Battle Through the Heavens: It turns out I'm actually the patriarch of the Xiao family!

Chapter 69 What has disturbed my peaceful cultivation?

Below the ancient well lies a vast and expansive cave.

In the center of the cave is a huge blood jade plaza.

There stood a towering altar made of enormous, white bones!

The altar was ancient and sinister in style.

Around the square, forty-nine blood-stained array plates were planted, and in front of the array plates, pairs of boys and girls were bound together.

There was only one boy in front of one of the array boards.

These children, regardless of gender, were at most seven or eight years old, and the youngest were only three or four years old.

Some had already fainted, while others were crying out in pain.

His young face was filled with fear and unease.

A middle-aged man in a blood-red robe stood in the square, ignoring the cries of the young boys and girls.

He stood in front of the altar, his gaze fixed on it with fervor.

On the altar, a black statue of a god is enshrined.

It was a majestic three-headed lion.

It does not lie prostrate on the ground, but stands upright on two legs like a human, displaying an air of dominance over the world.

Its strong, steel-like body was covered with thick, coarse, dark mane, like solidified, burning black flames.

The three majestic lion heads are raised high in different directions, their eyes displaying either a majestic and domineering demeanor, a fierce and wrathful expression, or a menacing glint.

The middle-aged man in the blood-red robe held an array plate in both hands, looking at the three-headed lion statue with devout reverence, a look of fanatical admiration appearing between his brows.

Suddenly, a streak of blood-red light flashed by.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a blood-red bead.

Blood-red light descended from it, transforming into the appearance of an old man in a Taoist robe.

"Ancestor, what happened to you?"

The middle-aged man in the blood-red robe looked shocked.

"Stop talking nonsense and go stand guard over there!"

The old man in the Taoist robe snatched the array plate from the middle-aged man in the blood-red robe, strode forward, and came to the altar, chanting a series of obscure and strange syllables.

As the ancient incantation was chanted, the array plate in the old man's Taoist robe suddenly lit up with a dazzling scarlet light, which, like flowing blood, quickly poured into the mysterious and strange array on the ground.

The array diagram, which was originally just dark blood jade patterns, was instantly illuminated, transforming into a boiling river of blood, with surging crimson power flowing and converging across the plaza.

Ugh!

Suddenly, the three-headed lion statue on the altar trembled slightly.

Then, with a bang, the statue exploded, and the surrounding void suddenly caved in, with blood-red light flowing around it, transforming into a vortex surging with crimson light.

From the depths of the crimson vortex, a faint yet majestic voice resounded.

His voice was cold and indifferent, yet it carried a hint of eerie and domineering power.

The old man in the Taoist robe collapsed to his knees with a thud, his body nearly shattered under the overwhelming pressure. He trembled as he said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the offerings are ready. However, while gathering them, I encountered an extremely powerful figure. My body is now destroyed, and I have only been able to survive until now thanks to the divine pearl bestowed upon me by Your Majesty, which protected my soul. I beg Your Majesty to take action and help me eliminate this person!"

From the depths of the crimson vortex, a majestic voice said, "Heh, I'd like to see which blind ant dares to harm my divine messenger."

"Offer the sacrifice, and I will take action to kill this person for you and rebuild your body."

"yes!"

The old man in the Taoist robe was overjoyed.

He scrambled to his feet, gripping the array plate, and commanded, "You Chen, quickly kill those little children and take their warm heart's blood as a sacrifice for the Divine Lord!"

However, there was no response after he finished speaking.

"Um?"

The old man in the Taoist robe turned his head and was horrified to see that the young man who had terrified him was now standing not far behind him.

Beneath his feet, the middle-aged man's blood-stained body was still warm.

"you----"

The old man in the Taoist robe was shocked and furious, and subconsciously activated the array plate in his hand.

"boom!"

The forty-nine blood-red array flags surrounding the plaza suddenly glowed, unleashing billowing, blood-red malevolent mist, thick and almost tangible. Within this mist, countless twisted and tormented ghostly figures emerged, accompanied by shrill, piercing, and heart-wrenching howls, instantly...

Half of Blood Jade Square was submerged.

The malevolent mist surged and roared like a living thing, sweeping towards Xiao Chen, who stood quietly.

Xiao Chen's brows furrowed slightly for the first time.

It wasn't because the evil mist was particularly dangerous, but because of the boundless pain and overwhelming hatred contained in the wailing of the vengeful spirits.

These malevolent mists were clearly forged from the vengeful spirits and vengeful souls condensed from the painful deaths of countless living beings!

Every flag is stained with heavy sins!

He moved.

The figure left an almost realistic afterimage in place.

The raging wave of malevolent mist didn't even touch the hem of his afterimage's clothes before crashing into empty space with a dull thud, highlighting the anger and resentment of the vengeful ghosts within.

When he reappeared, Xiao Chen was already next to the array flag closest to the old man in the Taoist robe.

He pointed his fingers like a sword and casually pointed at the array flag covered with blood-red runes and emitting a ghostly light.

It is silent, yet faster than lightning.

"puff!"

Where the wind blows, the battle flags, as thick as a child's arm and made of neither gold nor wood, crumble silently into dust, like withered, rotten wood.

The wailing of the evil mist swirling around the banners abruptly ceased, as if its source had been severed, instantly dimming and dissipating.

The old man in the Taoist robe almost stopped having a heart attack.

The array flags of this Blood Fiend Spirit Binding Array were painstakingly crafted by him, using countless rare and precious materials and refining them with secret techniques over many years. They are incredibly tough, and even ordinary Battle Kings would find it difficult to damage them in the slightest!

It was shattered by this young man's casual finger.

It couldn't even generate the slightest decent fluctuation?!

This is simply unbelievable!

Xiao Chen, however, did not stop.

His figure moved with the ease of a stroll through the churning, blood-red mist, so fast that it was impossible for the eye to follow him.

step.

"puff!"

The second battle flag turned to ashes, and the vengeful spirits that lingered around it screamed and vanished as if granted a pardon.

The eyelashes of a fainting girl bound to the battle flag trembled slightly, and the biting cold around her seemed to lessen a little.

The second step.

"puff!"

The third battle flag shattered, and thick fog billowed.

Step 3, Step 4 —

With each step Xiao Chen took, a blood-red array flag, exuding a chilling aura and imprisoning countless vengeful souls, silently turned to dust.

There was no earth-shattering noise, no dazzling light.

There were only the faint sound of the wind whistling through the air and the dull, muffled sound of the battle flags breaking, like rotten wood snapping.

The children bound in the square seemed to sense that the cold, life-draining force binding them was weakening. Many of the children who were crying their hearts out gradually quieted down, staring blankly with tearful eyes at the figure in green robes that was faintly visible in the blood mist.

The boy who had been tied alone in front of the array plate stopped trembling and stared blankly at it.

The old man in the Taoist robe trembled violently as he gripped the core array plate, his eyes filled with shock now completely swallowed by boundless fear.

Terrified, he knelt down again with a thud, screaming frantically at the blood-red vortex, "Please, divine being, show your power and slay this man!"