This was a small, square thing, black as soot and utterly unremarkable in appearance. The middle-aged cultivator from the Changbai Sect took it out with great caution, lightly supporting it in one hand while the other formed a hand seal. He slammed his fist fiercely into his own chest. With a "pfft," a mouthful of heart's blood sprayed onto the little object!
With a soft "buzz," it sounded as though tens of thousands of flying insects had beaten their wings at once. A layer of antique-bronze radiance gradually emerged from the square object.
Immediately afterward, the middle-aged cultivator struck his chest several more times. In all, six mouthfuls of heart's blood sprayed onto the little object. Its buzzing grew ever more continuous and louder, and as the sound swelled, the object gradually expanded, its antique-bronze glow becoming increasingly brilliant.
Needless to say, this had to be an exceptionally powerful magic artifact of the middle-aged cultivator's. A rare look of gravity appeared on Xiao Hua's face.
Then, the square object, which had already grown to a foot across, revealed its true form. It was a battered seal. Atop it was a beast's head, though it was now badly damaged, with only a tiny portion remaining on the seal and its outline barely discernible.
The middle-aged cultivator raised the seal in both hands and tossed it into the air. His hand seals flew as he drove all the mana in his body straight into the seal! With a "buzz, buzz, buzz," the radiance on the seal pulsed slightly, and in the blink of an eye, it drained every last drop of the middle-aged cultivator's mana! Having gained mana, the seal expanded by more than double again. At this moment, countless streams of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gathered around it and were