In the Divine Hall's rituals, they would sacrifice pure children under the age of ten. Each time at least a thousand were needed, and sometimes they even prepared tens of thousands.
Fortunately, the population of Cloud Province was large enough, and the low-ranking people desperately had children. It wasn't difficult to gather sacrifices.
At this special time, however, they did not prepare any sacrifices.
Guo Zhengjun said nothing, coldly watching all the priests.
A group of priests murmured a few words, then immediately fell silent.
Having served as Sect Leader for two hundred years, Guo Zhengjun held unparalleled prestige within the church. No one could question his decisions.
The priests, realizing something was amiss, obediently kept silent.
Led by the Blue-robed Priest, the group knelt at the foot of the gigantic deity statue, prostrating themselves fully, chanting the blood sacrifice incantation.
This incantation allowed the priests to establish a spiritual connection and trigger Source Power resonance.
Through the statue and the grand hall, the priests could also establish a spiritual connection with the tens of millions of believers outside.
With this spiritual connection, the priests could guide the believers to a limited extent and deepen the intangible spiritual bond with them, thus making the believers more devout.
Because of this powerful secret technique, the Spirit Sword Association's believers were exceptionally devout and spread like a virus. Eventually, they occupied an entire continent.
Outside, with tens of millions of believers, the priests chanted the incantation, quickly establishing a connection with them.
No matter what thoughts they had, once a connection was established, the spiritual power of the millions of believers was like an ocean. While they could guide it, they couldn't control it.
This resonance was terrifying; their spiritual power was inevitably assimilated.
No matter how many ideas they had, they could only keep in step with everyone else.
Inside and outside the solemn and majestic hall, the priests and millions of believers chanted together. The massive spiritual power surged around the statue like waves, endlessly crashing.
Guo Zhengjun sighed deeply, a fierce light igniting in his crimson eyes. He flew into the air, thrusting the Sin-Slaying Sword straight into the head of the statue.
Here was the convergence point of all spiritual power; the Divine Power Law within the Sin-Slaying Sword instantly connected with everyone's spiritual power.
A crazed look appeared on Guo Zhengjun's face as the Sin-Slaying Sword frantically absorbed everyone's spiritual power.
The spiritual power from the ocean of believers gathered together, and the Sin-Slaying Sword, like a black hole consuming everything, madly absorbed the believers' spiritual power.
The priests first realized something was wrong; in their panic, they tried to withdraw from the spiritual connection, but it was too late.
The special divine power of the Sin-Slaying Sword radiated in all directions, instantly draining the priests' spiritual power.
Thousands of priests in the grand hall simultaneously dimmed their eyes and collapsed to the ground.
The millions of believers outside the Divine Hall also fell silent one by one, completely losing their vitality.
The resounding chanting came to an abrupt end.
Everywhere outside the Divine Hall, on the plaza and in the streets, lay bodies collapsed on the ground.
The intense aura of death enveloped a vast area around the Divine Hall. The tranquility brought by death was so profound and eerie.
With the accumulation of millions of spiritual powers, the Sin-Slaying Sword suddenly became a mass of crimson flame.
Guo Zhengjun sensed the endless power transmitted from the Sin-Slaying Sword and couldn't help but laugh madly.
Gao Xuan happened to soar out from the side hall. Seeing the corpses strewn everywhere and Guo Zhengjun's mad laughter, he couldn't help but sigh.
"It's all because of you! You deserve to die..."
Guo Zhengjun roared, pointing the Sin-Slaying Sword at Gao Xuan.