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Chapter 231 Backlash (This chapter contains 4 characters)

Kong Xiangtian remained unconscious for a long time. His eyes were wide open as he stared in disbelief at the ravaged figure.

He desperately wanted to help, but the mangled body left him helpless. Why was this happening? Shouldn't he have just dealt with Kong Wei?

Why did he become his good son? The more Kong Xiangtian thought about it, the redder his eyes became.

His current fame isn't due to being misled, but rather because he can't accept what's happening before him.

He was facing this person whom he had personally raised from childhood and was grooming as the next head of the Kong family.

He poured so much effort and emotion into it.

At this moment, seeing him tortured beyond recognition, and most importantly, being injured by his own hands, is truly heartbreaking.

Kong Xiangtian's breathing became rapid. As soon as he raised his hand, he realized that he was holding something in his hand. He looked down and saw that...

He was so frightened that he stumbled, holding in his hand the flesh and skin he had peeled off Kong Yingjie's body.

The Grandmaster martial artist appeared extremely vulnerable at this moment. He simply threw the object down, as if as long as he threw it away, the incident could be considered as if it had never happened.

At the time, he was in a state of frenzy and bloodlust, and he thought that the person he was hurting was Kong Wei, so he did nothing but inflict pain and torture.

If he had any conscience, having raised Kong Wei for over twenty years, and had any compassion, he wouldn't have tormented Kong Yingjie like this. It can only be said that karma has caught up with him, and in the end, all the retribution fell on Kong Yingjie.

"This is impossible, this is impossible, how could this happen to me?"

Kong Xiangtian felt as if something was blocking his throat, making his voice extremely hoarse when he spoke, as if a knife was cutting his throat.

But he has no time to worry about these things now.

The scene before him was like a raging flood, assaulting his reason and cognition, seemingly threatening to devour him, something he was unwilling to face.

On the altar, Kong Yingjie, who was on the verge of death, saw Kong Xiangtian regain consciousness and showed a look of horror, disbelief, and regret. He wanted to say something.

He wanted to ask his father why he didn't recognize him, why he was so cruel to him, and why he didn't give him a chance to live.

He had so many questions to ask.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, a large amount of blood flowed out, and his internal organs were shattered, making him beyond medical help.

Finally, he could only stare wide-eyed at Kong Xiangtian before his last breath.

Unexpectedly, he was a grandmaster, a prodigy in the eyes of outsiders.

He is clearly young and promising, with a bright future ahead of him, and will one day become the head of the family and wield enormous power.

I never imagined I would die such a pathetic death.

Finally, his gaze toward Kong Xiangtian was filled with complexity and hatred.

The tears streaming down her face were filled with regret.

He had such a bright future, why did he die, and at the hands of his own father no less? He was so unwilling to accept it!

Upon seeing Kong Yingjie's unseeing eyes in death, Kong Xiangtian let out a roar filled with sorrow and helplessness.

"Ahhh, my son, my son."

Overwhelmed with grief and indignation, Kong Xiangtian roared and spat out a mouthful of blood into the air.

It directly caused a shock to the heart and blood, resulting in a severe blow.

When Kong Wei saw this scene, he originally thought he would be very happy. After all, these two wanted his life, and now one of them was dead and the other was coughing up blood. He deserved this outcome.

You can see Kong Xiangtian spitting blood in grief over Kong Yingjie's death.

He also felt extremely pathetic.

It seems he never possessed the things he wanted and pursued his whole life.

The situation was clearly not much better for the other three families; most of the people they brought with them had died.

"There's something strange about this altar. It felt like my consciousness was being controlled just now. All I could think about was killing and sacrifice."

A voice kept tempting me, saying that if I just added a little more, the altar would open, and I simply couldn't stop.

Lei Xing moved a little further away from the altar with some apprehension, afraid that he might do something out of control again in the next second.

This kind of out-of-control situation should not have occurred in a grandmaster like him.

Looking back at Raymond Hai's body lying on the altar, a look of regret flashed in his eyes.

Although Raymond Hai wasn't someone he watched grow up, his talent was indeed remarkable, and he had genuinely cared for him during the two years they spent together.

Now that Raymond Hai has been killed by him, Lei Xing is somewhat saddened and regretful. He is saddened by the death of his son and regretful that his family has lost a pillar of the family.

But most of the emotions were gone.

As long as he receives the benefits from the altar, his lifespan and martial arts skills will increase, and then he can have as many sons as he wants.

With many sons, there's bound to be one with exceptional talent.

Compared to Kong Xiangtian's grief, Lei Xing was in much better spirits, though he looked towards the altar with apprehension.

Just as wary as him were Le Tianlu and Lan Lingyang. They never expected that this altar would have the ability to bewitch people, as there was no mention of it in the family records before!

The three looked at each other, unsure of what to do.

If they continue like this, they might be misled, and then they might lose their lives here.

If they were to leave like this, the price they had already paid would be unacceptable. Neither greed nor reality would allow them to back down; they were determined to possess what lay ahead.

"What do we do next? We have no way out."

"If all else fails, we'll have to go back and bring some more of our people in."

Those who died here were all the elites of the families. If they hadn't been bewitched by the altar, the four family heads wouldn't have been willing to kill them.

They will definitely take a long-term view and bring in more clansmen, which would be better than sacrificing so many elite members.

None of them had any good ideas, and just as everyone was hesitant to take any action, the altar, which had remained unchanged, suddenly began to rotate on its own.

Hearing the commotion coming from the altar, the four family heads were all very wary this time. No one took the initiative to move forward; instead, they all retreated a safe distance.

The altar in front of us has a hole in the middle that keeps rising, and the higher it goes, the more you can see human faces carved on the stone pillars in the hole.

These people all had extremely ferocious and savage faces; they were clearly no good people.

At this moment, they were all corroded by blood, like hideous faces licking the blood.

Tian Zhenzhen felt a chill run down her spine when she saw it.

She now regrets coming here. She'll definitely make Daqiang kill the man underground later; he's just too disgusting.

"A hundred ghosts devour it."

When Master Qingyi saw the human face carved on the stone pillar, a look of shock appeared on his face, clearly indicating that he had some knowledge of these carvings.

"Senior brother, what is 'hundred ghosts devouring'?"

Master Xuan Ning, who was standing to the side, seemed not to understand and quickly asked his senior brother.

Many people around him were focused on him, eager to know what was so strange about this altar.

“Patriarch Lei, there is a great terror beneath this altar!” Daoist Qingyi said with a furrowed brow.

If Lei Xing had gone to him earlier, and if he had known about these things, he definitely wouldn't have agreed to Lei Xing's request.

"Master Qingyi, please speak frankly. Our four great families have paid such a high price, no matter what kind of terror it is, we must go down and see for ourselves."

Lei Xing had already set aside his feelings for his son. What did an illegitimate child matter? The highest level of martial arts was what he was pursuing.

"Alas, I also heard about the hundred ghosts devouring me from my master."

This Hundred Ghosts Devouring Phenomenon is like the stone pillar in front of us, with a hundred ghost faces carved on it, suppressing the most vicious and wicked people beneath it.

The purpose of having these evil spirits suppress the people is to ensure that those who are suppressed live in suffering for all eternity.

If the people inside are released, there will likely be widespread bloodshed.

Master Qingyi revealed what he knew.

His expression remained serious; he remembered that his master had looked unusually tense when he spoke of this matter.

It always gave him a feeling that something terrible was about to happen.

"What's there to be afraid of? The door hasn't been opened for hundreds of years. Even if there were living people inside, they would have died long ago."

Lei Xing completely dismissed it; if someone could really live that long, they wouldn't be human.

“Patriarch Lei is right. It’s impossible for anyone to live for so long. Even if a vicious person was really suppressed down there, so much time has passed, he must have turned into a skeleton long ago.”

Le Tianlu echoed, also unwilling to believe that such a fantastical thing could happen.

"But how do we explain that we were just misled?"

Lan Lingyang believed Qingyi Daoist's words to some extent, although she also felt that it was impossible for anyone to live for so long.

But how do we explain their recent erratic behavior?

Despite her ruthless killing, everyone she brought with her on this trip to the secret realm died, and all of them were killed by her.

There was already competition and peace within the family.

Previously, they were all suppressed by her with force, but this time so many people died at once, it can be said that her faction suffered heavy casualties.

If she fails to obtain the valuable items beneath the altar, she might face questioning from the Lan family upon returning, potentially losing her position as family head and even having her life threatened—something she absolutely does not wish to see.

"There must be some treasure down there. We'll be more careful this time, and if we're on guard, we won't be controlled by it."

"Miao Fengxian, I heard that the Gu worms you raise can be integrated with your consciousness. Why don't you let it explore the way first?"

Lotte Lu proposed a solution.

Miao Fengxian was also interested in the things below, hoping to find a way to cure her daughter's legs.

nodded.

Then she made a strange sound, and a small blue insect came out of her ear.

The small blue insect was very intelligent, as if it understood Miao Fengxian's words, and then fluttered its wings and flew towards the opened altar.

Tian Zhenzhen found this scene quite amusing, wishing she had the ability to control animals.

She must ask Miao Fengxian for advice later.

The small blue insect flew down into the space beneath the altar. The underground was very dark, and the small blue insect could only fly slowly downwards.

The surrounding space was extremely quiet, as if it had been asleep for hundreds of years, never disturbed by anyone or anything, and even the air had stopped moving.

However, the little blue insect had its own way of finding its way; its antennae on its forehead twitched constantly, as if it were determining its direction.

Before long, it actually sensed something; there seemed to be a vibration frequency in the quiet environment.

Gradually, the antennae of the small blue insect also emitted the same frequency.

The small blue insect followed this frequency, fluttering its wings as it flew in one direction.

The further they flew, the stronger the stench of blood became.

The blue worm quickly spotted the tumor, and just as it was about to approach, the man inside the tumor stopped sucking blood.

Compared to how Tian Zhenzhen saw him when she came in, the man looked much more human now.

His body was no longer as thin as before; it had become very full, like a balloon that had suddenly filled with air, and looked very tall.

However, the skin on my body hasn't recovered yet, and it's still peeling.

The man would occasionally flick off a layer of skin.

Sensing the approaching green worm, the man's red-rimmed eyes revealed a mocking glint.

He looked down on the methods of those people above. If he hadn't not yet finished absorbing all the essence blood here, he would have gone up to find them long ago.

However, this little bug looks quite good. It was raised with a lot of rare and precious ingredients and is also a nourishing food.

Before the little green worm could even fly close, the man stood up and grabbed it with one hand.

No matter how much the little green worm struggles, it cannot escape.

Seeing that it couldn't escape, the little green worm became agitated and bit the man's palm.

You should know that this little green worm had previously demonstrated its power in the Le family, making many people in the Le family turn pale at the mere mention of insects.

If you get bitten by it, it will turn into a pool of bluish-green corrosive liquid in seconds, which shows how powerful it is.

Originally intending to teach the creature that had caught it a lesson, it bit down hard, and a glint of intelligence flashed in its small black eyes.

They were just waiting for the man to turn into a puddle of green liquid so that they could escape control.

The man naturally felt his palm being bitten, but the little green worm's goal could not be achieved.

The man's hand was still holding it captive. The next second, the man opened his mouth and threw the little green worm into his mouth in one gulp.

He then chewed on it, as if he found the small green worms quite delicious, and a satisfied look appeared on his face.

He then looked at the spot on his palm where the small green worm had bitten him, and tore off a piece of skin that had turned blue. He then lay back down in his original position without any ill effects and continued to suck the essence of the worm.

Almost there, almost there. Once he absorbs all of these, and then absorbs the people above him, his transformation technique will be basically complete.

I never imagined that the contingency plan I laid out for myself a thousand years ago would actually come true.

He thought of those who had suppressed him.

Hahaha, so much time has passed that he would have long since turned to dust, yet he can still live on.

Those above naturally had no idea what was happening below; Miao Fengxian and Xiao Qingchong shared all five senses.

Everything had gone smoothly until now. Although it was getting darker down there, the little green worm quickly found its way.

Just as Miao Fengxian saw the regularly pulsating tumor, her shared senses were suddenly blocked.

She had never encountered this situation before, and she kept urging the mother Gu within her body to try to contact the little green worm.

But as soon as she activated it, Miao Fengxian coughed up a large mouthful of blood and rolled on the ground in pain, becoming weak and listless as she rolled.

Her once youthful appearance instantly aged, with many more gray hairs and wrinkles.

Everyone could tell something was wrong just by looking at her, so Le Tianlu took out some healing pills.

After all, Miao Fengxian was someone he brought with him, and he didn't want anything to happen to her.

Miao Fengxian didn't accept the pills, but explained after she recovered:

"It's no use, my Gu worms are dead, they just suffered a backlash."

The damage from this backlash cannot be healed with a single healing pill.

"What exactly happened next? How did your Gu worm die?"

Lei Xing asked somewhat anxiously.