Otherworld Merit Upgrade System

Chapter 099 Blood Sacrifice

Chapter 099 Blood sacrifice

It was clear that Qin Zhongshan didn't want to spar with Du Zizhan either. Du Zizhan was a formidable opponent, and he had already mastered his family's Mountain and River Sword Manual to a considerable degree.

"I don't stand a chance against Brother Du," Qin Zhongshan sighed helplessly. "How about we call it quits?"

"Enough with the nonsense." Du Zizhan wasn't in the mood for jokes. "Good and evil cannot coexist. Qin Zhongshan, the battle three years ago ended in a draw. Today, let's settle this right here!"

"Looks like we have no choice but to fight today!" Qin Zhongshan shook his head helplessly: "Alright, I'll play along with Brother Du!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Du Zizhan drew his sword with a "whoosh." Qin Zhongshan's weapon, on the other hand, looked rather strange.

As everyone knows, the martial arts of the Extinction Dao Sect are most famous for the Killing Sword Technique. However, Qin Zhongshan's weapon is not a sword, but a pitch-black gauntlet.

Like gloves, they were slipped onto his hands, gleaming faintly with a cold light.

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"Qin Zhongshan's weapon is called the 'Nine Nether Demon Claw.' Legend has it that he obtained the remains of an ancient demon and forged it. It is a treasure of divine weapon and spiritual artifact level." Looking at Qin Zhongshan's demon claw that gleamed with cold light, Yuan Daotong below the stage said with a solemn expression, "Today, Brother Du is probably going to have a tough battle."

"Qin Zhongshan's ability to enter the top ten of the Wind and Cloud Ranking despite being a heretic is definitely extraordinary." Zhong Lijiang also said, "I heard that his Nine Netherworld Claw can corrode all weapons below the level of spiritual artifacts. I hope Brother Du will be careful."

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While everyone was talking, the two on the stage had already fully entered a fighting state.

"The country is broken, but the mountains and rivers remain; spring has come to the city, but the grass and trees grow deep!" A sense of sorrow permeated the hearts of everyone on and off the stage.

"Brother Du's Mountain and River Sword Manual has indeed improved again!" A cold glint flashed in Qin Zhongshan's eyes: "Ancient benevolent sages? We people of the Nine Netherworlds have never believed in benevolence and morality!"

"Then I, Du, will slay the demon and eliminate the monster today!" Du Zizhan snorted coldly, and with a swift movement, he was about to launch an attack on Qin Zhongshan.

Just then, Qin Zhongshan leaped backward, jumping directly out of the arena.

Du Zizhan was furious and said, "Qin Zhongshan, what are you doing? Are you trying to admit defeat?"

"I originally wanted to play with Brother Du for a bit," Qin Zhongshan chuckled, putting away his Nine Nether Demon Claw. "But it seems there won't be a chance today."

As soon as Qin Zhongshan finished speaking, a beam of blood-red light rose simultaneously from eight directions—east, west, south, north, southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest—around Xijiang County.

The blood-red light had solidified into a tangible form, each ray of light resembling a towering tree that stretched across the heavens and earth.

Qin Zhongshan raised his head, looking at the eight towering streaks of blood-red light, and muttered to himself, "Finally, we succeeded! If it had been any later, I'm afraid I would have really had to fight that Du Zizhan guy!"

As soon as Qin Zhongshan finished speaking, a person descended from the sky and landed beside him, saying respectfully, "Young Master Zhongshan, all preparations are complete. Please send your men to the core of the formation according to the original plan."

"Why did it take so long to finish? It's much later than scheduled." Qin Zhongshan glanced at the man indifferently. "And you don't look well. Did something go wrong?"

The man's face was somewhat pale as he replied, "Originally, I wanted to use the power of Yuan Daotong's activation of the Heavenly Secrets to take the opportunity to extract his life essence from the array and activate the grand array. Unexpectedly, that guy has been slow to act, so I had no choice but to sacrifice ten years of my own lifespan to activate this grand array."

"Yuan Daotong?" Qin Zhongshan glanced at the righteous people. "That guy is really no simple character! But now that things have come to this, even if his ancestor, the ancient magic saint Yuan Tiangang, were to be resurrected, I'm afraid he would be powerless!"

Qin Zhongshan chuckled and instructed the rest of the Eight Evil Paths beside him: "Everyone, proceed according to the original plan! Today, I want these so-called righteous people to come and not return, and to become stepping stones for me to open the gate to the heavens and earth!"

"Yes!" The rest of the evil sect responded, leaping up and disappearing from their original positions, heading towards the eight places where blood-red light surged into the sky.

Those from the righteous path, seeing the eight beams of blood-red light shooting into the sky, realized something was wrong and all looked towards Yuan Daotong: "Brother Yuan, can you tell what happened?"

Yuan Daotong's expression was grave as he looked at the man who had appeared beside Qin Zhongshan: "As expected, it's someone from the Yin-Yang Sect! He's using the Yin-Yang Sect's Seven Oracles of the Cloud Book to interfere with celestial secrets. I can't figure it out for the time being. Whatever their conspiracy, stop them here first, don't let any of them leave!"

After saying this, the righteous people tried to stop those wicked people from leaving.

However, Qin Zhongshan stepped forward and blocked their way, displaying an air of one man guarding the pass against ten thousand.

Du Zizhan shouted, "Qin Zhongshan, what exactly are your schemes and plots?"

"As for conspiracies and schemes, that's hardly the case." Qin Zhongshan chuckled. "I merely wish to use the lives of the people of Xijiang County, and all of you, to help me open the gates of heaven and earth and condense the Dharma form of the Demon Lord!"

"Open the gates of heaven and earth and condense the Dharma body?" Du Zizhan was furious: "The gates of heaven and earth are the cultivator's own understanding of the principles of heaven and earth. How can you understand the great Dao of heaven and earth by using other people's lives? It's just a fool's dream."

"Our paths are different." Qin Zhongshan's expression remained unchanged as he gently shook his head. "Your Du family's benevolence is the Great Way, and so is my slaughter. There are three thousand Great Ways, each one proving the indestructible golden body. Brother Du, the hundred thousand lives in Xijiang County, and your heroic soul, will all become part of my Dharma body. You will all witness the birth of a new Demon Lord together!"

"However, your group of people gathered together is ultimately a hidden danger." Qin Zhongshan clasped his hands together, forming a strange-looking hand seal: "I will send you to various parts of this county to witness my Dharma form materialize with your own eyes!"

As he spoke, an incredibly thick blood mist suddenly appeared on the ground, obscuring the sky and completely covering the entire Xijiang County.

This blood mist was more than ten times denser than ordinary fog, and it contained a strange power. Even experts who had opened their eyes could only see a radius of about ten meters around themselves.

The scene before everyone's eyes shifted, and their surroundings changed. In an instant, they were transported by a strange and powerful force to various corners of Xijiang County, where they were completely dispersed.