The hole that we came from had disappeared!
In other words, we had no way out and were trapped in the Spring Sacrifice Hall!
Just now, I was thinking that if the sacrificial evil spirit didn't care about me, I might be able to escape with Zhang Kanwen and Nangong. Now, I was afraid that even my last hope was gone.
The Heaven Masters in the distance had already used their techniques to attack the stone wall in front of them.
The might of the Heaven Master's techniques was not to be underestimated. Not to mention a normal stone wall, even a concrete wall could be easily broken as long as the thickness wasn't too exaggerated.
However, the stone wall here was very strange. No matter how hard the Heaven Masters attacked, there wasn't even a crack on the stone wall, let alone a hole. It was as hard as iron.
"Everyone, please stop and listen to me."
President Gu's voice was heard again. He was slightly panting, but he tried his best to speak in a calm voice. "Just now, we worked together to open the fourth door, which was under the Spring Sacrifice Hall. We don't know what the situation is with this stone wall. Why don't we use the method we used to break the door and work together to create a hole in the ground? What do you think?"
Just as he finished speaking, one of the Heavenly Masters from Mount Longhu immediately objected, "Just now, we almost used up all the Dao Qi in our bodies to break the door. Even if we get out, what should we do if the Yin God Evil Spirit chases after us?
Moreover, breaking the door will take a lot of time. Why would the evil spirit give us … "
"Shut up!"
Before he could speak, Zhang Daozhang, who was at the side, shouted coldly and interrupted him. He then said to President Gu, "There's no time to lose. Let's do it quickly."
He was a person who could keep his composure. President Gu's suggestion was actually the most suitable method. In such a dangerous situation, the safest method was the fastest way to escape. If they had to find a shortcut to escape, it would be a waste of time.
After a short discussion, the others didn't say anything else. They swiftly gathered together and prepared to break the door.
However, at that moment, another bell rang in the hall.
This was the third bell and it was even louder than the previous two. It shook my chest and my blood surged. My already injured body couldn't take it anymore and I immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
Zhang Kanwen, who was at the side, wasn't much stronger than me. He immediately spat out a mouthful of blood as well, looking extremely fatigued.
With the previous two experiences, everyone knew that as long as the bell rang, the evil sacrificial spirit would definitely react. Thus, the Heavenly Masters in the distance stopped their actions of forcefully breaking the door. They turned around and stared at the sacrificial evil spirit in front of me. I also quickly retracted my gaze from the distance and stared at the evil spirit in front of me.
The evil sacrificial spirit slowly turned around and faced me.
My heart skipped a beat. Does he want to deal with me?
Suppressing the fear in my heart, I slowly lifted my head. Although the evil sacrificial spirit was facing me, its two big eyes weren't looking at me. Instead, they were looking upward.
I turned around and understood that the evil spirit was looking at the half-human, half-beast statue behind me.
When I turned around, the evil sacrificial spirit moved again. His two bony arms slowly rose from both sides of his body. When they were parallel to his shoulders, his hands moved quickly, making all kinds of hand seals. In the end, his hands flattened and moved in front of his chest. His left palm covered the back of his right hand, and both hands pressed on his chest at the same time.
Then, he bent his knees and knelt in front of me!
I gawked. The Heavenly Masters who were watching from a distance also opened their eyes wide. They couldn't believe what they were seeing.
Before I could react, the evil sacrificial spirit slowly kowtowed. When his head touched the ground, he didn't retract it. Instead, he stretched his body and prostrated himself on the ground.
At this moment, I got it. I turned around and saw that he wasn't kowtowing to me. He was kowtowing to the big statue behind me.
As soon as I understood what was going on, I moved my body to the side. However, there was a strange force that pinned my feet to the ground. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't move a single step.
At this moment, the well ghost's kowtowing ritual seemed to have ended. He got up from the ground.
Right when I thought he was going to do something else, he lifted his arms a second time and repeated the kowtowing process.
President Gu immediately understood what was going on. It was obvious that the evil spirit was going to perform some special consciousness, and it must have kowtowed more than once. Therefore, he quickly woke up the others around him and stopped staring at the evil spirit. Instead, he took advantage of this opportunity to mobilize his Qi of the Way and began to forcefully break out of the ground.
There were a total of eighteen Heavenly Masters. After they mobilized their Daoist Qi, they created a huge commotion. However, this time, I was far away, so it didn't affect me. The evil sacrificial spirit didn't seem to care about their attempt to escape. It continued to earnestly and respectfully perform the entire set of kowtows.
At this moment, I couldn't move my body. I stood there in a daze and watched the evil sacrificial spirit kowtow to me. I felt extremely strange.
Just like that, time passed second by second. The evil sacrificial spirit kowtowed nine times in a row. When it crawled up from the ground for the ninth time, it finally stopped its movements and didn't kneel again.
Meanwhile, on President Gu's side, under their joint efforts, a faint crack had already appeared on the ground beside the mountain wall. No one had time to care about the situation on the side of the evil sacrificial spirit. They were all doing their best to continue sending their Dao Qi into the crack.
Obviously, under the pressure of this dangerous situation, they used all their strength. Making a hole in the ground was actually faster than making the hole in the door that was already there.
The crack on the ground was getting bigger and bigger. Rocks and stones scattered around the crack. Right at this moment, my vision blurred. The evil sacrificial spirit had disappeared.
Then, I didn't even have a second to spare. I heard someone scream from a distance.
I looked again and saw that the evil sacrificial spirit was standing in front of me. However, he was holding a person in his hand. To be exact, it was a monk from the Taoist Association.
The monk was around forty years old. At this moment, his eyes were wide open. The clothes around his waist were in the well ghost's hand. His limbs were limp and hanging backward. It was obvious that he was dead.
Previously, when I saw the well ghost resist the attacks of eighteen Celestial Masters, I knew that he wasn't ordinary. However, fighting and killing were different. The evil sacrificial spirit had killed a Celestial Master in just a blink of an eye. His power was much stronger than I had imagined.
That shrill scream sounded extremely loud in the silent Sacrificial Hall. President Gu and his men must have heard it, but they did not stop what they were doing. They were still pouring Taoist Qi into the fissure.
Although they had lost one person, the project was nearing its end. They knew what to do.
Soon, the evil sacrificial spirit threw the person in front of me and disappeared again.
It was almost the same rhythm as before. After another scream, the evil sacrificial spirit returned to my side. It was holding another Priest's corpse. This time, I recognized the person who had died. He was a member of the Metaphysics Association and Han Wennan's second uncle.
Originally, I hated Han Wennan and his second uncle. However, after entering the sacrificial hall, Han Wennan had jumped into the Blood Sacrifice Well in just a few hours. Then, his second uncle had died in front of me. All of a sudden, the hatred in my heart faded a little.
President Gu and the others were panicking. There was a slight commotion among the Celestial Masters.
They were lucky that they had only killed one person. But now, the evil sacrificial spirit was going to slaughter them.
From the way it had placed their corpses on the statue, it was possible that the evil sacrificial spirit was going to sacrifice them.
"Everyone, don't panic. The passageway is about to open. Don't panic!" President Gu shouted again.
This time, his choice was still very correct. Although the sacrificial evil spirit had already started to kill, they were about to succeed. If they fought against the evil spirit for time, they still had a chance of winning. However, if they lost their footing and stopped what they were doing, all their previous efforts would be in vain.
Unfortunately, not everyone was as calm as he was.
When the evil sacrificial spirit attacked for the third time, two of the Celestial Masters felt that they were the evil sacrificial spirit's target. They stopped pouring their Dao energy and took out their instruments. Then, they turned around and roared as they charged at the evil sacrificial spirit.
It turned out that the two of them were mistaken. After they used their instruments, the evil sacrificial spirit returned to me with another dead Celestial Master and threw him on the ground.
With the two of them taking the lead, the order was broken. No matter how much President Gu and Zhang Daozhang shouted, the other Celestial Masters stopped pouring their Dao energy at the same time.
Seeing that the situation had taken a turn for the worse, President Gu and Zhang Daozhang looked at each other. They felt hopeless and cast a spell at the three-meter-long crack on the ground. However, it would take time for the eighteen Celestial Masters to work together. How could they do it with just the two of them?
The evil sacrificial spirit disappeared for the fourth time. Soon, the Celestial Masters lost their fourth member.
All their previous efforts were in vain. The Celestial Masters were like fish on the chopping board, waiting to be slaughtered by the evil sacrificial spirit.
Seeing this, President Gu, Zhang Daozhang, and the other leaders finally gave up on the idea of running away. Their eyes glowed with murderous intent.
President Gu was the first to speak. He shouted at Zhang Daozhang, "Brother Zhang, use the Celestial Master Sword!"