Plundering Spiritual Energy

"I'll take their place! Take me instead of my child!" Zhang Dajie cried.

The others shook their heads. Zhang Dajie had already broken down and could not even understand the simplest logic. "Zhang Dajie, for the City Lord to break through by Shattering Core Forming Nascent Soul, the spiritual energy gathered household by household is already enough. What the City Lord lacks now is enlightenment. Such enlightenment cannot be sought even if one begs for it; only Demonic Path methods can obtain it."

"These children have never cultivated and are closest to Innate Bodies. Only by refining them can the City Lord more easily comprehend the Great Dao and become a Nascent Soul True Person. How could you possibly take your child's place?"

As if infected by Zhang Dajie, the other children's parents also cried out, refusing to let their children be blood sacrifices.

Seeing this, the City Lord furrowed his brow slightly and used the Lion's Roar to silence them.

The lion's roar shook the heavens, leaving everyone's ears ringing and their bodies swaying.

"The matter of blood sacrifice is Maple Leaf City's tradition. You fail to recognize the greater picture, disregard the ancestral precepts, and care only about your own children."

"Your children were unlucky enough to be chosen. That is fate. People must learn to accept their fate!"

The City Lord's words proved highly effective. Everyone calmed down and no longer made a fuss.

They knew the City Lord was right.

The Deputy City Lord looked up at the sun, counted on his fingers, and said, "City Lord, it is time to blood-sacrifice the children."

The City Lord nodded dully, his face full of cold cruelty. "Then let us begin..."

"Wait!"

"Who is it?" The City Lord frowned, killing intent rising within him. This blood sacrifice ritual