205: The Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, Lu Hao’s back-up plan!

With that, the three of them, in the presence of everyone in the Heaven Sword Sect, swore a blood oath: once they obtained the Legacy, they would immediately leave and never trouble the Heaven Sword Sect's Disciples!

Upon seeing this, Rong Yuanliang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

If one did not abide by a blood oath, the Heavenly Dao would send down punishment.

He then took out a Cultivation Technique and a sword from his Storage Pouch. Rong Yuanliang stared intently at this Dao Grade Legacy, his eyes filled with infinite reluctance and pain.

This was the direction for his cultivation to improve... yet now he had to hand it over to others. Rong Yuanliang's heart was truly in agony.

But then he thought of the Heaven Sword Sect's Disciples who had died, and then of the three cultivators with heaven-reaching cultivation above.

He gritted his teeth, then turned his head away, flicked his right hand, and the two treasures, imbued with the Dao charm of the Legacy, shot straight towards the three of them!

Di Lecheng quickly teleported over, reached out, and took the two items. The three then swiftly used their Divine Sense to examine them, discovering that they were indeed Dao Grade Legacies!

Their faces finally couldn't hold back, revealing extremely excited expressions. They stood in mid-air, letting out unrestrained laughter!

For a moment, the entire sky above the Heaven Sword Sect was filled with the three's ecstatic voices.

After a long while, Di Lecheng recovered and said to Rong Yuanliang, "Fellow Daoist, thank you very much for your cooperation. To show my gratitude, I will also give you a gift."

"A gift? What gift?!"

Rong Yuanliang was startled upon hearing this and quickly asked.

"It's this!"

Di Lecheng laughed wildly, and a banner appeared out of thin air in his hands! The banner was entirely blood-red, with strange runes flowing over it.

Just by looking at it with the naked eye, one could see that the Evil Qi and bloodlust on it had already solidified!

The moment that Magic Treasure appeared in the world, the entire sky turned crimson, and gusts of eerie wind began to blow.

Rong Yuanliang was utterly horrified. He probed it slightly with his Divine Sense and actually sensed hundreds of millions of vengeful Souls within it!

That terrifying Evil Qi and power of resentment directly spread from Rong Yuanliang's Divine Sense into his Divine Soul!

"Die! Die! Die! Die for me!"

"Hahahaha, come on, let's all die together!"

"Ah ah ah! No!! I don't want to die! Someone save me! Save me!!!"

...

All sorts of resentful voices surged into Rong Yuanliang's mind in an instant, nearly causing him to lose control of his mind!

Rong Yuanliang spat out a mouthful of blood, falling backward onto the ground. Blood continuously overflowed from the corner of his mouth, staining the surrounding earth crimson.

With a vacant look, he stared at the rapidly expanding blood-red banner above his head, muttering, "This... this is the Ten Thousand Souls Banner... This is a Demonic Path Magic Treasure. These three, these three are truly people of the Demonic Path..."

The moment this banner appeared, the entire world instantly turned crimson, and at the same time, a huge swirling blood cloud appeared above the Heaven Sword Sect!

Within the vortex, the Qi of resentment surged, directly enveloping the entire Heaven Sword Sect!

"Children, time to eat! Hahahaha!"

Di Lecheng roared, and immediately countless vengeful Souls rushed out from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, each with a ferocious expression, letting out terrifying roars, and flying rapidly towards the people of the Heaven Sword Sect.

Seeing this, everyone cried out in despair:

"Ah ah ah! You swore an oath! Why are you going back on your word?!"

"No no! You violated the blood oath, the Heavenly Dao rules will punish you!!"

"Hahahaha."

The three of them heard the voices from the Heaven Sword Sect, exchanged glances, and burst into laughter together.

"Big Brother, these people actually believed our oath, hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter."

The third brother laughed, then looked at the Big Brother with some concern, and continued, "Big Brother, are you really alright like this? The taste of karmic fire must not be pleasant..."

"Hahahaha, don't worry, Third Brother. How many people have I, your Big Brother, killed? Will I still worry about this mere karmic fire? Which Demonic Path cultivator isn't entangled by karmic fire?"

"If I feared the pain of karmic fire entanglement, why would I walk this Demonic Path?"

"If the Heaven Sword Sect is not destroyed, how can the news of the Dao Grade Legacy be kept secret? If it spreads, unless we three brothers never appear in the world again, I fear there will be no place for us to hide in the entire 108 States!!!"

...

In a flash, the vengeful Souls had already reached the ground of the Heaven Sword Sect, preparing to search for targets to devour!

"Hey hey hey! Big Brother, leave a few female cultivators with good looks for me and Second Brother..."

"Alright, alright, I'll save them for you. You really can't change your ways!"

As Di Lecheng spoke, he waved his right hand, and a red light suddenly appeared on the bodies of several beautiful female cultivators.

The vengeful Souls that were rushing towards them quickly avoided them after seeing the red light and went to find other targets.

But just then, an anomaly occurred!

The three brothers, who were originally chatting and laughing, enjoying the tragic scene below, suddenly had their smiles freeze as a surge of Qi swept past them!

The statue standing in the very center of the Heaven Sword Sect's plaza suddenly emitted an extremely terrifying Qi!

A huge pillar of light shot out from the top of the statue, straight into the sky!

It then quickly formed a semicircle, covering the entire area of the Heaven Sword Sect.

The three brothers were originally within the Heaven Sword Sect's area, but they were forcibly repelled outside!

As for the Ten Thousand Souls Banner summoned by Di Lecheng, it was also covered within it.

As the statue's Qi continued to emanate, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner gradually lost its connection with Di Lecheng and slowly fell from mid-air to the ground.

The terrifying vortex of vengeful Souls in the sky also vanished in an instant.

Those vengeful Souls that had already rushed out were directly swept away, all perishing, and the world seemed to regain its light.

Seeing this sight, the people of the Heaven Sword Sect were all incredibly excited. Having walked through the gates of hell, they now felt that everything in the world had become beautiful!

They all wept tears of joy, shouting frantically:

"Elder Lin Ao! It's Elder Lin Ao's statue! Elder Lin Ao is protecting us in the unseen!"

"It must be Elder Lin Ao! The statue suddenly emitted light, purifying the vengeful Souls outside!"

"Elder Lin Ao! Thank you, Elder Lin Ao!!! You protected the Sect once again!"

Only Rong Yuanliang knew that it was Lu Hao's Qi... because he had once seen Lu Hao make a move in the underground cave.

Looking at the Qi emanating from the statue, Rong Yuanliang murmured, "Brother Lu, I didn't expect that even after you left Northern Barren State, you would still be protecting my Heaven Sword Sect. Brother Lu... thank you..."

...

"No!!!"

As the Heaven Sword Sect Disciples, having narrowly escaped death, were celebrating in ecstasy, a heart-wrenching scream echoed through the sky!

Di Lecheng's connection to the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was forcibly severed by Lu Hao's power. Under the backlash, his entire body was instantly struck by lightning, and a mouthful of blood gushed out!

He was directly heavily injured!

That Ten Thousand Souls Banner was his Lifebound Treasure! It was his Lifebound Treasure that he had refined for tens of thousands of years!!!

To refine it, Di Lecheng had massacred countless Sects and Families. He didn't even care about being entangled by karmic fire!

Karmic fire entanglement, that represented the burning pain day and night!!!

That kind of pain was like a persistent, bone-deep agony, reaching into the depths of one's Soul!

But to refine this Ten Thousand Souls Banner, no matter how much pain, he gritted his teeth and endured it. As long as he could become stronger and stronger, what did a little pain matter?!!!

Demonic cultivators are not only ruthless to others, but even more ruthless to themselves!

This was also why the other two admired their Big Brother so much. Although they were also considered people of the Demonic Path, they absolutely dared not endure the heart-burning pain of karmic fire.

They still clearly remembered that when their Big Brother was first burned by karmic fire, he cried and wailed for a full three years!

But now, Di Lecheng's Ten Thousand Souls Banner was gone... Its connection was directly severed by a mysterious force, and from then on, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner became ownerless!

How could he bear this?!

He couldn't bear it, and he couldn't possibly bear it!!!

"Ah ah ah!!!"

Di Lecheng went completely mad. Ignoring the injuries on his body caused by the backlash from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, he frantically urged the cultivation within him, striking towards the Heaven Sword Sect!

"Damn it ahhh! Give me back my Ten Thousand Souls Banner!!! Give me back my Ten Thousand Souls Banner! I will make you all taste the pain of ten thousand ghosts devouring the heart!!!"