196: The Lord of Destruction Arrives
On the altar, the bodies of Ji Luo and the other three also began to change. As the outer layers of the four statues behind them peeled off, a phantom body slowly formed within.
"Are they going to revive five Alien Emperors simultaneously?"
Qian Huafeng watched the changes above in astonishment.
"Hahaha~ You found out too late. It's a pity only a few of you came."
Mang Yun watched her subordinates die one after another, without a trace of panic in her eyes, mockingly looking at them.
Following this, countless entrances appeared around them, and black-clad figures continuously emerged from within, each wearing a mask.
Among this group of black-clad figures, the dozen or so at the very front all wore silver masks.
"Go, stop Gu Xiu's attack."
These dozen or so individuals possessed terrifying cultivation. While they might not be a match for Qian Huafeng and the others in a one-on-one fight, they posed considerable trouble.
They launched suicidal attacks towards Qian Huafeng and the others, and in less than two minutes, hundreds had already died at their hands.
Boom!
One of the elders swatted away a black-clad figure who was attacking him.
The mask on this black-clad figure's face shattered, revealing a pale face with a pair of red eyes.
"Gu Shan?"
Evidently, the elder recognized this black-clad figure.
Hearing his words, Gu Xiu also looked over. When he saw the black-clad figure's face, a look of astonishment appeared in his eyes.
Following this was a furious expression, and he charged towards Gu Shan.
He grabbed him by the neck and roared furiously, "Weren't you dead? Why are you here?"
Gu Shan's expression remained unchanged, and the weapon in his hand did not stop, stabbing towards Gu Xiu.
Boom!
His body was directly smashed to the ground by Gu Xiu, creating a massive pit in the hard ground.
Gu Shan's lips curled into a cruel smile, as if this minor injury was insignificant to him. "Does my appearance surprise you? Take a look at the others."
As he spoke, they looked at the other people again. Those wearing silver masks were all people who had died before.
Most of these people had died in the Otherworld, yet at this moment, they all appeared here.
While they were fighting, no one noticed.
When no more gray energy fell from the black vortex above the altar.
In the middle of the altar, a phantom figure slowly walked to Shen Yi's side and reached out to touch his body.
Like smoke, it began to be slowly absorbed by Shen Yi's body, merging little by little, and the aura around him also slowly strengthened.
Shen Yi, who had been closing his eyes, slowly opened them. His eyes had no whites at all; pure black pupils emitted a piercing cold light.
Shen Yi was a little panicked at this moment. His consciousness was still imprisoned, but he could clearly feel that another consciousness was invading his Sea of Consciousness.
Wanting to take over his body, he suddenly felt a little flustered. What was this situation? As the consciousness entered, he even felt that the Ability he had already fused was beginning to separate at this moment.
The Fire Ability was being stripped away little by little, and the original Destruction Lightning once again showed that black smoke.
Qian Huafeng and the others saw Shen Yi, in the middle of the altar, slowly standing up.
The black vortex above also stopped spinning, and black lightning bolts began to fall, precisely striking his body. Each black lightning bolt was transforming and strengthening his body.
The other four statues also transformed into phantom figures, walking towards Ji Luo and the other three.
"Boom~!"
Another huge hole appeared behind Qian Huafeng, and a middle-aged man walked out from within.
Dressed in a sharp Zhongshan suit, his face, which exuded an aura of authority without anger, looked towards the center of the altar.
"Do you still want to re-enact the scene from a thousand years ago?"
He said coldly, looking at the phantom on the altar.
"Xia Emperor, why are you here too?"
Qian Huafeng quickly spoke upon seeing the arriving middle-aged man.
"I sensed fluctuations of a Royal Rank aura here, so I came. I didn't expect them to actually dare to try and revive these dead people again."
The Xia Emperor, named Xia Yuan, is a top-tier expert in Huaxia, having reached the Royal Rank, and is respectfully called the Xia Emperor.
"Xia Yuan, I didn't expect you to come too, hahaha~~"
A ripple appeared in space, and a pale-faced man with feminine eyes emerged. His pair of narrow eyes gave people a very uncomfortable feeling, as if they were being stared at by a venomous snake.
"Snake Skin, aren't you a coward? How dare you show up here today?"
Xia Yuan didn't even lift an eyelid, saying with a chuckle.
"Although I can't beat you, you also can't stop the rebirth of the Lord of Destruction."
The man called Snake Skin wasn't angry; his feminine voice sent chills down people's spines.
In the middle of the altar, the other four phantoms had also reached Ji Luo and the others, reaching out to touch them.
"Go get those four little ones to come."
Qian Huafeng spoke to someone behind him.
Not long after, Ji Yan, Fifth Name, Feng Sibao, and Zhou Wenzhi appeared here.
When they saw the people in the middle of the altar, their expressions changed.
Indeed, these four were the avatars that had separated from their Second Ability before.
These avatars, who should have been killed, were told by their teacher to let them go, and they never expected them to appear here.
These four figures corresponded to the four former Royal Rank experts, but just as these four phantoms were about to merge into Ji Luo and the others' bodies...
Ji Yan and the others sat cross-legged, and an inexplicable mental force passed through them, enveloping Ji Luo and the others.
Ji Luo's eyes clearly showed struggle, and the phantom that was about to merge into her body was instantly expelled.
Pfft!
Ji Yan spat out a mouthful of blood, and her entire aura withered.
With the same injury to the connected bodies, Ji Luo, in the center of the altar, also began to weaken.
"What did you do?"
Mang Yun's expression changed drastically as she watched the phantom being expelled from the body in the altar, then the phantom returned to the statue and slowly began to petrify.
"No matter, I knew they had a trick up their sleeve, but that little fellow is fine. His Ability has completely fused, and he has no chance to hold back."
The Snake Skin man said with a chuckle.
"Is that so?"
Xia Yuan appeared in front of the altar in one step, placing his hand on the light barrier.
"Your opponent is me."
Space around the Snake Skin man rippled, and then he and Xia Yuan disappeared simultaneously.
"Hahaha~ You are all going to die."
In the middle of the altar, the phantom that had touched Shen Yi's body had now halfway merged into his body.
No matter what the people outside did, they couldn't break through this light barrier.
"Old Qian, didn't you keep any trump cards?"
Gu Xiu asked anxiously.
Qian Huafeng shook his head and said nothing, his eyes fixed on Shen Yi.
At this moment, in Shen Yi's mind, the system's voice appeared again.
[Unknown consciousness detected invading. Absorb?]
[Option 1: Directly absorb and assimilate]
[Option 2: Expel it]
[Option 3: Annihilate this consciousness]