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The altar was very far away, and it was like a small mountain. It was majestic and ancient, but at the same time, it was also incomparably strange.
On such a huge altar, there was only a piece of withered yellow human skin that seemed to be dripping with blood, as if it had just been peeled off by someone and nailed to it by a small, black and red wooden sword.
This scene was simply too demonic.
Why would there be such a sacrificial altar in the Karakorum Savant?
Was this to offer sacrifices to an existence from the underworld?
Who was the human skin on it?
Judging from this sacrificial altar, could it be that the Karakorum Savant wasn't formed naturally?
Everyone present felt their scalps go numb, and upon thinking about it, a cold chill ran down their spines.
Especially Ye Hao, his eyes were fixated on the piece of human skin on the altar and waves of shock had already begun to rise in his heart.
The piece of human skin was completely intact, and was covered with thick dust. Clearly, it had been there for countless years. Strangely enough, blood still flowed out from the skin, like bloody diamonds. The demonic aura it exuded was absolutely terrifying.
Of course, the thing that shocked Ye Hao the most was that the Humanoid Tao Soul in his sea of consciousness emitted a trace of disgust the moment it saw this piece of human skin.
A Dao soul could actually develop an emotional consciousness?
Ye Hao couldn't understand it at all, and even his breathing became rapid.
"The Xuanhuang Nine Revolutions Heavenly Arts is actually this mystical …"
In the end, he could only attribute all of this to the special Xuanhuang Heavenly Arts. After all, this ancient scripture was created by Ancient Emperor of Xuanhuang when he was observing and studying the myriad of things in the world, and it was mysterious and unfathomable.
After calming himself down, Ye Hao narrowed his eyes and stared at the human skin on the altar cautiously. Even after so many years, there were still drops of blood on it. It was just too strange that they had not dried up yet.
Of course, anything strange happening within the Kunlun Forbidden Zone was not surprising.
While Ye Hao was secretly guessing, he suddenly noticed that Han Yitian, who was on the side, had already silently walked forward. It was not only him. The dozens of subsidiary powers' cultivators were also silently walking slowly towards the altar in the distance.
"Brother Han?"
Ye Hao voiced his doubt. However, Han Yitian, who was at the front, acted as if he did not hear it, and continued walking towards the altar as if he was a pilgrim.
"Something's not right!"
At this moment, no matter how slow Ye Hao was, he realized something was wrong. His figure flashed as he caught up to Han Yitian. His eyes stared fixedly at the human skin on the altar with a stiff and strange smile, as if there was nothing in his eyes.
"Brother Han?!"
Ye Hao let out a deep cry. Seeing that there was still no reaction, he did not hesitate to knock him unconscious. He immediately brought him and quickly left the altar far away.
After leaving the altar, Han Yitian finally woke up in a daze. However, he had no impression of the other party just now.
Just as the two of them were beginning to become suspicious, the ten or so cultivators from the other powers seemed to have regained their senses, and suddenly let out miserable shrieks.
The skin of those dozens of people were terrifyingly red, and traces of blood seeped out from their skin. Incomparable pain and terror appeared on their faces as they howled and rolled on the ground.
In just a few breaths of time, the originally robust dozen people began to shrivel like mummified corpses. The blood in their bodies seemed to have been sucked away by a demonic energy, converging on the ground and forming a winding stream of blood that flowed like a small snake into the skin of the people on the altar.
"This... What the hell is that thing!? "
At this moment, the dozens of cultivators from the subsidiary powers had completely lost their breath and there was a twisted and painful expression on their faces even in death. There were even a few people who stared at them hatefully, as if they were jealous of the fact that the two of them were fine.
If Ye Hao didn't bring him back, Han Yitian wouldn't even dare to imagine what would have happened to him.
Ye Hao's expression was also very grave. After the people on the altar absorbed the blood of dozens of people, it seemed that it was because of the black and red wooden sword on top that there was no change at all.
But even so, just now, that person's skin still emanated a very strange and terrifying aura. This aura Ye Hao had once felt from the six great Imperial Armaments outside the Kunlun Mountains before, and it was a ripple that belonged to the Paramount Stage.
"Could it be that this piece of human skin... From a taboo expert? "
Thinking this, Ye Hao's body couldn't help but stiffen as a gust of cold air rushed up to the top of his head from the bottom of his feet.
That was a taboo expert that had stepped into the Paramount Stage, looking down at the Galactic Domain, who in the world would dare to be disrespectful? How could he end up in such a miserable state?
Ye Hao felt chills down his spine. Although he had also heard that a Zhi Zun had fallen from the Kunlun Ruins, it was still too long ago and no one had personally confirmed it.
Ye Hao felt a chill run down his spine when he saw a piece of what seemed to be the Sovereign's Skin appear before his eyes, and it was even on an altar.
"Leaves..." Ye Hao, I'm a little scared. This place is not for humans to stay in! " Han Yitian revealed a smile that was even uglier than crying.
Ye Hao also shook his head with a wry smile. Not to mention Han Yitian, even his heart felt weak at this moment.
If it wasn't for the miraculous nature of the Dao soul in his Life Sea, he would have died, let alone intercept Han Yitian.
"Could it be that the owner of that piece of human skin is an existence from the Ancient Era?"
It was highly possible that Ancient Emperor of Xuanhuang knew the owner of this piece of skin. It was possible that the two of them were rivals, if not, the Humanoid Tao Soul would not have made such a move.
Everything from the ancient times had been annihilated within the Long Time River.
After resting for a while, Ye Hao and Han Yitian left the altar like snakes and scorpions, continuing to penetrate deeper into the passage at the side.
At this moment, only the two of them were left. The close to a hundred thousand cultivators from the subsidiary powers had entered Karakorum in high spirits, and it was unknown how many people were able to leave this place alive.
The mountain path was wide and deathly still, with lush greenery on both sides. Ancient trees flourished and strange flowers bloomed, one could even vaguely make out a rarely seen spirit medicine Hetero Fruit. However, whether it was Ye Hao or Han Yitian, neither of them dared to randomly pick them, fearing that they would cause a horrifying accident.
In the entire forest, only the sound of their light footsteps could be heard. This place looked green and full of vitality, but whether it was the Demonic Beast or the Ants that could be seen everywhere in the soil of the outside world, none of them existed here.
It was as if the two of them were the only living beings in Mount Kunlun.
"Ye Hao, do you think they're all dead?"
Han Yitian's face was full of caution and he was trembling with fear along the way. Inwardly, he scolded his foolish and daring ancestor countless times.
"I don't think so. Although the success rate of the teleportation nexus is extremely low due to Kunlun's suppression, there are still a few people who can succeed with so many people." Ye Hao sighed, "But even so, I'm afraid that it would be pretty good if a few thousand of these 100,000 cultivators could survive."
In the eyes of those sects, the cultivators of the subsidiary powers were no different from ants.
Ye Hao and Han Yitian followed the mountain path carefully for about an hour before an ancient and dilapidated stone tablet entered their sight.
Although the stone tablet was broken, it still stood tall and imposing. There were mottled traces of time, as if it had passed through millions of years, causing the words on it to become blurry.
"Look at these words, they really have been here for quite some time."
Han Yitian was speechless. On the stone monument, there were two ancient runes carved. Beneath the vast ocean and the changing fields, there was still an inexplicable Dao style radiating from it. It was incredibly magical.
Although the ancient characters were complicated, Ye Hao and the rest recognized that it was carved with the words' Karakorum '.
"My Heavens... It can't be that passing this tablet will allow you to truly enter the Kunlun Ruins, right? " Han Yitian's face twitched. He was on the verge of tears.
It seemed like they had just experienced a series of terrifying unforeseen events, and nearly a hundred thousand cultivators had almost died, yet they were still only at the outer perimeter, and could not be considered to have truly stepped into the Kunlun Ruins.
"I'm afraid so."
Ye Hao sighed and looked towards the back of the stone monument. There were a total of nine forks in the road and a thick mist was floating above the clouds.
"That Holy Maiden of Abode of Immortals and that prankster should have already gone in." Han Yitian stared anxiously at the nine paths, "Which one should we take?"
Ye Hao went silent and asked Shen Jiuyou in his heart, but Kunlun was so unpredictable that even he didn't have any good suggestions.
In the end, Ye Hao focused his mind and chose the right-most path. He took the first step while Han Yitian followed closely behind.
After the two of them had walked for about two hours, suddenly, a dark and deep lake that looked like ink appeared.
"This water is a bit strange."
Han Yitian shrunk his neck. The changes along the way made him not much more daring than a mouse.
This lake was not big. The water source was a small stream that was almost dried up. It was only as wide as his palm, and the water flowing within it was as dark as ink. It was very strange.
Fortunately, although this lake was strange, they had observed from afar for a long time. After discovering that nothing was wrong, their courage gradually grew as they slowly approached.
The surroundings of the lake was an empty area. Even the soil and the plants above were pitch black, as if they were submerged by the strange lake water.
After observing the surrounding terrain and confirming that there were no dangers, the corner of Ye Hao's mouth curled up into a cold smile and he retrieved the array talisman from within the Storage Bag.
"Are we here to pick up that group of Heavenly Flame Sect fellows?"
Han Yitian frowned, he did not have a good impression of those Heavenly Flame Sect fellows either. He wanted to let Ye Hao choose a more dangerous place, but in those places, even they could not guarantee their safety.
"This place … It would be perfect to kill someone and throw their corpse away. "
Ye Hao sneered and began to change the pattern of the array talisman according to Shen Jiuyou's instructions, making it more stable.
They had no choice but to complete this mission, because if the setting up of the teleportation formation failed, the Heavenly Flame Sect would still go to the Tianxuan Academy to bring the people there.
As long as he successfully set up the teleportation formation, then Tianxuan Academy's mission would be completed, and the life and death of the next person who entered Karakorum would have nothing to do with the academy.
And Ye Hao, was also waiting for this moment …
This time, he was definitely going to slaughter everyone who entered Karakorum with their Heavenly Flame Sect and kill them to get some interest for his father and Qing Wu.
Han Yitian's eyes were filled with excitement at this. He knew that Ye Hao would not hold it in.
However, after feeling excited, he couldn't help but become anxious. After the teleportation formation was completely stabilized, the strongest person who could endure the passage of the Spiritual Evolution Stage would definitely be able to do so.
Even though Ye Hao was strong, he would always be at a disadvantage when facing off against Spiritual Evolution Stage cultivators, let alone those Spiritual Evolution Stage s.
"Alright, since the teleportation formation is unstable at the beginning, Spiritual Evolution Stage and Burning Fire Stage probably won't be able to make it. Let's just kill a few to our satisfaction." Han Yitian rubbed his hands eagerly.
Regarding this, Ye Hao shook his head. This time, forget about Burning Fire Stage, even if it was the prince Shirenjian, he would still want to kill them.
"..."
And at this time, outside the Kunlun Ruins.
"Look, the Heavenly Sword Sect's teleportation formation has also been set up successfully!"
"F * ck, what are those Slave Cultivator s of our sect doing?!"
"Including Heavenly Sword Sect, there are already sixteen Daoists entering Karakorum right now."
"Sigh, if Karakorum is really lucky, then the earlier we enter, the greater our chances will be. That group of Slave Cultivator bastards, they have really messed up our clan's grand plan!"
Following the success of the formation, the cultivators who had yet to successfully set up the formation all had faces full of rage and anxiety. However, there was nothing they could do about it.
After all, everyone could only rely on Slave Cultivator in Karakorum to enter, even if they wanted to enter, the Ultimate Imperial Weapon had not been activated for long, so they still needed time to recover and were unable to use it.
Of course, it wasn't like no one thought of using the Daos that had successfully set up the formation to enter the Kunlun Mountains, but those forces weren't idiots either. They would delay and reject them all, at least until the experts from their clan entered for a period of time and seized the initiative.
"Hmph. Those pieces of trash haven't succeeded even after going in for so long. They deserve to die!"
In front of the red Ancient Palace of the Heavenly Flame Sect, a group of experts all spoke out in anger, and even the old man at the very front had a gloomy expression.
Gu Shentan held Nannan in his arms, his face filled with apprehension and seriousness. If the formation failed, then Ye Hao and Han Yitian would be trapped in Karakorum and would not be able to survive.
"Brother Gu, your academy's little fellow is unreliable." Zhou Wuyang's face turned cold, "It looks like I need to go to your school again."
"Elder Zhou, this time you brought all the Slave Cultivator s from the subsidiary powers here, you truly are a bunch of trash!"
A Heavenly Flame Sect youth bellowed, as though he had completely lost his patience.
Gu Shentan had an ugly expression and did not reply.
"Let's wait for another two hours. If that's not enough, then even if we have to pay a price, we will still have to go through the other sects' reception formation." The Highest Elder of the Heavenly Flame Sect said coldly.
At the same time.
In the distant sky, a few youths that had hidden themselves in the void were staring at the profound and ancient compass in the hands of the leading man without blinking. On it were engravings of numerous mystical and magical symbols that flickered with an uncertain light, as though they were pointing towards Kunlun Ruins.
"Honored Warrior, how is it?"
A young man asked curiously.
The middle-aged man kept the compass, looked at the Kunlun Ruins in the distance and said coldly: "From the guidance of the Nature's Mystery Dish, the fluctuation of the Xuanhuang Nine Revolutions Heavenly Arts just now, indeed came from the Kunlun Ruins. It seems that the cultivator has already entered Karakorum."
Hiss.
The youths behind him all drew in a breath of cold air as they said in disbelief, "The ancient Emperor Profound Huang traitors, there's actually a successor?!"
Emperor Profound Huang was also an ancient First Sovereign. His ferocity and fame shook the heavens and the earth.
Now that his inheritor had appeared, it was no wonder that the First Patriarch had sent down the royal decree to capture him.
"Humph, Tianxin already hates the blood of the dark yellow. The inheritor of Emperor Profound Huang should be killed!"
The youths all coldly shouted. The leader of the group had a mysterious glint in his eyes as he said, "Wait for him to come out. No matter if he lives or dies, we must bring him back to the clan."
"..."
At this moment, two hours were about to pass.
In front of the Heavenly Flame Sect s, all the experts had gloomy expressions. Even the young man who was standing side by side with the Grand Elder had his eyes slightly narrowed at this moment.
"Hua!"
Finally, just as everyone was about to lose their patience, a teleportation ripple suddenly exploded on a rune array altar in front of the Ancient Palace.
"Haha, good!" The teleportation array has finally been set up! "
"Right now, the formation is still not stable, and the power it can't withstand can't be too strong. Tao Soul Stage disciples will head over first." The Great Master's eyes gleamed, "Ten people in a group, once you enter, immediately investigate the surrounding situation."
"Greetings, Grand Elder's Command!"2
The fiery hot eyes of the ten Tao Soul Stage youths moved forward as they coldly laughed: "It's fine if he's someone with Flame Dragon Dynasty, but if he's that brat who prides himself on being comparable to Son-of-Saint Level, I'll definitely beat him up."
"He really should teach us a lesson for making us wait so long!"
Amidst playful and cold laughter, ten youths of Heavenly Flame Sect stepped onto the arena, and their figures slowly disappeared.
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