896 Chapter: Soul Summoning Banner (Subscribe Please)_1
Xu Sheng looked at the revenants that had transformed beyond recognition and pursed her lips, "These... are these revenants??"
The old man scanned them with a calm gaze and said, "Indeed, because a grand array has been set up here. In the morning, it can conceal and suppress these revenants, but at night, their true forms are revealed!"
"As for those who believed the revenants' sinister lies and thus feared me, they have probably been devoured by the revenants already. You're very lucky..."
He wouldn't go out of his way to explain these things; if the other party didn't trust him, then being devoured was just that...
Xu Sheng expressed her surprise, "Oh?"
From the words of this old man, one could hear confidence, as if these revenants meant nothing to him...
This just got interesting...
But facing those revenants alone, indeed, there was no chance of survival!
Now, whether I believed him or not, the old man before me might just be the only way out!
The old man glanced at Xu Sheng and said indifferently, "There's no need to be incredulous, because the revenants within this array are all nurtured by me! However, during daylight, they retain the consciousness from their lifetimes! They don't realize they are already dead!"
Upon hearing his words, Xu Sheng's dark eyes sparkled with a flash of realization...
Then, a smile curved on her lips and she quietly said, "Then I am indeed fortunate to have made the correct choice."
To be able to nurture revenants from the True Immortal Realm and the Scattered Immortal Realm, this old man's power must have already surpassed the True Immortal Realm...
As for what his exact cultivation level was, that remained unknown...
The old man seemed to sense something and looked towards the sky with his murky eyes, speaking softly, "No...now it seems that your luck isn't so good after all!"
Before Xu Sheng could ask why, several terrifying spirit force fluctuations erupted not far away, far surpassing the True Immortal Realm!
Despite the distance, he felt a slight oppressive force...
In an instant, he understood something... These people with fearsome cultivation were clearly coming for the old man by his side!
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Elsewhere, a beautiful woman dressed in a pale blue robe faced the gruesomely approaching revenants and barked, "Lower-Grade Profound Martial Skill, Purple Lightning!"
Upon the completion of her words, terrifying might surged from within her body. Then, it began to spread layers of purple lightning that became increasingly dense...
The next moment, those bolts of lightning shot out violently in all directions, directly striking the assaulting revenants...
The terrible burning sensation made them emit a "zzi-zzi-zzii~~~" sound, and within a few seconds, the revenants that couldn't endure the pain turned into wisps of Black Mist!
A man in a white robe witnessing this praised, "As expected of Rain Junior Sister, truly remarkable!"
"Damn it! I didn't expect there to be so many revenants! How many people did that guy kill!"
"Yeah! There's no end to killing them! And they always come in swarms!"
The woman known as Rain Junior Sister said coldly, "Stop the chatter, the number of revenants here is increasing. Everyone, join forces to slay them first; otherwise, we won't have enough spiritual power to locate that guy!"
After her words fell, they all nodded and quickly unleashed their spiritual power...
Then, in unison, they shouted, "Earth-grade Mid-tier Martial Technique! Four Wheels Annihilation Technique!"
Clearly, this martial technique required four people to execute!
As their words died away, they all radiated blinding white halos from their bodies, which flung the approaching revenants away...
Right after, streaks of light shot forth vehemently from under their feet and linked together, converging at the center of their standing position to form an immensely frightening gold light column that measured a dozen meters long...
The golden light pillar, filled to the brim with the infusion of spiritual power, quickly became saturated...
As the four individuals willed it, the golden light pillar exploded in an instant, unleashing the energy contained within, enshrouding all the surrounding revenants in shock waves...
A symphony of agonizing screams tore through the entire sky...
"Ahhh! Ahhhh! Ahhhh!!!"
"Roar!!!"
"Ehh! Ahhhh! Ahhhh! Ahhhh!!"
By the time the light around them gradually faded, not a single revenant remained; all had been reduced to ash by the attack...
This revealed the terror of the martial technique!
The four, having dealt with the revenants, wasted no time and swiftly headed forward...
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The expressionless elder, sensing something amiss, finally spoke with a hint of surprise, "Hmm? The presence of the revenants has greatly diminished. They've all been eradicated, haven't they... It seems that the newcomers will not be so easy to dispose of."
With that said, he calmly pulled out a two-meter-long spirit banner from his Storage Cosmos Bag, the so-called Soul Summoning Banner!
On its surface were carved intricate patterns in gray and pitch black, and most striking was the humanoid skull at the base of the pole...
From a distance, one could feel an intense sense of evil...
Upon seeing this object, Xu Sheng muttered, "A Soul Summoning Banner, eh?"
He had thought it was merely fictitious, but here in this realm, it truly existed!
Hearing Xu Sheng identify the origin of the artifact in his hand, the elder glanced at him with murky eyes, "Oh? You, young man, actually know of this? However, this Soul Summoning Banner is just a replica!"
If he possessed the real Soul Summoning Banner, who on the entire Continent could be his match?
Even as a replica, it greatly augmented his strength!
Xu Sheng said nothing more, just silently watched him...
And the elder, without even leaving his hut, casually inserted the Soul Summoning Banner into the ground...
Xu Sheng "..."
Almost simultaneously with its insertion, the ground beneath the Soul Summoning Banner began to form a sealed array...
Once the elder added a drop of his own blood to it...
This eerie array began to spin rapidly, then abruptly vanished...
Seconds later, the temperature within the entire hut dropped by more than ten degrees! An icy presence began to proliferate wildly...
Simultaneously, countless ghastly looking revenants surged out from the banner...
They were all puppet-like, staring at the elder with crimson eyes, as if awaiting some command...
The elder glanced at them indifferently and coldly commanded, "Go, kill those intruders!"
Upon his command, a flash of red flickered in the revenants' eyes, and they charged out of the hut at a tremendous speed, heading towards the direction where the spirit force fluctuation had occurred...
The only difference: the spirit force fluctuation emitted by each revenant had already surpassed the True Immortal Realm!
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