Hostages
After speaking, he passed by Sun Bumian's side and walked straight towards the roaring battlefield behind him.
Sun Bumian's brows were tightly locked. Blue veins bulged one by one from his neck, and out of the corner of his eye he kept following Kongwang as he went far away... But from beginning to end, he still didn't make any movements.
Waiting until Kongwang and the souls gradually went far away, Sun Bumian finally took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it...
"The Path of Ghosts reappears in the world... It seems, great chaos is coming."
"I wonder if after he messes around like this, I can still get my hands on the final bonus... Won't it be that after I painstakingly tossed about for so long, I won't get a single penny in the end?"
Sun Bumian muttered to himself, his heart aching somewhat.
...
Boom—!!
Just not far behind Sun Bumian, Tu Tian finally couldn't hold back anymore, seized an opportunity, and used his Domain to blast to death a participant who was chasing him.
But before he could even catch his breath, three more figures flew out from the surroundings!
"Pu Xiachan!! Li Shengmen!! All of you wait for Your Father!!"
Unable to parry the siege of the crowd, Tu Tian gritted his teeth and roared angrily. Covered in blood, he was smashed to the ground with a single blow.
In the darkness not far from here, three figures silently watched everything.
"... Still ended up being hated by him." Li Shengmen sighed. "After this struggle ends, we'll probably be targeted by the Dragon-Strangling Warriors... Troublesome."
"It was originally each relying on their own methods, so what if he knows." Pu Xiachan coldly snorted. "Our Pu Family isn't afraid of him!"
After the two finished speaking, following a brief pause, they simultaneously turned their heads to look at the silent Club 7 beside them.
Club 7: ...
"Ahem ahem, exactly! Don't play if you can't afford to lose, I, Jin Fugui, am also not afraid of him!" Club 7 cooperatively threw out a harsh remark to allow himself to blend into the "group".
Pu Xiachan turned her head, "Li Shengmen, be careful not to screw up playing... In case Tu Tian really dies at the hands of these people, how are we going to utilize the [Privilege]?"
"You underestimate Tu Tian too much. This guy is a heaven-chosen of the Path of Force, how could he die so easily." Li Shengmen spoke without a care in the world. "Besides, there's less than half an hour left until the final stage begins... Very soon."
"True..."
Pu Xiachan still wanted to say something, but suddenly shivered, and looked around in some confusion. "Speaking of which... Do you guys feel like it suddenly got colder around here?"
"Indeed, the temperature seems to have dropped all at once. Is it someone's Domain?" Li Shengmen rubbed his hands together.
Club 7 was pondering whether he should also say a few more words. Right at this moment, his gaze suddenly caught sight of the street in the distance, and his brows instantly furrowed!
"That is..."
"Who is that? Why does it feel like they are floating... Is it also a participant?"
"Appearing here, it probably is, right? However, the Aura on his body makes me feel not very comfortable."
While the three were speaking, that figure in white had already levitated to the center of the melee. Whether it was the surrounding people peeping in the dark or the participants currently chasing Tu Tian, all sensed his existence.
He just stood there so abruptly, without the slightest intention of avoiding the battle, like a glaring nail.
"Is it a helper coming to help this guy? Also a Dragon-Strangling Warrior?" Seeing this, a participant currently chasing Tu Tian had a thought rise in his heart, "Quick, go stall him! We are almost succeeding!"
As the voice fell, two participants immediately split up and charged towards Kongwang, two Domains opening simultaneously!
Facing the joint attack of the two, Kongwang didn't have the slightest intention of making a move. It was only when both Domains covered him, and the cold glint almost flashed to his face, did his closed eyes slightly open a slit.
Blurred souls appeared around him, and pale chains covered the sky like a spider web... Kongwang's fingertips moved slightly, and one of the souls solidified at a speed visible to the naked eye. The Aura of the Path of Force surged out!
Bang bang—!!
In the next moment, the heads of the two were directly torn off from their bodies by some huge force, just like bottle caps being knocked flying!
Fresh blood splattered across the sky. The two figures that were still aggressive just now had already turned into two headless corpses at this moment, falling powerlessly from the air...
Everyone was stunned.
No matter what, these two were still Fourth Order. Currently among all the participants in the Old District, it was impossible for anyone to instantly kill them just by lifting a finger. Fifth-Tiers couldn't do it, and the vast majority of Sixth Stages couldn't do it either!
Even that participant chasing Tu Tian stopped his figure, looking in disbelief at that phantom-like figure in white...
"This person is so strong!"
"How could this be... Within the Five Great Realms, is there such a formidable heaven-chosen?"
"Look at those blurry white shadows beside him, why do a few feel a bit familiar..."
"Souls? Are those souls??"
"..."
Pu Xiachan and Li Shengmen were frowning at that phantom-like figure in white, seemingly still not realizing the severity of the matter.
However, Club 7 beside them had a drastic change in expression!
He subconsciously took a half step back, his brain working rapidly. At the same time, his gaze swept sequentially towards several places in the distance where crowds had gathered. Within the crowds, there were also people looking at him in bewilderment and uncertainty.
Kongwang didn't care about the crowd's horrified gazes. He formed a hand seal with one hand, and pale chains tied up the two headless corpses on the ground. Two blurry white shadows were also slowly pulled up by him, their appearances almost exactly the same as the corpses' original looks!
Soul Seizing?!
This was true Soul Seizing!!
At this moment, the vast majority of the participants present sensed something was wrong. After all, this struggle was originally being conducted within the [Kingdom of the Dying]. And the person before their eyes could not only make souls manifest, but could also seize them... One must know, that was the reliance for their final survival!
"Exactly who are you?!" A participant spoke in a deep voice.
The phantom-like figure in white's lowered eyelids gradually lifted. As those Yin-Yang Eyes were exposed to the air, the surrounding souls also became increasingly solid. Dozens of Ranks four and five Auras overlapped together, all surging into the phantom-like figure in white's body. An extremely terrifying Oppressive Aura swept out mightily!
Boom—!!
A Divine Pathway extended from within his body, but it didn't lead to the sky, but rather spread all the way to the depths of the earth... As if connecting to the netherworld.
The gloomy and cold Oppressive Aura suppressed everyone's hearts, like a mountain was pressing on their shoulders. Even the dust floating in the air was instantly suppressed to the ground... Aside from the few Fifth-Tiers, the other participants found it hard to contend against this Oppressive Aura, only feeling that their souls were almost shaken out, and the heavens and earth were spinning.
"I am [Kongwang]."
The phantom-like figure in white slowly rose from that army of souls that almost condensed into physical entities, like a god emitting a gloomy and cold energy.
He lowered his head to overlook the deathly pale crowd beneath him, and spoke again,
"From now on, all the living and the dead within this Old District... are my hostages."