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This is just the beginning...

Maha thought silently, after all, the Jingyuan Temple here is just a branch.
To uproot them all would certainly be a huge and long process.

Suddenly, his body shook slightly.
From Shanbao, he felt an unusual wave coming faintly from underground.

Although this fluctuation was weak, it caused the mountain treasure to begin to fluctuate violently.

Maha's eyes instantly became as sharp as an eagle's. He turned to look at the surviving priests and asked, "What's underground?"

The priests looked at each other, not knowing what Maha was talking about.
Maha frowned: "If you don't know, then dig it out for me!"

But under the residual power of Maha who had just killed someone, they did not dare to disobey in the slightest.

They performed all kinds of witchcraft and began to dig at the place where Maha pointed.

As the excavation deepened, a huge bronze corner gradually emerged.

Everyone's movements could not help but speed up, and soon,
A magnificent ancient bronze temple appeared before our eyes.

An old priest saw this scene and couldn't help but blurt out: "It's here."

Upon hearing this, Maha looked at the old priest and asked, "Do you know?"

The old priest trembled slightly, lowered his head, and answered respectfully:
"My lord, this is the core of the temple. Only the high priest knows its existence and secrets."

"It has been hidden for so many years."

A trace of thought flashed across Maha's eyes, and he looked at the ancient bronze temple again.
Then he waved his hand and said, "Go in and take a look."

However, the other priests retreated with looks of horror on their faces.

They whispered, "Sir, this is a place that only the high priest can enter. If we go in, we will surely anger the gods and suffer divine punishment."

Maha's eyes instantly turned cold, and he snorted coldly.
The pressure swept over in an instant, making it almost impossible for the priests to breathe.

"Today I want to see what you, the so-called Vitality God, can do to me."

"If anyone dares to disobey again, don't blame me for being rude."

Under Maha's intimidation, the priests trembled even more violently, but they dared not retreat.

They looked at each other, their eyes full of helplessness and fear, and then walked cautiously towards the entrance of the ancient bronze temple.

And Maha followed closely behind them.

As soon as Maha stepped into the ancient bronze temple, he felt a strong and pungent smell of blood coming towards him.

The ground beneath my feet was crisscrossed with bloodstains.
The bloodstains that had long since dried were dark brown, telling of the brutal killing that had taken place here.

Inside the temple, the dim light flickered, vaguely reflecting the surrounding scenes.

There are many abstract, blurry murals on the surrounding walls.
The ground was littered with rusty armor, thrown carelessly in the corners, some even stained with blood.

Walking further ahead, the jade-like skeletons came into view.

When they got here, many priests stopped in their tracks.

The old priest said, "Sir... We can sense that if we go any further, something bad might happen..."

Maha snorted coldly, then walked forward alone.

When Maha walked to the center of the temple, he saw a three-person-sized skull phantom floating above the core of the earth vein.

The phantom of the skull emitted a faint glow, and was surrounded by the withered bones of past high priests.

These dry bones are arranged neatly, as if guarding the phantom of the skull.

Maha narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a hint of curiosity.

He stretched out his hand and controlled the blood vessels to wrap around the skull shadow.

However, when Maha tried to swallow it, he found that no matter how hard Shanbao tried, he could not absorb even a little bit.

Maha frowned and thought about how to deal with the situation in his mind.

He turned and shouted outside the temple: "Come in!"

Hearing Maha's order, the priests were terrified.

They pushed each other and walked towards the temple step by step.

When they saw the phantom of the skull, they were so frightened that their faces turned pale as paper, they could hardly stand, and their eyes were filled with fear and awe.

Some priests even knelt on their knees, muttering something, as if praying for the forgiveness and protection of the gods.

The power of these priests all comes from the God of Yuanqi, which enables them to recognize the identity of the skull shadow at a glance.

Maha looked at the reactions of these priests and revealed a hint of disdain in his heart.

He knew that these priests had long been bound by fear and faith.

The priests kowtowed heavily at this moment, and their foreheads hit the hard bronze ground, making a dull sound.

"Great God of Yuanqi, please forgive me... please forgive me..."

The moment he heard it, Maha understood the true identity of the skull shadow, which was actually the great god Yuanqi.

However, the phantom of the skull in front of him was completely different from what he knew.

In his imagination, the God of Yuanqi should be a high and mighty deity who controls the power of life and death in the world.

But at this moment, the Yuanqi God in front of him was not an illusory god.
Instead, it was like a mountain treasure, as if it was transformed from a treasure.

And this treasure might be the real body of this phantom.

He looked closely at the skull, its shiny surface.

It is hard to imagine how powerful this seemingly ordinary skull was once.

Maha couldn't help but ponder, if the owner of this skull was still alive, what terrifying power he would possess.

Then one would be able to change the world with just a wave of his hand and control the fate of countless lives.

After discovering the identity of the skull shadow, Maha's eyes flashed with determination.
He stretched out his hand without hesitation and touched the skull shadow.

Since the blood cannot be absorbed, then he can absorb the mountain treasure directly through his own body!
Seeing this, the priests around were immediately panicked.

"My lord, no!"

"This phantom is the transformation of the Great God of Yuan Qi. It cannot be touched!"

The priests all spoke in panic to dissuade him, their voices trembling.

Some of them knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

Some stood up and wanted to rush over to stop Maha, but did not dare to get close.

However, Maha turned a deaf ear to the priests' advice.

The moment his palm touched the phantom of the skull, a strange feeling instantly spread throughout his body.

Although it was just an illusion, Maha felt that it was real!

A feeling that was both cold and hot rose from his hands, and it seemed as if countless forces were intertwining and colliding in his body.

Almost at the same time, Shanbao seemed to feel the powerful energy contained in the phantom of the skull and became agitated instantly.

It passed through Maha's body and began to frantically absorb the energy from the skull.

As the mountain treasures were absorbed, the shadow began to tremble, and the trembling became more and more violent.

The energy fluctuations within the shadow quickly swept across the entire temple. Cracks began to appear in the temple walls, and the ground began to shake violently.

The priests were so frightened by this sudden change that they collapsed to the ground. They kowtowed repeatedly and asked for forgiveness.

Maha closed his eyes tightly and tried his best to bear the feedback from Shanbao.

But this feedback was too powerful, even surpassing the sum of all the mountain treasures he had received before.

It is even many times higher than that total!
His body was shaking and his face showed a painful expression.

But Maha also knew that this was a test and an opportunity.

As long as he can successfully obtain the phantom of the sacrificial skull and the feedback from Shanbao, his power will be enhanced unprecedentedly.

As Shanbao frantically absorbed the energy from the skull's phantom, a dark red light suddenly burst out from the surface of the skull.

This light was like a blazing fire, instantly illuminating the entire ancient bronze temple, making it impossible to look directly at it.

At the same time, a powerful aura emanated from the skull.

A flash of light suddenly emerged from the skull, and like a ghost,

It quickly possessed the priest closest to the skull.

The priest was already trembling with fear, and now he was possessed by the spiritual light.
His body shook violently, and his eyes instantly turned red, filled with madness and brutality.

His face was distorted and he let out a creepy laugh, the sound was sharp and piercing, echoing in the temple.

Then, the priest displayed the blood cloud control ability similar to that of the high priest.

He waved his hand, and a blood-red cloud suddenly surged in the hall.
The blood cloud rolled and surged, bringing with it a suffocating feeling of oppression.

Unlike the high priest, the power of this blood cloud is more violent.

It was like a wild beast that had lost its mind, wantonly venting its anger and desire for destruction.

Wherever the blood cloud went, the bronze panels on the walls peeled off and the ground was corroded into grooves.

However, although this power seems strong, the possessed priest himself is too weak and cannot withstand the power of the skull.

Under the impact of this force, cracks began to appear on his body.

Blood continued to seep out from the cracks, staining his clothes red.

Maha watched all this with a cold eye, he was not panicked at all,
He just picked up the ivory beside him and swung it vigorously.
The ivory was like a sharp blade, cutting the priest into two pieces!
The priest let out a scream, his body suddenly stiffened, and the crazy light in his eyes dimmed in an instant.

Shanbao took advantage of the opportunity, his blood quickly wrapped around the priest's body, and began to devour the spiritual light in the priest's body.

As the spiritual light was gradually devoured, the priest's body, which was broken into two halves, began to shrivele and eventually turned into a pile of ashes.

After the skull lost the support of spiritual light, countless tiny cracks suddenly appeared on its surface.

With a "crack", the skull turned into powder and fell down.

Maha stood there, looking at everything in front of him.
It was as if a volcano was erupting inside his body, and the power fed back by Shanbao was like forcing countless giant ape mountain gods into his body.

At first, Maha only felt severe pain all over his body, as if his body was about to burst by this force.

He clenched his teeth, veins bulged on his face, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his forehead.

But with his strong will, he tried hard to guide this power to circulate within his body.

Gradually, he began to adapt to this power.

And he can feel his body constantly changing under Shanbao's transformation.

Maha clearly felt that his strength had surpassed it by more than ten times.

To him, ivory was no longer of any quality.

And he didn't need to transform, it seemed like he could fly with just a light leap.

What surprised him even more was that he also possessed a soul that could leave his body like the high priest.

Moreover, the power of the soul can instantly extend to a very far place and sense everything around it.

He tried to operate it, and in an instant, the scenes, sounds, and breaths within a thousand miles around him appeared clearly in his mind.

There are many more abilities like this.

This made Maha excited.

The dust gradually settled, and Maha had now completely absorbed the power brought by the mountain treasure.

All the priests were silent, their eyes filled with fear, shock and despair.

This is not because of Maha's strength, but because they can clearly feel that
Their witchcraft and the power from the God of Yuanqi are quickly fading away.

Fear spread wildly in their hearts like a vine.

One of the priests swayed a few times and almost lost his balance.

His eyes were empty and he kept muttering to himself, "It's over, it's over..."

At this moment, someone in the crowd said in a trembling voice: "Your Excellency's power... has surpassed that of God..."

After these words were spoken, many priests knelt on the ground, as if welcoming their new god.

With just a thought from Maha, the ancient bronze temple that was about to collapse was temporarily stabilized.

Maha narrowed his eyes, thoughts surging in his mind like a tide.

He knew very well that the Jingyuan Temple had been operating in this land for many years and its power was intertwined.

If one wants to completely destroy other Jingyuan Temples, it is definitely not something that can be accomplished by one's own strength alone.

You must build up your own power in order to compete with it.

He repeatedly weighed the pros and cons in his mind. Now, the priests who were submitting to him were in front of him.
Although he was once a member of the Jingyuan Temple, he lost his original support after the residual soul of the Yuanqi God was destroyed.

They are like lost lambs, longing for new guidance and strength.

Maha realized that this might be a great opportunity.

His plan now is to gather these priests together.

He waved his hand, and the priests gathered around him tremblingly.

Using these priests as the base to build a new force is the direction that Maha has already determined in his mind.

Maha has already thought of the name of this force, which is called "Brahma"!
His eyes swept over the priests one by one, secretly thinking about the blueprint for the future.

But what should these priests do now that they have lost their power?

Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind;
Perhaps with Shanbao's gift as a foundation, he could really create a force more powerful than the Jingyuan Temple.

Maybe he could use the mountain's treasure to start granting new powers to the priests.

After having this idea, Maha did it without any hesitation.

He stretched out his hands, and blood veins slowly extended from his palms.

He manipulated the blood and tried to integrate it into the bodies of the priests.

Obviously, Maha succeeded.

Although these priests lost the witchcraft bestowed by the God of Yuanqi, they gained a new kind of power through their blood.

This power makes them feed on life.
And by consuming their vitality with their blood vessels, they can become stronger! (End of this chapter)