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Chapter 484 They're going to sacrifice us all! (2nd update)
The opponent was too strong, putting them in a constant state of being on the defensive.

Gu Yuan kept a close eye on his surroundings, worried that Zhu Qing's side might come to help, which would put them at an even greater disadvantage.

Gu Yuan noticed the little paper doll as soon as it returned.

"Where is the ginseng fruit?"

The little paper doll twisted and turned to dodge the wind blades. Although it was not afraid of being torn apart by the wind blades, when the wind blades hit it, they would still knock it far away.

"The boss has found a way to contact the master, but he can't come back for now!"

Upon hearing this, a fleeting look of joy crossed Gu Yuan's face, but he still nimbly dodged the wind blades' attacks.

"Great!"

It would be even better if his clothes hadn't been torn to shreds by the wind blades.

"Look, that black halo seems to have gotten even bigger!"

The crowd, who were scrambling to avoid the light, all looked over. Sure enough, the black halo had grown from half a meter in diameter to almost two meters in diameter.

"Is this about to unleash a powerful attack?"

They were already struggling, and if Zhu Qing's wind blades were any more powerful, several of them would probably be killed here.

The Thunder Squad members have all now lay prone, hiding behind Xuan Kong and his apprentice Xuan Chu.

The rest of the people were too busy taking care of themselves to be able to protect anyone.

The paper figures can withstand some of the wind blades, but they are blown around by the wind blades and cannot maintain their shape, so they are not very effective.

Xuan Chu looked at the halo that had obviously grown larger, and his expression suddenly changed. He remembered a very inconspicuous little detail when he had empathized with the Peacock Demon before it was sacrificed.

That is, before the Peacock Demon's wife, children, and clansmen were tortured to death by those people, such a halo appeared nearby.

"Oh no, she's trying to sacrifice us all!"

The others were already struggling to dodge the wind blades, and when they heard Xuan Chu's words, they were not only shocked and angry, but also distracted.

"Pfft~"

"Pfft~"

"Pfft~"

Several sounds of blood being vomited followed one after another. All the men sent by Xie Xuzhi were injured and crashed heavily to the ground.

Only Gu Yuan, Xuan Kong, and Xuan Chu remained standing.

"This madman!"

Gu Yuan spat viciously. He had seen many evil cultivators before, but he had never seen anyone as crazy as Zhu Qing before. She was too ruthless.

Among them, only he and Xuan Chu were relatively young; any one of the other elders was a highly influential figure in the Xuanmen sect.

If everyone were sacrificed here by that madman Zhu Qing, becoming nourishment to break the seal, they would become a huge joke.

Judging from the current situation, Gu Yuan and his team are about to be crushed by Zhu Qing.

In reality, Zhu Qing wasn't so relaxed. Today, she just intended to teach those who disturbed her peace and hurt Xu Wen a lesson.

They never even considered sacrificing them all.

But she hadn't expected that everyone who came this time would be such formidable figures, and that her wind magic had reached a level of consummate skill.

But that's clearly not enough to deal with these people; even that kind-looking old man is a tough opponent.

She had no choice but to forcibly use the forbidden technique she obtained from the evil god. Normally, her limit was to open a halo with a diameter of one meter, but the pressure from these people was too great.

She had already used all her trump cards, but she could only hurt a few insignificant youngsters on the other side.

If she had known beforehand that these were the people coming, she definitely wouldn't have acted so rashly; she would have at least planned things out properly.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs." Once they clashed, only one side could survive.

Now, she has forcibly unleashed a power that she herself cannot control, yet there are still three people on the other side who are perfectly fine.

This made Zhu Qing feel furious, and the angrier she got, the more violent she became.

The evil and death energy that had not yet been purified and eliminated began to desperately surge into her body, while being continuously absorbed by the black aura.

Zhu Qing's eyes grew darker and darker until soon all the whites of her eyes disappeared, and her entire pupils turned black.

That beautiful face also aged rapidly, becoming like her arms, like dried tree bark.

"No!"

These changes happened so fast that before Gu Yuan could react, Zhu Qing's life force was rapidly disappearing.

With only that last "no" left, her entire body was drained of blood and flesh, leaving her as a withered skeleton.

The wind blades that attacked Gu Yuan and his group also suddenly disappeared at this moment.

Almost simultaneously, the withered frame that had been standing was turned to dust by a gentle breeze and carried away by the wind.

Everyone was stunned by what they saw, and then their faces showed fear.

The black halo did not disappear with Zhu Qing's death; instead, it seemed to have absorbed some kind of energy and emitted a vibrating fluctuation.

When you blink, it gets bigger, at least twice as big as before.

"Oh no! Zhu Qing used a power she couldn't control before and suffered a backlash. Now that power has gone berserk, we..."

Before they could finish speaking, the little paper figure floated past them, heading straight towards the black halo.

The little paper figures felt an irresistible force pulling them into their bodies.

One by one, they frantically tried to grab something: "Hey, help!"

Without a second thought, Gu Yuan reached out and grabbed the few paper figures closest to him.

At the same moment, Xuan Chu also made a move and caught the other paper figures.

This terrified the little paper figure, which immediately grabbed onto Gu Yuan and Xuan Chu's clothes tightly.

The stones that had been cut into small cubes by the wind blades, as well as the tree branches and twigs around them that were tainted with evil and death energy, all began to fly in the same direction.

Soon, Gu Yuan was also in trouble, as he was pulled backward by an irresistible force.

"Holy crap, is this for real?!"

"Everyone, scatter and evacuate from here immediately!"

"We're not really going to be sacrificed, are we? If we die like that, we'll be laughed at to death, and even our ancestors will turn in their graves!"

"I'd rather have been torn to pieces by the wind blades before; at least that wouldn't have been so frustrating!"

……

The expanded black halo was not yet fully stable and was swaying slightly, but even so, its power was terrifying.

If it stabilizes, I'm afraid none of the people here will be able to escape.