Chapter 631: The Descent of the Wuji Lord

"Are you saying that there are at least a million souls in that small stone?"

The Sixth Hall was stunned, "Where did he get so many souls??"

After a brief pause, the eyes of the two fell on the three people behind Brand at the same time, and then thinking of the Red Dust Main City that had been hit hard not long ago, an unbelievable answer surged in the hearts of the two...

"Is it you?!!!" The Seventh Hall blurted out, "You personally planned the attack on the Red Dust Domain?! Using the lives of our Red Dust Domain residents to refine the Philosopher's Stone?!!!"

"Are you crazy?!!!!!"

"Don't be so excited, you misunderstood!" Brand shrugged and picked up the glass container in his hand, "This Philosopher's Stone was refined after we refined two major districts of the Wuji Domain... It has nothing to do with your Red Dust Domain."

The two halls were startled.

Immediately after, Brand’s hand stretched backward, and one of the three black-robed figures took out a second glass container from his arms and handed it to Brand.

Brand took the container casually, shook it gently, and a larger Philosopher's Stone made a crisp sound.

He smiled slightly and said:

"This one was refined in your Red Dust Domain."

The pupils of the two halls contracted sharply!!

They were furious and were about to take action when several black shadows flew out from the secret door of the church at the same time, and the terrifying aura of the Divine Path fell suddenly!

These black shadows were almost all Tier 7, the top combat power of the entire Witchcraft Association, who had long been ambushed in the church, just for this moment of action!

Although the two halls were powerful, they were in the lair of the Wuji Domain. Facing the entire reshuffled Witchcraft Association, their aura at this moment was like a remnant candle dancing in the wind, swaying and weak.

At the same time, Brand chuckled, and the aura of Tier 8 descended suddenly. Alchemy arrays unfolded under his feet, like nested rings, covering the two!

"Brand! You are crazy!" The Sixth Hall scolded angrily, "Do you know what you are doing?"

"Murdering the former president of the association, seizing the power of the Witchcraft Association, forcing the witchcraft school to rebel, sacrificing millions of humans, and provoking a war between domains." Brand said lightly, "I did it all, but I'm not crazy."

"Just for a few broken stones! You want to push all of humanity into the abyss?"

"No, no, no, these are not broken stones."

Brand held the two Philosopher's Stones in his cupped hands, looked up at the calm, ripple-free Mercury Moon above, and curled his lips into a slight smile. "This is the ladder to the tenth-order throne... the cornerstone for forging an eternal realm! You wouldn't understand what we are doing."

"Do you really think a mere Sorcery Association can escape the encirclement of the other human realms?!"

"The Sorcery Association? No, of course that's not enough..." Brand paused for a moment.

"But what if we also had one of the Nine Sovereigns, in their peak state and immortal?"

The two Hall Masters stood frozen in place.

Brand opened the two glass containers, solemnly caught the two Philosopher's Stones in his hands, faced the Mercury Moon above, and slowly knelt to the ground...

He held the Philosopher's Stones high above his head, his eyes flashing with excitement and fanaticism:

"Welcome... Sovereign Wuji."

The next moment, the surface of the calm Mercury Moon suddenly rippled, as if a torrential downpour had hit a still lake. A magnificent and incredibly oppressive aura flooded the cathedral!

Two mercury palms extended downward from the sphere, gently grasped the two Philosopher's Stones in Brand's palms, and then retreated back into the Mercury Moon...

The red-glowing Philosopher's Stones tumbled within the Mercury Moon, their red light growing increasingly intense. Faint wails of souls could even be heard emanating from within, enough to make one's scalp tingle!

Inside the cathedral, everyone held their breath, watching this scene nervously. Only the Sixth Hall Master and the Seventh Hall Master exchanged a glance, a glimmer of resolve flashing in their eyes.

As the red light emitted by the Philosopher's Stones gradually dimmed, the Mercury Moon fell into dead silence once more...

Hum—!

A low roar came from the Mercury Moon.

A pair of human hands made of mercury suddenly emerged slowly, followed by the forearms, shoulders... and finally, a complete human figure stepped out and hovered steadily in mid-air.

After he stepped out, the Mercury Moon behind him shrank by nearly a third, but it still hung in the air of the cathedral, radiating a heart-stopping aura...

It was a human made entirely of mercury, with two red Philosopher's Stones embedded in his forehead, emitting a faint luster.

The man lowered his head slightly, looking at his own body and his mercury-flowing palms, as if in thought.

After a brief silence, he took another step, treading on the void as he walked toward the ground step by step...

With every step he took, his mercury body fluctuated violently. Countless material substances were born, transformed, and annihilated within him. From a distance, he looked like a human-shaped flickering light board, so brilliant it was impossible to look at directly.

As these substances continued to generate, his body finally transitioned from mercury to a color resembling human skin, possessing black hair, translucent fingernails, distinct muscle contours, and three-dimensional facial features...

When his feet finally touched the golden floor, he was indistinguishable from a normal human in appearance, save for the two Philosopher's Stones on his forehead, which lent his face a touch of mysterious beauty.

He walked calmly through the golden cathedral, naked. As his fingertips brushed against a pew, a white lab coat transformed out of the gold, which he lightly lifted and put on. The hem of the coat danced in the breeze.

If Chen Ling were here, he would recognize this man's face at a glance...

Former member of the Red Star Exploration Team, now one of the Nine Sovereigns of humanity;

Sovereign Wuji, Lou Yu.

Seeing Sovereign Wuji actually emerge from the Mercury Moon and appear before them, the members of the Sorcery Association were stunned for a moment... Only Brand was the first to recover, spreading his arms excitedly and shouting:

"Welcome, Sovereign Wuji!!!"

"—Welcome, Sovereign Wuji!" The others finally reacted and spoke respectfully.

Sovereign Wuji paid no attention to their calls. He just stood there quietly, his gaze shifting toward the two surrounded Hall Masters, and he raised his hand casually.

The next moment, two blinding lights suddenly ignited before the foreheads of the two Hall Masters, burning like miniature suns. Before they could even react, they exploded with a roar!

Boom—!!

Two earth-shattering explosions rang out. Violent firelight filled every corner of the cathedral, and even the Sorcery Association members who were closer to the two were caught in it, with cries of alarm echoing through the cathedral!