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Yun Xiao and her three siblings were not slow to act, but after his initial panic, the shaman opposite them also realized that the situation was extremely unfavorable to him.

He was also a man capable of hardening his heart. Once he understood his predicament, he immediately took out several sacrificial offerings he had prepared long ago and began a ritual directed at Xiangyou.

Flesh, blood, and sacrificial objects bearing traces of calamity were placed upon the altar one after another. Thick, cloying blood ran down its edges, transforming into streams of dense bloody light that rose into the air.

By the time the four Yun Xiao siblings arrived, more than half of the shaman's body had already been dissolved by the bloody light. Only a head remained, hanging in midair with dripping internal organs, which writhed like octopus tentacles.

Snake shadows rose one after another from the bloody light devouring his flesh. They slithered everywhere, consuming the offerings atop the altar. Greed, bloodlust, savagery, and all manner of negative emotions condensed within the small space surrounding the altar.

"You were one step too late!"

Having said that, the shaman looked at the four of them and let out a piercing shriek.

"Go, kill them!"

Something that might have been an intestine—or perhaps something else—rose with the shaman's will and pointed at Yun Xiao's group. Yet the surrounding snake shadows did not move, continuing instead to devour flesh and blood.

Only then did the shaman realize something was wrong. He thought of a possibility and tried to flee the altar in terror, but the snake shadows that had already consumed his share of the flesh had long since fixed their eyes on this self-righteous fellow.

The moment he showed fear, its scent seeped into his flesh. The snake shadows all