The entire Mass Grave Mound shook.
The ghostly green crystals atop the forty-nine black stone pillars blazed in unison, sending forty-nine thick pillars of green light shooting into the sky, faintly resonating with the dark red moonlight above!
The array's patterns on the ground activated in an instant. The dark red earth seemed to come alive, slowly writhing, while the patterns of pale bone dust flared with a dazzling white light!
An invisible, immense force of suction erupted with the Life-Force Cauldron at its core!
It wasn't aimed at physical objects, but at the vitality and lifeblood of everything around it!
In an instant, across an area hundreds of miles around Linhe County...
Countless living beings, both awake and asleep, whether human or beast, felt an inexplicable pang in their hearts, as if something precious were slowly being drawn out of them.
Those who were weak and sickly fell into an even deeper stupor.
Restless movement and low cries came from the livestock pens.
Vast, chaotic life energy streamed in from all directions toward the Mass Grave Mound, like trickling streams summoned by some invisible force!
Guided by the array, these currents of energy, infused with the lifeblood of living beings, were filtered and purified, becoming streaks of pale golden light.
Like rivers flowing into the sea, they surged madly into the suspended Life-Force Cauldron!
The cauldron grew brighter and brighter. The Cloud-Patterned Beasts on its surface seemed about to come alive, while light and mist churned and boiled inside it. The life-force radiating from it grew more terrifying by the moment, even stirring the surrounding air into tiny whirlwinds!
Chen Mo lay low in the shadows behind a pile of rocks. Only after confirming that the area around the array seemed safe did he force down the urge to