Chapter 785: Sacrifice

"Mr. Tu is indeed right, monitoring your own spirit vision array, if you encounter an array law expert, it will become someone else's eyes..." Jin Yixuan's expression was solemn.

He casually searched again and found that most of the spirit vision arrays nearby had been quietly activated.

Wan Mo Yuan was almost equivalent to someone else's territory.

Jin Yixuan was anxious and angry in his heart. Suddenly, he was startled, thinking of something. He immediately instructed a demon cultivator beside him:

"You go chase, and call a few more people to follow me."

That demon cultivator received the order and called a group of demon cultivators. They divided into two groups: one group went to chase the people, and the other followed Jin Yixuan to the front of the array hub secret room.

The array hub secret room was already completely sealed shut.

Jin Yixuan and the crowd of demon cultivators urged their demon power with full effort and forcibly broke open the secret door.

After the dust settled, Jin Yixuan walked into the secret room, looked around, and his expression became even gloomier.

Indeed, the array hub had been tampered with by someone and had completely changed hands.

Jin Yixuan frowned for a moment and coldly laughed, "Don't think that only you can modify array law."

The Yuan Ci Ling Shi Fa Zhen had already been activated, and the array hub was still in front of him. As long as he modified it back, these 'eyes' spread throughout Wan Mo Yuan would become his own again.

Once he regained control of the Yuan Ci Ling Shi Fa Zhen hub, mere mice would have nowhere to hide.

Jin Yixuan stroked the array disk, released his divine sense, and prepared to intervene in the Yuan Ci array hub.

However, the moment his divine sense connected, his expression changed. He immediately realized something was wrong and promptly leaped back and withdrew.

The moment he withdrew, the array hub exploded.

The explosion power was not great and did not cause much harm to Jin Yixuan.

But it was enough to destroy the array disk and most of the central array laws on it.

All the Yuan Ci Ling Shi Fa Zhen were also extinguished.

Jin Yixuan was not injured, but he was covered in dust, looking very embarrassed, and his gaze was inevitably somewhat fierce.

"Good technique. In such a hurry, he can still leave a trap in the array law..."

"Just a mouse, actually toying with me like this..."

He suppressed the anger in his heart, and his expression became ice cold.

"Don't let me catch you."

Jin Yixuan looked at the surrounding array laws again.

The Yuan Ci Ling Shi Duo Zhong Zhen, with the central hub as the core, controlled the spirit vision arrays at the terminals.

The central hub was destroyed, the array law was abolished, and it could no longer be used.

Even if he wanted to repair it, it was fundamentally impossible to repair it well in a short time.

This array law was already useless.

However, geese leave a sound when they pass, and snow leaves traces when it passes.

Cultivators' methods always leave traces, and array masters are the same.

Any array law, as long as it doesn't completely perish, will always leave a series of clues.

Array masters can utilize array laws, but conversely, your array law, even if only remnants, can also be utilized by others.

"Since he used the spirit vision array as his 'eyes,' then his whereabouts will follow the layout of the spirit hub array within the valley, becoming traceable clues..."

And he was no stranger to the layout of Wan Mo Gu.

Jin Yixuan coldly snorted, a trace of fierceness flashing in his eyes, "You all, can't escape..."

At the edge of Wan Mo Yuan, in the process of guiding Mo Hua, the array disk in his hand made a 'zilu' sound, the Yuan Ci dissipated, and the array law lost its spirit.

Mo Hua breathed a sigh of relief.

This Yuan Ci Ling Shi Duo Zhong Zhen was still discovered.

It seemed there was also an experienced array master among the demon cultivators.

If he guessed correctly, this person was probably the leader of the demon cultivators, and also the senior brother of Broken Gold Sect—Jin Yixuan.

It was good that he had left some tricks.

This group of demon cultivators could self-destruct Wan Mo Gu, and he could also self-destruct the Yuan Ci Array.

But such small tricks are ultimately treating the symptoms, not the root cause.

The situation after this was probably not optimistic.

Hiding in the dark, observing everything, Mo Hua looked again at Linghu Xiao, Ouyang Mu, and Song Jian, who were covered head to toe in dirt and blood, mixed in the group of demon cultivators, his mood somewhat complex.

"Whatever, take it one step at a time."

"If it really doesn't work, I'll just have to find another way..."

The following journey was indeed much more difficult.

Quite a few search guards were added along the way. Every demon cultivator they passed would lift their black robe and look at their face.

There were even patrolling 'managers'.

Some fork roads' mechanisms and small doors were also all closed.

Occasionally, there were also snarling dogs, led by demon cultivators with ropes, sniffing around on the ground, smelling for human scent.

After walking carefully for a while, finally, on a stone bridge on the outer edge of Wan Mo Yuan, Linghu Xiao and the three were blocked.

Just at this time, the Tai Xu Ling in Mo Hua's hand shook. He lowered his head and saw that there was a transmission message from Elder Xun:

"I've already killed into the valley. Where are you all?"

Mo Hua raised his head. Across the stone bridge stood a tall, pale-faced, manager with a fierce gaze like a tiger and wolf.

Exactly Broken Gold Sect's Jin Gui.

This place was probably still less than half an hour's journey from the gate.

Only, Jin Gui was like a 'fierce tiger', blocking the road.

Looking at his appearance, he clearly did not intend to let them go easily.

Jin Gui looked at Linghu Xiao and the three and smiled coldly, "Finally, I found you..."

Things had come to this, their tracks exposed, Linghu Xiao and the three no longer needed to cover up.

Song Jian stepped forward and said:

"Jin Gui, you and I are both Broken Gold Sect disciples after all, why must you drive us to extinction?"

Jin Gui couldn't help but sneer, "Young Master Song, things have come to this, and you are still so naive, it's unavoidable that people will laugh..."

"Even if we are both Broken Gold Sect disciples, so what?"

"In this world, father and son can turn against each other, flesh and blood will harm each other, mere fellow disciples, what does that count?"

Born into an aristocratic family, having grown up under the protection of his parents since childhood, Song Jian again brought up his parents, "If you dare to lay a hand on me, my parents won't let you off!"

Jin Gui's gaze even showed some pity, "You've been caught in this Wan Mo Gu for some time now. Guess why your parents haven't made any move?"

"Guess what they're doing?"

Song Jian was stunned by the question, feeling a little dazed for a moment.

He had been locked in the valley, what his parents were doing, how would he know.

Jin Gui smiled with a face full of sarcasm, mocking:

"What else can they do? They are weighing the pros and cons! Weighing whether or not to save you, this son."

"If the cost is too great, they'd rather you die, once and for all, saving them trouble!"

Song Jian's face turned pale, and he angrily said: "You're talking nonsense, they are my parents, how could they possibly not care about my life and death?"

Jin Gui shook his head, his tone ice cold, "It seems you know nothing about the rules of aristocratic families."

"Cultivators multiply into families, families are maintained by bloodline, but kinship is the coldest and thinnest."

"What most cultivators in a family value most is interests!"

"If interests conflict, even the same clan, the same bloodline, even the same parents, will still hope you die."

"Your parents don't have only you as a son. If you die, they will do no more than shed a few tears. After some time, they might even forget you."

Song Jian anxiously said: "You're talking nonsense!"

Jin Gui coldly laughed.

Linghu Xiao's gaze turned cold, and he said to Song Jian: "Don't waste words with him, he's delaying time."

"Delaying time?" Jin Gui's expression was arrogant, "To deal with you all, I need to delay time?"

"Yes, I come from a humble background, my aptitude is not good, I can't compare to you direct disciples."

Jin Gui's tone changed, his gaze resentful, "But I am completely different now, reborn! Today I will show you all what is called a true king among demons..."

Jin Gui's voice became increasingly rough. By the end, it was no longer a human voice but emitted a roar like a fierce tiger.

His body, with strong and vigorous demon patterns flashing, also gradually enlarged, grew yellow-brown fur, and transformed into a fierce tiger's claws and fangs.

Jin Gui's momentum, for a time, was truly like a powerful tiger demon, making people fearful.

Linghu Xiao and the three's expressions changed, and they successively drew their swords.

"Take action!"

By this point, the three of them had already developed some tacit understanding in fighting enemies together.

Song Jian used Broken Gold Sword Art, blocking the demonized Jin Gui in close combat. Ouyang Mu's Tai A Sword Method was not very proficient, so he only assisted from the side.

Meanwhile, Linghu Xiao began to accumulate power and condense the sharp Chong Xu Sword Qi.

But Jin Gui was already demonized, bearing Si Xiang Xuan Hu demon patterns, his strength greatly increased, and in just a few rounds of close combat, he suppressed Song Jian.

Then, with another backhand, he shook back Ouyang Mu.

Both Song Jian and Ouyang Mu spat out blood from their mouths.

Just at this time, a bright, moon-like, killing intent stern Chong Xu Sword Qi directly hit Jin Gui's body.

The sword qi tore open Jin Gui's black robe, exposing the demon patterns on his back, and also cut out a deep wound, revealing black-red flesh.

But in an instant, his wound was constantly healing.

Linghu Xiao bit his teeth, feeling somewhat helpless.

The cultivation gap was too obvious.

Moreover, along the way, he had already consumed quite a bit of spiritual power. At this time, condensing sword qi was already very strenuous.

Mo Hua's expression was also startled.

This Jin Gui, is he painted with rare "tiger class" demon patterns?

Mo Hua had basically not seen such demon patterns on other demon cultivators.

And the tiger is the king of all beasts. The amplification power of these tiger patterns was clearly one level stronger compared to the Si Xiang patterns of other demon beasts.

The current Jin Gui was simply like two different people compared to before.

On the field, Linghu Xiao and the three, without surprise, fell into a bitter battle.

Song Jian and Ouyang Mu in close combat were fundamentally not opponents of Jin Gui with "tiger patterns".

As for Linghu Xiao, once he was in close combat, he had no opportunity to accumulate sword qi, and the threat to the demonized, thick-skinned Jin Gui was also fundamentally not great.

Jin Gui easily fought one against three.

Mo Hua silently reached into his storage bag and took out a Broken Gold Sword, thinking of trying to kill Jin Gui and also copying the Si Xiang Tiger class demon patterns on his body.

But he only thought about it and then silently put the sword back.

People were coming.

Leading the way was exactly the black-clothed leader of Wan Mo Gu, and also the senior brother of Broken Gold Sect—Jin Yixuan.

Besides, there were several managers and seven or eight demon cultivators.

Mo Hua deeply sighed.

"This time, it's really impossible..."

Even adding himself, they were still no match for this group of demon cultivators.

Sword flight could at most kill one or two, but it would also expose his own tracks.

Moreover, the demonized Jin Gui was too strong.

Mo Hua estimated that even if he used sword flight, he might not necessarily be able to kill him in one strike.

Not to mention, there were several other managers, as well as the obviously more powerful leader of Wan Mo Gu, with Mr. Tu's remnant soul attached—Jin Yixuan.

Even if he could kill, it actually wouldn't help either.

With so many demon cultivators surrounding them, the three little wooden heads definitely couldn't escape...

And at this moment, Jin Gui saw the people coming and no longer held back, wanting a quick victory.

After only about ten rounds, Song Jian and Ouyang Mu were hit by Jin Gui's palm and spat out blood.

Linghu Xiao was also hit by Jin Gui's fist on his spiritual sword, his qi and blood surging, unable to fight anymore.

The three remembered Mo Hua's words:

"If blocked by someone, absolutely do not act recklessly, do not think about things like rather die than submit, fight to the death, honestly surrender..."

Therefore, they did not act tough and strangely tied their hands and were captured.

Linghu Xiao's heart was unwilling, but he was indeed helpless.

Jin Yixuan led a crowd of demon cultivators and walked to the front. He first praised Jin Gui: "Well done."

Jin Gui's expression showed joy.

Jin Yixuan turned his head again, his gaze scanning over Linghu Xiao and the three, and frowned: "There are others?"

Where did that damn "mouse" go?

Linghu Xiao and Ouyang Mu naturally wouldn't talk about Mo Hua.

Song Jian was also not stupid and naturally wouldn't leak anything.

The three only laughed coldly to themselves and did not say a word.

Anger rose in Jin Yixuan's heart, his eyelids twitched, and he questioned: "Who in the dark is helping you all?"

Linghu Xiao coldly laughed, "Just Wan Mo Yuan, I, one person and one sword, advance and retreat freely, where would I still need people to help?"

Jin Yixuan knew he was bragging to fool him and didn't pay attention, but his face was still ugly.

Jin Gui had long found Linghu Xiao displeasing to the eye, so he said: "How about, first cripple his hands and let him suffer a bit?"

Jin Yixuan's gaze was cold and cruel. He thought for a moment and still shook his head:

"Keep these few people, Young Master still has use for them..."

He looked around again, his divine sense sweeping over and over several times, still not discovering any traces, his brows tightly furrowed.

Hiding quite deep...

At this critical moment, still not revealing the slightest flaw?

Jin Yixuan coldly snorted, secretly cursing in his heart:

"Not bad for a mouse, sneaky."

Afterwards, he looked around again, his heart unwilling, but still said: "Whatever, report to Young Master first, other matters later."

"Yes, Leader."

Other demon cultivators cupped their hands and said, then took out chains, locked Linghu Xiao and the three, and walked towards the depths of Wan Mo Yuan.

All of this, Mo Hua saw with his own eyes.

"Indeed, still can't escape..."

Mo Hua frowned. He originally thought of following along, but then had a sudden realization that following along seemed useless as well.

There were too many demon cultivators on the opposite side, and most were at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, or even peak demon cultivators.

There was also a mysterious "Young Master".

He couldn't win now, and he couldn't win by following either.

Moreover, listening to Jin Yixuan's words just now, they seemed to have already discovered that someone was helping the three little wooden heads in the dark.

Since that was the case, the vigilance of this group of demon cultivators was necessarily extremely high now.

If he followed, he would be in danger if he wasn't careful and was discovered by them.

Mo Hua thought it over and felt that he still needed to find "helpers".

The depths of Wan Mo Gu, the dangers were unknown, not something that could be solved by one person.

He thought, then transmitted a message to Xun Zichou:

"Elder Xun, where are you all now?"

"Linghu and the three have been caught back again, I can't do anything, I need your help."

In less than a moment, Xun Zichou's message was transmitted through the Tai Xu Ling:

"We entered the gate, passed through the main road, and are currently fighting our way in, now in... front of a Lang Ya Gu."

Lang Ya Gu?

Mo Hua recalled the terrain within Wan Mo Gu a bit, then said: "Then you all don't run around randomly, I'll go pick you up."

The terrain inside Wan Mo Gu was complex, and the roads were intricate. He was afraid that Elder Xun and the others would take the wrong path and get separated from him.

Xun Zichou said: "Good!"

Thus, Elder Xun and the other elders stayed in the original place and chopped and killed demon cultivators.

Mo Hua then hid himself and hurried towards Lang Ya Gu.

In less than half an hour, Mo Hua arrived at Lang Ya Gu and saw Elder Xun and the other elders sword fighting and killing demons from afar.

They were all Golden Core cultivation, often only needing to condense one sword qi to chop and kill one Foundation Establishment demon cultivator.

The surrounding demon cultivators were even so scared that they almost dared not approach.

Seeing Elder Xun and the others so strong, Mo Hua finally relaxed a bit.

And the moment Mo Hua appeared, Xun Zichou and the others also discovered Mo Hua.

They turned into streaks of light and, in just a few moments, welcomed him.

"Mo Hua, Xiao'er he..."

Leading the way was an elder wearing a Chong Xu Sect daoist robe.

Mo Hua guessed that this elder was probably the Elder Shangguan whom Elder Xun had mentioned to him, the one who secretly protected Linghu Xiao.

Mo Hua said concisely: "Things are urgent, Linghu has been caught, let's talk as we go."

Xun Zichou and the other elders all nodded.

The main forces of the two sects were still fighting their way into the valley, so there weren't many people at the moment.

But having Golden Core cultivators was enough.

Xun Zichou, Xun Zixian, and Shangguan Xuanshi, three Golden Core elders, were guided by Mo Hua and led the charge, killing their way into Wan Mo Gu.

The escape methods of the three Golden Core elders were very fast, and Mo Hua fundamentally couldn't keep up.

The slender Xun Zichou then held Mo Hua's sleeve and brought him along using his escape method.

With three Golden Core "protectors," Mo Hua also relaxed quite a bit.

A group of people went along like a broken bamboo.

Encountering obstacles, they broke them with one sword; encountering demon cultivators, they killed them with one sword, not dragging their feet at all, their speed extremely fast.

Soon, everyone arrived at the stone bridge where Linghu Xiao and the three had been caught.

Mo Hua slightly sensed some remaining blood qi and causal clues, pointed his hand to the right, "This way."

Xun Zichou and the three, without the slightest hesitation, turned into three streaks of light and continued to chase along the direction Mo Hua pointed.

After that, all the way, they were guided by Mo Hua.

Occasionally, Mo Hua would also hesitate, but after a moment of thought, he could point out the correct direction.

The hearts of the three Golden Core elders were all somewhat surprised.

But the situation was urgent at the moment, not suitable for asking more questions.

Moreover, after experiencing this series of events, they vaguely had an unconditional, matter-of-course trust in Mo Hua.

Of course, in this situation, they had no choice but to believe.

But the route was correct, and time was still passing bit by bit.

As they chased deeper, the terrain became more complex, and more time was wasted.

The surroundings were a mess, all collapsed stone walls, rampant demon beasts, and various dead demon cultivators.

But there was no sign of Linghu Xiao and the three.

Xun Zichou and the three had solemn expressions.

Meanwhile, Mo Hua's heart also vaguely had a bad premonition.

Finally, an hour later, when he brought Elder Xun and the three through the Lian Yao Hu, the pill refining room, and the array law stone hall, chasing to the final destination, this uneasy premonition became even stronger.

The final location was a magnificent mural.

Above the mural, mountains and valleys towered, rivers and rocks were dangerous, ferocious demons danced wildly, it was exactly that... Lian Yao Tu!

At this time, outside the Lian Yao Tu, there were quite a few demon cultivators guarding it.

And near the Lian Yao Tu, three coffins were placed.

The coffins were black, engraved with demon patterns, cold and strange.

In front of each coffin, yin green candles were lit, and various blood meat, white bones, and evil fruits were placed as offerings.

In the center of the Lian Yao Tu, there was also a witch-like manager, trembling all over, muttering something.

It seemed to be holding some "ceremony."

Mo Hua saw at a glance, "They are offering sacrifices!"

And at the same time, this group of demon cultivators also saw Mo Hua, especially Xun Zichou and the others wearing sect daoist robes, immediately greatly shocked, and said incredulously:

"Golden Core?!"

Xun Zichou's expression turned cold and decisive, "Kill!"

Then he and Shangguan Xuanshi, with stern sword intent, either controlled sword tools or condensed sword qi, chopping and killing the surrounding demon cultivators one by one.

In front of the powerful late-stage Golden Core sword cultivators, this group of demon cultivators had no power to resist.

Meanwhile, that witch demon cultivator seemed to still want to overturn the altar and destroy the ceremony, but was suppressed by Elder Xun Zixian with a backhand.

A spiritual rope engraved with array laws tied her firmly.

The witch was unable to move.

Xun Zixian coldly questioned: "What is this offering sacrifice ceremony? How to reverse it? How to retrieve the 'sacrificial offerings'?"

The witch, with a mouth full of black teeth, grinned a smile, then evil light flashed in her eyes, and immediately her seven orifices burst, her Sea of Consciousness collapsed, and she died.

Xun Zixian wanted to stop it but had no way, his face sinking like frost for a moment.

At this time, the nearby demon cultivators were already dead on the ground.

The outer demon cultivators, not knowing the situation inside, were chopped and killed by the sword qi.

This witch manager holding the offering sacrifice ceremony clearly knew something, but she destroyed her Sea of Consciousness with an evil thought and self-exploded and died.

Nearby was empty, only the three coffins in the middle.

Not only Mo Hua, but even Xun Zichou and the three all had guesses in their hearts.

A moment later, Xun Zichou sighed: "Open the coffins and see..."

Xun Zixian hesitated for a moment, then broke the array laws on the coffins and successively opened the coffins.

Inside the coffins lay three youths.

Exactly Linghu Xiao, Ouyang Mu, and Song Jian.

At this time, the three of them had pale faces, without a trace of blood color, their breaths extinguished, like dead people whose 'divine souls' had been drawn away.

Shangguan Xuanshi's body trembled, his face was pale, and his eyes revealed despair.

Xun Zichou and Xun Zixian were silent, not knowing how to comfort them.

The atmosphere was somewhat dead silent for a moment.

Just at this time, they heard Mo Hua beside them lightly breathe a sigh of relief and say:

"Still good..."

Xun Zichou and Xun Zixian were startled.

Shangguan Xuanshi also suddenly raised his head, like grasping a life-saving straw, hope appearing on his face, looking at Mo Hua.

"Mo..."

His voice was somewhat hoarse.

Mo Hua nodded: "The divine souls have been offered as sacrifice, but it's still good, it's only been a short time since they were sacrificed, they should still be able to be saved back..."

Such matters, he was still relatively familiar with.

Xun Zichou and the three heard this, their expressions all somewhat astonished.

They were proper cultivators and did not know much about the knowledge of the divine path.

Xun Zixian did know a bit, but it was fundamentally not considered proficient.

"This... how to save?"

Mo Hua raised his head, looked at the solemn and magnificent Lian Yao Tu, which seemed to have countless demons roaring, and said casually:

"I'll just go in!"

His eyes were slightly bright, faintly showing excitement.

He was originally almost about to leave the valley...

As a result, this group of demon cultivators, coincidentally, had "led the wolf into the house" and brought him here again.

If he didn't enter this Lian Yao Tu and take a look, wouldn't it be... a pity for their painstaking efforts of "leading the wolf into the house"?

(End of this chapter)