novelraw Chapter 716 casts Destructive Forbidden Technique
Chapter 716 casts Destructive Forbidden Technique
Noticing the flickering strange light in their eyes, Mu Hanyan gave a faint smile.Actually, to be most prudent, she should have wiped out these people completely, even slaughtering her own kinsmen down to the roots. However, thinking of the innocent elderly, women, and children, Mu Hanyan’s heart could not bear it.
Perhaps, severing their paths completely, her schemes and tactics were a bit cruel, but at least, their families would not be implicated.
Amid screams of agony, the sons of the Zhao Family fell to the ground one after another.
The Zhao Family’s old butler felt as if his heart was being cut to pieces. Distracted for just a moment, he was struck in the chest by Mu Hanfeng’s sword and was sent flying like a kite with its string cut.
"Uncle Fu!" Zhao Yuanji caught the old butler in his arms, his eyes already overflowing with old tears.
"Family Head, I cannot fulfill your entrustment; I’m leaving first." The old butler said these words, then his head tilted, and he died in Zhao Yuanji’s arms.
"Uncle Fu..." Zhao Yuanji cried out in grief, abruptly standing up, then turned his bloodshot eyes towards Mu Rui’an and the others.
"Zhao Yuanji, you should take your own life. In consideration of your Zhao ancestors, I will arrange a generous burial, leaving the last bit of dignity for your Zhao Family," Mu Rui’an said with a sigh.
"Heh, if I were to take my own life, would you spare the orphaned descendants of my Zhao Family? Would you give my Zhao lineage a chance to rise again?" Zhao Yuanji said with a tragic smile.
Mu Rui’an shook his head. If the Zhao Family were not removed, they would certainly become a major threat; he could not let the events of today be repeated on the descendants of the Mu Family.
It’s not that every generation of the Mu Family would produce a Mu Hanyan. This time, it was because of her that the Mu lineage in Heishi City were able to turn danger into safety. But what about future generations? Who could they rely on?
Perhaps, he wouldn’t exterminate the entire Zhao Family, leaving a few infants who were still ignorant to be raised by others, but he would never allow them to retain the Zhao Family name, nor would he let them know their true origins.
For a family that valued bloodline and surname inheritance, what difference does it make from being eradicated? Thus, he was too reluctant to even say it. Moreover, had the Zhao Family been victorious, the fate of the Mu Family would probably have been the extermination of every man, woman, and child, not to mention those who were infants.
"Either way, it’s the extermination of a lineage, what use is that so-called dignity, anyway?" Zhao Yuanji gave a bitter smile.
Then he violently took out the Iron Plate that he had given to the old butler earlier and sprayed a mouthful of fresh blood upon it.
Blood light diffused, and the Iron Plate began to emit a clear, ghostly blue glow, with specks of silver starlight flickering on it, as if it were the cleanest starry sky on a clear summer night.
"Crack!" Mu Hanyan distinctly heard a sound as if a seal had been broken.
The Iron Plate in Zhao Yuanji’s hand began to change shape.
"The Heavenly Destiny Star Plate!" Mu Rui’an, the Great Elder, and Mu Hanyan exclaimed in unison.
The Iron Plate in Zhao Yuanji’s hands continued to transform, eventually revealing a series of mysterious, ancient, and infinitely profound characters and patterns.
Ordinary people couldn’t recognize what it was, and even the sons of noble families would mistake it for a Life Token, but Mu Hanyan and Mu Rui’an had seen the Heavenly Destiny Star Plate left by Mu Tianlie; the Great Elder had also seen the drawings of the Heavenly Destiny Star Plate left by their ancestors. They recognized at a glance that the shimmering Star Light in Zhao Yuanji’s hand was nearly identical to the Heavenly Destiny Star Plate left by Mu Tianlie.
"I never expected the Zhao Family to have obtained such an artifact," Mu Yunshui said, his face turning deathly pale. As one of the Nine Great Tributors, he too had heard of the origins of the Heavenly Destiny Star Plate and knew some of its secrets.
"Jie zhou wu fan si bo mu lin..." From Zhao Yuanji’s mouth came an extremely obscure and strange chant.
With every syllable he uttered, he spit out a mouthful of blood, and with it, the light of the Heavenly Destiny Star Plate in his hand grew stronger.
A dark shadow appeared above the sky, and the Earth gradually sunk into darkness, as if night had fallen.
"A celestial dog is devouring the sun!" As they looked up, they saw that the shadow was covering the sun, leaving only a dark crimson disc set against an infinite black curtain, casting a deep blood-red hue.
Everyone felt a sense of panic. The people of the Holy Court Continent were enlightened and not ignorant; they knew that the phenomenon known as a celestial dog devouring the sun was a natural occurrence, not an omen of disaster. The Holy Court Continent experienced it every dozen years or so; it was nothing unusual.
But the problem was, it had just happened last year; why was it happening again this year?
Everyone knew that this celestial dog devouring the sun had something to do with the Iron Plate in Zhao Yuanji’s hand and the incantation he was chanting. That boundless darkness, that deep red blood color, made everyone feel an innermost sense of unease.
"Boom boom boom!" A low, muffled rumbling came from beneath their feet, and then, the entire Earth began to shake. Follow current novᴇls on ????????????????????⟡????????????????⟡????????????
"The Earth Dragon has emerged!" someone screamed in utter terror.
In the Holy Court Continent, the emergence of the Earth Dragon referred to earthquakes. The ancients, not knowing the causes of earthquakes and with the land abound with the figures of Divine Beasts, often disturbed dragons living in the caves when earthquakes occurred. They believed these movements were caused by the emergence of slumbering Earth Dragons, hence the term.
To this day, people knew that earthquakes were not necessarily related to Earth Dragons, but the term continued to be used.
Regardless of the relationship between earthquakes and Earth Dragons or how they were referred to, one fact remained unchanged: every time the Earth Dragon emerged, mountains would collapse, the Earth would crack open, and countless lives would be lost.
For these Swordsmen, the threat of an earthquake might not be great, but most of their families lacked sufficient cultivation, and escape would be difficult.
As they remained in horror and uncertainty, cries of terror came from the city as countless civilians panicked and ran towards the city’s outskirts.
At that moment, a flash of blood lit from Zhao Yuanji’s Heavenly Destiny Star Plate. The red light that had filled the sky suddenly contracted, forming an enormous barrier of light enveloping the entire Heishi City.
Those civilians had just reached the city gates when they found themselves blocked by an invisible barrier, completely unable to escape.
Amidst the rising wails within the city, the anxiety of the Swordsmen present soared. A Great Swordsman hired by the Zhao Family for a hefty sum saw the dire situation and, with a high-pitched cry, soared into the sky, trying to escape from above. He was paid to work, not to die alongside his employer. But having leapt merely thirty feet high, he smashed into the blood-colored barrier and fell down with a horrific scream.
The crowd was even more horrified; if a Great Swordsman couldn’t escape, there was no hope for anyone else.
The trembling beneath their feet grew more intense, even small cracks began to appear. Without doubt, before long, the Earth would split open, and the entire Heishi City would be buried forever.
"It’s a Destructive Forbidden Technique; he’s casting a Destructive Forbidden Technique. Stop him quickly, or we’re all dead," Mu Yunshui howled in despair.
At this moment, Mu the Great Tributor regretted not slamming his head against a wall. He had come to Heishi City to show off and profit, not to die. Who could have expected to encounter such a calamity?