The elders of the Dark Divine Hall present immediately grew solemn upon hearing this. The relaxed, casual expressions they had worn before vanished without a trace.
Clearly, none of the elders present harbored any doubts about Ying Su's words.
Strictly speaking, Ying Kuo's earlier burst of aura could not be considered a major matter.
Even docking his pay for a few months would already have counted as a severe punishment.
Yet no one had expected Ying Su to punish Ying Kuo so heavily—to directly prohibit him from participating in one of the hall's rituals.
Everyone knew that the Dark Divine Hall had been able to develop to its current state precisely because they possessed the Dark God.
As long as they offered sacrifices that caught the Dark God's eye, they could obtain generous rewards from him.
The Dark Divine Hall had developed this far through such rituals.
It had even stood firmly in the void all this time without being devoured by other forces.
However, a ritual like this was not something that could be conducted every year.
It had to take place on a specific date, and only after special means were used to communicate with the Dark God could it be carried out.
Therefore, this kind of ritual was not something one could conduct simply because one wanted to. They had to wait for a suitable opportunity.
Even the people of the Dark Divine Hall had participated only a few times in total.
That was because every ritual had a limited number of slots.
Clearly, Ying Su's current punishment for Ying Kuo was to bar him from participating the next time a special ritual was held.
Moreover, he would be barred even though he had already obtained a slot to participate in the ritual.
Such a punishment felt