Back then! Within the underground altar!
Sean was still impaled in mid-air by ten spikes. His fresh blood was continuously absorbed by the ten spikes, flowing into the jade stone altar. The massive altar, with a diameter of 9. 9 meters, emanated eerie red glows. The red light spread out, mingling with the surrounding dark space, shrouding the entire underground altar with an extremely ominous atmosphere!
Inside the altar’s blood pool! The pool full of blood was churning violently. Countless blood bubbles rapidly formed and broke instantly, making popping sounds. Thick blood mist rose, surrounding King Ron’s body. The pungent smell of blood was simply nauseating!
King Ron! He was sitting cross-legged atop the jade pillar at the center of the altar, his eyebrows furrowed, eyes tightly shut. A gust of wind circulated around his body, like a transparent dragon, rolling up the blood mist and constantly supplying it for his absorption and refinement!
Simultaneously! Wisp after wisp of bright energy was forcefully stripped from Sean’s core by King Ron through the Soul Devouring Formation, absorbed into his body, used to repair his damaged core!
The entire ritual was led by blood and based on bright energy! Both were indispensable!
Throughout the whole Shirine Empire, if anyone’s bloodline was stronger than the royal family’s, it was Sean’s alone. This was also why King Ron had kept Sean in the north for the past five years, carefully nurturing him!
To put it bluntly! King Ron was actually cultivating Sean as an “antidote”!
Now! After five years of waiting and suffering, Sean’s powerful bloodline was finally activated and he smoothly advanced into the Bright Realm, becoming a nearly perfect “antidote”!
This day! This moment! Finally! Has arrived!!!
King Ron’s body was like a huge vortex, a bottomless abyss, almost crazily devouring the surrounding blood and Sean’s bright energy. The blood was integrated into his bloodline, and the bright energy entered his core, continually nourishing the scars on his core!
Time! Like sand slipping through fingers, passed in an instant!
As the fresh blood was continuously drawn from his body by the ten spikes, as the bright energy was ceaselessly stripped from his core by King Ron, Sean’s body suspended in mid-air was growing increasingly weak, his complexion increasingly pale, and his nerves seemed to have become numb, no longer feeling the pain!
His consciousness! Also started to blur! It seemed! He could faint at any moment!
However! When he looked down at King Ron sitting cross-legged, a sly smile crept on Sean’s lips, heaving a sigh of relief deep within!
Ten minutes! The whole process had lasted about ten minutes. The bright energy Sean recovered last night had been devoured by King Ron by more than half. This meant that Sean and Lilies Archer’s plan was halfway successful!
The source of the poison! Along with Sean’s bright energy, had been massively absorbed into King Ron’s core!
Yet he! Has not noticed anything amiss until now! Still immersed in the immense joy of imminent transformation!
Pitiful!
Sigh!
Ridiculous!!!
Phew! Suddenly, Sean spat fiercely at King Ron. The angle was just right, landing precisely on top of King Ron’s head. Then he laughed, “How does it feel, villain?”
“Enjoying it?”
It’s about time! According to Lilies Archer’s previous instructions, Sean could stop King Ron about ten minutes after the Soul Devouring Formation started!
Firstly! The poison devoured by King Ron within ten minutes, once activated, would be enough to completely destroy his already damaged core, putting him in mortal danger!
Secondly! If he continues to devour, if Sean’s bright energy in his core is completely consumed by him, and he notices something amiss later and goes crazy, Sean will lose the ability to protect himself and probably end up dying with him!
“Sean! You don’t want to die yet!!!”
So! After spitting out once and seeing that King Ron was absorbed in his thoughts and ignored him, Sean immediately spat again on top of King Ron’s head and said, “Are your damn ears deaf?”
Spit!
Spit spit spit spit spit…
King Ron ignored Sean, and Sean just kept spitting! He kept spitting!
After spitting more than a dozen times in a row, all of it fell on top of King Ron’s head, as if giving King Ron a head wash, soaking a large area!
“Childish!”
Finally! King Ron, unable to bear it any longer, said with his eyes closed, “A dying man, struggling to breathe.”
“Do you think! At this point, you still have a way out?”
“Do you think! With these little tricks of yours, you can disturb my cultivation and stop my plan?”
“Hmph!”
“Delusional!!!”
Clearly! King Ron was quite disdainful of Sean’s sudden rogue behavior!
Spit! Sean spat again, then retorted, “Until the last moment, who the deer will die by is still uncertain! How can you be sure that I have no way out?”
“Oh?”
King Ron sneered and asked, “What, do you think someone will come to save you?”
“Can anyone save you?”
“This is the royal city of the Shirine Empire!”
“It’s my world!”
“All the people here, they all listen to my command!”
“You…”
Just then! Just as King Ron was halfway through his speech!
Suddenly! A harsh voice came from outside the altar: “King Ron, you cruel and ruthless dog, fickle, selfish, and moody!”
“…”
“Sean!”
“The noble Wolf King of the northern territory, the guardian of the country, with outstanding war achievements, what’s the result? Still being played by King Ron like a dog, his dignity insulted, life taken, family harmed, his methods are outrageously cruel!”
“…”
It was Eliott Garner’s roar!!!
His voice, like thunder, under the cover of the mighty dark energy, not only reached the royal city and the ears of the citizens outside the city, but also penetrated through the walls and into the underground altar, reaching the ears of Sean and King Ron!
Upon hearing this! King Ron, who had been sitting on the jade pillar, calm and steady, his body suddenly shook, his eyelids jumped, and his speech stopped abruptly!
Damn! What’s going on???
Sean was also stunned, Eliott Garner was actually cursing King Ron outside??? Did he eat the courage of a bear and a leopard???
However! Beyond the shock, Sean laughed, looked down at King Ron’s head, and said, “Listen, it seems like someone is cursing you!”
“It seems! It’s not just me who sees you as a dog thief!”
“It seems! The people in this royal city, they are not so loyal to you!”
“Does your face hurt?”
This is embarrassing…
King Ron was just casually boasting, but he was interrupted in the middle by Eliott Garner’s cursing!
And! Eliott Garner was clearly slapping King Ron’s face!!!
In an instant! A strong killing intent spread from King Ron, even his originally stable breath showed a trace of fluctuation!
Fortunately! After King Ron realized something was wrong, he adjusted his breath for the first time, suppressed the slightly chaotic blood in his body, took a deep breath, snorted coldly, and said through gritted teeth: “Don’t rush!”
“Those who dare to betray me will definitely not have a good end!”
“After you die!”
“After I repair my core, step out of the altar, the next one to die will be the traitor Eliott Garner!”
Eliott Garner was King Ron’s trusted aide-de-camp! King Ron trusted him greatly and handed over the important task of guarding the royal city to him! His betrayal clearly stirred King Ron’s furious anger!
Next, the sound of fighting faintly came from outside the altar and into the underground altar. Although the sound wasn’t loud, it was clear that the battle was very intense!
Moments later, a loud explosion resounded, as if the sky was collapsing and the earth was sinking. Even the walls surrounding the underground altar began to tremble! It was Cecilia who had blasted the fake mountain with a single stroke!
Practitioners, whether it was Sean or King Ron, were both startled by this sudden explosion. Both of them were genuine Bright Realm practitioners, and even through the complex maze-like corridors, they naturally felt that the person who could cause such a huge destructive force was definitely a top practitioner with astonishing strength!
However, they both did not think of the Bright Realm! After all, it was already very rare for a country to have two Bright Realm practitioners. How could a third one suddenly appear? Unless the king of the North Kingdom had personally invaded the royal city of the Shirine Empire!
“Useless!” At such a critical juncture, King Ron was repeatedly disturbed. Even with King Ron’s temperament, he was so angry that his lungs were about to explode. He suddenly opened his eyes, cold light flashing between his brows!
You should know that the people guarding the entrance of the fake mountain were the King of Night! With the strength of the King of Night, even if Eliott Garner rebelled, King Ron did not believe that he could cause such a big commotion!
The fighting outside the altar continued!
At this time, King Ron suddenly realized that something was wrong with the bright energy in his core, especially the part of the bright energy that he had swallowed from Sean. Originally, that part of the bright energy had a very obvious nourishing and repairing effect on his core. After more than ten minutes of effort, some of the damaged scars on the core had been repaired. Now, the repaired areas were actually sending out waves of tearing pain!
What’s going on? King Ron’s face changed dramatically, he subconsciously thought, “Is it because I was disturbed repeatedly, so something went wrong?”
King Ron panicked! He was really panicking!
Five years! He had waited a whole five years, this was his only chance to repair his core!!!
However, even at this time, he did not suspect that there was a problem with Sean’s bright energy, and did not dare to think about “bright energy hiding poison”. The reason was simple, like Earl Woods and others, he had never heard of such a thing as “bright energy hiding poison”! So, he never took that possibility into consideration!
“Finally!”
“Did it work?”
Noticing King Ron’s unusual behaviour, Sean was overjoyed. Lilies Archer, the poison woman of Fort South, did not deceive me, she did not deceive me!!!
Sean was tormented by Lilies Archer with all sorts of bizarre poisons for most of the night, but it was all worth it! If he could kill King Ron, everything would be worth it!!!
To prevent King Ron from discovering the truth and dragging him to his death in a fit of rage, Sean was secretly gathering his strength, ready to break free from the restraint of the ten spikes at any time and escape the control range of the soul-devouring formation!
However, before Sean could make a move, the panicked voice of the King of Night suddenly came from outside the iron gate: “Your Majesty!”
“Your Majesty!”
“Something has happened!”
“Something big has happened!!!”
King of Night!
King Ron’s cultivation had been thwarted, and he had already blamed it on the King of Night’s lack of protection. Now, the King of Night had actually taken the initiative to come!
Enraged, King Ron activated the mechanism of the iron gate!
Suddenly, with a creaking sound, the iron door slowly opened. The King of Night rushed in impatiently. Just as he was about to speak, he felt a gust of wind. Without any warning, King Ron attacked him directly!
Boom! King Ron threw a punch through the air, knocking the King of Night, who had rushed into the underground altar, to the ground!
Puff! The King of Night spat out a mouthful of fresh blood on the spot, completely dumbfounded!
Damn! What the hell???
He had just had an arm chopped off by Cecilia outside, and hastily came to report to King Ron, only to be greeted with such treatment???
With the Prajna mask on, they couldn’t see the King of Night’s expression at the moment!
But there was no need to guess, the King of Night’s expression must have been extremely splendid!
“Bastard!” King Ron glared coldly at the King of Night and shouted angrily, “A mere Eliott Garner has got you in such a state, and ruined my great plan!”
“You should die!”
“You should really die!!!”
The King of Night felt wronged, and the bitterness in his heart was indescribable!
He staggered to his feet and hurriedly explained, “I admit my failure to guard and am willing to accept death!”
“But! The person who caused the massacre outside is not Eliott Garner!”
At this, King Ron hesitated for a moment, then asked with a frown, “If it’s not Eliott Garner, then who could it be?”
“Earl Woods?”
Speaking of this, King Ron noticed the King of Night’s severed right arm and was again taken aback, asking with some surprise, “What happened to your arm?”
“It’s not Earl Woods either!” The King of Night said gravely, “Eliott Garner and Earl Woods have both been executed and died in the royal city!”
“However, the person who executed them was not me!”
“Instead, it was…”
At this point, the King of Night looked up at Sean, who was being held aloft by ten spikes, before continuing, “It was Sean’s wife!”
“Cecilia!”
“It was her who killed Earl Woods and members of the North Kingdom delegation!”
“It was her who killed Eliott Garner and many royal guards!”
“It was also her who severed my right arm with a single stroke!”
“Her!”
“Now she has the power of the Bright Realm, her terror is comparable to you at your peak, Your Majesty. In front of her, our soldiers are like ants, none of them can withstand her single strike…”
The King of Night’s words were filled with terror, and his voice carried a profound sense of fear!
Obviously, he was frightened by Cecilia’s terrifying combat power!
Upon hearing his words, King Ron was stunned for a moment and blurted out, “Cecilia?”
“How could it be???”
Sean was also stunned, his heart sinking, and the first thought that flashed through his mind was the blood jade ring on Cecilia’s right ring finger!
My God! Could it be that the blood jade ring really contains a drop of Liane’s blood???
Could it be that Cecilia… activated the blood???
But according to King Ron’s previous words, activating Liane’s blood, while it can temporarily provide an extraordinarily terrifying power, the side effects are also extremely severe. Even Liane’s apprentice, those early-stage Bright Realm cultivators, couldn’t bear it!
“It’s Liane Field!” The King of Night said truthfully, “I guess that Cecilia must have the blood left by Liane Field! And she has activated the blood!”
“That’s why she suddenly has such terrifying combat power!!!”
Liane Field!
The King of Night’s words confirmed Sean’s speculation and fears!
In an instant, Sean’s face turned ashen!
And King Ron! His face was similarly ashen, and his heart began to tremble violently!!!
Liane Field, huh?
Such a familiar, yet unfamiliar name!
Back then, it was because of the drop of blood left by Liane Field that Liane Field’s disciple gained a surge in strength, injuring King Ron and damaging King Ron’s core. King Ron had thought that what goes around comes around, and by capturing Liane Field’s biological son and using Sean’s bloodline and bright energy to repair his own core, he would have the greatest revenge on Liane Field!
However, who the hell could have foreseen that in the end, it would be another drop of Liane Field’s blood that would thoroughly ruin his five-year plan to repair his core? Damn it! Liane Field, are you my nemesis?
King Ron was almost driven mad with rage!
Yet, before King Ron could vent his towering anger and murderous intent, his heart suddenly shivered as if he had sensed something. He abruptly looked up towards the ceiling of the underground altar.
He keenly observed that someone had pushed open the great doors of the Hall of Throne and entered!