Chapter 829: Rupture

"The Ghost Path Ancient Treasury doesn't care whether you live or die... Even if you all perish, it has little to do with us." Kongwang said calmly. "However, its return will lead to the collapse of the Ghost Path Ancient Treasury and even the entire undead world... Therefore, the Nine Lords must die."

The human domains were unwilling to execute the Nine Lords because the Nine Lords protected too many people. If the Nine Lords died, humanity would truly be on the verge of extinction, so they didn't dare to gamble;

But the Ghost Path Ancient Treasury was different. The survival of humanity had nothing to do with it. Even if they knew that the death of the Nine Lords might not change the Red Star's trajectory, they were willing to give it a try;

From the very beginning, the positions of the two sides were not the same.

"Is that so?" The Xuanyu Domain representative said lightly. "Just relying on you, a coward who only dares to use a substitute when meeting us, what do you have to execute the Nine Lords?"

"I walked out of the Ghost Gate for the sake of negotiation. Since the negotiation has broken down, the subsequent matters... are no longer my concern."

Kongwang pointed to the Old District under the black bowl. "But even if I cannot escape, I will kill all the hostages, just as a small warning to you on behalf of the Ghost Path Ancient Treasury."

As his voice fell, the soul that served as his substitute was pulled by the chains, instantly dragged back under the black bowl, and vanished without a trace!

Seeing this scene, the expressions of the five domain representatives were incredibly ugly.

"How is the 'Star Cluster' preparation coming along?" The Tower Master turned and asked.

"The activation is almost complete... It just needs a little bit more time! Fortunately, we preset seven Tongtian Star Positions inside the bowl, which can serve as carriers for the 'Star Cluster' to be activated, allowing us to bypass the obstruction of this bowl and directly attack Kongwang's main body!"

"Notify Mr. Han, tell him not to deactivate the [Purgatory], and to stall for time as much as possible... We must seize this Kongwang, and we must also protect the young people inside!"

"Understood!"

……

"Oh no..."

Chen Ling heard the entire negotiation from the other side of the walkie-talkie, and his heart sank instantly.

He wasn't afraid of Kongwang bloodletting the Old District; he had Expectation Points, so he couldn't die anyway... What he feared was the Five Great Domains using excessive force and taking Kongwang down directly.

If that happened, either Kongwang would rather die than submit, taking all the captured souls with him to the grave, or Kongwang would be subdued or killed, and those captured souls would never see the day of release... Chen Ling from the Third District was still there, and Chen Ling absolutely could not sit by and watch such a thing happen.

"Damn it, I have to be faster!"

Chen Ling activated [Cloud Step] and charged straight in a certain direction!

……

On the roof of an abandoned building.

Sun Bumian sat on the edge of the railing, one hand supporting his head, looking at the six towering Celestial Star Positions standing in various parts of the Old District, looking somewhat distracted.

Those mysterious pupils, nested with concentric circles, seemed to sense something and looked toward the sky to the side. He saw numerous chains entwined with souls rising into the clouds, looking like a void-like cloud.

Within that soul-cloud, Kongwang's figure was like a monarch descending, indifferently overlooking everything below.

"...What exactly is he trying to do?" Sun Bumian frowned, seemingly disgusted by the surging chill around him, his hair standing on end involuntarily.

Kongwang lifted his hands slightly, and the complex, spiderweb-like chains behind him began to glow with a faint light, absorbing the power of the numerous souls and pouring it continuously into his fingertips...

Then, he pinched a mysterious seal in front of him.

"Five minutes. Slaughter this place."

Kongwang spoke calmly.

The next moment, a sharp, explosive sound from the depths of the soul suddenly erupted from within all the souls behind him. The shrill and frantic wailing seemed to strike directly at people's souls, ignoring space and spreading instantly to the surroundings!

All the participants in the Old District who were still fighting for the Celestial Star Positions had their faces contorted the moment they heard this sound. They clutched their ears in agony and simultaneously looked toward Kongwang's location.

This shrill sound that struck directly at the depths of the soul was undoubtedly a form of torture for everyone. Those below the Fourth Stage fainted on the spot, bleeding from their seven orifices... And those whose souls were strong enough to barely resist the sound were also in great pain, and began to rush toward Kongwang, instinctively wanting to stop the sound from its source.

Sun Bumian sat on the edge of the building, his brow furrowing tightly after hearing the sound, but other than that, he had no greater reaction.

"Trying to lure them like moths to a flame and then wipe everyone out in one go... Am I also part of your calculations?"

Sun Bumian seemed to know Kongwang very well, seeing through his intentions at a glance.

This familiar soul-noise overlapped with his memories, dreamlike. Memories from thousands of years ago flashed before Sun Bumian's eyes like a movie, causing his blood pressure to rise continuously...

He recalled the words Kongwang had said when he passed by him earlier, and his hand holding the prayer beads tightened involuntarily.

"You are no longer who you were back then. After so many reincarnations, the auspiciousness on you has long since weakened and decayed... This time, you cannot stop me."

Behind those slightly comical small round sunglasses, a faint trace of killing intent radiated from Sun Bumian's pupils, like a docile lion being gradually provoked, slowly opening the eyes of a hunter!

He slowly stood up from the roof, the hem of his black and red Tang suit fluttering in the cold wind.

"Just like back then, still looking down on me..." Sun Bumian's voice was as cold as frost. "I don't invite disaster, yet you insist on provoking me... Since that's the case, I'll grant your wish."

Sun Bumian took a step out, actually standing in the void above the roof, as if climbing invisible stairs, walking step by step toward Kongwang.

……

"Who is this guy?!! Is he crazy?"

"He's taking on so many of us alone and still isn't dead... Is it worth killing to this extent for a Celestial Star Position? Doesn't he feel pain?"

"He's simply a monster!!"

"He's coming for us!!"

A spray of blood splattered across the sky, and ancient killing intent accompanied a blood-stained figure in black, appearing in the air above a participant!

As his five fingers tightened, five thunderous booms exploded from beneath the clouds, and a blood-red sword whistled through the air, piercing through the skulls of two people in succession!

The ancient killing intent gathered on the black-clad figure, slowly repairing his battered body, while a black halo of killing intent rotated silently behind him...

That figure, looking like an Asura bathed in blood, slowly raised his head, a more ferocious light erupting from his sharp eyes!

Eleven-fold amplification!!

Thump—!

The only remaining participant seemed to have been terrified by the killing intent on him, his legs going weak and he collapsed to his knees.

A few minutes ago, this place was a chaotic battlefield for the Celestial Star Position, with about eight or nine participants fighting frantically... Just then, this demonic man appeared.

He fought through everyone single-handedly, and the more he fought, the fiercer he became. By the end, he was killing one person with one sword strike, like an Asura demon, unstoppable!