Chapter 182: Chapter 182: The Xiao Family’s Ruin! The Sacrificial Artifact Appears Again!

Seeing Zhang Yingxue’s pale hands reach towards him, Xiao Chenliang immediately shouted out loud.

"Father, save me!"

"It wasn’t me, don’t come after me!"

Zhang Yingxue ignored Xiao Chenliang’s pleas, those ghastly white hands already gripping his neck.

Strands of red sinister energy flowed rapidly from Zhang Yingxue’s hands into Xiao Chenliang’s body.

"Sinister energy invading the body!"

Standing at a distance, Xiao Gaoyuan’s eyelids twitched at the sight.

His seemingly aged body transformed into a blur under the influence of Inner Qi, disappearing from the original spot.

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Gaoyuan’s figure reappeared in the distance.

In each of his hands, he held one person, his two sons.

Meanwhile, Xiao Chenliang was abandoned by Xiao Gaoyuan.

The dreadful sinister energy invasion meant certain death unless one was a Martial Artist with exceptional Inner Qi.

Immediately after, Xiao Gaoyuan’s body did not pause, racing towards the main gate of the Xiao family mansion.

Zhang Yingxue’s sinister energy was too terrifying; even Xiao Gaoyuan, a Martial Artist at the minor accomplishment stage of the Inner Qi Realm, dared not engage her in combat.

In fact, Xiao Gaoyuan felt fortunate.

Zhang Yingxue’s attention was focused entirely on Xiao Chenliang, allowing the rest of them a chance to escape.

Xiao Chenliang, cornered, glimpsed his father fleeing from the corner of his eye, and he let out a despairing scream.

"Father!"

"Ah!"

Zhang Yingxue seemed to have eyes only for Xiao Liangchen, endlessly channeling red sinister energy into Xiao Chenliang’s body.

This sinister energy, manipulated by Zhang Yingxue, brought Xiao Chenliang immense suffering.

The sensation felt as if a sharp blade gently grazed his insides, causing excruciating pain.

What terrified Xiao Chenliang even more was that under some force, his senses became even more sensitive than usual.

"Damn it, how could that bitch undergo such a transformation!"

Xiao Gaoyuan cursed under his breath, stopping only when he reached the front gate.

"Father, over there!"

It was then that the eldest son held by Xiao Gaoyuan finally spoke.

A thin layer of red sinister energy hovered over the entire wall of the Xiao mansion.

"Is this the ghost’s eerie domain?"

"Hmph, this ghost wants to wipe out our Luo Family in one fell swoop."

"Damn bitch!"

Xiao Gaoyuan casually set down the two sons he had been holding. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Then, he tightly stretched his right hand into a claw shape, attacking the thin layer of red sinister energy.

"Break for me!"

Under the enhancement of Inner Qi, Xiao Gaoyuan’s right hand swiftly sliced through the air.

It collided forcefully with Zhang Yingxue’s eerie domain, carrying an imposing momentum.

A terrifying shockwave erupted, forcing Xiao Gaoyuan’s body to retreat rapidly.

It was only when Xiao Gaoyuan returned to his original position that the backlash gradually faded.

As Xiao Gaoyuan slowly raised his right hand, it was already covered in coagulated sinister energy frost, wisps of white steam rising from it.

Despite taking a full-force strike from Xiao Gaoyuan, the red sinister energy remained unscathed.

Xiao Gaoyuan’s expression turned grim, as an inconceivable truth loomed before him.

The degree of Zhang Yingxue’s sinister energy had reached the level of a complete Inner Qi accomplishment.

In other words, Zhang Yingxue had become a fully formed advanced malignant spirit.

It wasn’t far from the legendary catastrophe level spirit either.

"How is this possible!"

"How could Zhang Yingxue, that bitch, be a fully formed advanced malignant spirit?"

From afar, Xiao Chenliang’s screams echoed ominously throughout the Xiao mansion, chilling and frightening.

As Xiao Gaoyuan’s expression grew heavy, his two sons behind him suddenly cried out in pain.

"Father, save me!"

"Father, my foot, my hand hurts!"

At that moment, Xiao Gaoyuan instinctively leapt forward.

In an instant, five deep grooves appeared in the ground where Xiao Gaoyuan had previously stood.

At the edges of the grooves, a thick, eerie sheen extended, with strands of red sinister energy wafting across.

During this brief delay, Xiao Gaoyuan’s two sons, right under his nose, gradually withered and decayed.

At last, Xiao Gaoyuan’s eldest and second sons crumbled into a pile of white powder, scattering on the ground.

"Damn bitch!"

Seeing his eldest son dead, Xiao Gaoyuan’s eyes filled with rage as he pulled a palm-sized copper coin from his chest.

Grief filled his eyes as he looked at the copper coin in his hand.

He had no choice; there was no other way but to use this item now.

This copper coin, after all, was a fabled sacrificial artifact.

It was the protective treasure left to him by his father before he died.

A Tier Two Mark Sacrificial Artifact!

Only the Essence of an External Grandmaster could unleash its true power.

But a Martial Artist at the Inner Qi Realm could still channel the energy of the world to trigger the artifact’s other purpose.

And that was to seal away an extraordinary spirit.

However, once the sacrificial artifact sealed an extraordinary spirit, its bond with him would be completely erased.

Meaning he would lose this treasure he held so dear.

Such artifacts were not easily obtained. If it weren’t for him being part of the Xiao family’s great clan, he wouldn’t have been able to get his hands on it.

For this reason, Xiao Gaoyuan couldn’t help but wish he could swallow Zhang Yingxue whole.

But likewise, standing opposite him, Zhang Yingxue shared the same sentiment.

"Die!"

As he saw Zhang Yingxue flying towards him, Xiao Gaoyuan firmly gripped the copper coin, his eyes mocking as he regarded her.

"Hmph, bitch, obediently come to me!"

With the sacrificial artifact in his hands, Xiao Gaoyuan no longer felt any fear but instead calmed down.

The copper coin artifact exuded a faint aura of profound light as Xiao Gaoyuan continuously infused it with Inner Qi, emitting an unsettling aura.

But just as Xiao Gaoyuan prepared to raise his right hand and aim the copper coin artifact at Zhang Yingxue.

Suddenly!

A streak of purple Escape Light shot past, so fast that even Xiao Gaoyuan failed to react.

"Who are you!"

"My sacrificial artifact!"

"Damn bastard, give me back my sacrificial artifact!"

Cursing aloud, Xiao Gaoyuan sidestepped to dodge Zhang Yingxue’s attack.

In an instant, Xiao Gaoyuan’s right arm was seized by Zhang Yingxue’s hands.

Strands of bone-chilling sinister energy quickly corroded Xiao Gaoyuan’s right arm.

As Xiao Gaoyuan’s mental state unraveled, Zhang Yingxue’s horrifying sinister energy followed suit, invading his body.

"Damn bit....."

Xiao Gaoyuan cast a resentful glance at Zhang Yingxue, then, his flesh and blood corroded and decayed by the sinister energy, he finally turned into a desiccated skeleton.

Facing Zhang Yingxue, Lu Xuan’s figure gradually became visible.

In Lu Xuan’s hand was a copper coin, precisely Xiao Gaoyuan’s sacrificial artifact!

"It’s actually an intact Tier Two Mark Sacrificial Artifact!"