Chapter 309 Sky-Splitting Eagle God

After Yan Chu left the Imperial Court, Luantu Kuo arrived here.

Beneath the ancestral land of the Luan Di Clan, there was an underground palace; its location was extremely hidden, known to only two or three people, and Luantu Kuo was one of them.

Now that the Luan Di Clan had been destroyed, no one could have guessed that Luantu Kuo would risk being discovered by Yan Chu to come to the Imperial Court.

The guards watching over the Luan Di Clan's ancestral land were only a few ordinary Grandmasters, so they naturally could not detect his presence.

He entered the underground palace with ease.

The deep and complex underground palace was silent; no one had entered for a long time.

On the floor of the central hall of the underground palace, complex and profound Formation lines were carved, extending along the floor and walls to the base of the entire city.

This was carved by the Great Priest of the Longevity Cult when the Northern Mang Empire was founded, for the purpose of blood-sacrificing the entire city to summon a god to the Lower Realm when Northern Mang was on the brink of destruction.

With the power of this Formation, it was enough to summon the supreme god, eternal heaven, to descend.

Unfortunately, the method to communicate with eternal heaven was known only to the Great Priest.

What the other clans possessed were merely sacrificial techniques to summon the Howling Moon Wolf God and the Sky-Rending Eagle God.

What Luantu Kuo intended to do today was to sacrifice everyone in the city to summon the Sky-Rending Eagle God to the Lower Realm.

He chose this because, according to his plan, Luan Di Zhan Feng would summon an Incarnation of the Wolf God by the Sun-Chasing River; if he were to summon the Wolf God here as well, he feared it might provoke the Wolf God's wrath and lead to a backlash against himself.

Luantu Kuo walked to the center of the Formation, stood on the Formation lines, and took out five Plumes of the Eagle God from his robe.

These Plumes emitted a faint, cold light, like Profound Iron buried deep underground for hundreds of years; they were incredibly sharp, and with a gentle stroke, the air made a tearing sound like cloth.

He devoutly held the Plumes in his palms and began to awaken the entire Formation according to the established sacrificial technique.

As he murmured to himself, the majestic power of the Divine Treasury flowed into the Formation lines below, which began to emit streaks of white light, illuminating the dark and lightless underground palace.

"Great Sky-Rending Eagle God, please listen to the call of your servant, Luantu Kuo. Let your magnificent figure descend upon the great prairie and eliminate eternal heaven's enemy, the Flame Demon Yan Chu!"

Buzz!!!

The Formation's light grew brighter and brighter, and the underground palace began to vibrate slowly. The light from the Formation lines extended to the surface, and blood-red light suddenly lit up in streets throughout the Imperial Court.

The Council Chamber outside the palace.

Xiao Sidao, Pu Cha Shou, and other high-ranking officials of Northern Mang were in discussion.

Pu Cha Shou's smile toward Xiao Sidao held a hint of flattery.

A few days ago, he had already seen Pucha Yunge inside the palace.

As a new bride, Yunge was even more charming than before.

According to the Heavenly Khan's requirements, the women in the palace had removed their Northern Mang decorations and changed into palace dresses belonging to the Southern Dynasty.

Pucha Yunge wore a pink Palace Dress; she was more gentle than her previous heroic self, and a hint of a blush appeared on her porcelain-like skin. Under Pu Cha Shou's questioning, it was clear that she felt no resentment toward Yan Chu, but was instead mostly shy.

This put Pu Cha Shou's mind at ease.

He was most afraid that Pucha Yunge's fiery personality would create a rift with Yan Chu, causing him to become dissatisfied with the Pucha Clan.

Since his Pucha Clan had other women in the palace, he immediately arranged for them to teach Pucha Yunge how to please the Khan, hoping that this pride of the Pucha Clan would set aside her former pride and serve Yan Chu peacefully.

From Pucha Yunge's mouth, he also received another piece of news.

That was that Empress Xiao Yuanjia was actually pregnant.

This made Pu Cha Shou's heart tighten at the time.

Xiao Yuanjia had followed Luan Di Tianye for so many years without bearing a single child; how long had she been with Yan Chu? And she was already willing to bear his child?

This further demonstrated Yan Chu's favor for Empress Xiao Yuanjia and the deep bond between the Xiao Clan and Yan Chu.

So, Pu Cha Shou instructed on the spot that Pucha Yunge must do whatever it takes to get pregnant with Yan Chu's child as soon as possible.

On the other hand, he deliberately befriended the Xiao Clan.

To avoid trouble for the Pucha Clan when Yan Chu and Xiao Yuanjia's child grew up and inherited the throne.

"King Xiao, you say the Heavenly Khan went to kill Luantu Kuo. If they really manage to summon a god, can the Heavenly Khan handle it?"

Xiao Sidao glanced at Pu Cha Shou and said:

"The sun-shooting divine bow once shot and killed a god's Incarnation. The sun-shooting divine bow couldn't kill the Heavenly Khan, so do you think a god's Incarnation can handle him?"

Pu Cha Shou's lips twitched as he smiled and said:

"That's true..."

Suddenly, both of them looked out the door, their expressions changing drastically.

Almost at the same time, several figures darted out from other rooms in the Council Chamber; they were all Northern Mang Celestial Being Experts who had gathered here in recent days.

The reason they gathered here was to wait for Yan Chu to come out and hear his arrangements for the various major forces in Northern Mang.

After all, the Luan Di and Tuoba Clans had been wiped out, and many Clan Chiefs of small and medium-sized tribes had been caught in the crossfire of the previous battle and died. The vast amount of resources, pastures, and land left vacant needed to be redistributed.

Who would have known he would stay in the palace for over a month?

He did nothing but reclaim wasteland.

Purely neglecting his duties!

He turned all the parched land into gushing Spiritual Springs, making the land more fertile, but this was of no benefit to them.

This left the group of Northern Mang Celestial Being Experts feeling utterly speechless.

If not for the other's powerful strength and cultivation, they would have overthrown Yan Chu long ago.

Even so, there was no shortage of gossip and criticism behind his back, with everyone saying he was possessed by a breeding horse, and that there was no need to select high-quality horses for breeding on the prairie anymore—the Khan could just do it himself.

At this moment, everyone in the Council Chamber rushed out of their rooms, looking at the ground beneath their feet with suspicion and uncertainty.

"What happened? A terrifying power is awakening underground!"

Wiritu, the Clan Chief of the Naiman Tribe, asked loudly.

Everyone else looked at Xiao Sidao.

"King Xiao, what's going on? This isn't something the Heavenly Khan caused, is it?"

Everyone now regarded Xiao Sidao as Yan Chu's confidant and naturally began to ask him.

Xiao Sidao's face was as grim as water as he exchanged a glance with Pu Cha Shou, both shaking their heads.

"This isn't the Heavenly Khan's doing; this is the Formation beneath the Imperial Court awakening!"

"What? The Formation beneath the Imperial Court?"

Some Clan Chiefs of large tribes had heard of this and asked:

"Could it be the Sacrificial Formation carved by the Great Priest beneath the Imperial Court when our Northern Mang Empire was first established?"

"Exactly!"

Pu Cha Shou's face was extremely ugly as he gritted his teeth and said:

"Someone has awakened the Formation and intends to sacrifice the entire Imperial Court!"

"Ah!!!"

"Help!!! What is this?!!"

As soon as Pu Cha Shou finished speaking, screams were already ringing out not far away.

Everyone looked over and saw that more than ten miles away, red light began to surge from the ground. People enveloped by that red light turned into Blood Mist and merged into the light.

Such scenes were now appearing everywhere in the city.

Red light from the Formation lines lit up on streets everywhere, while a giant protective shield descended from above.