Lou Kingdom's Past, a Million Baleful Spirits, Shang Han and the Others Enter the Ancient City

The quasi-Emperor Weapon Chu Kuangren had sensed was inside the palace's great hall.

But as soon as the two entered the hall, they felt something was amiss. Terrifying Killing Intent surged through the air.

"What astonishing Killing Intent!" Lan Yu could not help exclaiming.

Then the two saw a... skeleton standing at the upper end of the palace hall, dressed in golden royal robes!

Golden light suffused the skeleton's body, with countless runes winding through it and connecting to the long halberd clutched in his hand.

The skeleton possessed an indescribably imposing presence.

Besides this, countless runes covered the walls around the palace hall.

The astonishing Killing Intent inside the hall seemed to be trapped there by these runes, unable to spread elsewhere.

"It seems this man was the ruler of Lou Kingdom, but why are there all these runes around him?" Lan Yu asked in surprise.

As if sensing someone had entered, the remains of Lou Kingdom's ruler released a ray of golden light that transformed into a figure.

He was an imposing man in royal robes, his face exceedingly dignified. This appeared to be what Lou Kingdom's ruler had looked like in life.

"Those who come after!"

"I am the ruler of Lou Kingdom!"

The imposing man spoke.

Lan Yu took a defensive stance.

Chu Kuangren smiled faintly. "It's only a recording."

"You must have noticed the abnormalities in this palace. The culprit behind all of this was Lou Kingdom's subordinate nation, An Kingdom!"

"The ruler of An Kingdom rebelled against his sovereign. To overthrow Lou Kingdom, he went so far as to enter the forbidden land and steal the source of Killing Intent, sacrificing a million of his nation's soldiers to create an unstoppable army of Baleful Spirits!"

"But this army of Baleful Spirits bore too much