The sword sheath had been sealed for so many years, absorbing so much undead energy. In theory, it should have been weakened significantly and completely unable to influence the battle.

How could it still release such a massive surge of power?

Something felt off about the whole situation.

Could it be that Sadovich and the others were hiding something from me?

… …

Merk Sacred Hall.

The large box buried in the underground pit was now open, revealing a small piece of the sealed sword sheath inside.

The greatsword itself was massive, but the sheath seemed to have shrunk countless times, only about a third the size of a fist.

The undead chains wrapped around the box had already been completely severed.

A dense beam of light overflowed from the sword sheath, illuminating most of the Merk Sacred Hall.

“Yeah, no problem for now.”

Fang Heng took a breath, raised the holy longsword in his hand, and waved to Ji Xiaobo outside.

He had just broken through the outer layer of undead chains on the metal box, then dismantled the iron box, revealing the holy seal beneath the sword sheath.

Before he could react, the sword sheath in the holy seal interacted with the divine greatsword in his hand.

Then came a beam of holy light that shot into the sky!

The commotion was so great that Fang Heng was stunned.

Currently, the holy seal still existed.

Fang Heng cautiously approached to observe.

The Holy Court had set up a very ingenious seal on the sword sheath, using a portion of the sword sheath's own power as an energy source.

Now, the sword sheath was stimulated by the divine greatsword. Due to the mutual attraction and resonance between divine artifacts, it gained an extra source of holy power, making it even more troublesome to completely break the seal.

Even Ji Xiaobo and the vampires were affected by the holy power waves and couldn't approach the Merk Sacred Hall area at all.

Fang Heng thought for a moment and could only run out temporarily to issue instructions to the vampires, ordering them to harass the Holy Court teams stationed at the outer seal points on a small scale, giving them some pressure so they wouldn't get impatient and cause trouble.

He didn't know how those Holy Court teams outside were doing now…

In any case…

Let's give it a try!

Fang Heng took out the Holy Court ritual scroll from his backpack and began to control the zombie clones to clear a central area in the hall, setting up a ritual magic array on the spot.

Soon, outside the Merk Sacred Hall, vampires in bat form flapped their wings, working together to bring the Holy Court believers through the air in succession.

Unable to get close to the interior of the Merk Sacred Hall, the vampires could only send the Holy Court believers to the entrance.

“His Majesty is waiting for you in the Sacred Hall.”

“Understood!”

The Sacred Hall, emitting strong waves of holy power and a beam of holy light, didn't arouse any suspicion in the believers. They respectfully bowed towards the Sacred Hall before hurriedly stepping inside.

“Mr. Fang Heng.”

“Yes, thank you for coming from so far away. The situation is urgent, and I need everyone to immediately cooperate with me in performing a ritual.”

“Understood, we will definitely cooperate.”

The Holy Court believers didn't suspect a thing. As Fang Heng instructed, they stood in the ritual magic array one after another and began to cooperate with Fang Heng in completing the magic array seal.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, until all the Holy Court believers were assembled, Fang Heng took a deep breath, stood in the central area of the ritual magic array, and the Book of Vows appeared before him.

Mental power gathered, and the alchemy magic array under his feet slowly began to operate.

Game notifications appeared on Fang Heng's retina.

【Hint: The release conditions for the medium-sized magic ritual - Holy Awakening (XII) have been met. The player is currently activating the ritual.】

Whoosh!!

A dark golden light emerged from the gradually and rapidly rotating magic array.

At the same time, the entire interior of the Merk Sacred Hall once again bloomed with dazzling light!

… …

At this moment, the external seal point of the Merk Sacred Hall.

“It's coming!! Lord Commander has begun to activate the magic array, everyone keep up!”

During the waiting period, the Holy Court team encountered several waves of vampire harassment, which made them even more determined to protect the safety of the branch magic array.

Until they saw the beam of light within the Merk Sacred Hall in the distance fluctuate, the team mistakenly thought that Commander Sadovich had begun to activate the main seal, so they immediately ordered the team to activate the branch magic array seal to assist in opening the holy seal of the central sword sheath!

The Yuan Jixian brothers stood far away on the side, watching the intense beam of holy light erupting in the distance, their eyes full of amazement.

He actually did it!

And he was more than half an hour earlier than scheduled!

Even though the facts were already before their eyes, the Yuan Jixian brothers still felt like they were dreaming.

It was a real ghost!

How did Fang Heng do it?

Where did he find so many Holy Court believers to complete the ritual?

“Go! Hurry back and join Lord Fang Heng!”

Yuan Jixian quickly pulled his younger brother, and the two immediately rushed towards the Merk Sacred Hall.

Chasing the dense beam of holy light to the outer area of the Sacred Hall, the two discovered that waves of holy power were constantly spreading outwards from the giant beam of light.

The powerful waves of holy power were so strong that even they couldn't get close. However, they saw a figure standing behind a large rock not far away.

“Ji Xiaobo!”

The holy light emitted after the activation of the unsealing magic array was even more intense. Ji Xiaobo couldn't hold on even hiding at the entrance of the Merk Sacred Hall. He had no choice but to escape from the Sacred Hall and hide behind a large rock.

Hearing someone call his name, Ji Xiaobo turned around and saw Yuan Jixian and his brother rushing over, so he waved to them, “Come on! Quickly hide over here!”

Yuan Jixian and his brother hurried to Ji Xiaobo's side, using the rock to block some of the spread of the holy waves. They carefully looked up at the interior of the Merk Sacred Hall, wondering what was going on.

What's with all this commotion?

Yuan Ze couldn't help but lower his voice and ask, “Ji Xiaobo, how is the situation inside the Sacred Hall? Is it going smoothly? Is Lord Fang Heng alright?”

“It's okay, he's fine. He's already trying to break the seal. Let's be patient and wait a little longer, it should be soon!”

“Okay!”

At this moment, in the very center of the holy light, a slow loading bar appeared above Fang Heng's head, and game notifications flashed across his retina.

【Hint: The player's current ritual is in operation. The current ritual completion efficiency is 27% (base) + 20% (Book of Vows bonus) + 10% (Legacy of the Alchemist Saint) + 28% (subsidiary branch ritual bonus) + 5% (Omniscient Eye bonus).】

【Hint: The current comprehensive ritual success rate is 100%.】

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