Chapter 66: Day of Disaster

  Hum!! As the sun sets in the west, the world returns to twilight, a very faint sound echoes between heaven and earth, the strong men in each ruined city are alerted one after another, with astonished and slightly solemn eyes gazing at the sky.

  Hummm!! After a long silence, the strange sound rises again, like ripples in space spreading throughout the desolate city cemetery, sweeping over all the ruins and living beings.

  Whoosh! Silhouettes rose into the air, standing still in mid-air, searching intently. Various massive demonic beasts soared into the sky, carrying their masters as they circled high above, seeking the source of the alarming sound from earlier.

  The strange behavior of the various Wu Wang-level powerhouses has attracted the attention of mercenaries and powerhouses everywhere, who are looking up at the sky with reverent eyes, watching those figures walking in mid-air, and discussing them in an uproar.

  Hum! The third echo reverberated eerily through the ruins.

  "I feel a bit... unwell..." Elinda suddenly felt her head spinning, and even the spiritual energy inside her body showed signs of disorder.

  "Is it because of the sound just now?"

  Du Yang looked at Tang Yan and Ailin with unsightly expressions, then gazed into the air where a series of powerful warriors were appearing: "What sound? I didn't hear anything."

  Hum! The sound rose again, this time clear and strong, the spatial ripples swept across the entire desolate city cemetery, where more than 10,000 warriors felt uncomfortable to varying degrees, some dizzy and disoriented, others with irregular heartbeats.

  "I have a bad premonition!" Tang Yan's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and he once again felt the same tense emotion as when he was in the mystical forest, this time more intense than ever before.

  Hum! Hum hum hum! The sound rises again, continuous and unrelenting, growing more urgent by the second, like a mighty drum from an ancient battlefield pounding fiercely, summoning something, urging something on.

  "Go! Let's hurry, go, go!" The sense of unease in Tang Yan's heart grew stronger and stronger. No longer hesitating, he pulled the dazed Ailinda and Du Yang to make a run for the outer perimeter. Many vigilant mercenaries also felt that something was off and retreated to a distance.

  This feeling is too weird, they wisely chose to retreat before investigating clearly.

  Rumble rumble!!

  The muffled drumbeat grew stronger, the ground suddenly transmitted a violent tremor, and the already dilapidated buildings collapsed with a loud crash, stirring up thick dust. The collapse was endless, quickly spreading throughout the desolate city cemetery, and the already rundown cemetery was submerged in the thick dust.

  A moment later, a brilliant light column suddenly burst out at the eastern edge of the cemetery, shooting into the sky in an instant, with dark clouds rolling and lightning flashing. The sky quickly turned dark, and the tremors on the ground became even more intense.

  Boom! Boom boom boom! Different directions burst out of different light columns, some as black as ink, some as crimson as blood, and some as dazzling as rainbows. A total of seven light columns, with a huge flash, seemed to have communicated between heaven and earth, and the energy of the entire area suddenly went into chaos.

  At this moment, heaven and earth change color!

  At this moment, all living beings tremble!

  In the midst of an earthquake-like violent tremor, seven beams of light suddenly burst forth and scattered, like explosive waves sweeping across the entire city. Immediately after, the earth shook violently, the ground cracked open, and massive stone statues rose up with a loud roar, towering over 100 meters high, resembling giant mountains that had suddenly risen from the ground. Each statue was a ferocious beast, emitting an aura of ancient brutality and bloodlust.

  "This is... the Seven Calamitous Prison Spirits? How can this be!!" A terrified scream suddenly echoed through the air, a stunned Wu Wang recognized something and frantically fled outward, but before he could escape the desolate city's boundaries, his body suddenly burst open without warning, transforming into dense, crimson blood that drifted in mid-air.

  A series of terrified gasps echoed through the desolate city's graveyard, and everyone who witnessed this scene inhaled sharply. The fact that he could tread on air indicated that it was indeed the Martial King... but... but it ended like this...

  Everyone who wanted to escape was frozen in place, staring at the seven huge ferocious beast statues in shock and uncertainty. They felt a bleak atmosphere, with even more frightening sternness and danger.

  "What 'Akagami' stole were those things?"

  "This is an array, named Seven Killings Imprisoning Spirit, which can trap and kill all living beings within the range of its coverage. The stronger the ominous aura contained in the seven statues, the more terrifying the power of the array."

  "No! Look at these statues, they are covered in ancient runes."

  "Is that a seal?"

  "What is sealed inside their bodies?"

  "I felt a chill run down my spine with murderous intent."

  Nine top-level powerhouses stood in mid-air, concentrating their minds to observe and emitting an astonishing aura of dominance. They stubbornly resisted the oppression of the seven ferocious images. The various martial kings began to harbor thoughts of retreat, some gathering together while others quickly returned to their respective camps.

  Qī Xiōng Qiú Líng? The vast majority of people had never heard of this strange name, but at this moment, they felt fear in their hearts. It was clear that this search and capture operation might exceed their expectations.

  Tang Yan carried the ancient war sword and fled through the ruined streets, searching for a suitable hiding place. The mercenaries' emotions began to become abnormal, the terrifying aura emitted by the seven ferocious beast statues made them breathless, and the intense killing intent that was as thick as substance made them feel terrified.

  Gazing up at the turbulent sky with dark clouds, and looking around at the mountain-like statues, a sense of terror began to grow in everyone's heart. Even the faces of the Wu Wangs looked particularly unsightly, and they started to regret getting involved in this event.

  "Here! Here!!" Tang Yan suddenly shouted in a low voice, and rushed into the ruins next to him. Du Yang and Ailin followed closely behind. This used to be an arrow tower, although it had collapsed, but because the main body was all stone, when it collapsed, it formed a relatively stable space. They had spent the night here some time ago.

  "What the hell happened? What are those damn things?"

  "Is this kind of thing still buried underground in the ancient city tomb?"

  "Impossible!! They shouldn't be in the Deserted City Mausoleum!"

  "Could it be... this is what Akagami stole? Something so big?"

  "Look! They're still expanding!"

  Three people gazed through the gap at the ferocious and terrifying beast statue, their eyes flashing with shock. These seven huge statues stood in the seven directions of the desolate city's graveyard, imprisoning this world.

  ROAR!!! Seven eerie howls echoed through the heavens, as if emitted from the depths of the earth and also burst forth from these statues, carrying a terrifying aura that shook the heart. In an instant, the seven gigantic stone statues in all directions began to shake violently, with ancient runes on their bodies emitting dazzling light, like columns of light shooting out, resplendent yet fearsome.

  "Are those talismans being activated?" someone shouted in alarm mid-air.

  Buzzing!!! Columns of light shot out, and the desolate voice echoed. As the ancient incantation was activated one after another, cracks began to appear on the massive stone statue's body, and huge rocks fell off piece by piece.

  A chill and eerie killing aura burst forth from the seven statues, echoing through various areas of the desolate city's graveyard.

  "Ah!!" A mercenary suddenly had his eyes turn bright red, his face twisted in a fierce screech, and fell into madness, swinging his knife to slash at the comrades around him. The comrades dodged too late, were cut in two, and sprayed out bright red blood.

  It was as if a chain reaction had occurred, with one mercenary after another falling into madness, scenes of slaughter appearing everywhere, and people's eyes turning crimson, as if their consciousness had been consumed by murderous thoughts.

  The recently calmed ruins of the desolate city fell into chaos once again, and this time it was even more intense than before. A large number of people with weak minds lost their sanity and became killing machines, indiscriminately slaughtering anyone in their path, regardless of friend or foe, old or young.

  The desolate castle cemetery was soon filled with brutal slaughter, blood staining the ground and seeping into the ancient walls. The mournful wails echoed through the heavens, as if they had fallen into a purgatory on earth.

  Tang Yan's breathing was also somewhat urgent, and the uncontrollable flash of murderous thoughts in the depths of his consciousness, as the "resentment" that had accumulated in his body due to excessive refinement of the Spiritual Origin Liquid was stirred up. Du Yang and Ailin's situation was getting worse and worse.

  "Tang Yan, I can't hold on much longer!" Eriol exclaimed, her breathing rapid and her eyes reddening as the surging spiritual energy around her transformed into icy cold blades, coalescing into ice butterflies that emitted a terrifying aura.

  "Don't worry, it will be over soon!" Tang Yan hesitated for a moment, then a heavy hand chop landed on Elynda's neck, Elynda's slender body trembled and went limp.

  Du Yang's consciousness was somewhat confused, and he persisted bitterly while forcing a wry smile: "Gently."

  Bang!! Tang Yan's fierce blow sent Du Yang into a coma. He quickly sat down cross-legged, using the "Life-Death Heavenly Technique" to stimulate his Qi Sea and release the "Life-Mist Aura", striving to eliminate these invading murderous thoughts.

  The little black dog curled up tightly in Tang Yan's body, greedily absorbing the scattered life mist on his body to resist this sudden killing intent.

  However... at this moment, the ancient war knife inserted in front of Tang Yan began to shake violently, as if it had produced resonance, and seemed to be responding to something.