633 Ten Thousand Soul Banner (1/2)

The seven martial arts grandmasters glanced at each other as they surrounded and attacked the Peacock Beast King. Then, they backed away together as one. It was obvious that they were allowing the Peacock Beast King to turn her attention to the men in black robes who were currently taking advantage of her preoccupation with the other human warriors.

The five black-robed martial arts grandmasters were not putting in any effort. Instead, they were trying to make use of them to enter the Fighting Spirit Tower first. This had drawn the ire of all the human martial arts grandmasters.

The Peacock Beast King shared the views of the group of seven. She was furious at those attempting to sneak into the Fighting Spirit Tower. She opened her mouth and spat out golden flames. The golden flames were like balls of fire. The terrifying heat burned the air, making sizzling sounds.

”Humph, it is just a beast. How dare it be so violent.”

The leader of the men in black harrumphed coldly and stretched a pale hand out from his dark black robes. He held a small black colored flag in his hand. The flag was the size of a palm and had many skulls drawn on it. The moment it appeared, a cold wind swept across the area. One could vaguely hear the sounds of ghosts crying and howling from the little flag.

The sounds were tragic and sounded like numerous ghosts crying and hysterically screaming. The terrifying cries of the ghosts made it hard for some of the warriors to breathe. They felt dizzy and their minds dulled subconsciously.

The warriors who were affected were very shocked. They immediately pulled themselves together and concentrated, forcing the evil feeling in their mind out of their bodies.

The moment the little black flag appeared, it immediately released streams of ghost fog. There were oddly shaped ghosts within the fog that looked terrifying. There were so many of them that one could not keep count. They gathered together, forming several dark clouds. The area seemed to darken.

The golden flames hurtled towards it. Yet, the ghosts surged forward, opening their mouths and attacking the flames. Moments later, the terrifying fire released by the Peacock Beast King was completely decimated.

The seven martial arts grandmasters inhaled sharply. They had fought with the Peacock Beast King and knew how terrifying those very hot flames were. None of them would be able to block the Peacock's spiritual fire without the use of a profound level weapon. Even if they had a profound level weapon, they might still be injured if they were not careful.

The mysterious men in black robes had been able to destroy the Peacock's spiritual fire so easily, and through a method they had never imagined.

A treasure that could release spirits and ghosts? This sort of treasure was too eerie.

”That's… the Ten Thousand Soul Banner!”

Mo Wen's eyes widened. The little black flag in the hands of the man dressed in black robes was the Ten Thousand Soul Banner that was renowned in the Immortal Cultivation World. It was a famous heterodox treasure in the Immortal Cultivation World. It was known to be vicious and sinister and was the bane of those on the path of righteousness.

The Ten Thousand Soul Banner was incredibly vicious and bloody. It damaged the peace and harmony of the world and was something that both heaven and earth could not accept.

According to what Mo Wen knew, underworld immortal cultivators liked to craft such treasures. Some underworld immortal cultivators who harbored evil intentions would use it as their natal spiritual treasure.

It did not require any precious materials to craft a Ten Thousand soul Banner. It could be crafted with simple materials. However, the crafting of a Ten Thousand Soul Banner required souls. It required an innumerable number of souls. Furthermore, they could not be dead souls but had to be live.

Live souls were souls that had been dead for less than 15 minutes. Those who had died a long time ago and turned into ghosts could not be used to craft a Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

As such, under normal circumstances, one would have to kill a large number of people to make a Ten Thousand Soul Banner. They would have to kill incessantly.

Some immortal cultivators on the heretic path would even massacre an entire city in order to make a Ten Thousand Soul Banner. Usually, the birth of a Ten Thousand Soul Banner would mean the destruction of a place.

The Ten Thousand Soul Banner did not require any precious materials to craft and only needed souls. It also required the constant replenishment of souls. The more souls there were, the more powerful it would be. Some of the terrifying Ten Thousand Soul Banners had an endless stream of aggrieved souls that could cover the sun and the sky, causing the world to turn dark. An immortal cultivator who had such a Ten Thousand Soul Banner could even cross realms and kill other immortal cultivators.

Some of those who harbored evil intentions and were impatient for success liked to make such a heretic treasure.

Because the crafting of a Ten Thousand Soul Banner damaged the peace and harmony of the world, it was not accepted by heaven and earth. When a too-powerful Ten Thousand Soul Banner appeared, heaven would punish the person who crafted it. The crafter and the banner would both be wiped from the earth. Otherwise, if the Ten Thousand Soul Banner was allowed to continue to grow, it was feared that nothing could go against it.

Mo Wen had not expected that he would see the legendary Ten Thousand Soul Banner here. The banner in the hands of the man in black robes must be a Ten Soul Banner, the lowest ranking of all banners. However, he did not know how many people the man had killed to successfully craft the banner.

The power of a Ten Thousand Soul Banner was deemed by the number of aggrieved souls in it. There was a Ten Soul Banner, Hundred Soul Banner, Thousand Soul Banner, Ten Thousand Soul Banner, Hundred Thousand Soul Banner…Million Soul Banner…

The Ten Soul Banner was considered the lowest of the Ten Thousand Soul Banners.

Of course, it did not mean that ten live souls had to be killed to make a Ten Soul Banner. Instead, a thousand live souls had to be killed. Furthermore, there had to be at least ten souls of immortal cultivators in it for a Ten Soul Banner to be crafted.