Chapter 58: The Priest Who Wields the Power of Gods

"Zhu Fa?"

"You are not a Wu Zhu; you are a Priest!"

His eyes widened in shock, and Mu Zheng looked at the old woman with no trace of contempt left.

"Which god's priest are you?"

"No wonder you dared to stand up for these slaves!"

"We, the Five Directional Gods, have always been tolerant of priests capable of communicating with gods..."

"If you are willing to join us, we might not advance this time; even releasing these slaves is not impossible."

Mu Zheng was not using any delaying tactics; he truly thought so.

Priests who can communicate directly with gods are already rare, and those capable of bearing such terrifying divine power are even rarer.

At this very moment, the old woman even made Mu Zheng recall the former High Priest of the Guifang State—that blasphemer who betrayed the Five Directional Gods.

"I now hold the 'Truth'; do you think you still have the right to negotiate with me?"

Standing on the trembling earth, the old woman's figure remained as steady as Mount Tai.

The next second, the old woman extended her palm toward Mu Zheng and the others, and an suffocating pressure followed.

Boom!

Realizing the danger, Mu Zheng hesitated not at all and dove directly, tackling You Zhong to the ground beside him.

However, although Mu Zheng and You Zhong avoided this crisis.

The black strange beasts beneath them were skewered like candied haws by two earth spikes.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

With no intention of stopping at all, earth spikes began to rise from the ground one after another.

Because the range of these earth spikes was truly too vast, one could not see their end for a moment.

"You!"

Glaring at the old woman opposite with eyes ready to burst.

Mu Zheng then realized that the opponent's attack just now was not merely targeted at himself and You Zhong.

The old woman's attack range covered the entire formation; it was an attack targeting all of the Guiren Clan.

Fortunately, although these earth spike attacks were sudden, the Guiren Clan were by no means ordinary elites.

Relying on their formidable combat power far exceeding the average quality of this era.

Eight hundred Guiren Clan members actually managed to dodge most of these earth spike attacks.

Of the remaining Guiren Clan members who were hit, only a few unlucky ones had their bodies pierced through.

"All troops assemble!"

Suddenly raising his volume, Mu Zheng's voice spread across several kilometers in all directions at that moment.

This was certainly not the volume a normal human should have; rather, the wind actively propagated his voice at that moment.

This is the power of the Priest, and also the power of the Five Directional Gods.

Obviously, even as an eliminated member of the regular Priest sequence, Mu Zheng still possessed the ability to communicate with the Five Directional Gods.

In fact, all eight hundred Guiren Clan members possessed similar abilities; the difference lay only in strength.

It was precisely relying on the Five Directional Gods' warning that they were able to dodge the old woman's sudden attack.

"Draw your blades! Charge!"

Drawing the sidearm at his waist first, Mu Zheng flipped over and charged toward the old woman opposite without hesitation.

Boom!

In a flash of lightning, the old woman raised her palm again.

An earth spike as sharp as metal shot out diagonally, its target clearly pointing directly at Mu Zheng.

This time, even with the Five Directional Gods' warning, Mu Zheng could not dodge the old woman's attack.

Clang!

In an instant, the sacrificial iron weapon enhanced by the Five Directional Gods was shattered by the earth spike.

And Mu Zheng, as the master of the long blade, had fragments of the iron weapon inserted into his body, looking bloodied and gruesome.

"Mu Zheng!"

Seeing this scene, You Zhong, who had finally gotten up in a sorry state, did not hesitate a bit and drew his long blade to charge at the old woman as well.

The Guiren Clan had not failed to fight against priests of gods before; their combat experience could be described as quite rich.

They simply did not expect that someone would dare to intercept them openly.

What surprised them even more was that this seemingly dying old woman could actually unleash such terrifying power.

To know, the favor of gods is certainly the strongest trump card for a priest.

But utilizing divine power on such a large scale is not a good thing for the priest themselves.

Every god has different preferences, and the price required to utilize a god's power naturally differs as well.

Even for the most benevolent gods, the erosion of their power upon mortals is extremely terrifying.

"You are seeking your own death!"

You Zhong suddenly swung his long blade, and the sweeping wind instantly turned into sharp blades.

Facing such a sharp attack, the old woman merely tilted her body slightly, and a wildly growing vine formed a plant wall before her.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The vines were quickly severed, and the wind blades were gradually dissipated.

Just as the old woman wanted to raise her hand again, a sound that made the earth tremble suddenly came from the formation.

It was the Guiren Clan scout troops that had finally reacted, the most elite few dozen warriors of the Guiren Clan.

When dozens of warriors rode out from the ranks atop black strange beasts.

Any slave who dared stand in their path became blood-food in the mouths of the strange beasts.

These black strange beasts were not the warhorses Li Li Boyang remembered, but ferocious beasts that fed on tigers and leopards and were bloodthirsty and warlike.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

The scene of dozens of man-eating strange beasts charging together was simply beyond description as magnificent.

Ignoring the threat of the earthquake, leaping over the sharp earth spikes...

Those dozens of black strange beasts moved with the agility of monkeys yet possessed the ferocity of tigers and leopards, quickly closing in on the old grandmother.

Most crucially, behind these scouts, the Gui Rong clansmen who had also reacted charged out of the slave crowd one by one, their faces fierce as they rushed toward her position.

As elite warriors who had once fought against gods, the Gui Rong clansmen never lacked ferocity.

By contrast, the old grandmother, despite wielding divine power unimaginable to ordinary priests, seemed like a novice who had undergone no professional training whatsoever.

Clang!

In a single clash, more than a dozen strange beasts, each carrying its rider, closed in on the old grandmother.

It was the same sound of long blades drawn; though these Gui Rong clansmen's attacks were not as Deep and Heavy as the other's, they still wielded them into a storm of sharp blades.

"Hah!"

Her weathered voice sounded like that of an aged male lion.

The old grandmother's eyes widened roundly as a seed fell from her sleeve, then rapidly took root and sprouted.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle...

The attacker nearest to her had no time to react before being swallowed whole by the rapidly swelling giant man-eating plant.

Whether strange beasts or Gui Rong clansmen...

Before that giant man-eating plant, they were as fragile and insignificant as ants at the bottom of the food chain.

"Children! Unleash the slaughter!"

After releasing the murderous nature she had suppressed for years, the old grandmother's face also seemed to become as terrifying as a demon's.

Seeds of strange plants were flung by her, then taking root and sprouting the instant they touched the ground, growing into bloodthirsty and cruel man-eating plants.

The true battle had only just begun from this moment.

The silent charge of the Gui Rong clansmen stood in stark contrast to the fearful and horrified slaves around them.

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