16. Lin Yue is dead?_3

Now without the essence blood of the cultivators from the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier, nor the essence blood of the nine cultivators from the Five Elements Heavenly Barrier, he naturally couldn't perform a blood sacrifice, so for the time being, it could only serve as a decoration.

After a long while.

Watching as the aberrations on Xiahong Lie's body began to gradually fade, Lin Yue promptly stood up and walked over to the table, glancing at the Blood Lotus Lamp sitting there.

This Blood Lotus Lamp was a barrier treasure, capable of shielding breath, sound, and the like, and it didn't require mana to activate.

It merely needed fresh blood as fuel to operate.

He had tested, and if the fresh blood of an ordinary person were used as fuel, it would quickly be exhausted.

Therefore, Lin Yue used Fire Phoenix Blood as fuel.

Merely pouring about a lamp's worth of the extremely vast Fire Phoenix Blood from the Glass Box into the Blood Lotus Lamp was enough to keep it burning for a very long time.

From the rate of consumption, it was obviously many times more durable than the fresh blood of an ordinary person.

"Almost there."

Lin Yue picked up the Blood Lotus Lamp, slowly rotating the lotus flower on the lamp—this could adjust the range of the Blood Lotus Lamp's barrier.

Just then—

He suddenly turned his head to look.

At that moment, the spectacular scene of streaming light within the room had fully integrated into Xiahong Lie's body, and Xiahong Lie's presence had suddenly surged.

At the same time, Xiahong Lie lying on the bed also opened his eyes, which contained a strange brightness.

"Hahaha... Hahaha! So that's how it is!"

Xiahong Lie suddenly let out an astonished and delighted laugh, "Is this my Innate Divine Power? Haha, Lin Yue! I'm not afraid of you anymore! This time you're definitely dead!"

"So confident?" Lin Yue looked at Xiahong Lie.

The lamplight didn't flicker in the slightest.

It silently reflected in his eyes, which also didn't waver at all.

With one hand, he tugged, and the hemp rope holding the Long Bright Pearl on the beam suddenly tensed, discreetly snapped from a thin spot.

Light fell to the ground.

The room plunged into darkness.

...

Outside the residence, the light from torches flickered in the evening breeze, the night filled with an ominous atmosphere, and numerous Armored Soldiers stood solemnly, ready for battle.

All of a sudden—

"No! Impossible! You had promised me!"

A voice filled with misery and despair suddenly came from inside the residence, drifting through the night sky, immediately causing everyone to freeze.

Baili Fengzhi and Vice General Chu were slightly startled.

They instantly recognized it—this was unmistakably Lin Yue's voice!

The next moment—

"Bang!"

The wooden doors of the house within the courtyard suddenly shook, a loud noise erupting as one of the doors was blasted off its frame and fell to the ground, kicking up dust.

At the same time, under the watchful eyes of Baili Fengzhi and the others, a blood-soaked hand reached out from the dark interior, grabbing the threshold below.

"Xia Lie! You went back on your word!"

A voice filled with regret and despair let out a wretched scream.

Then, Baili Fengzhi and the others saw Lin Yue, his face covered in blood, crawling on the ground, his hands tremblingly clutching the threshold as if he was a drowning man grasping at straws, trying to crawl out of the room. His eyes were firmly fixed on Baili Fengzhi and the people outside the residence, full of a thirst for life.

The next moment—

Lin Yue, lying at the door, opened his mouth, but before he could make any sound, he was grabbed by a pair of hands also covered in blood and dragged back inside.

Darkness engulfed his form in an instant.

Everything quieted down.

The night fell into a strange silence.

Only on the ground at the entrance of the house could one see two bloody drag marks.

"This..."

Vice General Chu paused, murmuring, "My lord, what's happening? Just now Lin Yue..."

"He was dragged back into that soundproof barrier," Baili Fengzhi slightly furrowed his brows, "Could it be the work of Xia Lie?"

Since Lin Yue was already the prime suspect in the matter, and now it seemed likely to be Xia Lie's doing, naturally they wouldn't intervene to help.

After another long while.

A young man, covered in blood, staggered out from inside the house.

It was unmistakably Xia Lie!