Ten Women

Following his instructions, the group carefully placed the ten unconscious women onto the altar surrounding the cave.

Just as they were waiting for the Grand Preceptor's next instructions, the Grand Preceptor, who was about to begin the ritual, suddenly turned his head to look at the entrance on the side, raised an eyebrow, and Outer Dao:

"I never expected that a magic spell would come to me on its own."

As soon as he finished speaking, the people in the cave saw a middle-aged man with bloodshot eyes, a full beard, and drenched in sweat appear at the entrance of the cave.

Upon seeing this newcomer, everyone in the cave was extremely shocked.

Golden Core cultivator Yuan Jinsheng!

They were no strangers to Yuan Jinsheng, who was originally one of the followers of the Zhao Imperial Clan and had caused a lot of trouble for the court and the sect in the past.

Recently, their current regime and royal family have been attacked, and this person has been particularly active in the conflict.

Most importantly, these past few days I've been chasing them around like crazy, like I don't care about my life!

Unfortunately, this person was incredibly powerful, and several times they were almost abandoned by the Grand Preceptor and fell into his hands.

Therefore, everyone present, including the Imperial Advisor, was deeply impressed by him.

I can't believe he actually tracked me all the way here! He's a crazy lunatic who doesn't care about his life!

The Imperial Advisor smiled,

"Yuan Jinsheng, did you come here specifically to share my teacher's burdens?"

Deeply affected by the Execution Stone, Yuan Jinsheng ignored his nonsense and roared while gripping his sword:

"You scoundrel! Give me back my son!"

As he spoke, his gaze shifted and he saw his own son lying unconscious on the altar.

"Yingzi! Father is here, Yingzi, Father is late..." Seeing Shen Yingzi lying there motionless, Yuan Jinsheng, a burly man, rarely let out a sob.

Using his sword as a crutch, he laboriously made his way towards Shen Yingzi.

The ignored imperial advisor, his eyes deep and unfathomable, turned and instructed those around him:

Tie him up and throw him into the pit.

"Huh? But... but..."

This is Yuan Jinsheng!

How could they possibly bind a group of Foundation Establishment?

Seeing that none of these people were stepping forward, the Grand Preceptor's face darkened with anger:

"Are you all blind? Can't you see he's worse than a dog now? Get him! Anyone who disobeys orders won't be so ruthless."

Upon hearing this, the Execution Cultivator had no choice but to step forward and attempt to attack Yuan Jinsheng.

However, as soon as they approached Yuan Jinsheng, they saw that his face was flushed red, and as if he had used all his strength, he swung the greatsword in his hand and slashed at the waist of everyone!

The greatsword rang out with a powerful spiritual aura, its imposing presence terrifying.

But the next moment, the massive Sword Qi energy that Yuan Jinsheng unleashed with all his might was instantly absorbed by the surrounding Execution Stone.

The remaining force was barely enough to tear their belts.

Seeing this, these people immediately became bolder. They walked up to him and kicked him in the face, knocking the already unsteady Yuan Jinsheng to the ground.

Another person immediately stepped forward and stomped on his hand, which was gripping the greatsword tightly.

Then another person ran up and kicked him hard in the stomach...

"Hahaha! Yuan Jinsheng! You've finally met your match!"

"Who would have thought, Yuan Jinsheng! You've fallen into our hands!"

"You think you're so capable? Get up!"

"Serves you right for chasing us! Serves you right for chasing us like dogs!"

"Go ahead and chase us! Go ahead and hit us! Get up and fight us!"

The fists and feet pounded heavily on him, but Yuan Jinsheng seemed to feel no pain, only turning his head and staring intently at where his son was.

Looking at his son's innocent sleeping face, he tried hard to reach out and touch him.

"Yingzi... Father's here..."

Seeing that the group had vented their anger enough, and that further fighting would likely result in death, the Imperial Advisor finally spoke up to stop them:

"Alright, stop it, all of you. If you kill him, I'll throw you down to serve as a trap."

That's what they say, but compared to Yuan Jinsheng, these Foundation Establishment cultivators are really useless.

All of them combined are not even worth as much as the soul of the former king inside.

Regardless, he was, after all, a former king who had carried the nation's destiny for a long time and was different from ordinary people. He was the best candidate to be used as a conduit for the array being refined for Annihilation Immortal.

Although Yuan Jinsheng has nothing to do with the national lineage, he is the deputy head of the Empty Mountain Sect and has some connection to the sect's lifeline, so he can also be used as a formation guide.

Only when the Grand Preceptor spoke did the group of Execution Cultivator reluctantly stop their punches and kicks.

Then, following the Grand Preceptor's instructions, Yuan Jinsheng was dragged to the large pit in the center.

Yuan Jinsheng, at the mercy of others, looked at his son in the distance, tears silently streaming down his face.

He overestimated himself.

I thought that even if the impact of the Execution Stone was significant, my presence would at least buy me some time.

But as he ventured deeper into the area, he discovered that even walking had become extremely difficult.

Every step took required tremendous effort.

Right now, she was looking at her son, but she was powerless to help him.

I just hope that the Lord can come up with a solution as soon as possible.

If there's no other way in the end...

Left with no other option, he had to expose himself to try and save his son's life.

Watching Yuan Jinsheng being thrown into the pit, the Grand Preceptor ordered all the Execution Cultivator to leave the great formation, then sat cross-legged in the formation and began to Hand Seals and perform hand seals.

As each Method Formula was uttered, specks of red light suddenly appeared in the originally dim cave.

This red light, unlike the expansive red glow of a sunset, is not pleasing to the eye.

It was twisted, eerie, sharp, and painful to the eyes.

The onlookers, including the Execution Cultivator, immediately averted their gazes.

The ten women lying on the altar slowly rose into the air and floated under the influence of the formation.

Then, a very thin red thread suddenly appeared on each of their bodies, like blood, guiding their Essence Blood to flow out slowly and converge towards the center of the circle of ten people.

In the large pit at the center below, the soul of the former king and Yuan Jinsheng were both having a portion of their life force extracted.

A kind of energy that Yuan Jinsheng had never detected in his body before.

The aura that emerged from Yuan Jinsheng's body was cyan, while the aura extracted from the former king's soul was bright yellow.

Two wisps of different colored gas intertwined and slowly rose, meandering upwards toward the center point above.

Just as the ten red threads and two wisps of energy were about to meet, a loud shout suddenly rang out from outside:

"Stop!"

The group of Execution Cultivator and the imperial advisor in the formation were all awakened by the loud shout.

Turning around, they saw a ball of blue light appearing at the entrance.

Ten people stood crowded together in the blue light.

These ten people were also familiar to them.

These were all the Alliance Army cultivators who had been hunting them down during this period!

They looked completely different from Yuan Jinsheng just now; each of them had a radiant complexion and was full of energy!

Seeing this, the Execution Cultivator who were closer to the entrance instinctively retreated and hid behind the great formation, concealing themselves behind its red light.