The Ascension of Contracted Spirits

Chapter 731 - 303: Earth Bodhisattva

Near the twenty-four towering stone columns.

At last, the clanspeople who had endured until the end of the Clock of the Era thought they could catch their breath.

The celestial phenomena that crisscrossed the heavens and earth were indeed magnificent; without a proper mental reset, one would feel completely numb.

But the scent of blood in the air grew stronger and stronger.

Within the windows that were gradually opening, there turned out to be no fewer than ten, from which fresh blood kept flowing.

"This is too strange, there are no phenomena, how could these people have fallen?"

"I can’t understand it either. It’s clearly mentioned in the clan history that once the Tribal Array is activated, at most one or two people might die by accident during the Clock of the Era, such severe casualties are probably unprecedented in the last 120,000 years..."

Ye Kun and Ye Dingding, whispering softly, subconsciously looked around.

The youngest clanspeople were like frightened birds.

The Young Kings and Emperors looked grave as they examined the stench-ridden bloody water, desperately seeking any clue.

"Not only the clanspeople, even the Contracted Spirits didn’t survive."

"Has our Ye Clan... perhaps lived too long?"

"From the Ancient Era across to the New Era, still seizing other beings’ resources for development, does the heavens view us with such disgust?"

Ye Nishang, cold as frost, lightly lifted her foot and moved closer to two window blooms.

On the left, Ye Dong stood perfectly fine, still unaware of what had happened, his face full of embarrassment and confusion.

On the right, Ye Lingwu lay in a pool of blood, her chest bearing a terrifying penetration wound, seemingly on the verge of death.

Yet, she was still alive, even her consciousness relatively clear.

The rich scent of medicine covered the bloody wound, the exposed ghastly white ribs being rapidly enveloped by newly formed flesh.

"What on earth happened inside the window blooms when the clock chimed?"

Ye Nishang asked softly, her chilly voice as if sealing a volcano within.

"I don’t know..."

Ye Lingwu coughed as she responded:

"I was still watching the grand phenomena above us; silently, a blood-red seed rooted itself in my chest, madly devouring my life essence..."

"If I didn’t have the authority of the ’Soul Reaper’, able to switch to soul form, I might not have had time to react..."

"What about you? Did you experience anything?" Ye Nishang glanced at Ye Dong.

"Nothing..."

Ye Dong said helplessly:

"Sister Nishang, from start to end, nothing came my way."

"I was just thinking, bestowal of blessings is indeed tough, to have such good luck fall on my head, perhaps only daydreaming could do it."

"Brother told me about a legend."

Berte Nal lifted a drop of blood with his fingertip, didn’t put it in his mouth to taste, but gently rubbed it.

After a moment, he raised his head and asked the holy spirits on the stone columns:

"Have you ever heard of the ’Execution Flower’?"

"In legends, this flower excels at absorbing the blood essence of beings, can even steal souls, and kills without a form."

"Heavenly Dao must have targeted our Ye Clan, surviving from the Ancient Era to the Near Ancient Era unscathed.

"Living until the Cosmic Era Calamity at the end of the Near Ancient Era, Heavenly Dao then harbored a strong killing intent."

"But during the prime of the Ye Clan, with a profound accumulation of strength, the whole clan united and barely endured this calamity."

"Now, in the second era, if there wasn’t a Tribal Array, I suspect this area would become a graveyard of the Execution Flower overnight."

"Ah." The Diviner sighed, filled with worries, "That explains why I have been having constant headaches lately."

"Opposing the natural principles isn’t something you can just gloss over, the upcoming days for the Ye Clan will likely be fraught with difficulties."

"What’s there to fear?" the Tiger Commander declared boldly: "This day was bound to come!"

"Since you and I are the guardian spirits of the Ye Clan, it’s better to be prepared for such an eventuality, so when calamity strikes, we will have the confidence to face it squarely!"

"Well, what... The Ye Clan is about to be destroyed? Nonsense, why think so much about it?"

The newly awakened Fly Moon, after listening to the conversation among those of higher status for a while, yawned, completely bored:

"What did I say, even without the Tribal Array, Heavenly Dao will bless me."

"Now that’s good, breaking through two barriers directly reaching the realm of Great Completion."

"Counting on my fingers, I might shorten the duration of my cultivation by thirty or fifty years, right?"

"Anyway... you can curse all you want, but leave me out of it."

"I’d achieve sainthood, but I wouldn’t be some guardian spirit. The sky’s the limit, going wherever my heart desires is the true Way..."

While speaking, Fly Moon fell silent.

The Dreadclaw Ape Demon King glanced at him; this kid had actually fallen asleep on the back of the Death Spider Queen, truly not considering himself an outsider.

"There are still two living people here! Is there anyone coming to rescue them?"

On the ground, Ye Liuying, one of the only two unharmed, began wandering near various window blooms after roughly understanding what was happening.