The first to bear the brunt were the Xia family disciples. Their Essence Energy was already exhausted, and their essence, vitality, and spirit were overdrawn. When the array sucked them in, blood immediately gushed out of their bodies. Many people fell to the ground.
Apart from Zhou Wen and Old Master Xia, even Xia Xuanyue's Essence Energy began to drain.
"Old Master, let Xuanyue off. She won't make the same mistake again," Xia Liuchuan pleaded.
Old Master Xia grabbed Xia Xuanyue's head with one hand, but Xia Xuanyue couldn't move at all. Even the Mythical sword in her hand fell to the ground as her eyes were filled with fear.
Old Master Xia said indifferently, "Don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you were born in the Xia family. The world is cold and heartless. Any mistake can lead to the downfall of a family. As the future leader of the Xia family, if you don't even understand this, you don't have the right to lead the Xia family. "
"Please give Xuanyue another chance." Xia Liuchuan kowtowed heavily to the ground.
"Rules are rules. A volcano won't stop erupting because of your prayers. Time won't stop passing because of your pity. Rules are emotionless and the most straightforward. From the looks of it, you still don't understand what kind of cruel world you will face as the future leader of the Xia family. " Old Master Xia had no intention of letting Xia Xuanyue off. Xia Xuanyue's Essence Energy was almost drained.
Xia Liuchuan's body trembled as he suddenly raised his head. The Evil-Slaying Sword in his hand erupted with immense power as he stabbed at the golden light of the array.
"Liuchuan!" Ah Cheng's expression turned even uglier. He wanted to stop Xia Liuchuan, but it was already too late.
Clang!
The power of the Evil-Slaying Sword and the augmentation of Xia Liuchuan's Guardian armor failed to slice through the array's barrier.
Xia Liuchuan was alarmed, but in the next second, the Pure Hook Sword in his other hand slashed forward. The two swords crazily slashed at the array, but they only caused the golden barrier to sway. They failed to slice through it.
Instead, his Essence Energy was absorbed by the array, making the golden light of the barrier even more terrifying.
"Little Chuan, I dote on you the most. Are you going to betray me now?" Old Master Xia asked Xia Liuchuan coldly.
"I only hope that you can let Xuanyue off. She's my sister." Xia Liuchuan's two swords didn't stop as he continued slashing at the barrier.
"It seems that I need to reconsider the issue of the Xia Family's successor." A cold light flashed in Master Xia's eyes and he clenched his fist.
Suddenly, a sword beam cleaved over. Old Master Xia raised his hand and grabbed it. The golden sword beam was sucked into his palm and instantly vanished. Instead, Old Master Xia's Yuan Qi became even more boundless.
At the same time, a suction force pulled Xia Xuanyue out. It was Zhou Wen's Demonic Astral Wheel.
"You people from big clans really know how to play. You can even say that you killed your own descendants in such a dignified manner. Today, I've really learned something new." Zhou Wen pulled Xia Xuanyue to his side, but she wasn't in a good state. Her Primordial Energy was constantly draining and she was about to be drained.
Zhou Wen summoned the Heaven-Opening Scripture of the Highest Elder. The scripture floated above his head and emitted an invisible force that blocked the suction force of the array, preventing the Essence Energy in this small area from being sucked into the array.
"To be able to withstand the power of the Heaven and Earth Origin-Opening Array, your talent and the Essence Energy Art you cultivate, as well as your Life Providence and Life Soul, are indeed extraordinary." Old Master Xia didn't mind the sarcasm in Zhou Wen's words at all. All he did was stare at the Heaven-Opening Scripture of the Highest Elder above Zhou Wen's head and ask, "That's your Life Soul, right? What's its name? "
"Why should I tell an old pervert like you?" Zhou Wen said with a smile.
"It's fine. Even if you don't tell me, I'll soon know," Old Master Xia said as he spread out his palm. As Old Master Xia spoke, he opened his palm and all the Essence Energy in the Heaven and Earth Origin-Returning Array gathered towards his palm.
Instantly, tragic cries sounded. Many of the Xia family members who were struggling to hold on spat out blood and died. Their bodies were instantly sucked dry as they lost all their essence, vitality, and spirit.
As for Old Master Xia, after absorbing so much Essence Energy, his aura became extremely terrifying. The Essence Energy that seeped out of his body seemed to condense into something corporeal as it swayed on his body. The powerful Essence Energy made his skin look transparent.
Be it Xia Liuchuan and Ah Cheng outside the Heaven and Earth Origin-Opening Array, or Zhou Wen and Xia Xuanyue inside the array, they all felt a chill run down their spines.
It wasn't that they had never seen dead people, but more than ten thousand Epic experts had died so tragically. Furthermore, they were members of the Xia family. They had never seen anyone so crazy.
"Old Master … Why are you doing this … This is destroying the Xia family …" Xia Xuanyue really couldn't understand why Old Master Xia would do this.
Even among the six families, there weren't many Epic experts who could gather so many Epic experts.
Furthermore, they had been nurtured by Old Master Xia himself. Now, they had been killed by him with his own hands. Xia Xuanyue couldn't understand why.
"With me around, the Xia family will never be destroyed. What's a mere ten thousand Epic experts? I spent so much money to nurture them. They were originally only used as a stepping stone for me to advance to the Mythical stage. Now that their mission has been completed, it's a worthy death." The Essence Energy on Old Master Xia's body was as terrifying as a volcanic eruption. Furthermore, his body seemed to be turning younger. Even his white hair was gradually turning black.
"Advance to the Mythical stage?" Xia Xuanyue couldn't understand. Could so many people be sacrificed to advance to the Mythical stage? Furthermore, although most of the ten thousand Epic experts didn't have the same surname, many of them were blood relatives of the Xia family.
"If you don't enter the Mythical stage, you will ultimately be mortal. No matter how powerful you are, there will be a day when you die. Only by advancing to the Mythical stage can you break the shackles of life like those dimensional creatures and become a higher-level life form … Unfortunately, the human body is too weak and the talent is too poor. Even a genius like me can't rely on my own strength to advance to the Mythical stage."
Old Master Xia explained indifferently, "I've studied many Essence Energy Arts and combined them with the Great Emperor Sutra passed down in my Xia family. I've finally found a path to advance to the Mythical stage. It's to gather sand into a tower and refine stone into gold. I'll gather the bloodlines, talent, Life Providences, and Life Souls of many geniuses into one body, allowing me to break through the limits of humans and advance to the Mythical stage. This is the only path I can take at present."
Zhou Wen was dumbfounded when he heard that. He finally knew why the Xia family had secretly attacked so many genius youths. It turned out that everything was the handiwork of Old Master Xia.
Zhou Wen originally imagined that Wang Mingyuan's method of advancing to the Mythical stage was already very ruthless, but compared to Old Master Xia's method, Wang Mingyuan's advancement method was as holy as an angel.
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