Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 524 - 271: Netherworld Demon Qi!

Chapter 524: Chapter 271: Netherworld Demon Qi!

Jiang Shouzhong followed Wan Yan Wu Hai to the left side of the altar, where there was a blood pool.

The blood pool was not large, measuring only about ten feet in length and width.

However, the blood within was extremely rich, red as the sunset reflecting off the abyss, concealing endless deadly energy in its calm.

Mysterious talismans surrounded the area, emitting a faint ghostly light, continuously drawing in the intangible essence of vitality from the void, thread by thread, injecting it into the pool.

Above the blood pool hovered an ancient, mottled bronze bell.

The bronze bell was surrounded by a faint, misty aura, forming a stark contrast with the rich blood pool below.

"This is the Demon-Suppressing Bell, a treasured artifact from the former dynasty’s Heaven’s Watch, a significant contributor to the annihilation of demons back then."

Wan Yan Wu Hai pointed at the bronze bell and said, "After the fall of the former dynasty, many magic artifacts were damaged, including this Demon-Suppressing Bell. Later, this artifact circulated among the common folk and ended up with Nanjin Country.

I had people spend years of effort just to barely fix it. Even though its power is not even one-tenth of what it used to be, combined with the amber bead and the formation platform, it is sufficient to suppress the Demon Venerable."

Jiang Shouzhong suddenly said, "You plan to use it to imprison the Demon Venerable?"

Wan Yan Wu Hai smiled and said, "The formation can only capture her, but to imprison her for a long time, we must find other magic artifacts, and this Demon-Suppressing Bell is the most suitable."

This man really is well-prepared... Jiang Shouzhong secretly sighed.

"This blood energy..."

Jiang Shouzhong looked at the blood energy being absorbed and injected into the pool by the talismans and asked with a frown, "Is this from those dead bodies outside?"

A cruel and cunning smile flashed across Wan Yan Wu Hai’s face as he said:

"Indeed, it is from the dead bodies, but those few are not enough, many more are needed. Jiang Shouzhong, do you know why Yang Wufu started a massacre after entering the city?"

Jiang Shouzhong shook his head, "I don’t know."

Wan Yan Wu Hai pointed to the ground and said, "Miss Liu is currently inside the Asura Dark City, where there is a sacrificial altar with a coffin on it, containing the family member of Miss Liu.

He wants to revive his kin, which requires sacrificing many people. Only by continuing to kill can the formation on the altar be successfully activated.

As for how many need to die, who knows? Perhaps ten thousand, maybe twenty thousand..."

Jiang Shouzhong’s spirit was shaken.

He subconsciously looked at the ground, feeling an icy chill beneath his feet.

If his guess was correct, then lying in that coffin was his sister who died years ago—Dong Wuxu.

Dong Wuya actually wants to revive his own sister?

So he has been acting all these years.

Truly a madman!

"Actually, this prince does not believe that the dead can be revived," Wan Yan Wu Hai touched his chin and said with a smile, "but that is Miss Liu’s right, and this prince will not interfere."

At that moment, Jiang Shouzhong suddenly remembered the mysterious person in the monkey mask.

At the time, the monkey said that their purpose in cooperating with Wan Yan Wu Hai was to ensure that many people died.

In line with the previous sacrificial history of this secret organization, clearly, this was another major sacrifice.

In the end, the reason these people could cooperate was that they could kill, kill a great many people.

Yang Wufu to help Dong Wuya revive his sister, initiated a massacre.

The monkey and his allies, to uncover the secret of the demon energy’s revival, chose to slaughter for their rituals.

Wan Yan Wu Hai, to win the support of the people of Nanjin Country in the court, turned Qingzhou into a slaughterhouse.

Thinking of this, Jiang Shouzhong could not sit still.

He had no right to be a saint, and he knew he could not save the people of Qingzhou with his abilities, but he still hoped he could pull off a miracle.

Perhaps by sabotaging from within, making these fellows slow down the killing, then wait for the reinforcements from Dazhou to arrive.

Then, perhaps fewer lives would be lost.

With such a major incident occurring in Qingzhou, the court could not ignore it.

Any monarch, even a negligent one, would not watch idly as his territory was lost and rebellion ran rampant.

"Boom—"

Just as Jiang Shouzhong was about to make his move, a deafening boom abruptly tore through the tranquility of the underground palace.

In an instant, the foundation stones of the palace shook as if a dragon was turning over, the buzzing echoing between the stone walls. A violent tremor followed from deep beneath the ground.

This sudden change left everyone present baffled.

"What’s this now?"

Jiang Shouzhong thought it was Wan Yan Wu Hai’s doing.

However, seeing the confused expression on his face, it was clear that even Wan Yan Wu Hai didn’t understand what had happened.

"Could it be a problem at Liu Wuxu’s location, go check!"

Wan Yan Wu Hai shouted at his guards.

Yet, the tremor grew more intense. Rocks fell like rain, scattering down from the dome above.

The entire altar swayed.

Cracks appeared on the ground, spreading out like a spiderweb.

"Your Highness, we must leave, this place is collapsing!"

The guards wore looks of horror.

Watching his carefully repaired formation platform being destroyed again, Wan Yan Wu Hai’s eyes reddened.

He let out a roar, pushed away a guard who was about to say something, and the next moment, cracks started to form in the blood pool, and the stark red blood began to spread and splash out.

He paused for a moment, then hastily called out, "Protect the Demon-Suppressing Bell!"

Before the guards could move forward, a figure had already darted over.

It was Jiang Shouzhong.

What made Wan Yan Wu Hai dumbfounded was, as Jiang Shouzhong passed by the Demon-Suppressing Bell, the bell suddenly vanished.

He rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things.

The ceiling tiles, one after another, broke and collapsed. Amid the roaring noise, dust filled the air.

Several guards were crushed underneath.

Some guards were cut off on the other side, some fled, others rescued.

"Where’s the Demon-Suppressing Bell?"

Wan Yan Wu Hai asked the returning Jiang Shouzhong.

Of course, he didn’t know that the Demon-Suppressing Bell had been taken into Jiang Shouzhong’s storage space within his inner sanctum.