Chapter 407 Some People Just Deserve to Die
"Why? Don't think that because he is bound, he was forced to be there.
Maybe it's done because he knows the process is going to be painful, so he doesn't escape halfway."
"Just what are they doing?" Yan Yu asked.
"I feel this method is similar to refining a puppet. I wonder if that is their goal?"
"A puppet? Are you sure?" MingHao asked.
Based on what he saw, the man's body was in the process of transforming while his power kept rising and stabilizing. He didn't see any sign that he was becoming a puppet. Enjoy more content from empire
In his mind, the flesh should have turned into something solid, and his eyes would lose life.
"Not one hundred percent, but it's a large change. Honestly, I think we should disturb the ritual. Who knows how strong that puppet will be?" Xue Fang replied.
"Based on the density, the other that supplies energy is probably a golden core cultivator. Can you fight them all?"
Xue Fang's lips curved into a confident smile. "As long as it's an open field, I am sure I can fight them all. Don't underestimate my army of puppets. After all, with the strange tool I learned from the sect, their strength has been amplified many times over."
"What about the others then? Don't we have them standing by around here?" Yan Yu asked. She thought they could use their help to do something.
With their capability, it would be useful to at least bait some members of the sect, lowering the number of enemies they need to face.
"We need to break the barrier first. If we can do that, then sending a signal out is easy," MingHao suggested.
"The moment the barrier breaks, they will be alerted. And I don't think they are stupid enough to leave the array core unprotected," Xue Fang replied.
"In that case, let's look for it first," Yan Yu suggested.
MingHao frowned. "How much time do we have based on your experience, Xue Fang?"
"I don't know, hard to say, maybe an hour, or even a day? If only we could find information about the ritual…"
"The sect leader should be somewhere nearby overlooking everything. Try to go to the city hall; it's north of the drone's current location," MingHao pointed out.
In the past, the most likely building used would be part of the Xueqi mansion, but after MingYue blew it all up, the next best thing would be the city hall.
Although he was curious about how it looked now, MingHao knew they had higher priorities.
They could not waste time on something unnecessary. While Xue Fang flew the drone, MingHao was looking at the city map. He was thinking of the best location to put the formation anchor.
The street condition was worse than the one in the outskirt area. The rubble of houses and broken roads littered with bodies could be seen from the camera feed.
They didn't find this weird, as cultivators and people who could fight back usually stayed in the center. Meanwhile, those in the outskirts were normal civilians who could only surrender to their fate.
"They don't even bother to clean up the remains," Yan Yu commented.
"This is good. Based on the body decomposition, it seems, they have took this city for a a while.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Next, they probably experimented with the method on the outer disciples of the sect before going to the main one," Xue Fang commented.
She then thought, 'The preparation and test should take some time, at a minimum of three days. This means the current ritual, at best, will only run around four days.
Based on my knowledge of similar evil methods, we should at least have one more day or less.
This should be enough time to learn all the necessary information. But how should we get out of this place?'
"I think I found someplace that can be used to place the array core. It's quite safe and secure…" MingHao's voice trailed off as his eyes widened when looking back at the screen.
Right now, the drone had already entered the city hall area and begun looking around for the sect leader, but what it found first instead was MingHao's family. His cousin should be staying in another sect.
The group was separated into two. Dozens of them were kneeling on the ground, while some of the women were doing something that MingHao could only describe as despicable acts toward their own family.
His eyes quickly flickered in rage. "THAT FUCKING DAMN BULLY! I SHOULD HAVE LET SIS KILL THEM!"
He recognized those people; they were his cousins from his sister's generation. In the past, they tried to make a move on his sister. But as MingYue was untrusting and stronger, all their attempts failed miserably, and in a fit of anger, she almost killed all of them.
At that time, their brother was his friend, so coaxed by them, he begged MingYue to give them mercy. If not for this, she would have already killed all of them.
MingYu was not afraid of the family elder or patriarch at that time since she felt these people were just parasites.
And she was not wrong. MingHao clenched his fists, his veins throbbing as his qi began to move unstably.
"You know them?" Xue Fang asked as she put her palm over his shoulder.
"Not only do I know them, they are the people that I saved once. Those four should be expelled from the family, but to think they came back and acted like this…."
MingHao could already guess what had happened. These four intersected with the Sky Ember sect that was looking for some sacrifices. Then they shamelessly sold out DaYing City.
As old inhabitants, they had knowledge of the city layout and array, making the siege easy to do.
"No wonder a sect at that level went all the way here."
"MingHao… What do you plan now? It's not like we can do anything. Let's look for another room first; looking at this depravity will just make you feel angrier," Yan Yu suggested.