Chapter 456 Ch 456: Tower of Wisdom

Chapter 456 Ch 456: Tower of Wisdom

Ling Xiaolong was in a perilous situation.

Several warriors were beating him with the intention of killing him. They took out their weapons and attacked.

However, before their attacks could reach him, a few of his people rushed over hurriedly and collided with the opponents. The collision sent everyone flying.

Ling Xiaolong finally gained an opportunity to breathe in peace. After a few seconds, he slowly stood up and looked at his people and the opponents.

Now, more than half of his people have been killed while others were severely injured. Ling Xiaolong doesn't know what to do.

"No, I have to save my people. I have to do it."

Unfortunately, sometimes, what people desperately want does not happen.

Yong took action personally this time. His strength was not much different from Ling Xiaolong's (Long Chen's), but he was not tired because of not participating in the previous battle.

Now that he stepped forward to fight, the first thing he did was kill Ling Xiaolong's injured people in front of his eyes.

Ling Xiaolong screamed, cried, and even begged, trying his best to stop Yong. But Yong did not stop, he killed everyone, including Xue.

The moment Xue died, Ling Xiaolong felt an overwhelming emotion surging within his heart.

Was it anger or guilt, he does not know. He could name his emotion. For a moment, everything fell silent. The world seemed to have become quieter. Ling Xiaolong's eyes lost their luster.

He was alive, but it seemed he had lost all meaning to life. He no longer wanted to live.

"Hahaha. Long Chen, look at your people. Witness what they've gained from following you. They perished not due to their feebleness, but because they followed your lead. Yes, I ended their lives, but I'm not guilty of their death. You are! That burden falls squarely upon your shoulders!"

"It was your decisions they heeded. It was your actions that sparked this conflict. You dared to defy me and become my enemy. You, fully aware of the vast disparity in strength between your faction and mine, still chose to confront me and challenge my authority, not thinking of the consequences."

"It was always you, my friend. If you have to blame someone, blame yourself."

Ling Xiaolong's eyes remained lusterless, but his body trembled. He did not speak.

Later, he was dragged by Yong to a mountaintop. There, Yong pierced his sword in Ling Xiaolong's chest before throwing him down.

Ling Xiaolong, however, was extremely lucky. He not only did not die but also accidentally found a small tower, about a baby's palm-sized. His blood dyed the tower red.

Listening to Hou, Ling Xiaolong muttered these words again and something within his body seemed to have been awakened.

Right at this moment, someone ran over and shouted, "Brother Long Chen, the people from the Spiritas race are here!"

Ling Xiaolong's face changed. He and his group hurriedly followed that person and arrived somewhere where they saw that a group of people were surrounding thousands of humans.

"Are you Long Chen?"

When those people saw Ling Xiaolong and others coming, someone stepped forward and pointed at Long Chen.

"Get ready, the sacrificial ceremony is about to begin."

The middle-aged Spiritas from the Spiritas Race, who was leading the group, raised his head. He didn't even cast a glance at Ling Xiaolong before he said this with an indifferent and arrogant expression.

Before Ling Xiaolong could react, humans surrounded by Spiritas and even the group behind him lowered their heads. Then they started to work to organize the sacrificial ceremony.

They had all the newborn babies and children under the age of fifteen gathered in one place. As for adults including Ling Xiaolong, they were all gathered on the other side.

After that, one of the men from the Spiritas Race took a step forward and threw a handful of tiny sparkling dust at all the people above the age of fifteen.

This was Soul Dust

In the crowd, many people looked at the Soul Dust that was falling from the sky. They wanted to dodge in fear, but they didn't dare to move at all. They just stood there in fear.

Then, those Soul Dust scattered down, landing on a portion of the humans. Humans who were infected by the Soul Dust were all incomparably frightened in that instant, their faces ashen. Those who weren't touched by the Soul Dust were inwardly rejoicing, as if they had escaped disaster.

"Now, the sacrificial ceremony will officially begin."

The middle-aged Spiritas said. As his voice faded, humans who were touched by Soul Dust, as well as all the newborns and children under the age of fifteen, all walked to the front.

Ling Xiaolong and the other humans who weren't sprinkled with the Soul Dust stood at the back, quietly watching the sacrificial ceremony.

Ling Xiaolong's hands were clenched and he seemed to be eager to do something.

Soon, there was a low sobbing sound in the crowd. Most of them were the mothers of the newborns. They closed their eyes in pain, covered their faces, and cried, but didn't dare to make too much noise.

It was at this time, that the middle-aged Spiritas walked towards a newborn baby. He stretched out a hand and pressed it on the face of the newborn baby.

Then Ling Xiaolong saw as the middle-aged Spiritas forcefully extracted the baby's soul out of his body and swallowed it whole.