Chapter 670 - Ten Reapers, A Shocking Sight! (1/2)
“Summoning the reapers is certainly a risky task. If the Third Princess Consort is not capable of doing it, wouldn’t it be better to have someone else to do it on behalf of her? Otherwise, she might get hurt,” Zongzheng Yu Er said, pretending to be kind. In reality, her rhetorical words were meant to make the two old ministers from the War Dragon Dynasty to lose faith in Helian Wei Wei.
Most of the crowd got increasingly doubtful, fretful or scornful of Helian Wei Wei as time went on. It was especially so for the exorcists, as not a single one of them believed that she would succeed.
Helian Wei Wei did not move a muscle. She stood lazily in the center of the formation. Her hooded fur cape, which draped over her shoulder, fluttered gracefully in the wind as she stood in the Great Hall. She appeared relaxed even though she was not holding on to any yellow rune in her hands. She continued to stand still, apparently indifferent toward her surroundings.
“She can’t possibly summon any reaper in such posture.” Xuan Bing sneered. “She’s indeed a greenhorn. Does she really think of exorcism as child’s play?”
Zongzheng Yu Er heaved a sigh before she made a purposeful remark, “The Third Princess Consort is always so compet.i.tive. She is determined to win even if the subject is not her forte.”
At this moment, the ministers of the War Dragon Empire had already despaired although they had never looked forward to Helian Wei Wei being the victor.
In spite of that, they did not want their nation to be trounced either.
Judging from the princess consort’s posture, they reckoned that no reaper would appear at all.
They were taken aback when a gust of black wind suddenly rushed into the Great Hall from the outside. Then, it quickly dispersed and filled the entire hall like a fog.
Helian Wei Wei clenched one of her hands into a fist. Then, she steered her spiritual energy, causing it rushed toward her palm!
“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. At my command, rise!”
The invisible energy quickly rose from the ground upon the recitation of the spell, lifting Helian Wei Wei’s cape and bringing her dark long hair to dance elegantly along the wind. At this moment, she appeared extremely das.h.i.+ng and enchanting.
The crowd widened their eyes upon witnessing the inconceivable event that had just occurred right in front of them. The air was no longer just cool. Instead, the temperature was now freezing as ice began to form at the edges of the walls.
When all eyes landed on Helian Wei Wei once again, there were 10 reapers, who were in their black robes, standing before her, with their heads hung low. Although their faces were not visible, they seemed to be respectful toward Helian Wei Wei!
Apart from the ministers, even the exorcists were astonished by the scene. Stupefied by shock, their eyes lost focus.
“10? She actually summoned 10 reapers?”
“How did she do it? She evidently didn’t have any yellow runes in her hand, right?”
“Everybody, look at the reapers. What… what are they doing?”
The young man mumbled to himself, “They’re paying respect! They are paying respect to the princess consort!”
“That is impossible!” the exorcist from Huangzi Nation immediately disagreed. He did not have any prejudice against Helian Wei Wei. However, it was a fact that the reapers would only bow to the top-tier exorcists! Otherwise, it was impossible for such an event to happen!
“This is totally bizarre!” The other exorcists joined in the conversation and voiced their opinions. But, nevertheless, they were flabbergasted by Helian Wei Wei’s performance. How did she do that?
Liu Yu and Wu Jing gaped at the scene. Before long, their shock turned into inexpressible joy. “We’ve won! We’ve won the compet.i.tion! There are 10 of them! Princess consort has actually summoned 10 reapers!”
“The four reapers from before were nothing! Look at what our princess consort has accomplished! She’s summoned 10 of them! Can any of you do that?” The people from the Xuanyuan Kingdom had always agitated Wu Jing as they always abused their power to take advantage of the others. It serves you right!