Chapter 584: Completed Palace (2/2)
“Rumble!” With resounding blasts, a mark had been carved on the heavens by the palace. The myriad tribulations then receded like a tide.
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Inside the Prime Ominous Grave at the Earth Realm above the Heavenly Cemetery, the Ancestral City had erected four gigantic altars right below the lost island, one in each corner.
Each of them was protected by the experts from the city along with other ghost cultivators, including those of the ancestor level.
This was beyond being forced by the Heavenly G.o.d Decree; many great powers wished to contribute and earn some merits as well as praise from the Ancestral City. Maybe they could receive the supreme origin arts. Because of this, they worked hard and volunteered to carry out the decree.
In just one short day, the great powers had returned from their hunts and gathered cultivators and mortals from the other races all over the Nether Border.
The Divine Guard Captain commanded after seeing their return: “Throw all of them into the altars. Once we have enough, we’ll commence the blood ceremony.”
In just a short moment, the prisoners were thrown into the altars that resembled gigantic urns, falling down like “human rain.” Each of these altars had their own independent s.p.a.ce that could accommodate tens of millions.
“Grandpa, where are you? Grandpa, Grandpa…” Screams for the adults rang across the altars.
“Mother, Father, do you not need Wan’er anymore?” Children cried out for their parents.
“Zhu’zi, Zhu’zi, are you okay?” Parents were also trying to find their children among the sea of people.
They were powerless to stay together with their families amidst this disaster.
“Son, s.h.i.+’er, where are you? Are you still alive?” A gray-haired old man cried out painfully for his child.
The ocean of people emitted many miserable screams. There were also desperate pleas and prayers mixed together, creating a gloomy and sorrowful atmosphere.
Earlier, most great powers from the other races had already left the Prime Ominous Grave, but some ancestors were still hiding behind in the shadows right outside of the Heavenly Cemetery. Seeing such a scene shook them since they understood what the Divine Guard Captain wanted to do after capturing these millions of mortals.
“The Ancestral City is insane! They actually want to sacrifice the mortals!” The pupils of a great character from another race were about to burst open from anger after seeing this scene.
Someone else, in their fury, wanted to rush out but was stopped by an ancestor that stood right next to them. The ancestor gravely said: “Are you going just to die? Not to mention that the city lord and the captain alone are enough to kill us old men, there are also a bunch of great powers and their ancestors and even legendary masters from the ghost race. Even if you try, you won’t be able to accomplish anything!”
Despite their rage, they were powerless and could only keep hiding in the dark. All of the ghost masters were here; it was a force capable of sweeping through everything in this world. Even an imperial lineage would have a hard time opposing them.
“Open!” A cultivator screamed while within the gourd-like altar. There were some cultivators that were captured along with the mortals; among them were famous Heavenly Kings.
Alas, they had no chance to show their prowess since there were ancestors here as well. They had to obediently accept their captivity.
“Boom!” A few explosions occurred. Some cultivators used their strongest merit laws to attack this ceremonial prison, but it was useless.
This altar was personally created by the Divine Guard Captain to become a powerful prison; ordinary cultivators couldn’t break it.
“Use my blood to lead the glory of my ancestors. May the laws of the myriad ages enter my body…!” A trapped Heavenly King used his strongest forbidden law along with his flesh and True Fate to empower this art.
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