"Retreat?
Fine!
But first, let this old scoundrel apologize to , the Inherited Divine ssenger!" Ye Zhen roared, pointing angrily at the Seventh Grand Power Sacrifice Tun Changyin.
At this ti, the Divine Archer Yiz Lie revealed himself, and though Ye Zhen’s words made Tun Changyin’s face turn extrely blue, he did not dare to provoke Ye Zhen and Princess Changle.
The Second Grand Power Sacrifice Tongna was truly infuriated today.
Princess Changle held the dual status of being both the Hall Master and a Royal Princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty; he, as a Power Sacrifice, could not yet contend with her. But this minor Inherited Divine ssenger, Ye Zhen, he could deal with, couldn’t he?
"Insolence!"
Tongna shouted angrily at Ye Zhen, about to make a move.
However, just as Tongna was about to act, Ye Zhen’s form suspended five ters in the air above the Barbarian Spirit Hall, and the Seal of the Left Chief Priest of the Barbarian Spirit Hall flew out from his palm, radiating brilliance.
"All priests of the Barbarian Spirit Hall, heed my command and deploy the War Spirit Sacrificial Battle Formation!"
Upon this command, the Moon Priests and Star Priests who had followed Tongna and Tun Changyin here, already quite surprised, widened their eyes even further.
Princess Changle’s actions had already been outrageous enough.
But for this Left Chief Priest Ye to want to deploy the War Spirit Sacrificial Battle Formation now, what did he intend?
Was this rebellion or a massacre?
One must know that every branch of the Ancestor God Temple has a War Spirit Sacrificial Battle Formation, which is where the priests use secret techniques to empower and sustain war spirits, allowing them to unleash even stronger combat power in critical monts.
Ordinarily, these War Spirit Sacrificial Battle Formations are rarely initiated; once set up, it is a desperate asure.
The eyes of the Seventh Grand Power Sacrifice Tun Changyin narrowed to slits as he could not fathom where Princess Changle and Ye Zhen got such confidence today to challenge a Power Sacrifice like him.
Especially to the extent of using war spirit power against him!
This kind of thing had never happened in the Ancestor God Temple!
Tongna was truly shaking with anger this ti.
Infuriated to the point of trembling by Ye Zhen’s command!
To actually want to deploy the War Spirit Sacrificial Battle Formation against the Seventh Grand Power Sacrifice, was this rebellion?
"How dare you!" Tongna yelled, suddenly realizing that Ye Zhen was still floating mid-air, coldly staring at the priests in all directions around the Barbarian Spirit Hall.
"Seize this treasonous scoundrel for !" Tongna shouted angrily, pointing his halberd at Ye Zhen.
"Let’s see who dares!"
"Who dares to harm the Inherited Divine ssenger of my general?"
Both Princess Changle’s delicate rebuke and the angry shouts of War Spirit Divine Archer Yiz Lie sounded simultaneously.
Thousands of shadowy Yin Spirits suddenly appeared behind Princess Changle, cautiously protecting Ye Zhen’s side.
The several Moon Priests who had initially followed the Second Grand Power Sacrifice Tongna’s command hesitated upon taking a step, freezing in place, not daring to budge an inch.
Each of them wore an incredibly tense expression as beads of cold sweat rolled down their foreheads.
The reason was simple.
It was because the Giant Bow in Divine Archer Yiz Lie’s hands was already drawn, with three Spirit Arrows nocked but not yet released. The oppressive presence of these three nocked Spirit Arrows was enough to intimidate more than ten Moon Priests who were about to seize Ye Zhen.
Every Moon Priest, without exception, could feel that any further movent on their part would result in the imdiate targeting by Yiz Lie’s Spirit Arrows.
The aura emanating from those Spirit Arrows suggested that they would either die or be severely injured.
So, none dared to move.
This scene almost made the Second Grand Power Sacrifice Tongna explode with rage.
Even though Tongna was not the Great Chief Priest within the Ancestor God Temple, his prestige and influence were only slightly inferior to that of Great Chief Priest Bai Xiang.
Even the followers of Bai Xiang would not dare to be so disrespectful to him, always obeying his commands without question.
But now, he found himself repeatedly thwarted within the Barbarian Spirit Hall!
The main reason, in truth, lay with Princess Changle.
Once Princess Changle unleashed that one drop of Creation Spirit Blood, the Ancient God War Spirit worshipped by the Barbarian Spirit Hall would unleash its terrifying power.
Even Divine Archer Yiz Lie erged willingly to fight for that drop of Creation Spirit Blood, stating that he could battle even against a Creation Realm Early Stage god if necessary!
Divine Archer Yiz Lie was not lying about this.
Given that Holy Spirit Peak was present, and his True Spirit resided in proximity to it, having just experienced several grand Essence Blood Sacrifices, he could indeed unleash such power.
How overwhelming is that intimidation?
Needless to say, just observing the iron-clad facial expression, the intense focus, and the cold sweat on Seventh Grand Power Sacrifice Tun Changyin’s forehead would indicate the extent of that intimidation!
From the mont Divine Archer Yiz Lie appeared, his Arrow Intent subtly targeted Tun Changyin.
For a mont, under Princess Changle’s sharp rebuke and Divine Archer Yiz Lie’s rage-filled shout, neither Tongna nor the people brought by Tun Changyin dared to act!
"Priests of the Barbarian Spirit Hall, are you not moving to form the array, or do you plan to defy orders?" Ye Zhen’s stern and cold voice resounded abruptly.
As soon as Ye Zhen uttered this, so priests of the Barbarian Spirit Hall imdiately started moving, swiftly heading towards the Holy Spirit Peak altar to prepare the formation.
These individuals were trusted subordinates recruited by Princess Changle, understanding the shared honor and disgrace between Ye Zhen and Princess Changle, thus obeying Ye Zhen’s command.
Yet many other priests remained hesitant.
Seeing this, Second Grand Power Sacrifice Tongna shouted furiously at the priests assembling the formation, "I want to see who dares!"
Upon this shout, the priests hesitant to continue forming the formation stopped in their tracks.
"Left Chief Priest Ye, according to the rules of our Ancestor God Temple, how should those who do not obey the commands of the Hall Master and Main Priest and those who retreat on the battlefield be dealt with?" Princess Changle’s clear and cold voice suddenly rang out.
"According to the laws of the Ancestor God Temple, those who disobey commands and retreat on the battlefield shall be executed!" Ye Zhen responded with a murderous aura to Princess Changle.
"Very well, you are the Left Chief Priest, and the matter of punishnt is in your hands!
Today, anyone who disobeys your orders and refuses to advance shall all be executed on the spot!" Princess Changle’s voice was full of decisive and ruthless intent.
Ye Zhen turned back to glance at Princess Changle, secretly giving her a thumbs-up. He hadn’t expected Princess Changle to grasp his intentions so quickly.
Actually, Ye Zhen’s primary purpose in actively jumping out to issue orders and organize the War Spirit Sacrificial Formation was not to deal with the current situation.
The current situation actually didn’t require such aggressive asures at all.
Instead, it was to integrate the power of the entire Barbarian Spirit Hall, strengthen the prestige of Princess Changle as the Temple Mistress, and let all the priests of the Barbarian Spirit Hall understand whom they should listen to within the Hall.
In recent days, the number of priests in the Barbarian Spirit Hall skyrocketed from fifty thousand to one hundred and fifty thousand, an increase of threefold.
Among these additional hundred thousand people, apart from the new priests personally selected by Princess Changle, most were either proactively sent by others or inserted by various noble families from other halls.
Who knows which family these people belong to and whether they’ll obey Princess Changle’s orders at a critical mont remains questionable.
At this mont, Ye Zhen was using this matter to integrate the power of the entire Barbarian Spirit Hall, identifying and weeding out those mixed up people.
As for the risks.
Ye Zhen had already thought it through; the Ancestor God Temple couldn’t deal with Princess Changle, and without dealing with Princess Changle, they couldn’t deal with him, Ye Zhen, given Princess Changle’s toughness.
Moreover, Ye Zhen, as the Inherited Divine ssenger, was incredibly important.
Most importantly, Princess Changle’s challenge today was based on reason.
No matter who they confronted, the logic of the situation stood firm.
Which led to the current situation expanding infinitely!
As Princess Changle gave the order, Ye Zhen’s eagle-like eyes imdiately swept over the one hundred and fifty thousand priests within the Barbarian Spirit Hall.
"Where is the sacrificial guard of the Left Chief Priest? Imdiately use Spirit Shadow to record and preserve the shadows of all priests in the Barbarian Spirit Hall who disobeyed orders and retreated on the battlefield to retain as evidence!"
"Where are the Law Enforcent Priests within the Barbarian Spirit Hall?"
Ye Zhen issued two orders in quick succession, and imdiately, three hundred priests rose from behind Ye Zhen, holding Shadow Capture Jade Slips, and began recording the Spirit Shadows.
At the sa instant, a hundred black-robed Star Priests, led by two black-robed Moon Priests, suddenly erged from the shadows in a corner of the Barbarian Spirit Hall.
The two Moon Priests bowed and saluted Ye Zhen, saying, "The Ritual Sacrifice of the Barbarian Spirit Hall is present, please give your orders, Left Chief Priest!"
"According to the laws of our Ancestor God Temple, once the deploynt of the War Spirit Sacrificial Formation begins, everyone must be in position within sixty breaths.
From now on, start the countdown, and anyone who hasn’t arrived at their position in the War Spirit Sacrificial Formation after sixty breaths, regardless of their cultivation or identity, shall... be executed!"
The final word ’execute’ left the one hundred and fifty thousand priests of the Barbarian Spirit Hall, as well as the Moon and Star Priests who accompanied the two Grand Power Sacrifices, with shivers down their spines, cold wind biting!
As for those hesitant priests in the Barbarian Spirit Hall, they felt only the oppressive killing aura approaching!
"Yes, we solemnly follow the orders of Left Chief Priest Ye! Countdown begins!"
With a command from the commander of the Ritual Sacrifice, the clear timing sound rang out, and over a hundred Ritual Sacrifices revealed their black sacrificial blades emanating an eerie chill, staring at those Barbarian Spirit Hall priests like wolves waiting to pounce.
Just waiting for the ti to be up, to unleash a massacre!
In just an instant, thirty thousand priests had already rushed to their designated positions in the War Spirit Sacrificial Formation, standing firm and beginning to cast and empower.
Additionally, so battle-eager Moon Priests and Star Priests looked at Ye Zhen and Princess Changle with anticipation, as the Barbarian Spirit Hall, which had been subdued for so long, finally had a day to rise up with pride!
The actions of these priests who proactively took their positions and the black-robed Ritual Sacrifices eyeing the hesitant priests like prey, made those wavering priests in the Barbarian Spirit Hall unable to persist any longer.
One after another, they raised their Qi and dashed towards the War Spirit Sacrificial Formation, deploying layer upon layer of the formation according to previous training thods.
The spiritual power infusion by the hundred and fifty thousand people elevated the aura of Divine Archer Yiz Lie rapidly at the center of Holy Spirit Peak, making the faces of those Moon Priests and Star Priests locked onto by Divine Archer Yiz Lie’s Arrow Intent even paler.
Under the prevailing trend, not a single priest of the Barbarian Spirit Hall dared to defy orders!
Ye Zhen turned slightly and said to Divine Archer Yiz Lie, "General Yiz Lie, this old thief has spoken disrespectful words, insulting our Holy Spirit Peak Ancient God War Spirit.
Today, if this thief doesn’t apologize, he shall not leave our Barbarian Spirit Hall.
If he dares to move, General Yiz Lie, feel free to shoot!" Ye Zhen said.
"Insult our Holy Spirit Peak? Very well!"
Divine Archer Yiz Lie nodded slowly, as his Giant Bow and Spirit Arrow subtly moved, causing a glow to burst forth from the Bone Shield in front of Seventh Grand Power Sacrifice Tup nn Changyin.
Tup nn Changyin could not withstand the killing intent under the lock of Arrow Intent, activating his Protective Treasure to resist Divine Archer Yiz Lie’s Arrow Intent.
Second Grand Power Sacrifice Tongna watched this scene, dumbfounded and stunned.
In his hundreds of years as a Power Priest within the Ancestor God Temple, he had never encountered such audacious branch hall priests and hall masters who dared to threaten the Power Priests of the Ancestor God Temple?
This is simply... utterly insane!
However, the situation at the Barbarian Spirit Hall was developing and escalating rapidly.
All the priests of the Barbarian Spirit Hall, under the dual threats of the black-robed Ritual Sacrifices and Spirit Shadow, ford a War Spirit Sacrificial Formation, continuously empowering Divine Archer Yiz Lie.
The malicious gaze of those black-robed Ritual Sacrifices turned towards First Deputy Hall Master Ba’erlong, making the intent crystal clear.
At the sa instant, Ye Zhen and Princess Changle’s gazes also focused on First Deputy Hall Master Ba’erlong, making him shiver all over.
The countdown voice of the black-robed Ritual Sacrifice resounded in Ba’erlong’s ears like a death knell!
And just at this mont, as the Arrow Intent of Divine Archer Yiz Lie, empowered by the War Spirit Sacrificial Formation, reached a certain threshold, a sudden alarm bell rang in the Ancestor God Temple.
"Who is being presumptuous? Daring to utilize Dao Realm Peak power within the Ancestor God Temple?"
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