insane beast! Don't even think about harming Imperial Father!"

He... he actually came to rescue the Emperor?!

All the civil and military officials were stunned!

Everyone was so shocked by this sudden, earth-shshattering turn of events that their minds went blank!

Seventh Prince Qin Wujie?

Wasn't he already thrown into the Imperial Prison, convicted of colluding with the Demonic Path.

And being a rebel attempting to usurp the throne?

How could he suddenly burst out?

And looking at him, listening to his words, the rebel he was accusing was actually... the virtuous Prince Yu, Qin Kai?!

What on earth is going on?!

On the altar, a trace of genuine shock and fury flashed across the Old Emperor's "sickly" face.

This rebellious son!

How did he get out?!

The plan... is completely messed up!

And Qin Kai, after the initial shock, was instantly consumed by boundless rage!

"Useless! A bunch of useless people!"

He roared madly in his heart!

What were the Imperial Prison guards doing?!

They actually let a cripple escape!

His meticulously planned, flawless scheme.

Was actually publicly disrupted by this useless person who should have been a prisoner!

His raised right hand was trembling violently.

"Kill... kill him... kill him for me!"

Qin Kai's reason was completely swallowed by fury.

He stared intently at Qin Wujie below.

Only killing intent remained in his eyes!

However, before his command could be given.

Qin Wujie had already moved!

"Traitorous scoundrel, come and face your death!"

Accompanied by a furious shout, Qin Wujie suddenly exerted force with his feet, and his entire body transformed into an arrow shot from a bowstring.

The long spear in his hand let out a resonant Dragon roar.

Carrying monstrous killing intent, it directly pierced towards Qin Kai on the altar!

He, unbelievably, intended to forcibly kill Prince Yu in front of all the civil and military officials!

Madness!

Only these two words remained in everyone's minds!

This Heaven Worship Ceremony.

Had completely transformed into an unforeseen, earth-shattering mutiny!

Chapter 114: The Dagger Revealed, Blood Sacrifice of the Entire City!

On the other side, an uncontrollable rage and killing intent instantly consumed Qin Kai's reason!

The shock and bewilderment on his face.

Were quickly replaced by a maniacal grin!

"Heh heh... heh heh heh..."

Qin Kai laughed hysterically, his voice sharp and grating.

"Good, good, good! You truly are my good Seventh Brother! There was a path to Heaven, but you didn't take it; there was no gate to Hell, but you insisted on forcing your way in!"

"Since you're in such a hurry to die, then this King... will fulfill your wish!"

The moment his words fell, he dropped all pretense!

"Act!"

A furious roar exploded from his mouth!

However, the first thing he did after giving the order.

Was not to meet the charging Qin Wujie!

But to abruptly turn around, and under the Old Emperor's astonished gaze, he fiercely struck him in the back of his heart with a palm!

"Pfft~ !"

The Old Emperor's body, like a kite with a broken string, suddenly arched forward!

A mouthful of blood spewed from his mouth!

The sickness and sallowness on his face instantly receded.

Then turned into shock and disbelief!

He slowly lowered his head, looking at his sunken chest, then slowly raised his head, looking at the son he loved and trusted the most.

His eyes were filled with confusion.

"You... you actually dare..."

He seemed to want to say something, but Qin Kai's palm had already shattered all life in his body.

Before he could finish his words, his eyes rolled back, and he fell straight down from the altar!

Boom!!!

This earth-shattering scene left everyone below completely dumbfounded!

Prince Yu... Prince Yu he... he actually murdered his father with his own hands in front of all the civil and military officials?!

However, before they could recover from this immense shock.

Something even more terrifying happened!

"Act! The Blood Sacrifice begins!"

As Qin Kai's voice rang out again!

Among the dense crowd of civil and military officials below.

Dozens of towering blood-red lights and Devilish Qi suddenly erupted!

"Ah!"

"Protect the Emperor! Assassins!"

"Minister Li! You..."

Screams and cries of alarm instantly filled the entire venue!

A Minister of Revenue, who usually appeared righteous, now had a hideous smile on his face.

He pulled a bone dagger from his sleeve.

And fiercely stabbed it into the heart of a colleague beside him!

A commander of the Imperial Guards, responsible for security, had his armor explode, revealing skin covered with demonic patterns underneath.

He grinned as he swung the long blade in his hand.

Instantly cutting three Imperial family members beside him in half at the waist!

Blood!

Endless blood!

The Heaven-Reaching Altar, which usually symbolized supreme authority, instantly transformed into a meat grinder of flesh and blood!

Those princes, nobles, and high officials, who were usually high above, were now like lambs to the slaughter.

Wantonly massacred by the Demonic Path Cultivators hidden in the crowd!

Mangled limbs flew everywhere!

Warm blood stained the pure white altar!

"Jie jie jie jie..."

A chilling, grating laugh echoed from the Void Realm.

A hunched figure in blood-red robes slowly emerged from the distorted space.

It was Heavenly Corpse Venerable!

As soon as he appeared, a terrifying pressure belonging to the Middle Nascent Soul Stage, like Mount Tai pressing down.

Enveloped the entire Heaven-Reaching Altar!

Thump~! Thump~!

All the surviving officials and Cultivators, regardless of their cultivation level.

All of them, under this pressure, had their legs go weak.

And knelt down in unison!

They felt like tiny ants in a storm.

Even breathing became a luxury!

Heavenly Corpse Venerable's cloudy, bloodshot eyes swept over the trembling sacrifices below.

And he let out a maniacal laugh.

"Ants of Great Feng, feel this supreme glory!"

"Offer your vital blood, offer your Divine Souls! Your deaths will pave the great path for the Holy Fetus Lord's descent into the Mortal world!"

"To be able to become the Holy Fetus Lord's sustenance is a blessing you've accumulated over several lifetimes! Jie jie jie jie!"

The moment his words fell!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The entire capital city suddenly trembled violently!

One!

Ten!

Fifty!

A full eighty-one blood-red light pillars, thick as mountains, suddenly shot up from various corners of the capital.

Tearing through the lead-gray sky!

Those eighty-one light pillars quickly intertwined and connected in the sky!

In the blink of an eye, they formed a blood-red curtain that enveloped the entire capital city!

On the curtain, countless faces of wronged souls twisted and wailed, and evil demonic patterns slithered like venomous snakes.

Emitting a suffocatingly evil aura!

The grand array was activated!

"Ah—! My blood! My blood is draining away!"

"Help! I feel like my Divine Soul is being sucked out!"

"No! Don't!"

Under the shroud of the blood-red curtain, within the capital city, millions of Mortals and low-level Cultivators.

Instantly felt their vital blood and Divine Souls, like floodgates opening.

Uncontrollably wanting to leave their bodies!

An old man selling steamed buns on the street, his facial wrinkles deepened at a visible rate.

His plump body rapidly shriveled.

And in an instant, he turned into a dried corpse of skin and bones!

A child, just learning to speak, in his mother's arms, instantly stopped crying, his life force extinguished.

It turned into a small dried corpse!

Countless Cultivators desperately circulated their Cultivation Technique, trying to resist that terrifying suction.

But they were horrified to discover that the spiritual Qi in their bodies, like mud oxen entering the sea, was being frantically devoured by the blood-colored sky curtain.

It had no effect at all!

Screams!

Wails!

Desperate cries!

At this moment, they resounded throughout the entire capital!

This once prosperous imperial capital, the heart of the Great Feng Dynasty, was rapidly and irreversibly turning into a veritable Hell on Earth!

Above the Heaven-Reaching Altar.

Qin Wujie watched all of this with his eyes wide, splitting with rage!

"Beasts! You beasts!"

The long spear in his hand danced wildly, its thrusts like a Dragon.

Instantly, he pierced two charging Demonic Path Cultivators straight through!

But he was alone and outnumbered, while the enemies were endless!

Just as he was entangled by several Golden Core Demonic Cultivators, Heavenly Corpse Venerable's eyes fell upon him.

"An overestimating ant, dares to ruin Holy Fetus Lord's good fortune?"

Heavenly Corpse Venerable let out a disdainful snort, simply pointing a finger!

A blood-colored finger-light instantly blasted Qin Wujie's chest!

"Pfft~!"

Qin Wujie was struck as if by lightning, spitting out mouthfuls of blood.

He flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily to the ground, creating a huge crater in the hard floor tiles!

He struggled to get up, but found that all the bones in his body seemed to have been shattered by that finger-light!

Meanwhile, Prince Yu, Qin Kai, slowly floated down from mid-air.

Devilish Qi billowed around him, his eyes were blood-red, and his face was filled with fanaticism and excitement.

He seemed to be greatly enjoying this apocalyptic scene.

One of his feet landed heavily on Qin Wujie's back.

"Crack!"

A crisp sound of bones breaking rang out!

"Do you see? My foolish Seventh Brother!"

Qin Kai looked down at Qin Wujie, who was constantly coughing blood beneath his feet.

He let out a arrogant laugh.

"This! This is true power!"

"Power? Benevolence? Public support? Those are things only the weak need! They're all bullshit!"

"Only this absolute power, which can Dominator the life and death of others, is the only truth in the world!"

"After today, this Great Feng Dynasty will cease to exist! This land will become my Demonic Land! And I, will be the only Human King upon this land!"

His voice, amplified by the Devilish Qi, spread into the ears of every person still alive.

Making everyone's heart sink, full of despair.

However!

Qin Wujie, who was trampled under his feet, and should have been on his last breath.

Suddenly raised his head!

There was no pain or despair on his face.

Only the madness of taking someone down with him!

His eyes, burning with raging fury, stared fixedly at Qin Kai!

"Beast..."

"Even if I... die..."

"I will drag you... down to Hell with me!!!"

Accompanied by a hoarse roar, Qin Wujie, disregarding his broken spine, tightly grabbed Qin Kai's ankle with both hands!

A violent Qi began to frantically gather in his Dantian!

He, surprisingly, intended to self-detonate his Golden Core!

"Hmph, overestimating yourself!"

A hint of disgust flashed in Qin Kai's eyes, and the Devilish Qi beneath his foot trembled.

He was about to completely shatter Qin Wujie into a bloody pulp!

Heavenly Corpse Venerable also prepared to act, to completely finish off this annoying fly.

The blood-colored sky curtain grew thicker and thicker, as if blood could drip from it at any moment.

The suction it emitted also became more and more terrifying!

Deep underground, the Great Feng Dynasty's national Dragon Qipulse let out cries of pain and unwillingness.

Its golden light was being polluted and corroded by endless Devilish Qi.

It was on the verge of being completely detonated!

It's over!

Everything is over!

In everyone's hearts, only endless despair remained!

The capital, is finished!

The Great Feng Dynasty, is finished!

Just as this apocalypse descended, and everyone fell into despair.

A calm voice, ignoring all the screams and clamor, drifted down from the top of the ninety-nine-zhang-tall Heaven-Reaching Altar.

"The power you speak of..."

"Is it this?"

This voice made everyone freeze!

The clamorous Heaven-Reaching Altar, at this moment, fell into a momentary silence!

Whether it was the arrogant and laughing Qin Kai, or the cold and venomous Heavenly Corpse Venerable.

Or those officials who had fallen into despair.

Qin Wujie, who was preparing to self-detonate.

Everyone seemed to have been paused, their movements suddenly stiffening!

They all subconsciously followed the direction of the voice.

And looked up!

They saw that at the very top of the Heaven-Reaching Altar, where the Dragon Throne was originally placed, symbolizing supreme imperial power.

At some unknown time, a figure in green had appeared.

He stood with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering, his expression indifferent.

And in his hand, he held a state suppressing jade seal, emitting nine-colored divine light and resonating with heaven and earth!

"Chen... Chen Xu?!"

The arrogance on Qin Kai's face, as if a basin of ice water had been poured over his head, instantly froze!

He stared fixedly at the figure in green at the top of the Heaven-Reaching Altar.

His eyes widened.

Almost bursting out of their sockets!

"You... how are you here?! Weren't you supposed to be outside the city, encircling and suppressing the remnants of Prince Jing?!"

His voice was full of panic!

Impossible!

This is absolutely impossible!

The informants he had placed in the State Preceptors Residence, the city defense army generals he had bribed, all reported clearly!

Chen Xu had personally led three thousand elite Imperial Guards.

And grandly left the Imperial City!

An empty city stratagem!

This was a trap he had tailor-made for Chen Xu!

How could he appear here?!

Could it be... could it be that from the beginning, he had been played?!

This thought exploded in Qin Kai's mind.

Making him feel cold all over, his hands and feet numb!

"Chen Xu!"

On the other side, Heavenly Corpse Venerable's wrinkled old face instantly turned ashen!

He could feel the terror of that green-robed figure even more than Qin Kai!

It was as if this monstrous Demonic Technique, sacrificing the entire city with blood.

Did not exist in his eyes at all!

A crisis even stronger than when he was severely injured by a single finger last time.

Instantly enveloped his mind!

Heavenly Corpse Venerable's blood-red eyes stared fixedly at Chen Xu.

The Devilish Qi in his body had already begun to circulate wildly, uncontrollably.

Below the Heaven-Reaching Altar, everyone was stunned.

Whether it was the civil and military officials who had survived the slaughter and were filled with despair.

Or the Demonic Path Cultivators who were frantically killing.

They all subconsciously stopped their actions.

Even Qin Wujie, who was preparing to self-detonate his Golden Core and die with Qin Kai, suddenly raised his head.

Looking at that familiar figure, his eyes burst with joy!

Heavenly Master!

It's the Heavenly Master!

He was here all along!

Under the gaze of countless people.

Chen Xu was expressionless!

He was even too lazy to answer Qin Kai's foolish question.

He simply slowly raised his right hand.

In his palm, a heart, entirely azure, condensed from the heart of the ocean, quietly appeared.

vast sea dragon heart!

Yes, just yesterday, Chen Daoxuan had already rushed to the Imperial City at the fastest speed!

And handed this Dragon Heart to him.

And as soon as that heart appeared, a vast essence of water veins power instantly spread out!

That aura, with the evil and filth of the blood sacrifice array in the sky.

Formed a stark contrast!

Just this aura made the Mortals and Cultivators below, who were being eroded by the blood Qi and whose Divine Souls were about to leave their bodies, feel a burst of comfort and clarity!

"You said you wanted to activate the Dragon Vein..."

Chen Xu's gaze fell on Heavenly Corpse Venerable, who looked astonished below.

His voice was indifferent.

But it clearly entered the ears of everyone present.

"Did you ever ask for its permission?"

The moment his words fell!

The state suppressing jade seal in Chen Xu's other hand was casually thrown into the air by him!

Buzz~!

The state suppressing jade seal, the moment it flew into mid-air, suddenly erupted with ten thousand rays of golden light!

That golden light was even more dazzling than the sun in the sky!

A high-pitched, majestic Dragon roar.

Boomed from within the jade seal, instantly spreading throughout the entire Imperial City and beyond!

Deep underground, the Great Feng Dynasty's national Dragon Qipulse, polluted by endless Devilish Qi and on the verge of being detonated.

Seemed to have heard the king's summons at this moment!

Rumble!

The entire Imperial City's ground began to tremble violently!

The majestic national Dragon Qi began to frantically converge towards the state suppressing jade seal in the sky!

Having done all this, Chen Xu's gaze fell on the ninety-nine-zhang-tall Heaven-Reaching Altar beneath his feet.

This was the main switch of the blood sacrifice array.

At the same time, it was also the largest central node of the entire Great Feng Dynasty's Dragon Vein!

He was expressionless, and his right hand, holding the vast sea dragon heart, pressed down fiercely onto the altar beneath his feet!

That vast sea dragon heart, containing endless life essence, the moment it touched the Heaven-Reaching Altar.

It was like a drop of water merging into the ocean.

Silently seeping in.

In an instant, the vast sea dragon heart penetrated through layers of Restrictions, perfectly connecting with the core of the national Dragon Qipulse deep underground!

The next second!

"Roar—!!!"

A Dragon roar, a hundred times more majestic and vast than before, erupted from the deepest depths of the Imperial City!

That sound was full of endless power!

As if a supreme Divine Dragon, which had slept for eons, was completely awakened at this moment!

Boom!!!

A thick golden light pillar shot up from beneath the foundation of the Heaven-Reaching Altar!

Within the light pillar, a golden Divine Dragon, ten thousand zhang long, entirely condensed from national Dragon Qi, roared up at the sky!

Its body was more majestic than mountains!

Its scales shimmered with dazzling golden light!

Its eyes were like golden suns, filled with the majesty of suppressing all ages!

It was the true form of the Great Feng Dynasty's national Dragon Qipulse!

Its previous appearance, polluted by Devilish Qi and on its last breath.

Under the endless nourishment of the ancient water vein essence from the vast sea dragon heart.

Instantly revived!

Its Qi also surged and evolved wildly!

One must know, that vast sea dragon heart was the Origin of the ancient water Dragon ancestor.

How immense was the life energy it contained?

Now, it was all poured into the body of the national Golden Dragon, causing it to undergo an extremely powerful transformation!