Chapter 22: Desperate Blood Monument
For a moment, aside from Xiao Mu, the other three were all stupefied.
The spirit tablets of Zhao Xuewen's father and grandfather had suddenly cracked apart, even seeping fresh blood.
What did this mean?
"Dad, Grandpa!"
No matter how foolish Zhao Xuewen was, he knew what the scene before him meant.
It meant that the souls of his grandfather and father both died, killed by the evil absurdity.
Everything Master Mu had said turned out to be true, and yet he tragically didn't heed his advice in time, failing to move the spiritual tablets, which resulted in his grandfather and father being killed by the evil ghost under the ground.
Regret!
Aside from pain, his heart was filled with an endless regret.
"This…"
Qiao Feng and King Tian Wu were also shocked, especially King Tian Wu, who had not expected the ghost to actually be attacking Zhao Xuewen's father and grandfather underground, as Master Mu had said.
If he hadn't given such misguided advice, perhaps Zhao Xuewen's father and grandfather would still be alive.
He cast a deep glance at Xiao Mu, a hint of shame appearing on his face.
But this look of shame faded quickly, disappearing in an instant.
"Huu huu!"
Zhao Xuewen, clutching the cracked spirit tablets, began to cry. The simultaneous death of his grandfather and father's souls devastated him.
But at this moment, Xiao Mu's expression suddenly changed again. He shouted a warning, "Quick! Move aside! Zhao Xuewen, leave the altar table immediately. Something is coming out!"
With his spiritual eye, he instantly noticed that following the death of Zhao Xuewen's father and grandfather, a red light within the room suddenly proliferated, as if the whole world had turned red, and a peculiar presence rose from underground, growing stronger by the moment and threatening to surface at any time.
The location was exactly where the altar table in the ancestral hall was positioned.
Clearly, the malicious entity from his conjectures was about to emerge.
Zhao Xuewen immediately stopped crying upon hearing this and ran towards Xiao Mu, holding the cracked spiritual tablets of his grandfather and father.
At this point, aside from Xiao Mu, no one else could be of help. Only by Xiao Mu's side did he feel secure.
"What?"
"The evil ghost is coming out?"
Unlike Xiao Mu, King Tian Wu and Qiao Feng were ecstatic, their faces filled with joy.
Obviously, they believed that what was about to appear was any kind of evil ghost.
If an evil ghost appeared, wouldn't they have another opportunity to kill it and acquire the energy crystal?
Overwhelmed with joy, the two of them approached the altar table.
"You'd better stay away from the altar table."
Xiao Mu kindly reminded them.
He was very aware of why these two rushed to get close to the altar table.
While he wasn't entirely sure what the malicious entity was yet, a strong curse power had been released first, a power exuding a profound sense of evil and corrosion, fatal upon touch. Clearly, they should not approach it.
But in their greed, Qiao Feng and Tian Wu didn't take Xiao Mu's advice to heart and thought that he was trying to prevent them from gaining the advantage.
The two ignored him and continued to approach the altar table.
Xiao Mu shook his head secretly, enough with trying to save those persistently courting death!
Buzz!
A long blood-red item suddenly thrust out of the ground under the altar table, striking it and shattering it instantly.
"What the hell is this?"
Qiao Feng and King Tian Wu, who were near, were both startled as they were unable to recognize it.
Xiao Mu couldn't help but look at the blood-red object. He instantly discovered that it was a stone tablet.
No, to be exact, it was a blood monument, not composed of stone but of blood.
This was an evil blood that doesn't exist in the current world, a horrifying black-red blood reeking of corrosion and influence.
Blood light suffused the air, and a blood Qi was looming!
"Ugh!"
As a normal human, Zhao Xuewen couldn't bear the corrosive and invasive smell of blood and retched on the spot. However, the next moment, he fainted.
The body of an ordinary person simply could not withstand such a blood smell from a different world.
The longer the exposure, the more likely he will die.
"Quickly!"
Seeing it, Xiao Mu immediately took out a Ward Off Evil Talisman, shaked it between his fingers, and slapped it directly onto Zhao Xuewen.
"Thank you, thank you Master Mu, thank you!"
The evil energy pervading Zhao Xuewen was quickly dispelled. After regaining consciousness, he gratefully acknowledged Xiao Mu.
The evil energy brought by the evil blood of the Different World was too strong. If Xiao Mu hadn't intervened, he felt that he would likely have died.
Thanks to the power of the Ward Off Evil Talisman, Zhao Xuewen suddenly felt much better, and the smell of blood in his nose was no longer as unbearable as before.
"Come with me.
Xiao Mu grabbed Zhao Xuewen and intended to leave immediately.
When the Blood Monument comes into the world, the Evil Ghost might appear soon.
"Master, what about my family?"
In his terror, Zhao Xuewen still remembered his family.
"Don't worry."
Xiao Mu assured him, "I'm here, the Evil Ghost can't leave this Ancestral Hall."
Xiao Mu was not making empty promises–he had made proper arrangements. If the Evil Ghost still managed to leave the Ancestral Hall, it would spell disaster for not only Zhao Xuewen, but likely himself as well.
"What the hell is this?"
King Tian Wu and Qiao Feng exchanged glances, both with questioning looks on their faces.
But soon, Qiao Feng suddenly said, "If we destroy it, can we obtain the Energy Crystal?"
"Hmm?"
When King Tian Wu heard this, his face changed abruptly. He shouted, "Move out of the way! I'll go first!"
With that, he darted forward, rushing before Qiao Feng, waving his right fist and punching directly towards the Blood Monument.
However, upon seeing this, Qiao Feng calmly took a step back.
Standing outside the door, Xiao Mu subtly shook his head. This King Tian Wu was too impulsive, he couldn't see that Qiao Feng was intentionally using him to test the Blood Monument.
Perhaps King Tian Wu saw through Qiao Feng's intentions, but his youthful exuberance made him not care at all.
But could the Blood Monument, filled with intense curse and corrosion power, be touched at all?
Xiao Mu had no time or inclination to persuade him further; after all, his words would fall on deaf ears.
"Huh!"
At the swing of King Tian Wu's punch, a gust of wind formed in the air, absorbing the surrounding air and howling towards the Blood Monument.
Puff!
Surprisingly, the powerful punch hit the Blood Monument without causing any tremor.
The Blood Monument seemed completely undamaged, while King Tian Wu's powerful Breaking Mountain Fist was entirely absorbed.
"Hehe!"
Qiao Feng sneered-laughed, filled with shock as he gazed at the Blood Monument.
Such a powerful punch from King Tian Wu didn't inflict any damage on the Blood Monument, and he doubted if he could destroy it either.
"Ergh!"
At that moment, King Tian Wu let out a grunt. He glanced at Qiao Feng, his face twisted in extreme pain.
He opened his mouth as if to say something, but ended up saying nothing.
In a flash, his body's surface turned a sickly shade of obsidian.
"What's wrong with you?"
Qiao Feng asked shockingly.
But as soon as he started to speak, his breath blew out. With this breath, King Tian Wu's body turned into black ash and scattered onto the ground.
"Gege!"
A strange laugh suddenly rang out as a green, nimble-jointed Evil Ghost crawled out of the Blood Monument.
This Evil Ghost was extremely large, akin to a massive elephant. Towering over them with its glossy, metallic black claws extended, it instantly reached towards the Heavenly Crown of the nearest Qiao Feng.