The Peerless Tang Sect: Possessing Huo Yuhao at the Start

Chapter 117 Night Raid

Mingdu.

Huo Zhanji retrieved the rare metals that Chen An had prepared, just in time for the end of the finals. After the awards ceremony, he and the Shrek Academy team members returned to the Mingyue Hotel one after the other.

Inside a private room in the lobby of the Mingyue Hotel, Huo Zhanji sat at the head of the table, looking at them and asking, "How is it?"

"I have to say this year's Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is very strong; we almost failed." Xu Sanshi said casually.

"If it weren't for Qiu'er's amazing skills at the end, which forced her to break through the seal of Meng Hongchen's ultimate ice, we probably would have lost," Bei Bei sighed.

"Thank you for your hard work. We can set off tonight." Huo Zhanji nodded in acknowledgment.

After returning to his room, Huo Zhanji found something extra on the coffee table: a plain sheet of paper that hadn't been there when he left.

Huo Zhanji waved a plain note on the coffee table. The note fluttered up and flew towards him. The note unfolded in the air, revealing only a line of delicate handwriting.

"Leave as soon as possible. For now, the West is safe."

After retracing the timeline of his room visit, Huo Zhanji finally realized who had been there: Jing Hongchen. Needless to say, he must have helped him because of his granddaughter.

"Looks like I have to leave immediately. System, what about my reward?" Huo Zhanji said.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the Time Reversal Travel Card.]

"System, open my character panel."

[Host: Huo Zhanji]

Age: Seventeen

[Cultivation Level: Level 74]

[Divine Core: Ice God Orb, Eternal Core]

[Bonus: 140%]

[Cultivation Technique: Stars Transform into the Sea]

[Martial Soul: Double Pupils, Mystic Ice Dragon Emperor, Necromancer Saint God]

[Martial Arts: Phoenix Dance Six Illusions, Throat-Shattering Lock, Reverse Calculation]

[Soul Bones: Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Torso Bone, Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, Dark Gold Terror Claw Right Hand External Soul Bone, Mystic Ice Dragon Wing, Qilin Void Head Soul Bone, Ice and Fire Dragon King Exploding Right Arm Bone]

[Skills: Mental Detection, Mental Sharing, Mental Interference, Mental Impact, Realistic Simulation, Group Weakness, Chaotic World, Mental Confusion, Double Pupils Opening Heaven, Complete Replication, Judgment of Fate, Favor of Fate, Martial Soul True Body, Mystic Ice Dragon Claw, Wrath of the Ice Emperor, Emperor Sword, Emperor Palm, Emperor's Frost Heaven, Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain, Mystic Ice Dragon Breath, Frozen Thorns, Mystic Ice Dragon Emperor True Body.]

[Soul Spirits: Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion (Ice Emperor), Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm (Heavenly Dream), Ice Heaven Snow Maiden (Snow Emperor), Qilin (Little Qilin), Necromancer God, Ice Dragon King (Pure Spirit)]

……

It was three quarters past dawn.

Shrek and his group quietly left Mingdu under the moonlight. Before leaving, Huo Zhanji made a special trip to the Body Sect's participating team to see his teacher and signal them to leave that night.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, Huo Zhanji directly incorporated the participating teams from the Earth Dragon Gate into his own undead space. Using his soul power, he opened a gate to the dead a hundred kilometers away from Mingdu and sent them out.

Surrounded by mountains, the sun and moon are obscured.

This is the central point of the Western Mountains of the Sun and Moon Empire, a vast valley spanning over ten miles in circumference. The entire valley is perfectly round, sunken into a semi-circle, filled with crystal-clear lake water. The lake's surface shimmers, its depths visible to the bottom.

Just then, several figures broke the tranquility. They were actually flying through the air, and soon arrived above the lake. Upon closer inspection, it could be seen that there were four people in total. Two of them wore black veils, and each of them carried someone—a boy and a girl.

At this moment, the two people were exclaiming in surprise, but they were unable to move at all, and could not even struggle. Soon, the two men in black carried them to the center of the lake and hovered in mid-air. Looking at the lake below, the two men in black lifted up the boy and girl they were carrying.

"What are you trying to do?" the young man shouted shrilly, his voice trembling.

A hoarse voice rang out from a man in black: "We are about to hold a grand sacrificial ceremony, and we need a living person as a sacrifice. We've just captured you two. Tell me, which of you is willing to be the sacrifice? Whoever is the sacrifice, we'll let the other go."

"No! Please, let us go!" Judging from their ages, they seemed to be newlyweds. The girl's voice trembled, and her eyes pleaded as she looked at her husband.

The husband stared at her blankly, then suddenly roared, "I don't want to die! I don't want to die! Use her as a sacrifice! Use her as a sacrifice!"

The wife stared in disbelief at her husband, who had once sworn eternal love to her. "How could you do this? Didn't you say you'd protect me with your life? You liar!"

The husband, almost hysterically, shouted, "Life is only once; once you're dead, it's gone! Don't you want to live? What was that look you gave me just now? Weren't you trying to make me sacrifice myself for you? I've been so good to you, why can't you sacrifice yourself for me and let me live?"

"You're talking nonsense! I want to live, but I want to live with you. Go to hell! You're the one who should die! You two, kill him, kill him!" The wife's emotions also became hysterical.

Two flashes of cold light appeared in an instant. Blood gushed out from the huge wound like a fountain, dripping onto the lake surface below.

A man in black scoffed, "Husbands and wives are like birds in the same forest; when disaster strikes, they fly away separately. How many times has this happened? It's never failed. This place is truly strange; it must be stirred up with the lives and blood of men and women who betray their love."

Another man in black said in a deep voice, "Enough with the nonsense. Quickly drain their blood so we can go back and report. Once this place is triggered, it will begin to activate in an hour. At that time, even gods won't be able to escape; all humans within it will..."

The first man in black seemed to remember something and indeed stopped talking. Soon, the couple bled to death and their lives came to an end.

Two corpses fell into the lake with a "plop." The two men in black leaped up as if fleeing and quickly disappeared in an instant.

Minutes after they disappeared, the lake began to churn. Blood splattered, gradually fading, but a strange light appeared in its wake.

It was a mixture of gold and silver, the gold shimmering and the silver rippling, spreading outwards at an astonishing speed...

"Let's go," Elder Xuan ordered in a deep voice.

After a short rest, the Shrek Academy students immediately set off and continued their westward journey. They had no other choice at the moment. Only Huo Zhanji was somewhat worried about whether he could make it through the Valley of Love and Destiny.

[Host, rest assured. I will temporarily control that valley. You can use the energy and the Time Reversal Card to travel back in time and become stronger. Once you return, you can break through his defenses in one fell swoop.]

"Then there's no problem. Ten thousand years ago? Let me think, there really is a good place where I can improve my strength."

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(End of this chapter)