Chapter 1196: Awakening

"Such an obvious trap, and you actually couldn't see it? Heh."

"I want to see how long your mouth can stay tough," Jingxi sneered.

She spread her arms, silently chanting scriptures that could not be understood, while clusters of black Qi gathered around her once more.

At the same time, the eyes of the Ghost Clan Great Sacrificial Wines on those eighteen giant pillars emitted a crimson glow in this instant.

Their heads turned in unison, looking toward Chen Yu.

"Ghost Clan warriors who have slept for a thousand years, I awaken you with blood."

A red light flashed in Jingxi's eyes; suddenly, a gale raged within the Altar, and a phantom appeared on each of the eighteen giant pillars before solidifying.

Judging by their appearance, they were the legendary eighteen Great Sacrificial Wines of the Ghost Clan, the core figures who carried the Ghost Clan's imperial power.

Although the Ghost Tribe Emperor had not yet appeared, they were in a semi-awakened state.

"No one can stop the rise of the Ghost Clan," a roar came.

The echo of this roar had a long, spiritless quality, reverberating throughout the entire Altar, until finally, each roar surged into Chen Yu's ears like a thunderclap.

If it were an ordinary Dharma Cultivator, this single roar alone would have been enough to shatter their head into a rotten watermelon.

Even Chen Yu, amidst these roars that sounded like thunder, felt his eyes turn slightly red; holding Lichen, he sneered, "Nothing more than a group of ancient wandering ghosts."

"Now that the Underworld has been formed, all things in heaven and earth must conform to birth, aging, sickness, and death, and the suffering of Reincarnation. Just by relying on you, you dare to call yourselves a clan? Ridiculous."

With a sweep of Lichen, a sword light over a zhang long surged up in this instant, and these eighteen Great Sacrificial Wines were existences second only to imperial power within the Ghost Clan; even if they were not fully awakened, their strength was enough to trap Chen Yu for a time.

Watching Chen Yu and the Ghost Clan Great Sacrificial Wines fighting inextricably, Jingxi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She turned her head and glanced at Liu Lianxin: "Chen Yu's power is very strong right now and cannot be suppressed, but this Altar was built by the eighteen Ghost Clan Priests with all their might before they died."

"So it contains their power. If they keep fighting like this, Chen Yu's power will be weakened step by step, while the Ghost Clan's power will grow step by step. It won't be long before he is brought to justice."

"Why are you telling me this?" Liu Lianxin looked at her coldly.

"Why don't you go help him?" Jingxi smiled: "As long as you help him, you will be distracted, and then I can take advantage of the opening."

"They are just eighteen semi-awakened Great Sacrificial Wines. They have slept for thousands of years; Chen Yu can still handle this small matter," Liu Lianxin said indifferently.

"You like him?" Jingxi glanced at Liu Lianxin.

Liu Lianxin did not speak; after a long while, she said, "Even if I do, so what?"

"Hahaha, the Three Lives Reincarnation is for the sake of achieving the right fruit. If you had fully integrated the strength of your previous two lives today, you would have completely attained Buddhahood. Unfortunately, you have stirred up worldly desires," Jingxi laughed loudly.

"The suffering of the Three Lives Reincarnation is for the sake of attaining the Dao, but you can no longer attain the Dao now."

Liu Lianxin slowly closed her eyes, a smile appearing on her lips: "If I cannot achieve the right fruit, cannot attain the Dao, and cannot become a Buddha, so what? If I can help him pass this tribulation, what does it matter if I cultivate for another five hundred years?"

"If the Buddha is truly as you say, then this Buddha, it is fine not to become one."

"Hahaha, you say I have become a Demon? Aren't you now also becoming a Demon for the sake of love?" Jingxi laughed wildly: "My good disciple, you are still too naive."

Liu Lianxin did not speak; she formed a Lotus Seal with both hands and sat before the Altar, her expression without sorrow or joy, while the three Green Lotuses above her head changed from three to six, and from six to nine.

"It's actually a Nine-Grade Green Lotus, the strongest Nine-Grade at the time of testifying to the Dao?" Jingxi's expression changed slightly.

She was both jealous and envious: "My grandmaster testified to the Dao hundreds of years ago, and it was only a six-grade, but it was already a sensational event in the Cultivation World at the time, and you are actually a nine-grade?"

Liu Lianxin ignored Jingxi entirely; her Lotus Seal changed slightly, and in an instant, golden radiance burst forth from her body.

With a boom, the cold Altar changed in this instant; as the radiance pulsed from her body, countless wandering ghosts turned to ashes and smoke along with the light.

A vacuum zone appeared around her; although she was still unable to break free for the moment, Jingxi was no longer able to forcibly lock her six senses.

On the other side, Chen Yu's body surged with radiance, and the Lichen in his hand was invincible; the remnant souls of the eighteen Great Sacrificial Wines had already been cut down by a third by Chen Yu.

"Worthy of the Purple Star Emperor Fate; under the attack of so many Ghost Clan Great Sacrificial Wines, he still has the ability to fight back. But I don't believe you can hold on much longer," Jingxi sneered, putting on an act of watching a good show.

Lichen sealed forward, and another sword strike was unleashed; one Great Sacrificial Wine turned into a cloud of black mist upon the sound, completely vanishing into thin air.

"Chen Yu, this place is an Altar formed by the eighteen Great Sacrificial Wines with all their might when the million Ghost Clan tribes were sealed; this place possesses their power."

Liu Lianxin shouted to Chen Yu: "Continuing to fight like this is disadvantageous to you."

"So what? Since I'm here, I can only face these people," Chen Yu smiled slightly.

Suddenly, Jingxi moved; she did not attack Chen Yu, but instead lunged toward the Lone Peak behind her that reached into the clouds.

A whisk struck the giant peak, and the Lone Peak, which was thousands of meters high and like a sharp sword, moved in this instant.

Rumble, a powerful aura surged out from the Lone Peak.

Chen Yu suddenly felt immense pressure; the aura surging from the Lone Peak pressed down above him like a small mountain, making him almost unable to breathe.

Crack, the blue bricks under his feet sank deep.

"Borrowing the power of the seal to suppress you here, you have nothing to say, right?" Jingxi walked up to Chen Yu with a smile.

Chen Yu held his arms up into the void; above him, it was as if a great Mountain were pressing down, leaving him no time to spare.

"You are despicable enough," Chen Yu said coldly: "How were you able to borrow the power of this seal?"

"This Lone Peak, which reaches into the clouds and is like a sharp sword, is the seal jointly laid down by ten great beings who possessed Divinity back then."

"The work of the ten ancient Deities who poured out all their Divine Power; a million Ghost Clan members have been suppressed here ever since," Jingxi laughed: "I only used a little Secret Method to be able to borrow some of the seal's power for my own use."

"So the semi-awakened souls of these eighteen Great Sacrificial Wines dealing with me were just a diversion? Your real killing move is actually here?" Chen Yu said coldly.

"That's right. Next, the Altar can freely extract the Ziwei Qi from your body. Hahaha." Jingxi was very smug.