Chapter 481: Sacrifice—Shadow Grand Elder Seizing the Ghost King?

This heavenly tribulation is not easy to get through.

Underground, Mu Longhao fled the tribulation's area, he stared at the tribulation lightning in the sky—this tribulation lightning grew ever more terrifying.

The next tribulation lightning will be even more terrifying; passing it won't be easy.

The gathering of ghost qi and resentful qi caused the tribulation lightning to keep increasing; the Ghost King's Sacrificial Grand Formation continually gathered resentful qi, which in turn increased the tribulation lightning—the more resentful qi, the stronger the tribulation.

Mu Longhao reckoned it; passing the tribulation lightning won't be easy.

The Ghost King's advancement is likely to run into trouble.

He, for now, doesn't want to act; he can accept either the Ghost King's failure or success.

If he fails, even a crippled corpse is acceptable—and edible.

If he succeeds, the Ghost King will be tough to handle; taking him down won't be easy.

Either way, he doesn't mind—though.

"The Ghost King's Sacrificial Grand Formation hasn't yet unleashed its full power—what should the Shadow Grand Elder do? Should he sacrifice the entire formation to the Ghost King, or…?"

The Ghost King's Sacrificial Grand Formation also serves another purpose: to sacrifice everything, forcibly allowing the Ghost King to complete his advancement.

This step is neither easy nor hard.

The price to pay is not small—can the Shadow Grand Elder bear it?

As for the Ghost King and himself, what should he do?

Zhuge Ruolan fixed her gaze on the Shadow Grand Elder, killing intent flashing in her eyes to the extreme; she made no move, for now it was neither the time to act nor to draw near her brother Zhuge Gui—the Ghost King's advancement would not be that swift.

The tribulation lightning has not yet been survived.

"Boom—"

A bolt of tribulation lightning struck, the formation shuddered, on the brink of collapse.

It could collapse at any moment.

The Yin Killer Holy Son laughed: "The Ghost King's heavenly tribulation is terrifyingly powerful, and the existence of the Ghost King's Sacrificial Grand Formation amplifies that power."

"We ghost cultivators, to pass the tribulation successfully, must pay a price several times that of ordinary cultivators—even more miserable than demonic beasts."

"The Ghost King is an existence that should not be; the Shadow Grand Elder forcibly refined him, and he must bear the cost."

To survive the tribulation lightning is to become the Ghost King.

Ghost King, king of ghosts.

The Yin Killer Holy Son naturally also wishes to become the Ghost King, but he lacks the chance.

"Actually, you can go over—use your bloodline power to help Zhuge Gui advance; after absorbing your bloodline power, his advancement will certainly be quicker, and the Ghost King's advancement gains an extra ten percent success rate."

How will you choose?

On the path of cultivation, there are many choices—every moment we are choosing.

The Yin Killer Holy Son said that on purpose, just to see Zhuge Ruolan's reaction.

Zhuge Ruolan stared at him, her gaze icy, unmoved.

Her gaze shifted to her brother Zhuge Gui—this bolt of lightning shot straight at him.

His flesh and blood blurred, the ghostly qi around his body scattered.

The body hanging on the wall dropped to the ground, lying there motionless.

The ghost qi and resentful qi within the Ghost King's Sacrificial Grand Formation surged toward his body, mending his wounds; the mangled flesh-and-blood injuries were swiftly healed, and, accompanied by the influx of ghost and resentful qi, Zhuge Gui's body began to swell.

He slowly crawled up, his stiff movements lending an eerie feel.

The Shadow Grand Elder exclaimed excitedly: "Hahaha, it's going to work—this time we'll really succeed!"

"Ghost qi, gather."

"Resentful qi, condense."

"Ghost King's Sacrificial Grand Formation, sacrifice."

All the ghost qi and resentful qi within the formation poured into Zhuge Gui's body.

The Shadow Grand Elder produced a heap of blood, pouring it all over Zhuge Gui.

He gritted his teeth, extended his left hand, slit an opening, and fresh blood spattered.

Vast amounts of fresh blood were devoured by Zhuge Gui; his body instantly doubled in size and kept swelling.

Three meters.

Four meters.

Five meters.

Six meters.

It grew until six meters, then stopped.

A ferocious body, face full of fangs, a bluish evil ghost.

His hair was crimson, and two horns sprouted on his head, red fading to black.

His clothing tore apart, revealing layer upon layer of muscle.

His ghostly face bore fangs, ferocious and terrifying; his eyeballs bulged, as if they might pop out any moment.

The crimson blood entered his bloodstream, becoming his blood.

His vessels filled, gradually restoring wholeness.

His withered body, his withered skin gradually smoothed out.

"Devour."

"Devour my blood—soon we will merge as one."

"Zhuge Gui, you have not disappointed me."

The Grand Elder kept squeezing out fresh blood, letting Zhuge Gui devour his fill.

Fresh blood kept spraying out, his face turned pale.

Shadow Grand Elder didn't care at all; the Ghost King was about to be formed, and he had to become the Ghost King at the critical moment.

And merge with the Ghost King as one.

This body, too, was to be sacrificed to the Ghost King.

Zhuge Gui's body was originally his; Zhuge Gui's consciousness had long been eradicated by him.

This corpse was an existence without any consciousness.

Having waited for this day for many years, Shadow Grand Elder could no longer restrain himself, his ghostly aura continually pouring into the Ghost King's body.

Zhuge Gui's body swelled again.

Six meters one.

Six meters two.

Six meters three.

As one waned and the other waxed, Zhuge Gui kept swelling; conversely, Shadow Grand Elder had sacrificed the entire Ghost King Sacrifice Grand Formation, plus himself, his gaze softened, and the heavenly tribulation falling from above had no effect on them.

"Yin Ghost Secret Art, Ghost King Sacrifice."

He swiftly formed hand seals with both hands; finally, he arrived before Zhuge Gui, raised his hands, and pressed them against Zhuge Gui's crown of the head.

"Sacrifice."

Shadow Grand Elder's soul gradually emerged from his body, traveled along his hands into Zhuge Gui's brain, and took its place.

The bombardment of heavenly thunder caused the resentment and killing intent within Zhuge Gui's body to hide and dissipate considerably; this moment was the best opportunity.

Shadow Grand Elder had waited for this moment for a very long time.

"Older brother."

Seeing this, Zhuge Ruolan acted immediately; she could not stand by and watch her older brother be possessed.

Once the body was taken over, the older brother could never return.

Yin Killer Holy Son blocked her path, shaking his head: "Zhuge Ruolan, you cannot go forward."

"Yin Killer Holy Son, you're asking for death."

Zhuge Ruolan grew angry, but had no desire to argue with him, nor to listen to his nonsense.

"The road ahead is dangerous; going forward would be to throw away your life."

"The heavenly tribulation isn't over yet; your involvement would double its power, and then not only you, but your older brother as well would be annihilated."

Zhuge Ruolan's anger vanished instantly.

She gritted her teeth and stared at the sky; that heavenly tribulation was brewing a fearsome strike.

The next heavenly tribulation attack will be extremely terrifying.

If she appeared within the heavenly tribulation's range, she would be locked onto, thereby amplifying the tribulation's power.

In the end, not only would she fail to save her older brother, but she would likely perish as well.

"But my older brother—"

【83】 "Yin Killer Holy Son, you're asking for death."

【84】 Zhuge Ruolan grew angry, but had no desire to argue with him, nor to listen to his nonsense.

【85】 "The road ahead is dangerous; going forward would be to throw away your life."

【86】 "The heavenly tribulation isn't over yet; your involvement would double its power, and then not only you, but your older brother as well would be annihilated."

【87】 Zhuge Ruolan's anger vanished instantly.

【88】 She gritted her teeth and stared at the sky; that heavenly tribulation was brewing a fearsome strike.

【89】 The next heavenly tribulation attack will be extremely terrifying.

【90】 If she appeared within the heavenly tribulation's range, she would be locked onto, thereby amplifying the tribulation's power.

【91】 In the end, not only would she fail to save her older brother, but she would likely perish as well.

【92】 "But my older brother—"

Yin Killer Holy Son gave a cold smile: "Ghost King, possession isn't that easy."

"For the Grand Elder to attempt possession is itself a mistake."

Yin Killer Holy Son pointed to the heavenly tribulation in the sky and said slowly: "Any soul that encounters the heavenly tribulation has only one outcome."

The heavenly tribulation is their nemesis.

At the same time, any soul facing the heavenly tribulation has no power to resist.

Soul and spirit scatter.

Body dies, Dao extinguishes.