Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor
Chapter 178 - 178 177 Soul Sacrifice

178: Chapter 177: Soul Sacrifice 178: Chapter 177: Soul Sacrifice “So you mean to threaten me?”

Li Chen’s expression remained neutral, devoid of any emotion.

Upon realizing Li Chen had understood his words, Wui Shaotian feigned calmness and chuckled awkwardly, “Mr.

Li has misunderstood, that’s not what I meant.”

Li Chen, with no change in expression, pressed on, “So what do you mean then?

I’m not well-read, so don’t try to fool me!”

Wui Shaotian carefully chose his words before replying, “Mr.

Li, as the saying goes, it’s better to resolve enmities rather than harbor them.

There’s no deep-seated hatred between us.

Why should we go as far as to seek each other’s death over a woman?

If you are willing to let me go, I, Wui Shaotian, swear to the heavens that I will never set foot in Jiangnan again in this lifetime.”

As he spoke, he actually stretched out his finger and made a gesture as if taking an oath to heaven.

Zhao Yuqing knew that the Wu Family had a formidable force in the Miao Territory and, worried that Li Chen would actually kill him and bring about the Wu Family’s frenzied retaliation, hastily stepped forward and whispered a plea, “Why don’t we just let it go?”

Seeing Li Chen wavering, Wui Shaotian quickly added another sentence.

“Mr.

Li, you’re a young Grandmaster, a dragon among men.

Perhaps you are not afraid of retaliation from my Wu Family?

But what about your family, friends, and women?

Are they also not afraid?”

As he spoke, Wui Shaotian’s gaze inadvertently drifted towards Zhao Yuqing.

Obviously, she was included in his threat.

If there was a sliver of chance for Wui Shaotian before, his last threatening words had completely buried it.

Li Chen’s face remained impassive, but his eyes turned cold as ice.

Others might not have noticed it, but Wui Shaotian, standing so close, felt it keenly.

“If that’s the case, then I’ll reluctantly erase your entire Wu Family from the map of the Miao Territory!”

Having said that, a ball of orange flames suddenly condensed in Li Chen’s palm.

“Boom!”

The flames roared to life, and a piercing scream echoed to the skies.

However, the owner of the scream was not Wui Shaotian, but an elder of the Wu Family who was already at death’s door.

It turned out that the moment Li Chen harbored the intent to kill, Wui Shaotian had prepared himself and promptly used a Miao Territory Secret Technique: substitution.

This was how he had narrowly escaped death.

“Your movement technique isn’t bad, but it’s still not enough!”

After speaking, Li Chen shot three sword shadows with his fingers, forcing Wui Shaotian out of his hiding spot in the dense forest.

Wui Shaotian, realizing he had been discovered, clenched his teeth so hard that they almost shattered, blood flowing freely.

“Li Chen, you’re forcing me into this!”

After shouting these hysterical words, he brought his hands together and murmured a chant.

“Great Witch God, I am willing to sacrifice both my soul and body to you.

To become your most devoted servant, never to betray you, please grant me strength!”

With Wui Shaotian’s chanting, what was a sunny day turned into a storm in an instant.

Dark clouds surged, obscuring the sky.

Wui Shaotian’s body also swelled, expanding to several times its original size, surrounded by an immense killing intent.

His eyes turned blood red, shimmering with a sinister chill, resembling a Demon God crawling out of hell.

Witnessing this unbelievable scene, everyone stood agape in shock.

Even the usually unflappable Li Chen couldn’t help but change his expression.

A sacrifice is the most straightforward and brute force method to gain Divine Skills dating back to the era of ancient totems.

However, the price is also tremendous.

Previously, Tie Wudi could make a sacrifice by burning ten years of his lifespan for one instance.

Aside from losing ten years of life, there wasn’t much other impact from a single sacrifice.

Yet now, Wui Shaotian was offering his entire soul as a sacrifice.

In other words, he could only sacrifice once, and after the sacrifice ritual, he would become a soulless shell of a person.

Besides being able to move, there would be no difference from a dead man.

“Stand back!”

Li Chen pushed Zhao Yuqing away and rapidly performed a Sealing Technique with his hands, forming a “卍” Buddha Light, and directly confronted the threat.

Empowered by the Divine Skill of the Totem Witch God, Wui Shaotian now possessed at least the strength of the Middle Innate.

His overwhelming aura even seemed to vaguely surpass Li Chen.

Therefore, Li Chen had to be cautious and dare not underestimate his opponent any longer.

In reality, relying on his speed, he could have used a clever movement technique to drag out the fight until Wui Shaotian exhausted himself to death.

After all, this Divine Skill obtained through sacrifice was not an inherent power and had a time limit.

But if he chose to do so, others might become collateral victims, slaughtered by the ferocious and fierce Wui Shaotian.

“Night Parade of Hundred Demons!”

Wui Shaotian opened with his strongest move, instantly turning the surrounding hundreds of meters into a land of Evil Spirits.

Countless wailing ghosts, like wolves smelling blood, swarmed towards Li Chen with gnashing teeth.

Seeing this, Li Chen immediately conjured two balls of flames in his palms.

The flames soared, burning fiercely, and formed two three-meter-high columns of fire, turning the entire world golden.

The wailing ghosts, each time they swooped in, let out miserable cries and were burned to oblivion.

“I really want to see how long your flames can last?”

Wui Shaotian looked crazed as he summoned countless vengeful spirits and fierce ghosts, forcing them to become cannon fodder, falling one after the other.

Li Chen realized that such passive defense was not a solution.

Suddenly, he remembered the Soul-devouring Pearl of the Earth Guardian and casually threw it out.

The Soul-devouring Pearl spun like a blood-red mini sun, rapidly rotating and forming a Death Vortex.

The surrounding vengeful spirits and fierce ghosts, upon seeing the Soul-devouring Pearl, fled as if mice seeing a cat.

In the blink of an eye, what was once like a mighty army, the grand Night Parade of Hundred Demons, was now scared and scattered, leaving only a couple of spirits as meek as cats.

“Soul-devouring Pearl?”

Wui Shaotian recognized the object in Li Chen’s hand, his eyes nearly splitting with disbelief, and he let out a startled cry.

This was the treasured symbol of the Yin Ghost Sect, a leading power in the Miao Territory, capable of devouring Yin Spirit Ghost Souls to enhance one’s own strength.

Li Chen collected the Soul-devouring Pearl and said with a cold smile, “Not bad, at least you’ve got some insight!”

Wui Shaotian, with split eyes, asked impatiently, “How did you end up with the treasured symbol of the Yin Ghost Sect?”

Li Chen toyed with the Soul-devouring Pearl and said leisurely, “I took it from the hand of the Earth Guardian of the Yin Ghost Sect, of course.

What, do you have an objection?”

Wui Shaotian asked another question, “Where is the Earth Guardian?”

Li Chen looked at Wui Shaotian as if he was an idiot and said, “Of course I slaughtered him.

He was just a withered old man, not some pretty young girl.

What, should I have saved him for New Year’s?”

“Pfft!”

Wui Shaotian nearly spat blood.

That was one of the Five Guardians of the Yin Ghost Sect, a powerful figure in the southwest.

How could Li Chen talk of slaughtering him as if he was nothing, like killing a pig or a dog?

“What, you miss him?

Wow, I didn’t expect you to have such a heavy taste.

It’s just a decrepit old man, and yet you could bring yourself to do it.”

“But, I am a person who likes to do good deeds.

Since you miss him, I’ll send you down to meet him!”

Before the words fell, two golden flames merged into one, becoming like a wildly dancing Fire Dragon, sweeping towards Wui Shaotian.

Wui Shaotian was so frightened that his liver quivered, and he instinctively retreated, surrounding himself with a black defensive layer, hoping to withstand Li Chen’s attack.

However, it was utterly useless.

The Fire Dragon, unstoppable, wrapped around Wui Shaotian’s whole body in an instant.

A shrill scream suddenly rang out as his clothing, hair, bones, muscles, and even internal organs were incinerated from the outside in by the flames, burned to ashes, until he turned into a wisp of blue smoke.

When Wui Shaotian’s entire body was burned to nothing, a ghostly figure floated in mid-air.

“Ah, his soul has been burnt out.

Perfect, let’s recycle the waste!”

As he spoke, Li Chen once again tossed out the Soul-devouring Pearl.

The ghostly figure struggled in agony for a moment before being sucked into the pearl.

When Zhao Yikuan and the others witnessed with their own eyes the Young Master of Witch Family, whom they regarded as a god, being burnt to ashes by Li Chen and not even a bit of debris was left, they shivered all over, their hearts pounding with deep-rooted fear that nearly stopped their hearts.

Li Chen clapped his hands, looking at the ruined Yunling, and sighed leisurely, “Oh dear, the green mountains and clear waters have been spoiled.

What a dampener, truly a dampener!”

Zhao Yuqing approached timidly and asked, “Why are you so cruel, burning someone alive?”

Li Chen looked at Zhao Yuqing seriously and said, “If I didn’t burn him to death, including you, everyone here would have died!”

Zhao Yuqing didn’t doubt Li Chen’s words.

Seeing how ferocious and ruthless Wui Shaotian was, indeed, it was possible he might have slaughtered them all.

Seeing Zhao Yuqing conversing with Li Chen, Zhao Yikuan led his wife Pan Lian, his son Zhao Chen, and others to kneel down, prostrating at their feet, begging for forgiveness.

The reputed and powerful Young Master of Witch Family from the Miao Territory, burnt to ashes by Li Chen over a disagreement.

Their offense against Li Chen last night was no less grave than Wui Shaotian’s.

If they could not beg for forgiveness from Li Chen and Yuqing, dying a quick death might become a luxury they couldn’t afford.

“Yuqing, it was all my fault last night, I was blind and fell for the Wu Family’s plot.

Please forgive your father this one time, for the sake of our blood being thicker than water,” pleaded Zhao Yikuan.

“Sister, I was young and ignorant, I said a lot of things I shouldn’t have.

I apologize to you.

Please, don’t let brother-in-law burn me to death, sister, I beg you!”

Zhao Chen was so scared that he wet his pants, kneeling in front of Zhao Yuqing, he kept kowtowing until his forehead bled.

Watching her relatives who used to be arrogant and dismissive now kneeling before her, Zhao Yuqing felt no pleasure of revenge in her heart.

She smiled sadly, without a word, just silently watching them.

If the situation was reversed and Wui Shaotian had won, what fate would await her?

To be burnt alive?

At that time, would any of her relatives, including her biological father, dare to risk offending the Young Master of Witch Family to plead for her?

As Zhao Yikuan saw Zhao Yuqing being moved, knowing that she had a kind heart, he came forward to beg once more; “Yuqing, come home.

From now on, you will be in charge of the entire Zhao Family!”

Zhao Yuqing helped Zhao Yikuan to stand up and said sadly, “Home?

Ha, I no longer have a home.

Father, this might be the last time I call you that.

From now on, our father-daughter relationship is over, you take care of yourself!”

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