Chapter 184: Ghost Transferring God Dispatching (2/2)
That sacrificial altar was constructed by skeletons. The length and width were the same, each being thirteen yards long. Meanwhile, on the altar, skulls were used to create a flat surface. With a white banner erected at the four corners: north, south, east, west. Runes written in cinnabar mixed with blood were on the white banners.
A sculpture of an eight-armed devil god was erected on the center of the sacrificial altar. This sculpture squatted with one single leg while the other leg wrapped the previous one around the back of its calf. With the palms of the eight arms clasped together, the devil god had four faces and each face had three eyes.
These male and female Daoists each executed a talisman treasure and the talisman treasures floated in the air. The talisman had numerous surfaces and on each surface was a rune.
With these Daoists' chant, the runes on the talisman treasures lighted up continuously. The runes that lighted up shone precisely on the body of the devil god's sculpture. Whenever a place got shone on, a rune would light up on the devil god's sculpture.
The talisman treasure continuously spun and lighted up the runes on the sculpture one after another.
At this moment, more than half of the runes on this devil god's sculpture had been lighted up.
”Ghost Transferring God Dispatching Runes Command!”
Qin Mu's heart trembled slightly, ”The spells of Great Mountain Sect! They are the disciples of Great Mountain Sect which was already exterminated!”
These dozen male and female Daoists were all divine arts practitioners and it looked like that they had already been executing Ghost Transferring God Dispatching Runes Command for quite some time. It was obvious that after Great Mountain Sect was exterminated, they had conspired to strike back, allying themselves with Nine Spectres Sect and Corpse Immortal Cult!
Qin Mu then took the time which Nine Spectres Sect rose up in revolt into consideration and found it was precisely the time when the scholars of Imperial College were just arriving at Lizhou and Deer County. This meant that there was someone who had clearly kept tabs on the movement of the scholars of Imperial College and even the time the imperial scholars would reach here.
The scholars of Imperial College coming out for experience were all elites chosen from their own realms. These scholars would become the future officials of Eternal Peace Empire, taking over the current batch of officials that had come from each and every sect.
The current officials mostly belonged to the older generation while the imperial scholars were the new generation.
If this batch of scholars was to be entirely eradicated, Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor would lose a pillar of strength in his new generation.
”This time the scholars coming out for experience was a decree by the emperor and those who knew this beforehand would only be the first-ranking high officials who held high authority other than Gu Linuan.”
Qin Mu's gaze flickered. Among the first-ranking powerful ministers, there were definitely people who had betrayed.
He very much wanted to continue watching how these disciples of Great Mountain Sect summoned the devil god but if he waited until the devil god was summoned, their deaths would probably be due.
Qin Mu sneaked back silently and described what he had seen to Chen Wanyun and the rest, ”Thirteen divine arts practitioners and their abilities aren't weak. If they bring out the devil god, none of us will be able to escape. We'll have to eliminate them before they bring out the devil god and destroy the sacrificial altar! Who dares to follow me to kill them?”
”Kill divine arts practitioners?”
Yun Que and Yue Qinghong were both astonished, ”And thirteen of them?”
Qin Mu gave them a glance, ”You guys don't dare?”
Yun Que muttered, ”I felt a little afraid. They are divine arts practitioners and furthermore, there are thirteen of them.”
Qin Mu replied solemnly, ”If we don't kill them, when they bring out the devil god, not only will we die, the entire Lizhou would be destroyed!”
Chen Wanyun muttered to himself irresolutely and asked, ”Is Great Mountain Sect a spell sect?”
Si Yunxiang tightened the sword case on her back and said, ”I've heard my elders mentioned before that Great Mountain Sect was a sect that was proficient in cultivating spells related to souls. They aren't as proficient in sword skills or battle techniques. Back then when Imperial Preceptor exterminated Great Mountain Sect, he brought a team of divine arts practitioners that cultivated sword skill to attack Great Mountain, exterminating this sect! After Great Mountain Sect got exterminated, their disciples that were scattered outside might not learn the traditional spells and won't have many attainments in their battle techniques and sword skills.”
Qin Mu said, ”Imperial Preceptor used sword skills to kill them but we won't use sword skills, we'll use battle techniques. If we use sword skills, we won't win their spells. But in close combat, before they could even execute their spells, they would be slain by us! Wanyun, Yun Que, Qinghong, I've seen your battle techniques before and they aren't weak, do you have the guts to face them?”
Chen Wanyun replied solemnly, ”You dare, I dare!'
Qin Mu looked at Si Yunxiang and Si Yunxiang lowered her head while saying, ”Yunxiang will take imperial academician as my only guide.”
Qin Mu then looked at Yue Qinghong and her eyes were sparkling as she found it hard to suppress her excitement, ”I had never come to grips with such a situation before, how can I not participate? Wolf slave, get ready as well!”
Qin Mu's gaze fell on Monk Yun Que and he hesitated for a moment before gritting his teeth, ”If I don't enter hell, who would? I'm in!”
Qin Mu said, ”I will be the first to rush out later and slaughter my way up to the sacrificial altar to pave the way for you guys. You guys will follow behind me and fight in close combat. We'll have to fight as quick as possible and cannot drag the battle out! The sacrificial is only thirteen by thirteen yards, with such cramp space, you guys will have to think what move you want to use and go through it several times in your mind!”
Yue Qinghong was so excited both her hands were trembling as she smiled, ”Following you isn't so bad after all, the first battle is already so exciting, I already can't wait!”
Qin Mu stooped down and moved forward. Chen Wanyun and the rest followed him and came to the mountain col. They could see that the runes on the body of devil god's sculpture were almost all lit up. The thirteen female and male Daoists were still executing their talisman as they continued walking around the sacrificial altar. The chants came out continuously from their mouth as if it was an ancient sacrificial language.
Qin Mu's heart jumped and he suppressed his urge to immediately rush out and break the sacrificial ritual. He instructed softly, ”Observe the terrain and after you guys are done, we'll make our move. Ling'er, bring the dragon qilin to the other side and make some sounds to attract their attention.”
Hu Ling'er immediately brought the dragon qilin to take a detour around the sacrificial altar and went towards the right.
After a moment, Yue Qinghong said softly, ”We are done observing!”
Qin Mu waved his hand and Hu Ling'er immediately jumped out from the underbrush while the dragon qilin roared behind her and gave chase as if he was hunting.
The thirteen Daoists on the sacrificial altar were astonished but when they saw the fox and the dragon qilin, a Daoist smiled, ”So it was a huge lion catching its prey…”
Before he could even finish his words, he saw a knife light flashed by. Qin Mu had already arrived at the sacrificial altar with each hand wielding a knife, the human head rolled down as he raised his hand!
Battle technique, Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining!