Looking at the black-robed man standing in front of everyone, those who were caught working looked desperate.
There is an unknown monster behind them, and there is a Grand Master blocking the way in front of them. In this case, they all seem to die.
"I...we fought that monster!"
Suddenly, someone spoke.
Because compared to a great master, you should have a better chance of winning against a monster with unknown strength.
After hesitating for a moment, a group of people turned around and rushed towards the ruins shrouded in smoke.
The man in black robe did not continue to stop him, but just watched silently.
Not long after a group of people rushed into the smoke, various miserable screams and violent roars soon sounded.
"Monster! Really a monster! Help!"
"Don't kill me, please!"
"Why does such a thing exist?"
"..."
I don't know how much time passed, but the screams gradually stopped, as did the roar.
Gradually, the smoke and dust covering the ruins of the mountain gradually dissipated, and the scene inside was gradually revealed.
The first things that appeared were corpses and body parts.
What's unusual is that each of these corpses are all skin and bones, as if someone had drained them from the inside.
As the field of vision continued to expand, I saw a figure being grabbed by the neck and lifted up by something, and he was still struggling.
The next second, a head popped out and buried itself in the figure's neck.
The figure suddenly froze, and then his body began to collapse.
Finally, the person who was lifted up became the same as the mummy on the ground.
Bang!
After the mummy was thrown out, the figure behind it was revealed.
At first glance, he saw a tall man opposite him, not a monster.
But if you look carefully, you will find that the man's violent eyes are full of scarlet, and he is wearing a set of black armor. A faint hint of gold can be seen through the gap in the armor.
The most distinctive thing is the fangs, which are extremely prominent.
After the man relaxed on the spot for a moment, the violent look in his scarlet eyes gradually faded away.
His eyes suddenly fell on the man in black robe.
After the man in black robe noticed that look, he immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "Congratulations to the king for coming out of seclusion."
"Congratulations?"
Hearing this, the man suddenly raised his hand.
The next second, the man in black robe was directly grabbed by the man's neck under the terrifying suction force.
Then a cold hoarse voice sounded, "You still want to congratulate me even though I failed?"
"fail?"
The face of the man in black robe changed, "Impossible, how could it fail? I obviously came according to your instructions, Your Majesty."
The man's scarlet eyes looked directly at the man in black robe.
After a moment, he let go.
The man in black robe immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, this slave has really always done what you ordered."
The man said coldly, "I know I don't blame you, otherwise you might be alive now."
The man in black robe felt relieved and quickly asked, "Your Majesty, what's the reason for that?"
Hearing this, the man quickly went through the process in his mind and finally locked on a target.
Then he said coldly, "It's all the fault of the new governor of Southern Xinjiang. If it weren't for him, everything would go according to plan."
"It is because the golden heart in the Golden Armor Gu King's body is missing that the body can complete its final transformation, which is why the current failure has occurred."
Thinking of this, the man just wanted to say that everything happened so unexpectedly.
It was clear that he only needed to give him another half a year, but when he arrived, something went wrong in the most critical part.
Thinking of this, an uncontrollable and violent aura once again arose in the man.
And as this violent aura overflowed, thunder rumbled in the sky.
The originally surging dark clouds rolled even more fiercely.
After hearing the thunder, the man's whole body trembled, and he immediately controlled the violent aura around him.
I saw that after the violent aura subsided, the dark clouds in the sky seemed to have stabilized a little, and the thunder was no longer so loud.
The man in black robe also noticed this abnormality. At the moment of lightning and thunder, he felt an instinctive trembling and fear from the sky.
Subconsciously asked, "Your Majesty, that is..."
The man was silent for a moment and said slowly, "This body was created against nature, so once it is born, it will be punished by God. Only by surviving the punishment can it truly survive in the world."
"What about failure?"
"Destroyed into ashes."
Hearing this, the man in black robe trembled and asked, "My lord, are you sure?"
The man raised his head and looked at the sky and said, "Whether it's a step backward or a step forward in cultivation, I am more than 70% sure to survive the divine punishment."
"But now, there's no hope at all."
These words made the black-robed man stunned and asked, "Why does the king say that?"
The man turned around and said, "His cultivation has regressed, his strength has dropped to that of a Grand Master, and he has received a divine punishment at the level of a Grand Master."
"If I further my cultivation, I will become a heavenly being. With this body, I will become a heavenly being. Even if it is a divine punishment at the level of a heavenly being, I will be able to withstand it with confidence."
"But now the strength of this body is half a step into heaven. Because it has stepped into heaven in one step, it has been classified as a heavenly being. The difference is like the sky and the abyss, so there is no hope at all."
The man in black robe, "..."
After thinking for a while, the man in black robe said, "Your Majesty, is it possible that there is nothing we can do now?"
"Yes, that is to self-destruct one's cultivation and reduce one's cultivation to the level of a Grand Master. If you withdraw from that step, you only need to survive the divine punishment of the Grand Master level."
But the man immediately gritted his teeth and said, "But it is impossible for me to take this step. With the condition of this body, once the cultivation level drops, it will never be able to continue to improve, and all these years of forbearance will be in vain."
"Then how..."
"So, there is only one last resort."
"any solution?"
"Blood sacrifice!"
"Blood sacrifice?"
The man in black robe thought for a moment and understood the meaning.
"Your Majesty, we can recall all the people from the Ten Directions Army."
"not enough!"
The man in black robe was stunned, "Your Majesty, our Ten Directions Army has nearly 80,000 people."
"not enough."
"How many people do you need?"
"Seven days, millions of people!"
Millions of people?
Even the man in black robes who was used to seeing strong winds and waves shrank his pupils when he heard this, with a look of shock on his face.
This is millions of people!
I'm afraid he has never seen more than this number of people after living for so many years.
But now it is necessary to directly sacrifice the blood of millions of people.
"Is there any way?"
Hearing this, the man in black robe quickly came to his senses, hesitated for a moment and nodded, "If it were in the past, it might not be possible to gather a million people in a short time."
"But now, through the development of the new governor, Southern Xinjiang has changed from what it used to be."
"Among them, Tiannan City, the most populous city, and its surrounding areas have a combined population of at least 700,000 people."
"We only need to drive another 300,000 people to Tiannan City to reach a population of one million."
After hearing this, the man was silent for a moment and then said, "Just drive out more than 200,000 people."
The man in black robe was stunned at first, but soon understood the meaning of his king's words.
