Chapter 194: What's in the Box, Sudden Curse

He dragged Elder Ao to Li Hao's side and asked him to set up a formation to isolate outsiders and leave only the three of them.

"Old Eight is indeed problematic. He must have colluded with Xuntian and used this method to send the Wandering Dragon Stone to the other party." Ming An's shocking words were like a thunderbolt hitting Elder Ao's head.

What the hell?

The Eighth Prince colluded with Xuntian?

The Wandering Dragon Stone was to be given to Xuntian?

What a big news, Elder Ao just felt it was too absurd. He heard this news without any preparation.

Li Hao did not speak at the first time, but was thinking about something.

Elder Ao calmed down and asked in confusion: "Your Highness, where did this news come from? Are you sure?"

"Combining information from all aspects, this matter will not be false. The Wandering Dragon Stone in the box is to be given to Xuntian, so there is this ambush. Only this ambush can remove Old Eight from suspicion." Ming An said with certainty.

"Isn't it too risky? According to what you said, this must be a secret among secrets, but it was exposed just because of a piece of Wandering Dragon Gold Stone?" Elder Ao still found it hard to believe, because there was no reason.

What was the reason for the Eighth Prince to betray Daxia?

The battle for the princes has not yet ended, and he is the most promising one. Why did he betray?

"You don't believe it?" Ming An looked at Elder Ao irritably.

"Your Highness, it's not that I don't believe it, it's really... too unbelievable..." Elder Ao smiled helplessly.

"You wait here for me, I'm going to a place" Li Hao suddenly said.

"Where to go?" Ming An asked subconsciously.

"Take the Wandering Dragon Gold Stone."

"Where did you put that thing? Is it still in the Flowing Cloud Shuttle?" Ming An asked. Since being ambushed, Li Hao has no trace of carrying anything on him.

"No, I used a secret method to teleport it to a place nearby. I'll go get it back." Li Hao pretended to be reluctant to take it out directly to avoid exposing some information.

"Okay, go and come back quickly." Elder Ao instructed, "I can set up a small formation for you to conceal the secrets, but if someone deduce your position, I can only resist for a while."

Li Hao nodded, indicating that he understood, and then he walked straight out of the formation and disappeared quickly.

For some reason, when Li Hao disappeared, everyone felt a sense of panic, as if their backbone was gone.

"Where did my master go?" Xu Zixuan looked over.

"He ran away because you were angry." Ming An was too lazy to pay attention to this annoying boy.

Xu Zixuan cursed for a while and whispered to Pei Zhu not far away.

Soon, Li Hao returned, which can be said to be faster than everyone expected. He came back in a quarter of an hour, holding an iron box in his hand.

Elder Ao was in doubt until Li Hao handed the box to him, and then he was sure that it was indeed the box containing the Wandering Dragon Gold Stone.

"Open it." Li Hao said to Elder Ao.

This thing is stronger than expected. He just used the magic sword to chop it for a long time in a remote place, but it didn't open.

The formation engraved on it is extremely profound, and it complements its materials.

Fortunately, Elder Ao saw the Ninth Prince at that time, and he opened the box with the seal, so there was a way to crack it.

He summoned the remaining formation masters to study together.

"The inertia of black gold spirit is very strong. Ten points of spirit energy fall on it and only one point remains. It must be based on living spirit powder, otherwise it will not be cracked in ten days..."

"Well, this formation has nine links. I remember when the Ninth Prince opened it..."

Many formation masters muttered and soon got to work.

Ming An glanced at him and asked curiously, "This ink gold is said to be invulnerable to all methods. How did you use the secret method to transmit it out?"

"Guess." Li Hao threw out a sentence, Ming An secretly curled his lips, but heard the other party ask, "I ask you, is the South Heaven Gate just a door, or can it lead to some places?"

Ghost Gate also looks like a door, but it actually leads to the fragments of the underworld.

Similarly, the South Heaven Gate may also lead to the fragments of the Heaven.

"This..." Ming An hesitated a little, and wanted to say "Guess", but after a moment of estimation, he said: "This matter is top secret, I will only tell you one person."

"The South Heaven Gate does lead to a mysterious space, the ruins of the ancient Heaven."

"As far as I know, when the South Heaven Gate was brought back from the southern border, my father mobilized all his forces to study it, but only one person could enter it."

"Who?" Li Hao's eyes flickered.

"National Master." Ming An spit out an answer that was not surprising.

"Only the Imperial Master can enter, so you didn't see the Imperial Master during your time in the Imperial Capital. Originally, the Imperial Master was quite curious about you."

"The Imperial Master brought back some things from the South Heaven Gate. They were things from the ancient Heavenly Court, ancient armor, extremely strong and unbreakable."

"So that's how it is. Because no one can enter, it was left to Daxia." Li Hao seemed to be thinking.

"What?" Ming An was a little confused.

"Is the Imperial Master also the reincarnation of some immortal god?" Li Hao asked again.

"I don't know either." Ming An shook his head, "He is a mysterious person my father met when he was a prince."

"He is very powerful. It can be said that he reshaped the formation of Daxia and was also an important support for my father to ascend the throne."

"After my father became the Emperor of Xia, he soon made him the Imperial Master. He kept innovating in the formation and designed three town cities in the north, south and west."

Li Hao nodded, and Ming An asked, "Do you know something?"

Li Hao said perfunctorily: "Probably."

Immediately, he released Taishi and Si Chen, who was a smart man, and they all discussed together how to deal with the situation at hand.

After listening to the general narrations of Li Hao and Ming An, the two souls fell into silence, thinking.

After a while, Taishi spoke:

"The man holding the bow is called Lu Liang, the one holding the bell is Ning Yao, and the woman is called Xia He. I was Ning Yao's man before."

Taishi continued: "They are already regarded as the absolute top leaders of Xuntian. No one can give orders to them except the Emperor of Heaven."

"Emperor of Heaven..." Li Hao smiled half-heartedly, he really had such a great reputation.

"The strength of this force is far stronger than that of the Yin Division..." Si Chen sighed. If it weren't for the great judge's health and his inability to watch the development of the Yin Division, their Yin Division would not be weaker than Xuntian.

"If according to what you said, the Eighth Prince is indeed colluding with Xuntian, then the entire Southern Xinjiang is already a big hole." Taishi said.

"Actually, not necessarily." Si Chen shook his head, "It seems that the ninth prince does not know what the eighth prince is doing, but in fact, the ninth prince is already the eighth prince's confidant."

"If one more person knows about this kind of secret, it will cause more trouble."

"Perhaps Nanjiang and Xuntian are separate. Even if anyone knows, it must be a very small number of people." At the end of the sentence, Si Chen's tone was somewhat certain.

"The name of King Zhennan is Xu Longhu. He is my father's uncle. His strength has reached the peak of the Immortal Fire Realm. At the same time, he has a very good relationship with Lao Ba." Ming An explained in time, "That piece of Wandering Dragon Gold Stone, come The explanation at that time was probably given to King Zhennan."

Youlong Jinshi's departure from the imperial capital requires a suitable explanation, and King Zhennan is the suitable explanation.

"If Emperor Xia is really suspicious of the Eighth Prince, why doesn't he take action directly? Can he still resist?" Si Chen suddenly asked, no matter how powerful the Eighth Prince is, he cannot be a check and balance with Emperor Xia.

"Perhaps, my father has no doubts..." Ming'an said with a bitter smile, "He brought Nantianmen back. This is an indelible achievement."

"There is no evidence to prove that he is connected with Xuntian. The only thing my father is dissatisfied with is his control of southern Xinjiang."

"King Zhennan has been at the peak of Immortal Fire for many years, but my father has never found anything for him to carry."

"If he sets foot in the Huanzhen Realm, Southern Xinjiang may really become an autonomous place. As for colluding with Xuntian, this is nonsense."

"It's more like I threw dirty water on Lao Ba in order to get rid of responsibility after the ambush." ​​He said helplessly.

Li Hao once told him that without any evidence, no one would believe that the Eighth Prince would betray Daxia.

Everyone was silent after hearing this, Si Chen looked at Li Hao, "What do you mean?"

"How about going back?" Ming'an said cautiously: "We have been ambushed and have robbed them of their Wandering Dragon Gold Stone. Xuntian will definitely be looking for us crazily next."

"You came back in embarrassment before reaching southern Xinjiang. Do you have to spit out the things I took to His Majesty?" Li Hao frowned, "Besides, since Xuntian will be frantically looking for us, how to go back is still a problem."

"Go to Zhennancheng." Li Hao suddenly said wildly.

"Are you crazy?" Ming An jumped up in shock.

"What a great idea." Si Chen sighed, "You really have supreme wisdom."

This made Ming'an's eyes widen and he laughed angrily, "Are you all crazy? Go to Zhenna City. Isn't it a sheep in a tiger's den?"

"No..." Li Hao shook his head, "I am 90% sure that King Zhennan did not betray Daxia. Otherwise, the Eighth Prince would not have to spend so much effort to stage an ambush."

"Wouldn't it be safer to wait for the Youlong Golden Stone to fall into the hands of King Zhennan before transferring it?"

"On the contrary, when King Zhennan knew that the Wandering Dragon Gold Stone that was supposed to belong to him was taken away by Xuntian, he would become furious."

"It is safest for us to stay in Zhennan City. It is impossible for the Eighth Prince to directly order King Zhennan to kill us."

Li Hao analyzed the matter thoroughly. After saying that, Ming'an fell into deep thought.

I have to admit that what Li Hao said makes sense. No matter how fierce their fight was, the Eighth Prince would not be able to directly order King Zhennan to kill them.

It was impossible for King Zhennan to obey such an order.

If Xuntian really attacks, King Zhennan will be able to fight with the help of Zhennan City.

"Then we need to be more cautious along the way. We must not get close to cities with teleportation arrays." Ming'an whispered.

Several people discussed how to deal with it, and soon, most of the day passed.

"It's done!" The array masters gathered together exclaimed, and then, some light shone through the gaps in the crowd.

The black gold box was opened, and Ming An hurriedly squeezed in. What was placed in the box was the Wandering Dragon Gold Stone he had seen.

Now if you look closely, you will see that it is even more magnificent, like a floating dragon, like a living creature.

But in fact, this is not the case, this is just a vision.

Treasures of this level can be regarded as rare in the world. Even Daxia does not have any reserves on a daily basis.

It is already amazing that the Eighth Prince can get one.

Li Hao casually took the Wandering Dragon Gold Stone in his hand, "I will hide this object with a secret method first. It will be difficult for us to move with this object."

Naturally, everyone had no objection, and immediately, Li Hao put the Wandering Dragon Gold Stone in the box and dragged it away from the place.

After arriving at a secluded place and making sure that no one was around, he threw the Wandering Dragon Gold Stone into the Sumeru space.

Then, he began to explore the ink gold box inch by inch.

What he cares about is not simply the Wandering Dragon Gold Stone.

After being ambushed at that time, when he was transferring the contract, he put the ink box into the virtual space and discovered something extremely surprising——

[Ink Gold Box: Made of Ink Gold, which contains the Dragon Gold Stone and the God-conferring Platform]

Leaving aside the Wandering Dragon, Gold and Stone, this Conferred God Platform is somewhat interesting.

It was precisely because of this discovery that he realized that the Wandering Dragon Gold Stone was just a carrier, an appearance. What was really important was probably the Conferring God Platform.

Soon, he used the magic sword to cut apart the black gold box inch by inch. Without the superficial defensive formation, the black gold box was nothing in front of the immortal weapon.

Sonorous!

Finally, the magic sword touched a hard object, which was in the middle of the black gold box.

His eyes brightened slightly, and he instantly picked out the object. It fell into his hands. It was a palm-sized stone platform in the shape of a trapezoid. There were some complicated lines engraved on it, and it was unknown what material it was made of.

As a result, Li Hao directly threw it into the Sumeru space - [Conferred God Platform: In conjunction with the Conferred God List, it can be used to consecrate the gods]

Not incomplete?

Li Hao was surprised that all the ancient immortals and gods he encountered now were basically incomplete.

However, the Conferred God Platform does not have the suffix "Incomplete". He believes that the recognition of the Sumeru Space means that the Conferred God Platform is indeed intact.

"Hmm... this thing is obviously not a weapon, and it has no power. It probably hasn't been on the battlefield, so it hasn't been broken into pieces." Li Hao guessed.

The description is very brief. This thing needs to be used in conjunction with the Conferred God List.

However, the words "Edict to the Gods" are a bit intriguing.

All reincarnations of immortals and gods have their own divine status and do not need to be conferred.

He has always guessed that if the fragments of the immortals gradually come together and finally merge into one, it is still unclear whether the ones who will be revived will be this life or the past life.

This is a hidden danger. If this hidden danger is not solved, there will always be fundamental conflicts between the reincarnated gods and the people in this world. If they are not manifested now, they will be triggered one day.

For example, your son is a reincarnated immortal god, and you spend all your money to cultivate him. However, in the end, your son is no longer a son. How can you make people accept him?

But if the Conferred God Platform cooperates with the Conferred God List to re-confer immortal gods, then a new immortal god will be born, eliminating this hidden danger.

Of course, it's definitely not that simple, and it may be necessary to strip away the existing immortality.

Perhaps, Xuntian had mastered the Nantian Gate a long time ago, but they were unable to enter it.

In fact, they can be sure that only the Great Xia Imperial Master can enter the Nantian Gate and find the Conferred God Platform.

So they found the Eighth Prince and reached some kind of deal, asking him to give Nantianmen to Daxia, and then find a way to get the Conferred God Platform.

Although the Imperial Master of Daxia could enter Nantianmen, he might not know the Conferred God Platform, so he gave the Eighth Prince a chance.

But Emperor Xia vaguely sensed something, so the Eighth Prince could only use this opportunity to use the Wandering Dragon Gold Stone as a cover to send the God-Selfing Platform out and let Xuntianjie take it away.

On the surface, there is only the matter of the Wandering Dragon Gold Stone, which has nothing to do with the Conferred God Platform and is hidden in the deepest part.

This is what Li Hao speculated based on the currently known information.

While he was thinking about it, the jade pendant hanging on his waist flickered and began to break.

It contains the formation that Elder Ao arranged for him to conceal the secrets of heaven, which means that someone has begun to deduce his traces.

It's time to go back...

His figure flashed, and the dilapidated black gold box also disappeared.

………

At the same time, in the imperial capital of Daxia,

Lan Ke looked gloomy and hurriedly came under the tree. The eighth prince was stroking a jade pillar. It was crystal clear, full and moist, and it was a rare jade stone.

Seeing Lan Ke's expression, a bad feeling suddenly arose in his heart.

"Something happened in southern Xinjiang?" he asked, with an intuition.

"Yes..." Lan Ke hesitated for a moment, not even knowing where to start, "Xuntian led people to ambush the Liuyun shuttle boat, but they didn't get anything."

"What?" The Eighth Prince tightened his grip and the jade stone in his hand cracked, "How could this happen?"

"At the moment of being ambushed, Li Hao transferred the Mojin Box. Xuntian's people didn't want to fight Li Hao, so they let him go and took Ming An away, leaving the Ninth Prince behind."

"They searched the ruins of the Liuyun shuttle boat, but found nothing."

"Trash!" The Eighth Prince couldn't help scolding, his eyebrows twitching, "A bunch of trash, who asked them to release people in advance, and they released people in advance before the matter was settled. How arrogant are they!?"

Lan Kemoran, no one expected that the things would be subcontracted, and Xuntian didn't want to expose their relationship with the eighth prince.

"Let them find it at all costs!" The Eighth Prince's chest heaved. "Do they know how much I have paid? Even my father has begun to doubt me!"

"They actually made such a mistake on such a critical matter!"

Lan Ke rarely saw the Eighth Prince lose his composure, which was enough to prove his anger at the moment.

"Xuntian is already doing it. They collected everything that Li Hao and the people around him came into contact with on the Liuyun Shuttle Boat, and then conducted deductions and even cursed them to death." Lan Ke said, "In addition, Pei Zhu also Followed Li Hao and left."

"Wait a minute..." Hearing this, the Eighth Prince frowned and said, "Tell them not to attack Pei Zhu. Maybe I will need her to protect my life in the future."

"Your Highness, things haven't come to this point yet. Everyone only knows that the Wandering Dragon Stone is in the Ink Gold Box." Lan Ke comforted him, "Li Hao is just trying to take advantage of the fire, and it's impossible for him to find that thing."

"It can even be said that he has already thrown away the box, leaving only the Wandering Dragon Stone."

The Eighth Prince calmed down and said coldly, "It's better to be like this, otherwise... I can't hold back."

………

A few days later, the mountain in front of him seemed to be cut in half, with a smooth cut surface, surrounded by clouds, and standing black columns, depicting some terrifying scenes.

"Priest..." Ning Yao said respectfully to the old man in front of him.

He is already in the Immortal Fire Realm, and there are not many people who can make him respectful, at least not including the old man in front of him.

There was a little light in the priest's turbid eyes, "You don't come to the Sanbao Hall for no reason, how do you have time to visit an old man like me."

"Priest, what are you talking about? You deserve respect from all of us." Ning Yao was respectful.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" The priest's voice was hoarse, and he didn't seem to want to play along.

"I want you to curse some people to death." Ning Yao said.

"Let me do it myself?" The priest seemed a little surprised, "What kind of person? The peak of Immortal Fire, or Huanzhen?"

"If it's Huanzhen realm, I won't do it. I don't want the fire of my life to be annihilated here."

"A little guy in the cave heaven realm." Ning Yao said with a smile.

"Dongtian Realm?" The priest suspected that he had heard it wrong. "Are you kidding? Just find a kid to curse."

"No, we have underestimated the enemy once. I want to teach him a real lesson." Ning Yao spoke with murderous intent, "Let him know that going against us is the most wrong decision he has made."

"It seems that you should have suffered a great loss." The priest became interested, "Then this little guy should be involved in the big guy."

"But as long as he is not a big guy, there is no problem."

The priest raised his head, "Since you are here, are all the things ready?"

"It's ready. There are a few of his hairs, a straw man made of ten thousand years of Yinsi grass, talisman paper soaked in the blood of all spirits, and ninety-nine pairs of boys and girls..." Ning Yao said.

"Very good." The priest nodded with satisfaction, "I haven't bowed to you three times for a long time, and my old bones are a little itchy."

Standing on the cross section of the mountain, those densely packed black stone pillars, as the old man walked, all burned with faint black fire.

At the same time, on the stone pillars were tied boys and girls who looked terrified but had their mouths and noses sealed and could not make any sound.

He raised his hand, and a black altar floated up from the center. He reached out and took all kinds of evil things from Ning Yao's hand.

His withered fingertips cracked, and dark blood flowed out. He drew a few lines on the talisman paper at random and attached a few hairs to it.

He pinched the talisman arrow, passed through the talisman paper, and nailed it on the straw man. Then the talisman paper burned with green flames. On the surrounding black stone pillars, the flames surged and swirled into a black fire ring.

He placed the black straw man on the altar, stepped back a few steps, put his hands together, and bowed respectfully. A hoarse voice like a ghost's howl sounded, distant and desolate, penetrating the sky, "One bow, the flesh will be torn!"

Ghosts and gods were howling all around, and the sky and the earth changed color.

………

On the other side, Ming An and his companions were walking through the deserted mountains. Many array masters were on alert. Once the concealing array on anyone in the team loosened, they would immediately fill it up.

"This kind of deduction is not endless. The traces and auras we left on the Liuyun Shuttle are limited. Sooner or later, there will be a day when they will be exhausted." Elder Ao explained to prevent everyone from falling into an overly silent atmosphere.

But in fact, no one except him was too worried.

Suddenly, Xu Zixuan's figure froze, and the whole person suddenly cracked like porcelain, and blood gushed out.

Pei Zhu was the closest and was sprayed with blood. After a short daze, her expression became extremely panicked.

She subconsciously wanted to touch it, but was blocked by an invisible force. Li Hao frowned, "Don't touch him."

"It's a curse!" Elder Ao glanced at the jade pendant on Xu Zixuan's waist, and there was no sign of it being broken.

"The curse killing technique in Southern Xinjiang is strange and unpredictable, but this kind of curse killing technique that has no signs and has such a significant effect is also a top-notch curse killing technique."

"Curse killing..." Li Hao's face turned cold.

"It must be Xuntian..." Ming An reacted quickly, "There is a Great Xia Golden Dragon in my soul, and cursing me is equivalent to fighting against Great Xia."

"The rest of the people don't have a deep relationship with you, only Xu Zixuan has a good relationship with you, Xuntian wants to teach you a lesson."

"Teach me a lesson." Li Hao's expression was slightly cold

"The curse killing technique usually starts from the physical body and the soul, step by step." Elder Ao explained, "After the physical body cracks, the next step is probably the soul."

Li Hao strode out and came in front of Xu Zixuan. There were cracks all over his pupils, and his whole body seemed to be about to collapse at any time.

"..." He wanted to speak, but Li Hao raised his hand to stop him. Pei Zhu, who was surrounded by clouds and mist, was pushed away with a nervous face.

Then, a black and white seal appeared in Li Hao's hand, his eyes were bright, and everyone could only hear a loud shout--

"If I don't let you die, who dares to let you die?"

The next moment, he put the seal on Xu Zixuan, and wisps of light lingered.

………

On the mountain peak, the priest gathered his black robe, and the eerie atmosphere around him became more intense. The black fog enveloped the surroundings, and the ghosts wailed.

Ning Yao looked calm. The priest was the strongest person in Xuntian's curse killing technique. It was rumored that if he was fully prepared to exchange his life for his own, he could curse a True Realm to death.

Xuntian had news that Li Hao had a heavy weapon in his Yuanshen, and it was difficult to target him directly, but this breath could not be easily swallowed. Targeting the people around him was both a lesson and a warning.

"Second bow, Yuanshen extinguished!" The priest leaned over, his mind was indifferent, and cursing a Cave Heaven Realm was not worth his thought.

Just like drinking water, with his ability, the other party would have perished without the third bow.

However, when he raised his head, he was stunned, because the straw man did not burn with flames, which was not in line with expectations.

Even, a wisp of black and white light appeared on it, as if something was protecting it.

"Oh?" The priest was slightly surprised, and then laughed "ho-ho": "Interesting, it should be the guy next to him, he made a move." "In that case, let's fight." He raised his hand, and the boy and girl who were half tied to the black pillar twisted and twisted, and their bodies quickly dried up. The bright red blood merged into the black pillar, and the gushing black flames became more blazing. "The third bow, please die!" The sobbing sounded, and the black flames rushed towards the straw man like a roaring fire dragon, wrapping it, and the black thunder in the sky shone, as if the heaven and the earth were punishing it together. In the flames, white light shone, because the black color was almost integrated with the flames, and endless ghosts were melted into strange power, sweeping over. A man wearing a black and white robe and a crown on his head, like an emperor, looked down at the priest below with cold eyes. "You want him to die, but I won't allow it." His voice was like thunder. Ning Yao's pupils shrank slightly on the side. What is this? How come he looks so much like Li Hao?

The strong wind blew up the black robe of the priest, revealing his bald head. He squinted his eyes, stared at the figure in front of him, and sneered:

"It's not up to you to decide whether to die or not."

But the black flames around him could not get close to him. The ghosts were frightened and could not move forward. They wailed around him, as if they had encountered a natural enemy.

"Imperial order, disperse!" The majestic voice uttered a few words, like a supreme order.

In an instant, the ghosts around him wailed in pain and fled in all directions.

More importantly, the black pillars standing on the platform of the mountain began to shake, as if they were about to collapse at any time.

"This...this...this..." A trace of horror flashed across the priest's old face, "How could this happen!?"

Countless ghosts were sealed in those black stone pillars, and they were sacrificed in a special way, so that the foundation of his curse-killing technique could not be lost.

Then, a hint of madness flashed across his face, "Let's die together!"

He gritted his teeth and leaned forward again, "The fourth bow, the people bow to death!"

Ning Yao could not hide his shock. They only knew that the most powerful curse of the priest was to ask you to bow three times, but they didn't expect there would be a fourth bow.

After the fourth bow, all the remaining boys and girls died, and the world shook, wrapped in endless malice, as if the world needed you to die, and the people needed you to die.

However, the scene that happened next made him even more horrified.

Endless malice fell, but only the body of the figure that looked like Li Hao burst out with dazzling brilliance, and endless symbols covered the sky.

An incomprehensible and unimaginable power burst out.

"I will not allow death, since I am eternal!" In the dull voice, the black stone pillars collapsed, and wisps of ghosts emerged. There were too many, almost countless.

They knelt in the void towards the figure, extremely pious, and chanted his name.

Ning Yao's mind was filled with turbulent waves. He had never seen such a bizarre scene before. This scene would be unforgettable for him.

The ghosts gradually disappeared, wrapped in invisible forces, and went to an unknown place.

The straw man also drifted away and turned into powder. Ning Yao only felt a cold gaze on him.

It was not until a long time later that he came back to his senses. The ground around him cracked, and the priest still maintained a prostrating posture.

He walked forward, but before he got close, perhaps it was the breeze that caused the priest's body to drift away and turn into nothingness.

Died from the backlash.